KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/ - Quarter Report: 2017 January (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 January 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, 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  ☒

As of March 6, 2017, the registrant had outstanding 2,711,953 shares of Common Stock.

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KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 31, 2017

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Part 1. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

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 shares 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 2016 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, 2016 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. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the three and nine month periods. 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 and nine month periods ended January 31, 2017, because the option exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares at that date, and accordingly, such options would have an antidilutive effect. Options to purchase 111,400 shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine month periods ended January 31, 2016, because the effect would be anti-dilutive.

C. 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 $14,272,000 of inventory at January 31, 2017 and $13,373,000 at April 30, 2016. 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.

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D. Segment Information

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

E. 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. Contributions of $555,000 were paid to the plans during the nine months ended January 31, 2017 and the Company does not expect any contributions to be paid to the plans during the remainder of the fiscal year. Contributions of $64,000 were paid to the plans during the nine months ended January 31, 2016.

Pension expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

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F. 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 and short-term borrowings. The carrying values 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 January 31, 2017 and April 30, 2016 (in thousands):

G. New Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-9, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” This guidance requires an entity 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. In August 2015, this guidance was amended deferring the effective date to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company will adopt this standard in fiscal year 2019. The Company has not yet determined the effect, if any, that the adoption of this standard will have on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In November 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.” This guidance eliminates the requirement to separate deferred income tax liabilities and assets into current and noncurrent amounts in a classified statement of financial position. Instead, the update requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted prospectively or retrospectively. The Company early adopted this guidance prospectively beginning with the Consolidated Balance Sheet at April 30, 2016. Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, “Interest (Topic 835) – Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” This guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company adopted this standard effective May 1, 2016. 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 2016 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, 2016. The following discussion and analysis describes material changes in the Company’s financial condition since April 30, 2016. The analysis of results of operations compares the three and nine months ended January 31, 2017 with the comparable periods of the prior year.

Results of Operations

Sales for the three months ended January 31, 2017 were $30,371,000, a decrease of 6.3% from sales of $32,410,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. Sales from Domestic Operations were $25,313,000, relatively unchanged from $25,423,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. Sales from International Operations were $5,058,000, down 27.6% from $6,987,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. The decrease in international sales was due to a large order shipped in the prior year period that did not repeat.

Sales for the nine months ended January 31, 2017 were $103,979,000, up 10.0% from sales of $94,536,000 in the same period last year. Domestic Operations sales for the nine-month period were $83,161,000, up 9.4% from sales of $76,017,000 in the same period last year. International Operations sales were $20,818,000, up 12.4% from sales of $18,519,000 in the same period last year.

The order backlog was $106.9 million at January 31, 2017, as compared to $101.1 million at October 31, 2016 and $95.2 million at January 31, 2016.

The gross profit margin for the three months ended January 31, 2017 was 16.6% of sales, as compared to 16.9% of sales in the comparable quarter of the prior year. The gross profit margin for the nine months ended January 31, 2017 was 18.5% of sales, as compared to 17.8% in the same period last year. The decrease in the gross profit margin percentage for the three month period ending January 31, 2017 was due to lower sales volume and unfavorable overhead absorption. The increase in the gross profit margin percentage for the current nine month period was primarily due to favorable operating leverage from higher volumes being produced during the first half of the year.

Operating expenses for the three months ended January 31, 2017 were $4,590,000, or 15.1% of sales, as compared to $4,441,000, or 13.7% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. The increase in operating expenses for the three months ended January 31, 2017 is related primarily to increases in wages and benefits of $195,000, pension expense of $16,000, professional services of $63,000, sales and marketing of $59,000 and an increase of $163,000 in operating expenses for the Company’s International operations, partially offset by decreases of bad debt expenses of $48,000, incentive compensation of $148,000 and $154,000 of non-recurring expenses incurred in the comparable period of the prior year.

Operating expenses for the nine months ended January 31, 2017 were $14,484,000, or 13.9% of sales, as compared to $13,163,000, or 13.9% of sales in the comparable period of the prior year. The increase in operating expenses for the nine months ended January 31, 2017 is related primarily to increases in wages and benefits of $514,000, incentive compensation of $210,000, pension expense of $126,000, professional services of $380,000, sales and marketing of $216,000 and an increase of $395,000 in operating expenses for the Company’s International operations, partially offset by decreases of bad debt expenses of $49,000 and $678,000 of non-recurring expenses incurred in the comparable period of the prior year.

Interest expense was $71,000 and $229,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2017, respectively, as compared to $83,000 and $236,000 for the comparable periods of the prior year. The decreases for the current year periods resulted primarily from lower borrowing levels.

Income tax expense of $133,000 was recorded for the three months ended January 31, 2017, as compared to income tax expense of $225,000 recorded for the comparable period of the prior year. Income tax expense of $1,695,000 was recorded for the nine months ended January 31, 2017, as compared to income tax expense of $1,242,000 recorded for the comparable period of the prior year. The effective tax rate was 27.1% and 21.0% for the three-month periods ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The effective tax rates were 34.5% and 33.0% for the nine months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The lower effective tax rates for the prior three and nine month periods was due to the favorable impact of the reinstatement of the federal research and development tax credits.

Noncontrolling interests related to the Company’s subsidiary that is not 100% owned by the Company reduced net earnings by $17,000 for the three months ended January 31, 2017, as compared to $18,000 for the comparable period of the prior year. Net earnings were reduced by $98,000 and $53,000 for the nine months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The changes in the amounts between each of these periods were directly attributable to changes in the amounts of net income reported for the Company’s one subsidiary that is not 100% owned by the Company.

Net earnings of $341,000, or $0.13 per diluted share, were reported for the three months ended January 31, 2017, compared to net earnings of $830,000, or $0.31 per diluted share, in the prior year period. Net earnings of $3,127,000, or $1.15 per diluted share, were reported for the nine months ended January 31, 2017, compared to net earnings of $2,465,000, or $0.92 per diluted share, for the same period last year.

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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 in the current fiscal year, including capital expenditures.

The Company had working capital of $31,829,000 at January 31, 2017, compared to $30,007,000 at April 30, 2016. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 2.6-to-1.0 at January 31, 2017, compared to 2.4-to-1.0 at April 30, 2016. At January 31, 2017, advances of $4,540,000 were outstanding under the Company’s bank revolving credit facility, compared to advances of $3,600,000 outstanding as of April 30, 2016. The Company had standby letters of credit outstanding of $4,210,000 at January 31, 2017 and April 30, 2016. Amounts available under the $20 million revolving credit facility were $11.3 million and $12.2 million at January 31, 2017 and April 30, 2016, respectively. Total bank borrowings were $8,133,000 at January 31, 2017, compared to $7,588,000 at April 30, 2016.

The Company’s operations provided cash of $5,851,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2017. Cash was primarily provided from earnings, and a decrease in receivables of $2,090,000, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses of $1,189,000. The Company’s operations provided cash of $3,136,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2016. Cash was primarily provided from earnings and an increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses of $1,663,000, and deferred revenue of $467,000, which was partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $310,000, and an increase in inventories of $3,409,000.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2017, the Company used cash of $2,190,000 in investing activities for capital expenditures, partially offset by a decrease in restricted cash of $129,000. This compares to the net use of cash of $876,000 for investing activities in the comparable period of the prior year for capital expenditures of $1,708,000, partially offset by a decrease of $832,000 in restricted cash.

The Company’s financing activities used cash of $477,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2017, primarily for cash dividends of $1,163,000 and payment on long-term debt of $316,000, partially offset by an increase in short-term borrowings of $861,000. The Company’s financing activities used cash of $1,249,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2016 for the final payment of $888,000 toward the purchase of the noncontrolling interest in a foreign subsidiary, cash dividends of $1,012,000 paid to stockholders, cash dividend of $75,000 paid to minority interest holders, and payments of $316,000 on long-term debt, partially offset by an increase in short-term borrowings of $583,000 and net proceeds of $459,000 from the exercise of stock options.

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 the sales and earnings improvement will be sustained during the balance of fiscal year 2017 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 2016 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, 2016.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(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 January 31, 2017. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that, as of January 31, 2017, 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

Item 6. Exhibits

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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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