NN INC - Quarter Report: 2008 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
For the
quarterly period ended September
30, 2008
OR
For the
transition period from _________ to _________
Commission
File Number 0-23486
NN,
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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62-1096725
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(State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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2000
Waters Edge Drive
Building
C, Suite 12
Johnson
City, Tennessee 37604
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(423) 743-9151
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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
o
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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer o Accelerated
filer x
Non-accelerated
filer o
Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
As of
November 5, 2008 there were 16,267,924 shares of the registrant’s common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.
NN,
Inc.
INDEX
Part I. | Financial Information |
Page
No.
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Item 1. | Financial Statements: | |
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited) |
2
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (unaudited) |
3
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 (unaudited) |
4
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited) |
5
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) | 6 | |
Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 14 |
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 22 |
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 23 |
Part II. | Other Information | |
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 23 |
Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 23 |
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 24 |
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 24 |
Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | 24 |
Item 5. | Other Information | 24 |
Item 6. | Exhibits | 24 |
Signatures | 25 |
1
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial
Statements
NN,
Inc.
Consolidated
Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
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(Thousands
of Dollars, Except Per Share Data)
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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||||||||||||
Net
sales
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$ | 104,866 | $ | 99,021 | $ | 348,647 | $ | 314,267 | ||||||||
Cost
of products sold (exclusive of depreciation
and
amortization shown separately below)
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83,784 | 80,264 | 277,526 | 251,274 | ||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
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9,732 | 8,423 | 29,952 | 27,406 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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6,234 | 5,771 | 18,884 | 16,951 | ||||||||||||
Restructuring
and impairment charges
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-- | 1,362 | -- | 14,698 | ||||||||||||
(Gain)
loss on disposal of assets
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6 | (11 | ) | (4,153 | ) | (23 | ) | |||||||||
Income
from operations
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5,110 | 3,212 | 26,438 | 3,961 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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1,259 | 1,496 | 4,068 | 4,821 | ||||||||||||
Other
income, net
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(391 | ) | (154 | ) | (810 | ) | (150 | ) | ||||||||
Income
(loss) before provision for income taxes
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4,242 | 1,870 | 23,180 | (710 | ) | |||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
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1,295 | 1,472 | 5,960 | 5,501 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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2,947 | 398 | 17,220 | (6,211 | ) | |||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss):
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Foreign
currency translation gain (loss)
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(13,657 | ) | 5,348 | (2,057 | ) | 8,775 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss)
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$ | (10,710 | ) | $ | 5,746 | $ | 15,163 | $ | 2,564 | |||||||
Basic
income (loss) per common share:
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$ | 0.18 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 1.08 | $ | (0.37 | ) | |||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
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16,222 | 16,765 | 15,924 | 16,808 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
income (loss) per common share:
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$ | 0.18 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 1.08 | $ | (0.37 | ) | |||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
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16,391 | 16,904 | 15,996 | 16,808 | ||||||||||||
Cash
dividends per common share
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$ | 0.08 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.24 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
2
NN,
Inc.
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
September
30,
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December
31,
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(Thousands
of Dollars)
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2008
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2007
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Assets
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 15,112 | $ | 13,029 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$515
and $1,412, respectively
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68,561 | 65,566 | ||||||
Inventories,
net
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58,402 | 51,821 | ||||||
Other
current assets
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7,982 | 7,608 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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150,057 | 138,024 | ||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
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155,413 | 161,008 | ||||||
Goodwill,
net
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39,030 | 39,471 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
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8,067 | 9,279 | ||||||
Other
assets
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1,807 | 2,296 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 354,374 | $ | 350,078 | ||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 40,199 | $ | 51,124 | ||||
Accrued
salaries, wages and benefits
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16,064 | 15,087 | ||||||
Income
taxes payable
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1,961 | 144 | ||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
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6,280 | 11,851 | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
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5,489 | 6,050 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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69,993 | 84,256 | ||||||
Non-current
deferred tax liabilities
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16,700 | 18,682 | ||||||
Long-term
debt (net of current portion)
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104,172 | 100,193 | ||||||
Accrued
pension and other
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16,201 | 16,904 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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207,066 | 220,035 | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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147,308 | 130,043 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$ | 354,374 | $ | 350,078 |
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the financial statements.
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NN,
Inc.
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
Common
Stock
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(Thousands
of Dollars and Shares)
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Number
Of Shares
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Par
Value
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Additional
Paid
in
Capital
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Retained
Earnings
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Accumulated
Other
Comprehen-
sive
Income
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Total | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2008
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15,855 | $ | 159 | $ | 45,032 | $ | 57,083 | $ | 27,769 | $ | 130,043 | |||||||||||||
Shares
issued ($0.01 par value, authorized 45,000
shares)
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498 | 5 | 3,857 | -- | -- | 3,862 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefit on options exercised
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-- | -- | 1,197 | -- | -- | 1,197 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
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-- | -- | -- | 17,220 | -- | 17,220 | ||||||||||||||||||
Restricted
stock awards expense
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-- | -- | 370 | -- | -- | 370 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stock
option expense
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-- | -- | 521 | -- | -- | 521 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
declared
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-- | -- | -- | (3,848 | ) | -- | (3,848 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Translation
loss
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-- | -- | -- | -- | (2,057 | ) | (2,057 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
September 30, 2008
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16,353 | $ | 164 | $ | 50,977 | $ | 70,455 | $ | 25,712 | $ | 147,308 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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NN,
Inc.
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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(Thousands
of Dollars)
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2008
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2007
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Operating
Activities:
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Net
income (loss)
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$ | 17,220 | $ | (6,211 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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18,884 | 16,951 | ||||||
Amortization
of debt issue costs
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181 | 158 | ||||||
Gain
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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(4,153 | ) | (23 | ) | ||||
Compensation
expense from issuance of restricted stock and incentive stock
options
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891 | 682 | ||||||
Restructuring
and impairment charges
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-- | 14,698 | ||||||
Deferred
income tax
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(970 | ) | 61 | |||||
Non-cash
interest expense
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147 | 189 | ||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(5,675 | ) | (5,375 | ) | ||||
Inventories
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(7,407 | ) | (2,689 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable
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(10,337 | ) | (10,007 | ) | ||||
Other
assets and liabilities
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3,231 | 2,366 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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12,012 | 10,800 | ||||||
Investing
Activities:
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Acquisition
of property, plant and equipment
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(13,776 | ) | (12,841 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from disposals of property, plant and equipment
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5,780 | 51 | ||||||
Acquisition
of intangibles and goodwill
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-- | (302 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
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(7,996 | ) | (13,092 | ) | ||||
Financing
Activities:
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Increase
in cash from bank overdraft
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-- | 94 | ||||||
Repayment
of long-term debt
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-- | (883 | ) | |||||
Repayment
of short-term debt
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(4,876 | ) | -- | |||||
Proceeds
from short-term debt
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-- | 1,586 | ||||||
Principal
payment on capital lease
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(34 | ) | (28 | ) | ||||
Repurchase
of common stock
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-- | (3,156 | ) | |||||
Proceeds
from issuance of stock
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3,862 | 292 | ||||||
Proceeds
from long term debt
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4,286 | 23,400 | ||||||
Debt
issuance cost paid
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-- | (251 | ) | |||||
Dividends
paid
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(3,848 | ) | (4,045 | ) | ||||
Repayment
of related party debt
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-- | (18,638 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used by financing activities
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(610 | ) | (1,629 | ) | ||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
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(1,323 | ) | 721 | |||||
Net
Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
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2,083 | (3,200 | ) | |||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period
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13,029 | 11,681 | ||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
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$ | 15,112 | $ | 8,481 | ||||
Supplemental
schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
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Reduced
note payable to customer with offsetting reduction to accounts receivable
($1,149 in 2008 and $1,072 in 2007) offset by an increase to interest
expense ($147 in 2008 and $189 in 2007)
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$ | 1,002 | $ | 883 |
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the financial statements.
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
Note
1. Interim
Financial Statements
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements of NN, Inc. (the “Company”) have
not been audited, except that the balance sheet at December 31, 2007 is derived
from the Company’s consolidated audited financial statements. In the
opinion of the Company’s management, the financial statements reflect all
adjustments necessary to fairly state the results of operations for the three
and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company’s
financial position at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, and the cash
flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and
2007. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature and are, in
the opinion of management, necessary for fair statement of the financial
position and operating results for the interim periods. As used in
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “NN”, “the Company”, “we”, “our”,
or “us” mean NN, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial statements
presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These unaudited,
condensed and consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction
with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto
included in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007 which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 17, 2008.
The
results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 are not
necessarily indicative of results for the year ending December 31, 2008 or any
other future periods.
Certain
amounts in the 2007 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to
the 2008 financial statement presentation.
Note
2. Restructuring
and Impairment Charges
Metal Bearing Components
Segment Restructuring, Impairment and Other Cost Reduction
Actions
On July
25, 2007, we announced several actions intended to improve corporate financial
performance that resulted in the recognition of certain restructuring,
impairment and other non-recurring charges. Earlier in July 2007,
management made a decision to reduce output at four of the six ball plants
would be the best financial and logistical solution to align capacity with
demand at that time. Since the reporting value of tangible and
intangible assets must be supported by cash flows from the operations, the
changes resulted in reductions in the value of certain tangible and intangible
assets at the affected ball plants.
During
the second quarter of 2007, we recorded approximately $13,336 ($12,624
after-tax) of non-cash impairment costs. These charges included the
write-down to estimated fair market value of certain excess production equipment
of $3,320 ($3,212 after tax) and the full impairment of goodwill at one European
reporting unit of $10,016 ($9,412 after tax) to levels supported by projected
cash flows after the restructuring. These impairments were calculated
using the present value of expected future cash flows method pursuant to SFAS
142 for the goodwill and estimates of fair value pursuant to SFAS 144 for the
fixed assets.
During
the third quarter of 2007, we recorded approximately $1,272 ($1,196 after tax)
of cash restructuring charges and approximately $90 ($66 after tax) of non-cash
impairment charges related to the write-down to estimated fair value of certain
excess production equipment as part of the Metal Bearings Components Segment
restructuring. The $1,272 was for severance charges recorded in
accordance with SFAS 146, that were to be paid out upon completion of the
required legal notification period which was approximately one
year.
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
Note
3. Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using
the first-in, first-out method.
Inventories
are comprised of the following (in thousands):
September 30,
|
December
31,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
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Raw
materials
|
$ | 15,384 | $ | 15,076 | ||||
Work
in process
|
13,400 | 9,808 | ||||||
Finished
goods
|
31,671 | 28,925 | ||||||
Less
inventory reserves
|
(2,053 | ) | (1,988 | ) | ||||
$ | 58,402 | $ | 51,821 |
Inventories
on consignment at customer locations as of September 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007 totaled $7,389 and $5,702, respectively.
Note
4. Net
Income Per Share
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
||||||||
(Thousands
of Dollars, Except Share and Per Share Data)
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ 2,947
|
$ 398
|
$ 17,220
|
$ (6,211)
|
|||||
Weighted
average basic shares outstanding
|
16,222,071
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16,764,695
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15,924,021
|
16,807,975
|
|||||
Effect
of dilutive stock options
|
169,245
|
138,944
|
71,974
|
--
|
|||||
Weighted
average dilutive shares outstanding
|
16,391,316
|
16,903,639
|
15,995,995
|
16,807,975
|
|||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share
|
$ 0.18
|
$ 0.02
|
$ 1.08
|
$ (0.37)
|
|||||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share
|
$ 0.18
|
$ 0.02
|
$ 1.08
|
$ (0.37)
|
Excluded
from the dilutive shares outstanding for the three and nine month periods ended
September 30, 2008 were 0 and 393,500, respectively, of anti-dilutive options
which had exercise prices ranging from $11.69 to $12.62. Excluded
from the dilutive shares outstanding for the three month period ended September
30, 2007 were 858,000 anti-dilutive options which had exercise prices ranging
from $10.67 and $12.62.
Note
5. Segment
Information
The
segment information and the accounting policies of each segment are the same as
those described in the “Segment Information” note and the “Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies and Practices” note, respectively, in our
financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007. We evaluate segment performance based
on segment net income or loss after income taxes. We account for
inter-segment sales and transfers at current market prices. We did
not have any significant inter-segment transactions during the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007.
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended September
30,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Metal
Bearing
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
Precision
Metal
Components
Segment
|
Plastic
and
Rubber
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
All
Other
|
Metal
Bearing
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
Precision
Metal
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
Plastic
and
Rubber
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
All
Other
|
Revenues
from external customers
|
$ 80,707
|
$
15,166
|
$
8,993
|
$ --
|
$
70,814
|
$
15,594
|
$
12,613
|
$ --
|
Net
income (loss)
|
5,137
|
(150)
|
(338)
|
(1,702)
|
2,029
|
(633)
|
567
|
(1,565)
|
Total
Assets
|
$ 244,972
|
$
51,859
|
$
50,592
|
$
6,951
|
$
230,737
|
$
53,900
|
$
52,259
|
$ 7,035
|
Nine Months Ended September
30,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Metal
Bearing
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
Precision
Metal
Components
Segment
|
Plastic
and
Rubber
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
All
Other
|
Metal
Bearing
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
Precision
Metal
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
Plastic
and
Rubber
Com-
ponents
Segment
|
All
Other
|
Revenues
from external customers
|
$ 265,457
|
$
51,453
|
$
31,737
|
$ --
|
$
224,373
|
$
50,730
|
$
39,164
|
$ --
|
Net
income (loss)
|
21,647
|
776
|
176
|
(5,379)
|
(1,647)
|
(1,093)
|
1,686
|
(5,157)
|
Total
Assets
|
$ 244,972
|
$
51,859
|
$
50,592
|
$ 6,951
|
$
230,737
|
$53,900
|
$52,259
|
$ 7,035
|
Note
6. Pensions
We have a
defined benefit pension plan covering the employees at our Eltmann, Germany
facility. The benefits are based on the expected years of service;
however, as the plan was curtailed in 2006, the plan no longer incurs service
cost. The plan is unfunded. There were no prior service
costs recognized in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and
2007. We
expect to contribute approximately $266 to the Eltmann, Germany pension plan in
2008. As of September 30, 2008, approximately $200 of contributions
had been made.
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
Severance
Indemnity
In
accordance with Italian law, the Company has an unfunded severance plan covering
our Pinerolo, Italy employees under which all employees at that location are
entitled to receive severance indemnities upon termination of their
employment. The table below summarizes the changes to the severance
indemnity for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and
2007:
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
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(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Beginning
balance
|
$ | 9,120 | $ | 8,431 | $ | 8,551 | $ | 8,020 | ||||||||
Amounts
accrued
|
25 | 300 | 826 | 885 | ||||||||||||
Payments
to employees
|
(18 | ) | (729 | ) | (384 | ) | (1,110 | ) | ||||||||
Payments
(to) from government managed plan
|
141 | -- | (393 | ) | -- | |||||||||||
Currency
impacts
|
(978 | ) | 423 | (310 | ) | 630 | ||||||||||
Ending
balance
|
$ | 8,290 | $ | 8,425 | $ | 8,290 | $ | 8,425 |
Service
and Early Retirement Provisions
We have
two plans that cover our Veenendaal, The Netherlands employees. One
provides an award for employees who achieve 25 or 40 years of service and the
other is for employees who retire before normal retirement age. These
plans are both unfunded and the benefits are based on years of service and rate
of compensation. The table below summarizes the changes in the two
plans combined during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008
and 2007.
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
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(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Beginning
balance
|
$ | 936 | $ | 508 | $ | 897 | $ | 495 | ||||||||
Service
cost
|
12 | -- | 38 | -- | ||||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
15 | -- | 44 | -- | ||||||||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(22 | ) | -- | (108 | ) | -- | ||||||||||
Currency
impacts
|
(100 | ) | 27 | (30 | ) | 40 | ||||||||||
Ending
balance
|
$ | 841 | $ | 535 | $ | 841 | $ | 535 |
Note
7. New
Accounting Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(SFAS 157), which provides guidance on how to measure assets and liabilities
that are measured at fair value. SFAS 157 applies whenever another
U.S. GAAP standard requires (or permits) assets or liabilities to be measured at
fair value but does not expand the use of fair value to any new
circumstances. This standard requires additional disclosures in both
annual and quarterly reports. SFAS 157 was effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, excluding
non-financial assets and liabilities except those that are recognized or
disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis. The adoption of SFAS
157 for non-financial assets and liabilities was deferred until January 1,
2009. We are still evaluating the effect of adoption of SFAS 157 on
our non-financial assets and liabilities. We adopted the provisions
of SFAS 157 that pertain to financial assets and liabilities on January 1, 2008
and this has had no effect on our income from operations, cash flows, and
financial condition.
In
February, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB Statement No.
115" (SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
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 115, "Accounting
for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities," applies to all entities
with available for sale and trading securities. SFAS 159 was
effective for us as of January 1, 2008. We have elected not to apply
the provisions of SFAS 159 for our existing financial liabilities. We
will continue to report our existing financial liabilities on a cost basis as we
believe this is a better representation of our actual financial
obligations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007) "Business
Combinations" ("SFAS No. 141R") which replaces SFAS No. 141 "Business
Combinations" ("SFAS No. 141"). SFAS No. 141R retains the fundamental
requirements of SFAS No. 141 that the acquisition method of accounting be used
for all business combinations. However, SFAS No. 141R provides for
the following changes from SFAS No. 141: an acquirer will record 100%
of assets and liabilities of acquired business, including goodwill, at fair
value, regardless of the level of interest acquired; certain contingent assets
and liabilities will be recognized at fair value at the acquisition date;
contingent consideration will be recognized at fair value on the acquisition
date with changes in fair value to be recognized in earnings upon settlement;
acquisition-related transaction and restructuring costs will be expensed as
incurred; reversals of valuation allowances related to acquired deferred tax
assets and changes to acquired income tax uncertainties will be recognized in
earnings; and when making adjustments to finalize preliminary accounting,
acquirers will revise any previously issued post-acquisition financial
information in future financial statements to reflect any adjustments as if they
occurred on the acquisition date. SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively
to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after January
1, 2009. SFAS No. 141R will not have an impact on the Company's
consolidated financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude
of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms, and size of the
acquisitions consummated after the effective date.
Note
8. Long-Term
Debt and Short-Term Debt
Long-term
debt at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 consisted of the
following:
September
30,
2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Borrowings
under our $135,000 revolving credit facility bearing interest at a
floating rate equal to LIBOR (3.93% at September 30, 2008) plus an
applicable margin of 0.60 to 0.925, expiring September 20,
2011.
|
$ | 75,600 | $ | 70,476 | ||||
Borrowings
under our $40,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes bearing
interest at a fixed rate of 4.89% maturing on April 26,
2014. Annual principal payments of $5,714 began on April 26,
2008 and extend through the date of maturity.
|
34,286 | 40,000 | ||||||
Long
term note payable with customer related to acquiring equipment from
customer as part of long term supply agreement. Note carries a
0% rate of interest. Interest on this note has been imputed at
a rate of 5.41%. Note is reduced by applying a fixed amount per
piece purchased by customer.
|
566 | 1,568 | ||||||
Total debt
|
110,452 | 112,044 | ||||||
Less
current maturities of long-term debt
|
6,280 | 11,851 | ||||||
Long-term
debt, excluding current maturities of long-term debt
|
$ | 104,172 | $ | 100,193 |
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
The
current maturities of long-term debt as of September 30, 2008 are composed
primarily of the $5,714 second installment on our senior notes due April 26,
2009.
We were
in compliance with all covenants related to the $135 million credit facility and
the $40 million senior notes as of September 30, 2008. The specific
covenants to which we are subject are disclosed in our annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Note
9. Goodwill
The
changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine month period ended
September 30, 2008 are as follows:
Goodwill
(In Thousands of Dollars) |
Precision
Metal Components
Segment
|
Plastic
and
Rubber
Components
Segment
|
Metal
Bearing
Components
Segment
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Balance
as of January 1, 2008
|
$ | 4,274 | $ | 25,755 | $ | 9,442 | $ | 39,471 | ||||||||
Currency
impacts
|
-- | -- | (441 | ) | (441 | ) | ||||||||||
Balance
as of September 30, 2008
|
$ | 4,274 | $ | 25,755 | $ | 9,001 | $ | 39,030 |
The Goodwill balances
within our balance sheet are tested for impairment on an annual basis during the
fourth quarter and more often if circumstances require. Certain of
our reporting units with goodwill balances have been negatively impacted, in the
current three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, by the global
economic downturn particularly due to the effect on the automotive
market. Management’s opinion is that these negative effects do not
constitute a triggering event for early impairment testing due to the short term
nature of these negative impacts. We are currently in the process of developing
long range forecasts for these reporting units, and this information will be
used as part of our annual impairment testing, in order to determine if there
has been any impairment in the carrying value of these reporting
units. As of the date of this report, we have not yet determined if
there has been any impairment in carrying value of the reporting units in
question. However, depending on the severity of the
current and future impacts of the global economic downturn, we may have an
impairment in goodwill at one or more of our reporting units in the
future
Note
10. Intangible
assets, net of amortization
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Precision
Metal
Components
Segment
|
Metal
Bearing
Components
Segment
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Balance
of Amortizable Intangible Assets as of January 1, 2008
|
$ | 6,484 | $ | 1,895 | $ | 8,379 | ||||||
Amortization
|
(646 | ) | (480 | ) | (1,126 | ) | ||||||
Currency
impacts
|
-- | (86 | ) | (86 | ) | |||||||
Balance
of Amortizable Intangible Assets as of September 30, 2008
|
$ | 5,838 | $ | 1,329 | $ | 7,167 |
Of the
intangible assets within the Precision Metal Components Segment,
the majority of the value is a customer relationship intangible with a net
carrying value of $5,790. This intangible asset has an original
estimated useful life of 10 years and $551 of amortization expense was recorded
in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The remainder of the
intangibles is made up of a covenant not to compete and a favorable leasehold
interest with net carrying values of $12 and $36, respectively. These
items were originally amortizable over two and two and a half years,
respectively, and $56 and $39 in amortization expense, respectively, was
recorded in 2008. The accumulated amortization related to all of
these intangible assets at September 30, 2008 was $1,342. Also, in
the Precision Metal Components Segment is an intangible asset not subject to
amortization of $900 related to the value of the trade names of
Whirlaway.
Within
the Metal Bearing Components Segment the intangible asset is a contract
intangible. This intangible asset is subject to amortization over
approximately 5 years. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008,
the amortization expense totaled $480 and accumulated amortization totaled
$1,440 at September 30, 2008.
Note
11. Stock
Compensation
In the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, approximately
$246 and $891 for 2008 and $317 and $682 for 2007, respectively, of compensation
expense was recognized in selling, general and administrative expense for all
share-based awards. On March 6, 2008, the Company granted 160,000
options to the non-executive directors, officers and certain other key
employees.
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
The fair
value of the options cannot be determined by market value as our options are not
traded in an open market. Accordingly, a financial pricing model is utilized to
determine fair value. The Company utilizes the Black Scholes model which relies
on certain assumptions to estimate an option's fair value.
The
following table provides a reconciliation of option activity for the nine month
period ended September 30, 2008.
Options
|
Shares
(000)
|
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000)
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2008
|
1,530 | $ | 9.93 | |||||||||||||
Granted
|
160 | $ | 9.36 | |||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(498 | ) | 7.75 | |||||||||||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
(8 | ) | $ | 11.65 | ||||||||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2008
|
1,184 | $ | 10.76 | 6.4 | $ | 2,479 | (1) | |||||||||
Exercisable
at September 30, 2008
|
887 | $ | 10.84 | 5.5 | $ | 1,786 | (1) |
(1)
Intrinsic value is the amount by which the market price of the stock ($12.85)
was greater than the exercise price of each individual option grant at September
30, 2008.
Restricted
Stock Awards
The
recognized compensation costs before tax for restricted stock awards in the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were
approximately $0 and $31 for 2008, and $16 and $69 for 2007,
respectively. There is no unrecognized compensation cost for these
awards at September 30, 2008 as the awards fully vested during the three month
period ended September 30, 2008.
Long
Term Incentive Plan
The
compensation expense recognized during the three and nine month periods ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 related to this plan was $113 and $339,
respectively, and $113 and $113, respectively. At September 30, 2008
there was $566 of unrecognized compensation cost, before tax, to be recognized
over approximately one year and three months. During the nine month period ended
September 30, 2008, there have not been any performance units granted, vested or
forfeited.
Note
12. Provision
for Income Taxes
For the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, the difference between
the federal statutory tax rate of 34% and our effective tax rate of 31% and 26%,
respectively, is primarily due to being taxed in foreign jurisdictions at lower
rates than the U.S. statutory rate. The statutory income tax rates in
many of the foreign countries in which we operate are lower than the U.S federal
rate. In addition, we utilized net operating loss carryforwards,
which previously were 100% offset by valuation allowances, to offset taxable
income at our German and Slovakian operations. During the nine month
period ended September 30, 2008, we recognized a $1,142 deferred tax benefit in
our Italian operation resulting from our election under a new Italian tax law to
harmonize that operation’s net fixed asset values for tax and statutory
reporting. Additionally, the $4,018 gain on sale of fixed assets in
the second quarter of 2008 was in a jurisdiction with a lower effective tax rate
than the U.S.
Note
13. Commitments
and Contingencies
As
previously reported, we have joined a group of potentially responsible parties
(“PRP Group”) to voluntarily address the clean up of a former waste recycler
identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The
Company’s has contributed $28 through the end of September 30, 2008 to an escrow
fund managed by the PRP Group. A Remedial Investigation report
submitted to the EPA has been approved and the PRP Group is now preparing a
Feasibility Study to assess acceptable cleanup methods.
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NN,
Inc.
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(unaudited)
As
of the date of this report, we do not know whether we have any liability beyond
the contribution to the escrow account mentioned earlier, related to this
vendor’s actions, or estimatable range for any potential
liability. The Company believes its contribution to the remediation
of the site, if any, would be approximately 1.083% or less of the volume of
waste sent to the facility and the Company asserts that its waste was
non-hazardous.
All other
legal matters are of an ordinary and routine nature and are incidental to our
operations. Management believes that such proceedings should not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business
or financial condition or on the results of operations.
Note
14. Property,
Plant and Equipment
During
the three month period ended June 30, 2008, the Veenendaal, The Netherlands
facility (part of the Metal Bearing Components Segment) disposed of excess land
with a book value of $1,610 for proceeds of $5,628 and a resulting gain of
$4,018 ($2,995, after tax).
During
the three month period ended June 30, 2007, fixed assets at certain European
operations of the Metal Bearing Components Segment were impaired as a result of
the European restructuring (see Note 2). The total reduction in fixed
assets from the impairment charge, during the three month period ended June 30,
2007, was $3,320 and was reported in the Restructuring and impairment charges
line of the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Note
15. Common
Stock Repurchases
On
September 12, 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase
program. The new share repurchase program will be in effect for a
period of one year beginning September 15, 2008 with a maximum approved amount
of $20 million worth of shares to be repurchased on the open market from time to
time in accordance with market regulations.
The new
plan replaces an existing $25 million share repurchase program initiated on
September 13, 2007 that expired on September 13, 2008. The Company
purchased approximately $7.6 million of its common shares in open market
transactions under this $25 million program.
During
the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, we did not buy back
any shares under either of the repurchase plans or make any other purchases of
our shares. From October 1, 2008 until the date of this
report, we have repurchased 85,171 shares at a value of approximately $1.0
million.
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Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Risk
Factors
Our risk
factors are disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007 under Item 1.A. “Risk Factors”. There have
been no material changes to these risk factors since December 31, 2007, except
for the impact of a global recession discussed below.
The
recession impacting both U.S. and Europe automotive and industrial markets could
have a material adverse effect on our ability to finance our operations and
implement our growth strategy.
During
the last month of the three month period ended September 30, 2008, we
experienced a sudden and significant reduction in customer demand in Europe
driven by reductions of 20% or more in automotive end market
demand. At the same time, our Plastic and Rubber Components and our
Precision Metal Components Segments have continued to be negatively impacted by
reductions in North American automotive demand that began in the three month
period ended June 30, 2008 and worsened in the current three month
period.
Also,
during this same time period, the global financial markets experienced a severe
credit crisis which is impacting our ability and the ability of our customers to
obtain new credit.
Our
company has never been affected by a recession that has impacted both of our key
geographic markets of the U.S. and Europe
simultaneously. Continued sudden and significant reductions in sales
to our customers could materially reduce our operating results due to the
profits lost on reduced sales levels plus the inability in the short term to
reduce our variable and fixed cost of operations. A
continued recession could have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition and results of operations.
In
addition, our ability to sustain our existing committed credit facilities and
our ability to obtain new credit to finance our operations and growth plans
could be impaired depending on our performance against established financial
covenants including our level of earnings.
Results
of Operations
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30,
2007.
OVERALL
RESULTS
Consolidated
NN, Inc.
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 104,866 | $ | 99,021 | $ | 5,845 | ||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
5,168 | |||||||||||||||
Volume
|
(2,704 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Price
|
469 | |||||||||||||||
Mix
|
(487 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Material
inflation pass-through
|
3,399 | |||||||||||||||
Cost of products sold
(exclusive of depreciation
and
amortization shown separately below)
|
83,784 | 80,264 | 3,520 | |||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
4,220 | |||||||||||||||
Volume
|
(1,134 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cost
reduction
|
(3,743 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Mix
|
302 | |||||||||||||||
Inflation
|
3,875 | |||||||||||||||
Selling,
general, and administrative
|
9,732 | 8,423 | 1,309 | |||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
720 | |||||||||||||||
Increase
in wage related cost
|
589 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
6,234 | 5,771 | 463 | |||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
299 | |||||||||||||||
Additional
depreciation
|
164 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring
and impairment charges
|
-- | 1,362 | (1,362 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
1,259 | 1,496 | (237 | ) | ||||||||||||
(Gain)
loss on disposal of assets
|
6 | (11 | ) | 17 | ||||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
(391 | ) | (154 | ) | (237 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
before provision for income taxes
|
4,242 | 1,870 | 2,372 | |||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
1,295 | 1,472 | (177 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 2,947 | $ | 398 | $ | 2,549 |
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Net Sales. Sales
have increased year over year due to the appreciation in value of Euro
denominated sales relative to the U.S. Dollar and due to sale price increases
related to material inflation and general price increases. Most of
the price increases were to cover raw material inflation. The
remainder of the price increases were related to recovering non material
inflation or related to improving profitability. Sales have decreased
due to lower sales volumes to automotive customers in both the U.S. and Europe
automotive markets. The lower sales values in Europe occurred
primarily during the last month of the quarter
Cost of Products Sold (exclusive of
depreciation and amortization). Cost of products sold
increased year over year primarily due to the increase in value of Euro
denominated costs relative to the U.S. Dollar and due to raw material, labor and
utility cost inflation experienced during the three month period ended September
30, 2008. Offsetting these increases were favorable impacts from our
Level 3 cost reduction program and other planned projects focused on reducing
manufacturing cost at all locations and specifically from operating improvements
at our three newest operations: Whirlaway, China, and
Slovakia. Additionally, costs were lower due to decreased sales
volume in U.S. and European automotive markets.
Selling, General and Administrative
Expenses. The increase was primarily due to the increase in
the value of Euro denominated costs relative to the U.S. Dollar. Excluding
foreign exchange impacts, expenses were higher due to increased wage related
cost including severance cost for a small number of employees.
Depreciation and
Amortization. These costs are higher due to the increase in
the value of the Euro based depreciation and amortization relative to the U.S.
Dollar. Additionally, depreciation expense increased on assets placed in service
at our new plants in China and Slovakia.
Interest expense.
Interest expense is lower due to decreases in the base LIBOR interest rate which
reduced the cost of borrowing under our variable rate credit
agreement.
Restructuring and impairment
charges. During the three month period ended September 30,
2007, we accrued $1.3 million for severance cost related to the Metal Bearing
Components restructuring.
Provision for income taxes.
The 2008 third quarter effective rate of 31% was lower than the 2007
third quarter effective rate of 79%. The tax rate of the third
quarter of 2007 was impacted by the accrued severance cost of $1.4 million with
only a 7% effective tax rate. The minimal tax impact was due to the valuation
reserves placed on the tax benefits from the severance cost. The low
effective rate for the severance cost increased the 2007 third quarter overall
tax rate 37%.
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RESULTS
BY SEGMENT
METAL BEARING COMPONENTS
SEGMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 80,707 | $ | 70,814 | $ | 9,893 | ||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
5,168 | |||||||||||||||
Volume
|
1,037 | |||||||||||||||
Price
|
389 | |||||||||||||||
Mix
|
(475 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Material
inflation pass-through
|
3,774 | |||||||||||||||
Segment
net income, excluding restructuring and impairment charges, net of
tax
|
5,137 | 3,157 | 1,980 | |||||||||||||
Restructuring
and impairment charges, net of tax
|
-- | (1,128 | ) | 1,128 | ||||||||||||
Segment
net income
|
$ | 5,137 | $ | 2,029 | $ | 3,108 |
The sales
increase in the Metal Bearing Components Segment was due to the positive impacts
from the rise in value of Euro based sales relative to the U.S.
Dollar. Additionally, the Metal Bearing Components Segment
experienced higher sales volume in North America and Asia due to new programs,
market share gains, and North American industrial end market
demand. Finally, sales were higher due to price increases related to
passing through raw material inflation to customers and price increase related
to other inflationary impacts and overall profitability.
The third
quarter of 2007 segment net income included a one time unfavorable
effect of $1.1 million due to severance charges that did not repeat
in the third quarter of 2008. Excluding the effects of severance cost in 2007,
segment net income increased due to the higher sales volume in North America and
from the benefits from various cost reductions programs across all locations and
improved operational results in our newest operations in China and
Slovakia.
PRECISION METAL COMPONENTS
SEGMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 15,166 | $ | 15,594 | $ | (428 | ) | |||||||||
Volume
|
$ | (428 | ) | |||||||||||||
Segment
net loss
|
$ | (150 | ) | $ | (633 | ) | $ | 483 |
Sales
volume to our customers that serve the U.S. automotive market, particularly
light trucks, were lower than third quarter 2007 levels.
Despite
the reduced sales volume, the segment’s net loss was lower due to
production efficiencies resulting from cost improvement projects targeting
reduction in labor and manufacturing supplies costs and from lower net interest
cost.
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PLASTIC AND RUBBER
COMPONENTS SEGMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 8,993 | $ | 12,613 | $ | (3,620 | ) | |||||||||
Volume
|
(3,313 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Price/Mix
|
(307 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Segment
net income (loss)
|
$ | (338 | ) | $ | 567 | $ | (905 | ) |
Revenues
in the Plastic and Rubber Components Segment were down from lower sales volume
to customers that serve the U.S. automotive industry. The lower sales
were due to a general downturn in that market. This decrease was
further caused by the impact of negative price and customer mix
effects.
Segment
net income was negatively affected by the volume decreases in sales net of cost
of goods sold. Planned cost reduction projects, net of inflation,
partially offset the volume impacts.
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30,
2007.
OVERALL
RESULTS
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Consolidated
NN, Inc.
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 348,647 | $ | 314,267 | $ | 34,380 | ||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
22,963 | |||||||||||||||
Volume
|
7,542 | |||||||||||||||
Price
|
(617 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Mix
|
(1,110 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Material
inflation pass-through
|
5,602 | |||||||||||||||
Cost
of products sold (exclusive of depreciation
and
amortization shown separately below)
|
277,526 | 251,274 | 26,252 | |||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
19,094 | |||||||||||||||
Volume
|
7,292 | |||||||||||||||
Cost
reduction
|
(8,364 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Mix
|
141 | |||||||||||||||
Inflation
|
8,089 | |||||||||||||||
Selling,
general, and administrative
|
29,952 | 27,406 | 2,546 | |||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
1,859 | |||||||||||||||
Increase
in wage related cost
|
687 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
18,884 | 16,951 | 1,933 | |||||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
1,225 | |||||||||||||||
Additional
depreciation
|
708 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring
and impairment charges
|
-- | 14,698 | (14,698 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
4,068 | 4,821 | (753 | ) | ||||||||||||
Gain
on disposal of assets
|
(4,153 | ) | (23 | ) | (4,130 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
(810 | ) | (150 | ) | (660 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) before provision for income taxes
|
23,180 | (710 | ) | 23,890 | ||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
5,960 | 5,501 | 459 | |||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 17,220 | $ | (6,211 | ) | $ | 23,431 |
Net Sales. Sales
have increased due to the appreciation in value of Euro denominated sales
relative to the U.S. Dollar. In addition, sales were higher due to
sales volume increases primarily in our Metal Bearings Components Segment from
market share gains and strong levels of industrial end market demand primarily
in North America and in Europe to a lesser extent. Finally,
sales have increased due to price increases from passing through raw material
inflation to customers and price increases given to certain
non-contractual customers . Partially offsetting these increases were
price decreases given to several large customers in agreement with contractual
terms and unfavorable product mix to existing customers.
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Cost of Products Sold (exclusive of
depreciation and amortization). Cost of products sold
increased due to the increase in value of Euro denominated costs relative to the
U.S. Dollar and due to higher sales volumes primarily in our Metal Bearing
Components Segment. In addition, raw material, labor and utility
inflation experienced during the nine month period of 2008 increased from 2007
levels. Offsetting these increases were favorable impacts from our
Level 3 cost reduction program and other planned projects focused on reducing
manufacturing costs at all locations and from operating improvements at our
three newest operations: Whirlaway, China, and Slovakia.
Selling, General and Administrative
Expenses. The increase was primarily due to the increase in
the value of Euro denominated costs relative to the U.S. Dollar. In
addition, spending on wage related costs were higher in the third quarter of
2008 including the effects of severance related costs for certain
employees.
Depreciation and
Amortization. These costs are higher due to the increase in
the value of the Euro based depreciation and amortization relative to the U.S.
Dollar. Additionally, depreciation expense increased for assets
placed in service at our new plants in China and Slovakia.
Restructuring and impairment
charges. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, we impaired
certain goodwill and fixed asset balances related to the Metal Bearing
Components Segment restructuring totaling $13.4 million and during the third
quarter of 2007, we accrued $1.3 million of severance cost.
Interest expense.
Interest expense was lower due to decreases in the base LIBOR interest rate
which reduced the cost of borrowing under our variable rate credit
agreement.
Gain on disposal of
assets. During the three month period ended June 30, 2008, the
Veenendaal, The Netherlands facility (part of the Metal Bearing Components
Segment) disposed of excess land with a book value of $1.6 million for
proceeds of $5.6 million and a resulting gain of $4.0 million ($3.0
million after tax).
Provision for income taxes.
The nine month period ended September 30, 2008 effective rate of 26% was
higher than the 2007 nine month period effective rate of negative
774%. The 2008 rate was reduced, as compared to the U.S. statutory
rate, by the effect of electing to eliminate a portion of deferred tax
liabilities at our Italian location under provisions of a new Italian
law. This provided a $1.1 million benefit and reduced the 2008
overall tax rate 4.7 percentage points. Additionally, the gain of the
sale of land, in the second quarter of 2008, was taxed at a lower rate than our
traditional blended tax rate which reduced the 2008 overall tax rate 1.8
percentage points. Finally, the tax rate for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 was favorably impacted 1.5 percentage points by a reduction
in certain foreign tax rates and the utilization of net operating loss carry
forwards, which previously were 100% offset by valuation
allowances, to offset taxable income at certain foreign
locations. The tax rate of the nine months ended September 30, 2007
was impacted by the large impairment charges and severance costs with the
minimal tax impact due to valuation reserves placed on the tax benefits from the
impairment and severance charges and other related tax benefits which reduced
the 2007 tax rate by 703 percentage points.
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RESULTS
BY SEGMENT
METAL BEARING COMPONENTS
SEGMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 265,457 | $ | 224,373 | $ | 41,084 | ||||||||||
Foreign
exchange effects
|
22,964 | |||||||||||||||
Volume
|
13,831 | |||||||||||||||
Price
|
(943 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Mix
|
(1,099 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Material
inflation pass-through
|
6,331 | |||||||||||||||
Segment
net income, excluding restructuring and impairment charges, net of
tax
|
21,647 | 12,901 | 8,746 | |||||||||||||
Restructuring
and impairment charges, net of tax
|
-- | (14,548 | ) | 14,548 | ||||||||||||
Segment
net income (loss)
|
$ | 21,647 | $ | (1,647 | ) | $ | 23,294 |
The sales
increase in the Metal Bearing Components Segment was due to the positive impacts
from the rise in value of Euro based sales relative to the U.S. Dollar and due
to higher sales volume in North America, Europe and Asia from new programs,
market share gains, and strong European and North American industrial end market
demand experienced prior to the last month of the current
quarter. Finally, sales increased due to price increases related to
passing through raw material inflation to customers and from price increases
given to certain non-contractual customers. These increases were
partially offset by unfavorable product and customer mix and due to contractual
price decreases to certain large customers.
The 2008
segment net income was positively impacted by two non-operating one-time
benefits. The first was a $3.0 million after tax gain on sale of
excess land. The other was a $1.1 million tax benefit related to
reducing certain deferred tax liabilities at our Italian operation under a new
Italian tax law. Additionally, 2008 segment net income was favorable to
2007 segment net loss due to the $14.5 million of impairment charges, net of
tax, in 2007 that did not repeat in 2008.
Factoring
out the one-time non-operating benefits, segment net income increased due to the
higher sales volume and from the appreciation of Euro denominated sales less
Euro denominated cost. In addition, planned cost reduction
initiatives at all locations, in particular at our Asia and Slovakia operations,
had a positive impact, net of inflation. Offsetting these gains were
the effects of price decreases given to certain customers under contractual
terms and unfavorable customer and product mix impacts.
PRECISION METAL COMPONENTS
SEGMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 51,453 | $ | 50,730 | $ | 723 | ||||||||||
Volume
|
723 | |||||||||||||||
Segment
net income (loss)
|
$ | 776 | $ | (1,093 | ) | $ | 1,869 |
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Sales
volume increased at our largest heating, ventilation and air conditioning
equipment customer from unusually low levels in 2007. However, during
the second and third quarters, these volume increases were mostly offset by
reduced sales to customers that serve the U.S. automotive market, particularly
light trucks.
The
segment’s net income increased due primarily to production efficiencies in labor
and manufacturing supplies experienced in all three periods of 2008 through the
application of our Level 3 and other cost improvement programs. In
addition, the higher sales volume favorably impacted segment net income along
with lower interest cost.
PLASTIC AND RUBBER
COMPONENTS SEGMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars)
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 31,737 | $ | 39,164 | $ | (7,427 | ) | |||||||||
Volume
|
(7,011 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Price
|
326 | |||||||||||||||
Mix
|
(742 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Segment
net income
|
$ | 176 | $ | 1,686 | $ | (1,510 | ) |
Revenues
in the Plastic and Rubber Components Segment were down due to lower sales volume
to customers that sell products to U.S. automotive manufacturers. The
lower sales were due to a general downturn in that market and due to the effects
of a strike at a major U.S. automotive supplier, earlier in the year, which
affected several of our customers’ sales volumes. This decrease was
partially offset by the impact of price increases at certain
customers.
Segment
net income was negatively affected by the volume decreases in sales net of cost
of goods sold. Planned cost reduction projects and price increases,
net of inflation, partially offset the volume impacts.
Changes
in Financial Condition
From
December 31, 2007 to September 30, 2008, our total assets and current assets
increased $4.3 million and $12.0 million, respectively. The
depreciation in the value of Euro denominated account balances relative to the
U.S. Dollar caused total assets and current assets to decrease approximately
$5.9 million and $3.2 million, respectively, from December 31,
2007. Factoring out the foreign exchange effects, accounts receivable
was higher by $4.6 million due to increased sales volume in the third quarter of
2008 over the fourth quarter of 2007 and due to timing of certain customer
payments. Inventories were higher $7.6 million due to increased
production levels in the third quarter of 2008 and due to inflationary impacts
of raw material. Factoring out foreign exchange effects, property,
plant and equipment decreased $5.8 million as year to date capital spending has
been lower than depreciation and land with a net book value of $1.6 million was
disposed of in the second quarter of 2008.
From
December 31, 2007 to September 30, 2008, our total liabilities and current
liabilities decreased $13.0 million and $14.3 million,
respectively. The depreciation in the value of Euro denominated
account balances relative to the U.S. Dollar caused total liabilities and
current liabilities to decrease approximately $2.0 million and $1.3 million,
respectively, from December 31, 2007. Factoring out the foreign
exchange effects, accounts payable was down $10.2 million due to timing of
purchases from and payments to European vendors and the reduction of cash
overdraft balances. In addition, current liabilities were lower
due to the reduction in the current maturities of long-term debt of $5.6 million
which was mostly reclassified to long- term debt.
Working
capital, which consists principally of accounts receivable and inventories
offset by accounts payable, was $80.1 million at September 30, 2008 as compared
to $53.8 million at December 31, 2007. The ratio of current assets to
current liabilities increased from 1.64:1 at December 31, 2007 to 2.14:1 at
September 30, 2008. The increase in working capital was due primarily
to the $4.6 million increase in accounts receivable balances, the $7.6 increase
in inventory levels and the $10.2 million decrease in accounts
payable. In addition, a $5.6 million reduction in the balance of the
current portion of long-term debt increased working capital. The
majority of that reduction was reclassified to long-term debt.
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Cash flow
provided by operations was $12.0 million during the first nine months of 2008
compared with cash flow provided by operations of $10.8 million during the first
nine months of 2007. The increase in cash flow provided by operations
is due to increased net income partially offset by higher levels of working
capital.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Amounts
outstanding under our $135.0 million credit facility and our $40.0 million
senior notes as of September 30, 2008 were $75.6 million and $34.3 million,
respectively. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements. We were in compliance with all covenants of our $135.0
million credit facility and our $40.0 million senior notes as of September 30,
2008. As of September 30, 2008, the Company had a maximum $59.4
million of availability under the $135.0 million revolving credit facility
limited by the level of Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization (“EBITDA”) we have earned for the trailing twelve
months. As of the date of this report, we have the ability to draw
approximately $32.5 million of the total $59.4 million based on our current
level of EBITDA.
Even
though we have sufficient availability to borrow under our existing credit
agreements at this time, due to the current global credit crisis and economic
downturn our ability to obtain credit could be impaired depending on the level
of reduction in our EBITDA. In the event we have to obtain credit in
replacement of or in addition to our existing credit facilities, the terms are
not likely to be as favorable as our current facilities due to dramatic
increases, during the last 12 to 18 months, in the interest rate margins charged
by lending institutions. In addition, depending on our EBITDA levels
and the degree credit markets are tightened, we may not be able to enter into
new or additional credit facilities in the future.
Many of
our locations use the Euro as their functional currency. In 2008, the
fluctuation of the Euro against the U.S. Dollar favorably impacted revenue and
income but decreased the value of assets and liabilities. The average
Euro exchange rate, which affects the income statement, was higher for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008 compared with the nine months ended September
30, 2007. However, the exchange spot rate, which affects
the balance sheet, at September 30, 2008 was lower than the exchange rate at
December 31, 2007. As of September 30, 2008, no currency hedges were
in place. Changes in value of the U.S. Dollar and/or Euro against
foreign currencies could impair our ability to compete with international
competitors for foreign as well as domestic sales.
During
2008, we plan to spend approximately $18.5 million on capital expenditures. Of
this amount, approximately $13.8 million has been spent through September 30,
2008. We intend to finance future fixed asset purchases with cash
generated from operations and funds available under the credit facilities
described above. We believe that funds generated from operations and
borrowings from the credit facilities will be sufficient to finance our working
capital needs, projected capital expenditure requirements, possible stock
repurchases and expected dividend payments through December 2009.
During
the third quarter of 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a new stock
repurchase program under which we are authorized to repurchase up to $20 million
worth of our common stock during the subsequent 12 months in the open market or
in private transactions, in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations. This new plan replaced a $25 million repurchase plan
that expired on September 13, 2008. During the three and nine month
periods ended September 30, 2008, the Company did not repurchase any shares
under either of these plans or make any other repurchases of our common
stock.
Seasonality
and Fluctuation in Quarterly Results
Historically,
our net sales in the Metal Bearing Components Segment have been of a seasonal
nature due to the fact that a significant portion of our sales are to European
customers that have significantly slower production during the month of
August.
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Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
significant accounting policies, including the assumptions and judgments
underlying them, are disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007, including those policies as discussed in Note 1 to the
annual report. These policies have been consistently applied in all
material respects and address such matters as revenue recognition, inventory
valuation, asset impairment recognition, business combination accounting and
pension and postretirement benefits. There can be no assurance that
actual results will not significantly differ from the estimates used in these
critical accounting policies. The only change during the nine month
period ended September 30, 2008 was adoption of SFAS 157 and SFAS 159 related to
accounting for financial assets and liabilities under fair
value. SFAS 157 and SFAS 159 have had no effect on the financial
statements for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008.
The Goodwill balances
within our balance sheet are tested for impairment on an annual basis during the
fourth quarter and more often if circumstances require. Certain of
our reporting units with goodwill balances have been negatively impacted, in the
current three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, by the global
economic downturn particularly due to the effect on the automotive
market. Management’s opinion is that these negative effects do not
constitute a triggering event for early impairment testing due to the short term
nature of these negative impacts. We are currently in the process of developing
long range forecasts for these reporting units, and this information will be
used as part of our annual impairment testing, in order to determine if there
has been any impairment in the carrying value of these reporting
units. As of the date of this report, we have not yet determined if
there has been any impairment in carrying value of the reporting units in
question. However, depending on the severity of the
current and future impacts of the global economic downturn, we may have an
impairment in goodwill at one or more of our reporting units in the
future
Sales
Concentration
Our
supply agreements with SKF for tapered rollers and steel cages and with the
Schaeffler Group for steel balls expired May 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008,
respectively. We are in the process of negotiating new supply
contracts with SKF for the tapered rollers and steel cages. We have
an informal agreement in principle to continue the current commercial terms
until the end of 2008. A new contract for beyond 2008 is still in the
process of being negotiated. In regards to the Schaeffler Group, we
are still in the process of negotiating a new contract. We continue
to sell to Schaeffler under similar commercial terms as the prior formal
contract. For the three and nine month periods ended September 30,
2008, our percentage of total sales to SKF and Schaeffler are consistent with
those reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007.
European
Restructuring
As
previously mentioned in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, during the first quarter of 2008 we officially signed an
agreement with representatives of the Eltmann, Germany plant employees that
contained significant contract revisions including new wage rates and increase
hours worked per week. This contract is in effect for two years
through December 31, 2009. During this time, we have agreed not to
involuntarily downsize employment levels at this location.
It is
possible we might incur significant cash and non-cash restructuring costs and
impairment charges related to reducing or eliminating the work force at one or
more of our Metal Bearing Components Segment European ball manufacturing
locations depending on the facts and circumstances at that time.
Item 3.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are
exposed to changes in financial market conditions in the normal course of our
business due to use of certain financial instruments as well as transacting in
various foreign currencies. To mitigate the exposure to these market
risks, we have established policies, procedures and internal processes governing
our management of financial market risks. We are exposed to changes
in interest rates primarily as a result of our borrowing
activities. At September 30, 2008, we had $75.6 million outstanding
under our variable rate revolving credit facilities and $34.3 million fixed rate
senior notes outstanding. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements. At September 30, 2008, a one-percent increase
in the interest rate charged on our outstanding variable rate borrowings would
result in interest expense increasing annually by approximately $0.8
million.
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Translation
of our operating cash flows denominated in foreign currencies is impacted by
changes in foreign exchange rates. We did not hold a position in any
foreign currency hedging instruments as of September 30, 2008.
Item
4. Controls
and Procedures
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that
evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded
that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of September 30,
2008, the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.
There
have been no changes in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008 in our
internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
Part
II. Other Information
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
As
previously reported, we have joined a group of potentially responsible parties
(“PRP Group”) to voluntarily address the clean up of a former waste recycler
identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The
Company’s has contributed $28 through the end of September 30, 2008 to an escrow
fund managed by the PRP Group. A Remedial Investigation report
submitted to the EPA has been approved and the PRP Group is now preparing a
Feasibility Study to assess acceptable cleanup methods. As of
the date of this report, we do not know whether we have any liability beyond the
contribution to the escrow account mentioned earlier, related to this vendor’s
actions, or estimatable range for any potential liability. The
Company believes its contribution to the remediation of the site, if any, would
be approximately 1.083% or less of the volume of waste sent to the facility and
the Company asserts that its waste was non-hazardous.
All of
our other legal proceedings are of an ordinary and routine nature and are
incidental to our operations. Management believes that such
proceedings should not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on our business or financial condition or on the results of
operations.
Item
1.A. Risk Factors
There
have not been any material changes in risk factors from those disclosed in our
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed on
March 17, 2008, except for the impact of a global recession discussed
below.
The
recession impacting both U.S. and Europe automotive and industrial markets could
have a material adverse effect on our ability to finance our operations and
implement our growth strategy.
During
the last month of the three month period ended September 30, 2008, we
experienced a sudden and significant reduction in customer demand in Europe
driven by reductions of 20% or more in automotive end market
demand. At the same time, our Plastic and Rubber Components and our
Precision Metal Components Segments have continued to be negatively impacted by
reductions in North American automotive demand that began in the three
month period ended June 30, 2008 and worsened in the current three month
period.
Also,
during this same time period, the global financial markets experienced a severe
credit crisis which is impacting our ability and the ability of our customers to
obtain new credit.
Our
company has never been affected by a recession that has impacted both of our key
geographic markets of the U.S. and Europe
simultaneously. Continued sudden and significant reductions in sales
to our customers could materially reduce our operating results due to the
profits lost on reduced sales levels plus the inability in the short term to
reduce our variable and fixed cost of operations. A
continued recession could have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition and results of operations.
In
addition, our ability to sustain our existing committed credit facilities and
our ability to obtain new credit to finance our operations and growth plans
could be impaired depending on our performance against established financial
covenants including our level of earnings.
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Item
2. Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
a) None
b) None
c)
None
Item
3. Defaults
upon Senior Securities
None
Item
4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None
Item
5. Other
Information
None
Item
6. Exhibits
31.1 Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
31.2 Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
32.1 Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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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.
NN, Inc. | |||
Registrant | |||
Date:
November 10, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/ Roderick R. Baty | |
Name: Roderick R. Baty | |||
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Office | |||
(Duly Authorized Officer) | |||
Date:
November 10, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/ James H. Dorton | |
Name: James H. Dorton | |||
Title: Vice
President - Corporate Development and
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|||
(Principal
Financial Officer)
(Duly
Authorized Officer)
|
Date:
November 10, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/ William C. Kelly, Jr. | |
Name: William C. Kelly, Jr. | |||
Title: Chief
Administrative Officer
|
|||
(Duly
Authorized Officer)
|
Date:
November 10, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/ Thomas C. Burwell, Jr. | |
Name: Thomas C. Burwell, Jr. | |||
Title: Corporate
Controller
|
|||
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
|
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