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UNITED
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SECURITIES
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Washington,
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FORM
10-K
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008
Commission
file number 1-7283
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Regal
Beloit Corporation
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
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Wisconsin
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39-0875718
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(State
of Incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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200 State Street,
Beloit, Wisconsin
53511
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(Address
of principal executive
offices)
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(608)
364-8800
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
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Common
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes T No £
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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 T No £
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by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
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The
aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of June 28, 2008 was approximately $1.3 billion.
On
February 20, 2009, the registrant had outstanding 31,491,919 shares of common
stock, $.01 par value, which is registrant’s only class of common
stock.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Certain
information contained in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on April 27, 2009 is incorporated by reference into Part
III, hereof.
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REPORT ON FORM 10-K
FOR
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 27, 2008
TABLE
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CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT
This Annual Report contains
“forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent our
management’s judgment regarding future events. In many cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,”
“will,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” or
“continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar
words. Actual results and events could differ materially and
adversely from those contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number
of factors, including:
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changes in global markets where we do business, such as reduced demand for
the products we sell, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, interest
rates, recession, foreign government policies and other external factors
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fluctuations in commodity prices and raw material
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downturns affecting the global market for capital
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issues and costs arising from the integration of acquired companies and
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marketplace
acceptance of new and existing products including the loss of, or a
decline in business from, any significant
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impact of capital market transactions that we may
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risks and uncertainties including but not limited to those described in
Item 1A-Risk Factors
of this Form 10-K and from time to time in our reports filed with
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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All
subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to
persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
applicable cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements
included in this Form 10-K are made only as of their respective dates, and we
undertake no obligation to update these statements to reflect subsequent events
or circumstances. See also Item 1A - Risk
Factors.
Unless
the context requires otherwise, references in this Annual Report to “we,” “us,”
“our” or the “Company” refer collectively to Regal Beloit Corporation and its
subsidiaries.
References
in an Item of this Annual Report on Form 10-K to information contained in our
Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held
on April 27, 2009 (the “2009 Proxy Statement”) or to information contained in
specific sections of the Proxy Statement, incorporate the information into that
Item by reference.
ITEM 1 - BUSINESS
OUR
COMPANY
We are
one of the largest global manufacturers of commercial, industrial, and heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) electric motors, electric generators
and controls, and mechanical motion control products. Many of our
products hold leading market positions in a variety of essential commercial,
industrial and residential applications, and we believe we have one of the most
comprehensive product lines in the markets we serve. We sell our
products to a diverse global customer base using more than 20 recognized brand
names through a multi-channel distribution model to leading original equipment
manufacturers (“OEMs”), distributors and end users across many
markets. We believe this strategy, coupled with a high level of
customer service, provides us with a competitive selling advantage and allows us
to more fully penetrate our target markets.
We
manufacture and market electrical and mechanical products. Our
electrical products include HVAC motors, a full line of AC and DC commercial and
industrial electric motors, electric generators and controls, capacitors and
electrical connecting devices. Our mechanical products include gears and
gearboxes, marine transmissions, high-performance automotive transmissions and
ring and pinions and manual valve actuators. OEMs and end users in a
variety of motion control and other industrial applications increasingly combine
the types of electrical and mechanical products we offer. We seek to
take advantage of this trend and to enhance our market penetration by leveraging
cross-marketing and product line combination opportunities between our
electrical and mechanical products.
We market
our products through multiple brands, with each typically having its own product
offering and sales organization. These sales organizations consist of
varying combinations of our own internal direct sales people as well as
exclusive and non-exclusive manufacturers’ representative organizations. We
manufacture the vast majority of the products that we sell, and we have
manufacturing, sales, engineering and distribution facilities throughout the
United States and Canada as well as in Mexico, India, China, Australia, Thailand
and Europe.
Our
growth strategy includes driving organic growth through innovative new products,
new customers, new opportunities at existing customers and participating in fast
growth geographic markets. Additionally, we seek to grow through
strategic, value creating acquisitions. We consider our acquisition
process, including identification, due diligence, and integration, to be a core
competency of the Company.
Our
business initiatives include:
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Innovation:
fueling our growth by delivering new products that address customer needs
such as energy efficiency, system cost reduction and improved
reliability;
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Globalization:
expanding our global presence to participate in high growth markets,
“catch” our customers as they expand globally and remain cost
competitive;
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Customer
Centricity: making continuous improvements in all of the operations that
touch our customers so that our customers feel an improved
experience;
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Digitization:
employing Information Technology (IT) tools to improve the efficiency and
productivity of our business and our customers’ businesses;
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Lean
Six Sigma: utilizing Lean Six Sigma to drive continuous improvements in
all of our manufacturing and back office operations as well as in the
quality of our products.
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OPERATING
SEGMENTS
We have
two operating segments: Electrical and
Mechanical. In 2008, operating segments were realigned
due to a management reporting change and certain product offerings
were moved from one segment to the other. All segment data, including
historical segment data and Item 7 historical data, have been restated to
reflect this change. Financial information on our operating segments
for the three years ending December 27, 2008 is contained in Note 13 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
ELECTRICAL
SEGMENT
We
believe our motor products are uniquely positioned to help our customers and end
consumers achieve greater energy efficiency, resulting in significant cost
savings for the consumer and preservation of natural resources and our
environment. We estimate that approximately 40-60% of all electricity generated
in the U.S. is consumed by electric motors. Our increasingly
efficient motor designs allow current motor products to be significantly more
energy efficient than previous models. Our Electrical segment includes a full
line of AC and DC commercial and industrial electric motors, HVAC motors,
electric generators and controls and capacitors. Our Electrical
segment was developed in the mid 1990’s with a new strategic focus to establish
our Company as a significant manufacturer of industrial electric motors,
complementing our mechanical products businesses which serve similar markets and
whose products were often used in combination with a motor. Beginning
with our acquisition of Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corporation in 1997 our
Electrical segment has grown to approximately $2.0 billion in
revenue.
During
2008, the Company completed acquisitions of two additional Electrical segment
businesses.
On April
25, 2008 the Company acquired Joyce Court Holdings Ltd. and Grand Delight
Investments Ltd., sole shareholders of Wuxi Hwada Motor Co. and Wuxi New Hwada
Motor Co. (collectively “Hwada”) located in Wuxi, China. Hwada is a
leading designer and manufacturer of Integral IEC and NEMA electric motors,
which are used in various industrial applications such as compressor, pump,
paper and steel processing and power plants. Approximately 50% of
Hwada’s product sales are in the China industrial markets. The
business is reported as part of the Company’s Electrical segment. The
acquisition provides an industrial motor production capability to our China
motor businesses.
On
September 30, 2008, the Company acquired Dutchi Motors
B.V. (“Dutchi”) located in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Dutchi
is a leading distributor of industrial motors in Western and Eastern Europe,
South Africa, Russia and the Middle East. Dutchi is one of the
largest distributors of the Company’s Hwada motor products, which was purchased
in April, 2008. The Dutchi business is also reported as part of the
Company’s Electrical segment. The acquisition expands our distribution network
further into Europe and includes new markets for our product lines.
During
2007, the Company completed acquisitions of four Electrical segment
businesses.
On August
31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets comprising the
commercial and industrial division of the Fasco Motor business (“Fasco”) from
Tecumseh Products, Inc. and certain of its affiliates. On August 31,
2007, the Company also separately acquired the stock of Jakel Incorporated
(“Jakel”). Both of the acquired businesses manufacture and market
motors and blower systems for a variety of air moving applications including
alternative fuel systems, water heaters, HVAC systems and other commercial
products. The acquisition provides expanded system solutions for our
customers, and expands our geographic manufacturing and commercial footprints
into Thailand and Australia.
On
October 12, 2007, the Company acquired Morrill Motors. The acquired
business is a leading designer and manufacturer of fractional horsepower motors
and components for the commercial refrigeration and freezer
markets. Included in the motor offering are technology based variable
speed products. The acquisition expands our standard and high
efficiency system solution for the commercial refrigerator and freezer end
markets.
On
October 29, 2007, the Company acquired the Alstom motors and fans business in
India. The business is located in Kolkata, India and manufactures and
markets a full range of low and medium voltage industrial motors and fans for
the industrial and process markets in India. Alstom is noted for high
quality process duty motors with a full range from 1 to 3500 hp. The
acquisition expands our commercial and manufacturing presence in India, making
us one of the largest motor manufacturers in India. The acquired
Alstom business has been re-branded as Marathon Electric Motors (India)
Ltd.
We
manufacture and market AC and DC commercial, industrial and HVAC electric motors
ranging in size from sub-fractional to small integral horsepowers to larger
commercial and industrial motors from 50 through 6500 horsepower. We offer
thousands of stock models of electric motors in addition to the motors we
produce to specific customer specifications. We also produce and market
precision servo motors, electric generators ranging in size from five kilowatts
through four megawatts, automatic transfer switches and paralleling switchgear
to interconnect and control electric power generation equipment. Additionally,
our Electrical segment markets a line of AC and DC adjustable speed
drives. We manufacture capacitors for use in HVAC systems, high
intensity lighting and other applications. We
sell our Electrical segment’s products to distributors, original equipment
manufacturers and end users across many markets.
Our
motors are vital components of an HVAC system and are used to move air into and
away from furnaces, heat pumps, air conditioners, ventilators, fan filter boxes
and humidifiers. We believe that a majority of our HVAC motors are used in
applications that replace existing equipment, with the remainder used in new
equipment applications. The business enjoys a large installed base of equipment
and long-term relationships with its major customers.
Our power
generation business, which includes electric generators and power generation
components and controls, represents a growing portion of our Electrical
segment’s net sales. The market for electric power generation
components and controls has grown in recent years as a result of a desire on the
part of end users to reduce losses due to power disturbances and the increased
need for prime power in certain applications. Our generators are used
in industrial, agricultural, marine, military, transportation and other
applications.
We
leverage efficiencies across our motor and power generation
operations. We centralize the manufacturing, purchasing, engineering,
accounting, information technology and quality control activities of our
Electrical segment. Furthermore, we specifically foster the sharing
of best practices across each of the Electrical segment businesses and create
focused centers of excellence in each of our manufacturing
functions.
The
following is a description of our major Electrical product brands and the
primary products that they manufacture and market:
Dutchi
Motors. Distributor of IEC and NEMA electric motors for
industrial applications in Western and Eastern Europe, South Africa, Russia and
the Middle East.
Fasco
Motors. Manufactures motors and blower systems for air moving
applications including alternative fuel systems, water heaters and HVAC
systems.
Hwada
Motors. Manufactures Integrated IEC and NEMA motors for
various industrial applications such as compressor, pump, paper and steel
processing and power plants.
LEESON Electric. Manufactures
AC motors up to 800 horsepower and DC motors up to five horsepower, gear
reducers, gearmotors and drives primarily for the power transmission, pump, food
processing, fitness equipment and industrial machinery markets.
Lincoln Motors. Manufactures
AC motors from 1/4 horsepower to 800 horsepower primarily for industrial and
commercial pumps, compressors, elevators, machine tools, and specialty
products.
Marathon Electric.
Manufactures AC motors up to 800 horsepower primarily for HVAC, pumps, power
transmissions, fans and blowers, compressors, agriculture products, processing
and industrial manufacturing equipment.
Marathon Electric Motors (India)
Ltd. (Alstom acquired business). The acquired Alstom business
has been re-branded as Marathon Electric Motors (India)
Ltd. Manufactures a full range (from 1 to 3500 horsepower) of low and
medium voltage industrial motors and fans for the industrial and process markets
in India.
Marathon
Generators. Manufactures AC generators from five kilowatts to
four megawatts that primarily serve the standby power, prime power,
refrigeration, industrial and irrigation markets.
Morrill
Motors. Manufactures fractional horsepower motors and
components for the commercial refrigeration and freezer markets.
Thomson Technology.
Manufactures automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear and controls,
and systems controls primarily for the electric power generation
market.
MECHANICAL
SEGMENT
Our
Mechanical segment includes a broad array of mechanical motion control products
including: standard and custom worm gear, bevel gear, helical gear
and concentric shaft gearboxes; marine transmissions; high-performance
after-market automotive transmissions and ring and pinions; custom gearing;
gearmotors; manual valve actuators, and electrical connecting devices. Our gear
and transmission related products primarily control motion by transmitting power
from a source, such as a motor or engine, to an end use, such as a conveyor
belt, usually reducing speed and increasing torque in the process. Our valve
actuators are used primarily in oil and gas, water distribution and treatment
and chemical processing applications. Mechanical products are sold to original
equipment manufacturers, distributors and end users across many industry
segments.
The
following is a description of our major Mechanical segment brands and the
primary products they manufacture and market:
CML (Costruzioni Meccaniche
Legananesi S.r.L.). Manufactures worm and bevel gear valve actuators
primarily for the oil, gas, wastewater and water distribution
markets.
Durst. Manufactures standard
and specialized industrial transmissions, hydraulic pump drives and gears for
turbines used in power generation primarily for the construction, agriculture,
energy, material handling, forestry, lawn and garden and railroad maintenance
markets.
Grove Gear/Electra-Gear.
Manufactures standard and custom industrial gear reducers and specialized
aluminum gear reducers and gearmotors primarily for the material handling, food
processing, robotics, healthcare, power transmission, medical
equipment and packaging markets.
Hub City/Foote-Jones.
Manufactures gear drives, sub-fractional horsepower gearmotors, mounted
bearings, large-scale parallel shaft and right-angle gear drives and accessories
primarily for the packaging, construction, material handling, healthcare, food
processing markets, mining, oil, pulp and paper, forestry, aggregate,
construction and steel markets.
Marathon Special Products.
Manufactures fuse holders, terminal blocks, and power blocks primarily for the
HVAC, telecommunications, electric control panel, utilities and transportation
markets.
Mastergear. Manufactures
manual valve actuators for liquid and gas flow control primarily for the
petrochemical processing, fire protection and wastewater markets.
Opperman Mastergear, Ltd.
Manufactures valve actuators and industrial gear drives primarily for the
material handling, agriculture, mining and liquid and gas flow control
markets.
Richmond Gear/Velvet Drive
Transmissions. Manufactures ring and pinions and transmissions primarily
for the high-performance automotive aftermarket, and marine and industrial
transmissions primarily for the pleasure boat, off-road vehicle and forestry
markets.
THE
BUILDING OF OUR BUSINESS
Our
growth from our founding as a producer of high-speed cutting tools in 1955 to
our current size and status has largely been the result of the acquisition and
integration of businesses to build a strong multi-product offering. Our senior
management has substantial experience in the acquisition and integration of
businesses, aggressive cost management, and efficient manufacturing techniques,
all of which represent activities that are critical to our long-term growth
strategy. Since 1997 we have acquired and developed our Electrical
segment businesses into approximately a $2.0 billion producer of electric motors
serving primarily the North America market. We consider the
identification of acquisition candidates and the purchase and integration of
targets to be a core competency for the Company. The following table summarizes
select Electrical segment acquisitions over the previous five
years.
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Dutchi
Motors
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Distributor
of IEC and NEMA electric motors for industrial applications in Western and
Eastern Europe, South Africa, Russia and the Middle
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Hwada
Motors
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2008
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Integral
IEC and NEMA electric motors for industrial
applications
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Fasco
Motors
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2007
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Motor
and blower systems for air moving applications
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Jakel,
Inc.
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2007
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Motor
and blower systems for air moving applications
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Morrill
Motors
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2007
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Fractional
horsepower motors for commercial refrigeration and freezer
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Alstom
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2007
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Full
line of low and medium voltage industrial motors for Indian domestic
markets
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Sinya
Motors
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2006
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Fractional
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GE
Commercial AC Motors
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2004
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AC
motors for pump, compressor, equipment and commercial
HVAC
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GE
HVAC Motors and Capacitors
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2004
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Full
line of motors and capacitors for residential and commercial HVAC
systems
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SALES,
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
We sell
our products directly to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), distributors
and end-users across many markets. We have multiple business units,
with each unit typically having its own branded product offering and sales
organization. These sales organizations consist of varying combinations of our
own internal direct sales people as well as exclusive and non-exclusive
manufacturers’ representative organizations.
MARKETS
AND COMPETITORS
The 2008
worldwide market for electric motors is estimated to be in excess of $29
billion. The overall domestic market for electric motors is estimated at $10
billion annually, although we estimate the sectors in which we primarily
compete, commercial and industrial electric motors and HVAC/refrigeration
motors, to be approximately a $3.4 billion segment of the overall domestic
market. We believe approximately 40-60% of all electricity generated in the U.S.
runs through electric motors. We believe we are among the largest
producers of commercial and industrial motors and HVAC motors. In
addition, we believe that we are the largest electric generator manufacturer in
the United States that is not affiliated with a diesel engine manufacturer.
Major domestic competitors for our electrical products include Baldor Electric,
U.S. Electric Motors (a division of Emerson Electric Co.), A. O. Smith
Corporation, General Electric Company and Newage (a division of Cummins,
Inc). Major foreign competitors include Siemens AG, Toshiba
Corporation, Weg S.A., Leroy-Somer, Inc. and ABB Ltd.
We serve
various mechanical product markets and compete with a number of different
companies depending on the particular product offering. We believe that we are a
leading manufacturer of several mechanical products and that we are the leading
manufacturer in the United States of worm gear drives and bevel gear drives. Our
competitors in these markets include Boston Gear (a division of Altra Industrial
Motion, Inc.), Dodge (a division of Baldor Electric), Emerson Electric Co. and
Winsmith (a division of Peerless-Winsmith, Inc.). Major foreign competitors
include SEW Eurodrive GmbH & Co., Flender GmbH, Nord, Sumitomo Corporation
and Zahnrad Fabrik GmbH Co.
During
the past several years, niche product market opportunities have become more
prevalent due to changing market conditions. Manufacturers, who
historically may have made component products for inclusion in their finished
goods, have chosen to outsource their requirements to specialized manufacturers
like us because we can make these products more cost effectively. In addition,
we have capitalized on this competitive climate by making acquisitions and
increasing our manufacturing efficiencies. Some of these acquisitions have
created new opportunities by allowing us to enter new markets in which we had
not been involved. In practice, our operating units have sought out specific
niche markets concentrating on a wide range of customers and applications. We
believe that we compete primarily on the basis of quality, price, service and
our promptness of delivery. We had no customers that accounted for
more than 10% of our consolidated sales for the year ended December 27, 2008. We
had one customer that accounted for between 10% and 15 % of our consolidated net
sales for the years ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006.
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING
Each of
our business segments has its own product development and design teams that
continuously enhance our existing products and develop new products for our
growing base of customers that require custom and standard
solutions. We believe we have the electric motor industry’s most
sophisticated product development and testing laboratories. We believe these
capabilities provide a significant competitive advantage in the development of
high quality motors and electric generators incorporating leading design
characteristics such as low vibration, low noise, improved safety, reliability
and enhanced energy efficiency.
We are
continuing to expand our business by developing new, differentiated products in
each of our business segments. We work closely with our customers to develop new
products or enhancements to existing products that improve performance and meet
their needs.
As part
of our 2004 HVAC motors and capacitors acquisition, we acquired ECM motor
technology. An ECM motor is a brushless DC electric motor with
integrated speed control made possible through sophisticated electronic and
sensing technology. ECM motors operate at variable speeds with attractive
performance characteristics versus competitive variable speed solutions in
comfort, energy efficiency, motor life and noise. GE developed the
first generation ECM motors over 15 years ago. ECM technology is
protected by over 125 patents, and we acquired from GE intellectual property and
usage rights relating to ECM technology. ECM motors offer
significantly greater temperature and air quality control as well as increased
energy efficiency.
While we
believe that our brands and innovation are important to our continued growth and
strong financial results, we do not consider any individual brand or patent,
except for the ECM related patents, to be material.
MANUFACTURING
AND OPERATIONS
We have
developed and acquired global operations in lower cost locations such as Mexico,
India, Thailand, and China that complement our flexible, rapid response
operations in the United States, Canada and Europe. Our vertically
integrated manufacturing operations, including our own aluminum die casting and
steel stamping operations are an important element of our rapid response
capabilities. In addition, we have an extensive internal logistics
operation and a network of distribution facilities with the capability to modify
stock products to quickly meet specific custom requirements in many
instances. This gives us a competitive advantage as we are able to
deliver a customer’s unique product when and where they want it.
We
manufacture a majority of the products that we sell, but also strategically
outsource components and finished goods to an established global network of
suppliers. Although we have aggressively pursued global sourcing to
reduce
our overall costs, we generally maintain a dual sourcing capability
in our existing domestic facilities to ensure a reliable supply source for our
customers. We regularly invest in machinery and equipment and other
improvements to, and maintenance of, our facilities. Additionally, we have
typically obtained significant amounts of quality capital equipment as part of
our acquisitions, often increasing overall capacity and
capability. Base materials for our products consist primarily of:
steel in various types and sizes, including bearings and weldments; copper
magnet wire; and ferrous and non-ferrous castings. We purchase our
raw materials from many suppliers and, with few exceptions, do not rely on any
single supplier for any of our base materials.
We have
also continued to upgrade our manufacturing equipment and processes, including
increasing our use of computer aided manufacturing systems, developing our own
testing systems, and the implementation of Lean Six Sigma. We have
trained over 800 people in Lean Six Sigma, resulting in significant cost savings
since the program began in 2005. Our goal is to be a low cost producer in our
core product areas.
FACILITIES
We have
manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout the United States and
Canada and in Mexico, India, China, Australia, Thailand and
Europe. Our Electrical segment currently includes 50 manufacturing,
service and distribution facilities, of which 34 are principal manufacturing
facilities. The Electrical segment’s present operating facilities
contain a total of approximately 6.6 million square feet of space of which
approximately 2.1 million square feet are leased. Our Mechanical
segment currently includes 12 manufacturing, service and distribution
facilities, of which 6 are principal manufacturing facilities. The
Mechanical segment’s present operating facilities contain a total of
approximately 1.1 million square feet of space of which approximately 36,000
square feet are leased. Our principal executive offices are located
in Beloit, Wisconsin in an owned approximately 54,000 square foot office
building. We believe our equipment and facilities are well maintained
and adequate for our present needs.
BACKLOG
Our
business units have historically shipped the majority of their products in the
month the order is received. As of December 27, 2008, our backlog was
$322.8 million, as compared to $255.7 million on December 29,
2007. We believe that virtually all of our backlog is shippable in
2009.
PATENTS,
TRADEMARKS AND LICENSES
We own a
number of United States patents and foreign patents relating to our
businesses. While we believe that our patents provide certain
competitive advantages, we do not consider any one patent or group of patents
essential to our business other than our ECM patents which relate to a material
portion of our sales. We also use various registered and unregistered
trademarks, and we believe these trademarks are significant in the marketing of
most of our products. However, we believe the successful manufacture
and sale of our products generally depends more upon our technological,
manufacturing and marketing skills.
EMPLOYEES
As of the
close of business on December 27, 2008, the Company employed approximately
17,600 worldwide employees. We consider our employee relations to be
very good.
ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS
We are
currently involved with environmental proceedings related to certain of our
facilities (see also Item 3 –
Legal Proceedings). Based on available information, we believe
that the outcome of these proceedings and future known environmental compliance
costs will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or
results of operations.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
The
names, ages, and positions of the executive officers of the Company as February
15, 2009, are listed below along with their business experience during the past
five years. Officers are elected annually by the Board of Directors
at the Meeting of Directors immediately following the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders in April. There are no family relationships among these
officers, nor any arrangements of understanding between any officer and any
other persons pursuant to which the officer was selected.
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Name
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Age
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Position
|
Business Experience and Principal
Occupation
|
|
Henry
W. Knueppel
|
60
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
Elected
Chairman in April 2006; elected Chief Executive Officer April 2005; served
as President from April 2002 to December 2005 and Chief Operating Officer
from April 2002 to April 2005; served as Executive Vice President from
1987 to April 2002; joined the Company in 1979.
|
|
Mark
J. Gliebe
|
48
|
President
and Chief Operating Officer
|
Elected
President and Chief Operating Officer in December 2005. Joined
the Company in January 2005 as Vice President and President – Electric
Motors Group, following our acquisition of the HVAC motors and capacitors
businesses from GE; previously employed by GE as the General Manager of GE
Motors & Controls in the GE Consumer & Industrial business unit
from June 2000 to December 2004.
|
|
David
A. Barta
|
46
|
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
|
Joined
the Company in June 2004 and was elected Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer in July 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Barta
served in several financial management positions for Newell Rubbermaid
Inc. from 1995 to June 2004, serving most recently as Chief Financial
Officer Levolor/Kirsch Division. His prior positions during
this time included Vice President – Group Controller Corporate Key
Accounts, Vice President – Group Controller Rubbermaid Group and Vice
President Investor Relations.
|
|
Paul
J. Jones
|
38
|
Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
|
Joined
the Company in September 2006 and was elected Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary in September 2006. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Jones was a partner with the law firm of Foley & Lardner
LLP where he worked since 1998.
|
|
Terry
R. Colvin
|
53
|
Vice
President, Corporate
Human Resources
|
Joined
the Company in September 2006 and was elected Vice President Corporate
Human Resources in January 2007. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Colvin was Vice President of Human Resources for Stereotaxis
Corporation from 2005 to 2006. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Colvin
was a Plant Operations consultant. In 2003 and prior, Mr.
Colvin served in several human resources positions for Sigma-Aldrich
Corporation, serving most recently as Vice President of Human Resources
from 1995 to 2003.
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WEBSITE
DISCLOSURE
The
Company’s Internet address is www.regalbeloit.com. We make available
free of charge (other than an investor’s own Internet access charges) through
our Internet website our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form
10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, as soon
as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or
furnish such material to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
are not including the information contained on or available through our website
as a part of, or incorporating such information by reference into, this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM 1A – RISK FACTORS
You
should carefully consider each of the risks described below, together with all
of the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, before
making an investment decision with respect to our securities. If any
of the following risks develop into actual events, our business, financial
condition or results operations could be materially and adversely affected and
you may lose all or part of your investment.
We
operate in highly competitive electric motor, power generation and mechanical
motion control markets.
The
electric motor, power generation and mechanical motion control markets are
highly competitive. Some of our competitors are larger and have
greater financial and other resources than we do. There can be no
assurance that our products will be able to compete successfully with the
products of these other companies.
The
failure to obtain business with new products or to retain or increase business
with redesigned existing or customized products could also adversely affect our
business. It may be difficult in the short-term for us to obtain new
sales to replace any unexpected decline in the sale of existing or customized
products. We may incur significant expense in preparing to meet
anticipated customer requirements, which may not be recovered.
Current
worldwide economic conditions may adversely affect our industry, business and
results of operations.
In 2008,
general worldwide economic conditions experienced a downturn due to the
sequential effects of the subprime lending crisis, general credit market crisis,
collateral effects on the finance and banking industries, increased energy
costs, concerns about inflation, slower economic activity, decreased consumer
confidence, reduced corporate profits and capital spending, adverse business
conditions and liquidity concerns. These conditions make it difficult for our
customers, our vendors and us to accurately forecast and plan future business
activities, and they are causing U.S. and foreign businesses to slow spending on
our products, which would delay and lengthen sales cycles. We cannot predict the
timing or duration of any economic slowdown or the timing or strength of a
subsequent economic recovery, worldwide, or in the specific end markets we
serve. If the commercial and industrial, residential HVAC, power generation and
mechanical power transmission markets significantly deteriorate due to these
economic effects, our business, financial condition and results of operations
will likely be materially and adversely affected. Additionally, our stock price
could decrease if investors have concerns that our business, financial condition
and results of operations will be negatively impacted by a worldwide economic
downturn.
Changes
in global commodity prices, interest rates and currency may adversely impact our
financial performance as a result of our commodity, currency and interest rate
hedging activities.
Although
it is impossible to hedge against all currency, commodity or interest risk, we
use derivative financial instruments in order to reduce the substantial effects
of currency and commodity fluctuations and interest rate exposure on our cash
flow and financial condition. These instruments may include foreign currency and
commodity forward contracts, currency swap agreements and currency option
contracts, as well as interest rate swap agreements. We have entered into, and
expect to continue to enter into, such hedging arrangements. As with
all hedging instruments, there are risks associated with the use of such
instruments. While limiting to some degree our risk fluctuations in currency
exchange, commodity price and interest rates by utilizing such hedging
instruments, we potentially forgo benefits that might result from other
fluctuations in currency exchange, commodity and interest rates. We
also are exposed to the risk that its counterparties to hedging contracts will
default on their obligations. We manage exposure to counterparty credit risk by
limiting the counterparties to major international banks and financial
institutions meeting established credit guidelines. However, any default by such
counterparties might have an adverse effect on us.
We
are increasingly reliant on the protection and preservation of our intellectual
property.
We own or
otherwise have rights in a number of patents and trademarks relating to the
products we manufacture, which have been obtained over a period of years. These
patents and trademarks have been of value in the growth of our business and may
continue to be of value in the future. With the exception of the ECM patents, we
do not regard any of our businesses as being dependent upon any single patent or
related group of patents. However, an inability to protect this intellectual
property generally, or the illegal breach of some or a large group of our
intellectual property rights, would have an adverse effect on our
business.
Goodwill
comprises a significant portion of our total assets, and if we determine that
goodwill has become impaired in the future, net income in such years may be
materially and adversely affected.
Goodwill
represents the excess of cost over the fair market value of net assets acquired
in business combinations. We review goodwill and other intangibles at
least annually for impairment and any excess in carrying value over the
estimated fair value is charged to the results of operations. A
reduction in net income resulting from the write down or impairment of goodwill
would affect financial results and could have a material and adverse impact upon
the market price of our common stock. If the current worldwide economic downturn
continues, it could result in circumstances, such as a sustained decline in our
stock price and market capitalization or a decrease in our forecasted cash flows
such that they are insufficient, indicating that the carrying value of our
goodwill may be impaired. If we are required to record a significant
change to earnings in our consolidated financial statements because an
impairment of goodwill is determined, our results of operations will be
adversely affected.
Our
leverage could adversely affect our financial health and make us vulnerable to
adverse economic and industry conditions.
We have
incurred indebtedness that is substantial relative to our shareholders’
investment. Our indebtedness has important
consequences. For example, it could:
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·
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make
it difficult for us to fulfill our obligations under our credit and other
debt agreements;
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·
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make
it more challenging for us to obtain additional financing to fund our
business strategy and acquisitions, debt service requirements, capital
expenditures and working capital;
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·
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increase
our vulnerability to interest rate changes and general adverse economic
and industry conditions;
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·
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require
us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to
service our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash
flow to finance acquisitions and to fund working capital, capital
expenditures, research and development efforts and other general corporate
activities;
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·
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limit
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business
and our markets; and
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·
|
place
us at a competitive disadvantage relative to our competitors that have
less debt.
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In
addition, our credit facility and senior notes require us to maintain specified
financial ratios and satisfy certain financial condition tests, which may
require that we take action to reduce our debt or to act in a manner contrary to
our business objectives. If an event of default under the credit
facility or senior notes the lenders could elect to declare all amounts
outstanding under the applicable agreement, together with accrued interest, to
be immediately due and payable, and a cross default could occur under the terms
of our senior subordinated convertible notes allowing the trustee or the holders
of the notes to declare the principal amount of the notes, together with accrued
interest, to be immediately due and payable.
We
are subject to litigation, including product liability and warranty claims, that
may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
We are,
from time to time, a party to litigation that arises in the normal course of our
business operations, including product warranty and liability claims, contract
disputes and environmental, asbestos, employment and other litigation
matters. We face an inherent business risk of exposure to product
liability and warranty claims in the event that the use of our products is
alleged to have resulted in injury or other damage. While we
currently maintain general liability and product liability insurance coverage in
amounts that we believe are adequate, we cannot assure you that we will be able
to maintain this insurance on acceptable terms or that this insurance will
provide sufficient coverage against potential liabilities that may
arise. Any claims brought against us, with or without merit, may have
an adverse effect on our business and results of operations as a result of
potential adverse outcomes, the expenses associated with defending such claims,
the diversion of our management’s resources and time and the potential adverse
effect to our business reputation.
The
Company has numerous pension plans and future legislation or regulations
intended to reform the funding and reporting of pension benefit plans could
adversely affect our operating results and cash flows, as could changes in
market conditions that impact the assumptions we use to measure our liabilities
under these plans.
Legislators
and agencies of the U.S. government have proposed legislation and
regulations to amend, restrict or eliminate various features of, and mandate
additional funding of, pension benefit plans. If legislation or new regulations
are adopted, we may be required to contribute additional cash to these plans, in
excess of our current estimates. Market volatility in interest rates, investment
returns and other factors could also adversely affect the funded status of our
pension plans and require that we contribute additional cash to these plans.
Moreover, future changes to the accounting and reporting standards related to
pension plans could create significant volatility in our operating
results.
Cyclicality
adversely affects us.
Our
business is cyclical and dependent on industrial and consumer spending and is
therefore impacted by the strength of the economy generally, interest rates and
other factors. Economic factors adversely affecting OEM production
and consumer spending could adversely impact us. During periods of
expansion in OEM production, we generally have benefited from increased demand
for our products. Conversely, during recessionary periods, we have
been adversely affected by reduced demand for our products.
In
our HVAC motor business, we depend on revenues from several significant
customers, and any loss, cancellation or reduction of, or delay in, purchases by
these customers may have a material adverse effect on our business.
Several
significant customers of our HVAC motors business represent a significant
portion of our revenues. Our success will depend on our continued
ability to develop and manage relationships with these customers. We
expect that significant customer concentration will continue for the foreseeable
future in our HVAC motor business. Our dependence in the HVAC motor
business on sales from a relatively small number of customers makes our
relationship with each of these customers important to our
business. We cannot assure you that we will be able to retain
significant customers. Some of our customers may in the future shift
some or all of their purchases of products from us to our competitors or to
other sources. The loss of one or more of our largest customers, any
reduction or delay in sales to these customers, our inability to develop
relationships successfully with additional customers, or future price
concessions that we may make could have a material adverse effect on our
business.
Our
sales of products incorporated into HVAC systems are seasonal and affected by
the weather; mild or cooler weather could have an adverse effect on our
operating performance.
Many of
our motors are incorporated into HVAC systems that OEMs sell to end
users. The number of installations of new and replacement HVAC
systems or components is higher during the spring and summer seasons due to the
increased use of air conditioning during warmer months. Mild or
cooler weather conditions during the spring and summer season often result in
end users deferring the purchase of new or replacement HVAC systems or
components. As a result, prolonged periods of mild or cooler weather
conditions in the spring or summer season in broad geographical areas could have
a negative impact on the demand for our HVAC motors and, therefore, could have
an adverse effect on our operating performance. In addition, due to
variations in weather conditions from year to year, our operating performance in
any single year may not be indicative of our performance in any future
year.
Our
dependence on, and the price of, raw materials may adversely affect our
profits.
The
principal raw materials used to produce our products are copper, aluminum and
steel. We source raw materials on a global or regional basis, and the
prices of those raw materials are susceptible to significant price fluctuations
due to supply/demand trends, transportation costs, government regulations and
tariffs, changes in currency exchange rates, price controls, the economic
climate and other unforeseen circumstances. If we are unable to pass
on raw material price increases to our customers, our future profitability may
be materially adversely affected.
We
increasingly manufacture our products outside the United States, which may
present additional risks to our business.
As a
result of our recent acquisitions, a significant portion of our net sales are
attributable to products manufactured outside of the United States, principally
in Mexico, India, Thailand and China. Approximately 11,700 of our
over 17,600 total employees and 20 of our 40 principal manufacturing facilities
are located outside the United States. International operations
generally are subject to various risks, including political, societal and
economic instability, local labor market conditions, the imposition of foreign
tariffs and other trade restrictions, the impact of foreign government
regulations, and the effects of income and withholding taxes, governmental
expropriation and differences in business practices. We may incur
increased costs and experience delays or disruptions in product deliveries and
payments in connection with international manufacturing and sales that could
cause loss of revenue. Unfavorable changes in the political,
regulatory, and business climate in countries where we have operations could
have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows.
We
may be adversely impacted by an inability to identify and complete
acquisitions.
A
substantial portion of our growth has come through acquisitions, and an
important part of our growth strategy is based upon acquisitions. We
may not be able to identify and successfully negotiate suitable acquisitions,
obtain financing for future acquisitions on satisfactory terms or otherwise
complete acquisitions in the future. If we are unable to successfully
complete acquisitions, our ability to grow our company significantly will be
limited.
The
success of the Company is highly dependent on qualified and sufficient staffing.
Our failure to attract or retain qualified personnel could lead to a loss of
revenue or profitability.
Our
success depends, in part, on the efforts and abilities of our senior management
team and key employees. Their skills, experience and industry contacts
significantly benefit our operations and administration. The failure to attract
or retain members of our senior management team and key employees could have a
negative effect on our operating results.
The
Company’s operations are highly dependent on information technology
infrastructure and failures could significantly affect our
business.
We depend
heavily on our information technology infrastructure in order to achieve our
business objectives. If we experience a problem that impairs this
infrastructure, such as a computer virus, a problem with the functioning of an
important IT application, or an intentional disruption of our IT systems by a
third party, the resulting disruptions could impede our ability to record or
process orders, manufacture and ship in a timely manner, or otherwise carry on
our business in the ordinary course. Any such events could cause us to lose
customers or revenue and could require us to incur significant expense to
eliminate these problems and address related security concerns.
We are in
the process of introducing a global Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) system that will redesign and deploy a common information system over
a period of several years. As we implement the ERP system, the new system may
not perform as expected. This could have an adverse effect on our
business.
We
may be adversely affected by environmental, health and safety laws and
regulations.
We are
subject to various laws and regulations relating to the protection of the
environment and human health and safety and have incurred and will continue to
incur capital and other expenditures to comply with these
regulations. Failure to comply with any environmental regulations
could subject us to future liabilities, fines or penalties or the suspension of
production. In addition, we are currently involved in some
remediation activities at certain sites. If unexpected obligations at
these or other sites or more stringent environmental laws are imposed in the
future, we could be adversely affected.
We
may suffer losses as a result of foreign currency fluctuations.
The net
assets, net earnings and cash flows from our foreign subsidiaries are based on
the U.S. dollar equivalent of such amounts measured in the applicable functional
currency. These foreign operations have the potential to impact our
financial position due to fluctuations in the local currency arising from the
process of re-measuring the local functional currency in the U.S.
dollar. Any increase in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation to
the value of the local currency will adversely affect our revenues from our
foreign operations when translated into U.S. dollars. Similarly, any
decrease in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation to the value of the local
currency will increase our development costs in foreign operations, to the
extent such costs are payable in foreign currency, when translated into U.S.
dollars.
The
operations and success of the Company can be impacted by natural disasters,
terrorism, acts of war, international conflict, political and governmental
actions which could harm our business.
Natural
disasters, acts or threats of war or terrorism, international conflicts, and the
actions taken by the United States and other governments in response to such
events could cause damage or disrupt our business operations, our suppliers, or
our customers, and could create political or economic instability, any of which
could have an adverse effect on our business. Although it is not possible to
predict such events or their consequences, these events could decrease demand
for our products, could make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver
products, or could disrupt our supply chain. The Company may also be
impacted by actions by foreign governments, including currency devaluation,
tariffs and nationalization, where our facilities are located which could
disrupt manufacturing and commercial operations.
The
Company is subject to tax laws and regulations in many jurisdictions and the
inability to successfully defend claims from taxing authorities related to our
current and/or acquired businesses could adversely affect our operating results
and financial position.
We
conduct business in many countries, which requires us to interpret the income
tax laws and rulings in each of those taxing jurisdictions. Due to the
subjectivity of tax laws between those jurisdictions as well as the subjectivity
of factual interpretations, our estimates of income tax liabilities may differ
from actual payments or assessments. Claims from taxing authorities related to
these differences could have an adverse impact on our operating results and
financial position.
Our
stock may be subject to significant fluctuations and volatility.
The
market price of shares of our common stock may be volatile. Among the
factors that could affect our common stock price are those discussed above under
“Risks Factors” as well
as:
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·
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quarterly
fluctuation in our operating income and earnings per share
results;
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|
·
|
decline
in demand for our products;
|
|
·
|
significant
strategic actions by our competitors, including new product introductions
or technological advances;
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|
·
|
fluctuations
in interest rates;
|
|
·
|
cost
increases in energy, raw materials or
labor;
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·
|
changes
in revenue or earnings estimates or publication of research reports by
analysts; and
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·
|
domestic
and international economic and political factors unrelated to our
performance.
|
In
addition, the stock markets have experienced extreme volatility that has often
been unrelated to the operating performance of particular
companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the
trading price of our common stock.
ITEM 1B – UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 2 – PROPERTIES
We have
manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout the United States and in
Canada, Mexico, India, China, Australia, Thailand and Europe.
Our
Electrical segment currently includes 50 manufacturing, service and distribution
facilities, of which 34 are principal manufacturing facilities. The
Electrical segment’s present operating facilities contain a total of
approximately 6.6 million square feet of space of which approximately 31% are
leased.
Our
Mechanical segment currently includes 12 manufacturing, service and distribution
facilities, of which six are principal manufacturing facilities. The
Mechanical segment’s present operating facilities contain a total of
approximately 1.1 million square feet of space of which approximately 3% are
leased.
At
December 27, 2008, the Mechanical segment had two buildings and the Electrical
segment had one building totaling approximately 0.5 million square feet that
were available for sale due to consolidation of manufacturing in other
locations.
Our
principal executive offices are located in Beloit, Wisconsin in an owned
approximately 54,000 square foot office building. We believe our
equipment and facilities are well maintained and adequate for our present
needs.
ITEM
2 – PROPERTIES CONTINUED
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Location
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Square Footage
|
Status
|
Description of Use
|
|
Electrical Segment
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Wuxi,
China (2)
|
725,220
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
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Kolkata,
India
|
584,830
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
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Wausau,
WI
|
498,329
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Reynosa,
Mexico
|
346,293
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Juarez,
Mexico
|
339,631
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Springfield,
MO
|
325,355
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Eldon,
MO (2)
|
276,180
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
& Warehouse
|
|
Piedras
Negras, Mexico (3)
|
244,048
|
Leased
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Cassville,
MO
|
238,838
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
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Monterrey,
Mexico (2)
|
235,624
|
Leased
|
Manufacturing
|
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Shanghai,
China
|
226,000
|
Leased
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Indianapolis,
IN
|
220,832
|
Leased
|
Warehouse
|
|
Faridabad,
India
|
220,000
|
Leased
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Changzhou,
China
|
195,540
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Lebanon,
MO
|
186,900
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Arnhem,
The Netherlands (3)
|
162,096
|
Leased
|
Warehouse
|
|
Bangkok,
Thailand
|
157,175
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Pharr,
TX
|
125,000
|
Leased
|
Warehouse
|
|
Lincoln,
MO
|
120,000
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Blytheville,
AR
|
107,000
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Leased
|
Manufacturing
|
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West
Plains, MO
|
106,000
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
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Black
River Falls, WI
|
103,000
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
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All Other (23)
|
861,077
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
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Mechanical Segment
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Liberty, SC
|
173,516
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Aberdeen, SD
|
164,960
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Shopiere, WI
|
132,000
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
Union Grove,
WI
|
122,000
|
Owned
|
Manufacturing
|
|
All Other (8)
|
533,176
|
(2)
|
(2)
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(1)Less
significant manufacturing, service and distribution and engineering
facilities located in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia:
Electrical leased square footage 2,079,670.
(2) Mechanical
leased square footage
36,492.
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ITEM 3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On
December 18, 2008, the Company entered into a consent decree with U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) to resolve the matters alleged by
the U.S. EPA in an action filed against the Company in April 2007 in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking
reimbursement of the U.S. EPA’s unreimbursed past and future remediation costs
incurred in cleaning up an environmental site located near a former
manufacturing facility of the Company in Illinois. The Company does not believe
that it is a potentially responsible party with respect to the site in question
and did not admit any fault or liability in the consent decree with respect to
the allegations made by the U.S. EPA in this matter. Under the terms of the
consent decree, the U.S. EPA withdrew the action filed against the Company and
the Company agreed to make a monetary payment, which included contributions from
other involved parties. The payment to be made by the Company is not
material.
The
Company is, from time to time, party to litigation that arises in the normal
course of our business operations, including product warranty and liability
claims, contract disputes and environmental, asbestos, employment and other
litigation matters. The Company’s products are used in a variety of
industrial, commercial and residential applications that subject us to claims
that the use of our products is alleged to have resulted in injury or other
damage. The Company accrues for anticipated costs in defending
against such lawsuits in amounts that we believe are adequate, and the Company
does not believe that the outcome of any such lawsuit will have a material
effect on the Company’s financial position or its results of
operations.
ITEM 4 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
There
were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the quarter ended
December 27, 2008.
ITEM 5 - MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY,
RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS
AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The
Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value (“Common Stock”), is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RBC.” The following table
sets forth the range of high and low closing sales prices for the Common Stock
for the period from January 1, 2007 through December 27, 2008. The
Company submitted its Section 303A.12(a) CEO Certification to the NYSE on May 6,
2008.
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2007
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High
|
Low
|
Dividends
Declared
|
High
|
Low
|
Dividends
Declared
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
1st
Quarter
|
$ | 44.95 | $ | 33.94 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 51.68 | $ | 43.51 | $ | 0.14 | ||||||||||||
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2nd
Quarter
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47.54 | 35.82 | 0.16 | 49.94 | 43.76 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
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3rd
Quarter
|
49.37 | 39.95 | 0.16 | 56.93 | 47.29 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
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4th
Quarter
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42.52 | 26.07 | 0.16 | 53.10 | 43.82 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
The
Company has paid 194 consecutive quarterly dividends through January
2009. The number of registered holders of Common Stock as of February
17, 2009 was 621.
The
following table contains detail related to the repurchase of common stock based
on the date of trade during the quarter ended December 27, 2008.
|
2008
Fiscal
Month
|
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
|
Average
Price
Paid
per
Share
|
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part
of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
|
Maximum
Number
of
Shares that May
Be
Purchased
Under
the Plan or
Programs
|
||||||||||||
|
September
28 to November
1
|
- | $ | - | - | 2,115,900 | |||||||||||
|
November
2 to November
29
|
- | - | - | 2,115,900 | ||||||||||||
|
November
30 toDecember
27
|
- | - | - | 2,115,900 | ||||||||||||
|
Total
|
- | - | ||||||||||||||
Under the
Company’s equity incentive plans, participants may pay the exercise price or
satisfy all or a portion of the federal, state and local withholding tax
obligations arising in connection with plan awards by electing to a) have the
Company withhold shares of common stock otherwise issuable under the award, b)
tender back shares received in connection with such award or c) deliver
previously owned shares of common stock, in each case having a value equal to
the exercise price or the amount to be withheld.
The Board
of Directors has approved repurchase programs of up to three million common
shares of Company stock. Management is authorized to effect purchases from time
to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The
Company repurchased 884,100 shares at an average purchase price of
$21.96 per share under this program as of December 27, 2008. A total
of 110,000 of these shares were repurchased in the fiscal year ended December
27, 2008 for a total cost of $4.2 million.
Item 12
of this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain information relating to the
Company's equity compensation plans.
Stock
Performance
The
following information in this Item 5 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is not
deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to
Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”) or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and will not be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act
of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate it
by reference into such a filing.
The
following graph compares the hypothetical total shareholder return (including
reinvestment of dividends) on an investment in (1) the Common Stock of the
Company, (2) the Standard & Poor’s Small Cap 600 Index and (3) the
Standard & Poor’s 600 Electrical Components and Equipment Index for
the period December 31, 2003 through December 27, 2008. In each case,
the graph assumes the investment of $100.00 on December 31, 2003.
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2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
|
Regal-Beloit
Corporation
|
132.69
|
166.94
|
250.64
|
217.29
|
166.85
|
|
S&P
SmallCap 600 Index
|
122.65
|
132.07
|
152.04
|
151.59
|
99.65
|
|
S&P
600 Electrical Components & Equipment
|
120.66
|
134.05
|
181.43
|
200.86
|
125.45
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ITEM 6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The
selected statement of income data for the years ended December 27, 2008,
December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 and the balance sheet data at December
27, 2008, December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 are derived from, and are
qualified by reference to, the audited financial statements of the Company
included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The selected
statement of income data for the year ended December 31, 2005 and December 31,
2004 and the balance sheet data at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are derived from
audited financial statements not included herein.
|
(In
Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
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|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
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December
27
|
December
29
|
December
30
|
December
31
|
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2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Sales
|
$ | 2,246,249 | $ | 1,802,497 | $ | 1,619,545 | $ | 1,428,707 | $ | 756,557 | ||||||||||
|
Income from
Operations
|
230,431 | 206,060 | 194,017 | 134,572 | 55,162 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
128,587 | 118,347 | 109,806 | 69,557 | 30,435 | |||||||||||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
2,023,496 | 1,862,247 | 1,437,559 | 1,342,554 | 1,352,052 | |||||||||||||||
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Long-term
Debt
|
561,190 | 558,918 | 323,946 | 386,332 | 547,350 | |||||||||||||||
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Shareholders'
Investment
|
825,328 | 858,029 | 749,975 | 647,996 | 538,179 | |||||||||||||||
|
Earnings
Per Share of Common Stock:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
4.10 | 3.79 | 3.56 | 2.34 | 1.24 | |||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
Dilution
|
3.87 | 3.49 | 3.28 | 2.25 | 1.22 | |||||||||||||||
|
Cash
Dividends Declared
|
0.63 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.48 | |||||||||||||||
|
Shareholders'
Investment
|
26.33 | 27.46 | 24.31 | 21.84 | 21.87 | |||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding (in 000's):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
31,343 | 31,252 | 30,847 | 29,675 | 24,603 | |||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
Dilution
|
33,251 | 33,921 | 33,504 | 30,879 | 24,904 | |||||||||||||||
___________________________
|
·
|
Total
shareholders’ equity of $749,975 at year-end 2006 includes an $5.8 million
reduction from the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS”) No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Postretirement Plans: an amendment of FASB
Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R).” See Note 6 to
the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
|
|
·
|
The
significant increase in sales and income from 2004 to 2005 was driven by
the Company’s purchase of the Commercial AC motor and HVAC motor and
capacitor businesses from General Electric Company in late
2004.
|
ITEM 7 -MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATION
OVERVIEW
Regal
Beloit Corporation seeks to deliver strong, consistent business results and
superior shareholder returns by providing value added products to our
customers who serve the commercial, industrial, and residential
markets.
To this
end, we are focused on two product segments: Electrical and Mechanical. Within
these segments, we follow a closely defined business strategy to develop and
increase market leadership positions in key product categories and improve
financial performance. On an ongoing basis, we focus on a
variety of key indicators to monitor business performance. These indicators
include organic and total sales growth (including volume and price components),
market share, gross profit margin, operating profit, net income and earnings per
share, and measures to optimize the management of working capital, capital
expenditures, cash flow and return on capital. The monitoring of these
indicators, as well as our corporate governance practices (including the
Company’s Code of Conduct), are used to ensure that business health and strong
internal controls are maintained.
To
achieve our financial objectives, we are focused on initiatives to drive and
fund growth. We seek to capture significant opportunities for growth by
identifying and meeting customer needs within our core categories and
identifying category expansion opportunities. These product needs are met
through extensive product research and development efforts as well as through a
disciplined acquisition strategy. Growth opportunities are emphasized that offer
stronger market growth potential as a result of geographic based expansion,
technology or industry expansion. The investments needed to fund our growth are
developed through continuous, corporate-wide initiatives to lower costs and
increase effective asset utilization. We also prioritize investments toward
higher return on capital businesses. Our management team is
compensated based on a modified Economic Value Added (EVA) program which
reinforces our capital allocation disciplines which drives capital allocation to
increase shareholder value. Our key metrics include: total sales
growth, organic sales growth, operating margin percent, free cash flow as a
percent of net income and return on invested capital (ROIC).
Given the
global economic slowdown, continued competitive marketplace and highly
fluctuating raw material and energy costs, we anticipate that the near-term
operating environment will remain challenging. However, we anticipate that our
acquisitions, new products and the impact of our Lean Six Sigma program will
provide additional funds for investment in support of key categories and new
product development.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
2008
versus 2007
Net
Sales
Worldwide
sales for year ended December 27, 2008 were $2.246 billion, a 24.6% increase
over the $1.802 billion reported for the year ended for December 29,
2007. Full year 2008 sales included $404.5 million of incremental
sales from the businesses acquired in 2007 and 2008 (see Note 3 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements).
In the
Electrical segment, sales increased 28.2% including the impact of the
acquisitions noted above. Exclusive of the acquired businesses,
Electrical segment sales are up 2.2%. Sales for the HVAC motor business
continued to be negatively impacted by the weak housing markets, including new
home construction and sales of existing homes. Also, we believe that
the replacement nature of our HVAC motors was negatively impacted by the lack of
credit availability for homeowners who may have elected to repair HVAC systems
rather than a full replacement. Sales for the full year 2008 for the HVAC
business decreased 1.1%. We saw strength in sales of commercial and industrial
motors and our power generation products throughout the majority of 2008, with
global weakness in demand developing in the third and fourth
quarters. Sales of commercial and industrial motors increased
approximately 2.8% for the full year 2008. Sales of power generation
products increased 21.9% for the same period.
Sales in
the Mechanical segment increased 1.7% from the prior year period. Individual
business results varied significantly depending on the strength of their end
markets. Sales in the commercial and industrial product lines remained
relatively strong throughout the year. This strength was largely
offset by weak sales in our Richmond Gear operation, which are dependent on
consumer spending on discretionary auto and marine products.
From a
geographic perspective, Asia-based sales increased 62.6% as compared to
2007. In total, sales to regions outside of the United States were
27.1% of total sales for 2008 in comparison to 21.7% for 2007.
Gross
Profit
The gross
profit margin for the year ended December 27, 2008 was 22.3% as compared to the
22.9% reported for 2007. Higher material costs had a significant impact on 2008
partially offset by the contribution from new products, productivity efforts,
pricing actions, and product mix. The raw material cost increases
resulted primarily from increases
in the cost of copper and steel. The gross profit margin for the
Electrical segment reflected these impacts and decreased to 21.5% from 22.0% in
2007. Mechanical segment gross profit margin increased to 29.0% in 2008 from
28.7% in the prior year.
Operating
Expenses
Operating
expenses were $270.2 million (12.0% of sales) in the year-ended
December 27, 2008 versus $207.3 million (11.5% of sales) in 2007. The $62.9
million increase is driven by the full year impact of 2007 acquisitions and the
2008 acquisitions. Electrical segment operating expenses were 11.9% of sales in
2008 and 11.1% of sales in 2007. Mechanical operating expenses as a
percent of sales decreased to 13.3% from 13.8% in 2007.
Income from Operations
(Operating Profit)
Income
from operations was $230.4 million versus $206.1 million in the comparable
period of 2007. As a percent of sales, income from operations was
10.3% for the year ended December 27, 2008 versus 11.4% in the comparable period
of 2007. Electrical segment income from operations increased 12.9% to
$191.5 million from $169.7 million in 2007 driven by the acquired businesses. As
a percent of sales, Electrical segment operating income decreased to 9.6% in
2008 from 10.9% in 2007. This decrease reflected lower operating profit margins
from the acquired businesses, and significantly increased raw material costs
partially offset by contributions from new products, pricing actions, and
productivity. Mechanical segment income from operations increased 7.0% to $38.9
million in 2008 from $36.4 million in 2007. As a percent of sales, Mechanical
segment operating income increased to 15.7% in 2008 from 14.9% in 2007.
Individual business results varied significantly based on the strength of their
end markets.
Interest Expense,
Net
Net
interest expense was $26.2 million versus $21.1 million in the comparable period
of 2007. The increase is driven by higher levels of average debt
outstanding driven by the acquisitions completed since August 2007.
Income
Taxes
The
effective tax rate for the year ended December 27, 2008 was 35.4% versus 34.4%
in the prior year period. The increase in the effective tax rate
results from the global distribution of income and increases in certain
statutory tax rates in Mexico and China. (See also Note 8 of the Consolidated
Financial Statements).
Net
Income
Net
income for the year ended December 27, 2008 was $128.6 million, an increase of
8.7% versus the $118.3 million reported in the comparable period of
2007. Fully diluted earnings per share was $3.87 as compared to $3.49
per share reported in 2007. The average number of diluted shares was
33,250,689 during the year ended December 27, 2008 as compared to 33,920,886
during the comparable period last year.
2007
versus 2006
Net
Sales
Worldwide
sales for the year ended December 29, 2007 were $1.802 billion, an 11.3%
increase from the $1.620 billion reported for 2006. Net sales for 2007 included
$129.7 million of sales related to the four businesses acquired during 2007 (see
Note 3 of the Consolidated Financial Statements).
Sales in
the Electrical segment were $1.559 billion, up 11.9% from the $1.393 billion for
2006. Sales for the HVAC motor business were negatively impacted by
several factors including weak housing markets and strong 2006 comparables
impacted by the legislated SEER 13 efficiency requirement which was effective on
January 23, 2006. We saw strength in sales of commercial and
industrial motors that have benefited from overall economic strength. Net sales
in the Electrical segment for 2007 included $129.7 million of sales related to
the four businesses acquired during 2007 (see Note 3 of the Consolidated
Financial Statements).
Sales in
the Mechanical segment were $243.5 million, up 7.3% from the $227.0 million for
2006. Sales for this segment in 2006 included approximately $7.1
million of sales related to the Company’s cutting tools
business. Substantially all of the assets of the Company’s cutting
tools business were sold in May 2006. Individual division
results varied significantly with several divisions benefiting from the
continued strength of the industrial economy.
Gross
Profit
Our gross
profit margin was 22.9% in 2007 as compared to 24.0% in 2006. The decrease in
gross profit margin during 2007 was driven by the lower margins on acquired
businesses and increases in material costs, particularly copper and aluminum,
partially offset by productivity and Lean Six Sigma projects. The
spot price of copper was particularly volatile in 2007, ranging from around
$2.40 to over $3.75 per pound. The increase in material costs was
offset by the benefits from productivity and Lean Six Sigma
projects. The gross profit margin for the Electrical segment
reflected these impacts and decreased to 22.0% from 23.5% in
2006. Mechanical segment gross profit margin increased to 28.7% from
27.4% in 2006 primarily as a result of productivity projects.
Operating
Expenses
Operating
expenses as a percentage of sales were 11.5% in 2007 as compared to 12.1% in
2006. The decrease in operating expense as a percent of sales
resulted from leveraging of fixed costs on the higher sales
levels. Electrical segment operating expenses were 11.1% of sales in
2007 and 11.6% of sales in 2006. Mechanical operating expenses as a
percent of sales decreased to 13.8% from 14.8% in 2006.
Income from Operations
(Operating Profit)
In 2007,
operating profit increased 6.2% to $206.1 million from the $194.0 million
reported in 2006. As a percent of sales, operating profit decreased
to 11.4% of sales for 2007 from 12.0% in 2006. The decrease is driven
by the lower profit margins on the 2007 acquired businesses and the impact of
higher material costs. Electrical segment income from operations
increased 2.7% in 2007 to $169.7 million from $165.3 million in 2006, and
operating income margin decreased to 10.9% in 2007 from 11.9% in
2006. Electrical segment operating profit was negatively impacted by
the acquired businesses, and increases in raw material costs, particularly
copper and aluminum. Mechanical segment income from operations
increased 26.5% to $36.3 million in 2007 from $28.7 million in
2006. The Mechanical segment operating income margin for 2007
improved to 14.9% from 12.6% in 2006. The results of the Mechanical
segment reflect the positive impacts of increased volume and price increases,
partially offset by increases in raw material costs.
Interest Expense,
Net
Interest
expense, net was $21.1 million in 2007 compared with $19.2 million in 2006. In
August 2007, we issued $250.0 million of senior notes which increased our
average outstanding debt levels. Higher average debt levels resulted in
increased interest expense in 2007.
Income
Taxes
The
effective income tax rate for 2007 was 34.4% compared with 35.5% in
2006. The lower 2007 effective rate is primarily driven by a change
in the mix of earnings, with more profits earned in lower taxed foreign
jurisdictions.
Net
Income
Net
income was $118.3 million in 2007 or $3.49 per share on a diluted basis compared
with $109.8 million in 2006 or $3.28 per share.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our
working capital was $430.3 million at December 27, 2008, an increase of 3.3%
from $416.6 million at year-end 2007. The 2008 acquisitions added
$18.0 million of working capital in 2008. At December 27, 2008 our
current ratio, the ratio of our current assets to current liabilities, was 2.0:1
versus 2.3:1 at the previous year-end.
Cash flow
provided by operating activities (“operating cash flow”) was $154.2 million in
2008, a $46.4 million decrease from 2007. The decrease was
driven by a combined $55.9 million decrease in net cash provided from
Receivables, Inventory and Accounts Payable. These working capital components
used $16.3 million of operating cash in 2008 versus a combined $39.6 million
provided in 2007. The $21.1 million decrease in net cash flow used in Current
Liabilities and Other is driven by a $56.9 million net change in
deferred tax assets related to derivative instruments. Partially offsetting
these increases was a $15.0 million increase in combined depreciation and
amortization in 2008. Cash flow used in investing activities was $99.7 million
in 2008, $274.0 million less than in 2007 driven by the $287.9 million lower
acquisitions in 2008. Capital spending increased to $52.2 million in 2008 from
$36.6 million a year earlier. Our commitments for property, plant and
equipment as of December 27, 2008 were approximately $9.2 million. We
believe that our present facilities, augmented by planned capital expenditures,
are sufficient to provide adequate capacity for our operations in
2009.
Cash flow
used in financing activities was ($31.4) million in 2008 compared to $177.5
million provided by financing activities in 2007. Our total debt
increased by $12.2 million in 2008 driven by acquisitions. We paid
$19.4 million in dividends to shareholders in 2008, with our quarterly dividend
increasing from $.15 to $.16 per share starting with the second quarter dividend
payment.
During
2007, in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company issued and sold $250.0 million
of Senior notes (“the Notes”). The Notes were sold pursuant to a Note
Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and among the Company and the purchasers
of the Notes. The Notes were issued and sold in two
series: $150.0 million in Floating Rate Series 2007A Senior Notes,
Tranche A, due August 23, 2014, and $100.0 million in Floating Rate Series 2007A
Senior Notes, Tranche B, due August 23, 2017. The Notes bear interest
at a margin over the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). These
interest rates also vary as LIBOR varies. The Agreement permits the Company to
issue and sell additional note series, subject to certain terms and conditions
described in the Agreement, up to a total of $600.0 million in combined
Notes.
The
Company’s $500.0 million revolving credit facility, (“the
Facility”) permits the Company to borrow at interest rates (1.2% at
December 27, 2008) based upon a margin above LIBOR, which margin
varies with the ratio of senior funded debt (total debt excluding convertible
debt) to EBITDA, as defined in the Facility. These interest rates
also vary as LIBOR varies. We pay a commitment fee on the unused
amount of the Facility, which also varies with the ratio of senior funded debt
to EBITDA.
On June
16, 2008, the Company entered into a Term Loan Agreement (“Term Loan”) with
certain financial institutions, whereby the Company borrowed an aggregate
principal amount of $165.0 million. The Term Loan matures in June 2013, and
borrowings under the Term Loan generally bear interest at a variable rate equal
to (i) a margin over the LIBOR, which margin varies depending on whether certain
criteria are satisfied, or (ii) the alternate base rate as defined in the
agreement. At December 27, 2008, the interest rate of 3.2% was based
on a margin over LIBOR
The
Notes, the Term Loan and the Facility require us to meet specified financial
ratios and to satisfy certain financial condition tests. We were in
compliance with all debt covenants as of December 27, 2008.
In
August, 2007 the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to manage
fluctuations in cash flows resulting from interest rate risk. (See also Note 11
of the Consolidated Financial Statements)
There
were no commercial paper borrowings outstanding at December 27, 2008 or December
29, 2007. Total commercial paper outstanding cannot exceed $50.0
million under the terms of the Facility. The Facility provides the
liquidity backstop for outstanding commercial paper. Accordingly, the
combined outstanding balances of the Facility and commercial paper cannot exceed
$500.0 million.
The
Company, at December 27, 2008, also had $115.0 million of convertible senior
subordinated notes outstanding, which were issued on April 5,
2004. The notes, which are unsecured and due in 2024, bear interest
at a fixed rate of 2.75% for five years, and may increase thereafter at .25% of
the average trading price of a note if certain conditions are
met. The Company may not call the notes for five years, and the note
holders may only put the notes back to the Company at approximately the 5th,
10th
and 15th year
anniversaries of the issuance of the notes. In 2004, the
Company amended the indenture to eliminate its option to issue stock upon a
conversion request, and require the Company to pay only cash up to the $115.0
million par value of the notes. The Company retained the option to
either pay cash, issue its stock or a combination thereof, for value above par,
which is above the $25.56 stock conversion price. The fair value of
these notes at December 27, 2008 was approximately $154.0 million as compared to
the fair value at December 29, 2007 of $204.1 million. The Company
has sufficient long term liquidity in its Facility ($469.6 million at December
27, 2008) to repay any notes put back to the Company by their
holders.
As part
of the 2008 acquisition of Hwada (see Note 3 of the Consolidated Financial
Statements), the Company assumed $21.6 million of short term notes payable to
banks. At December 27, 2008, the balance of Hwada notes payable was
approximately $11.0 million, and the weighted average interest rate was
6.2%.
At
December 27, 2008 a foreign subsidiary of the Company had outstanding short-term
borrowings of $4.1 million, denominated in local currency with a weighted
average interest rate of 3.4%. As of December 29, 2007, this
subsidiary had outstanding borrowings of $5.0 million denominated in U.S.
dollars. The 2007 borrowings were made under a $15.0 million
unsecured credit facility which expired in December 2008.
The
Company is exposed to interest rate risk on certain of its short-term and
long-term debt obligations used to finance our operations and
acquisitions. At December 27, 2008, net of interest rate swaps, we
had $388.7 million of fixed rate debt and $187.8 million of variable rate debt.
The variable rate debt is primarily under our Facility with an interest rate
based on a margin above LIBOR. As a result, interest rate changes
impact future earnings and cash flow assuming other factors are
constant. A hypothetical 10% change in our weighted average borrowing
rate on outstanding variable rate debt at December 27, 2008 would result in a
change in net income of approximately $0.3 million.
Predominately,
all of our expenses are paid in cash, often with payment term provisions that
include early payment discounts and time elements. We believe that
our ability to generate positive cash flow, coupled with our available revolver
balance will be sufficient to fund our operations for the foreseeable
future. We continue to act to reduce our investment in working
capital through improved and enforced payment terms and operational
efficiencies. Additionally, we believe that our capital expenditures
for maintenance of equipment and facilities will be consistent with prior levels
and not present a funding challenge.
We are in
compliance with all of our debt covenants at the end of 2008. We
believe that we will continue to be in compliance with these covenants for the
foreseeable future as we believe that we will continue to reduce outstanding
debt balances during fiscal year 2009 and maintain an appropriate level of
EBITDA. However, our EBITDA performance is dependent our financial
performance in these uncertain and challenging market conditions which developed
in 2008 and have continued into 2009.
We will,
from time to time, maintain positive cash balances which may be used to fund
operations, repay outstanding debt and will be available for other investments
which may include acquisitions of businesses or product lines, dividends,
investments in new product development programs and the repurchase of our
commons shares.
Our
projections are based on all information known to the Company, which may change
based on global economic events, our financial performance, actions by our
customers and competitors and other factors discussed in Item 1A, Rick
Factors.
OFF-BALANCE
SHEET ARRANGEMENTS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMERCIAL
COMMITMENTS
The
following is a summary of the Company’s contractual obligations and payments due
by period as of December 27, 2008 (in millions):
|
Payments
due by Period
|
Debt
Including
Estimated*
Interest
Payments
|
Operating
Leases
|
Pension
Obligations
|
Purchase
and
Other
Obligations
|
Total
Contractual
Obligations
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Less
than 1 Year
|
$ | 38.1 | $ | 16.0 | $ | 12.8 | $ | 160.6 | $ | 227.5 | ||||||||||
|
1 -
3 Years
|
154.2 | 19.4 | 173.6 | |||||||||||||||||
|
3 -
5 Years
|
221.2 | 10.6 | 231.8 | |||||||||||||||||
|
More
than 5 Years
|
286.4 | 3.8 | 290.2 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$ | 699.9 | $ | 49.8 | $ | 12.8 | $ | 160.6 | $ | 923.1 | ||||||||||
NOTE: The
timing and future spot prices affect the settlement values of the Company’s
hedge obligations related to commodities, currency and interest rate swap
agreements. Accordingly, these obligations are not included above in
the table of contractual obligations. The timing of settlement of the Company’s
FIN48 liabilities cannot be reasonably determined and they are not included
above in the table of contractual obligations. Future pension
obligation payments after 2009 are subject to revaluation based on changes in
the benefit population and/or changes in the value of pension assets based on
market conditions that are not determinable as of December 27,
2008.
*Variable
rate debt based on December 27, 2008 rates.
We
utilize blanket purchase orders (“blankets”) to communicate expected annual
requirements to many of our suppliers. Requirements under blankets generally do
not become “firm” until a varying number of weeks before our scheduled
production. The purchase obligations shown in the above table represent the
value we consider “firm”.
At
December 27, 2008, the Company had outstanding standby letters of credit
totaling approximately $10.4 million. We had no other material commercial
commitments.
The
Company did not have any material variable interest entities as of December 27,
2008 and December 29, 2007. Other than disclosed in the table above
and the previous paragraph, the Company had no other material off-balance sheet
arrangements.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
preparation of our consolidated financial statements in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, requires us to
make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and revenues
and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could differ
from those estimates. We believe the following critical accounting
policies could have the most significant effect on our reported
results.
Revenue
Recognition
We
recognize revenue when all of the following have occurred: an
agreement of sale exists; pricing is determinable; collection is reasonably
assured; and product has been delivered and acceptance has occurred according to
contract terms.
We use
contracts and customer purchase orders to determine the existence of an
agreement of sale. We use shipping documents and customer acceptance,
when applicable, to verify delivery. We assess whether the sales
price is subject to refund or adjustment, and we assess collectability based on
the creditworthiness of the customer as well as the customer’s payment
history.
Returns, Rebates and
Incentives
Our
primary incentive program provides distributors with cash rebates or account
credits based on agreed amounts that vary depending on the end user or original
equipment manufacturing (OEM) customer to whom our distributor ultimately sells
the product. We also offer various other incentive programs that
provide distributors and direct sale customers with cash rebates, account
credits or additional products and services based on meeting specified program
criteria. Certain distributors are offered a right to return product,
subject to contractual limitations.
We record
accruals for customer returns, rebates and incentives at the time of revenue
recognition based primarily on historical experience. Adjustments to
the accrual may be required if actual returns, rebates and incentives differ
from historical experience or if there are changes to other assumptions used to
estimate the accrual.
Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets or Goodwill and Other Intangibles
We
evaluate the recoverability of the carrying amount of long-lived assets whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be fully recoverable through future cash flows. We evaluate
the recoverability of goodwill and other intangible assets annually or more
frequently if events or circumstances indicate that an asset might be
impaired. When applying the impairment rules we use estimates to
determine when an impairment is necessary. Factors that could trigger
an impairment review include significant underperformance relative to historical
or forecasted operating results, a significant decrease in the market value of
an asset or significant negative industry or economic trends. We
perform our annual impairment test as of the end of the October fiscal month
each year in accordance with SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets”.
Derivatives
The
Company periodically enters into commodity hedging transactions to reduce
the impact of changing prices for certain commodities such as copper and
aluminum based upon forecasted purchases of such
commodities. The Company also uses a cash hedging strategy to protect
against an increase in the cost of forecasted foreign currency denominated
transactions. Finally, we also have certain LIBOR-based floating rate borrowings
that expose the Company to variability in interest rates that have been swapped
into a pay fixed/receive LIBOR based interest rate swap agreement.
The
Company accounts for derivative instruments based on SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities. The fair value of derivatives is
recorded on the balance sheet based on level 2 inputs as defined in SFAS 133.
See Note 11 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Retirement
Plans
Approximately
half of our domestic employees are covered by defined benefit pension plans with
the remaining employees covered by defined contribution plans. Most
of our foreign employees are covered by government sponsored plans in the
countries in which they are employed. Our obligations under our
defined benefit pension plans are determined with the assistance of actuarial
firms. The actuaries make certain assumptions regarding such factors
as withdrawal rates and mortality rates. The actuaries also provide
us with information and recommendations from which management makes further
assumptions on such factors as the long-term expected rate of return on plan
assets, the discount rate on benefit obligations and where applicable, the rate
of annual compensation increases.
Based
upon the assumptions made, the investments made by the plans, overall conditions
and movement in financial markets, particularly the stock market and how actual
withdrawal rates, life-spans of benefit recipients and other factors differ from
assumptions, annual expenses and recorded assets or liabilities of these defined
benefit plans may change significantly from year to year. Based on
our annual review of actuarial assumptions as well as historical rates of return
on plan assets and existing long-term bond rates, we set the long-term rate of
return on plan assets at 8.25% and an average discount rate at approximately
6.9% for our defined benefit pension plans as of December 27,
2008. (See also Note 6 of the Consolidated Financial
Statements).
Income
Taxes
We
operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions and are subject to regular examinations
by various U.S. Federal, state and foreign jurisdictions for various tax
periods. Our income tax positions are based on research and
interpretations of the income tax laws and rulings in each of the jurisdictions
in which we do business. Due to the subjectivity of interpretations
of laws and rulings in each jurisdiction, the differences and interplay in tax
laws between those jurisdictions as well as the inherent uncertainty in
estimating the final resolution of complex tax audit matters, our estimates of
income tax liabilities may differ from actual payments or
assessments.
Additional
information regarding income taxes is contained in Note 8 of the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
New Accounting
Pronouncements
In May
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff
Position APB 14-1, “Accounting
for Convertible Debt Instruments that May Be Settled in Cash Upon Conversion
(Including Partial Cash Settlement)” (“APB 14-1”), which requires that
convertible debt securities, that upon conversion may be settled by the issuer
fully or partially in cash, be split into a debt and equity
component. APB 14-1 is effective for fiscal years (and interim
periods) beginning after December 15, 2008 and must be applied retroactively to
all past periods presented. The Company will adopt APB 14-1 upon its
effective date, which will have a material impact on the reported values of debt
and equity. The adoption of APB 14-1 will reduce historical diluted
earnings per share from 2004 through 2008 by approximately $.07 to $.09 per
share in each year, respectively. The 2009 impact of APB 14-1 will be a
reduction of diluted earnings of approximately $.02 per share.
In April
2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of
Intangible Assets” (“FSP 142-3”). FSP 142-3 intends to improve
the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets” and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair
value of the asset under SFAS 141 (Revised 2007), “Business Combinations”,
which is effective for fiscal years (and interim periods) beginning after
December 15, 2008. We will adopt the new standard in our financial
statements and related disclosures beginning in the first quarter of
2009.
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging
Activities” (“SFAS 161”), which requires expanded disclosures about
derivative instruments and hedging activities. SFAS 161 is effective
for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with
earlier adoption permitted. We will adopt the new standard in our
financial statements and related disclosures beginning in the first quarter of
2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141 (Revised 2007), Business Combinations (SFAS
141R), effective prospectively to business combinations for which the
acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting
period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. SFAS 141R establishes
principles and requirements on how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its
financial statements identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed,
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, goodwill or gain from a bargain
purchase and accounting for transaction costs. Additionally, SFAS
141R determines what information must be disclosed to enable users of the
financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. The Company will adopt SFAS 141R upon its
effective date as appropriate for any future business combinations.
In
December 2007, the FASB also issued SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS
160”). SFAS 160 will change the accounting and reporting for minority interests,
which will be recharacterized as noncontrolling interests (NCI) and classified
as a component of equity. This new consolidation method will
significantly change the accounting for transactions with minority interest
holders. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008. We will adopt the new standard in our financial
statements and related disclosures beginning in the first quarter of
2009.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value
Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No.
157, which delayed the effective date of SFAS 157 for all nonrecurring
fair value measurements of nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities
until fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is
eligible for the delay as it had not previously adopted SFAS 157. The
Company chose to partially adopt SFAS 157, as permitted (see Note 12 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements). On October 10, 2008 the FASB issued FSP
157-3, Determining the Fair
Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset is Not Active
(“FSP 157-3”), which
amends SFAS 157 by incorporating “an example to illustrate key considerations in
determining the fair value of a financial asset.” We believe that our valuations
of financial assets at December 27, 2008 reflect the considerations of FSP
157-3.
Further
discussion of the Company’s accounting policies is contained in Note 2 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
ITEM 7A - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
We are
exposed to market risk relating to the Company’s operations due to changes in
interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices of
purchased raw materials. We manage the exposure to these risks
through a combination of normal operating and financing activities and
derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, commodity cash
flow hedges and foreign currency forward exchange contracts.
The Company is exposed to
interest rate risk on certain of its short-term and long-term debt obligations
used to finance our operations and acquisitions. At December 27,
2008, net of interest rate swaps, we had $388.7 million of fixed rate debt and
$187.8 million of variable rate debt. As a result, interest rate
changes impact future earnings and cash flow assuming other factors are
constant. The Company utilizes interest rate swaps to manage
fluctuations in cash flows resulting from exposure to interest rate risk on
forecasted variable rate interest payments. Details regarding the
instruments, as of December 27, 2008, are as follows:
|
Instrument
|
Notional
Amount
|
Maturity
|
Rate
Paid
|
Rate
Received
|
Fair
Value
(Loss)
|
|||
|
Swap
|
$150.0
million
|
August 23,
2014
|
5.3 | % |
LIBOR (3
month)
|
($25.4)
million
|
||
|
Swap
|
$100.0
million
|
August 23,
2017
|
5.4 | % |
LIBOR (3
month)
|
($24.2)
million
|
||
A hypothetical 10% change in
our weighted average borrowing rate on outstanding variable rate debt at
December 27, 2008, would result in a change in after-tax annualized earnings of
approximately $0.3 million.
The
Company periodically enters into commodity hedging transactions to reduce the
impact of changing prices for certain commodities, such as copper and
aluminum. Contract terms of commodity hedge instruments generally
mirror those of the hedged item, providing a high degree of risk reduction and
correlation.
We are
also exposed to foreign currency risks that arise from normal business
operations. These risks include the translation of local currency
balances of foreign subsidiaries, intercompany loans with foreign subsidiaries
and transactions denominated in foreign currencies. Our objective is
to minimize our exposure to these risks through a combination of normal
operating activities and the utilization of foreign currency contracts to manage
our exposure on the transactions denominated in currencies other than the
applicable functional currency. Contracts are executed with
creditworthy banks and are denominated in currencies of major industrial
countries. It is our policy not to enter into derivative financial
instruments for speculative purposes. We do not hedge our exposure to
the translation of reported results of foreign subsidiaries from local currency
to United States dollars.
All
hedges are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value and are accounted for as
cash flow hedges, with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) in each accounting period. An
ineffective portion of the hedges change in fair value, if any, is recorded in
earnings in the period of change.
The
Company periodically enters into commodity hedging transactions to reduce
the impact of changing prices for certain commodities such as copper and
aluminum based upon forecasted purchases of such commodities. These
transactions are designated as cash flow hedges and the contract terms of
commodity hedge instruments generally mirror those of the hedged item, providing
a high degree of risk reduction and correlation. Derivative commodity
liabilities of ($62.1) million are recorded in Hedging Obligations at December
27, 2008. Derivative commodity liabilities of ($6.1) million are
recorded in Hedging Obligations at December 29, 2007. The unrealized
loss on the effective portion of the contracts of ($32.9) million net of tax and
($3.8) million net of tax, as of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007,
respectively, was recorded in AOCI. At December 27, 2008, the Company
had an additional ($13.6) million, net of tax, of derivative commodity losses on
closed hedge instruments in AOCI that will be realized in earnings when the
hedged items impact earnings.
The
Company uses a cash hedging strategy to protect against an increase in the cost
of forecasted foreign currency denominated transactions. As of
December 27, 2008, derivative currency liabilities of ($30.8) million are
recorded in Hedging Obligations. At December 29, 2007 derivative currency assets
(liabilities) of $3.4 million and ($0.1) million were recorded in Prepaid
Expenses and Other Current Assets and Hedging Obligations,
respectively. The unrealized (loss) gain on the effective portion of
the contracts of ($20.1) million net of tax and $2.1 million net of tax, as of
December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, was recorded in AOCI. At December 27,
2008, the Company had an additional ($1.6) million, net of tax of derivative
currency losses on closed hedge instruments in AOCI that will be realized in
earnings when the hedged items impact earnings.
The
Company has LIBOR-based floating rate borrowings, which expose the Company to
variability in interest payments due to changes in interest
rates. The Company has entered into pay fixed/receive LIBOR-based
floating interest rate swaps to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from
interest rate risk. These interest rate swaps have been designated as
cash flow hedges against forecasted LIBOR-based interest payments. As
of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, an interest rate swap liability of
($49.6) million and ($14.4) million was included in Hedging Obligations,
respectively. The unrealized loss on the effective portion of the
contracts of ($30.7) million and ($8.9) million, net of tax as of December 27,
2008 and December 29, 2007 respectively, was recorded in AOCI.
The net
AOCI balance of ($98.9) million loss at December 27, 2008 is comprised of
($60.4) million of net current deferred losses expected to be realized in the
next year, and ($38.5) million net non-current deferred losses. The
impact of hedge ineffectiveness was immaterial for all periods
presented.
ITEM 8 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Quarterly
Financial Information (Unaudited)
|
1st
Quarter
|
2nd
Quarter
|
3rd
Quarter
|
4th
Quarter
|
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|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Sales
|
$ | 536,343 | $ | 418,646 | $ | 606,316 | $ | 459,795 | $ | 620,607 | $ | 449,374 | $ | 482,983 | $ | 474,682 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
122,099 | 97,227 | 131,177 | 103,876 | 132,797 | 106,714 | 114,607 | 105,536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operations
|
57,612 | 47,331 | 67,494 | 60,055 | 65,734 | 53,375 | 39,591 | 45,299 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
32,167 | 26,813 | 38,076 | 36,523 | 36,906 | 31,239 | 21,438 | 24,042 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings
Per Share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
1.03 | 0.87 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.00 | 0.68 | 0.77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
Dilution
|
0.97 | 0.80 | 1.14 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 0.92 | 0.67 | 0.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
Average Number of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
Outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
31,317 | 30,814 | 31,306 | 31,547 | 31,357 | 31,321 | 31,393 | 31,326 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Assuming
Dilution
|
33,117 | 33,548 | 33,526 | 34,178 | 33,716 | 34,104 | 32,623 | 33,840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Sales
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Electrical
|
473,793 | 357,256 | 541,055 | 395,643 | 556,529 | 389,502 | 427,265 | 416,562 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Mechanical
|
62,550 | 61,390 | 65,261 | 64,152 | 64,078 | 59,872 | 55,718 | 58,120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
from Operations
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Electrical
|
47,565 | 39,123 | 57,894 | 48,736 | 56,597 | 44,167 | 29,476 | 37,663 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Mechanical
|
10,047 | 8,208 | 9,600 | 11,319 | 9,137 | 9,208 | 10,115 | 7,636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MANAGEMENT’S
ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
The
management of Regal Beloit Corporation (the “Company”) is responsible for the
accuracy and internal consistency of the preparation of the consolidated
financial statements and footnotes contained in this annual report.
The
Company’s management is also responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting. Regal Beloit
Corporation operates under a system of internal accounting controls designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of published financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. The internal accounting
control system is evaluated for effectiveness by management and is tested,
monitored and revised as necessary. All internal control systems, no
matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even
those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance
with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
The
Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting as of December 27, 2008. In making
its assessment, the Company’s management used the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in
Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on the results of its
evaluation, the Company’s management concluded that, as of December 27, 2008,
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on
those criteria.
Our
internal control over financial reporting as of December 27, 2008 has been
audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included
herein.
February
25, 2009
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders of Regal Beloit Corporation:
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Regal Beloit Corporation
and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 27, 2008 and December 29,
2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’
investment, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 27, 2008. Our audits also included the
consolidated financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15.
We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as
of December 27, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. The Company’s management is responsible for these financial
statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal
control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and
financial statement schedule and an opinion on the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal
control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our
audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal
control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal
control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness
exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of
internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing
such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinions.
A
company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or
under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the
company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of
the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management
and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance
regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because
of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting,
including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of
controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the
effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods
are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Regal-Beloit Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 27, 2008, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our
opinion, such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
Also, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects,
effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 27,
2008, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission.
/s/
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
February 25,
2009
REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In
Thousands of Dollars, Except Shares Outstanding and Per Share Data)
|
For
the Year Ended
|
||||||||||||
|
December
27,
|
December
29,
|
December
30,
|
||||||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
|
Net
Sales
|
$ | 2,246,249 | $ | 1,802,497 | $ | 1,619,545 | ||||||
|
Cost
of Sales
|
1,745,569 | 1,389,144 | 1,230,174 | |||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
500,680 | 413,353 | 389,371 | |||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
270,249 | 207,293 | 195,354 | |||||||||
|
Income
From Operations
|
230,431 | 206,060 | 194,017 | |||||||||
|
Interest
Expense
|
27,709 | 22,056 | 19,886 | |||||||||
|
Interest
Income
|
1,479 | 933 | 711 | |||||||||
|
Income
Before Taxes & Minority Interest
|
204,201 | 184,937 | 174,842 | |||||||||
|
Provision
For Income Taxes
|
72,225 | 63,683 | 62,051 | |||||||||
|
Income
Before Minority Interest
|
131,976 | 121,254 | 112,791 | |||||||||
|
Minority
Interest in Income, Net of Tax
|
3,389 | 2,907 | 2,985 | |||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$ | 128,587 | $ | 118,347 | $ | 109,806 | ||||||
|
Earnings
Per Share of Common Stock:
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
$ | 4.10 | $ | 3.79 | $ | 3.56 | ||||||
|
Assuming
Dilution
|
$ | 3.87 | $ | 3.49 | $ | 3.28 | ||||||
|
Weighted
Average Number of Shares Outstanding:
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
31,343,330 | 31,252,145 | 30,846,854 | |||||||||
|
Assuming
Dilution
|
33,250,689 | 33,920,886 | 33,504,190 | |||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(In
Thousands of Dollars, Except Share and Per Share Data)
|
ASSETS
|
December
27,
|
December
29,
|
||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
|
Current
Assets:
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
$ | 65,250 | $ | 42,574 | ||||
|
Receivables,
less Allowances
|
||||||||
|
of
$11,145 in 2008 and of $10,734 in 2007
|
311,654 | 297,569 | ||||||
|
Inventories
|
359,918 | 318,200 | ||||||
|
Prepaid
Expenses and Other Current Assets
|
49,266 | 35,626 | ||||||
|
Deferred
Income Tax Benefits
|
75,174 | 34,522 | ||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
861,262 | 728,491 | ||||||
|
Property,
Plant and Equipment:
|
||||||||
|
Land
and Improvements
|
39,982 | 31,766 | ||||||
|
Buildings
and Improvements
|
127,018 | 117,707 | ||||||
|
Machinery
and Equipment
|
457,063 | 435,792 | ||||||
|
Property,
Plant and Equipment, at Cost
|
624,063 | 585,265 | ||||||
|
Less
- Accumulated Depreciation
|
(265,691 | ) | (245,922 | ) | ||||
|
Net
Property, Plant and Equipment
|
358,372 | 339,343 | ||||||
|
Goodwill
|
672,475 | 654,261 | ||||||
|
Intangible
Assets, Net of Amortization
|
120,784 | 129,473 | ||||||
|
Other
Noncurrent Assets
|
10,603 | 10,679 | ||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$ | 2,023,496 | $ | 1,862,247 | ||||
|
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' INVESTMENT
|
||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
Payable
|
$ | 202,456 | $ | 183,215 | ||||
|
Dividends
Payable
|
5,024 | 4,700 | ||||||
|
Accrued
Compensation and Employee Benefits
|
64,207 | 55,315 | ||||||
|
Other
Accrued Expenses
|
63,457 | 57,287 | ||||||
|
Hedging
Obligations
|
80,578 | 6,071 | ||||||
|
Current
Maturities of Long-Term Debt
|
15,280 | 5,332 | ||||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
431,002 | 311,920 | ||||||
|
Long-Term
Debt
|
561,190 | 558,918 | ||||||
|
Deferred
Income Taxes
|
71,715 | 75,055 | ||||||
|
Hedging
Obligations
|
61,958 | 14,493 | ||||||
|
Pension
and other Post Retirement Benefits
|
43,768 | 20,742 | ||||||
|
Other
Noncurrent Liabilities
|
16,881 | 12,548 | ||||||
|
Minority
Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries
|
11,654 | 10,542 | ||||||
|
Commitments
and Contingencies (see Note 9)
|
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|
Shareholders'
Investment:
|
||||||||
|
Common
Stock, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
|
||||||||
|
32,282,395
issued in 2008,
|
||||||||
|
32,105,824
issued in 2007
|
323 | 321 | ||||||
|
Additional
Paid-In Capital
|
342,712 | 335,452 | ||||||
|
Less-Treasury
Stock, at cost, 884,100 shares in 2008
|
||||||||
|
and
774,100 shares in 2007
|
(19,419 | ) | (15,228 | ) | ||||
|
Retained
Earnings
|
644,141 | 535,304 | ||||||
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
(142,429 | ) | 2,180 | |||||
|
Total
Shareholders' Investment
|
825,328 | 858,029 | ||||||
|
Total
Liabilities and Shareholders' Investment
|
$ | 2,023,496 | $ | 1,862,247 | ||||
See
accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ INVESTMENT
(In
Thousands of Dollars, Except Per Share Data)
|
Common
Stock $.01 Par Value
|
Additional
Paid-In Capital
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Unearned
Compensation
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
$ | 315 | $ | 316,426 | $ | (15,228 | ) | $ | 343,161 | $ | (657 | ) | $ | 3,979 | $ | 647,996 | ||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 109,806 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 109,806 | ||||||||||||||
|
Dividends
Declared ($.55 per share)
|
- | - | - | (16,996 | ) | - | - | (16,996 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Reclassification of Unearned Compensation due to
adoption
of SFAS
123(R)
|
- | 657 | - | - | 657 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock Options
Exercised, including income tax benefit and
share
cancellations
|
3 | 9,801 | - | - | - | - | 9,804 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based
Compensation
|
- | 3,572 | - | - | - | - | 3,572 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Pension
and Post Retirement Benefit Adjustment, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | - | (5,838 | ) | (5,838 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
Comprehensive Income (see detail Comprehensive
Income
Statement)
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1,631 | 1,631 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance,
December 30, 2006
|
$ | 318 | $ | 329,142 | $ | (15,228 | ) | $ | 435,971 | $ | - | $ | (228 | ) | $ | 749,975 | ||||||||||||
|
FIN
48 Cumulative effect adjustment (Note 8)
|
- | - | - | (560 | ) | - | - | (560 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Balance at December 31, 2006 | $ | 318 | $ | 329,142 | $ | (15,228 | ) | $ | 435,111 | $ | - | $ | (228 | ) | $ | 749,415 | ||||||||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 118,347 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 118,347 | ||||||||||||||
|
Dividends
Declared ($.59 per share)
|
- | - | - | (18,454 | ) | - | - | (18,454 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock
Options Exercised, including income tax benefit and
share
cancellations
|
3 | 2,469 | - | - | - | - | 2,472 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based
Compensation
|
- | 3,841 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||