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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
FOR ANNUAL REPORT AND TRANSITION REPORTS
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One)
[X] Annual report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 28, 2002
OR
[ ] Transition report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 For the transition period from ________ to ________
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-9576
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
New Jersey 22-1759452
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
Routes 55 and 553
P.O. Box 888
Pitman, New Jersey 08071-0888
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (856) 589-0500
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
None None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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(Title of class)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Act") during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark 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 the Registrant's knowledge, in the definitive proxy statement
incorporated by reference in Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K or any
amendment to this annual report on Form 10-K. [X]
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes [ ] No [X]
As of June 28, 2002, which was the last business day of the
Registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market
value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was
$34,623,757. Such aggregate market value was computed by reference to the
closing sale price of the Registrant's Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market on such date. For purposes of making this calculation only, the
Registrant has defined affiliates as including all directors and executive
officers, but excluding any institutional shareholders owning more than ten
percent of the Registrant's Common Stock.
As of February 28, 2003, there were 2,432,666 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
As stated in Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K, portions of
the Registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed within 120 days after
the end of the fiscal year covered by this annual report on Form 10-K are
incorporated herein by reference.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms "K-Tron," "the
Company," "we," "our" and "us" refer to K-Tron International, Inc. and, where
appropriate, one or more of its subsidiaries.
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
GENERAL
K-Tron is a global leader in the design, production, marketing and
servicing of gravimetric and volumetric feeders and related equipment for the
handling of bulk solids in a wide variety of manufacturing processes. Our
feeders control the flow of materials into a process that then transforms those
materials into an end product. We also design, produce, market and service
pneumatic conveying systems and related equipment, some of which may be used in
conjunction with our feeders, as well as ancillary equipment used primarily by
plastics molding and extrusion companies. The plastics, food, chemical,
detergent and pharmaceutical industries are among those served by our feeders
and pneumatic conveying equipment. Through our K-Tron Electronics unit, we
design and produce electronic assemblies for our own use and also for sale to
others, and we make controller hardware for our own business.
We have manufacturing facilities in the United States, Switzerland, the
United Kingdom and Canada, and our equipment is sold throughout the world. We
provide service and spare parts for our feeding and pneumatic conveying
equipment on a worldwide basis, and offer customer and employee training through
our K-Tron Institute in the United States, Switzerland and elsewhere.
K-Tron International, Inc. was incorporated in New Jersey in 1964. We
operate in one principal business segment, material handling equipment and
systems, and our operations are conducted largely through subsidiary companies.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On January 2, 2003, we purchased all of the outstanding capital stock
of Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation ("Penn Crusher"). This transaction and the
business of Penn Crusher and its subsidiary are described in more detail at the
end of this Item 1 under the heading, "Business of Penn Crusher."
BUSINESS UNITS AND BRAND NAMES
Without regard to Penn Crusher, we have two main business units, a
Feeder Group and a Pneumatic Conveying Group, and we market and sell our
equipment under three brand names: K-Tron Soder (feeders), PCS (pneumatic
conveying equipment) and Colormax (ancillary equipment for the plastics
industry, including pneumatic conveying equipment). We market these brands on
both an equipment and total systems basis.
FEEDING EQUIPMENT
Our Feeder Group produces feeders that control the flow of materials
into a manufacturing process by mass or weight (gravimetric feeding) or by
volume (volumetric feeding). Feeding equipment manufactured by us is used in
many different industries.
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K-Tron Soder Brand. The K-Tron Soder brand offers feeding equipment and
systems that provide precise control of the flow of ingredients in the
manufacture of many different kinds of products. The plastics, food, chemical,
detergent and pharmaceutical industries are among those served by K-Tron Soder
feeders. K-Tron Soder feeders, including loss-in-weight feeders, weigh belt
feeders, volumetric feeders, flow meters and related controls, are assembled at
our facilities in Pitman, New Jersey and Niederlenz, Switzerland in a complete
range of feeding equipment types and sizes for these and other industries.
Loss-in-Weight Feeders. The loss-in-weight principle involves weighing
the entire feeding system, both equipment and material, which may be either dry
or liquid. The feeding mechanism controls the rate at which material is
discharged into the manufacturing process based upon a change in the total
weight of the system as material flows from the feeder. Electronic controllers
determine the feed rate and are capable of instantly altering feed rates to
maintain an accurate flow of materials. In dry material applications,
loss-in-weight feeders usually utilize an auger (single or twin screw) or
vibratory feeding mechanism, and the outflow is adjusted continuously to
maintain the desired feed rate. In liquid applications, the flow rate is
maintained by a pump or valve. Loss-in-weight feeders are especially suitable
for applications requiring a very high degree of accuracy, as in adding minor
ingredients to food processes or colorants to plastics, or applications
requiring a closed system, as in feeding dusty materials. Loss-in-weight feeders
rarely need recalibration and may also be used as batchers, to feed bulk
material into bags and other containers.
Weigh Belt Feeders. Weigh belt feeders move dry bulk material along a
belt, continuously weighing the material and adjusting the belt speed in order
to control precisely the flow rate of the material being fed into the
manufacturing process. The feeder regulates the flow rate according to the set
points in its electronic controller. A typical application would incorporate
several feeders, each supplying an ingredient of the final product, and
electronic controllers that determine the feed rate of each ingredient and which
are capable of instantly altering individual feed rates to maintain the desired
proportion of each ingredient.
Weigh belt feeders may also be used as batchers or as meters, to
measure accurately the amount of material flowing into or out of a container.
Volumetric Feeders. Volumetric feeders utilize single or twin screw
feeding mechanisms or other systems to regulate flow by volume instead of
weight, thereby offering an economical method of feeding bulk solids where
demands for accuracy are less stringent. They also can be used to make batches
by feeding sequentially into a hopper that is weighed and using the weight
signal to start and stop each feeder.
PNEUMATIC CONVEYING AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
Our Pneumatic Conveying Group ("PCG") integrates two brands, PCS and
Colormax, and the manufacturing of our Hurricane product line into one business
group capable of addressing a broad range of pneumatic conveying problems. PCG's
products are distributed through the Feeder Group's distribution channels under
the Hurricane product name and through PCG's distribution channels under the PCS
and Colormax brand names.
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Hurricane. The Hurricane product name is used with any pneumatic
conveying equipment sold through the Feeder Group into any market. Hurricane
products are assembled at K-Tron's Canadian subsidiary, Pneumatic Conveying
Systems Inc., in Brantford, Ontario, and this equipment is shipped either to an
end user site or a K-Tron assembly operation. Hurricane loaders, available as
both self-contained and central vacuum systems, may be used on their own or in
conjunction with K-Tron Soder feeders for the conveying of pellets and powders.
In addition, any PCS or Colormax equipment sold by the Feeder Group is also sold
under the Hurricane product name.
Colormax. The Colormax brand name is used with any pneumatic conveying
equipment or material handling system, including Hurricane and PCS equipment,
sold through the Pneumatic Conveying Group into the plastics extrusion and
molding industries. Colormax products are assembled at our Colormax Limited
subsidiary in Telford, England and marketed directly to end users and also
through distributors. The Colormax product line includes self-contained and
central vacuum systems, dryers, volumetric and gravimetric blenders, material
storage bins and feeders for handling various resin materials in the molding or
extrusion of consumer plastic products, such as automotive components and
plastic food containers.
To differentiate itself from the competition, Colormax has introduced
the first posimetric(R) feeder, the Posimax, for the industries that it serves.
The Posimax is based on a patented technology for which K-Tron has obtained a
worldwide exclusive license in the relevant fields of use. Posimetric is a
registered trademark of Stamet, Incorporated, the licensor. The Posimax feeds
material based on the principle of lockup and eliminates material flow
pulsation, which is typical for screw feeders operating at low mass flow rates.
The Posimax is available both as a volumetric and gravimetric feeder for free
flowing materials. Our testing has shown that feeders based on the posimetric
principle have the most linear performance of any feeder type when measured over
a turn down range of 100:1.
PCS. The PCS brand name is used with any pneumatic conveying equipment
or material handling system, including Hurricane and Colormax equipment, sold
through the Pneumatic Conveying Group into the food, pharmaceutical and chemical
industries. PCS products and material handling systems are engineered and
assembled at our Pneumatic Conveying Systems Limited subsidiary in Stockport,
England. The PCS product line includes standard vacuum conveyors for
hard-to-handle materials, an all stainless steel pharmaceutical line of
equipment and a variety of ancillary equipment. PCS's capabilities include
expertise in conveying fragile products without degradation and designing dense
phase vacuum conveying systems for the transport of products without
segregation.
K-TRON ELECTRONICS
K-Tron Electronics designs, produces and tests electronic assemblies
for outside customers, as well as for use by us in our products, and also
produces controller hardware for us. Its facilities, which are located in
Blackwood, New Jersey, provide both automated surface mount and through-hole
assembly capabilities, as well as testing equipment.
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CUSTOMERS
We sell our equipment throughout the world to a wide variety of
customers in our addressed markets, ranging from large, global companies to
regional and local businesses. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of
our total revenues in fiscal 2002.
MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLIERS
Our primary manufacturing activities consist of the assembly,
calibration and testing of equipment and the production of electronic assemblies
and controllers. We also manufacture the weight sensors that are used in most of
our gravimetric feeders. We assemble a number of components used in our products
that are manufactured by others to our specifications. These components include
sheet metal parts, screws, castings, integrated circuits, printed circuit boards
and enclosures.
We produce a number of basic feeder and pneumatic conveying equipment
models. Feeder units are completed to specific customer orders, and
customization is generally limited to combining existing mechanical and
electronic modules to meet a customer's application requirements.
Although certain components of our products are currently purchased
from sole sources, we believe that comparable components can be obtained readily
from alternative suppliers at prices competitive with those of our current
sources. We never have had a significant production delay that was primarily
attributable to an outside supplier.
PATENTS
Our technology is protected by numerous patents in the United States
and in other major countries that offer patent protection. Certain of our
patents have expired and others will expire at various future dates. The loss of
such patent protection is not expected to have a significant adverse effect on
our business.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
We invest in research and development ("R&D") to maintain a
technological leadership position in the feeding and pneumatic conveying
equipment industries. R&D focuses on new products as well as on improvements to
existing products, with particular emphasis on the application of weighing and
control technologies and mechanical design improvements. Current efforts are
aimed at developing new products (including a new family of feeders, expected to
be introduced by the Feeder Group late in 2003, based on the posimetric
principle previously described in the above discussion of Colormax equipment),
shortening the time spent in the development of such products, modifying
existing product designs to provide lower cost products and analyzing the
price/performance relationship for both new and existing products. A centralized
R&D approach facilitates the development of common or compatible products.
Our research and development expenses were $2,429,000, $2,644,000 and
$3,182,000 in fiscal 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
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COMPETITION
We are a leading worldwide producer of feeders and related equipment
for the handling of bulk solids in manufacturing processes. We believe we have
reached this position primarily because of our use of electronic and digital
control technology, our use of digital weighing technology, our development of
mechanical design improvements to our products and our knowledge of material
handling. We also rely on our reputation and experience in serving the needs of
our large customer base to maintain a competitive advantage.
We also design systems and assemble equipment for the pneumatic
conveying market using our Hurricane, Colormax and PCS brands and products. The
addressable market is very large, and our strategy is to target specific
geographic and product markets. Our Colormax brand offers loaders, feeders and
ancillary equipment to handle granular materials, which are primarily used by
plastics molding and extrusion companies. Our PCS brand includes a standard and
a pharmaceutical line of loaders and ancillary equipment to transport
hard-to-handle powdery material, and this equipment is primarily used by
pharmaceutical, food and chemical companies. Our Hurricane product line includes
a line of filterless, dual cyclone loaders best suited to work as an integrated
solution with K-Tron Soder feeders handling powdery and pelletized materials,
and this equipment is primarily used by K-Tron Soder customers in the plastics
compounding, food and pharmaceutical markets.
K-Tron Electronics was established to design and manufacture electronic
assemblies and controller hardware for use by us and also to sell such
assemblies to third parties, generally focusing on small production runs for
customers in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. The market for
electronic assemblies is very large, and K-Tron Electronics is one of many
suppliers to this market in the region identified.
Strong competition exists in every major market that we serve.
Competitors range in size from large corporations (or subsidiaries or divisions
thereof) with a broad line of products to regional firms that may specialize in
a limited range of products.
BACKLOG
At the end of fiscal 2002, our backlog of unfilled orders was
approximately $8,589,000, compared to a backlog of approximately $12,138,000 at
the end of fiscal 2001, a decrease of 29.2% (a decrease of 36.2% at constant
foreign exchange rates). The backlog of orders at the end of fiscal 2002 was
lower than the 2001 year-end backlog primarily due to the very weak capital
equipment spending environment that existed during all of fiscal 2002, and it
reflected fewer orders received at our Feeder Group facilities in Switzerland
and the United States.
The bulk of our backlog represents orders that will be ready for
delivery in less than 120 days. Thus, except for shipments to be made later in
the year in accordance with customer requests, it is expected that most of the
backlog as of the end of fiscal 2002 will be shipped prior to April 30, 2003.
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EMPLOYEES
At the end of fiscal 2002, we had 361 employees, of which 202 were
located in Europe, 140 in the United States, 11 in Singapore, 4 in Canada, 3 in
China and 1 in Mexico.
None of our employees are represented by labor unions. We consider
relations with our employees to be good.
BUSINESS OF PENN CRUSHER
On January 2, 2003, we purchased all of the outstanding stock of Penn
Crusher. Penn Crusher manufactures size reduction and related equipment that is
sold to electric utility companies to crush coal for use in coal-fired power
generation plants and also to companies in other industries such as quarries
where the crushing of material is required.
As a result of this purchase, we now also own Jeffrey Specialty
Equipment Corporation ("Jeffrey"), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn
Crusher. Jeffrey manufactures chip sizer mills, industrial hammermills and other
size reduction equipment for use in the paper and pulp industries to crush wood
in the production of paper and in other industries for various crushing
applications. Jeffrey also makes large-scale vibratory feeders for coal,
minerals, chemicals and other bulk materials.
A significant portion of the revenues of both Penn Crusher and Jeffrey
comes from the sale of spare parts since each company has a large installed base
of equipment. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of either Penn
Crusher's or Jeffrey's total revenues in fiscal 2002.
Penn Crusher has its headquarters in a 24,000 square foot leased
facility in Broomall, Pennsylvania and conducts manufacturing operations from a
70,000 square foot leased building in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Jeffrey is located
in a 145,000 square foot owned manufacturing and office facility in Woodruff,
South Carolina.
As of February 28, 2003, Penn Crusher had 90 employees and Jeffrey had
76 employees, all of whom were located in the United States. None of either
company's employees are represented by labor unions, and each company considers
relations with its employees to be good.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.
In North America, we own a 92,000 square foot building located on a
17-acre tract in Pitman, New Jersey where we have Feeder Group manufacturing
facilities, administrative offices, our corporate headquarters, research and
development offices and a technical center for product demonstrations and
training. A portion (approximately 10,000 square feet) of our Pitman facility is
leased to a sheet metal business that is a major supplier to us. We also have
leased facilities in Blackwood, New Jersey, where K-Tron Electronics produces
electronic assemblies and controller hardware, and in Brantford, Ontario, where
we assemble pneumatic conveying equipment for the Hurricane product line.
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In Niederlenz, Switzerland, we own a 65,000 square foot building, where
we have Feeder Group manufacturing facilities and a technical center for product
demonstrations, and an adjacent five-floor, 40,000 square foot office building
that houses administrative offices, training facilities and research and
development offices. In 2002, approximately one-half of one floor of the office
building was leased to a third party.
In Lengerich, Germany, we own an 8,000 square foot building that has
been leased to a third party since July 31, 2001.
Certain Feeder Group sales and service activities are conducted at a
K-Tron-owned facility in the United Kingdom (20% leased to a third party) and in
leased office space in Germany, France, Singapore and China. We lease a facility
in Telford, England, where we assemble Colormax products and have office space
for that brand. We also lease a facility in Stockport, England, where we design
customized solutions for a broad range of pneumatic conveying problems, assemble
PCS products and have office space for that brand.
We believe that our present facilities, including those of Penn Crusher
and Jeffrey described in Item 1 above, will be sufficient to meet our needs for
the foreseeable future.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
There are no material pending legal proceedings to which we or any of
our subsidiaries is a party or of which any of our property is the subject.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during
the fourth quarter of 2002.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Our current executive officers are as follows:
Name Age Position
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Edward B. Cloues, II 55 Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
Kevin C. Bowen 51 Senior Vice President, Feeder Group
and President and Chief Executive
Officer of K-Tron America, Inc.
Lukas Guenthardt 44 Senior Vice President,
Pneumatic Conveying Group
and Chief Strategy Officer
Ronald R. Remick 56 Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
John D. Whalen 64 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation
Donald W. Melchiorre 54 President and Chief Operating Officer
of Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation
Edward B. Cloues, II has been a director since July 1985 and was most
recently reelected at the 2001 annual meeting of shareholders. He became
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on
January 5, 1998. Prior to joining the Company in 1998, Mr. Cloues was a partner
in the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, which is the Company's principal
outside counsel. He is also a director and non-executive Chairman of the Board
of AMREP Corporation and a director of Penn Virginia Corporation and Penn
Virginia Resource GP, LLC, the general partner of Penn Virginia Resource
Partners, L.P.
Kevin C. Bowen has been Senior Vice President, Feeder Group of the
Company since June 2000 and President and Chief Executive Officer of K-Tron
America, Inc. since March 1995. From March 1994 to March 1995, Mr. Bowen was
President of K-Tron North America, the North American sales division of K-Tron
America. Mr. Bowen served as President of K-Tron America from May 1990 to March
1994 and has been with the Company in various other capacities since 1979.
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Lukas Guenthardt has been Senior Vice President, Pneumatic Conveying
Group and Chief Strategy Officer of the Company since February 2002. Prior to
that, he was Senior Vice President, New Businesses and Chief Strategy Officer
from June 2000 to February 2002 and Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning,
Product Development and Marketing from June 1998 to June 2000. Mr. Guenthardt
was Managing Director of K-Tron (Schweiz) AG ("K-Tron Switzerland") from July
1995 to June 1, 1998, Managing Director of the Soder Division of K-Tron
Switzerland from March 1994 to July 1995, and Director of International Research
and Development of the Company from July 1992, when he joined K-Tron, until
March 1994.
Ronald R. Remick has been Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of the Company since May 10, 1999. Prior to joining
K-Tron, Mr. Remick was Vice President of Planning and Treasury of ARCO Chemical
Company from 1995 to 1998 and Vice President of Planning and Control of ARCO
Chemical Company from 1993 to 1995.
John D. Whalen has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Penn
Crusher since December 30, 1996. From April 1984 until December 30, 1996, Mr.
Whalen was President of Penn Crusher, and he had been with that company in
various other capacities from 1967 to April 1984. In 1986, Mr. Whalen, along
with several other Penn Crusher executives, purchased Penn Crusher. His
ownership continued until the K-Tron acquisition of Penn Crusher on January 2,
2003. Mr. Whalen also has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jeffrey
Specialty Equipment Corporation since its purchase by Penn Crusher in October
1999.
Donald W. Melchiorre has been President and Chief Operating Officer of
Penn Crusher since December 30, 1996 and President and Chief Operating Officer
of Jeffrey Specialty Equipment Corporation since August 2002. From 1982 to 1987,
he worked at Penn Crusher as a Regional Sales Manager and left the company in
1987 to become Regional Sales Manager, and subsequently North American Sales and
Marketing Manager and then Director for Sales and Marketing-European Operations,
for K-Tron's U.S. and Swiss manufacturing subsidiaries. In 1992, he left the
K-Tron organization to establish EPI Technical Sales, Inc., a manufacturers'
representative organization selling bulk material handling equipment, which
included the K-Tron Soder and Penn Crusher lines of equipment. He returned to
Penn Crusher in 1996.
The executive officers are elected or appointed by the Board of
Directors of the Company or its appropriate subsidiary to serve until the
appointment or election and qualification of their successors or their earlier
death, resignation or removal.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS.
Our Common Stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol
"KTII." The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for each
quarter in fiscal 2001 and 2002 as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market.
Fiscal Year 2001 High Low
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First Quarter ................................. $18.750 $13.750
Second Quarter ................................ $15.120 $12.250
Third Quarter ................................. $13.250 $ 9.000
Fourth Quarter ................................ $11.750 $ 9.510
Fiscal Year 2002
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First Quarter ................................. $15.450 $10.450
Second Quarter ................................ $18.000 $12.000
Third Quarter ................................. $15.780 $12.067
Fourth Quarter ................................ $13.700 $12.330
On February 28, 2003, the closing price of a share of K-Tron Common
Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market was $14.60.
There were 232 record holders of our Common Stock on February 28, 2003.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We have never paid a cash dividend on our Common Stock, and we
currently intend to retain all future earnings for use in our business. The
declaration and payment of dividends in the future will be determined by the
Board of Directors in light of conditions then existing, including our earnings,
financial condition, capital requirements and other factors. In addition, one of
our credit facilities contains certain restrictions on the transfer of funds
that may limit our ability to declare and pay dividends.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The selected consolidated financial data presented below for, and as of
the end of, each of our last five fiscal years have been derived from and are
qualified by reference to our consolidated financial statements. Our
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2002
have been audited by KPMG LLP, independent auditors, and our consolidated
financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2001, December 30,
2000, January 1, 2000 and January 2, 1999 have been audited by Arthur Andersen
LLP, independent public accountants.
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This information should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and the related notes thereto and "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" appearing
elsewhere herein.
We have not paid any cash dividends on our shares of Common Stock
during the periods presented.
FISCAL YEAR ENDED
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DEC. 28 DEC. 29 DEC. 30 JAN. 1 JAN. 2
2002(1) 2001 2000 2000 1999
FINANCIAL SUMMARY ($000):
Revenues $68,231 $71,819 $84,912 $87,887 $89,142
Income before taxes 4,396 1,279 8,008 8,644 8,718
Net income 3,284 1,048 5,838 6,759 6,593
Total assets 50,459 47,644 54,421 54,770 56,617
Working capital 14,106 15,565 13,770 14,057 11,446
Additions to property, plant and equipment 2,967 2,144 3,699 2,605 2,713
Depreciation and amortization 2,499 2,921 3,138 3,362 3,158
PER SHARE ($):
Basic net earnings $ 1.35 $ 0.43 $ 2.30 $ 2.28 $ 2.10
Diluted net earnings 1.33 0.43 2.25 2.23 2.03
Book value 11.69 8.87 8.75 8.61 7.34
CAPITALIZATION ($000):
Shareholders' equity $28,419 $21,561 $21,311 $25,210 $22,274
Long-term debt 6,499 12,499 12,390 7,252 9,638
Short-term debt (2) 2,005 2,186 3,595 4,627 1,534
Total debt 8,504 14,685 15,985 11,879 11,172
RATIOS:
Return on average shareholders' equity (%) 13.1 4.9 25.1 28.4 32.0
Return on revenues (%) 4.8 1.5 6.9 7.7 7.4
Long-term debt to shareholders' equity (%) 22.9 58.0 58.1 28.8 43.3
Current assets to current liabilities 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.5
Average inventory turnover 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.7
Average accounts receivable turnover 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 5.2
OTHER DATA:
Shares outstanding (000) (3) 2,431 2,431 2,436 2,927 3,033
Shareholders of record 235 251 258 287 304
Number of employees 361 379 522 475 496
(1) On December 30, 2001, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 142 and ceased to amortize goodwill at the end of fiscal
year 2001.
(2) Including current portion of long-term debt.
(3) Net of treasury stock of 1,295 for fiscal year 1998, 1,447 for fiscal
year 1999, 1,968 for fiscal year 2000, 2,001 for fiscal year 2001 and
2,003 for fiscal year 2002.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following provides information that management believes is relevant
to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and
financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. All references to
2002, 2001 and 2000 mean the fiscal years ended December 28, 2002, December 29,
2001 and December 30, 2000, respectively.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On January 2, 2003, we acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of
privately-held Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation ("Penn Crusher"). As a result of
this purchase, we also acquired Jeffrey Specialty Equipment Corporation
("Jeffrey"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn Crusher. The purchase price
consisted of a combination of $19,500,000 in cash, $4,000,000 in unsecured
promissory notes and a post-closing cash payment of $205,000 based on Penn
Crusher's consolidated shareholders' equity at December 31, 2002. With respect
to the payment of the cash portion of the purchase price and related acquisition
costs, we financed $15,000,000 through a $17,000,000 secured credit facility
with Penn Crusher as the borrower (the additional $2,000,000 is available for
working capital and general corporate purposes, subject to certain limitations).
This facility is directly with Penn Crusher, and the lender has no recourse
against K-Tron with respect to any amounts borrowed thereunder. Additionally, we
borrowed $5,000,000 from a U.S. bank through a K-Tron wholly-owned subsidiary
and used these funds to pay part of the purchase price. This obligation was
guaranteed by K-Tron, and K-Tron also issued the $4,000,000 of unsecured
promissory notes.
Penn Crusher and Jeffrey had consolidated 2002 revenues of $35,178,000,
which were more than fifty percent of K-Tron's total revenues in 2002. With
regard to the operation of Penn Crusher and Jeffrey, we expect that they will be
operated on a stand-alone basis, with no significant financial or operational
synergies between them and K-Tron.
As noted above, K-Tron and Penn Crusher incurred substantial debt as a
result of the Penn Crusher acquisition, which debt is described in more detail
in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below; however, K-Tron and Penn
Crusher expect to have sufficient cash flow to cover all required principal and
interest payments and, in particular, Penn Crusher's cash flow should be
adequate to cover required principal and interest payments on its secured credit
facility.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
In 2002, 2001 and 2000, K-Tron reported net income of $3,284,000,
$1,048,000 and $5,838,000, respectively.
Revenues for 2002 declined from 2001 and 2000 levels (even after
excluding the July 31, 2001 sale of our Hasler heavy feeder business, which is
described below, and the November 30, 2001 acquisition of Pneumatic Conveying
Systems Limited ("PCS")), reflecting a weaker global economy and a steep decline
in capital equipment spending in the process industries we serve.
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The improvement in net income in 2002 versus 2001 was largely the
result of two factors: (i) the sale of our Hasler heavy feeder business in the
third quarter of 2001 and (ii) the benefits of a lower cost structure resulting
from the globalization and cost reduction initiatives that we implemented in the
second half of 2001.
We are an international company, and we derived approximately 58%, 58%
and 53% of our 2002, 2001 and 2000 revenues, respectively, from products
manufactured in, and services performed from, our facilities located outside the
United States, primarily in Europe. Since we operate globally, we are sensitive
to changes in foreign currency exchange rates ("foreign exchange rates"), which
can affect both the translation of financial statement items into U.S. dollars
as well as transactions where the revenues and related expenses may initially be
accounted for in different currencies, such as sales made from our Swiss
manufacturing facility in currencies other than the Swiss franc.
On July 31, 2001, we sold our Hasler heavy feeder business to our
largest distributor of Hasler equipment and recorded a pretax loss of $620,000.
The assets sold were primarily inventory and fixed assets. The buyer took over
operation of our Hasler leased sales office in Neuchatel, Switzerland and leased
from us a Company-owned facility in Lengerich, Germany. The purchase price
consisted of a combination of 1,000,000 Swiss francs cash ($594,000), promissory
notes in the principal amount of 3,017,000 Swiss francs ($1,792,000), which bear
interest and amortize over seven years, and a less than 20% equity position in
the buyer. We retained all of the Hasler receivables and payables at the time of
the sale as well as the building in Lengerich, Germany, which, as noted above,
is being leased to the buyer. The buyer has made all required payments on the
promissory notes, and the principal amount was reduced to 2,640,000 Swiss francs
at the end of 2002 ($1,900,000). The U.S. dollar numbers mentioned in this
paragraph reflect the Swiss franc/U.S. dollar exchange rate at the dates
referred to, which were July 31, 2001 and December 28, 2002.
In December 2001, we sold our Swiss machine and welding shops to an
independent Swiss machine shop company and recorded a pretax gain of $242,000.
The purchase price consisted of a combination of 300,000 Swiss francs cash
($182,000) and a 700,000 Swiss franc obligation ($420,000), which is supported
by a bank guaranty.
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The following table sets forth our results of operations expressed as a
percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated.
Fiscal Year
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2002 2001 2000
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Total revenues 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of revenues 57.7 59.9 55.4
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Gross profit 42.3 40.1 44.6
Selling, general and administrative 31.6 33.2 30.2
Research and development 3.6 3.7 3.7
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Operating income 7.1 3.2 10.7
Interest 0.7 1.4 1.3
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Income before income taxes 6.4% 1.8% 9.4%
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Year-end backlog (at year-end 2002 foreign exchange rates, in
thousands)
Backlog including Hasler business $ 8,589 $ 13,466 $ 20,813
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Backlog excluding Hasler business (sold July 31, 2001) $ 8,589 $ 13,466 $ 17,755
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As previously noted, more than half of our revenues in recent years has
been derived from activities in foreign jurisdictions. Consequently, our results
can be significantly affected by changes in foreign exchange rates, particularly
in U.S. dollar exchange rates with respect to the Swiss franc, euro and British
pound sterling and, to a lesser degree, the Singapore dollar and other
currencies. When the U.S. dollar strengthens against these currencies, the U.S.
dollar value of non-U.S. dollar-based sales decreases. When the U.S. dollar
weakens against these currencies, the U.S. dollar value of non-U.S. dollar-based
sales increases. Correspondingly, the U.S. dollar value of non-U.S. dollar-based
costs increases when the U.S. dollar weakens and decreases when the U.S. dollar
strengthens. Overall, since we typically receive a majority of our revenues in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, we generally benefit from a weaker dollar
and are adversely affected by a stronger dollar relative to major currencies
worldwide, especially those identified above. In particular, a general weakening
of the U.S. dollar against other currencies would positively affect our
revenues, gross profit and operating income as expressed in U.S. dollars
(provided that the gross profit and operating income numbers from foreign
operations are not losses, since in the case of a loss, the effect would be to
increase the loss), whereas a general strengthening of the U.S. dollar against
such currencies would have the opposite effect.
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In addition, our revenues and income with respect to particular
transactions may be affected by changes in foreign exchange rates where sales
are made in currencies other than the functional currency of the facility
manufacturing the product subject to the sale, including in particular the U.S.
dollar/Swiss franc (for inter-company transactions) and the Swiss franc/euro and
Swiss franc/British pound sterling (for sales from the Company's Swiss
manufacturing facility) exchange rates. For 2002, 2001 and 2000, the changes in
certain key exchange rates were as follows:
Fiscal Year
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2002 2001 2000
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Average U.S. dollar equivalent of
one Swiss franc 0.645 0.594 0.593
% change vs. prior year 8.6% 0.2%
Average U.S. dollar equivalent of
one euro 0.946 0.896 0.924
% change vs. prior year 5.6% -3.0%
Average U.S. dollar equivalent of
one British pound sterling 1.504 1.441 1.515
% change vs. prior year 4.4% -4.9%
Average Swiss franc equivalent of
one euro 1.467 1.508 1.558
% change vs. prior year -2.7% -3.2%
Average Swiss franc equivalent of
one British pound sterling 2.332 2.426 2.554
% change vs. prior year -3.9% -5.0%
With the acquisition of Penn Crusher and Jeffrey, we will be less
affected in the future by foreign exchange rates since most of their sales are
in U.S. dollars. Nevertheless, between 35% and 40% of our 2003 revenues will
likely be from products manufactured in, and services performed from, our
facilities outside the United States, so that we will continue to have
significant sensitivity to foreign exchange rate changes.
Total revenues decreased by $3,588,000 or 5.0% (increased by $1,037,000
or 1.5 % without Hasler) in 2002 compared to 2001. The increase in revenues
without Hasler was driven by twelve full months of revenues in 2002 from the
November 30, 2001 acquisition of PCS versus one month in 2001 and the positive
effect of a weaker U.S. dollar when translating the revenues of foreign
operations into U.S. dollars, partially offset by lower revenues in EMEA/Asia
and the Americas due to a weaker global economy with reduced capital equipment
spending in the process industries we serve. If the average foreign exchange
rates for 2001 were applied to 2002, total revenues for 2002 would have
decreased by $6,559,000 or 9.1% (decreased by $1,934,000 or 2.9% without
Hasler).
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Total revenues decreased by $13,093,000 or 15.4% ($8,077,000 or 10.7%
without Hasler) in 2001 compared to 2000. Most of the 2001 revenue decrease was
attributable to North America, reflecting the weak economy and a steep decline
in capital equipment spending in the plastics and chemical industries, with a
small portion of the decrease resulting from a reduction in Hasler revenues in
Western Europe. The effect of foreign exchange translation was minimal when
comparing 2001 with 2000.
Gross profit as a percent of total revenues increased to 42.3% in 2002
as compared to 40.1% in 2001. The improvement in gross profit was primarily due
to the improved sales mix as a result of the July 31, 2001 sale of the Hasler
business and to reductions in fixed costs, including the cost reductions made in
the second half of 2001 and the elimination of goodwill expense as we adopted
SFAS No. 142 on December 30, 2001. Goodwill amortization for 2001 was $345,000.
Gross profit as a percent of total revenues decreased to 40.1% in 2001
as compared to 44.6% in 2000. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to
geographic and product sales mix. Another factor was the deterioration in
economic conditions discussed above, which led to fixed costs being absorbed
over a smaller revenue base.
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses decreased by
$2,313,000 or 9.7% in 2002 compared to 2001 (a decrease of approximately
$425,000 or 1.9% after excluding Hasler SG&A, the loss on sale of the Hasler
business and the gain on sale of the Swiss machine and welding shops discussed
above). The decrease in SG&A was primarily due to the elimination of Hasler SG&A
after the sale of Hasler on July 31, 2001, fewer employees and the benefits
realized from one-time costs associated with cost reductions implemented in the
second half of 2001, offset in part by the effect of higher foreign exchange
rates (a weaker U.S. dollar).
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense decreased by
$1,785,000 or 7.0% in 2001 compared to 2000 ($2,163,000 or 8.4% after excluding
the loss on sale of the Hasler business and gain on sale of the Swiss machine
and welding shops discussed above). The decrease in 2001 SG&A was primarily due
to lower commissions on reduced revenues, fewer employees and the elimination of
Hasler SG&A after July 31, 2001, offset in part by a $378,000 net loss on the
assets sold. As a percent of total revenues, SG&A was 31.6% in 2002, 33.2% in
2001 and 30.2% in 2000.
Research and development (R&D) expenditures decreased by $215,000 or
8.1% in 2002 compared to 2001 and by $538,000 or 16.9% in 2001 compared to 2000.
R&D decreased in 2002 and 2001 as compared to 2001 and 2000, respectively, due
to lower staff costs, partly resulting from the sale of the Hasler business. The
2002 decrease was partially offset by an increase in tooling costs and by the
effect of higher foreign exchange rates (a weaker U.S. dollar). R&D expense as a
percent of total revenues was 3.6% in 2002 and 3.7% in 2001 and 2000.
Interest expense decreased by $528,000 or 51.4% in 2002 versus 2001 and
by $53,000 or 4.9% in 2001 as compared to 2000. The 2002 decrease was due to
lower interest rates and debt reductions of $3,427,000 in Switzerland
($4,284,000 at constant foreign exchange rates) and $2,754,000 in the United
States, partially offset by higher foreign exchange rates (a weaker U.S.
dollar). The 2001 decrease was due to lower interest rates and debt reductions.
Interest expense as a percent of total revenues was 0.7% in 2002, 1.4% in 2001
and 1.3% in 2000.
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Income before income taxes was $4,396,000 in 2002, $1,279,000 in 2001
and $8,008,000 in 2000. The changes during the periods were the result of the
items discussed above, with the 2002 income before income taxes improving versus
2001, despite lower revenues in 2002, primarily as a result of the Hasler sale
and the benefits of the globalization and cost reductions initiatives which we
implemented during the latter half of 2001.
The 2002, 2001 and 2000 provisions for income tax of $1,112,000,
$231,000 and $2,170,000 respectively, related primarily to our results in the
United States and Switzerland in 2002 and the United States and Germany in 2001
and 2000. The effective tax rates were 25.3% in 2002, 18.1% in 2001 and 27.1% in
2000. The higher effective tax rate in 2002 was primarily due to an increase in
foreign taxable income in 2002 as compared to 2001, which included a loss in
both Switzerland and Germany on the sale of the Hasler business. On July 1,
2002, New Jersey approved legislation for corporation income tax reform. The
changes made to the law accounted for an increase in the tax provision for 2002
of approximately $50,000 after the related federal income tax benefit. The lower
effective tax rate in 2001 versus 2000 was primarily due to a one-time benefit
from a German tax law change. We have foreign and U.S. state tax loss
carryforwards that total $366,000 and $4,900,000, respectively, which, if
realized, would have an estimated future net income benefit of $106,000 and
$367,000, respectively.
We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on the
results of operations during the last three years.
Our backlog at constant foreign exchange rates decreased by 36.2% at
the end of 2002 compared to 2001 due to the very weak capital equipment spending
environment that existed during all of 2002, and it reflected fewer orders
received at our Feeder Group facilities in Switzerland and the United States.
The bulk of the year-end 2002 backlog consisted of orders that should be ready
for delivery in less than 120 days. Our backlog at constant foreign exchange
rates decreased by 35.3% (24.2% without the Hasler business) at the end of 2001
compared to 2000, primarily due to reduced orders from customers in the United
States.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
To finance the Penn Crusher acquisition described earlier, we borrowed
$20,000,000 from two U.S. banks, and we also issued $4,000,000 in unsecured
promissory notes to the Penn Crusher stockholders.
We borrowed $5,000,000 from a bank through K-Tron's U.S. manufacturing
subsidiary, which loan was combined with an outstanding term loan (see "Existing
Debt" below) from that bank to that subsidiary. Monthly principal payments of
$83,000 plus interest at a fixed rate of 5.625% on approximately half the loan
and at a variable rate of one month LIBOR plus 1.85% on the other half (3.23% at
December 28, 2002) began February 2003, with the final principal payment of
approximately $2,416,000 plus interest being due in January 2008. This loan is
secured by substantially all of the assets of the U.S. manufacturing subsidiary
and is guaranteed by K-Tron International, Inc.
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Penn Crusher borrowed $15,000,000 from another U.S. bank consisting of
an aggregate of $13,500,000 term debt ($10,000,000 with a five-year term and
$3,500,000 with a six-year term) and $1,500,000 under a five-year revolving
credit facility. Subject to certain conditions, the revolving credit facility
provides for up to an additional $2,000,000 of availability. Quarterly term debt
principal payments of $400,000 begin March 31, 2003 and increase each year by
$62,500 per quarter (or $250,000 per year in the aggregate) through December 31,
2007, with final quarterly payments of $750,000 in 2008. Interest is from one to
six month LIBOR plus 3% to 3.5%, and the 3% to 3.5% can be reduced to 2% to 2.5%
upon meeting certain financial ratios. In January 2003, Penn Crusher entered
into an interest rate swap related to the entire $10,000,000 five-year term loan
where interest will not exceed 6.11% for the full term of the loan and can be
reduced to 5.11% upon meeting certain financial ratios. The interest rates on
the $3,500,000 million term loan and $1,500,000 revolving credit facility were
4.91% and 4.38%, respectively, as of January 8, 2003. The Penn Crusher debt is
guaranteed by Jeffrey and secured by substantially all of the assets of Penn
Crusher and Jeffrey, but it is not guaranteed by any other K-Tron company.
In addition, K-Tron issued $4,000,000 of unsecured promissory notes to
the Penn Crusher stockholders as part of the Penn Crusher purchase price, which
notes are payable in three equal, annual installments on the second, third and
fourth anniversaries of the closing date. Interest at 6% per annum is payable
quarterly.
As stated previously, K-Tron and Penn Crusher are expected to have
sufficient cash flow to cover all required principal and interest payments on
the foregoing debt.
OTHER DEBT
On March 20, 2000, our U.S. manufacturing subsidiary borrowed
$7,000,000 under a term loan facility with a U.S. bank, and we used these funds,
together with $1,194,000 of available cash and a borrowing of $950,000 on a
$5,000,000 revolving credit facility with the same bank, to repurchase 508,000
shares of our Common Stock. The $7,000,000 term loan was originally payable in
equal monthly installments of principal plus accrued interest over a four-year
period and was secured by liens on the same collateral which secures the
revolving credit loan and also a separate mortgage loan from the same U.S. bank.
One-half of the term loan bore interest at the fixed rate of 8.23% for the first
two years and from February 4, 2002 until the refinancing of this loan on
December 30, 2002 was subject to a variable rate of interest equal to one month
LIBOR plus 1.85 percent (3.23% at December 28, 2002), and the other half was
subject to the same variable rate basis of interest equal to one month LIBOR
plus 1.85 percent (3.23% at December 28, 2002). At December 28, 2002, there was
$2,188,000 outstanding under this term loan. On December 30, 2002, we refinanced
the outstanding balance of this loan and borrowed an additional $5,000,000 to
finance the January 2, 2003 acquisition of Penn Crusher, which refinancing was
described above under "Recent Developments." Both the original term loan
facility and the refinanced facility require that we maintain certain specific
ratios of consolidated debt to net worth and minimum annual debt coverage, and a
minimum level of net worth, calculated at the end of each fiscal year. In 2002
and 2001, we were in compliance with these covenants.
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At December 28, 2002, our Swiss subsidiary had separate credit
facilities totaling 17 million Swiss francs ($12.2 million) with three Swiss
banks. The Company's real property in Switzerland is pledged as collateral. As
of December 28, 2002, there were long-term borrowings outstanding of 3.8 million
Swiss francs ($2.7 million), with 9.2 million Swiss francs ($6.7 million)
available for short-term borrowings and 4 million Swiss francs ($2.8 million)
available for letters of credit and customer guarantees. The annual interest
rates on the long-term borrowings range from 2.0% to 3.5%.
In June 1998, our U.S. manufacturing subsidiary refinanced its 20-year
mortgage debt with a U.S. bank for $2,700,000 at an annual interest rate of
7.625%. In July 2002, the annual interest rate was reduced to 6.45%. Beginning
August 1, 2002, the loan is repayable in eighty-three monthly principal and
interest payments of $23,784 with a final payment of $1,042,000 plus interest on
August 1, 2009. At December 28, 2002, the remaining amount owed under this
borrowing was $2,197,000.
Also in June 1998, our U.S. manufacturing subsidiary entered into a
two-year secured revolving credit facility with a U.S. bank that provided for a
maximum borrowing of $5,000,000, since reduced to $4,000,000. This facility has
been extended through July 2004. At December 28, 2002, there were no outstanding
borrowings under this line, and $4,000,000 was available for future borrowings.
The annual interest rate as of December 28, 2002 was 4.0%.
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We are obligated to make future payments under various contracts such
as debt and lease agreements. The table set forth below summarizes the
significant contractual cash obligations as of December 28, 2002:
Contractual Obligations
(in thousands)
Total
Long-term Debt Maturities Operating Contractual
including Capital Leases Leases Obligations
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2003 $ 2,005 $ 922 $ 2,927
2004 4,346 494 4,840
2005 438 166 604
2006 180 71 251
2007 191 14 205
Thereafter 1,344 -- 1,344
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Total $ 8,504 $ 1,667 $10,171
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As a result of the January 2, 2003 Penn Crusher acquisition, our
obligation to make future payments under debt and lease agreements is as
follows:
Total
Long-term Debt Maturities Operating Contractual
including Capital Leases Leases Obligations
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2003 $ 3,605 $ 1,299 $ 4,904
2004 6,196 871 7,067
2005 4,455 198 4,653
2006 4,276 71 4,347
2007 3,728 14 3,742
Thereafter 8,744 -- 8,744
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Total $31,004 $ 2,453 $33,457
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Our capitalization at the end of 2002, 2001 and 2000 is set forth
below:
(Dollars in thousands)
Fiscal Year
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2002 2001 2000
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Short-term debt, including current
portion of long-term debt $ 2,005 $ 2,186 $ 3,595
Long-term debt 6,499 12,499 12,390
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Total debt 8,504 14,685 15,985
Shareholders' equity 28,419 21,561 21,311
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Total debt and shareholders' equity $36,923 $36,246 $37,296
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(total capitalization)
Percent total debt to total capitalization 23% 41% 43%
Percent long-term debt to equity 23% 58% 58%
Percent total debt to equity 30% 68% 75%
As indicated by the long-term debt numbers in the Contractual
Obligations tables on the immediately preceding page, the numbers and ratios in
the above capitalization table will change significantly in 2003 as a result of
the substantial debt incurred in connection with the Penn Crusher acquisition.
Total debt decreased by $6,181,000 in 2002 compared to the end of 2001
and by $1,300,000 in 2001 versus the end of 2000. Total debt without the effect
of foreign currency translation decreased by $7,038,000 in 2002 and by
$1,257,000 in 2001.
At the end of 2002 and 2001, working capital was $14,106,000 and
$15,565,000, respectively, and the ratio of current assets to current
liabilities was 1.93 and 2.18, respectively.
In 2002 and 2001, we utilized internally generated funds to meet our
working capital needs, while in 2001 we also utilized lines of credit.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $9,949,000 in 2002,
$5,253,000 in 2001 and $7,107,000 in 2000. The increase in operating cash flow
in 2002 versus 2001 was primarily due to higher net income, a reduction in
inventory and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses partially
offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and a decrease in depreciation and
amortization. The decrease in operating cash flow in 2001 compared to 2000 was
primarily due to lower net income. Net income and depreciation and amortization
were the principal components of cash provided by operating activities in all
three years.
The average number of days to convert accounts receivable to cash was
80 days in 2002 compared to 86 days in 2001 and 85 days in 2000. The average
number of days to convert inventory into accounts receivable was 91 days in 2002
compared to 96 days in 2001 and 88 days in 2000.
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Net cash used in investing activities was $2,829,000, $2,057,000 and
$4,267,000 in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Capital expenditures were
$2,967,000, $2,144,000 and $3,699,000 in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Funds used in 2001 to acquire PCS were $621,000 while funds received from the
sale of the assets of the Hasler business and the Swiss machine and welding
shops described above were $776,000. Funds used in 2000 to acquire Colormax
Limited were $491,000.
Cash used in financing activities in 2002 was for debt reduction, while
in 2001 and 2000, cash was used primarily for the purchase of 43,700 shares of
our Common Stock in 2001 and 520,200 shares in 2000, as well as for debt
reduction in 2001. In 2002, 2001 and 2000, cash was obtained from operations,
and cash was also obtained from long-term borrowings in 2000. Cash and
short-term investments increased to $2,694,000 at the end of 2002 versus
$2,214,000 at the end of 2001. Cash decreased to $553,000 at the end of 2000
from $3,093,000 a year earlier.
Of the total increase in shareholders' equity of $6,858,000 for 2002,
$3,587,000 was attributable to changes in foreign exchange rates, particularly
with respect to the Swiss franc and euro, while foreign exchange rates caused a
translation decrease in shareholders' equity of $620,000 in 2001 and $601,000 in
2000.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The
preparation of such financial statements requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of those financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The Company discloses its significant accounting policies in the notes
to its audited consolidated financial statements.
Judgments and estimates of uncertainties are required in applying the
Company's accounting policies in certain areas. Following are some of the areas
requiring significant judgments and estimates: determination of an asset's
useful life, estimates of allowances for bad debts, cash flow and valuation
assumptions in performing asset impairment tests of long-lived assets, estimates
of realizability of deferred tax assets, warranty cost, and legal contingencies.
There are numerous critical assumptions that may influence accounting
estimates in these and other areas. We base our critical assumptions on
historical experience, third-party data and various other estimates which we
believe to be reasonable. Certain of the more critical assumptions include:
Depreciable Lives of Plant and Equipment
- - Changes in technology
- - Wear and tear
- - Changes in market demand
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Bad Debt Risk
- - Credit worthiness of specific customers and aging of customer balances
- - Contractual rights and obligations
- - General and specific economic conditions
Asset Impairment Determinations
- - Intended use of assets and expected future cash flows
- - Industry specific trends and economic conditions
- - Customer preferences and behavior patterns
- - Impact of regulatory initiatives
Deferred Taxes
- - Expected future profitability and cash flows
- - Impact of regulatory initiatives
- - Timing of reversals of existing temporary differences between book and
taxable income
Warranty Cost
- - New product introduction
- - Past experience
Legal Contingencies
We are currently involved in certain legal proceedings. We have accrued
our estimate of the probable costs for the resolution of these claims. This
estimate has been developed in consultation with outside counsel handling our
defense in these matters and is based upon an analysis of potential results,
assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. We do not
believe these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our
consolidated financial position. It is possible, however, that future results of
operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially
affected by changes in our assumptions, or the effectiveness of our strategies,
related to these proceedings.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act")
provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by us or on our
behalf. We and our representatives may from time to time make written or oral
statements that are "forward-looking," including statements contained in this
report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports to
our shareholders and news releases. All statements that express expectations,
estimates, forecasts or projections are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Act. In addition, other written or oral statements which
constitute forward-looking statements may be made by us or on our behalf. Words
such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks,"
"estimates," "projects," "forecasts," "may," "should," variations of such words
and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and
involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to
predict.
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Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is
expressed or forecasted in or suggested by such forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements contained in this report include but are not limited
to statements regarding the effect of the acquisition of Penn Crusher and
Jeffrey, our ability to repay debt, our ability to find alternative suppliers
for certain components, the effect of the expiration of our patents on our
business, the expected time for shipments of our products to customers and the
resulting effect on our backlog, the expected time for the introduction of new
products by our Feeder Group, the sufficiency of our facilities, the retention
of all of our future earnings for use in our business, the effect of changes in
foreign exchange rates on our business, the effect of recent New Jersey tax
legislation and the effect on our business of legal proceedings in which we are
involved. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
A wide range of factors could materially affect our future performance
and financial and competitive position, including the following: (i) increasing
price and product/service competition by domestic and foreign competitors,
including new entrants; (ii) the mix of products/services sold by us; (iii)
rapid technological changes and developments and our ability to continue to
introduce competitive new products on a timely and cost-effective basis; (iv)
changes in U.S. and global financial and currency markets, including significant
interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; (v) protection
and validity of patent and other intellectual property rights held by us and our
competitors; (vi) the cyclical nature of our business as a capital goods
supplier; (vii) possible future litigation and governmental proceedings; (viii)
the availability of financing and financial resources in the amounts, at the
times and on the terms required to support our future business, including
capacity expansions and possible acquisitions; (ix) the loss of key customers,
employees or suppliers; (x) the failure to carry out marketing and sales plans;
(xi) the failure to integrate acquired businesses without substantial costs,
delays or other operational or financial problems; (xii) economic, business and
regulatory conditions and changes which may affect the level of new investments
and purchases made by customers, including general economic and business
conditions that are less favorable than expected; (xiii) domestic and
international political and economic conditions; and (xiv) the outcome of any
legal proceedings in which we are involved.
This list of factors that may affect our future performance and
financial and competitive position and also the accuracy of forward-looking
statements is illustrative, but it is by no means exhaustive. Accordingly, all
forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their
inherent uncertainty.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries and supplementary data required by this item are attached to this
annual report on Form 10-K beginning on page F-1.
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ITEM 9. CHANGE IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.
On June 22, 2002, the Board of Directors, following a recommendation by
our Audit Committee, decided to no longer engage Arthur Andersen LLP
("Andersen") as our independent public accountants and auditors and engaged KPMG
LLP ("KPMG") to serve as our independent public accountants and auditors for the
fiscal year ending December 28, 2002. Andersen audited the Company's financial
statements for fiscal years 2001 and 2000 and had been the Company's independent
public accountants and auditors since 1994.
For the fiscal years ended December 30, 2001 and December 29, 2000,
Andersen's reports on our consolidated financial statements did not contain an
adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and they were not qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During these same two fiscal years and through June 22, 2002, there
were no disagreements with Andersen on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which
disagreements, if not resolved to Andersen's satisfaction, would have caused
Andersen to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in
connection with any of its reports on our consolidated financial statements for
such years.
We disclosed the foregoing information on a current report on Form 8-K
dated June 22, 2002 (the "Form 8-K"). We provided Andersen with a copy of the
foregoing disclosure and requested Andersen to furnish us with a letter
addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether Andersen
agreed with the statements by us in the foregoing disclosure and, if not,
stating the respects in which it did not agree. Andersen's letter stated that it
had read the pertinent paragraphs of the Form 8-K and was in agreement with the
statements contained therein. Andersen's letter was filed as an exhibit to the
Form 8-K.
During the fiscal years ended December 29, 2001 and December 30, 2000
and through June 22, 2002, we did not consult with KPMG LLP with respect to the
application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either
completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on
the Company's consolidated financial statements, or any other matters or
reportable events set forth in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
The information concerning directors and compliance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 called for by Item 10 of Form 10-K will
be set forth under the captions "Election of Directors" and "Section 16(a)
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in our definitive proxy statement, to
be filed within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this annual
report on Form 10-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
The required information as to executive officers is set forth in Part
I hereof and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The information called for by Item 11 of Form 10-K will be set forth
under the caption "Executive Compensation" in our definitive proxy statement, to
be filed within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this annual
report on Form 10-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND
RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS.
The information called for by Item 12 of Form 10-K will be set forth
under the caption "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Shareholder Matters" in our definitive proxy statement,
to be filed within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this
annual report on Form 10-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
None.
ITEM 14. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures as of March 25, 2003 was carried out by us
under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management,
including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
that our disclosure controls and procedures have been designed and are
functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information
required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and
forms. A controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot
provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met,
and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control
issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.
Subsequent to the date of the most recent evaluation of our internal controls,
there were no significant changes in our internal controls, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.
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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) 1. Financial Statements. Financial Statements listed in the
accompanying Index to Financial Statements and the Financial Statement Schedule
are filed as part of this annual report on Form 10-K.
2. Financial Statement Schedule. The Financial Statement
Schedule listed in the accompanying Index to Financial Statements and the
Financial Statement Schedule appearing on page F-1 are filed as part of this
annual report on Form 10-K.
3. Exhibits. (See (c) below.)
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
1. Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 2, 2003 ("January
2003 Form 8-K") and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
15, 2003 reporting our acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of
Penn Crusher.
2. Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated January 2, 2003 and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2003, amending
the January 2003 Form 8-K to include the audited financial statements of Penn
Crusher and certain unaudited K-Tron pro forma condensed consolidated financial
statements.
(c) Exhibits.
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this annual
report on Form 10-K. Where so indicated, exhibits which were previously filed
are incorporated by reference. For exhibits incorporated by reference, the
location of the exhibit in the previous filing is indicated in parentheses.
2.1 Basic Agreement regarding the Assignment of Assets of the Hasler
Division between K-Tron (Suisse) SA and MJ Enterprises SA dated
July 31, 2001 (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our report on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended September 29, 2001 and incorporated
herein by reference)
2.2 Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 2, 2003 by and among John D.
Whalen, Donald J. Carrozzino, Frank Wallitsch, Jr. and Nancy S.
Hansen and PCC Acquisition Co. (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the January
2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (Filed as Exhibit
3.1 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2,
1999 ("1998 Form 10-K") and incorporated herein by reference)
3.2 By-laws, as amended (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2001("2001 Form 10-K")
and incorporated herein by reference)
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4.1 Form of Certificate for Shares of Common Stock (Filed as Exhibit
4.1 1998 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2 Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2001 with American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
our report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2001 and incorporated
herein by reference)
10.1 1986 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (Filed as Exhibit
10.2.1 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January
4, 1992 ("1991 Form 10-K") and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.2 1988 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Filed as Exhibit
10.2.4 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1988 and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.3 K-Tron International, Inc. 1996 Equity Compensation Plan, as
amended (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the 1998 Form 10-K and
incorporated herein by reference)**
10.4 Amendment 2001-1 to the Amended and Restated K-Tron International,
Inc. 1996 Equity Compensation Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the
2001 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.5 K-Tron International, Inc. and Affiliated Companies Profit-Sharing
and Thrift Plan, as amended and restated (Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to
the 2001 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.6 K-Tron International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
(Filed as Exhibit 10.2.7 to the 1991 Form 10-K and incorporated
herein by reference)**
10.7 Employment Agreement dated as of October 6, 1997 by and between
K-Tron International, Inc. and Edward B. Cloues, II (Filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to our report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended September 27, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.8 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement dated October 5, 1998 by
and between K-Tron International, Inc. and Edward B. Cloues, II
(Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended October 3, 1998 and incorporated herein by
reference)**
10.9 Employment Agreement dated as of May 7, 1999 by and between K-Tron
International, Inc. and Ronald R. Remick (Filed as Exhibit 10.9 to
our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2000
("1999 10-K") and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.10 Form of Employment Agreement with certain of our employees, which
are identical in all material respects except for the employee,
amount of salary to be paid and date of execution (Filed as Exhibit
10.12 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January
3, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference)**
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10.11 Form of Indemnification Agreement with certain of our directors and
officers listed on Schedule 10.11, which are identical in all
material respects except for the director or officer who is a party
thereto and the date of execution (Filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the
1999 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.11A Supplement to Schedule 10.11, listing additional directors and
officers who are parties to an Indemnification Agreement referenced
in Exhibit 10.11. (Filed as Exhibit 10.11A to the 2001 Form 10-K
and incorporated herein by reference)
10.12 Mortgage Note dated June 11, 1996 from K-Tron America, Inc. in
favor of The Bank of Gloucester County (Filed as Exhibit 10.15 to
the 1999 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.13 Loan Modification Agreement dated June 24, 1998 between K-Tron
America, Inc. and The Bank of Gloucester County (Filed as Exhibit
10.16 to the 1999 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.14 Loan Modification Agreement dated July 9, 2002 between K-Tron
America, Inc. and The Bank (formerly The Bank of Gloucester
County)*
10.15 Note dated June 24, 1998 from K-Tron America, Inc. in favor of The
Bank of Gloucester County (Filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the 1999 Form
10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.16 Note dated December 20, 2002 from K-Tron America, Inc. in favor of
The Bank (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the January 2003 Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference)
10.17 Loan Modification Agreement dated December 20, 2002 between K-Tron
America, Inc. and The Bank (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the January
2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.18 Credit Agreement dated January 3, 2003 among Pennsylvania Crusher
Corporation, the Lenders party to that Credit Agreement and
National City Bank, as Agent (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the January
2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.19 Form of the Stockholder Note issued to each of the individuals
listed on Schedule 10.2, which notes are identical in all material
respects except for the payee, the principal amount of the note and
the amount of installments to be made thereunder (Filed as Exhibit
10.2 to the January 2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by
reference)
21.1 Subsidiaries*
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP*
24.1 Power of Attorney (Included on Signature Page)*
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99.1 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
99.2 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
* Filed herewith
** Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to
be filed or incorporated as an exhibit
COPIES OF THE EXHIBITS ARE AVAILABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS (UPON PAYMENT
OF A $.20 PER PAGE FEE TO COVER OUR EXPENSES IN FURNISHING THE
EXHIBITS) FROM RONALD R. REMICK, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER, K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC., ROUTES 55 AND 553,
P.O. BOX 888, PITMAN, NEW JERSEY 08071-0888.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: March 27, 2003 By /s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
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Edward B. Cloues, II
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Each person in so signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Edward
B. Cloues, II, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of K-Tron International,
Inc., and Ronald R. Remick, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of K-Tron International, Inc., and each of them acting alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, in his name, place and stead, to execute and
cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any or all
amendments to this report.
Signature Date Capacity
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/s/ Edward B. Cloues, II March 27, 2003 Chief Executive Officer
- -------------------------- (principal executive officer)
Edward B. Cloues, II and Chairman of the Board of
Directors
/s/ Ronald R. Remick March 27, 2003 Senior Vice President,
- -------------------------- Chief Financial Officer and
Ronald R. Remick Treasurer (principal financial
officer)
/s/ Alan R. Sukoneck March 27, 2003 Vice President, Chief
- -------------------------- Accounting and Tax Officer
Alan R. Sukoneck (principal accounting officer)
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Signature Date Capacity
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/s/ Norman Cohen March 27, 2003 Director
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Norman Cohen
/s/ Robert A. Engel March 27, 2003 Director
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Robert A. Engel
/s/ Edward T. Hurd March 27, 2003 Director
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Edward T. Hurd
/s/ Richard J. Pinola March 27, 2003 Director
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Richard J. Pinola
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CERTIFICATION
I, Edward B. Cloues, II, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of K-Tron
International, Inc., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of K-Tron
International, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is
being prepared;
b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) Presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in
internal controls; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal controls; and
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6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
annual report whether there were significant changes in internal controls or in
other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to
the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Date: March 27, 2003 /s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
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Edward B. Cloues, II
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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CERTIFICATION
I, Ronald R. Remick, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of K-Tron International, Inc., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of K-Tron
International, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is
being prepared;
b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) Presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have
identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in
internal controls; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal controls; and
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6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
annual report whether there were significant changes in internal controls or in
other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to
the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Date: March 27, 2003 /s/ Ronald R. Remick
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Ronald R. Remick
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
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K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
PAGE
Independent Auditors' Report F-1
Previously Issued Report of Independent Public Accountants F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 28, 2002 and
December 29, 2001 F-3
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Fiscal Years Ended
December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000 F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the
Fiscal Years Ended December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and
December 30, 2000 F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years Ended
December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000 F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7
SCHEDULE:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the Fiscal Years
Ended December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000 S-1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
K-Tron International, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of K-Tron
International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 28, 2002, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders'
equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, as listed in the
accompanying index. In connection with our audit of the fiscal 2002
consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the fiscal 2002
financial statement schedule as listed in the accompanying index. These
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule based on our audit. The fiscal 2001 and
fiscal 2000 consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule of K-Tron International, Inc. and subsidiaries as listed in
the accompanying index were audited by other auditors who have ceased
operations. Those auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on those
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule,
before the revision described in Note 7 to the consolidated financial
statements, in their report dated February 6, 2002.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that out audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the fiscal 2002 consolidated financial statements
referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of K-Tron International, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 28, 2002, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the fiscal year then ended in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. Also, in our opinion, the related fiscal 2002
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.
As discussed above, the fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2000 consolidated
financial statements and financial statement schedule of K-Tron
International, Inc. and subsidiaries were audited by other auditors who
have ceased operations. As described in Note 7, these consolidated
financial statements have been revised to include the transitional
disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," which was adopted by the
Company as of December 30, 2001. In our opinion, such disclosures for
fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2000 in Note 7 are appropriate. However, we were
not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the fiscal
2001 and fiscal 2000 consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule of K-Tron International, Inc. and subsidiaries other
than with respect to such disclosures, and, accordingly, we do not
express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the fiscal 2001
and fiscal 2000 consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 10, 2003
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To K-Tron International, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of K-Tron
International, Inc. (a New Jersey corporation) and subsidiaries as of
December 29, 2001 and December 30, 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 29,
2001. These financial statements and the schedule referred to below are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements and this schedule
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the 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. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
K-Tron International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 29, 2001 and
December 30, 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December
29, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States.
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The schedule listed in the index
to financial statements as of December 29, 2001 and for each of the
three fiscal years in the period ended December 29, 2001, is presented
for purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's
rules and is not part of the basic financial statements. This schedule
has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of
the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly states in
all material respects the financial data required to be set forth
therein in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 6, 2002
NOTE: THE REPORT ABOVE IS A COPY OF A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED REPORT AND IT
HAS NOT BEEN REISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP (ANDERSEN). CERTAIN
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THE TWO YEARS IN THE PERIOD ENDED
DECEMBER 29, 2001 WAS NOT REVIEWED BY ANDERSEN AND INCLUDES, AS
DESCRIBED IN NOTE 7, THE TRANSITIONAL DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY STATEMENT
OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 142, "GOODWILL AND OTHER
INTANGIBLE ASSETS," WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY AS OF DECEMBER 30,
2001.
F-2
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
FISCAL
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ASSETS 2002 2001
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,694 2,214
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
of $716 and $687 15,275 14,723
Inventories 9,318 10,212
Deferred income taxes 169 326
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,775 1,293
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Total current assets 29,231 28,768
Property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
of $27,803 and $25,830 16,170 13,848
Patents, net of accumulated amortization of $719 and $649 767 799
Goodwill 2,053 2,053
Notes receivable and other assets 2,238 2,176
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Total assets $ 50,459 47,644
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt $ 2,005 2,186
Accounts payable 4,934 4,218
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 5,845 4,547
Accrued commissions 1,532 1,220
Customer advances 809 1,032
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Total current liabilities 15,125 13,203
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Long-term debt, net of current portion 6,499 12,499
Deferred income taxes 416 381
Commitments and contingencies (note 16)
Series A and B Junior Participating Preferred Shares $0.01 par value.
Authorized 50,000 shares; issued none -- --
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 950,000 shares;
issued none -- --
Common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 50,000,000 shares;
issued 4,433,342 and 4,432,742 shares 44 44
Paid-in capital 16,701 16,697
Retained earnings 38,768 35,484
Cumulative translation adjustment 420 (3,167)
--------- ------
55,933 49,058
Treasury stock, 2,002,574 and 2,001,250 shares, at cost (27,514) (27,497)
--------- ------
Total shareholders' equity 28,419 21,561
--------- ------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 50,459 47,644
========= ======
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-3
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income
Years ended December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
FISCAL
-------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
------------ --------- ----------
Revenues $ 68,231 71,819 84,912
Cost of revenues 39,373 43,022 47,010
------------ --------- ----------
Gross profit 28,858 28,797 37,902
------------ --------- ----------
Operating expenses:
Selling, general, and administrative 21,533 23,846 25,631
Research and development 2,429 2,644 3,182
------------ --------- ----------
23,962 26,490 28,813
------------ --------- ----------
Operating income 4,896 2,307 9,089
Interest expense 500 1,028 1,081
------------ --------- ----------
Income before income taxes 4,396 1,279 8,008
Income tax provision 1,112 231 2,170
------------ --------- ----------
Net income $ 3,284 1,048 5,838
============ ========= ==========
Basic earnings per share $ 1.35 0.43 2.30
Diluted earnings per share 1.33 0.43 2.25
Average common shares outstanding 2,432,000 2,435,000 2,541,000
Average common and common equivalents shares
outstanding 2,461,000 2,465,000 2,595,000
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-4
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Years ended December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000
(Dollars in thousands)
COMMON STOCK CUMULATIVE TREASURY STOCK
---------------------- PAID-IN RETAINED TRANSLATION ----------------------
SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL EARNINGS ADJUSTMENT SHARES AMOUNT TOTAL
--------- ---------- ------- -------- ----------- --------- ---------- ------
Balance,
January 1, 2000 4,374,505 $ 44 16,103 28,598 (1,946) 1,447,350 $ (17,589) 25,210
Comprehensive income:
Net income -- -- -- 5,838 -- -- -- 5,838
Translation
adjustments -- -- -- -- (601) -- -- (601)
------
Total comprehensive
income 5,237
------
Issuance of stock 29,366 -- 334 -- -- -- -- 334
Purchase of treasury
shares -- -- -- -- -- 520,200 (9,470) (9,470)
--------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ---------- ------
Balance,
December 30, 2000 4,403,871 44 16,437 34,436 (2,547) 1,967,550 (27,059) 21,311
Comprehensive income:
Net income -- -- -- 1,048 -- -- -- 1,048
Translation
adjustments -- -- -- -- (620) -- -- (620)
------
Total comprehensive
income 428
------
Issuance of stock 28,871 -- 260 -- -- (10,000) 138 398
Purchase of treasury
shares -- -- -- -- -- 43,700 (576) (576)
--------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ---------- ------
Balance,
December 29, 2001 4,432,742 44 16,697 35,484 (3,167) 2,001,250 (27,497) 21,561
Comprehensive income:
Net income -- -- -- 3,284 -- -- -- 3,284
Translation
adjustments -- -- -- -- 3,587 -- -- 3,587
------
Total comprehensive
income 6,871
------
Issuance of stock 600 -- 4 -- -- -- -- 4
Purchase of treasury
shares -- -- -- -- -- 1,324 (17) (17)
--------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ---------- ------
Balance,
------
December 28, 2002 4,433,342 $ 44 16,701 38,768 420 2,002,574 $ (27,514) 28,419
========= ========== ====== ====== ====== ========= ========== ======
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-5
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000
(Dollars in thousands)
FISCAL
------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
-------- ------ ------
Operating activities:
Net income $ 3,284 1,048 5,838
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Loss on disposition of assets -- 378 --
Depreciation and amortization 2,499 2,921 3,138
Amortization of deferred gain on sale/leaseback
transaction -- -- (271)
Deferred income taxes 192 78 147
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net 1,179 5,269 878
Inventories 1,765 876 (2,427)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (309) 406 (246)
Other assets 4 (24) (43)
Accounts payable 179 (4,811) 3,360
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 1,156 (888) (3,267)
-------- ------ ------
Net cash provided by operating activities 9,949 5,253 7,107
-------- ------ ------
Investing activities:
Proceeds from disposition of assets -- 776 --
Business acquired -- (621) (491)
Capital expenditures (2,967) (2,144) (3,699)
Other 138 (68) (77)
-------- ------ ------
Net cash used in investing activities (2,829) (2,057) (4,267)
-------- ------ ------
Financing activities:
Net (payments) borrowings under notes payable to banks -- 286 (2,528)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 821 412 7,950
Principal payments on long-term debt (7,859) (1,955) (1,634)
Purchase of treasury stock (17) (576) (9,470)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 4 398 334
-------- ------ ------
Net cash used in financing activities (7,051) (1,435) (5,348)
-------- ------ ------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 411 (100) (32)
-------- ------ ------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents 480 1,661 (2,540)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of year 2,214 553 3,093
-------- ------ ------
End of year $ 2,694 2,214 553
======== ====== ======
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $ 575 944 945
Income taxes (refund) (84) 268 2,225
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-6
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(1) NATURE OF OPERATIONS
K-Tron International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company) design,
produce, market and service material handling equipment and systems for
a wide variety of industrial markets. The Company has manufacturing
facilities in the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and
Canada, and its equipment is sold throughout the world.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
the Company and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly
owned. All material intercompany accounts and transactions
have been eliminated.
(b) FISCAL YEAR
The Company's fiscal year is reported on a fifty-two/fifty-
three week period. Fiscal years ended December 28, 2002
(referred to herein as 2002), December 29, 2001 (referred to
herein as 2001), and January 1, 2001 (referred to herein as
2000) each include fifty-two weeks.
(c) CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash equivalents represent all highly liquid, interest-bearing
investments purchased with original maturities of three months
or less.
(d) INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in,
first-out method) or market.
(e) PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant, and equipment is carried at cost and is
depreciated on a straight-line basis over the following
estimated useful lives: buildings and improvements, 30 to 50
years; automotive equipment, 3 years; machinery and equipment,
3 to 10 years; and furniture and fixtures, including computer
equipment, 5 to 7 years. Leasehold improvements are generally
amortized over the shorter of the estimated useful lives of
such assets or the remaining term of the applicable lease.
(f) PATENTS
Patents are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. The
costs of patents are generally amortized on a straight-line
basis over the remaining economic life of the respective
asset, but in no event longer than the remaining legal life.
(g) GOODWILL
When a company is acquired, the difference between the fair
value of its net assets, including intangibles, and the
purchase price is goodwill. Goodwill is recorded as an asset
on the balance sheet.
F-7 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.
142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS No. 142
addresses financial accounting and reporting for acquired
goodwill and other intangible assets. The Statement provides
that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are
no longer amortized on a recurring basis but instead are
subject to impairment testing at least annually. The Company
adopted SFAS No. 142 on December 30, 2001. Accordingly, the
Company no longer amortizes goodwill. In accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 142, the Company performed impairment
tests on goodwill, which indicated no impairment. Disclosures
required by SFAS No. 142 are presented in Note 7.
Prior to December 30, 2001, the Company amortized goodwill on
a straight-line basis over 15 to 30 years.
(h) INCOME TAXES
Income taxes are accounted for in accordance with SFAS No.
109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." Deferred income taxes are
provided for differences between amounts shown for financial
reporting purposes and those included with tax return filings
that will reverse in future periods. Additionally, the effects
of income taxes are measured based upon enacted tax laws and
rates.
(i) REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenue is recognized when risk of ownership and title to the
product transfers to the customer, which usually occurs at the
time goods are shipped.
(j) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Expenditures for research, development and engineering of
products are expensed as incurred.
(k) FOREIGN CURRENCY
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are
translated to U.S. dollars at current rates of exchange at
year-end. Revenues and expenses are translated at average
rates prevailing during the year. The Company incurred foreign
currency transaction losses of approximately $604,000,
$160,000, and $80,000 for 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.
Translation gains and losses are recorded as a separate
component of shareholders' equity.
(l) STOCK OPTION ACCOUNTING
The Company applies the intrinsic-value-based method of
accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board (APB)
Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,"
and related interpretations including FASB Interpretation No.
44, "Accounting for Certain Transactions involving Stock
Compensation, an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25," issued
in March 2000, to account for its stock options. Reference
should be made to Footnote 11 for additional information
regarding the Company's equity compensation plans.
(m) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying value of financial instruments such as cash,
accounts receivable and payable, and other current assets and
liabilities approximates their fair value, based on the
short-term nature of these
F-8 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
instruments. The carrying amount of the Company's long-term
debt and notes payable approximates their fair value. Their
fair value is estimated based on the current rates offered to
the Company for debt and notes payable of the same remaining
maturities.
(n) USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
these estimates. Judgments and estimates of uncertainties are
required in applying the Company's accounting policies in
certain areas. Following are some of the areas requiring
significant judgments and estimates: determination of an
asset's useful life, estimates of allowances for bad debts,
cash flow and valuation assumptions in performing asset
impairment tests of long-lived assets, estimate of
realizability of deferred tax assets, warranty cost, and legal
contingencies.
(o) RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for
Asset Retirement Obligations." SFAS No. 143 addresses
financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated
with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the
associated asset retirement costs. The Company is required to
adopt the provisions of this pronouncement no later than the
beginning of fiscal 2003. The Company does not believe this
Statement will have an effect on the Company's financial
statements.
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for
the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." SFAS No. 144
addresses financial accounting and reporting for the
impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. The Company was
required to adopt the provisions of this pronouncement at the
beginning of fiscal 2002. The adoption had no effect on the
Company's financial statements.
(3) SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On January 2, 2003, the Company acquired all of the stock of
privately-held Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation. The purchase price
paid for the Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation stock was $23.5 million,
plus a post-closing adjustment of $205,000 based on Pennsylvania
Crusher Corporation's consolidated shareholders' equity at December 31,
2002. Of this amount, $19.7 million was paid in cash and $4.0 million
was in unsecured, promissory notes which are payable in equal, annual
installments on January 2 in each of 2005, 2006 and 2007. The excess of
the purchase price over the carrying value of the net assets acquired
was allocated as follows (in millions): Inventory - $0.3, PP&E - $4.7,
Patents - $1.3, Trademarks and tradenames - $1.9, and Other identified
intangibles - $7.1.
(4) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
On July 31, 2001, the Company sold its Hasler heavy feeder business to
its largest distributor of Hasler equipment and recorded a pretax loss
of $620,000. The assets sold were primarily inventory and fixed
F-9 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
assets. The buyer took over operation of the Hasler leased sales office
in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and entered into an agreement to lease a
Company-owned facility in Lengerich, Germany.
The purchase price consisted of a combination of one million Swiss
francs cash (approximately $594,000), promissory notes in the principal
amount of three million seventeen thousand three hundred twenty seven
Swiss francs (approximately $1,792,000) which bear interest and
amortize over seven years, and a less than 20% equity position in the
buyer, which notes and equity interest are included in other assets.
The Company retained all of the Hasler accounts receivable and payable
at the time of the sale as well as a building in Lengerich, Germany
which is being leased to the buyer. The buyer has made all required
payments on the promissory notes, and the principal amount had been
reduced to 2,640,000 Swiss francs at the end of 2002 ($1,900,000). The
U.S. dollar numbers mentioned in this paragraph reflect the Swiss
franc/U.S. dollar exchange rate at the dates referred to, which were
July 31, 2001 and December 28, 2002.
In December 2001, the Company sold its Swiss machine and welding shops
and recorded a pretax gain of $242,000. The purchase price consisted of
a combination of three hundred thousand Swiss francs cash
(approximately $182,000) and a seven hundred thousand Swiss franc
obligation (approximately $420,000), which is supported by a bank
guaranty.
Both the loss on the sale of Hasler and the gain on the Swiss machine
and welding shops are included in selling, general, and administrative
expenses on the consolidated statements of income.
(5) INVENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following:
2002 2001
------- ------
(In thousands)
Components $ 8,064 8,416
Work-in-process 1,151 1,692
Finished goods 103 104
------- ------
$ 9,318 10,212
======= ======
F-10 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(6) PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant, and equipment consists of the following:
2002 2001
---------- --------
(In thousands)
Land $ 1,198 1,015
Buildings and improvements 18,349 16,256
Automotive equipment 479 760
Machinery and equipment 8,596 9,801
Furniture and fixtures, including computer equipment 15,351 11,846
---------- -------
43,973 39,678
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (27,803) (25,830)
---------- -------
$ 16,170 13,848
---------- -------
Depreciation of property, plant, and equipment for 2002, 2001, and 2000
was $2,282,000, $2,496,000, and $2,576,000, respectively.
(7) GOODWILL
The following table presents the adjusted net income and adjusted per
share amounts for the years ended December 29, 2001 and December 30,
2000, as if goodwill had not been amortized. The total goodwill
amortization is shown after-tax in the following table.
2002 2001 2000
------- ----- -----
(In thousands, except per share)
NET INCOME
As reported $ 3,284 1,048 5,838
Effect of goodwill amortization -- 345 487
------- ----- -----
As adjusted 3,284 1,393 6,325
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
As reported 1.35 0.43 2.30
Effect of goodwill amortization -- 0.14 0.19
------- ----- -----
As adjusted 1.35 0.57 2.49
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
As reported 1.33 0.43 2.25
Effect of goodwill amortization -- 0.14 0.19
------- ----- -----
As adjusted 1.33 0.57 2.44
F-11 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(8) ACCRUED WARRANTY
The Company offers a product warranty on a majority of its products.
Warranty is accrued as a percentage of sales on a monthly basis and is
included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. The
following is a rollforward of accrued warranty for 2002 and 2001.
2002 2001
-------- ------
(In thousands)
Beginning balance $ 662 770
Accrual 1,151 1,583
Expense (1,216) (1,669)
Foreign exchange adjustment 90 (22)
-------- ------
Ending balance $ 687 662
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(9) NOTES PAYABLE TO BANKS AND LONG-TERM DEBT
The self-tender offer discussed in Note 11 was financed by using
$1,194,000 of available cash, a $7 million term loan obtained from a
U.S. bank on February 4, 2000 and $950,000 from an existing $5 million
line of credit with the same bank. The $7 million term loan was
originally payable in equal monthly installments of principal plus
accrued interest over a period of four years which commenced May 1,
2000 and was secured by liens on the same collateral securing other
loans from the same U.S. bank. One-half of the outstanding term loan
bore interest at the fixed rate of 8.23% for the first two years and
from February 4, 2002 until the refinancing of this loan on December
31, 2002 was subject to a variable rate of interest equal to one month
LIBOR plus 1.85% (3.23% at December 28, 2002). The other half was
subject to a variable rate of interest equal to one month LIBOR plus
1.85% (3.23% at December 28, 2002). As of December 28, 2002, the
Company had a total of $2,188,000 outstanding under the term loan
facility. On December 30, 2002, the Company refinanced the outstanding
balance and borrowed an additional $5,000,000 to finance the
acquisition discussed in Note 3. Both the original term loan facility
and the refinanced facility require that the Company maintain certain
specified ratios of consolidated debt to net worth and minimum annual
debt coverage, and a minimum level of net worth. At December 28, 2002,
the Company was in compliance with these covenants.
At December 28, 2002, the Company's Swiss subsidiary had separate
credit facilities totaling 17 million Swiss francs (approximately $12.2
million) with three Swiss banks. The Company's real property in
Switzerland is pledged as collateral. As of December 28, 2002, there
were long-term outstanding borrowings of 3.8 million Swiss francs
(approximately $2.7 million) under these facilities, with 9.2 million
Swiss francs (approximately $6.7 million) available for short-term
borrowings and 4 million Swiss francs (approximately $2.8 million)
available for letters of credit and customer guarantees. The annual
interest rates on the long-term borrowings range from 2.0% to 3.5%.
In June 1998, the Company's U.S. manufacturing subsidiary refinanced
its 20-year mortgage with a U.S. lender for $2.7 million at an annual
interest rate of 7.625%. In July 2002, the annual interest rate was
reduced to 6.45%. Beginning August 1, 2002, the loan is repayable in
eighty-three monthly principal and interest payments of $23,784 with a
final payment of $1,042,000 plus interest due on August 1, 2009. As of
December 28, 2002, the outstanding mortgage amount was $2,197,000.
F-12 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
Also in June 1998, the U.S. manufacturing subsidiary entered into a
two-year secured revolving credit facility with a U.S. lender that
provides for a maximum borrowing of $5.0 million. This credit facility
as of December 28, 2002 has a maximum borrowing of $4.0 million and has
been extended through July 2004. As of December 28, 2002, there were no
outstanding borrowings under this credit facility, and $4,000,000 was
available for future borrowings. The annual interest rate as of
December 28, 2002 was 4.0%.
Under the terms of the various U.S. credit facilities, fixed assets
with a book value of $2,484,000 and accounts receivable and inventory
with a book value of $7,830,000 are pledged as collateral. In addition,
fixed assets with a book value of $6,082,000 are pledged as collateral
under the Swiss credit facilities.
Long-term debt consists of the following:
2002 2001
---------- ------
(In thousands)
U.S. mortgage, interest at 6.45% $ 2,197 2,329
U.S. line of credit, interest at 4.0% -- 1,125
U.S. term facility, interest at 3.23% 2,188 4,083
Swiss facilities, interest at market rates 2.0% to 3.5% 2,697 6,124
Other 1,422 1,024
---------- ------
8,504 14,685
Less current portion (2,005) (2,186)
---------- ------
$ 6,499 12,499
---------- ------
Future annual payments required on long-term debt are as follows:
AMOUNT
-------------
(In thousands)
Fiscal year:
2003 $ 2,005
2004 4,346
2005 438
2006 180
2007 191
Thereafter 1,344
----------
$ 8,504
----------
(10) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company has a profit-sharing and thrift plan (the Plan) for all
U.S. employees who have worked for the Company for at least six months
and who are employed at the end of the year. All Company contributions
to the Plan are at the discretion of the board of directors. The
Company's profit-sharing contribution, if any, vests over a five-year
period. In addition, employees may voluntarily participate in the
thrift plan and authorize payroll deductions ranging from 1% to 50% of
their compensation. Related
F-13 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
matching Company contributions are vested immediately. The board of
directors authorized matching contributions of 100% of the first 6% of
participants' compensation for 2002, 2001, and 2000. The board of
directors did not authorize any 2002, 2001, or 2000 contribution to the
profit-sharing portion of the Plan.
Substantially all foreign employees participate in defined contribution
group pension plans. Contributions are paid by the employee and
employer at percentages that vary according to age and other factors.
The Company expense associated with the thrift plan for 2002, 2001, and
2000 was $375,000, $383,000, and $419,000, respectively. The foreign
pension expense for 2002, 2001, and 2000 was $776,000, $979,000, and
$769,000, respectively.
In June 1981, the Company adopted an employee stock purchase plan under
which eligible employees of the Company may elect to participate
through payroll deductions for up to 10% of their gross compensation.
Such deductions are used to purchase common stock of the Company at a
price equal to 85% of the market value, not to exceed $25,000 of stock
in any year. Under this plan, the Company issued 6,910 shares of common
stock at an average price of $10.41 in 2001 and 16,250 shares of common
stock at an average price of $12.38 in 2000. This plan expired at the
end of June 2001.
(11) SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
In 2001, the board of directors determined the rights on 50,000 shares
of the authorized preferred stock as the Series B Junior Participating
Preferred Shares (the Series B Preferred Shares). Each one
one-hundredth of a share of the Series B Preferred Shares carries
voting and dividend rights that are equivalent to one share of the
common stock. The voting and dividend rights are subject to adjustment
in the event of a dividend on common stock which is payable in common
stock or any subdivisions or combinations with respect to the
outstanding shares of common stock. At the same time as the Series B
Preferred Shares were established, the number of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Shares were reduced from 50,000 to 0 and
returned to authorized but unissued shares of the Company's preferred
stock. The board of directors has not determined the rights on the
remaining 950,000 shares of the authorized preferred stock as of
December 28, 2002.
The Company had a stock option plan for nonemployee directors (the 1988
plan) which expired in November 1998, but under which option grants
remain outstanding. The plan provided that each eligible director was
granted a single option to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company's
common stock at a price equal to the fair market value at the date of
grant. The aggregate number of shares which could be issued under the
plan was 100,000. These options had a term of ten years and became
exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on the date of
the grant.
The Company's 1986 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the 1986 plan),
expired in January 1996, but some option grants under the 1986 plan
remain outstanding. Key employees of and consultants to the Company
could be granted options to purchase shares of the Company's common
stock. These options could be either incentive stock options or
nonqualified stock options. The Stock Option Committee under the 1986
plan determined the term of each option, but no option could be
exercisable more than ten years from the date the option was granted.
The Stock Option Committee also determined the option exercise price
per share.
F-14 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
In 1996, the Company adopted the 1996 Equity Compensation Plan (the
1996 plan), with features similar to the 1986 plan, except that the
maximum number of shares that may be issued is 450,000. The 1996 plan
also permits the awarding of restricted stock grants. The 1996 plan was
amended in 1998, increasing the maximum number of shares that may be
issued to 600,000 and allowing nonemployee directors to receive grants
thereunder at fair market value. The 1996 plan is administered by the
Stock Option Committee selected by the board of directors.
With respect to incentive stock options, the exercise price must at
least equal the fair market value of a share of common stock as of the
date the option was granted.
A summary of the Company's stock option and restricted stock grant
activity for the plans referred to above for the three fiscal years
ended December 28, 2002 is as follows:
AVERAGE
OUTSTANDING PRICE AVAILABLE
SHARES PER SHARE SHARES
----------- --------- ---------
Balance, January 1, 2000 357,667 319,834
Granted 12,500 $ 15.80 (12,500)
Canceled (3,834) 15.38 3,334
Exercised (13,116) 9.02 --
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Balance, December 30, 2000 353,217 310,668
Granted 136,000 12.47 (136,000)
Canceled (18,867) 16.29 16,667
Exercised (24,149) 9.46 --
Restricted stock granted 10,000 -- (10,000)
Restricted stock exercised (10,000) -- --
------- --------
Balance, December 29, 2001 446,201 181,335
Granted 4,000 13.75 (4,000)
Canceled (23,834) 14.28 13,834
Exercised (600) 6.25 --
------- --------
Balance, December 28, 2002 425,767 191,169
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As of December 28, 2002, thirteen employees held options under the 1986
plan for an aggregate of 42,600 shares at exercise prices ranging from
$6.25 to $12.50 with a weighted average price of $8.20. These options
expire at varying times through 2005. As of December 28, 2002, thirty
employees and four nonemployee directors held options under the 1996
plan for an aggregate of 373,167 shares at exercise prices from $12.20
to $19.00 with a weighted average price of $14.80. These options expire
at varying times through 2012. As of December 28, 2002, one nonemployee
director held an option under the 1988 plan for an aggregate of 10,000
shares at an exercise price of $9.25. This option expires in 2004.
On March 23, 2000, the Company completed a self-tender offer begun on
February 16, 2000 and repurchased 508,000 shares of its common stock at
$18.00 per share for a total cost of $9.249 million
F-15 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(including $105,000 of costs associated with the tender offer). The
share purchase represented approximately 17.3% of the common stock then
outstanding. In the fourth quarter of 2000, the Company also
repurchased 12,200 shares of its common stock for a total purchase
price of $221,000 or an average of $18.11 a share.
PRO FORMA INFORMATION
As permitted under SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148, the
Company has elected to continue to account for compensation cost using
the intrinsic value-based method of accounting as prescribed by
Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees." SFAS No. 123 requires the Company to disclose pro
forma net income and pro forma earnings per share amounts, as if
compensation expense were recognized for options granted after fiscal
year 1994. Using this approach, net income and earnings per share would
have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated in the table:
2002 2001 2000
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(In thousands, except per share)
Net income - as reported $ 3,284 1,048 5,838
Net income - pro forma 2,941 702 5,454
Basic earnings per share - as reported 1.35 0.43 2.30
Basic earnings per share - pro forma 1.21 0.29 2.15
Diluted earnings per share - as reported 1.33 0.43 2.25
Diluted earnings per share - pro forma 1.20 0.28 2.10
This pro forma impact may not be representative of the effects for
future years, and could increase if additional options are granted and
amortized over the vesting period. For disclosure purposes, the fair
value of each stock option granted is estimated on the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following
weighted average assumptions: no dividend yield; expected volatility of
28.04%, 32.46%, and 29.76%; risk-free interest rate of 5.02%, 5.20%,
and 5.59%; and expected life of 6.00 years, 7.47 years, and 6.00 years
in 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.
The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in
estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting
restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option-pricing
models require the input of subjective assumptions, including the
expected stock price volatility.
(12) SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
The Company has a Shareholder Rights Plan (the Rights Plan) which was
adopted by the board of directors on October 16, 2001 and which
replaced an earlier plan that was adopted on October 3, 1991 and
expired on October 14, 2001. The new Rights Plan provides for the
distribution as a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (a
Right) on each share of the Company's common stock outstanding as of
the close of business on October 29, 2001, and thereafter each share of
the Company's common stock will have a Right associated with it. The
new Rights will expire on October 29, 2011, and each Right will entitle
a shareholder to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Series B
Junior Participating Preferred Stock upon the terms specified in the
Rights Plan. The Rights generally will be exercisable only if a person
or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Company's
common stock or commences a tender or
F-16 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
exchange offer upon consummation of which such person or group would
beneficially own 15% or more of the Company's common stock, in each
case without the approval of the Company's board of directors.
(13) INCOME TAXES
Following are the domestic and foreign components of income before
income taxes:
2002 2001 2000
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(In thousands)
United States $ 1,143 774 6,051
Foreign 3,253 505 1,957
-------- ----- -----
Income before income tax $ 4,396 1,279 8,008
======== ===== =====
The income tax provision (benefit) consists of the following:
2002 2001 2000
-------- ----- -----
(In thousands)
Current:
Federal and state $ 204 101 2,001
Foreign 716 52 22
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Total current 920 153 2,023
-------- ----- -----
Deferred:
Federal and state 192 71 169
Foreign -- 7 (22)
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Total deferred 192 78 147
-------- ----- -----
Total income tax provision $ 1,112 231 2,170
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F-17 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
Significant components of the deferred tax accounts at December 28,
2002 and December 29, 2001 are as follows
2002 2001
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(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Depreciation $ -- 30
Accrued liabilities 353 218
Net operating loss carryforwards 625 537
Inventory basis differences 156 86
Other 246 403
---------- -----
1,380 1,274
Valuation allowance (551) (475)
---------- -----
Total assets 829 799
---------- -----
Deferred tax liabilities
Depreciation (878) (519)
Other (198) (335)
---------- -----
Total liabilities (1,076) (854)
---------- -----
Net deferred liability $ (247) (55)
========== =====
Foreign and U.S. state operating loss carryforwards as of December 28,
2002 were $366,000 and $4.9 million, respectively. Foreign operating
losses have an unlimited carryforward period. U.S. state operating
losses are available through 2009.
A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that
some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company has established valuation allowances for all foreign and
state net operating loss carryforwards and certain other deferred tax
assets for which realization is dependent on future taxable earnings.
F-18 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes and the amounts that
would be computed using the statutory federal income tax rates is set
forth below:
2002 2001 2000
-------- ------ -----
(In thousands)
Income tax provision on income before
income tax at statutory federal
income tax rates $ 1,496 435 2,723
Foreign tax rate differential (210) -- (170)
State tax, net of federal benefit 61 2 97
U.S. and foreign permanent tax differences (44) (80) 34
Changes in valuation allowance (206) (139) (473)
Other 15 13 (41)
-------- ---- -----
Income tax provision $ 1,112 231 2,170
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(14) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During 2002, the Company sold equipment to an entity in which it has a
cost based investment. Sales during 2002 were $512,000 with $190,000 in
accounts receivable at December 28, 2002.
(15) EARNINGS PER SHARE
The Company previously adopted SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share,"
which requires that the Company report Basic and Diluted Earnings Per
Share. Basic Earnings Per Share represents net income less preferred
dividends divided by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding. Diluted Earnings Per Share is calculated similarly, except
that the denominator includes the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of options, warrants,
convertible securities, and other instruments with dilutive effects if
exercised.
F-19 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
The Company's Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share are calculated as
follows:
NET INCOME
AVAILABLE
TO COMMON EARNINGS
SHAREHOLDERS SHARES PER SHARE
------------ ------ ---------
2002:
Basic $ 3,284,000 2,432,000 1.35
Common share equivalent
of options issued -- 29,000 (0.02)
------------ --------- -----
Diluted $ 3,284,000 2,461,000 1.33
============ ========= =====
2001:
Basic $ 1,048,000 2,435,000 0.43
Common share equivalent
of options issued -- 30,000 --
------------ --------- -----
Diluted $ 1,048,000 2,465,000 0.43
============ ========= =====
2000:
Basic $ 5,838,000 2,541,000 2.30
Common share equivalent
of options issued -- 54,000 (0.05)
------------ --------- -----
Diluted $ 5,838,000 2,595,000 2.25
============ ========= =====
Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted average
number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during each
year. Such average number includes the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding plus the shares issuable upon exercise of
stock options after the assumed repurchase of common shares with the
related proceeds.
(16) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company leases certain office and plant facilities and equipment
under noncancelable leases. These leases expire in periods ranging from
one to five years and, in certain instances, provide for purchase
options.
F-20 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
As of December 28, 2002, future minimum payments under operating leases
having noncancelable terms in excess of one year are summarized below
(in thousands):
OPERATING
LEASES
---------
2003 $ 922
2004 494
2005 166
2006 71
2007 14
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$ 1,667
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Rent expense for 2002, 2001, and 2000 was $427,000, $445,000, and
$601,000, respectively.
The Company has employment contracts with seven executives. Except in
one case when two year's advance notice is required, these contracts
may be terminated by the Company on one year's advance notice. Under
the agreements, each individual is guaranteed minimum compensation over
the contract period. As of December 28, 2002, the estimated future
obligation under these contracts is $1,899,000.
The Company in the normal course of business has commitments, lawsuits,
contingent liabilities, and claims. However, the Company does not
expect that any sum it may have to pay in connection with these matters
will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial
position or results of operations.
(17) MANAGEMENT SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures
About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." SFAS No. 131
introduced a model for segment reporting called the management
approach. The management approach is based on the way that the chief
operating decision-maker organizes segments within a company for making
operating decisions and assessing performance.
The Company is engaged in one business segment, material handling
equipment and systems. The Company operates in two primary geographic
locations, North America and Western Europe.
F-21 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001
NORTH WESTERN
AMERICA EUROPE ELIMINATIONS CONSOLIDATED
---------- ------- ------------ ------------
(In thousands)
2002:
Revenues:
Sales to unaffiliated customers $ 28,727 39,504 68,231
Sales to affiliates 3,374 2,061 (5,435) --
---------- ------ ------ ----------
Total sales $ 32,101 41,565 (5,435) 68,231
========== ====== ====== ==========
Operating income $ 1,926 2,906 64 4,896
Interest expense (500)
----------
Income before income taxes $ 4,396
==========
Capital expenditures $ 1,995 972 2,967
Depreciation and amortization expense 1,248 1,251 2,499
Total assets 18,542 31,917 50,459
2001:
Revenues:
Sales to unaffiliated customers $ 29,922 41,897 -- 71,819
Sales to affiliates 4,443 1,865 (6,308) --
---------- ------ ------ ----------
Total sales $ 34,365 43,762 (6,308) 71,819
========== ====== ====== ==========
Operating income $ 1,537 706 64 2,307
Interest expense (1,028)
----------
Income before income taxes $ 1,279
==========
Capital expenditures $ 1,409 735 2,144
Depreciation and amortization expense 1,147 1,774 2,921
Total assets 18,981 28,663 47,644
2000:
Revenues:
Sales to unaffiliated customers $ 40,116 44,796 -- 84,912
Sales to affiliates 4,007 3,014 (7,021) --
---------- ------ ------ ----------
Total sales $ 44,123 47,810 (7,021) 84,912
========== ====== ====== ==========
Operating income $ 6,774 2,186 129 9,089
Interest expense (1,081)
----------
Income before income taxes $ 8,008
==========
Capital expenditures $ 1,016 2,683 3,699
Depreciation and amortization expense 1,198 1,940 3,138
Total assets 18,900 35,521 54,421
F-22 (Continued)
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 29, 2002 and December 29, 2001
(18) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
The following table summarizes unaudited quarterly financial data for
2002 and 2001 (in thousands, except share data):
2002 BY QUARTER
-------------------------------------------------
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH
---------- ------ ------- ------
Revenues $ 16,778 16,877 16,905 17,671
Gross profit 7,136 7,194 6,936 7,592
Net income 751 814 836 883
Basic earnings
per share 0.31 0.33 0.34 0.36
Diluted earnings
per share 0.31 0.33 0.34 0.36
2001 BY QUARTER
-------------------------------------------------
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH
---------- ------ ------- ------
Revenues $ 21,558 19,318 16,081 14,862
Gross profit 8,900 7,683 6,365 5,849
Net income (loss) 975 610 (768) 231
Basic earnings (loss)
per share 0.40 0.25 (0.32) 0.10
Diluted earnings (loss)
per share 0.39 0.25 (0.32) 0.09
F-23
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Financial Statement Schedule
SCHEDULE II
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Years ended December 28, 2002, December 29, 2001, and December 30, 2000
BALANCE AT ADDITIONS BALANCE
BEGINNING CHARGED AT END
OF PERIOD TO INCOME DEDUCTIONS(1) OF PERIOD
---------- --------- ------------- ---------
Fiscal year ended
December 28, 2002:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts $ 687,000 137,000 108,000 716,000
Fiscal year ended
December 29, 2001:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts 778,000 53,000 144,000 687,000
Provision for
restructuring reserve 104,000 -- 104,000 --
Fiscal year ended
December 30, 2000:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts 924,000 56,000 202,000 778,000
Provision for
restructuring reserve 450,000 -- 346,000 104,000
(1) Accounts written off less recoveries, net of foreign exchange translation
adjustment.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
S-1
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
- ------ -----------
2.1 Basic Agreement regarding the Assignment of Assets of the Hasler
Division between K-Tron (Suisse) SA and MJ Enterprises SA dated July
31, 2001 (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended September 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by
reference)
2.2 Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 2, 2003 by and among John D.
Whalen, Donald J. Carrozzino, Frank Wallitsch, Jr. and Nancy S. Hansen
and PCC Acquisition Co. (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our report on Form 8-K
dated January 2, 2003 ("January 2003 Form 8-K") and incorporated herein
by reference)
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (Filed as Exhibit 3.1
to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999
("1998 Form 10-K") and incorporated herein by reference)
3.2 By-laws, as amended (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our annual report of Form
10-K for the year ended December 29, 2001("2001 Form 10-K") and
incorporated herein by reference)
4.1 Form of Certificate for Shares of Common Stock (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
the 1998 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2 Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2001 with American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our
report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2001 and incorporated herein by
reference)
10.1 1986 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (Filed as Exhibit
10.2.1 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 4,
1992 ("1991 Form 10-K") and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.2 1988 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Filed as Exhibit
10.2.4 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1988 and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.3 K-Tron International, Inc. 1996 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended
(Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the 1998 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by
reference)**
10.4 Amendment 2001-1 to the Amended and Restated K-Tron International, Inc.
1996 Equity Compensation Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the 2001 Form
10-K and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.5 K-Tron International, Inc. and Affiliated Companies Profit-Sharing and
Thrift Plan, as amended and restated (Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the 2001
Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.6 K-Tron International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
(Filed as Exhibit 10.2.7 to the 1991 Form 10-K and incorporated herein
by reference)**
10.7 Employment Agreement dated as of October 6, 1997 by and between K-Tron
International, Inc. and Edward B. Cloues, II (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
our report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 27,
1997 and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.8 Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement dated October 5, 1998 by and
between K-Tron International, Inc. and Edward B. Cloues, II (Filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to our report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
October 3, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.9 Employment Agreement dated as of May 7, 1999 by and between K-Tron
International, Inc. and Ronald R. Remick (Filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2000 ("1999
10-K") and incorporated herein by reference)**
10.10 Form of Employment Agreement with certain of our employees, which are
identical in all material respects except for the employee, amount of
salary to be paid and date of execution (Filed as Exhibit 10.12 to our
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1998 and
incorporated herein by reference)**
10.11 Form of Indemnification Agreement with certain of our directors and
officers listed on Schedule 10.11, which are identical in all material
respects except for the director or officer who is a party thereto and
the date of execution (Filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the 1999 Form 10-K and
incorporated herein by reference)**
10.11A Supplement to Schedule 10.11, listing additional directors and officers
who are parties to an Indemnification Agreement referenced in Exhibit
10.11. (Filed as Exhibit 10.11A to the 2001 Form 10-K and incorporated
herein by reference)
10.12 Mortgage Note dated June 11, 1996 from K-Tron America, Inc. in favor of
The Bank of Gloucester County (Filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the 1999 Form
10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.13 Loan Modification Agreement dated June 24, 1998 between K-Tron America,
Inc. and The Bank of Gloucester County (Filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the
1999 Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.14 Loan Modification Agreement dated July 9, 2002 between K-Tron America,
Inc. and The Bank (formerly The Bank of Gloucester County)*
10.15 Note dated June 24, 1998 from K-Tron America, Inc. in favor of The Bank
of Gloucester County (Filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the 1999 Form 10-K and
incorporated herein by reference)
10.16 Note dated December 20, 2002 from K-Tron America, Inc. in favor of The
Bank (Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the January 2003 Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference)
10.17 Loan Modification Agreement dated December 20, 2002 between K-Tron
America, Inc. and The Bank (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the January 2003
Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
10.18 Credit Agreement dated January 3, 2003 among Pennsylvania Crusher
Corporation, the Lenders party to that Credit Agreement and National
City Bank, as Agent (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the January 2003 Form 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference)
10.19 Form of the Stockholder Note issued to each of the individuals listed
on Schedule 10.2, which notes are identical in all material respects
except for the payee, the principal amount of the note and the amount
of installments to be made thereunder (Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the
January 2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
21.1 Subsidiaries*
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP*
24.1 Power of Attorney (Included on Signature Page)*
99.1 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
99.2 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
* Filed herewith
** Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be
filed or incorporated as an exhibit