UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013March 31, 2014

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 1-584

 

 

FERRO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ohio 34-0217820

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6060 Parkland Boulevard

Mayfield Heights, OH

 44124
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

216-875-5600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  x    NO  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    YES  x    NO  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer ¨  Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    YES  ¨    NO  x

At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, there were 86,601,49586,924,138 shares of Ferro Common Stock, par value $1.00, outstanding.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   Page 
PART I  

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

   3  

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

   1917  

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

   3426  

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

   3527  
PART II  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

   3628  

Item 1A. Risk Factors

   3628  

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   3628  

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   3628  

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

   3628  

Item 5. Other Information

   3628  

Item 6. Exhibits

   3628  

Exhibit 10.1

  

Exhibit 31.1

  

Exhibit 31.2

  

Exhibit 32.1

  

Exhibit 32.2

  

EX-101 Instance Document

  

EX-101 Schema Document

  

EX-101 Calculation Linkbase Document

  

EX-101 Labels Linkbase Document

  

EX-101 Presentation Linkbase Document

  

EX-101 Definition Linkbase Document

  

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Ferro Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
 Nine months ended
September 30,
   Three months ended March 31, 
  2013 As adjusted
2012
 2013 As adjusted
2012
   2014 2013 
  (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)   (Dollars in thousands, except per
share amounts)
 

Net sales

  $408,104   $408,865   $1,261,083   $1,344,836    $391,735   $417,524  

Cost of sales

   323,857   348,155   1,009,945   1,112,587     302,261   338,287  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Gross profit

   84,247    60,710    251,138    232,249     89,474    79,237  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   59,078    63,863    184,986    202,675     57,576    61,592  

Restructuring and impairment charges

   3,834    198,695    26,738    203,734     4,352    9,454  

Other expense (income):

        

Interest expense

   6,766    6,716    21,034    19,566     5,884    7,297  

Interest earned

   (48  (57  (171  (192   (15  (53

Foreign currency losses, net

   1,308    869    4,016    792     1,367    1,506  

Miscellaneous (income) expense, net

   (209  797    (9,493  3,038  

Miscellaneous expense (income), net

   846    (10,516
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

   13,518    (210,173  24,028    (197,364

Income before income taxes

   19,464    9,957  

Income tax expense

   474    105,447    4,025    113,115     2,732    1,016  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   13,044    (315,620  20,003    (310,479

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   —      (118  (8,421  917  

Income from continuing operations

   16,732    8,941  

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   —      (8,421
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net income (loss)

   13,044    (315,738  11,582    (309,562

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

   392    376    177    830  

Net income

   16,732    520  

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

   (472  (363
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $12,652   $(316,114 $11,405   $(310,392

Net income attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $17,204   $883  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders:

        

Basic earnings (loss):

        

From continuing operations

  $0.15   $(3.66 $0.23   $(3.61  $0.20   $0.11  

From discontinued operations

  $—      —      (0.10  0.01     —      (0.10
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 
  $0.15   $(3.66 $0.13   $(3.60  $0.20   $0.01  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Diluted earnings (loss):

        

From continuing operations

  $0.15   $(3.66 $0.23   $(3.61  $0.20   $0.11  

From discontinued operations

  $—      —      (0.10  0.01     —      (0.10
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 
  $0.15   $(3.66 $0.13   $(3.60  $0.20   $0.01  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

Ferro Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
 Nine months ended
September 30,
   Three months ended March 31, 
  2013 2012 2013 2012   2014 2013 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Net income (loss)

  $13,044   $(315,738 $11,582   $(309,562

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

     

Net income

  $16,732   $520  

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

   

Foreign currency translation

   4,226   3,321   (3,820 (2,940   (350 (2,982

Postretirement benefit liabilities

   (34 1,044   (171 (311   (36 (68
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

   (386  (3,050
  

 

  

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

   17,236    (311,373  7,591    (312,813   16,346    (2,530

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

   415    442    323    845  

Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

   (652  (342
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Ferro Corporation

  $16,821   $(311,815 $7,268   $(313,658  $16,998   $(2,188
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

Ferro Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

  September 30,
2013
 December 31,
2012
   March 31,
2014
 December 31,
2013
 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 
ASSETSASSETS  ASSETS  

Current assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $35,853   $29,576    $41,088   $28,328  

Accounts receivable, net

   331,847   306,463     318,838   287,925  

Inventories

   195,617   200,824     210,758   190,216  

Deferred income taxes

   8,011   7,995     7,791   6,584  

Other receivables

   32,371   31,554     22,043   25,775  

Other current assets

   14,571   10,802     12,513   16,561  

Current assets of discontinued operations

   —     6,289  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current assets

   618,270    593,503     613,031    555,389  

Other assets

      

Property, plant and equipment, net

   299,619    309,374     293,963    297,104  

Goodwill

   63,234    62,975     63,547    63,473  

Amortizable intangible assets, net

   12,268    14,410     12,598    13,027  

Deferred income taxes

   20,527    21,554     19,020    19,451  

Other non-current assets

   55,444    61,941     59,954    59,748  

Other assets of discontinued operations

   —      15,346  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total assets

  $1,069,362   $1,079,103    $1,062,113   $1,008,192  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITY  LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  

Current liabilities

      

Loans payable and current portion of long-term debt

  $59,665   $85,152    $44,400   $44,230  

Accounts payable

   183,044    182,024     193,654    153,877  

Accrued payrolls

   44,081    31,643     29,886    44,509  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

   67,514    76,384     64,013    71,115  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

   —      1,300  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current liabilities

   354,304    376,503     331,953    313,731  

Other liabilities

      

Long-term debt, less current portion

   278,119    261,624     313,557    267,469  

Postretirement and pension liabilities

   199,922    216,167     94,995    120,527  

Other non-current liabilities

   20,316    18,135     28,745    32,622  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities

   852,661    872,429     769,250    734,349  

Equity

      

Ferro Corporation shareholders’ equity:

      

Common stock, par value $1 per share; 300.0 million shares authorized; 93.4 million shares issued; 86.6 and 86.5 million shares outstanding in 2013 and 2012, respectively

   93,436    93,436  

Common stock, par value $1 per share; 300.0 million shares authorized; 93.4 million shares issued; 86.9 million and 86.7 million shares outstanding at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, respectively

   93,436    93,436  

Paid-in capital

   320,216    321,652     315,232    318,055  

Retained deficit

   (75,201  (86,606

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

   2,540    (14,664

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   12,513    16,650     8,287    8,493  

Common shares in treasury, at cost

   (147,608  (151,605   (138,099  (143,802
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total Ferro Corporation shareholders’ equity

   203,356    193,527     281,396    261,518  

Noncontrolling interests

   13,345    13,147     11,467    12,325  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total equity

   216,701    206,674     292,863    273,843  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

  $1,069,362   $1,079,103    $1,062,113   $1,008,192  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

Ferro Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

 

 Ferro Corporation Shareholders       Ferro Corporation Shareholders     
 Common Shares
in Treasury
 Common Paid-in Retained
Earnings
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Non-controlling Total   Common Shares
in Treasury
       Retained
Earnings
 Accumulated
Other
 Non-   
 Shares Amount Stock Capital (Deficit) Income (Loss) Interests Equity   Shares Amount Common
Stock
   Paid-in
Capital
 (Accumulated
deficit)
 Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 controlling
Interests
 Total Equity 
 (In thousands)   (In thousands) 

Balances at December 31, 2011

 6,865   $(153,617 $93,436   $320,882   $287,662   $23,899   $10,232   $582,494  

Net (loss) income

     (310,392  830   (309,562

Balances at December 31, 2012

   6,962   (151,605 93,436     321,652   (86,606 16,650   13,147   206,674  

Net income (loss)

       883    (363 520  

Other comprehensive (loss) income

      (3,266 15   (3,251        (3,071 21   (3,050

Stock-based compensation transactions

   (95 3,052      (2,385    667  
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Balances at March 31, 2013

   6,867   $(148,553 $93,436    $319,267   $(85,723 $13,579   $12,805   $204,811  
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2013

   6,730    (143,802  93,436     318,055    (14,664  8,493    12,325    273,843  

Net income (loss)

        17,204     (472  16,732  

Other comprehensive loss

         (206  (180  (386

Stock-based compensation transactions

 32   588    4,255      4,843     (219  5,703      (2,823     2,880  

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

       (380 (380          (206  (206
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2012

  6,897   $(153,029 $93,436   $325,137   $(22,730 $20,633   $10,697   $274,144  

Balances at March 31, 2014

   6,511   $(138,099 $93,436    $315,232   $2,540   $8,287   $11,467   $292,863  
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2012

  6,962   $(151,605 $93,436   $321,652   $(86,606 $16,650   $13,147   $206,674  

Net income

      11,405     177    11,582  

Other comprehensive (loss) income

       (4,137  146    (3,991

Stock-based compensation transactions

  (129  3,997     (1,436     2,561  

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

        (125  (125
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2013

  6,833   $(147,608 $93,436   $320,216   $(75,201 $12,513   $13,345   $216,701  
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

Ferro Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

  

Nine months ended

September 30,

   Three months ended March 31, 
  2013 2012   2014 2013 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Cash flows from operating activities

      

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $3,003   $19,536  

Net cash used for operating activities

  $(22,240 $(17,106

Cash flows from investing activities

      

Capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment

   (21,187 (46,245

Capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment and other long lived assets

   (12,163 (8,178

Proceeds from sale of assets

   16,034   2,386     652   15,109  

Proceeds from sale of stock of Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories, Inc.

   16,912   —       —     16,912  

Dividends received from affiliates

   1,119   96  

Other investing activities

   —     1,119  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

   12,878    (43,763

Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities

   (11,511  24,962  

Cash flows from financing activities

      

Net borrowings under loans payable(1)

   9,223    22,087  

Net borrowings (repayments) under loans payable(1)

   523    (9,635

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

   368,317    323,151     155,301    110,133  

Principal payments on revolving credit facility

   (351,404  (319,926   (109,008  (106,094

Extinguishment of convertible senior notes

   (35,066  —    

Other financing activities

   (734  760     (221  1,409  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities

   (9,664  26,072  

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

   46,595    (4,187

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   60    (19   (84  (348
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

   6,277    1,826     12,760    3,321  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

   29,576    22,991    $28,328   $29,576  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $35,853   $24,817    $41,088   $32,897  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Cash paid during the period for:

      

Interest

  $25,484   $25,343    $10,870   $12,308  

Income taxes

   2,905    3,130    $941   $1,548  

 

(1) Includes cash flows related to our domestic accounts receivable program, international accounts receivable sales programs as well as loans payable to banks.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

Ferro Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basis of Presentation

1.Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Ferro Corporation (“Ferro,” “we,” “us” or “the Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q, and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. These statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Prior2013.

The Company owns 51% of an operating affiliate in Venezuela that is accounted for as a fully consolidated subsidiary of Ferro. In the first quarter of 2014 the Venezuelan government expanded and introduced alternative market mechanisms for monetary exchange between the local currency, the Bolivar, and the United States Dollar. As a result of changes in the political and economic environment in the country, we began to remeasure the monetary assets and liabilities of the entity utilizing the most relevant exchange mechanism available. The impact of the remeasurement in the current period prior to adjustment for losses allocated to our nonconctrolling interest partner was a $1.6 million loss which is recorded within Foreign currency losses, net within our condensed consolidated statement of operations. In the event that other parallel markets become more relevant in future periods, have been adjusted for the presentation of discontinued operations.additional losses or gains on remeasurement could occur.

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, are not necessarily indicative of the results expected in subsequent quarters or for the full year ending December 31, 2013.2014.

2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

2.Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted in the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013period ended March 31, 2014

On January 1, 2013,2014, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011-11,2013-05,Disclosures about OffsettingParent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustments upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets and Liabilitieswithin a Foreign Entity or of an Investments in a Foreign Entity, (“ASU 2011-11”) and ASU 2013-01,Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, (“ASU 2013-01”). These pronouncements arewhich is codified in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)ASC Topic 210, Balance Sheet,830, Foreign Currency Matters. This pronouncement clarifies the application of Subtopic 810-10, Consolidation—Overall, and contain new disclosure requirements aboutSubtopic 830-30, Foreign Currency Matters—Translation of Financial Statements, related to the release of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a company’s rightparent either sells a part or all of setoffits investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a foreign entity, and related arrangements associated with its financial and derivative instruments. Adoptionthe treatment of business combinations achieved in stages involving a foreign entity. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

On January 1, 2013, we adoptedIn April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02,2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Amounts Reclassified OutDisposals of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, (“ASU 2013-02”),Components of an Entity, which is codified in ASC Topic 220, Comprehensive Income.205, Presentation of Financial Statements and ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment. This pronouncement adds new disclosure requirementschanges the definition of a discontinued operation to include only those disposals of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results, and changes the criteria and enhances disclosures for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. Adoptionreporting discontinued operations. The pronouncement is to be applied prospectively, and is effective for our fiscal year that begins January 1, 2015. We do not expect that the adoption of this pronouncement did notwill have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

3. Inventories

3.Inventories

 

  September 30,
2013
   December 31,
2012
   March 31,
2014
   December 31,
2013
 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Raw materials

  $59,272    $64,923    $60,883    $58,765  

Work in process

   35,716     35,028     35,257     30,266  

Finished goods

   100,629     100,873     114,618     101,185  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total inventories

  $195,617    $200,824    $210,758    $190,216  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

In the production of some of our products, we use precious metals, some of which we obtain from financial institutions under consignment agreements with terms of one year or less. The financial institutions retain ownership of the precious metals and charge us fees based on the amounts we consign. These fees were $0.7$0.2 million and $1.4$1.0 million for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013, and 2012, respectively, and were $2.5 million and $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We had on hand precious metals owned by participants in our precious metals consignment program of $89.5$30.1 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $112.2$30.8 million at December 31, 2012,2013, measured at fair value based on market prices for identical assets and net of credits.

4. Property, Plant and Equipment

4.Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $686.5$644.0 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $658.1$625.6 million at December 31, 2012.2013. Unpaid capital expenditure liabilities, which are noncash investing activities, were $6.6$5.6 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $7.3$2.4 million at September 30, 2012.March 31, 2013.

During the first quarter of 2013, we sold assets related to our solar pastes product line. The consideration for the assets sold was $10.9 million, and resulted in a gain on the transaction of $9.0 million and is included within miscellaneous expense (income), net within the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

5. Debt

5.Debt

Loans payable and current portion of long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

  September 30,
2013
   December 31,
2012
   March 31,
2014
   December 31,
2013
 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Loans payable to banks

  $3,247    $2,477    $2,214    $2,062  

Domestic accounts receivable asset securitization program

   48,000     40,000     41,000     41,000  

International accounts receivable sales programs

   5,554     6,122  

Current portion of long-term debt

   2,864     36,553     1,186     1,168  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Loans payable and current portion of long-term debt

  $59,665    $85,152    $44,400    $44,230  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

  September 30,
2013
 December 31,
2012
   March 31,
2014
 December 31,
2013
 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

7.875% Senior Notes

  $250,000   $250,000    $250,000   $250,000  

6.50% Convertible Senior Notes, net of unamortized discounts

   —     34,417  

Revolving credit facility

   19,509   2,596     55,498   9,204  

Capital lease obligations

   6,053   6,433     5,622   5,816  

Other notes

   5,421   4,731     3,623   3,617  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total long-term debt

   280,983    298,177     314,743    268,637  

Current portion of long-term debt

   (2,864  (36,553   (1,186  (1,168
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Long-term debt, less current portion

  $278,119   $261,624    $313,557   $267,469  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Receivable Sales Programs

We have an asset securitization program for Ferro’s U.S. trade accounts receivable. We sell undivided variable percentage interests in our domestic receivables to various purchasers, and we may obtain up to $50.0 million in the form of cash or letters of credit. Advances received under this program are accounted for as borrowings secured by the receivables and included in net cash provided by financing activities. The purchasers have no recourse to Ferro’s other assets for failure of payment of the receivables as a result of the lack of creditworthiness, or financial inability to pay, of the related obligor. In the second quarter ofMay 2013, we extended the maturity of this credit facility through May 2014. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, advances received of $48.0$41.0 million were secured by $77.6$76.1 million of accounts receivable,receivable. After reductions for any non-qualifying receivables and based on available and qualifying receivables, $2.0 millionoutstanding letters of credit, we had additional borrowings were available under the program. During the third quarterprogram of 2013 we amended the agreement.$0.2 million. The interest rate under the amended agreement is the sum of (A) either (1) LIBOR rates or (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the prime rate and (B) a fixed margin. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, the interest rate was 0.6%.

We also have several international programs to sell with recourse trade accounts receivable to financial institutions. Advances received under these programs are accounted for as borrowings secured by the receivables and included in net cash provided by financing activities. At September 30, 2013, the commitments supporting these programs totaled $18.9 million, the advances received of $5.6 million were secured by $8.7 million of accounts receivable, and based on available and qualifying receivables, $0.2 million of additional borrowings were available under the programs. The interest rates under these programs are based on EURIBOR rates plus 1.75%. At September 30, 2013, the weighted-average interest rate was 1.9%0.4%.

7.875% Senior Notes

TheIn 2010, we issued $250 million of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were issued in 2010 at par and bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15th15 and August 15th, and15 of each year.

The Senior Notes mature on August 15, 2018. We may also redeem some or all of the Senior Notes prior to August 15, 2014, at a price equal to the principal amount plus a defined applicable premium. The applicable premium on any redemption date is the greater of 1%1.0% of the principal amount of the note or the excess of (1) the present value at such redemption date of the redemption price of the note at August 15, 2014, plus all required interest payments due on the note through August 15, 2014, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of the redemption date plus 50 basis points; overor (2) the principal amount of the note. In addition, we may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes beginning August 15, 2014, at prices ranging from 100% to 103.938% of the principal amount.

The Senior Notes are unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with any other unsecured, unsubordinated obligations. The Senior Notes contain certain affirmative and negative covenants customary for high-yield debt securities, including, but not limited to,without limitation, restrictions on our ability to incur additional debt, create liens, pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase our common stock and sell assets outside the ordinary course of business. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with the covenants under the Senior Notes’ indenture.

6.50% Convertible Senior Notes

The 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) were repaid at maturity on August 15, 2013. The principal amount outstanding at maturity was $35.1 million.

Revolving Credit Facility

In 2010, we entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with a group of lenders for a five-year, $350 million multi-currency senior revolving credit facility (the “2010 Credit Facility”).

In March 2013, we amended the 2010 Credit Facility (the “2013 Amended Credit Facility”) to provide additional operating flexibility. The primary effects of the 2013 Amended Credit Facility were to:

 

Decrease the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount from $350.0 million to $250.0 million;

 

Amend the calculation of EBITDA to provide for a restructuring expense add-back attributable to the Company’s restructuring programs of $30.0 million in 2013, $20.0 million in 2014 and $10.0 million in 2015, with no aggregate limit on restructuring expense;

 

Increase the maximum permitted leverage ratio such that for (i)to the first, second and third quarters of 2013, it shall increase from 3.50 to 4.25; (ii) the fourth quarter of 2013 and first quarter of 2014, it shall increase from 3.50 to 4.00; (iii) the second and third quarters of 2014, it shall increase from 3.50 to 3.75; and (iv) the fourth quarter of 2014 and thereafter, it will be 3.50; andlevels stated below.

 

Amend the requirements for Permitted Acquisitions such that for the Company to consummate a Permitted Acquisition the Company must have minimum liquidity of $100.0 million and the Company’s Secured Leverage Ratio must be less than 1.50.

The 2013 Amended Credit Facility matures on August 24, 2015, and is secured by substantially all of Ferro’s assets. After reductions for borrowings and outstanding letters of credit secured by these facilities, we had $225.0$189.7 million of additional borrowings available at September 30, 2013.March 31, 2014. The interest rate under the 2013 Amended Credit Facility is the sum of (A) either (1) LIBOR or (2) the higher of the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, the Prime Rate, or LIBOR plus 1.0% and (B) a variable margin based on the Company’s leverage. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, the interest rate was 3.4%.

Under the 2013 Amended Credit Facility, we are subject to a number of financial covenants, including limitations on the payment of common stock dividends. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with the covenants of the 2013 Amended Credit Facility.

6. Financial InstrumentsOther Financing Arrangements

We maintain other lines of credit to provide global flexibility for Ferro’s short-term liquidity requirements. These facilities are uncommitted lines for our international operations and totaled $17.1 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The unused portions of these lines provided additional liquidity of $13.5 million at March 31, 2014, and $10.1 million at December 31, 2013.

6.Financial Instruments

The following financial instrument assets (liabilities) are presented at their respective carrying amount, fair value and classification within the fair value hierarchy:

 

   September 30, 2013 
   Carrying  Fair Value 
   Amount  Total  Level 1   Level 2  Level 3 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $35,853   $35,853   $35,853    $—     $—    

Loans payable

   (56,801  (56,801  —       (56,801  —    

7.875% Senior Notes

   (250,000  (262,500  —       (262,500  —    

Revolving Credit Facility

   (19,509  (19,936  —       (19,936  —    

Other long-term notes payable

   (5,421  (4,511  —       (4,511  —    

Foreign currency forward contracts, net

   (2,467  (2,467  —       (2,467  —    

  December 31, 2012   March 31, 2014 
  Carrying Fair Value   Carrying
Amount
  Fair Value 
  Amount Total Level 1   Level 2 Level 3    Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $29,576   $29,576   $29,576    $—     $—      $41,088   $41,088   $41,088   $—     $—    

Loans payable

   (48,599 (48,599 —       (48,599 —       (43,214 (43,214  —     (43,214  —    

7.875% Senior Notes

   (250,000 (231,500 —       (231,500 —       (250,000 (263,750 (263,750  —      —    

6.50% Convertible Senior Notes, net of unamortized discounts

   (34,417 (34,803 —       (34,803 —    

Revolving Credit Facility

   (55,498 (57,041  (57,041  —    

Other long-term notes payable

   (3,623 (2,993  —     (2,993  —    

Foreign currency forward contracts, net

   (726 (726  —     (726  —    
  December 31, 2013 
  Carrying
Amount
  Fair Value 
   Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 
  (Dollars in thousands) 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $28,328   $28,328   $28,328   $—     $—    

Loans payable

   (43,062 (43,062  —     (43,062  —    

7.875% Senior Notes

   (250,000 (266,250 (266,250  —      —    

Revolving credit facility

   (2,596 (2,634 —       (2,634 —       (9,204 (9,496  —     (9,496  —    

Other long-term notes payable

   (4,731 (3,937 —       (3,937 —       (3,617 (2,988  —     (2,988  —    

Foreign currency forward contracts, net

   (4,758 (4,758 —       (4,758 —       (2,255 (2,255  —     (2,255  —    

The fair values of cash and cash equivalents are based on the fair values of identical assets. The fair values of short-term loans payable are based on the present value of expected future cash flows and approximate their carrying amounts due to the short periods to maturity. The fair valuesvalue of the 7.875% Senior Notes and the Convertible Notes areis based on third-party estimated bid prices.trades in an active market. At March 31, 2014, the quoted market price was $105.50 per $100 reflecting a yield of 6.41%. The fair values of the Revolving Credit Facilityrevolving credit facility and the other long-term notes payable are based on the present value of expected future cash flows and assumptions about current interest rates and the creditworthiness of the Company that market participants would use in pricing the debt.

Foreign currency forward contracts. We manage foreign currency risks principally by entering into forward contracts to mitigate the impact of currency fluctuations on transactions, the majority of which are intercompany.transactions. These forward contracts are not formally designated as hedging instruments.hedges. Gains and losses on these foreign currency forward contracts are netted with gains and losses from currency fluctuations on transactions arising from international trade and reported as foreign currency losses, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, netNet foreign currency loss was approximately $1.3$1.4 million and $4.0$1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, whichand is primarily comprised of the foreign exchange impact on transactions in countries where it is not economically feasible for us to enter into hedging arrangements and hedging inefficiencies, includingsuch as timing of transactions, etc. Nettransactions. We incurred net gains of $2.4 million and net losses of $1.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, arising from the change in fair value of our financial instruments, of $2.7 million and $6.7 million, forwhich offset the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, offset related net gains and losses on the underlying intercompany transactions of approximately the same amounts.international trade transactions. The fair values of these contracts are based on market prices for comparable contracts. We hadThe notional amount of foreign currency forward contracts with notional amounts of $231.3was $274.8 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $250.7$244.9 million at December 31, 2012.2013.

The following table presents the effect on our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013, and 2012, respectively, of our foreign currency forward contracts:

 

   Amount of Loss
Recognized in
Earnings
   
   2013  2012  Location of Loss in Earnings
   (Dollars in thousands)   

Foreign currency forward contracts

  $(2,652 $(4,148 Foreign currency losses, net

The following table presents the effect on our consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, of our foreign currency forward contracts:

   Amount of (Loss)
Gain Recognized in
Earnings
    
   2013  2012   Location of (Loss) Gain in Earnings
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Foreign currency forward contracts

  $(6,652 $5,385    Foreign currency losses, net

   Amount of (Gain) Loss
Recognized in Earnings
    
   Three months ended March 31,   

 

   2014  2013   

Location of Loss in Earnings

   (Dollars in thousands)    

Foreign currency forward contracts

  $(2,402 $964    Foreign currency losses, net

The following table presents the fair values on our consolidated balance sheets of foreign currency forward contracts:

 

  September 30,
2013
 December 31,
2012
 

Balance Sheet Location

  March 31,
2014
 December 31,
2013
 

Balance Sheet Location

  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Asset derivatives:

        

Foreign currency forward contracts

   211   213   Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  $444   $186   Other current assets

Liability derivatives:

        

Foreign currency forward contracts

   (2,678 (4,971 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   (1,170 (2,441 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

7. Income Taxes

7.Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, was $4.0$2.7 million, or 16.8%14.0% of pre-tax income. In the first ninethree months of 2012,ended March 31, 2013 we recorded income tax expense of $113.1$1.0 million, or (57.3)%10.2% of pre-tax income. The changeincrease in the effective tax rate was primarily due to the reserveresult of differences in pre-tax income in loss jurisdictions with full valuation allowances for a significant portion of the Company’s deferredwhich no tax assets, that was recorded in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the expected usage of tax assets in 2013.benefit or expense is recognized.

8. Contingent Liabilities

8.Contingent Liabilities

We have recorded environmental liabilities of $8.2$10.2 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $9.6$9.7 million at December 31, 2012,2013, for costs associated with the remediation of certain of our properties that have been contaminated,contaminated. The balance at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, was primarily comprised of liabilities related to a non-operating facility in Brazil.Brazil, and for environmental obligations that we retained related to a site in the United States from the sale of our North American and Asian metal powders product lines during the fourth quarter of 2013. The costs include legal and consulting fees, site studies, the design and implementation of remediation plans, post-remediation monitoring and related activities. The ultimate liability could be affected by numerous uncertainties, including the extent of contamination found, the required period of monitoring and the ultimate cost of required remediation.

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Supreme Court in Argentina ruled unfavorably related to certain export taxes associated with a divested operation. As a result of this ruling, we recorded a $6.8 million liability at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, respectively.

There are various lawsuits and claims pending against the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. We do not currently expect the ultimate liabilities, if any, and expenses related to suchresolution of these lawsuits and claims to materially affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.

9. Retirement Benefits

9.Retirement Benefits

Net periodic benefit (credit) cost of our U.S. pension plans (including our unfunded nonqualified plans), non-U.S. pension plans, and postretirement health care and life insurance benefit plans for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013, and 2012, respectively, follow:

 

  U.S. Pension Plans Non-U.S. Pension
Plans
 Other Benefit
Plans
 
  U.S. Pension Plans Non-U.S. Pension Plans Other Benefit Plans   Three months ended March 31, 
  2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012   2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Service cost

  $4   $4   $519   $493   $—     $—      $5   $4   $451   $533   $—     $—    

Interest cost

   4,485   4,867   1,224   1,313   285   396     4,924   4,485   1,301   1,230   301   285  

Expected return on plan assets

   (6,181 (5,158 (742 (748 —     —       (7,034 (6,181 (797 (748  —      —    

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

   3   12   7   —     (29 (33   3   3   15   6   (26 (29
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net periodic benefit (credit) cost

  $(1,689 $(275 $1,008   $1,058   $256   $363    $(2,102 $(1,689 $970   $1,021   $275   $256  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net periodic benefit (credit) cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, follow:

   U.S. Pension Plans  Non-U.S. Pension Plans  Other Benefit Plans 
   2013  2012  2013  2012  2013  2012 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Service cost

  $12   $12   $1,577   $1,496   $—     $—    

Interest cost

   13,455    14,602    3,672    3,990    855    1,189  

Expected return on plan assets

   (18,543  (15,473  (2,229  (2,253  —      —    

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

   9    36    21    1    (87  (98

Curtailment and settlement effects

   —      —      —      (2,394  —      —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit (credit) cost

  $(5,067 $(823 $3,041   $840   $768   $1,091  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit credit for our U.S. pension plans for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013March 31, 2014, increased from the effects of a lower discount rate and larger plan asset balances resulting in increased expected returns.returns partially offset by the effect of a higher discount rate. Net periodic benefit cost for our non-U.S. pension plans increased due toand postretirement health care and life insurance benefit plans did not change significantly compared with the non-recurring credit recognizedsame period in the secondprior year. During the first quarter of 2012,2014 we made contributions to our U.S pension plans of $22.0 million, resulting from curtailment of retirement benefit accumulations in the Netherlands. The affected employees in the Netherlands now receive benefits through a defined contribution plan.improvement of our funded status compared with December 31, 2013.

10. Stock-Based Compensation

10.Stock-Based Compensation

On May 22, 2013, our shareholders approved the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which was adopted by the Board of Directors on February 22, 2013, subject to shareholder approval. The Plan’s purpose is to promote the Company’s long-term financial interests and growth by attracting, retaining and motivating high quality key employees and directors, motivating such employees and directors to achieve the Company’s short- and long-range performance goals and objectives, thereby aligning their interests with those of its shareholders. The Plan reserves 4,400,000 shares of common stock to be issued for grants of several different types of long-term incentives including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, performance shares, other common stock based awards, and dividend equivalent rights.

The 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Previous Plan”) was replaced by the Plan, and no No future grants may be made under the Previous Plan.previous incentive plans. However, any outstanding awards or grants made under the Previous Planprevious incentive plans will continue until the end of their specified terms.

In 2013,the first quarter of 2014, our Board of Directors granted 0.60.2 million stock options, 0.50.2 million performance share units and 0.40.1 million deferred stock units under The Previous Plan and The Plan. We estimate the fair value of each stock option on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following table details the weighted-average grant-date fair values and the assumptions used for estimating the fair values of stock option grants made during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013:March 31, 2014:

 

  Stock Options   Stock Options 

Weighted-average grant-date fair value

  $4.01    $9.54  

Expected life, in years

   6.0     6.0  

Risk-free interest rate

   1.2% - 1.4   2.2

Expected volatility

   83.9% - 86.4   86.3

The weighted average grant date fair value of our performance share units was $5.69.$13.09. We measure the fair value of performance share units based on the closing market price of our common stock on the date of the grant. These shares are currently expensed at target and are evaluated each reporting period for likelihood of achieving the performance criteria.

We measure the fair value of deferred stock units based on the closing market price of our common stock on the date of the grant. The weighted-average fair value per unit for grants made during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, was $5.70.$13.09.

We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $4.4$3.7 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $5.7$1.3 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2012.March 31, 2013. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, unearned compensation cost related to the unvested portion of all stock-based awards was approximately $8.4$11.4 million and is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period of the respective grants, through the first quarter of 2016.2017.

11.
11.Restructuring and Cost Reduction Programs

In 2013, we initiated a Global Cost Reduction Programs

In the first quarter of 2013, we developed and initiated various restructuring programs across the organization with the objectives of realigning the business and lowering our cost structure. Specifically, the programs relateProgram that was designed to our European operations, certain corporate functions, improvement of operational efficiencies, and the exitaddress 3 key areas of the solar pastes product line. As a resultcompany—(1) business realignment, (2) operational efficiency and (3) corporate and back office functions. Business realignment was targeted at right-sizing our commercial management organizations globally. The operational efficiency component of the restructuring actions,program was designed to improve the Company expects to incur chargesefficiency of approximately $40 million,our plant operations across our global footprint, as well as supply chain. Corporate and back office is principally comprised of work that we are doing with our strategic partners in the majorityareas of which will be for severance costsfinance and require future cash expenditures. The programs are subject to required consultations with employee representatives at the affected sitesaccounting and other local legal requirements. Charges associated with these programs were $3.8 millioninformation technology outsourcing, and $26.7 million for the three and the nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively.procurement. The cumulative charges incurred to date associated with these programs are $37.0$36.4 million. Total costs related to the program expected to be incurred are approximately $49 million. Total restructuring charges were $4.4 million and $9.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, respectively.

The activities and accruals related to our restructuring and cost reduction programs are summarized below:

 

  Employee
Severance
 Other
Costs
 Asset
Impairment
 Total   Employee
Severance
 Other
Costs
 Asset
Impairment
   Total 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Balance at December 31, 2012

  $4,093   $6,139    $10,232  

Balance at December 31, 2013

  $6,999   $4,579   $—      $11,578  

Restructuring charges

   19,647   7,094   (3 26,738     1,697   2,655    —       4,352  

Cash payments

   (14,715 (7,671  (22,386   (4,689 (4,793  —       (9,482

Non-cash items

   92   (820 3   (725   15   (10  —       5  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2013

  $9,117   $4,742   $—     $13,859  

Balance at March 31, 2014

  $4,022   $2,431   $—      $6,453  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

We expect to make cash payments to settle the remaining liability for employee termination benefits and other costs over the next twelve months, except where legal or contractual restrictions prevent us from doing so.

12. Discontinued Operations

12.Discontinued Operations

During the first quarter of 2013, we completed the sale of the stock of our pharmaceuticals business, Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories, Inc. (“FPL”), which was previously reported within the Pharmaceuticals reportable segment. Consideration was comprised of a $16.9 million cash payment, and the transaction also included an earn-out incentive of up to $8.0 million based on achieving certain earnings targets over a two-year period. In March 2013, prior to the sale, an impairment loss of $8.7 million associated with the long lived assets of FPL was recorded under ASC Topic 360 Property, Plant and Equipment. The write down was determined by estimating the fair value of the assets less cost to sell of $14.8 million using the market approach considering a bona fide purchase offer, a level three measurement within the fair value hierarchy.

The operations of FPL have been segregated from continuing operations and are included in discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. Interest expense has been allocated to the discontinued operation based on the ratio of net assets of FPL to consolidated net assets excluding debt. In 2013 we did not record a tax benefit associated with the loss from discontinued operations as a result of the full valuation allowance in the jurisdiction.

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
 
  2012   Three months ended
March 31, 2013
 

Net sales

  $5,975    $4,791  

Cost of sales

   4,346     2,762  
  

 

   

 

 

Gross profit

   1,629     2,029  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   1,246     1,181  

Restructuring charges

   95  

Impairment

   8,682  

Interest expense

   385     589  

Miscellaneous income, net

   (5   (2
  

 

   

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes

   (92   (8,421

Income tax expense

   26     —    
  

 

   

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(118  $(8,421
  

 

   

 

 

   Nine months ended
September 30,
 
   2013  2012 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Net sales

  $4,791   $17,899  

Cost of sales

   2,762    11,641  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross profit

   2,029    6,258  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   1,181    3,631  

Restructuring and impairment charges

   8,682    95  

Interest expense

   589    1,123  

Miscellaneous income, net

   (2  (11
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes

   (8,421  1,420  

Income tax expense

   —      503  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(8,421 $917  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the assets and liabilities of FPL at December 31, 2012, which are presented separately on the condensed consolidated balance sheet:

   (Dollars in
thousands)
 

Inventories

  $6,267  

Other current assets

   22  
  

 

 

 

Current assets of discontinued operations

   6,289  
  

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   15,346  
  

 

 

 

Other assets of discontinued operations

   15,346  
  

 

 

 

Accounts payable

   880  

Accrued payrolls

   47  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

   373  
  

 

 

 

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

  $1,300  
  

 

 

 

13. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

13.Earnings Per Share

Details of the calculation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are shown below:

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
 Nine months ended
September 30,
   Three months ended March 31, 
  2013   As adjusted
2012
 2013   As adjusted
2012
   2014   2013 
  (In thousands, except per share amounts)   (In thousands, except
per share amounts)
 

Basic earnings (loss) per share computation:

       

Net income (loss) attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $12,652    $(316,114 $11,405    $(310,392

Adjustment for loss (income) from discontinued operations

   —       118   8,421     (917

Basic earnings per share computation:

    

Net income attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $17,204    $883  

Adjustment for loss from discontinued operations

   —       8,421  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $12,652    $(315,996 $19,826    $(311,309  $17,204    $9,304  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

   86,426     86,296    86,464     86,274     86,778     86,439  

Basic earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $0.15    $(3.66 $0.23    $(3.61

Diluted earnings (loss) per share computation:

       

Net income (loss) attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $12,652    $(316,114 $11,405    $(310,392

Adjustment for loss (income) from discontinued operations

   —       118    8,421     (917

Basic earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $0.20    $0.11  

Diluted earnings per share computation:

    

Net income attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $17,204    $883  

Adjustment for loss from discontinued operations

   —       8,421  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $12,652    $(315,996 $19,826    $(311,309  $17,204    $9,304  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

   86,426     86,296    86,464     86,274     86,778     86,439  

Assumed exercise of stock options

   200     —      112     —       454     98  

Assumed satisfaction of deferred stock unit conditions

   77     —      63     —       72     62  

Assumed satisfaction of restricted stock unit conditions

   120     —      84     —       179     35  

Assumed satisfaction of performance stock unit conditions

   375     —      247     —       507     45  

Assumed satisfaction of restricted share conditions

   52     —      63     —       —       97  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding

   87,250     86,296    87,033     86,274     87,990     86,776  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $0.15    $(3.66 $0.23    $(3.61

Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Ferro Corporation common shareholders

  $0.20    $0.11  

The number of anti-dilutive or unearned shares, including shares related to contingently convertible debt, was 2.01.4 million and 2.45.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and 7.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.respectively.

14. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

14.Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component, net of tax, for the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, were as follows:

 

  Postretirement
Benefit
Liability
Adjustments
 Translation
Adjustments
   Other
Adjustments
 Total   Postretirement
Benefit
Liability
Adjustments
 Translation
Adjustments
 Other
Adjustments
 Total 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Beginning accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  $2,510   $5,911    $(77 $8,344    $1,942   $6,621   $(70 $8,493  

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications

   —     4,203     —     4,203  

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

   —     (170  —     (170

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

   (34 —       —     (34   (36  —      —     (36
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income

   (34  4,203     —      4,169  

Net current period other comprehensive loss

   (36  (170  —      (206
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Ending accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  $2,476   $10,114    $(77 $12,513    $1,906   $6,451   $(70 $8,287  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component, net of tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, were as follows:

   Postretirement
Benefit
Liability
Adjustments
  Translation
Adjustments
  Other
Adjustments
  Total 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Beginning accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  $2,647   $14,080   $(77 $16,650  

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

   —      (3,966  —      (3,966

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

   (171  —      —      (171
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net current period other comprehensive loss

   (171  (3,966  —      (4,137
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Ending accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  $2,476   $10,114   $(77 $12,513  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

15. Reporting for Segments

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company reorganized its operating segments to reflect the current structure under which performance is evaluated, strategic decisions are made and resources are allocated. The new structure aligns the continuing product lines of our former Electronic Materials segment with our continuing operating segments. Under the new structure, we will continue to report Specialty Plastics, Polymer Additives and Performance Coatings, which aggregates our Tile Coating Systems and Porcelain Enamel operating segments, consistent with the manner in which they have historically been reported. The Glass Systems and Performance Pigments and Colors operating segments that aggregated into the historically reported Color and Glass Performance Materials segment, now include our continuing product lines that were historically reported within the Electronic Materials segment, and as a result of such inclusion, fail to meet the aggregation criteria for continuing to report as one segment. These operating segments will now be reported as the Pigments, Powders and Oxides, and Performance Colors and Glass segments. As discussed in Note 12, our pharmaceuticals business that comprised the Pharmaceuticals segment was sold in the first quarter, and is reported as a discontinued operation.

15.Reporting for Segments

Net sales to external customers by segment are presented in the table below. Sales between segments were not material.

 

   Three months ended
September 30,
   Nine months ended
September 30,
 
   2013   As adjusted
2012
   2013   As adjusted
2012
 
   (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Pigments, Powders and Oxides

  $47,647    $64,053    $155,948    $219,398  

Performance Colors and Glass

   94,059     86,398     298,633     294,806  

Performance Coatings

   151,873     137,228     445,969     447,065  

Polymer Additives

   71,599     79,881     229,266     251,055  

Specialty Plastics

   42,926     41,305     131,267     132,512  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net sales

  $408,104    $408,865    $1,261,083    $1,344,836  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   Three months ended
March 31,
 
   2014   2013 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Pigments, Powders and Oxides

  $30,048    $54,787  

Performance Colors and Glass

   103,370     98,127  

Performance Coatings

   143,263     138,902  

Polymer Additives

   69,743     80,869  

Specialty Plastics

   45,311     44,839  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net sales

  $391,735    $417,524  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

In the first quarter, in conjunction with the changes to operating segments, we changed the profitability metric utilized by management to evaluate segment performance. The metric that was utilized historically was segment income, and segment gross profit is the metric that is now utilized. We measure segment gross profit for internal reporting purposes by excluding certain other cost of sales, which includes costs associated with facilities that have been idled or closed. Each segment’s gross profit and a reconciliationreconciliations to income (loss) before income taxes from continuing operations follows:are presented in the table below:

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
 Nine months ended
September 30,
   Three months ended
March 31,
 
  2013 As adjusted
2012
 2013 As adjusted
2012
   2014 2013 
  (Dollars in thousands) (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Pigments, Powders and Oxides

  $8,390   $7,231   $25,882   $28,363    $6,930   $8,173  

Performance Colors and Glass

   28,713   21,086   87,203   77,220     34,372   27,258  

Performance Coatings

   36,410   23,858   100,237   85,328     33,243   28,592  

Polymer Additives

   6,251   8,907   20,616   26,871     7,437   8,854  

Specialty Plastics

   6,881   6,984   22,116   23,207     7,870   7,389  

Other cost of sales

   (2,398 (7,356 (4,916 (8,740   (378 (1,029
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total gross profit

   84,247    60,710    251,138    232,249     89,474    79,237  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   59,078    63,863    184,986    202,675     57,576    61,592  

Restructuring and impairment charges

   3,834    198,695    26,738    203,734     4,352    9,454  

Other expense, net

   7,817    8,325    15,386    23,204  

Other expense (income), net

   8,082    (1,766
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

  $13,518   $(210,173 $24,028   $(197,364

Income before income taxes

  $19,464   $9,957  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

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

Overview

During the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, net sales were flatdown $25.8 million , or 6.2%, compared towith the prior-year same period. IncreasesOf the decline, approximately $27 million, or 6%, was the impact resulting from the sale of our North American and Asian metal powders business and the exit of solar pastes. Further, sales declined approximately $11 million due to lower sales of our plasticizer product that is being negatively impacted by changing environmental regulations. Strong performance in sales excluding precious metals inour Performance Colors and Glass, and Performance Coatings weresegments, accounting for increased net sales of approximately $10.0 million compared with the prior-year same period, partially offset by lowermitigated the declines. The decline in sales in Polymer Additives due toof precious metals is the accelerated deselectionresult of certain plasticizer products,the sale of our North American and in Pigments, PowdersAsian metal powders business and Oxides due to the exit of solar pastes, inwhich drove the first quarter of 2013. The decrease in sales of precious metals was primarily in Pigments, Powders and Oxides and driven by the exit of solar pastes. Gross profit increased approximately $24 million in the third quarter of 2013entire change compared towith the prior-year same period,period. Despite the decline in net sales, gross profit increased $10.2 million, or 550310 basis points as a percentage of net sales excluding precious metals, to 21.8%23.6%. The favorability wasprimary drivers of the increase in gross profit were our cost reduction initiatives and higher volumes, particularly in our Performance Colors and Glass and Performance Coatings segments and favorable mix, partially offset by lower profitability in our Polymer Additives segment.

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were down $4.0 million, or 6.5%, compared with the prior-year same period, primarily driven by our cost reduction initiatives, increased net sales excluding precious metalsinitiatives. Partially offsetting the decline was higher stock based compensation expense and improved business mix, partially offset by lower sales in Polymer Additives and the impact of the exit of solar pastes.

We continuebad debt expense for exposures related to execute against our cost savings plans, which has resulted in additional savings in the third quarter of 2013 compared with the prior-year same period. Further, we have announced that we now expect to achieve cost savings of greater than $100 million by the end of 2015.Venezuela.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, Ferro net income was $13.0$16.7 million, compared with net lossincome of $315.7$0.5 million in 2012,2013, and net income attributable to common shareholders was $12.7$17.2 million, compared with net lossincome attributable to common shareholders of $316.1$0.9 million in 2012.2013. Income from continuing operations was $13.0$16.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, compared with net lossincome from continuing operations of $315.6$8.9 million in 2012.2013. Our total segment gross profit for the thirdfirst quarter of 20132014 was $84.2$89.5 million, compared with $60.7$79.2 million in 2012. We incurred restructuring charges of $3.8 million in the third quarter.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Ferro net income was $11.6 million, compared with net loss of $309.6 million in 2012, and net income attributable to common shareholders was $11.4 million, compared with net loss attributable to common shareholders of $310.4 million in 2012. Income from continuing operations was $20.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with net loss from continuing operations of $310.5 million in 2012. Our total segment gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $251.1 million, compared with $232.2 million in 2012. We incurred restructuring and impairment charges of $26.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Outlook

For the full year 2014, we continue to expect revenue growth to be approximately 3.5% to 4.0%, excluding the impacts of businesses and product lines that were divested in 2013 and the negative impact of the plasticizer product that has been driving underperformance in our Polymer Additives segment. We have continuedexpect gross profit margin to make progress against our strategic objectives duringbe slightly higher than 2013 at approximately 22% for the third quarter of 2013. We have executed against our cost reduction plans, which arefull year. The improvement is expected to drive costbe driven by realization of savings of approximately $45 million for full year 2013. These actions,resulting from our restructuring activities, as well as continued efficiency improvements in addition to the cost savings from exiting solar pastes during the first quarter of 2013 have significantly improved the Company’s cost structure.

In the fourth quarter,our manufacturing processes, which we expect to realizemore than offset the competitive pressures that we continue face.

We expect continued benefitsimprovement in SG&A leverage through the remainder of 2014, driven by realization of savings resulting from our restructuring activities, as well as incremental actions targeted at greater efficiency and improved cost reduction plans, however, we also expect our normal seasonal business pattern, which is characterized by lower customer demand and reduced plant utilization due to holiday shutdowns.structure.

Factors that could adversely affect our future performance include those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.2013.

Results of Operations—Consolidated

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, amounts originally reported have been adjusted for the effects of applying retrospectively the discontinued operations of FPL as described in Note 12, Discontinued Operations and the changes in our reportable segments as described in Note 15, Reporting for Segments. Both notes are part of the condensed consolidated financial statements under Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Comparison of the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013 and 2012

For the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, Ferro net income was $13.0$16.7 million , compared with net lossincome of $315.7$0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012.March 31, 2013. For the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, Ferro net income attributable to common shareholders was $12.7$17.2 million, or $0.15$0.20 per share, compared with Ferro net lossincome attributable to common shareholders of $316.1$0.9 million, or $3.66 loss$0.01 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2012.March 31, 2013.

Net Sales

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended
March 31,
     
  2013 2012 $ Change % Change   2014 2013 $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)     (Dollars in thousands)   

Net sales excluding precious metals

  $387,025   $372,904   $14,121   3.8  $378,449   $386,787   $(8,338 (2.2)% 

Sales of precious metals

   21,079   35,961   (14,882 (41.4)%    13,286   30,737   (17,451 (56.8)% 
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net sales

   408,104    408,865    (761  (0.2)%    391,735    417,524    (25,789  (6.2)% 

Cost of sales

   323,857    348,155    (24,298  (7.0)%    302,261    338,287    (36,026  (10.6)% 
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

Gross profit

  $84,247   $60,710   $23,537    38.8  $89,474   $79,237   $10,237    12.9
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

Gross profit as a % of net sales excluding precious metals

   21.8  16.3     23.6  20.5  

Net sales decreased by 0.2%$25.8 million, or 6.2% in the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, compared with the prior-year same period. Net sales excluding precious metals increased $14.1decreased $8.3 million, driven by increased sales in our Performance Coatings, Performance Colors and Glass and Specialty Plastics segments, partially offset by decreasedlower sales in our Polymer Additives and Pigments, Powders and Oxides segments, partially mitigated by higher sales in our Performance Colors and Glass, Performance Coatings and Specialty Plastics segments. The sale of our North American and Asian metal powders business and the exit of solar pastes during the first quarter of 2013 drove the decrease in sales of precious metals compared to the prior year.metals.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased 38.8%$10.2 million, or 12.9%, in the three months ended September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, compared to the prior-year same period. The significant drivers of the increased gross profit are strong demand and lower raw material and production costs in our Performance Coatings segment and favorable product mix inwere our Performance Colors and Glass segment.segment, resulting from higher volumes and favorable mix and product pricing, and our Performance Coatings segment, which had favorable volume and mix, raw material impacts and manufacturing costs. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable product mixlower gross profit in our Pigments, Powders and OxidesPolymer Additives segment, driven by unfavorable manufacturing costs, and the impact of reduced demand for certain plasticizer products in our Polymer Additives segment. Additionally, during the third quarter of 2012, inventory charges related to obsolete solar pastes impacted gross profit by approximately $5 million.sold businesses and assets.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

The following table presents our segments summarized into their respective operating groups, with Pigments, Powders and Oxides, Performance Colors and Glass, and Performance Coatings comprising Performance Materials, and Polymer Additives and Specialty Plastics comprising Performance Chemicals. In conjunction with the changes to segments, we also changed the profitability metric utilized by management to evaluate segment performance, as discussed in Note 15. The metric that was utilized historically was segment income, which included selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses that were directly incurred by each segment, as well as certain allocated costs. Segment gross profit is the metric that is now utilized. Further, we have refined our approach to managing SG&A expenses and are intensely focused on analyzing expenses at the individual site level, and also across functional areas within the Company, as opposed to the segment level, and will evaluate performance in this manner.

 

   Three months ended
September 30,
        
   2013   2012   $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Performance Materials

  $34,205    $42,620    $(8,415  (19.7)% 

Performance Chemicals

   5,864     6,709     (845  (12.6)% 

Corporate

   19,009     14,534     4,475    30.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  $59,078    $63,863    $(4,785  (7.5)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

SG&A expenses were $4.8 million lower in the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared with the prior-year same period. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased 110 basis points from 15.6% in the third quarter of 2012 to 14.5% in the third quarter of 2013. The primary drivers of the change in SG&A expenses were lower bad debt expense in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the prior-year same period, and lower pension and other postretirement benefit expense resulting from a lower discount rate and higher plan assets, generating higher expected returns, compared to the prior-year same period. Personnel expenses decreased compared to the prior year driven by the exit of solar pastes and the various personnel actions taken during 2012 and into 2013, however, there was an increase in incentive compensation of approximately $11 million compared to the prior-year same period. The change in other SG&A expenses was primarily driven by a charge taken for a reserve required in the third quarter of 2012 that did not recur in the current year, partially offset by higher professional fees.

   Three months ended March 31,        
   2014   2013   $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Performance Materials

  $34,055    $40,228    $(6,173  (15.3)% 

Performance Chemicals

   5,581     6,248     (667  (10.7)% 

Corporate

   17,940     15,116     2,824    18.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  $57,576    $61,592    $(4,016  (6.5)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

The following table includes SG&A components with significant changes between 20132014 and 2012:2013:

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended March 31,     
  2013 2012 $ Change % Change   2014 2013 $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)     (Dollars in thousands)   

Personnel expenses

  $32,554   $42,033   $(9,479 (22.6)%   $34,168   $40,457   $(6,289 (15.5)% 

Incentive compensation

   7,350   (4,090 11,440   NM     2,554   2,478   76   NM  

Stock-based compensation

   1,744   1,894   (150 (7.9)%    3,698   1,341   2,357   (7.9)% 

Pension and other postretirement benefits

   (425 1,146   (1,571 NM     (857 (412 (445 NM  

Idle sites

   —     476   (476 (100.0)%    —     363   (363 

 

NM

  

Bad debt expense

   (89 2,759   (2,848 NM  

Bad debt

   1,122   (92 1,214   NM  

Other

   17,944   19,645   (1,701 (8.7)%    16,891   17,457   (566 (3.2)% 
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  $59,078   $63,863   $(4,785  (7.5)%   $57,576   $61,592   $(4,016  (6.5)% 
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

NM — Not meaningful

SG&A expenses were $4.0 million lower in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared with the prior-year same period. As a percentage of net sales excluding precious metals, SG&A expenses decreased 70 basis points from 15.9% in the first quarter of 2013 to 15.2% in the first quarter of 2014. Significant drivers of the reduction in SG&A expenses were the various restructuring activities executed in 2013 that drove the decrease in personnel expenses, partially offset by higher stock-based compensation expense due to higher grants to retirement-eligible employees and stock options granted in 2014 having a higher fair value compared to those granted in the prior-year same period, and higher bad debt expense, primarily exposures related to Venezuela.

Restructuring and Impairment Charges

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended March 31,       
  2013   2012 $ Change % Change   2014   2013   $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)             (Dollars in thousands)   

Employee severance

  $478    $(34 $512   NM  

Employee Severance

   1,697     8,170     (6,473 NM  

Other restructuring costs

   3,356     (83 3,439   NM     2,655     1,284     1,371   NM  

Impairment

   —       198,812   (198,812 NM  
  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

  

Restructuring and impairment charges

  $3,834    $198,695   $(194,861  NM    $4,352    $9,454    $(5,102  NM  
  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

NM — Not meaningful

Restructuring and impairment charges decreased significantly in the thirdfirst quarter of 20132014 compared towith the prior-year same period. The driversMany of our restructuring activities commenced during the decrease were the significant nonrecurring impairments of goodwill and property, plant and equipment in the thirdfirst quarter of 2012, partially offset by additional charges related to our ongoing2013. We had fewer restructuring plansactivities during the thirdfirst quarter of 2013.2014.

Interest Expense

Interest expense in the thirdfirst quarter of 2013 was consistent2014 decreased $1.4 million compared with the prior-year same period. Interest expense was higher in the first quarter of 2013 due to the write-off of deferred financing fees that resulted from amending our revolving credit facility and the commitment amount being reduced from $350.0 million to $250.0 million. The components of interest expense are as follows:

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended March 31,     
  2013 2012 $ Change % Change   2014 2013 $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)             (Dollars in thousands)   

Interest expense

  $6,592   $6,507   $85   1.3  $5,848   $6,226   $(378 (6.1)% 

Amortization of bank fees

   393   483   (90 (18.6)%    366   1,075   (709 (66.0)% 

Interest capitalization

   (219 (274 55   (20.1)%    (330 (4 (326 NM  
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest expense

  $6,766   $6,716   $50    0.7  $5,884   $7,297   $(1,413  (19.4)% 
  

 

  

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

  

 

  

Income Tax Expense

During the thirdfirst quarter of 2013,2014, income tax expense was $0.5$2.7 million, compared withor 14.0% of pre-tax income. In the incomefirst quarter of 2013, we recorded tax expense of $105.4$1.0 million, or 10.2% of pre-tax income. The increase in the third quartereffective tax rate was primarily the result of 2012. Income tax expense for the current period was less than the expense recorded indifferences from the prior-year same period primarily due to the reserve that was recordedpre-tax income in the third quarter of 2012 on a significant portion of our deferredloss jurisdictions with full valuation allowances for which no tax assets.benefit or expense is recognized.

Results of Operations—Segment Information

Comparison of the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013 and 2012

Performance Materials

Pigments, Powders and Oxides

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended March 31,     
  2013 2012 $ Change % Change   2014 2013 $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)             (Dollars in thousands)   

Segment net sales excluding precious metals

  $35,551   $38,286   $(2,735 (7.1)%   $26,993   $35,505   $(8,512 (24.0)% 

Segment precious metal sales

   12,096   25,767   (13,671 (53.1)%    3,055   19,282   (16,227 (84.2)% 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Segment net sales

   47,647    64,053    (16,406  (25.6)%    30,048    54,787    (24,739  (45.2)% 

Segment gross profit

   8,390    7,231    1,159    16.0   6,930    8,173    (1,243  (15.2)% 

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales excluding precious metals

   23.6  18.9     25.7  23.0  

Sales in Pigments, PowdersNet sales excluding precious metals decreased compared with the prior-year same period, primarily due to the sale of our North American and Oxides decreased due toAsian metal powders business and the exit of solar pastes, during the first quarter of 2013, which comprised approximately $4$8 million of the decrease. Lower sales of our polishing materials and pigments products comprised the remainder of the decrease, in net sales excluding precious metals fromcompared with the prior-year same period. The decrease in sales related to the exit of solar pastes was partially mitigated by increased sales of our metal powders products produced in the United States compared to the prior year. The decreased sales from the exit of solar pastes were further mitigated by tolling revenue of approximately $1 million during the third quarter of 2013 related to a supply agreement entered into with the buyer of our solar pastes assets. Sales were unfavorably impacted by product mix, including the shift away from solar pastes products, which was only partially mitigated by increased volume and pricing benefits in the third quarter. The decrease in precious metal sales was primarily driven by the exit of solar pastes. Regionally, the United States drove the decrease in net sales excluding precious metals. Gross profit decreased from the prior-year same period primarily due to the exitimpact of solar pastes.the sold businesses and assets.

Performance Colors and Glass

   Three months ended March 31,       
   2014  2013  $ Change  % Change 
           (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales excluding precious metals

  $93,139   $86,672   $6,467    7.5

Segment precious metal sales

   10,231    11,455    (1,224  (10.7)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment net sales

   103,370    98,127    5,243    5.3

Segment gross profit

   34,372    27,258    7,114    26.1

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales excluding precious metals

   36.9  31.4  

Net sales excluding precious metals increased compared with the prior-year same period, with increases in all product lines. Sales increased approximately $2.0 million over the prior-year same period for both our automotive glass products and electronics products. Net sales excluding precious metals were favorably impacted by higher volume and favorable product pricing, partially offset by unfavorable mix. Regionally, net sales excluding precious metals were higher in all regions compared with the prior-year same period, driven by increases of approximately $2.0 million in the United States and Latin America. Gross profit increased from the prior-year same period due to favorable volume, favorable product pricing and favorable manufacturing costs.

Performance Coatings

   Three months ended March 31,        
   2014  2013  $ Change   % Change 
           (Dollars in thousands)     

Segment net sales

  $143,263   $138,902   $4,361     3.1

Segment gross profit

   33,243    28,592    4,651     16.3

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   23.2  20.6   

Net sales increased in Performance Coatings due to higher sales of our tile frit and glaze, and digital inks products, and our porcelain enamel products compared with the prior-year same period. The impact of these increases was approximately $9.4 million, with lower sales of other tile coating products partially offsetting the increases. Sales were favorably impacted by higher volumes, partially offset by unfavorable product pricing and mix. Regionally, Europe and Latin America drove the sales increase. Both regions recorded sales growth of approximately $2.0 million compared with the first quarter of 2013. Gross profit increased from the prior-year same period primarily due to favorable productionvolume, raw material impacts and manufacturing costs, and higher volume, partially offset by unfavorable mix.

Performance Colors and Glass

   Three months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales excluding precious metals

  $85,076   $76,204   $8,872    11.6

Segment precious metal sales

   8,983    10,194    (1,211  (11.9)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment net sales

   94,059    86,398    7,661    8.9

Segment gross profit

   28,713    21,086    7,627    36.2

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales excluding precious metals

   33.7  27.7  

Net sales excluding precious metals increased compared to the prior-year same period, primarily driven by sales of our glass products. Sales of our glass products increased over the prior-year same period by approximately $7 million, with the remainder of the increase primarily coming from our electronic packaging materials products. Net sales excluding precious metals were impacted by favorable product mix, favorable pricing, and higher volume compared to the prior-year same period. Regionally, Europe and the United States increased approximately $5 million and $2 million, respectively, compared to the prior-year same period. Other regions increased by approximately $1 million in total. Gross profit increased from the prior-year same period due to favorable volume and product mix, favorable pricing, and favorable production costs.

Performance Coatings

   Three months ended
September 30,
        
   2013  2012  $ Change   % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)     

Segment net sales

  $151,873   $137,228   $14,645     10.7

Segment gross profit

   36,410    23,858    12,552     52.6

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   24.0  17.4   

Sales increased in Performance Coatings due to higher sales of our inks products and porcelain enamel products compared to the prior-year same period. The impact of these increases was approximately $12 million, with the balance of the increase due to higher sales of other tile coating products. Sales were favorably impacted by higher volumes and mix, partially offset by unfavorable pricing, most significantly related to our tile products. Regionally, Europe drove the largest increase in sales, approximately $11 million, due to increased customer demand and favorable product mix. Asia-Pacific and the United States also both increased by approximately $2 million and $1 million, respectively. Gross profit increased from the prior-year same period primarily due to favorable raw material and production costs and higher volume, partially offset by unfavorable pricing impacts.

Performance Chemicals

Polymer Additives

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended March 31,     
  2013 2012 $ Change % Change   2014 2013 $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)             (Dollars in thousands)   

Segment net sales

  $71,599   $79,881   $(8,282 (10.4)%   $69,743   $80,869   $(11,126 (13.8)% 

Segment gross profit

   6,251   8,907   (2,656 (29.8)%    7,437   8,854   (1,417 (16.0)% 

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   8.7 11.2     10.7 10.9  

SalesNet sales decreased in Polymer Additives primarily due to the continued decline in sales volume of certain plasticizer products, which is being driven by changing environmental regulations. Regionally, sales declined in the United States by approximately $8$13.0 million, comprising the majority of the decrease in the segment. Approximately $6$10.0 million of the United States sales decline related to lower volume of the noted plasticizer products. Gross profit decreased from the prior-year same period as a result of theprimarily due to lower sales volume unfavorable pricing impacts, and unfavorable manufacturing costs.

Specialty Plastics

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
       Three months ended March 31,       
  2013 2012 $ Change % Change   2014 2013 $ Change   % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)             (Dollars in thousands)     

Segment net sales

  $42,926   $41,305   $1,621   3.9  $45,311   $44,839   $472     1.1

Segment gross profit

   6,881   6,984   (103 (1.5)%    7,870   7,389   481     6.5

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   16.0 16.9     17.4 16.5   

SalesNet sales increased in Specialty Plastics primarily due to strong demand for certainhigher sales of our plastic colorants products, and filled and reinforced plastics products. Sales were favorably impacted by higher volume, which was only partially offset by unfavorable price and mix impacts.compared with the prior-year same period. Regionally, Europe and Latin America drove a sales increase totalingof approximately $3$0.7 million, which was partially offset by a sales decrease in the United States of approximately $1$0.3 million. Gross profit was flat compared toincreased from the prior-year same period.period as a result of favorable manufacturing costs.

 

  Three months ended
September 30,
         Three months ended
March 31,
       
  2013   2012   $ Change % Change   2014   2013   $ Change % Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)             (Dollars in thousands)   

Geographic Revenues

              

United States

  $157,421    $173,648    $(16,227 (9.3)%   $142,288    $174,403    $(32,115 (18.4)% 

International

   250,683     235,217     15,466   6.6   249,447     243,121     6,326   2.6
  

 

   

 

   

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $408,104    $408,865    $(761  (0.2)%   $391,735    $417,524    $(25,789  (6.2)% 
  

 

   

 

   

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

  

Net sales declined slightly$25.8 million, or 6.2%, compared to the prior-year same period, with a decrease in the United States being partially mitigated by increased net sales in international regions. In the thirdfirst quarter of 2013,2014, sales originating in the United States were 39%36.0% of total net sales, compared with 42%42.0% of net sales in the thirdfirst quarter of 2012.2013. The decline in sales in the United States was primarily driven by the exitsale of solar pastes,our North American and Asian metal powders business, in combination with reduced demand for certain plasticizer products that is being driven by changing environmental regulations. The increase in international regions was primarily driven by increased sales in Europe across all segments, except for Polymer Additives, resulting in increased sales of approximately $18$5.0 million compared towith the prior-year same period. Further, Latin America experienced slight increases across most segments.had increased sales of approximately $4.0 million, primarily driven by Performance Colors and Glass and Performance Coatings. Higher sales in Europe and Latin America were partially offset by decreasedlower sales in Asia-Pacific of approximately $5$3.0 million, which were primarily due to the exit of solar pastes and lower sales of metal powders products.

Results of Operations—Consolidated

Comparison of the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Ferro net income was $11.6 million, compared with net loss of $309.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Ferro net income attributable to common shareholders was $11.4 million, or $0.13 per share, compared with Ferro net loss attributable to common shareholders of $310.4 million, or $3.60 loss per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Net Sales

   Nine months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Net sales excluding precious metals

  $1,181,470   $1,211,992   $(30,522  (2.5)% 

Sales of precious metals

   79,613    132,844    (53,231  (40.1)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Net sales

   1,261,083    1,344,836    (83,753  (6.2)% 

Cost of sales

   1,009,945    1,112,587    (102,642  (9.2)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Gross profit

  $251,138   $232,249   $18,889    8.1
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Gross profit as a % of net sales excluding precious metals

   21.3  19.2  

Net sales decreased by 6.2% in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with the prior-year same period. Net sales excluding precious metals decreased $30.5 million, driven by decreased sales in our Pigments, Powders and Oxides segment, primarily due to the exit of solar pastes during the first quarter of 2013, and decreased sales in our Polymer Additives segment. Partially mitigating these decreases were increased sales in our Performance Colors and Glass segment. The exit of solar pastes during the first quarter of 2013 was also the primary driver of the decrease in sales of precious metals compared to the prior year.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased 8.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to the prior-year same period. The significant drivers of the increased gross profit are favorable product mix in our Performance Colors and Glass segment and strong demand and lower raw material and production costs, partially offset by unfavorable price impacts, in our Performance Coatings segment. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable mix in our Pigments, Powders and Oxides segment and the impact of reduced demand for certain plasticizer products and unfavorable production costs in our Polymer Additives segment. Additionally, in the prior year, inventory charges related to obsolete solar pastes impacted gross profit by approximately $5 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

The following table presents our segments summarized into their respective operating groups, with Pigments, Powders and Oxides, Performance Colors and Glass, and Performance Coatings comprising Performance Materials, and Polymer Additives and Specialty Plastics comprising Performance Chemicals. In conjunction with the changes to segments, we also changed the profitability metric utilized by management to evaluate segment performance, as discussed in Note 15. The metric that was utilized historically was segment income, which included selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses that were directly incurred by each segment, as well as certain allocated costs. Segment gross profit is the metric that is now utilized. Further, we have refined our approach to managing SG&A expenses and are intensely focused on analyzing expenses at the individual site level, and also across functional areas within the Company, as opposed to the segment level, and will evaluate performance in this manner.

   Nine months ended
September 30,
        
   2013   2012   $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Performance Materials

  $113,700    $137,393    $(23,693  (17.2)% 

Performance Chemicals

   17,575     24,294     (6,719  (27.7)% 

Corporate

   53,711     40,988     12,723    31.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  $184,986    $202,675    $(17,689  (8.7)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

SG&A expenses were $17.7 million lower in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared with the prior-year same period. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased 40 basis points from 15.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to 14.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The primary drivers of the reduction in SG&A expenses were the various personnel actions taken during 2012 and into 2013, which drove decreases in personnel expenses and stock-based compensation expense. The decreases were partially offset by an increase in incentive compensation of approximately $14 million in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the prior-year same period. In addition, a lower discount rate and increased expected returns on our pension plan assets has reduced pension and other postretirement benefit expense in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the prior-year same period. Our expenses related to idle sites have decreased in the current year as a result of selling the majority of our idle sites in the current year, and our bad debt expense has decreased approximately $2 million compared to the prior-year same period.

The following table includes SG&A components with significant changes between 2013 and 2012:

   Nine months ended
September 30,
        
   2013  2012   $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Personnel expenses

  $107,881   $130,850    $(22,969  (17.6)% 

Incentive compensation

   14,147    115     14,032    NM  

Stock-based compensation

   4,392    5,699     (1,307  (22.9)% 

Pension and other postretirement benefits

   (1,258  1,108     (2,366  NM  

Idle sites

   —      1,791     (1,791  (100.0)% 

Bad debt expense

   1,835    4,174     (2,339  (56.0)% 

Other

   57,989    58,938     (949  (1.6)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  $184,986   $202,675    $(17,689  (8.7)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

NM — Not meaningful

Restructuring and Impairment Charges

   Nine months ended
September 30,
        
   2013  2012   $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Employee severance

  $19,647   $4,858    $14,789    NM  

Other restructuring costs

   7,094    —       7,094    NM  

Impairment

   (3  198,876     (198,879  NM  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

Restructuring and impairment charges

  $26,738   $203,734    $(176,996  NM  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

NM — Not meaningful

Restructuring and impairment charges decreased significantly in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the prior-year same period. The drivers of the decrease were the significant nonrecurring impairments of goodwill and property, plant and equipment in the third quarter of 2012, partially offset by charges related to our ongoing restructuring plans during the first nine months of 2013.

Interest Expense

Interest expense in the first nine months of 2013 increased compared to the prior-year same period, primarily due to the write-off of deferred financing fees resulting from amending our revolving credit facility and the commitment amount being reduced from $350.0 million to $250.0 million, and reduced capitalization of interest costs resulting from an information systems tools project that did not recur in the current year. The components of interest expense are as follows:

   Nine months ended
September 30,
        
   2013  2012  $ Change   % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)     

Interest expense

  $19,763   $19,495   $268     1.4

Amortization of bank fees

   1,885    1,459    426     29.2

Interest capitalization

   (614  (1,388  774     (55.8)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

Interest expense

  $21,034   $19,566   $1,468     7.5
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $4.0 million, or 16.8% of pre-tax income. In the prior-year same period, we recorded income tax expense of $113.1 million, or (57.3)% of pre-tax income. The change in the effective tax rate was primarily due to the reserve for a significant portionsale of the Company’s deferred tax assets, which was recorded in the third quarter of 2012.

Results of Operations—Segment Information

Comparison of the nine months ended September 30, 2013our North American and 2012

Performance Materials

Pigments, PowdersAsian metal powders business and Oxides

   Nine months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales excluding precious metals

  $110,146   $124,429   $(14,283  (11.5)% 

Segment precious metal sales

   45,802    94,969    (49,167  (51.8)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment net sales

   155,948    219,398    (63,450  (28.9)% 

Segment gross profit

   25,882    28,363    (2,481  (8.7)% 

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales excluding precious metals

   23.5  22.8  

Sales in Pigments, Powders and Oxides decreased primarily due to the exit of solar pastes during the first quarter of 2013, which comprised approximately $19 million of the decrease in net sales excluding precious metals from the prior-year same period. The decreased sales from the exit of solar pastes were partially mitigated by tolling revenue of approximately $3 million during the period related to a supply agreement entered into with the buyer of our solar pastes assets. Net sales excluding precious metals were unfavorably impacted by product mix, including the shift away from solar pastes products, and unfavorable pricing impacts, which was only partially mitigated by higher volume. The decrease in precious metal sales was driven by the exit of solar pastes. Regionally, the United States drove the decrease in sales, due to the exit of solar pastes. Gross profit decreased from the prior-year same period primarily due to unfavorable mix, which was partially mitigated by favorable production costs and higher volume.

Performance Colors and Glass

   Nine months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales excluding precious metals

  $264,822   $256,931   $7,891    3.1

Segment precious metal sales

   33,811    37,875    (4,064  (10.7)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment net sales

   298,633    294,806    3,827    1.3

Segment gross profit

   87,203    77,220    9,983    12.9

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales excluding precious metals

   32.9  30.1  

Net sales excluding precious metals increased compared to the prior-year same period, primarily driven by sales of our glass products. Sales of our glass products increased over the prior-year same period by approximately $12 million, partially offset by decreased sales of our colors products of approximately $4 million. Net sales excluding precious metals were favorably impacted by pricing and product mix, partially offset by lower volume. Regionally, Latin America, Europe and the United States increased over the prior-year same period, and Asia Pacific was flat. Gross profit increased from the prior-year same period as a result of favorable pricing and production costs, partially offset by unfavorable volume and mix.

Performance Coatings

   Nine months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales

  $445,969   $447,065   $(1,096  (0.2)% 

Segment gross profit

   100,237    85,328    14,909    17.5

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   22.5  19.1  

Sales decreased in Performance Coatings primarily due to lower sales of our tile colors products of approximately $16 million, which was partially mitigated by increased sales of inks of approximately $11 million and other tile coating products and porcelain enamel products of approximately $3 million compared to the prior-year same period. Sales were unfavorably impacted by price, partially mitigated by higher volume and mix. Regionally, Latin America was the most significant decrease, approximately $12 million, due to reduced customer demand and the impact of selling our borate mine in Argentina that contributed to Performance Coatings sales in the prior-year same period. Sales in the United States also decreased approximately $1 million compared to the prior-year same period. The decreased sales were partially mitigated by increased sales in Europe, driven by increased sales of both tile and porcelain enamel products, and Asia-Pacific, driven by increased sales of porcelain enamel products. Gross profit increased from the prior-year same period primarily due to favorable raw material and production costs and higher volume, partially offset by unfavorable pricing impacts.

Performance Chemicals

Polymer Additives

   Nine months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales

  $229,266   $251,055   $(21,789  (8.7)% 

Segment gross profit

   20,616    26,871    (6,255  (23.3)% 

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   9.0  10.7  

Sales decreased in Polymer Additives primarily due to the continued decline in sales volume of certain plasticizer products that is being driven by changing environmental regulations. Regionally, this drove a decrease in United States sales of approximately $18 million and Europe sales of approximately $5 million, which were partially mitigated by increased sales in Latin America of approximately $2 million. Gross profit decreased from the prior-year same period as a result of the reduced sales volume, partially offset by favorable pricing impacts, primarily in Europe.

Specialty Plastics

   Nine months ended
September 30,
       
   2013  2012  $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Segment net sales

  $131,267   $132,512   $(1,245  (0.9)% 

Segment gross profit

   22,116    23,207    (1,091  (4.7)% 

Gross profit as a % of segment net sales

   16.8  17.5  

Sales decreased in Specialty Plastics primarily due to unfavorable product mix. Regionally, the United States drove the majority of the decrease, approximately $5 million, which was partially mitigated by increases in Europe and Latin America that totaled approximately $4 million. Gross profit decreased from the prior-year same period, primarily due to unfavorable production costs, unfavorable mix and unfavorable pricing impacts.

   Nine months ended
September 30,
        
   2013   2012   $ Change  % Change 
   (Dollars in thousands)    

Geographic Revenues

       

United States

  $506,439    $586,192    $(79,753  (13.6)% 

International

   754,644     758,644     (4,000  (0.5)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

Total

  $1,261,083    $1,344,836    $(83,753  (6.2)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

Net sales declined in the United States and international regions compared to the prior-year same period. In the first nine months of 2013, sales originating in the United States were 40% of total net sales, compared with 44% of net sales in the first nine months of 2012. Approximately $55 million of the decline in sales in the United States was driven by the exit of solar pastes, including sales of precious metals, and approximately $18 million was due to reduced demand for certain plasticizer products, which is being driven by changing environmental regulations. International sales decreased approximately $12 million, primarily due to reduced sales of our Performance Coatings products in Latin America, continued reduction in demand for certain plasticizer products in Europe totaling approximately $5 million, and the impact of the exit of solar pastes on Asia-Pacific, totaling approximately $9 million. The declines in international regions were partially mitigated by increased sales of our Performance Coatings and Specialty Plastics products in Europe, totaling approximately $12 million, container glass products sales in Latin America of approximately $6 million, and Performance Coatings products sales in Asia-Pacific of approximately $2 million.

Summary of Cash Flows for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2014 and 2013 and 2012

 

   Nine months ended
September 30,
    
   2013  2012  $ Change 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   3,003    19,536    (16,533

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

   12,878    (43,763  56,641  

Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities

   (9,664  26,072    (35,736

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   60    (19  79  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

  $6,277   $1,826   $4,451  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   Three months ended
March 31,
    
   2014  2013  $ Change 
   (Dollars in thousands) 

Net cash used for operating activities

  $(22,240 $(17,106 $(5,134

Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities

   (11,511  24,962    (36,473

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

   46,595    (4,187  50,782  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   (84  (348  264  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

  $12,760   $3,321   $9,439  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Details of net cash provided by operating activities were as follows:

 

  Nine months ended
September 30,
     Three months ended
March 31,
   
  2013 2012 $ Change   2014 2013 $ Change 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Cash flows from operating activities:

        

Net income (loss)

  $11,582   $(309,562 $321,144  

(Gain) loss on sale of assets and business

   (10,686 1,018   (11,704

Net income

  $16,732   $520   $16,212  

Loss gain on sale of assets and business

   104   (10,895 10,999  

Depreciation and amortization

   11,336   13,264   (1,928

Restructuring and impairment charges

   4,355   311,084   (306,729   (5,134 1,859   (6,993

Depreciation and amortization

   38,000   41,734   (3,734

Accounts receivable

   (23,079 (23,006 (73   (32,755 (13,946 (18,809

Inventories

   12,118   15,637   (3,519   (21,427 (6,095 (15,332

Accounts payable

   (5,864 (4,254 (1,610   36,590   8,233   28,357  

Other changes in current assets and liabilities, net

   (8,363 7,814   (16,177   (13,918 (13,579 (339

Other adjustments, net

   (15,060 (20,929 5,869     (13,768 3,533   (17,301
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $3,003   $19,536   $(16,533

Net cash used for operating activities

  $(22,240 $(17,106 $(5,134
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities.Cash flows from operating activities decreased by $16.5$5.1 million in the first ninethree months of 20132014, compared with the prior-year same period. The decrease in cash flowsThis was primarily the result of increased cash outflows related toincreases in our restructuring activities of $22.4 million during the first nine months of 2013. Reconcilingaccounts receivable and inventory balances, partially offset by increased net income to cash flows from operating activities included approximately $4.4 million of non-cash restructuring charges, depreciation and amortization, as well as the net financial statement impact of the sale of solar assets and Ferro Pfansteihl Laboratories, Inc. (“FPL”). Approximately $25.5 million in interest was paid during the current year compared to $25.3 million in the first ninethree months of 2012. Interest payments were primarily comprised of semiannual interest on our outstanding senior notes. Inventories increased from year end, but less than2014 compared with the increasesame period in the prior-year same period, which is primarilyprior year. Also driving the result of decreased sales compareddecrease in operating cash flows were higher payments for restructuring related activities and contributions to the prior-year, as well as stronger inventory management. The increase in accounts receivables from year end is consistent with that seenour U.S. pension plan made in the first nine months of 2012.current year.

Cash flows from investing activities.Cash flows from investing activities increased $56.6decreased $36.5 million in the first ninethree months of 20132014, compared with the prior-year same period. CashThe primary driver of the decline was cash received forin the first quarter of 2013 associated with the sale of our solar assets and FPL, totaling $27.7 million, comprised the majority of the increase.million. Capital expenditures decreasedalso increased $4.0 million, to $21.2$12.2 million in the first ninethree months of 20132014, from $46.2$8.2 million in the prior-year for the comparablesame period.

Cash flows from financing activities. Cash flows from financing activities decreased $35.7increased $50.8 million in the first ninethree months of 20132014, compared with the prior-year same period. InThe primary driver of the first nine monthsincrease in cash flows is higher net proceeds from our revolving credit facility of 2013, we increased borrowings under$42.3 million. Also driving the increase in cash flows were net payments of $10.0 million to pay down amounts owed on our domestic accounts receivable asset securitization program by $8 million and increased borrowings through our revolving credit facility by $16.9 million. The additional borrowings from the credit facility were used primarily to fund the extinguishment of our 6.50% convertible senior notes which matured during the third quarter. Inin the first nine monthsquarter of 2012, we borrowed $20.0 million through our domestic accounts receivable asset securitization program and $3.2 million through our revolving credit facility.2013, compared with no net payments in the current year.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

7.875% Senior Notes

TheIn 2010, we issued $250 million of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were issued in 2010 at par and bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15th15 and August 15th, and15 of each year. The Senior Notes mature on August 15, 2018.2018, and are unsecured. The principal amount outstanding was $250.0 million at September 30, 2013, and DecemberMarch 31, 2012. We may also redeem some or all of the Senior Notes prior to August 15,2014. At March 31, 2014, at a price equal to the principal amount plus a defined applicable premium. The applicable premium on any redemption date is the greater of 1% of the principal amount of the note or the excess of (1) the present value at such redemption date of the redemption price of the note at August 15, 2014, plus all required interest payments due on the note through August 15, 2014, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of the redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (2) the principal amount of the note. In addition, we may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes beginning August 15, 2014, at prices ranging from 100% to 103.938% of the principal amount.

The Senior Notes are unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with any other unsecured, unsubordinated obligations. The Senior Notes contain certain affirmative and negative covenants customary for high-yield debt securities, including, but not limited to, restrictions on our ability to incur additional debt, create liens, pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase our common stock and sell assets outside the ordinary course of business. At September 30, 2013, we were in compliance with the covenants under the Senior Notes’ indenture.

6.50% Convertible Senior Notes

The 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) were repaid at maturity on August 15, 2013. The principal amount outstanding at maturity was $35.1 million.

Revolving Credit Facility

In 2010, we entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with a group of lenders for a five-year, $350 million multi-currency senior revolving credit facility (the “2010 Credit Facility”). In 2012, we amended the 2010 Credit Facility (the “2012 Amended Credit Facility”) primarily to provide additional operating flexibility.

In March 2013, we again amended the 2010 Credit Facility (the “2013 Amended Credit Facility”) to provide additional operating flexibility. The primary effects of the 2013 Amended Credit Facility were to:

 

Decrease the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount from $350.0 million to $250.0 million;

 

Amend the calculation of EBITDA to provide for a restructuring expense add-back attributable to the Company’s restructuring programs of $30.0 million in 2013, $20.0 million in 2014 and $10.0 million in 2015, with no aggregate limit on restructuring expense;

 

Increase the maximum permitted leverage ratio such that for (i)to the first, second and third quarters of 2013, it shall increase from 3.50 to 4.25; (ii) the fourth quarter of 2013 and first quarter of 2014, it shall increase from 3.50 to 4.00; (iii) the second and third quarters of 2014, it shall increase from 3.50 to 3.75; and (iv) the fourth quarter of 2014 and thereafter, it will be 3.50; andlevels stated below.

 

Amend the requirements for Permitted Acquisitions such that for the Company to consummate a Permitted Acquisition the Company must have minimum liquidity of $100.0 million and the Company’s Secured Leverage Ratio must be less than 1.50.

The 2013 Amended Credit Facility matures on August 24, 2015, and is secured by substantially all of Ferro’s assets. After reductions for borrowings and outstanding letters of credit secured by these facilities, we had $225.0$189.7 million of additional borrowings available at September 30, 2013.March 31, 2014. The interest rate under the 2013 Amended Credit Facility is the sum of (A) either (1) LIBOR or (2) the higher of the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, the Prime Rate, or LIBOR plus 1.0% and (B) a variable margin based on the Company’s leverage. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, the interest rate was 3.4%.

Under the 2013 Amended Credit Facility, we are subject to a number of financial covenants, including limitations on the payment of common stock dividends. The covenants include requirements for a leverage ratio, an interest coverage ratio, and capital expenditures as follows:

The leverage ratio must be less than (i) 4.25 to 1.00 the first, second and third quarters of 2013 and (ii) 4.00 to 1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2013 and first quarter of 2014, (iii) 3.75 to 1.00 in the second and third quarters of 2014, and (iv) 3.50 to 1.00 thereafter. In the leverage ratio, the numerator is total debt, which consists of borrowings and certain letters of credit outstanding on the 2013 Amended Credit Facility and our international facilities, the principal amount outstanding on our senior notes, capitalized lease obligations, and amounts outstanding on our domestic and international receivables sales programs. The denominator is the sum of earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”), and adjusted for certain special charges over the last four fiscal quarters.

The interest coverage ratio must be not less than (i) 3.00 for the first quarter of 2013 and thereafter. In the interest coverage ratio, the numerator is EBITDA and the denominator is cash paid for interest expense and certain other financing expenses.

Capital expenditures are limited to (i) $65.0 million for the twelve months ended March 31, 2013, and (ii) $65.0 million for the 2013 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter. Certain unused capital expenditures from prior measurement periods are permitted to be carried forward to the following fiscal year.

Our ability to meet these covenants is primarily driven by our EBITDA; our total debt; our interest payments; and our capital expenditures. Our total debt is primarily driven by cash flow items, including net income before amortization, depreciation, and other noncash charges; our cash payments for restructuring; our capital expenditures; requirements for deposits from participants in our precious metals consignment program; our customers’ ability to make payments for purchases and the timing of such payments; and our ability to manage inventory and other working capital items. Our interest payments are driven by our debt level, external fees, and interest rates, primarily the Prime rate and LIBOR. Our capital expenditures are driven by our desire to invest in growth opportunities, to maintain existing property, plant and equipment, and to meet environmental, health and safety requirements. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with the covenants of the 2013 Amended Credit Facility.

Our ability to pay common stock dividends is limited by certain covenants in our 2013 Amended Credit Facility and the bond indenture governing the Senior Notes. The covenant in our 2013 Amended Credit Facility is the more limiting of the two covenants and limits our ability to make restricted payments, which include, but are not limited to, common stock dividends and the repurchase of equity interests. We are not permitted to make restricted payments in excess of $30 million in any calendar year. However, if we make less than $30 million of restricted payments in any calendar year, the unused amount can be carried over for restricted payments in future years, provided that the maximum amount of restricted payments in any calendar year does not exceed $60 million.

Domestic Receivable Sales Programs

We have an asset securitization program for Ferro’s U.S. trade accounts receivable. This program accelerates cash collections at favorable financing costs and helps us manage the Company’s liquidity requirements. We sell undivided variable percentage interests in our domestic receivables to various purchasers, and we may obtain up to $50.0 million in the form of cash or letters of credit. Advances received under this program are accounted for as borrowings secured by the receivables and included in net cash provided by financing activities. The purchasers have no recourse to Ferro’s other assets for failure of payment of the receivables as a result of the lack of creditworthiness, or financial inability to pay, of the related obligor. In the second quarter ofMay 2013, we extended the maturity of this credit facility through May 2014. At September 30, 2013, advances received of $48.0March 31, 2014, we had borrowed $41.0 million were secured by $77.6 million of accounts receivable, and based on available and qualifyingunder this facility. After reductions for non-qualifying receivables, $2.0we had $0.2 million of additional borrowings were available under the program. At Decemberprogram at March 31, 2012, we had borrowed $40.0 million under this facility.2014. During the third quarter of 2013, we amended the agreement.agreement to account for changes in the underlying funding source for the securitization process. The interest rate under the amended agreement is the sum of (A) either (1) LIBOR rates or (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the prime rate and (B) a fixed margin. At September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, the interest rate was 0.6%0.4%.

International Receivable Sales Programs

We have several international programs to sell with recourse trade accounts receivable to financial institutions. Advances received under these programs are accounted for as borrowings secured by the receivables and included in net cash provided by financing activities. At September 30, 2013, commitments supporting these programs totaled $18.9 million, advances received of $5.6 million were secured by $8.7 million of accounts receivable, and based on available and qualifying receivables, $0.2 million of additional borrowings were available under the programs. At December 31, 2012, we had borrowed $6.1 million under this facility. The interest rates under these programs are based on EURIBOR rates plus 1.75%. At September 30, 2013, the weighted-average interest rate was 1.9%.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

Consignment and Customer Arrangements for Precious Metals. InWe use precious metals, primarily silver, in the production of some of our products, we useproducts. We obtain most precious metals some of which we obtain from financial institutions under consignment agreements with terms of one year or less.(generally referred to as our precious metals consignment program). The financial institutions retain ownership of the precious metals and charge us fees based on the amounts we consign.consign and the period of consignment. These fees were $0.2 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. We had on hand precious metals owned by participants in our precious metals program of $89.5$30.1 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $112.2$30.8 million at December 31, 2012,2013, measured at fair value based on market prices for identical assets and net of credits.

The consignment agreements under our precious metals program involve short-term commitments that typically mature within 30 to 90 days of each transaction and are typically renewed on an ongoing basis. As a result, the Company relies on the continued willingness of financial institutions to participate in these arrangements to maintain this source of liquidity. On occasion, we have been required to deliver cash collateral. While no deposits were outstanding at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, or December 31, 2012,2013, we may be required to furnish cash collateral in the future based on the quantity and market value of the precious metals under consignment and the amount of collateral-free lines provided by the financial institutions. The amount of cash collateral required is subject to review by the financial institutions and can be changed at any time at their discretion, based in part on their assessment of our creditworthiness.

CashBank Guarantees and Cash EquivalentsStandby Letters of Credit. At March 31, 2014, the Company and its subsidiaries had bank guarantees and standby letters of credit issued by financial institutions that totaled $6.8 million. These agreements primarily relate to Ferro’s insurance programs, foreign energy purchase contracts and foreign tax payments.

Other Financing Arrangements

We maintain other lines of credit to provide global flexibility for Ferro’s short-term liquidity requirements. These facilities are uncommitted lines for our international operations and totaled $17.1 million. We had $13.5 million of additional borrowings available under these lines at March 31, 2014.

Liquidity Requirements

Our primary sources of liquidity are available cash and cash equivalents, available lines of credit under the revolving credit facility, and cash flows from operating activities. As of September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, we had $35.9$41.1 million of cash and cash equivalents. Substantially all of our cash and cash equivalents of which $35.6 million waswere held inby foreign countries.subsidiaries. Cash generated in the U.S. is generally used to pay down amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility. If needed, we could repatriate the majority of cash held by foreign cashsubsidiaries without the need to accrue and pay U.S. income taxes. We do not anticipate a liquidity need requiring such repatriation of these funds to the U.S.

Liquidity Requirements

Our liquidity requirements primarily include debt service, purchase commitments, labor costs, working capital requirements, restructuring expenditures, capital investments, precious metals cash collateral requirements, and postretirement obligations. We expect to meet these requirements in the long term through cash provided by operating activities and availability under existing credit facilities or other financing arrangements. Cash flows from operating activities are primarily driven by earnings before noncash charges and changes in working capital needs. In 2013, cash flows from investing and operating activities were used to fund our financing activities. We had additional borrowing capacity of $238.5$203.3 million at September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, and $361.5$246.0 million at December 31, 2012,2013, available under various credit facilities, primarily our revolving credit facility. We have taken a variety of actions to enhance liquidity and to ensure short-term covenant compliance, including ongoing restructuring activities, suspension of dividend payments on our common stock in 2009, and the sale of assets related to our solar pastes product line in 2013.

Our credit facilities and the indenture governing our senior notes contain a number of restrictive covenants, including those described in more detail in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements under Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.5. These covenants include customary operating restrictions that limit our ability to engage in certain activities, including additional loans and investments; prepayments, redemptions and repurchases of debt; and mergers, acquisitions and asset sales. We are also subject to customary financial covenants under our credit facilities, including a leverage ratio and an interest coverage ratio. These covenants under our credit facilities restrict the amount of our borrowings, reducing our flexibility to fund ongoing operations and strategic initiatives. These

The most critical of these ratios is the leverage ratio for the revolving credit facility. As of December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with our maximum leverage ratio covenant of 4.00x as our actual ratio was 2.57x, providing $43.8 million of EBITDA cushion on the leverage ratio, as defined within our credit facilities and our senior notes indenture. Our leverage ratio covenants decrease in 2013 to 3.50x. To the extent that economic conditions in key markets deteriorate or we are described in more detail in “Capital Resourcesunable to meet our business projections and Liquidity” under Item 7 and in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements under Item 8EBITDA falls below approximately $100 million for rolling four quarters, based on reasonably consistent debt levels with those as of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.2013, we could become unable to maintain compliance with our leverage ratio covenant. In such case, our lenders could demand immediate payment of outstanding amounts and we would need to seek alternate financing sources to pay off such debts and to fund our ongoing operations. Such financing may not be available on favorable terms, if at all.

We may from time to time seek to retire or repurchase our outstanding debt through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise.other means. Such repurchases, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions, and other factors. The amounts involved may be material.

Difficulties experienced in global capital markets could affect the ability or willingness of counterparties to perform under our various lines of credit, receivable sales programs, forward contracts, and precious metals program. These counterparties are major, reputable, multinational institutions, all having investment-grade credit ratings, except for one, which is not rated. Accordingly, we do not anticipate counterparty default. However, an interruption in access to external financing could adversely affect our business prospects and financial condition.

We assess on an ongoing basis our portfolio of businesses, as well as our financial and capital structure, to ensure that we have sufficient capital and liquidity to meet our strategic objectives. As part of this process, from time to time we evaluate the possible divestiture of businesses that are not critical to our core strategic objectives and, where appropriate, pursue the sale of such businesses. A reduced forecast forbusinesses and assets such as our solar pastescompleted sales and a diminished outlook for our future opportunities in the solar market led to our decision to sell assets related to our solar pastes product line in 2013. We also evaluate and pursue acquisition opportunities that we believe will enhance our strategic position. Generally, we publicly announce divestiture and acquisition transactions only when we have entered into definitive agreements relating to those transactions.

Critical Accounting Policies and Their Application

There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies described in “Critical Accounting Policies” within Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.2013.

Impact of Newly Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements under Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of accounting standards we recently adopted or will be required to adopt.

Risk Factors

Certain statements contained here and in future filings with the SEC reflect the Company’s expectations with respect to future performance and constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are subject to a variety of uncertainties, unknown risks and other factors concerning the Company’s operations and business environment, which are difficult to predict and are beyond the control of the Company. Factors that could adversely affect our future financial performance include those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.2013.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The primary objective of the following information is to provide forward-looking quantitative and qualitative information about our exposure to instruments that are sensitive to fluctuations in interest rates, and foreign currency exchange rates.rates, and costs of raw materials and energy.

Our exposure to interest rate risk arises from our debt portfolio. We manage this risk by controlling the mix of fixed-ratefixed versus variable-rate debt after considering the interest rate environment and expected future cash flows. Our objective is to limit variability in earnings, cash flows and overall borrowing costs caused by changes in interest rates, while preserving operating flexibility.

We operate internationally and enter into transactions denominated in foreign currencies. These transactions expose us to gains and losses arising from exchange rate movements between the dates foreign currencies are recorded and the dates they are settled. We manage this risk by entering into forward currency contracts that substantially offset these gains and losses.

The notional amounts, net carrying amounts of assets (liabilities), and fair values associated with our exposure to these market risks and sensitivity analysesanalysis about potential gains (losses) resulting from hypothetical changes in market rates are presented below:

 

  September 30,
2013
 December 31,
2012
   March 31,
2014
 December 31,
2013
 
  (Dollars in thousands)   (Dollars in thousands) 

Variable-rate debt and utilization of accounts receivable sales programs:

      

Change in annual interest expense from 1% change in interest rates

  $763   $543    $980   $516  

Fixed-rate debt:

      

Carrying amount

   255,421   289,148     253,623   253,617  

Fair value

   267,011   270,240     266,743   269,238  

Change in fair value from 1% increase in interest rates

   (10,324 (10,113   (9,505 (10,061

Change in fair value from 1% decrease in interest rates

   10,844   10,668     9,941   10,546  

Foreign currency forward contracts:

      

Notional amount

   231,342   250,680     274,826   244,921  

Carrying amount and fair value

   (2,467 (4,758   (726 (2,255

Change in fair value from 10% appreciation of U.S. dollar

   11,455   13,205     14,546   12,867  

Change in fair value from 10% depreciation of U.S. dollar

   (14,000 (16,140   (17,778 (15,727

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Ferro is committed to maintaining disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to its management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, Ferro has carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures. The evaluation examined those disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2013,March 31, 2014, the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2013.March 31, 2014.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the thirdfirst quarter of 2013,2014, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

On May 14, 2013, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) issued an updated version of its Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013 Framework). Originally issued in 1992 (1992 Framework), the framework helps organizations design, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of internal control concepts and simplify their use and application. The 1992 Framework remains available during the transition period, which extends to December 15, 2014, after which time COSO will consider it as superseded by the 2013 Framework. As of March 31, 2014, the Company continues to utilize the 1992 Framework during the transition to the 2013 Framework by the end of 2014.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

There are various lawsuits and claims pending against the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. We do not currently expect the ultimate liabilities, if any, and expenses related toresolution of such lawsuits and claimsmatters to materially affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.2013.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Our ability to pay common stock dividends is limited by certain covenants in our 2010 Credit Facility, as amended, and the bond indenture governing the Senior Notes. The covenant in our 2010 Credit Facility, as amended, is the more limiting of the two covenants and is described under the Revolving Credit Facility in Note 6 within Item 8 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.5.

The following table summarizes purchases of our common stock by the Company and affiliated purchasers during the three months ended September 30, 2013:March 31, 2014:

 

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased(1)
Average Price
Paid per Share
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
Maximum
Number of
Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs
(In thousands, except for per share amounts)

July 1, 2013 to July 31, 2013

—  $—  —  —  

August 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013

—  —  —  —  

September 1, 2013 to September 30, 2013

—  —  —  —  

Total

—  —  

   Total Number of
Shares
Purchased(1)
   Average Price
Paid per Share
   Total Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
   Maximum
Number of
Shares that May
Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
 
   (In thousands, except for per share amounts) 

January 1, 2014 to January 31, 2014

   —      $—       —       —    

February 1, 2014 to February 28, 2014

   17,906     13.09     —       —    

March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014

   —       —       —       —    
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total

   17,906       —      
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

(1) Consists of shares of common stock surrendered by employees to meet minimum tax withholding obligations under current and previous long-term incentive plans.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index are the exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

FERRO CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: OctoberApril 23, 20132014 
 /s/ Peter T. Thomas
 

 Peter T. Thomas
 

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: OctoberApril 23, 20132014 
 /s/ Jeffrey L. Rutherford
 

 Jeffrey L. Rutherford
 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are filed with this report or are incorporated here by reference to a prior filing in accordance with Rule 12b-32 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

Exhibit:

 

Exhibit:
  3  Articles of incorporation and by-laws:
  3.1  Eleventh Amended Articles of Incorporation of Ferro Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Ferro Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed March 5, 2008).
  3.2  Certificate of Amendment to the Eleventh Amended Articles of Incorporation of Ferro Corporation filed December 29, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Ferro Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed March 5, 2008).
  3.3  Certificate of Amendment to the Eleventh Amended Articles of Incorporation of Ferro Corporation filed on June 23, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Ferro Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed March 5, 2008).
  3.4  Certificate of Amendment to the Eleventh Amended Articles of Incorporation of Ferro Corporation filed on October 14, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Ferro Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 17, 2011).
  3.5  Ferro Corporation Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Ferro Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.)
  4  Instruments defining rights of security holders, including indentures:
  4.1  Senior Indenture, dated as of March 5, 2008, by and between Ferro Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Ferro Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed March 5, 2008).
  4.2  First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 19, 2008, by and between Ferro Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association (with Form of 6.50% Convertible Senior Note due 2013) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Ferro Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 19, 2008).
  4.3  Form of Indenture, by and between Ferro Corporation and Wilmington Trust FSB (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Ferro Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR, filed July 27, 2010).
  4.4  First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 24, 2010, by and between Ferro Corporation and Wilmington Trust FSB (with Form of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2018) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Ferro Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 24, 2010).
  The Company agrees, upon request, to furnish to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any instrument authorizing long-term debt that does not authorize debt in excess of 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
10  Material Contracts:
10.1  Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 20, 2013,February 21, 2014, by and among PNC Bank, National Association, Ferro Finance Corporation, Front Four Master Fund, Ltd. and Market Street Funding LLC.certain of its affiliates and Quinpario Partners, LLC and certain of its affiliates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Ferro Corporation’s current report on From 8-K, filed February 24, 2014).
31  Certifications:
31.1  Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
31.2  Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
32.1  Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350.
32.2  Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350.

Exhibit:

Exhibit:
101  XBRL Documents:
101.INS  XBRL Instance Document**
101.SCH  XBRL Schema Document**
101.CAL  XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document**
101.LAB  XBRL Labels Linkbase Document**
101.PRE  XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document**
101.DEF  XBRL Definition Linkbase Document**

 

*Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement in which one or more Directors and/or executives of Ferro Corporation may be participants.
**In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be part of any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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