UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015

or

For the transition period from            to            

Commission file number 0-5286

KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 873-7202

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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

As of December 8, 2014,March 9, 2015, the registrant had outstanding 2,626,8482,628,838 shares of Common Stock.

KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED OCTOBERJANUARY 31, 20142015

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Part 1. Financial Information

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

A.Financial Information

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).Commission. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted, although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

These interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of these financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report to Stockholders. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full year. The consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2014 included in this interim period filing has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and related notes required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for complete financial statements.

The preparation of the interim consolidated financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

B.Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the three and sixnine month periods. Diluted earnings per share reflects the assumed exercise and conversion of outstanding options under the Company’s stock option plans, except when options have an anti-dilutive effect. Options to purchase 70,800 shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and sixnine month periods ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, because the option exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares at that date, and accordingly, such options would have an antidilutive effect. Options to purchase 48,05036,600 shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three and sixnine month periods ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2013,2014, because the effect would be anti-dilutive.

C.Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

For interim reporting, LIFO inventories are computed based on year-to-date quantities and interim changes in price levels. Changes in quantities and price levels are reflected in the interim consolidated financial statements in the period in which they occur.

D.Segment Information

The following table provides financial information by business segments for the three and sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 and 20132014 (in thousands):

E.Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The Company has non-contributory defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all salaried and hourly employees.plans. These plans were amended as of April 30, 2005, no further benefits have been, or will be, earned under the plans, subsequent to the amendment date, and no additional participants will be added to the plans. The Company did not make any contributionsContributions of $775,000 were paid to the plans during the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014. The2015, and the Company expectsdoes not expect any contributions to make contributions of $775,000be paid to the plans in December 2014 forduring the remainder of the fiscal year 2015.year. Contributions of $300,000 were made during the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2013.2014.

Pension expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The Company’s 2014 Annual Report to Stockholders contains management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations as of and for the year ended April 30, 2014. The following discussion and analysis describes material changes in the Company’s financial condition since April 30, 2014. The analysis of results of operations compares the three and sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 with the comparable periods of the prior year.

Results of Operations

Sales for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 were $30,258,000,$27,754,000, an increase of 16%7% from sales of $26,098,000$26,013,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. Sales from Domestic Operations were $23,629,000, up$20,025,000, down from $22,061,000$21,544,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. The increasedecrease in Domestic Operations sales resulted from the challenging domestic sales reflects increased demandlaboratory construction marketplace, particularly for the Company’s products in certain geographic areas of the country.educational laboratory construction projects. Sales from International Operations were $6,629,000,$7,729,000, up from $4,037,000$4,469,000 in the comparable period of the prior year, as the Company continues to realize new sales opportunitiesbenefited from shipments of several large international orders received in the international marketplace.earlier periods.

Sales for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 were $60,792,000,$88,546,000, up 5% from sales of $58,101,000$84,114,000 in the same period last year. Domestic Operations sales for the six-monthnine-month period were $47,877,000,$67,902,000, down from sales of $49,134,000$70,678,000 in the same period last year.year, due to the challenging laboratory construction marketplace. International Operations sales were $12,915,000,$20,644,000, up 44%54% from sales of $8,967,000$13,436,000 in the same period last year. The increase in International Operations sales resulted from the Company continuing to realize new sales opportunitiesyear, as several large orders taken in the international marketplace.prior year were shipped in the current year period.

The order backlog was $78.0 million at January 31, 2015, as compared to $84.5 million at October 31, 2014 as compared to $82.7and $69.8 million at JulyJanuary 31, 2014 and $69.5 million at October 31, 2013.2014.

The gross profit margin for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 was 19.2%16.1% of sales, as compared to 18.7%18.1% of sales in the comparable quarter of the prior year. The increasedecrease in the margin was the result of cost reduction activities, partially offset byhighly-competitive pricing in the domestic marketplace and an unfavorable impact of a change in product mix for international sales.mix. The gross profit margin for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 was 19.7%18.6% of sales, unchanged fromas compared to 19.2% in the comparable period of the prior year.

Operating expenses for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 were $3,950,000,$3,872,000, or 13.1%14.0% of sales, as compared to $3,759,000,$3,773,000, or 14.4%14.5% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. Operating expenses for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 reflect an increase of $118,000$47,000 in sales and marketing expenses, an increase of $235,000 for the Company’s International Operations, and an increase of $180,000$95,000 in incentive compensation,salaries and benefits, partially offset by decreasesa $54,000 reduction in defined benefit pension expense, of $60,000a $275,000 reduction in incentive compensation and an $8,000 reduction in bad debt expense of $64,000.expense. Operating expenses for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 were $8,298,000,$12,170,000, or 13.6%13.7% of sales, as compared to $7,903,000,$11,676,000, or 13.6%13.9% of sales in the comparable period of the prior year. Operating expenses for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 reflect an increase of $466,000$243,000 in sales and marketing expenses, an increase of $213,000$453,000 in operating expenses for the Company’s International Operations, and an increase of $61,000$191,000 in incentive compensation,salaries and benefits, partially offset by a decrease in corporate and administrative salaries of $198,000, a $107,000$161,000 reduction in defined benefit pension expense, a $214,000 reduction in incentive compensation and a $67,000$75,000 reduction in bad debt expense.

Interest expense was $102,000$91,000 and $183,000$274,000 for the three and sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, respectively, as compared to $72,000$116,000 and $160,000$276,000 for the comparable periods of the prior year. The increasesdecreases for the current year periods resulted primarily from higherlower borrowing levels.

Income tax expense of $667,000$109,000 was recorded for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, as compared to income tax expense of $406,000$292,000 recorded for the comparable period of the prior year. Income tax expense of $1,252,000$1,361,000 was recorded for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, as compared to income tax expense of $1,213,000$1,505,000 recorded for the comparable period of the prior year. The effective tax rate was 35.2%rates were 17.4% and 31.8% for each of the three-month periods ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2015 and 2014, and 2013.respectively. The effective tax rates were 33.5%31.2% and 33.9%33.5% for the nine months ended January 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The effective tax rate for the current three month period was lower than the comparable period of the prior year primarily due to the impact of the reinstatement of the federal research and development (R&D) tax credit in January 2015 retroactive to 2014. The cumulative impact of these credits for the first six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The differences betweenof the fiscal year was considered in the third quarter effective rate calculation. Additionally, the effective tax rates in eachall of thesethe reported periods resulted primarily fromwere impacted by the varying ratios of pretax earnings attributable to subsidiaries located in geographic locations with lower income tax rates. Also, the effective tax rates in each of the periods of the current year and prior year were reduced from statutory tax rates by the favorable impact of state and federal tax credits.

Noncontrolling interests related to the Company’s subsidiary that is not 100% owned by the Company reduced net earnings by $26,000$34,000 for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, as compared to $21,000 for the comparable period of the prior year. Net earnings were reduced by $52,000$86,000 and $51,000$72,000 for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 and 2013,2014, respectively. The changes in the amounts between each of these periods were directly attributable to changes in the amounts of net income reported for the Company’s one subsidiary that is not 100% owned by the Company.

Net earnings of $1,202,000,$484,000, or $0.45$0.18 per diluted share, were reported for the three months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, compared to net earnings of $725,000,$604,000, or $0.28$0.22 per diluted share, in the prior year period. Net earnings of $2,436,000,$2,920,000, or $0.92$1.10 per diluted share, were reported for the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, compared to net earnings of $2,312,000,$2,916,000, or $0.89$1.11 per diluted share, for the same period last year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically, the Company’s principal sources of liquidity have been funds generated from operations, supplemented as needed by short-term borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility. Additionally, certain machinery and equipment are financed by non-cancellable operating leases or capital leases. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to support ongoing business requirements in the current fiscal year, including capital expenditures.

The Company had working capital of $27,887,000$27,352,000 at OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, compared to $27,190,000 at April 30, 2014. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 2.6-to-1.02.5-to-1.0 at OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, compared to 2.7-to-1.0 at April 30, 2014. At OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, advances of $699,000$272,000 were outstanding under the Company’s bank revolving credit facility, as compared to advances of $2,900,000 outstanding as of April 30, 2014. The Company had standby letters of credit outstanding of $4,210,000 at OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, compared to $4,305,000 at April 30, 2014. Amounts available under the $20 million revolving credit facility were $15.1$15.5 million and $12.8 million at OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 and April 30, 2014, respectively. Total bank borrowings were $5,102,000$5,333,000 at OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, as compared to $7,763,000 at April 30, 2014.

The Company’s operations provided cash of $6,762,000$6,339,000 during the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014.2015. Cash was primarily provided from earnings and an increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses of $3,931,000,$4,022,000, which was partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $605,000,$1,623,000, and an increase in inventories of $261,000.$492,000. The large increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses was primarily attributable to the start-up of a large international project.project during the current year. The Company’s operations provided cash of $6,196,000$7,232,000 during the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2013,2014, with cash primarily provided from earnings and a decrease in accounts receivable of $5,363,000,$3,805,000, partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $2,198,000.$2,127,000.

During the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, net cash of $4,127,000$4,291,000 was used in investing activities for capital expenditures of $1,626,000$2,135,000 and an increase in restricted cash of $2,501,000.$2,156,000. The increase in restricted cash resulted from the Company’s pledge of cash to support bank guarantees required for the start-up of a large international project. This compares to the net use of cash of $1,100,000$1,600,000 for investing activities in the comparable period of the prior year for capital expenditures of $1,188,000,$1,614,000, offset by a decrease in restricted cash of $88,000.$14,000.

The Company’s financing activities used cash of $3,916,000$4,242,000 during the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 for the payment of $888,000 for the second installment toward the purchase of the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary, $2,209,000$2,114,000 for repayment of short-term borrowings, cash dividends of $603,000$919,000 paid to stockholders, cash dividends of $38,000 paid to minority interest holders, and payments of $210,000$316,000 on long-term debt. The Company’s financing activities used cash of $5,227,000$4,169,000 during the sixnine months ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20132014 for payment of $1,780,000 toward the purchase of the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary, repayment of short-term borrowings of $4,278,000,$2,828,000, cash dividends of $547,000$834,000 paid to stockholders, and cash dividends of $38,000 paid to minority interest holders. This was partially offset by a net increase in long-term debt of $1,357,000$1,252,000 in conjunction with the replacement of the Company’s long-term loans with a new lender.

Outlook

The Company’s ability to predict future demand for its products continues to be limited given its role as subcontractor or supplier to dealers for subcontractors. Demand for the Company’s products is also dependent upon the number of laboratory construction projects planned and/or current progress in projects already under construction. The Company’s earnings are also impacted by fluctuations in prevailing pricing for projects in the laboratory construction marketplace and increased costs of raw materials, including stainless steel, wood, and epoxy resin, and whether the Company is able to increase product prices to customers in amounts that correspond to such increases without materially and adversely affecting sales. Additionally, since prices are normally quoted on a firm basis in the industry, the Company bears the burden of possible increases in labor and material costs between the quotation of an order and delivery of a product. The Company is also unable to predict the strength of the global economic recovery and its short-term and long-term impact on the Company’s operations and the markets in which it competes. Looking forward, the Company expects the second half of fiscal year 2015 to be profitablesales and earnings for the Company.fourth quarter to improve over the third quarter of the current fiscal year.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This report contains statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report, including statements regarding the Company’s future financial condition, results of operations, business operations and business prospects, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “predict,” “believe” and similar words, expressions and variations of these words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to important factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including industry and economic conditions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, competitive and general economic conditions, both domestically and internationally; changes in customer demands; dependence on customers’ required delivery schedules; risks related to fluctuations in the Company’s operating results from quarter to quarter; risks related to international operations, including foreign currency

fluctuations; changes in the legal and regulatory environment; changes in raw materials and commodity costs; and acts of terrorism, war, governmental action, natural disasters and other Force Majeure events. Many important factors that could cause such a difference are described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Item 1A in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. The Company assumes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

A review of the interim consolidated financial information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for each of the three and sixnine month periods ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 and OctoberJanuary 31, 20132014 has been performed by Cherry Bekaert LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Their report on the interim consolidated financial information follows.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Kewaunee Scientific Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, the related consolidated statements of operations, and comprehensive income for the three-month and six-monthnine-month periods ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 and 2013,2014, the related consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity for the six-monthnine-month period ended OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, and the related consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-monthnine-month periods ended OctoberJanuary 31, 20142015 and 2013.2014. These interim consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the interim consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income and stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein) and in our report dated July 17, 2014, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2014 is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated financial statement from which it has been derived.

December 12, 2014March 13, 2015

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There are no material changes to the disclosures made on this matter in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014.

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of OctoberJanuary 31, 2014.2015. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that, as of OctoberJanuary 31, 2014,2015, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective and designed to ensure that all material information required to be filed in this quarterly report is made known to them by others within the Company and its subsidiaries.

(b) Changes in internal controls

There was no significant change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

SIGNATURE

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

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