UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended January 31, 2018

2019

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 number0-5286

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KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware 38-0715562

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2700 West Front Street

Statesville, North Carolina

 28677-2927
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

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

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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  ☒    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 RegulationS-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  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer   Accelerated filer 
Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company 
   Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

As of March 5, 2018,11, 2019, the registrant had outstanding 2,724,9322,746,598 shares of Common Stock.




KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 31, 2018

2019
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Item 1A.

Risk Factors

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Part 1. Financial Information

Item 1.Financial Statements


Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

($ and shares in thousands, except per share data)

   Three months ended
January 31
  Nine months ended
January 31
 
   2018  2017  2018  2017 

Net sales

  $38,190  $30,371  $113,542  $103,979 

Costs of products sold

   29,836   25,339   90,456   84,704 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross profit

   8,354   5,032   23,086   19,275 

Operating expenses

   5,971   4,590   16,360   14,484 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating earnings

   2,383   442   6,726   4,791 

Other income

   179   120   524   358 

Interest expense

   (78  (71  (226  (229
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

   2,484   491   7,024   4,920 

Income tax expense

   1,566   133   3,149   1,695 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net earnings

   918   358   3,875   3,225 

Less: net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest

   35   17   120   98 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

  $883  $341  $3,755  $3,127 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net earnings per share attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation stockholders

     

Basic

  $0.32  $0.13  $1.38  $1.16 

Diluted

  $0.31  $0.13  $1.35  $1.15 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

     

Basic

   2,722   2,711   2,717   2,703 

Diluted

   2,784   2,734   2,772   2,724 

amounts)

 Three Months Ended
January 31,
 Nine Months Ended
January 31,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Net sales$32,372
 $38,190
 $111,802
 $113,542
Costs of products sold27,142
 29,791
 91,325
 90,411
Gross profit5,230
 8,399
 20,477
 23,131
Operating expenses5,305
 5,971
 17,031
 16,360
Operating earnings (loss)(75) 2,428
 3,446
 6,771
Other income186
 179
 500
 524
Interest expense, net(76) (78) (258) (226)
Earnings before income taxes35
 2,529
 3,688
 7,069
Income tax expense20
 1,581
 803
 3,164
Net earnings15
 948
 2,885
 3,905
Less: net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest37
 35
 86
 120
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$(22) $913
 $2,799
 $3,785
Net earnings (loss) per share attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation stockholders       
Basic$(0.01) $0.33
 $1.02
 $1.39
Diluted$(0.01) $0.32
 $1.00
 $1.36
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding       
Basic2,744
 2,722
 2,741
 2,717
Diluted2,794
 2,784
 2,799
 2,772
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

   Three months ended
January 31
  Nine months ended
January 31
 
   2018   2017  2018   2017 

Net earnings

  $918   $358  $3,875   $3,225 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

       

Foreign currency translation adjustments

   203    (63  49    (232

Change in fair value of cash flow hedge

   12    35   30    53 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

   215    (28  79    (179
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income, net of tax

   1,133    330   3,954    3,046 

Less: comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest

   35    17   120    98 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

  $1,098   $313  $3,834   $2,948 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Three Months Ended
January 31,
 Nine Months Ended
January 31,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Net earnings$15
 $948
 $2,885
 $3,905
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:       
Foreign currency translation adjustments496
 203
 (617) 49
Change in fair value of cash flow hedge(1) 12
 4
 30
Other comprehensive income (loss)495
 215
 (613) 79
Comprehensive income, net of tax510
 1,163
 2,272
 3,984
Less: comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest37
 35
 86
 120
Comprehensive income attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$473
 $1,128
 $2,186
 $3,864
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

   Common
Stock
   Additional
Paid-in
Capital
  Treasury
Stock
  Retained
Earnings
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 

Balance at April 30, 2017

  $6,789   $2,695  $(53 $39,771  $(6,319 $42,883 

Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

   —      —     —     3,755   —     3,755 

Other comprehensive income

   —      —     —     —     79   79 

Cash dividends paid, $0.49 per share

   —      —     —     (1,331  —     (1,331

Stock options exercised, 22,600 shares

   28    (20  —     —     —     8 

Stock based compensation

   4    272   —     —     —     276 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at January 31, 2018

  $6,821   $2,947  $(53 $42,195  $(6,240 $45,670 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance at April 30, 2018$6,841
 $3,006
 $(53) $43,836
 $(5,900) $47,730
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
 
 
 1,407
 
 1,407
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (384) (384)
Cash dividends paid, $0.17 per share
 
 
 (465) 
 (465)
Stock options exercised, 9,250 shares13
 (13) 
 
 
 
Stock based compensation7
 99
 
 
 
 106
Cumulative adjustment for ASC 606, net of tax
 
 
 217
 
 217
Balance at July 31, 2018$6,861
 $3,092
 $(53) $44,995
 $(6,284) $48,611
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
 
 
 1,414
 
 1,414
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (724) (724)
Cash dividends paid, $0.19 per share
 
 
 (521) 
 (521)
Stock options exercised, 5,800 shares8
 (8) 
 
 
 
Stock based compensation
 140
 
 
 
 140
Balance at October 31, 2018$6,869
 $3,224
 $(53) $45,888
 $(7,008) $48,920
Net loss attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
 
 
 (22) 
 (22)
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 495
 495
Cash dividends paid, $0.19 per share
 
 
 (521) 
 (521)
Stock based compensation
 118
 
 
 
 118
Balance at January 31, 2019$6,869
 $3,342
 $(53) $45,345
 $(6,513) $48,990


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




















Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
 
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance at April 30, 2017$6,789
 $2,695
 $(53) $40,349
 $(6,319) $43,461
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
 
 
 1,148
 
 1,148
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 83
 83
Cash dividends paid, $0.15 per share
 
 
 (406) 
 (406)
Stock options exercised, 500 shares1
 8
 
 
 
 9
Stock based compensation
 52
 
 
 
 52
Balance at July 31, 2017$6,790
 $2,755
 $(53) $41,091
 $(6,236) $44,347
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
 
 
 1,724
 
 1,724
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (219) (219)
Cash dividends paid, $0.17 per share
 
 
 (462) 
 (462)
Stock options exercised, 15,241 shares15
 (16) 
 
 
 (1)
Stock based compensation4
 122
 
 
 
 126
Balance at October 31, 2017$6,809
 $2,861
 $(53) $42,353
 $(6,455) $45,515
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
 
 
 913
 
 913
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 215
 215
Cash dividends paid, $0.17 per share
 
 
 (463) 
 (463)
Stock options exercised, 6,859 shares12
 (12) 
 
 
 
Stock based compensation
 98
 
 
 
 98
Balance at January 31, 2018$6,821
 $2,947
 $(53) $42,803
 $(6,240) $46,278

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

($ and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

   January 31,
2018
  April 30,
2017
 
   (Unaudited)    

Assets

   

Current Assets:

   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $9,178  $12,506 

Restricted cash

   1,493   1,435 

Receivables, less allowance; $224; $191, on each respective date

   30,843   29,889 

Inventories

   17,680   14,935 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

   3,083   1,047 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Current Assets

   62,277   59,812 

Property, plant and equipment, at cost

   53,418   51,568 

Accumulated depreciation

   (39,588  (37,541
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Property, Plant and Equipment

   13,830   14,027 

Deferred income taxes

   2,519   3,158 

Other

   4,068   3,919 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Other Assets

   6,587   7,077 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $82,694  $80,916 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

   

Current Liabilities:

   

Short-term borrowings and interest rate swaps

  $4,778  $3,591 

Current portion of long-term debt

   1,167   918 

Accounts payable

   12,631   11,995 

Employee compensation and amounts withheld

   2,848   2,765 

Deferred revenue

   1,959   5,806 

Other accrued expenses

   2,667   1,852 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

   26,050   26,927 

Long-term debt

   1,556   2,431 

Accrued pension and deferred compensation costs

   8,509   8,301 

OtherNon-Current Liabilities

   486   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   36,601   37,659 

Commitments and Contingencies

   

Stockholders’ Equity:

   

Common Stock, $2.50 par value, Authorized – 5,000 shares; Issued – 2,728 shares; 2,715 shares; – Outstanding – 2,725 shares; 2,712 shares, on each respective date

   6,821   6,789 

Additionalpaid-in-capital

   2,947   2,695 

Retained earnings

   42,195   39,771 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   (6,240  (6,319

Common stock in treasury, at cost, 3 shares, on each date

   (53  (53
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Kewaunee Scientific Corporation Stockholders’ Equity

   45,670   42,883 

Noncontrolling interest

   423   374 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Equity

   46,093   43,257 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

  $82,694  $80,916 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 January 31,
2019
 April 30,
2018
 (Unaudited)  
Assets   
Current Assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$10,771
 $9,716
Restricted cash606
 1,242
Receivables, less allowance; $361; $384, on each respective date27,929
 32,660
Inventories16,672
 18,549
Prepaid expenses and other current assets3,778
 2,224
Total Current Assets59,756
 64,391
Property, plant and equipment, at cost56,791
 54,648
Accumulated depreciation(41,589) (39,987)
Net Property, Plant and Equipment15,202
 14,661
Deferred income taxes1,676
 1,869
Other assets2,928
 4,162
Total Other Assets4,604
 6,031
Total Assets$79,562
 $85,083
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   
Current Liabilities:   
Short-term borrowings and interest rate swaps$5,118
 $3,885
Current portion of long-term debt and lease obligations1,184
 1,167
Accounts payable11,106
 14,754
Employee compensation and amounts withheld1,954
 3,810
Deferred revenue1,450
 1,884
Other accrued expenses2,894
 2,116
Total Current Liabilities23,706
 27,616
Long-term debt and lease obligations526
 1,264
Accrued pension and deferred compensation costs5,480
 7,465
Income taxes payable339
 546
Total Liabilities30,051
 36,891
Commitments and Contingencies
 
Stockholders’ Equity:   
Common stock, $2.50 par value, Authorized – 5,000 shares; Issued – 2,747 shares; 2,736 shares; – Outstanding – 2,744 shares; 2,733 shares, on each respective date6,869
 6,841
Additional paid-in-capital3,342
 3,006
Retained earnings45,345
 43,836
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(6,513) (5,900)
Common stock in treasury, at cost, 3 shares, on each date(53) (53)
Total Kewaunee Scientific Corporation Stockholders’ Equity48,990
 47,730
Noncontrolling interest521
 462
Total Stockholders’ Equity49,511
 48,192
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity$79,562
 $85,083
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

   Nine months ended
January 31
 
   2018  2017 

Cash flows from operating activities:

   

Net earnings

  $3,875  $3,225 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

   

Depreciation

   2,104   1,960 

Bad debt provision

   71   (42

Stock based compensation expense

   276   150 

Expense (benefit) for deferred income taxes

   639   (12

Change in assets and liabilities:

   

Increase (decrease) in receivables

   (1,025  2,090 

Increase in inventories

   (2,745  (105

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other accrued expenses

   2,020   (1,189

Decrease in deferred revenue

   (3,847  (237

Other, net

   (2,013  11 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

   (645  5,851 

Cash flows from investing activities:

   

Capital expenditures

   (1,907  (2,190

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash

   (58  129 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (1,965  (2,061

Cash flows from financing activities:

   

Dividends paid

   (1,331  (1,163

Dividends paid to holders of noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries

   (74  —   

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

   44,639   39,804 

Repayments on short-term borrowings

   (43,452  (38,943

Payments on long-term debt

   (626  (316

Net proceeds from exercise of stock options

   8   141 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (836  (477

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   118   (281
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   (3,328  3,032 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

   12,506   5,222 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $9,178  $8,254 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 Nine Months Ended
January 31,
 2019 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net earnings$2,885
 $3,905
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   
Depreciation1,908
 2,104
Bad debt provision57
 71
Stock based compensation expense393
 276
Provision for deferred income taxes355
 639
Change in assets and liabilities:   
Decrease (increase) in receivables4,674
 (1,025)
Decrease (increase) in inventories990
 (2,790)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses(4,879) 2,035
Decrease in deferred revenue(434) (3,847)
Other, net(1,415) (2,013)
Net cash provided by (used in) by operating activities4,534
 (645)
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Capital expenditures(2,290) (1,907)
Net cash used in investing activities(2,290) (1,907)
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Dividends paid(1,507) (1,331)
Dividends paid to holders of noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries(51) (74)
Proceeds from short-term borrowings46,103
 44,639
Repayments on short-term borrowings(44,870) (43,452)
Payments on long-term debt and lease obligations(880) (626)
Net proceeds from exercise of stock options(29) 8
Net cash used in financing activities(1,234) (836)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(591) 118
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash419
 (3,270)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period10,958
 13,941
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period$11,377
 $10,671
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

A.Financial Information

The unaudited interim condensed 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”). 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 condensed 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 20172018 Annual Report to Stockholders.on Form 10-K. 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 condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 20172018 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 condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Change in Accounting Principle and Second Quarter Financial Statements

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company changed its method of accounting for its Domestic segment’s inventory from the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method to the first-in, first out (FIFO) method.  The Company’s prior year condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2018 and statements of stockholders’ equity for the three- and six-month periods ended October 30, 2018 presented in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 were not adjusted for the retrospective application of the change in method of accounting to FIFO. Note E in the second quarter financial statements did include a presentation of the adjusted condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2018, including the adjustments made for the accounting change. The prior year consolidated balance sheet and statement of stockholders’ equity have been corrected in the current presentation for the third quarter of fiscal 2019. All prior periods presented herein have been retrospectively adjusted to apply the new method of accounting. See Note E for more information on the change in inventory accounting method.
B.Revenue Recognition

Product sales

The Company recognizes revenue when control of a good or service promised in a contract (i.e., performance obligation) is transferred to a customer. Control is obtained when a customer has the ability to direct the use of and installation revenue are recognized whenobtain substantially all of the following criteriaremaining benefits from that good or service. The majority of the Company’s revenues are recognized over time as the customer receives control as the Company performs work under a contract. However, a portion of the Company’s revenues are recognized at a point-in-time as control is transferred at a distinct point in time per the terms of a contract.
Performance Obligations
A performance obligation is a distinct good or service or bundle of goods and services that is distinct or a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same and have been met: (1) products have been shipped,the same pattern of transfer. The Company identifies performance obligations at the inception of a contract and allocates the transaction price to individual performance obligations to reasonably reflect the Company’s performance in transferring control of the promised goods or customers have purchased and accepted titleservices to the goods, but because of construction delays, have requested that the Company temporarily store the finished goods on the customer’s behalf; service revenue for installation of products sold is recognized as the installation services are performed, (2) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (3) the price to the customer is fixed, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.customer. The Company utilizes eitherhas elected to treat shipping and handling as a fulfillment activity instead of a separate performance obligation.
The following are the percentageprimary performance obligations identified by the Company:
Laboratory Furniture
The Company principally generates revenue from the manufacture of completioncustom laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture and infrastructure products (herein referred to as “laboratory furniture”). The Company’s products include steel, wood, and laminate furniture, fume hoods, biological safety cabinets, laminar flow and ductless hoods, adaptable modular and column systems, moveable workstations and carts, epoxy resin worksurfaces, sinks, and accessories and related design services. Customers can benefit from each piece of laboratory furniture on its own or completed contract method based on factswith resources readily available in the market place such as separately purchased installation services. Each piece of laboratory furniture does not significantly modify or customize other


laboratory furniture, and circumstancesthe pieces of individual contracts.

Deferred revenue consistslaboratory furniture are not highly interdependent or interrelated with each other. The Company can, and frequently does, break portions of customer depositscontracts into separate “runs” to meet manufacturing and advance billingsconstruction schedules. As such, each piece of laboratory furniture is considered a separate and distinct performance obligation. The majority of the Company’s products whereare customized to meet the specific architectural design and performance requirements of laboratory planners and end users. The finished laboratory furniture has no alternative use to the Company and the Company has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. As such, revenue from the sales haveof customized laboratory furniture is recognized over time once the customization process has begun, using the units-of-production output method to measure progress towards completion. There is not yet been recognized. Shippinga material amount of work-in-process for which the customization process has begun at the end of a reporting period. The Company believes this output method most reasonably reflects the Company’s performance because it directly measures the value of the goods transferred to the customer. For standardized products sold by the Company, revenue is recognized when control transfers, which is typically freight on board (“FOB”) shipping point.

Warranties
All orders contain a standard warranty that warrants that the product is free from defects in workmanship and handling costs are included in costsmaterials under normal use and conditions for a limited period of product sales. Because oftime. Due to the nature and quality of the Company’s products, any warranty issues arehave historically been determined in a relatively short period after the sale, and arehave been infrequent in nature, and have been immaterial to the Company’s financial position and results of operations. The Company’s standard warranties are not considered a separate and distinct performance obligation as the Company does not provide a service to customers beyond assurance that the covered product is free of initial defects. Costs of providing these short term assurance warranties are immaterial and, accordingly, are expensed as incurred. Extended separately priced warranties are available which can last up to five years. Extended warranties are considered separate performance obligations as they are individually priced options providing assurances that the products are free of defects.
Installation Services
The Company sometimes performs installation services for customers. The scope of installation services primarily relates to setting up and ensuring the proper functioning of the laboratory furniture. In certain markets, the Company may provide a broader range of installation services involving the design and installation of the laboratory’s mechanical services. Installation services can be, and often are, performed by third parties and thus may be distinct from the Company’s products. Installation services create or enhance assets that the customer controls as the installation services are provided.As such, revenue from installation services is recognized over time, as the installation services are performed using the cost input method, as there is a direct relationship between the Company’s inputs and the transfer of control by means of the performance of installation services to the customer.
Custodial Services
It is common in the laboratory and healthcare furniture industries for customers to request delivery at specific future dates, as products are often to be installed in buildings yet to be constructed. Frequently, customers will request the manufacture of these products prior to the customer’s ability or readiness to receive the product due to various reasons such as changes to or delays in the construction of the building. As such, from time to time our customers require us to provide custodial services for their laboratory furniture. Custodial services are frequently provided by third parties and do not significantly alter the other goods or services covered by the contract and as such warranty costsare considered a separate and distinct performance obligation. Custodial services are simultaneously received and consumed by the customer and as such revenue from custodial services is recognized over time using a straight-line time-based measure of progress towards completion, because the Company’s services are provided evenly throughout the performance period.
Payment Terms and Transaction Prices
The Company's contracts with customers are fixed-priced and do not contain variable consideration or a general right of return or refund. The Company's contracts with customers contain terms typical for our industry, including withholding a portion of the transaction price until after the goods or services have been transferred to the customer (i.e. “retainage”). The Company does not recognize this as a significant financing component because the primary purpose of retainage is to provide the customer with assurance that the Company will perform its obligations under the contract, rather than to provide financing to the customer.




Allocation of Transaction Price
The Company's contracts with customers may cover multiple goods and services, such as differing types of laboratory furniture and installation services. For these arrangements, each good or service is evaluated to determine whether it represents a distinct performance obligation. The total transaction price is then allocated to the distinct performance obligations based on their relative standalone selling price at the inception of the arrangement. If available, the Company utilizes observable prices for goods or services sold separately to similar customers in similar circumstances to determine its relative standalone selling price. Otherwise, list prices are used if they are determined to be representative of standalone selling prices. If neither of these methods are available at contract inception, such as when the Company does not sell the product or service separately, judgment may be required and the Company determines the standalone selling price using one, or a combination of, the adjusted market assessment or expected cost-plus margin approaches.
Practical Expedients Used
Accounting Standards Codification 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606") permits the use of practical expedients under certain conditions. The Company has elected the following practical expedients allowed under ASC 606:
Under the modified retrospective approach, the Company elected to reassess revenue recognition under ASC 606 for only those contracts open as of the adoption date.
The portfolio approach was applied in evaluating the accounting for the cost of obtaining a contract.
Payment terms with the Company's customers which are one year or less are not considered a significant financing component.
The Company excludes from revenues taxes it collects from customers that are assessed by a government authority. This is primarily relevant to domestic sales but also includes taxes on some international sales which are also excluded from the transaction price.
The Company's incremental cost to obtain a contract is limited to sales commissions. The Company applies the practical expedient to expense commissions as incurred for contracts having a duration of one year or less. Sales commissions related to contracts with a duration of greater than one year are immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations and are also expensed as incurred.

Product

Disaggregated Revenue
A summary of net sales resultingtransferred to customers at a point in time and over time for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):
 Three Months Ended January 31, 2019
 Domestic International Total
Over Time$24,414
 $7,155
 $31,569
Point in Time803
 
 803
 $25,217
 $7,155
 $32,372
 Nine Months Ended January 31, 2019
 Domestic International Total
Over Time$86,973
 $19,893
 $106,866
Point in Time4,936
 
 4,936
 $91,909
 $19,893
 $111,802
Contract Balances
The closing and opening balances of contract assets and liabilities arising from fixed-price construction contracts involvewith customers were $1,450,000 at January 31, 2019 and $1,884,000 at April 30, 2018. The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in accounts receivable, unbilled receivables, and deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. In general, the Company receives payments from customers based on a signedbilling schedule established in its contracts. Unbilled receivables represent amounts earned which have not yet been billed in accordance with contractually stated billing terms. Accounts receivable are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and the Company has a right to invoice the


customer. Deferred revenue relates to payments received in advance of performance under the contract. Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue as (or when) the Company performs under the contract.
During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, changes in contract assets and liabilities were not materially impacted by any other factors. Approximately 100% of the contract liability balance at April 30, 2018 is expected to be recognized as revenue during fiscal year 2019 and 14% and 95% of this amount was recognized during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively.
ASC 606 adoption impact
Under ASC 606, sales consisting of customized products sold to customers for which revenue was previously recognized at a fixed pricepoint in time now meet the criteria of a performance obligation satisfied over time. These contracts consist of customized laboratory furniture engineered or tailored to providemeet the Company’scustomer’s requirements. In the event the customer cancels the contract, the Company will have no alternative use for and cannot economically repurpose the laboratory furniture, and fume hoods for a construction project. In these instances, the Company is usuallyhas the right to payment for performance completed to date. This change results in accelerated recognition of revenue and increases the rolebalance of a subcontractor, but in some cases may enter into a contract directly withassets compared to theend-user previous revenue recognition standard.
The Company adopted ASC 606 on May 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach and elected to reassess revenue recognition under ASC 606 for only those contracts open as of the products. Contract arrangements normally doadoption date, which resulted in a cumulative effect adjustment to increase retained earnings, net of tax, of $217,000. Comparative information for prior periods has not contain a general rightbeen restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods presented. The Company elected to reflect the aggregate effect of return relativeall contract modifications that occurred before the beginning of the earliest period presented in determining the transaction price, identifying the satisfied and unsatisfied performance obligations and allocating the transaction price to the delivered items. Product sales resulting from fixed-price construction contracts are generated from multiple-element arrangements that require separate units of accountingsatisfied and estimates regardingunsatisfied performance obligations for the fair value of individual elements.modified contract at transition. The Company has determined that its multiple-element arrangements that qualify as separate units of accounting are (1) product sales and (2) installation services. There is objective and reliable evidence of fair value for both the product sales and installation services and allocation of arrangement consideration for eacheffects of these units is basedelections were immaterial.
The following tables summarize the impact of adopting ASC 606 on their relative fair values. Eachthe condensed consolidated statements of these elements represent individual unitsoperations:
 Three Months Ended January 31, 2019
 ($ in thousands, except per share amounts)
 As Reported Adjustments 
Balance Without
Adoption of
ASC 606
Net sales$32,372
 $(1,668) $30,704
Costs of products sold27,142
 (1,519) 25,623
Gross profit5,230
 (149) 5,081
Operating expenses5,305
 6
 5,311
Operating loss(75) (155) (230)
Other income186
 
 186
Interest expense(76) 
 (76)
Earnings (loss) before income taxes35
 (155) (120)
Income tax expense (benefit)20
 (46) (26)
Net earnings (loss)15
 (109) (94)
Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest37
 
 37
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$(22) $(109) $(131)
Basic Loss Per Share$(0.01) $(0.04) $(0.05)
Diluted Loss Per Share$(0.01) $(0.04) $(0.05)


 Nine Months Ended January 31, 2019
 ($ in thousands, except per share amounts)
 As Reported Adjustments 
Balance Without
Adoption of
ASC 606
Net sales$111,802
 $(1,720) $110,082
Costs of products sold91,325
 (1,169) 90,156
Gross profit20,477
 (551) 19,926
Operating expenses17,031
 11
 17,042
Operating earnings3,446
 (562) 2,884
Other income500
 
 500
Interest expense(258) 
 (258)
Earnings before income taxes3,688
 (562) 3,126
Income tax expense803
 (138) 665
Net earnings2,885
 (424) 2,461
Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest86
 
 86
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$2,799
 $(424) $2,375
Basic Earnings Per Share$1.02
 $(0.15) $0.87
Diluted Earnings Per Share$1.00
 $(0.15) $0.85
The following table summarizes the impact of accounting, asadopting ASC 606 on the delivered item has value to a customer on a stand-alone basis. The Company’s products are regularly sold on a stand-alone basis to customers which provides either best estimate of selling prices or vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value. The fair value of installation services is separately calculated using expected costs of installation services. Many times the value of installation services is calculated using price quotations from subcontractors to the Company who perform installation services on a stand-alone basis.

Product sales resulting from purchase orders involve a purchase order received by the Company from its dealers or stocking distributor. This category includes product sales for standard products, as well as products which require some customization. Any customization requirements are approved by the customer prior to manufacture of the customized product. Sales from purchase orders are recognized under the terms of the purchase order which generally are freight on board (“FOB”) shipping point and do not include rights of return. Accordingly, these sales are recognized at the time of shipment.

condensed consolidated balance sheet:

 January 31, 2019
 ($ in thousands)
 As Reported Adjustments 
Balance Without
Adoption of
ASC 606
Assets     
Cash and cash equivalents$10,771
 $
 $10,771
Restricted cash606
 
 606
Receivables, less allowances27,929
 (3,304) 24,625
Inventories16,672
 3,106
 19,778
Prepaid expenses and other assets3,778
 
 3,778
Total Current Assets59,756
 (198) 59,558
Net property, plant and equipment15,202
 
 15,202
Other assets4,604
 
 4,604
Total Assets$79,562
 $(198) $79,364
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity     
Short-term borrowings and interest rate swaps$5,118
 $
 $5,118
Current portion of long-term debt and lease obligations1,184
 
 1,184
Accounts payable11,106
 (4) 11,102
Deferred revenue1,450
 661
 2,111
Other current liabilities4,848
 (214) 4,634
Total Current Liabilities23,706
 443
 24,149
Other non-current liabilities6,345
 
 6,345
Total Liabilities30,051
 443
 30,494
Noncontrolling interest521
 
 521
Total Kewaunee Scientific Corporation Stockholders’ Equity48,990
 (641) 48,349
Total Stockholders’ Equity49,511
 (641) 48,870
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity$79,562
 $(198) $79,364


C.Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company records derivatives on the condensed consolidated balance sheetsheets at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships. The nature of the Company’s business activities involves the management of various financial and market risks, including those related to changes in interest rates. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for speculative purposes. In May 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $3,450,000 of outstanding long-term debt was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 4.875% for the period beginning May 1, 2013 and ending August 1, 2017. In May 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $2,600,000 of outstanding long-term debt was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 4.37% for the period beginning August 1, 2017 and ending May 1, 2020. In May 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $1,218,000 of outstanding long-term debt was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 3.07% for the period beginning November 3, 2014 and ending May 1, 2020. The Company entered into these interest rate swap arrangements to mitigate future interest rate risk associated with its long-term debt and has designated these as cash flow hedges.

D.Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the three and nine month periods. Diluted earnings per share reflects the assumed exercise and conversion of restricted stock units and outstanding stock options under the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan, except when such awards have an anti-dilutive effect. There were no antidilutive awards outstanding at January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018. Stock options
E. Inventories
Effective August 1, 2018, the Company elected to purchase 39,200 shares were not includedchange its method of inventory accounting to the FIFO method from the LIFO link-chain dollar-value method for its Domestic segment inventories. The Company believes that the FIFO method is preferable as it results in increased uniformity across the computationCompany’s operations with respect to the inventory valuation method, as the Company’s International subsidiaries use the FIFO method. The Company also believes that the change to FIFO will improve financial reporting by better reflecting the current value of diluted earnings per shareinventory on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, by more closely aligning the flow of physical inventory with the accounting for the threeinventory, providing better matching of revenues and nine month periods ended January 31, 2017, because the option exercise prices were greater than the average market priceexpenses. The Company applied this change in method of the common shares during the quarter,inventory accounting by retrospectively adjusting all prior period financial statements and accordingly, such stock options would have an antidilutive effect.

E.Inventories

footnote information presented herein as necessary.

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

   January 31, 2018   April 30, 2017 

Finished products

  $3,778   $3,179 

Work in process

   2,133    1,950 

Raw materials

   11,769    9,806 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $17,680   $14,935 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 January 31,
2019
 As Adjusted
April 30, 2018
Finished products$3,591
 $4,987
Work in process1,804
 2,393
Raw materials11,277
 11,169
 $16,672
 $18,549


The Company uses thelast-in,first-out (LIFO) method of valuing inventory for its domestic operations, which represents $15,833,000 of inventoryCompany’s International subsidiaries’ inventories were $1,410,000 at January 31, 20182019 and $12,730,000$1,908,000, at April 30, 2017. An actual valuation of inventory under the LIFO method can be made only at the end of each year based on the inventory levels and costs at that time. Interim LIFO calculations are based on management’s estimates of expectedyear-end inventory levels and costs, and are subject to the finalyear-end LIFO inventory valuation. The Company’s international subsidiaries’ inventories were $1,847,000 at January 31, 2018, and $2,205,000, at April 30, 2017, measured using thefirst-in,first-out (“FIFO”) FIFO method at the lower of cost and net realizable value.

value and are included in the above tables. Certain amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2018 were adjusted as follows (in thousands):

 April 30, 2018
 
As Originally
Reported
 Adjustments As Adjusted
Inventories$17,662
 $887
 $18,549
Total Current Assets63,504
 887
 64,391
Deferred Income Taxes2,031
 (162) 1,869
Total Assets84,358
 725
 85,083
Other Accrued Expenses2,062
 54
 2,116
Total Current Liabilities27,562
 54
 27,616
Total Liabilities36,837
 54
 36,891
Retained Earnings43,165
 671
 43,836
Total Kewaunee Scientific Corporation Stockholders’ Equity47,059
 671
 47,730
Total Stockholders’ Equity47,521
 671
 48,192
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity$84,358
 $725
 $85,083

Certain amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018 under the FIFO method would have been as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended January 31, 2018
 As Reported Under LIFOAdjustmentsAs Adjusted  Under FIFO
Cost of products sold$29,836
$(45)$29,791
Income tax expense1,566
15
1,581
Net earnings918
30
948
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$883
$30
$913
Net earnings per share attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation stockholders 
 
 
Basic$0.32
$0.01
$0.33
Diluted$0.31
$0.01
$0.32


 Nine Months Ended January 31, 2018
 As Reported Under LIFOAdjustments  As Adjusted  Under FIFO  
Cost of products sold$90,456
$(45)$90,411
Income tax expense3,149
15
3,164
Net earnings3,875
30
3,905
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$3,755
$30
$3,785
Net earnings per share attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation stockholders 
 
 
Basic$1.38
$0.01
$1.39
Diluted$1.35
$0.01
$1.36


Certain amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as of January 31, 2018 would have been as follows under the FIFO method (in thousands):
 
Nine Months Ended January 31, 2018  
 As Reported Under LIFO
Adjustments  
As Adjusted Under FIFO  
Net earnings$3,875
$30
$3,905
Decrease in inventories(2,745)(45)(2,790)
Increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses2,020
15
2,035
Net cash used in operating activities$(645)$
$(645)
Certain amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 under the former LIFO method would have been as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended January 31, 2019
 As Reported  Under FIFO Adjustments As Computed Under LIFO
Cost of products sold$27,142
 $(49) $27,093
Income tax expense20
 12
 32
Net earnings15
 37
 52
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$(22) $37
 $15
Net earnings (loss) per share attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation stockholders     
Basic$(0.01) $0.01
 $
Diluted$(0.01) $0.01
 $


 Nine Months Ended January 31, 2019
 As Reported  Under FIFO Adjustments As Computed Under LIFO
Cost of products sold$91,325
 $151
 $91,476
Income tax expense803
 (37) 766
Net earnings2,885
 (114) 2,771
Net earnings attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation$2,799
 $(114) $2,685
Net earnings per share attributable to Kewaunee Scientific Corporation stockholders     
Basic$1.02
 $(0.04) $0.98
Diluted$1.00
 $(0.04) $0.96
Certain amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as of January 31, 2019 would have been as follows under the former LIFO method (in thousands):
 Nine Months Ended January 31, 2019
 As Reported  Under FIFO Adjustments As Computed Under LIFO
Net earnings$2,885
 $(114) $2,771
Decrease in inventories990
 151
 1,141
Decrease in accounts payable and other accrued expenses(4,879) (37) (4,916)
Net cash provided by operating activities$4,534
 $
 $4,534




Certain amounts in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2019 would have been as follows under the former LIFO method (in thousands):
 January 31, 2019
 
As Reported Under
FIFO
 Adjustment 
As Computed Under
LIFO
Inventories$16,672
 $(1,038) $15,634
Total Current Assets59,756
 (1,038) 58,718
Deferred Income Taxes1,676
 162
 1,838
Total Assets79,562
 (876) 78,686
Other Accrued Expenses2,894
 (91) 2,803
Total Current Liabilities23,706
 (91) 23,615
Total Liabilities30,051
 (91) 29,960
Retained Earnings45,345
 (785) 44,560
Total Kewaunee Scientific Corporation Stockholders’ Equity48,990
 (785) 48,205
Total Stockholders’ Equity49,511
 (785) 48,726
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity$79,562
 $(876) $78,686
F.Segment Information

The Company’s operations are classified into two business segments: Domestic and International. The Domestic business segment principally designs, manufactures, and installs scientific and technical furniture, including steel and wood laboratory cabinetry, fume hoods, laminate casework, flexible systems, worksurfaces, workstations, workbenches, and computer enclosures. The International business segment, which consists of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, provides products and services, including facility design, detailed engineering, construction, and project management from the planning stage through testing and commissioning of laboratories. Intersegment transactions are recorded at normal profit margins. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain corporate expenses shown below have not been allocated to the business segments.

The following table providestables provide financial information by business segments for the three and nine months ended January 31, 20182019 and 20172018 (in thousands):

   Domestic
Operations
   International
Operations
   Corporate /
Eliminations
   Total 

Three months ended January 31, 2018

        

Revenues from external customers

  $29,734   $8,456   $—     $38,190 

Intersegment revenues

   1,145    1,361    (2,506   —   

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

   2,959    1,363    (1,838   2,484 

Three months ended January 31, 2017

        

Revenues from external customers

  $25,313   $5,058   $—     $30,371 

Intersegment revenues

   344    538    (882   —   

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

   563    943    (1,015   491 
   Domestic
Operations
   International
Operations
   Corporate/
Eliminations
   Total 

Nine months ended January 31, 2018

        

Revenues from external customers

  $80,420   $33,122   $—     $113,542 

Intersegment revenues

   10,298    3,291    (13,589   —   

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

   7,720    4,019    (4,715   7,024 

Nine months ended January 31, 2017

        

Revenues from external customers

  $83,161   $20,818   $—     $103,979 

Intersegment revenues

   3,781    2,936    (6,717   —   

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

   5,580    3,010    (3,670   4,920 

 
Domestic
Operations
 
International
Operations
 
Corporate /
Eliminations
 Total
Three months ended January 31, 2019       
Revenues from external customers$25,217
 $7,155
 $
 $32,372
Intersegment revenues612
 2,135
 (2,747) 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes$60
 $1,020
 $(1,045) $35
Three months ended January 31, 2018       
Revenues from external customers$29,734
 $8,456
 $
 $38,190
Intersegment revenues1,145
 1,361
 (2,506) 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes$3,004
 $1,363
 $(1,838) $2,529

 
Domestic
Operations
 
International
Operations
 
Corporate/
Eliminations
 Total
Nine months ended January 31, 2019      
Revenues from external customers$91,909
 $19,893
 $
 $111,802
Intersegment revenues1,490
 3,969
 (5,459) 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes$6,005
 $2,174
 $(4,491) $3,688
Nine months ended January 31, 2018       
Revenues from external customers$80,420
 $33,122
 $
 $113,542
Intersegment revenues10,298
 3,291
 (13,589) 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes$7,765
 $4,019
 $(4,715) $7,069



G.Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The Company hasnon-contributory defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all domestic salaried and hourly employees. 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. Company contributions of $600,000$1,000,000 were paid to the plans during the nine months ended January 31, 2018,2019, and the Company does not expect any contributions to be paid to the plans during the remainder of the fiscal year. Contributions of $555,000$600,000 were paid to the plans during the nine months ended January 31, 2017.2018. The Company assumed an expected long-term rate of return of 7.75% for the period ended January 31, 20182019 as compared to 8.0%7.75% for the period ended January 31, 2017.2018. Pension expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

   Three months ended
January 31, 2018
   Three months ended
January 31, 2017
 

Service cost

  $-0-   $-0- 

Interest cost

   219    232 

Expected return on plan assets

   (328   (311

Recognition of net loss

   283    314 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension expense

  $174   $235 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

   Nine months ended
January 31, 2018
   Nine months ended
January 31, 2017
 

Service cost

  $-0-   $-0- 

Interest cost

   687    695 

Expected return on plan assets

   (984   (932

Recognition of net loss

   849    942 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension expense

  $522   $705 

 Three Months Ended January 31, 2019 Three Months Ended January 31, 2018
Service cost$0
 $0
Interest cost214
 219
Expected return on plan assets(362) (328)
Recognition of net loss221
 283
Net periodic pension expense$73
 $174
 Nine Months Ended January 31, 2019 Nine Months Ended
January 31, 2018
Service cost$0
 $0
Interest cost644
 657
Expected return on plan assets(1,086) (984)
Recognition of net loss663
 849
Net periodic pension expense$221
 $522
H.Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and equivalents, mutual funds, cash surrender value of life insurance policies, term loans and short-term borrowings. The carrying value of these assets and liabilities approximate their fair value. The following tables summarize the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 31, 20182019 and April 30, 20172018 (in thousands):

   January 31, 2018 
   Level 1   Level 2   Total 

Financial Assets

      

Trading securities held innon-qualified compensation plans (1)

  $3,994   $—     $3,994 

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1)

   —      75    75 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $3,994   $75   $4,069 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities

      

Non-qualified compensation plans (2)

  $—     $4,472   $4,472 

Interest rate swap derivatives

   —      14    14 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $—     $4,486   $4,486 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   April 30, 2017 
   Level 1   Level 2   Total 

Financial Assets

      

Trading securities held innon-qualified compensation plans (1)

  $3,748   $—     $3,748 

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1)

   —      75    75 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $3,748   $75   $3,823 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities

      

Non-qualified compensation plans (2)

  $—     $4,186   $4,186 

Interest rate swap derivatives

   —      62    62 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $—     $4,248   $4,248 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

  January 31, 2019
Financial Assets Level 1 Level 2 Total
Trading securities held in non-qualified compensation plans (1) $2,818
 $
 $2,818
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1) 
 65
 65
Total $2,818
 $65
 $2,883
Financial Liabilities      
Non-qualified compensation plans (2) $
 $3,256
 $3,256
  April 30, 2018
Financial Assets Level 1 Level 2 Total
Trading securities held in non-qualified compensation plans (1) $4,050
 $
 $4,050
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1) 
 65
 65
Total $4,050
 $65
 $4,115
Financial Liabilities      
Non-qualified compensation plans (2) $
 $4,462
 $4,462
Interest rate swap derivatives 
 5
 5
Total $
 $4,467
 $4,467


(1)The Company maintains twonon-qualified compensation plans which include investment assets in a rabbi trust. These assets consist of marketable securities, which are valued using quoted market prices multiplied by the number of shares owned, and life insurance policies, which are valued at their cash surrender value.
(2)Plan liabilities are equal to the individual participants’ account balances and other earned retirement benefits.

I.Stock Options and Share-based Compensation

The stockholders approved the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2017 Plan”) on August 30, 2017, which enablesCompany adopted ASU 2016-9, “Stock Compensation – Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” prospectively effective May 1, 2017. Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted. The Company elected prospectively to account for forfeitures as they occur rather than apply an estimated rate to share-based compensation expense. Compensation costs related to stock options and other stock awards granted by the Company to grant a broad range of equity, equity-related, andnon-equity types of awards, with potential recipients including directors, consultants and employees. This plan replaces the 2010are charged against operating expenses during their vesting period, under ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Option Plan for Directors and the 2008 Key Employee Stock Option Plan. No new awards will be granted under the prior plans. All outstanding options granted under the prior plans will remain subject to the prior plans. At the date of approval of the 2017 Plan there were 280,100 shares available for issuance under the prior plans. These shares and any outstanding awards that subsequently cease to be subject to such awards are available under the 2017 Plan. The 2017 Plan did not increase the total number of shares available for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans.

Compensation.”

The Company issuedgranted 17,769 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan and recorded stock-based compensation expense of $60,000 and $100,000 during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018 in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation.”June 2018. The RSUs include both a service and a performance component, vesting over a three year period. The recognized expense is based upon the vesting period for service criteria and estimated attainment of the performance criteria at the end of the three year period based on the ratio of cumulative days incurred, and remainingto total days over the three year period. The Company recorded share-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 of $45,000 and $106,000, respectively, for this issuance with the remaining estimated share-based compensation expense of $510,000 will$406,000 to be recorded over the remaining three year period.

J.Income Taxes

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the ��2017“2017 Tax Act”) was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act includes a broad range of tax reform provisions affecting businesses, including lower corporate tax rates, changes in business deductions, and international tax provisions. In response to the 2017 Tax Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations where a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act. SAB 118 provides that the measurement period is complete when a company’s accounting is complete and that the measurement period shall not extend beyond one year from the enactment date. SAB 118 provides guidance for registrants under three scenarios: (i) measurement of certain income tax effects is complete, (ii) measurement of certain income tax effects can be reasonably estimated, and (iii) measurement of certain income tax effects cannot be reasonably estimated.

The 2017 Tax Act lowered the federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21%. As the Company has a fiscal year ending April 30, it is subject to a blended tax rate for the current fiscal year. Therefore, a blended rate of 29.73% was computed as the federal statutory rate for this year.

The Company has analyzedcompleted its accounting for the income tax effectsenactment of the 2017 Tax Act and determined that (ii) measurement ofin accordance with SAB 118 in the income tax effects can be reasonably estimated, and, as such, provisional amounts have been recorded. The Company believes that all provisional amounts reflected in its financial statements are based on the best estimates that can be made at this time. The Company will continuequarter ended January 31, 2019. No material adjustments to analyze all impacts of the 2017 Tax Act and will update provisional amounts as required. The Company recognized income tax expense of $1,566,000 and $3,149,000 forwere recorded in regards to the three andprovisional amounts recorded at April 30, 2018.
During the nine months ended January 31, 2018. The effective2019, the Company finalized the accounting policy decision with respect to the new Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income ("GILTI") tax rate was 63.0%rules and 44.8% for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018.

In accordance with ASC 740, ”Income Taxes”, which requires deferred taxes tohas concluded that GILTI will bere-measured treated as a periodic charge in the year of an income tax rate change,in which it arises. Therefore, the Company recorded a provisional discretewill not record deferred income tax expense of $587,000 in the three months ended January 31, 2018 as a result of applying a lower U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s net deferred tax assets.

The Company revalued the U.S. deferred tax balances based on the tax rates effectivetaxes for the following fiscal year at the new federal rate of 21% for amounts that are not expected to reverse during the current fiscal year and revalued the deferred tax balances expected to reverse in the current fiscal year at the Company’s current fiscal year blended rate of 29.73%.basis associated with GILTI earnings. The Company has not yet completedincluded estimated tax expense related to GILTI for current year operations in the revaluationforecasted effective tax rate.

K. Reclassifications
In connection with the Company's adoption of the deferred tax balances due to estimates which are being used during interim periods until finalizationASU 2016-18, “Statement of the balances can occur at the Company’s fiscal year end.

The 2017 Tax Act also includes aone-time transition tax on accumulated unrepatriated foreign earnings. In the three months ended January 31, 2018,Cash Flows-Restricted Cash,” the Company recorded a provisional discrete current income tax expense of $528,000 on accumulated unrepatriated foreign earnings, including estimates for foreign earnings through April 30, 2018. In addition, the Company has not yet completed the calculation of the related income tax pools for its foreign subsidiaries. The Company is entitled to elect to pay theone-time transition tax over a period of eight years. The Company intends to make this election and has recorded $486,000 of the provisional expense as othernon-current liabilitiesreclassified certain 2018 amounts in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet for January 31, 2018. No additional income taxes have been provided for any remaining undistributed foreign earnings not subjectcondensed consolidated statements of cash flows to include restricted cash when reconciling the transition tax, or any additional outside basis difference inherent in these entities, as thesebeginning-of-period and end-of-period cash amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations.

The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the new Global IntangibleLow-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions and has not yet elected an accounting policy with respect to whether to reflect GILTI in its deferred tax calculations or not. Therefore, the Company has not made any adjustments related to the GILTI tax in its financial statements. Under the SEC guidance noted above, the Company will continue to analyze and assess the effects of the GILTI provisions of the Act.

The Company anticipates future impacts at a U.S., state and local tax level related to the 2017 Tax Act as statutory and interpretive guidance is not available from applicable tax authorities needed to reasonably estimate the impact. Consequently, the Company has not recorded provisional amounts for this statutory and interpretive guidance and has continued to apply ASC 740 basedshown on the provisionsstatement of the tax laws that were in effect immediately prior to the 2017 Tax Act enactment.

K.Reclassifications

Certain 2017 amounts have been reclassifiedcash flows to conform to the 2018current period presentation. To comply with the Commission’s final rule on Disclosure Simplification, the Company’s presentation inof the prior period’s condensed consolidated statementsstatement of cash flows. Such reclassifications had no impact on net earnings.

stockholders’ equity has been reclassed to conform to the current period format.

L.New Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU2014-09”). This update outlinesoutlined a new comprehensive revenue recognition model that supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance and requiresrequired companies to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflectsreflected the consideration to which the entity expectsexpected to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU2014-09 also requires additional disclosures about the nature, timing and uncertaintyThe Company adopted this standard effective May 1, 2018. See Note B for a discussion of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments. The FASB has issued several updates and/or practical expedients to ASU2014-09. ASU2014-09 and the subsequent updates and/or practical expedients to the standard will be effective for the Company during the first quarter of our fiscal year 2019 and we do not plan to early adopt. ASU2014-09 provides two methods of adopting the standard: using either a full retrospective approach or modified retrospective approach. We expect to elect the modified retrospective approach of adopting the standard. We have conducted an assessment of how ASU2014-09 is likely to affect us, identifying the Company’s revenue streams and performance obligations. Our contracts with customers currently may be for single performance obligations or for multiple performance obligations. Based on our assessment, we do not believe the new standard significantly changes our accounting policy for these types of performance obligations. We have also evaluated the impact the new standard will have on our existing policies, contracts, accounting processes, internal controls, reporting systems and disclosure processes. We have begun implementing improvements and or enhancements to our business processes to support the implementation of the standard. We currently have not identified an improvement or enhancement that we would conclude would be a significant change to our internal control environment. Based on the evaluation and implementation efforts completed to date, we believe the adoption of ASU2014-09 will not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, equity or cash flows.

this standard.



In July 2015,February 2016, the FASB issued ASU2015-11, “Inventory – Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. 2016-2, “Leases.” This guidance changesestablishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the measurement principlebalance sheet for inventory fromall leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the lowerpattern of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is defined as estimated selling pricesexpense recognition in the ordinary courseincome statement. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016.2018. The Company will adopt this standard in fiscal year 2020. While the Company will be required to record a ROU asset and lease liability on the balance sheet related to this standard, the Company has determined that the adoption of this standard will not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Cash Flow Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments,” which clarifies guidance on classification of certain transactions in the statement of cash flows, including classification of debt prepayments, debt extinguishment costs and contingent consideration payments after a business combination. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard effective May 1, 2017.2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In MarchNovember 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-9, “Stock Compensation 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows – Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.Restricted Cash,This guidance simplifies various aspects related to how share-based payments are accounted forwhich requires that the statement of cash flows reconcile the change during the period in total cash, cash equivalents and presented in the financial statements.restricted cash. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016.2017. The Company adopted this standard prospectively effective May 1, 2017. Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted.2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, “Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost,” which requires that the service cost component of net periodic pension cost is presented in the same line as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the respective employees during the year. The other components of net periodic pension cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside of earnings from operations. This guidance allows for the service cost component to be eligible for capitalization when applicable. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard effective May 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation – Scope of Modification Accounting.” This guidance was issued in an effort to reduce diversity in practice as it relates to applying modification accounting for changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard effective May 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In August 2018, the Commission adopted the final rule under Commission Release No. 33-10532, “Disclosure Update and Simplification,” amending certain disclosure requirements that were redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded. In addition, the amendments expanded the disclosure requirements relating to the analysis of stockholders’ equity for interim financial statements. Under the amendments, an analysis of changes in each caption of stockholders’ equity presented in the balance sheet must be provided in a note or separate statement. The analysis should present a reconciliation of the beginning balance to the ending balance of each period for which a statement of income is required to be filed. This final rule became effective on November 5, 2018. The Company adopted this final rule effective for the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The Company’s 20172018 Annual Report to Stockholders contains management’s discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations as of and for the year ended April 30, 2017.2018. The following discussion and analysis describes material changes in the Company’s financial condition since April 30, 2017.2018. The analysis of results of operations compares the three and nine months ended January 31, 20182019 with the comparable periods of the prior year.

Critical Accounting Policies
Inventories


The Company’s inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Prior to August 1, 2018, the Company’s Domestic segment’s inventories were valued under the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) valuation method. On August 1, 2018, the Company changed its method of valuing inventory for the Domestic segment from LIFO to first-in, first-out (“FIFO”). The Company believes that this method change to FIFO will improve financial reporting by better reflecting the current value of inventory on the consolidated balance sheet, more closely aligning the flow of physical inventory with the accounting for the inventory, and providing better matching of revenues and expenses. Inventories at our International subsidiaries are, and remain, measured on the FIFO method.
Results of Operations

Sales for the threequarter were $32,372,000, a 15.2% decrease from sales of $38,190,000 in the prior year third quarter. Domestic sales for the quarter were $25,217,000, down 15.2% from sales of $29,734,000 in the third quarter of last year. International sales for the quarter were $7,155,000, down 15.4% from sales of $8,456,000 in the third quarter last year. Domestic sales decreased year-over-year as the activity in the marketplace slowed dramatically throughout the quarter. The slowdown, felt across the Company’s direct, dealer, and distribution channels, reduced production below the rate necessary to generate favorable financial results.  International sales decreased similarly, with strength in the Indian market being offset by softness in the Middle East and Asian markets. Also negatively impacting Kewaunee’s International segment performance was a year-over-year decline in the exchange rate of the Indian rupee versus the US dollar.
Sales for the nine months ended January 31, 20182019 were $38,190,000, an increase$111,802,000, a decrease of 25.7%1.5% from sales of $30,371,000$113,542,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. Domestic sales were $29,734,000, an increase of 17.5%$91,909,000, up from sales of $25,313,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. International sales were $8,456,000, an increase of 67.2% from sales of $5,058,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. The increase in sales was due to strength in the laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture products in the US, Middle East, Indian and Asian markets with sales in each of these markets exceeding the prior period third quarter.

Sales for the nine months ended January 31, 2018 were $113,542,000, an increase of 9.2% from sales of $103,979,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. Domestic sales were $80,420,000 down from $83,161,000 in the comparable period of the prior year as domestic orders from dealers were lower thanprincipally due to the prior year period.strength domestically in the Company’s first quarter of the current fiscal year. International sales were $33,122,000, up$19,893,000, down from sales of $20,818,000$33,122,000 in the comparable period of the prior year due to the impact of a large order being delivered to a customer in the Middle East.

East in the prior year.

The Company’s order backlog was $116.1$96 million at January 31, 2019, as compared to $116 million at January 31, 2018, as compared to $113.5and $101 million at April 30, 2017October 31, 2018. The Company continues to have a strong volume of outstanding quotations globally and $106.9 million at January 31, 2017. Incoming orders continued to be strong in all of the Company’s key markets, increasing the order backlog year-over-year.

is aggressively pursuing these projects.

The gross profit margin for the three months ended January 31, 20182019 was 21.9%16.2% of sales, as compared to 16.6%22.0% of sales in the comparable quarter of the prior year. The increase in the gross profit margin percent decreased as expected orders were delayed, resulting in our facilities being under-utilized. The quarter was primarily duealso impacted by substantially higher raw material costs in steel and resin as compared to improved operating leverage from the increased sales volume as well as more profitable product mix than in the prior year third quarter.

The gross profit margin for the nine months ended January 31, 20182019 was 14.4%18.3% of sales, as compared to 13.9%20.4% of sales in the comparable period of the prior year. The increasedecrease in the gross profit margin percentpercentage was primarily due to continued execution of the Company’s cost reduction and productivity improvement programs, and a favorablean unfavorable shift in product mix.

mix, and year-over-year decline in sales, as well as continued increases in raw material and freight costs which negatively affected margins compared to the prior period. The unfavorable impact due to year-over-year increases in steel and resin material costs was approximately $1.7 million dollars for the nine-month period.

Operating expenses for the three months ended January 31, 20182019 were $5,971,000,$5,305,000, or 15.6%16.4% of sales, as compared to $4,590,000,$5,971,000, or 15.1%15.6% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. The increasedecrease in operating expenses for the three months ended January 31, 20182019 related primarily to increasesa decrease in marketing expense of $89,000,the incentive compensation expense of $483,000, bad debt expense of $91,000, International operating expenses of $267,000, corporate governance expenses of $81,000$749,000 and professional services $194,000, partially offset by a decrease in pension expense of $61,000.

$100,000, offset by increases in International operating expenses of $196,000. The decreases in the incentive compensation expense reflects management’s anticipated payout based on actual performance relative to companywide annual performance goals. The increase in International operating expenses related to investments made to expand the Company’s presence and capabilities in the Middle East and India.

Operating expenses for the nine months ended January 31, 20182019 were $16,360,000,$17,031,000, or 14.4%15.2% of sales, as compared to $14,484,000,$16,360,000, or 13.9%14.4% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. The increase in operating expenses for the nine months ended January 31, 20182019 related primarily to increases in marketing expenseprofessional fees of $144,000, compensation expense$461,000, consulting expenses of $676,000, bad debt expense of $113,000,$294,000 and International operating expenses of $432,000, corporate governance expenses of $319,000 and professional services of $78,000,$642,000, partially offset by a decreasedecreases in incentive compensation expense of $893,000 and pension expense $183,000.

of $301,000. The increases in professional and consulting fees were related to the Company’s preparations in anticipation of potentially moving from smaller reporting company status to accelerated filer status for Securities and Exchange Commission reporting purposes, and increased compliance costs related to implementing the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Tax Act of 2017 (the "2017 Tax Act"). Increases in International operating expenses were substantially the same as those described above with respect to the increases in the most recent quarter.



Interest expense was $78,000$76,000 and $226,000$258,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018,2019, as compared to $71,000$78,000 and $229,000$226,000 for the comparable periods of the prior year. The changes in interest expense in the current three and nine month periods for 2019 were primarily attributable to changes in the borrowing levels.

Income tax expense of $1,566,000$20,000 and $133,000$1,581,000 was recorded for the three months ended January 31, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. The effective tax rates were 63.0%57.1% and 27.1%62.5% for the three months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, respectively. Our effective tax rate increased in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to the effect of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017. Two provisions of the new law had an immediate impact. First, the U.S. corporate tax rate was reduced from 35% to 21%. This rate reduction required the Company tore-measure our net deferred tax assets assuming a future tax benefit at the new lower 21% rate. The estimated discrete impact of this re-measurement of our net deferred tax assets recorded for the three months ended January 31, 2018 was $587,000. Second, as part of the transition to a modified territorial system, the new law imposes aone-time transition tax on the unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries. The estimated discrete impact of thisone-time transition tax recorded for the three months ended January 31, 2018 was $528,000. The Company intends to elect to pay this tax over an8-year period.

Income tax expense of $3,149,000$803,000 and $1,695,000$3,164,000 was recorded for the nine months ended January 31, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. The effective tax rates were 44.8%21.8% and 34.5%44.8% for the nine months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decreases in the effective tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods reflect the favorable impact of the lower federal 21% statutory rate that was effective in the current fiscal year as a result of the enactment of the 2017 respectively.

Tax Act, which was signed into law in December 2017.

Noncontrolling interests related to the Company’s subsidiary not 100% owned by the Company reduced net earnings by $35,000$37,000 and $120,000$86,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018,2019, respectively, as compared to $17,000$35,000 and $98,000$120,000 for the comparable periods of the prior year.year, respectively. The change in the net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest in the current period was due to changes in earnings of the subsidiary in the related period.

Net earningslosses of $883,000,$22,000, or $0.31$0.01 per diluted share, were reported for the three months ended January 31, 2018,2019, compared to net earnings of $341,000,$913,000, or $0.13$0.32 per diluted share, in the prior year period. Net earnings of $3,755,000,$2,799,000, or $1.35$1.00 per diluted share, were reported for the nine months ended January 31, 2018,2019, compared to net earnings of $3,127,000,$3,785,000, or $1.15$1.36 per diluted share, in the prior year period.

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 bynon-cancellable operating leases. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to support ongoing business requirements in the current year, including capital expenditures.

The Company had working capital of $36.2 million$36,050,000 at January 31, 2018,2019, compared to $32.9 million$36,775,000 at April 30, 2017.2018. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was2.4-to-1.0 2.5-to-1.0 at January 31, 2018,2019, compared to2.2-to-1.0 2.3-to-1.0 at April 30, 2017.2018. At January 31, 2018,2019, advances of $4.5$5.1 million were outstanding under the Company’s bank revolving credit facility, compared to advances of $3.5$3.8 million outstanding as of April 30, 2017.2018. The Company had standby letters of credit outstanding of $4.2$5.2 million at January 31, 20182019 and April 30, 2017.2018. Amounts available under the $20 million revolving credit facility were $11.3$9.7 million and $12.3$11.0 million at January 31, 20182019 and April 30, 2017,2018, respectively. Total bank borrowings and interest rate swaps were $7.5 million$6,828,000 at January 31, 2018,2019, compared to $6.9 million$6,316,000 at April 30, 2017.

2018.

The Company’s operations provided cash of $4,534,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2019. Cash was primarily provided by earnings, a decrease in receivables of $4,674,000 and a decrease in inventories of $990,000, partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable of $4,879,000 and deferred revenue of $434,000. The Company’s operations used cash of $645,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2018. Cash was primarily used to support an increase in receivables of $1,025,000 and inventories of $2,745,000,$2,790,000, and a decrease in deferred revenue of $3,847,000, partially offset by cash provided by earnings and an increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses of $2,020,000. The Company’s operations provided cash of $5,851,000 during$2,035,000.
During the nine months ended January 31, 2017. Cash2019, the Company used net cash of $2,290,000 in investing activities, all of which was primarily provided from earnings, and a decrease in receivables of $2,090,000, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses of $1,189,000.

used for capital expenditures. During the nine months ended January 31, 2018, the Company used net cash of $1,965,000$1,907,000 was used in investing activities, all of which included $1,907,000was used for capital expenditures, and a $58,000 increase in restricted cash. Duringexpenditures.

The Company’s financing activities used cash of $1,234,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2017, net2019, primarily for cash dividends of $2,061,000 was used in investing activities, which included $2,190,000 for capital expenditures,$1,507,000 paid to stockholders, cash dividends of $51,000 paid to minority interest holders, and payments of $880,000 on long-term debt, partially offset by a $129,000 decreasean increase in restricted cash.

net short-term borrowings of $1,233,000. The Company’s financing activities used cash of $836,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2018, primarily for cash dividends of $1,331,000 paid to stockholders, cash dividends of $74,000 paid to minority interest holders, and payments of $626,000 on long-term debt, partially offset by an increase in net short-term borrowings of $1,187,000. The Company’s financing activities used cash of $477,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2017, primarily for cash dividends of $1,163,000 and payments on long-term debt of $316,000, partially offset by an increase in short-term borrowings of $861,000.

Financial






Outlook

As disclosed in the Company’s Report on Form10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2017, on December 7, 2017, the Company experienced a criminal network cyber-attack that led to a disruption of its domestic operations, including manufacturing, engineering, administration, and sales operations. The temporary production disruption had an immaterial impact on sales and earnings for the period ended January 31, 2018, and the Company believes it will have an immaterial impact for the remainder of the fiscal year.

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. There still remains a significant amount of activity for our products and services both domestically and abroad; however, economic and geopolitical uncertainty have caused many customers to postpone awards as well as the start of new projects. Looking forward, we anticipate these trends will continue through the Company is optimistic thatremainder of the fiscal year 2018 will result in sales and earnings growth as our order backlog and opportunitiesare making adjustments with the goal of returning to profitability in the marketplace remain strong.

fourth quarter.

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 differencedifferences are described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Item 1A in the Company’s 20172018 Annual Report on Form10-K and underin Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q subsequently filed by the caption “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of both this report and the Company’s Report on Form10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2017.Company. 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.

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 Form10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.

2018.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controlsdisclosure controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q, we carried out anprocedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of ourthe Company’s management, including ourthe Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of ourthe Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as(as defined in RuleRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.1934, as amended) as of January 31, 2019. Based on that evaluation, the evaluation, our Chief Executive OfficerCompany’s management, including the CEO and our Chief Financial Officer haveCFO, concluded that, as of January 31, 2019, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q, ourCompany’s disclosure controls and procedures were notadequate and effective and designed to ensure that theall material information required to be disclosedfiled in this quarterly report is made known to them by usothers within the Company and its subsidiaries.
(b) Changes in internal controls
There was no significant change in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosure.

As disclosed under Item 9A. Controls and Procedures in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended April 30, 2017, management identified a material weakness inCompany’s internal control over financial reporting relatingthat occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to the misapplication of certain aspects ofmaterially affect, the Company’s multi-element and percentage of completion revenue recognition policies.

The Company has implemented changes to the design of its controls and procedures surrounding the execution of the Company’s multi-element and percentage of completion revenue recognition policies, which included, but were not limited to, drafting additional policy guidance, training key personnel and developing additional detective and monitoring controls. The material weakness cannot be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We currently expect to complete remediation of the material weakness by April 30, 2018.

In addition, as disclosed in the Company’sForm 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2017, on December 7, 2017, the Company experienced a criminal network cyber-attack that led to a disruption of its domestic operations, including manufacturing, engineering, administration, and sales operations. The Company engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to perform a forensic investigation of this attack and as a result of the investigation has identified a material weakness in its logical accessinternal control over its IT systems. We currently expect to complete remediation of this material weakness by April 30, 2018.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.Risk Factors

Other than as set forth below, asin Part II, Item 1A of Januaryour Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2018, there have been no material changes to the risk factors faced by the Company from those previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended April 30, 2017, and in our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2017.

Cybersecurity incidents could expose us to liability and damage our reputation and our business.

We collect, process, store, and transmit large amounts of data, and it is critical to our business strategy that our facilities and infrastructure remain secure and are perceived by the marketplace to be secure. Our information technology systems are essential to our efforts to manufacture our products, process customer sales transactions, manage inventory levels, conduct business with our suppliers and other business partners, and record, summarize and analyze the results of our operations. These systems contain, among other things, material operational, financial and administrative information related to our business. As with most companies there will always be some risk of physical or electronicbreak-ins, computer viruses, or similar disruptions.

In addition, we like all entities, are the target of cybercriminals who attempt to compromise our systems. From time to time, we experience threats and intrusions that may require remediation to protect sensitive information, including our intellectual property and personal information, and our overall business. Any physical or electronicbreak-in, computer virus, cybersecurity attack or other security breach or compromise of the information handled by us or our service providers may jeopardize the security or integrity of information in our computer systems and networks or those of our customers and cause significant interruptions in our and our customers’ operations.

Any systems and processes that we have developed that are designed to protect customer, associate and vendor information, intellectual property, and prevent data loss and other security attacks cannot provide absolute security. In addition, we may not successfully implement remediation plans to address all potential exposures. It is possible that we may have to expend additional financial and other resources to address these problems. Failure to prevent or mitigate data loss or other security incidents could expose us or our customers, associates and vendors to a risk of loss or misuse of such information, cause customers to lose confidence in our data protection measures, damage our reputation, adversely affect our operating results or result in litigation or potential liability for us. While we maintain insurance coverage that may, subject to policy terms and conditions, cover certain aspects of cyber risks, this insurance coverage is subject to a retention amount and may not be applicable to a particular incident or otherwise may be insufficient to cover all our losses beyond any retention. Similarly, we expect to continue to make significant investments in our information technology infrastructure. The implementation of these investments may be more costly or take longer than we anticipate, or could otherwise adversely affect our business operations, which could negatively impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We recently experienced a network cyber-attack that disrupted our domestic operations.

As disclosed in ourForm 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2017, on December 7, 2017, the Company experienced a criminal network cyber-attack that led to a disruption of its domestic operations, including manufacturing, engineering, administration, and sales operations. As of December 12, 2017 the Company had restored its domestic operations. The Company engaged third party experts, including a leading cybersecurity firm, to perform a forensic investigation of this attack and as a result of the investigation has identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting relating to its logical access control over its IT systems. While the Company currently expects to complete remediation of this weakness by April 30, 2018, there can be no assurance that such remediation will be completed by such date. The Company has insurance coverage against recovery costs and business interruption resulting from cyber-attacks. However, the Company may have incurred, and may incur in the future, expenses and losses related to this attack that are not covered by insurance.

2018. 





Item 6.Exhibits

10.68B* 
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31.1  
31.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule13a-14(a) or Rule15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section  302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1  
32.2Certification ofand Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section  906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS  XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*The referenced exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.





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.

KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: March 9, 2018 
KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
                             (Registrant)
Date: March 15, 2019 By

/s/ Thomas D. Hull III

 

Thomas D. Hull III

(As duly authorized officer and President and Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer)

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