Exhibit 99.1
 | A. M. CASTLE & CO. | 3400 North Wolf Road Franklin Park, Illinois 60131 (847) 455-7111 (847) 455-6930 (Fax) |
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| Scott F. Stephens | Analyst Contacts: | |
| Vice President-Finance & CFO | Katie Pyra | |
| (847) 349-2577 | (312) 553-6717 | |
| Email: sstephens@amcastle.com | Email:kpyra@ashtonpartners.com | |
| Traded: NYSE (CAS) | ||
| Member: S&P SmallCap 600 Index |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009
A. M. CASTLE & CO. REPORTS 2009 SECOND QUARTER RESULTS
FRANKLIN PARK, IL, JULY 28th — A. M. Castle & Co. (NYSE: CAS), a global distributor of specialty metal and plastic products, value-added services and supply chain solutions, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.
Consolidated net sales were $195.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $397.1 million in the second quarter of 2008 reflecting continued weakness in demand as a result of the global recession. The Company reported a net loss for the quarter of $5.5 million or $0.24 loss per diluted share as compared to net income of $11.3 million or $0.49 income per diluted share in the prior year quarter.
The Company’s Metals segment sales were $174.1 million in the second quarter of 2009, compared to $365.4 million last year. Total Metals revenue declined 52% compared to the prior year quarter, as volume of tons sold per day declined approximately 51%. The demand softness experienced in the second quarter was broad-based, impacting virtually all end-markets and products reflecting significantly weaker demand conditions compared to last year.
In the Plastics segment, second quarter sales of $21.0 million were down $10.7 million compared to $31.7 million in the prior year period due to lower sales volume. However, sales in the Plastics segment remained relatively consistent with the first quarter of 2009 as second quarter end-market demand remained stable across most key industries.
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“Sales activity and overall business conditions during the second quarter continued to be difficult across most of the end-markets that we serve,” stated Michael Goldberg, President and CEO of A.M. Castle. “Gross profit margins for the quarter of 25.6% were higher than the 25.2% in the second quarter of 2008 but were weaker than the 27.8% realized in the first quarter of this year due to increased competition for business in a low-demand environment.”
Goldberg continued, “We continued with our cost reduction strategy during the second quarter and saw a number of previously announced actions come to fruition. For the second quarter, consolidated operating expenses were $57.6 million, which represents a 30% reduction versus $82.3 million in the second quarter of 2008. We continue to strive to get our costs in line with our revenues and expect to achieve our goal of reducing 2009 operating costs by $65 million compared to 2008. We remain steadfast to our conservative approach to capital spending.”
The Company’s debt-to-capital ratio was 24.9% as of June 30, 2009, compared to 25.6% as of March 31, 2009. Total debt was $114 million as of June 30, 2009, compared to $120 million as of March 31, 2009. Interest expense during the second quarter was $1.6 million, or $0.7 million lower than the prior year period due to lower borrowing rates.
“We continue to look for indications of economic recovery. We have seen a few positive signs in some of the macroeconomic trends, most notably an increasing PMI index over the last six months and increased activity in China resulting from its stimulus plan. We recognize that we still have a long road ahead of us. While destocking efforts continued across most end-markets throughout the first half of the year, we remain in close contact with our key customers in order to better understand demand and capacity for 2010. At this point, our customers overall expect destocking to abate in the second half of 2009 compared to the first half of the year,” stated Goldberg.
“Our focus for 2009 remains on expense control, working capital management and completing the rollout of our Oracle ERP implementation. We are pleased to report a successful conversion of our domestic western branches to the new ERP platform in June of 2009. We remain on track to convert the balance of the U.S. locations in the second half of 2009,” concluded Goldberg.
Webcast Information
Management will hold a conference call at 11:00 a.m. ET today to review the Company’s results for the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2009. The call can be accessed via the internet live
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or as a replay. Those who would like to listen to the call may access the webcast through http://www.amcastle.com.
An archived version of the conference call webcast will be accessible for replay on the above website until the next earnings conference call. A replay of the conference call will also be available for seven days by calling 303-590-3030 (international) or 800-406-7325 and citing code 4110286.
About A. M. Castle & Co.
Founded in 1890, A. M. Castle & Co. is a global distributor of specialty metal and plastic products and supply chain services, principally serving the producer durable equipment sector of the economy. Its customer base includes many Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of medium and smaller-sized firms spread across a variety of industries. Within its metals business, it specializes in the distribution of alloy and stainless steels; nickel alloys; aluminum and carbon. Through its subsidiary, Total Plastics, Inc., the Company also distributes a broad range of value-added industrial plastics. Together, Castle operates over 56 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CAS”.
Regulation G Disclosure
This press release and the financial statements included in this release include non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial information should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. However, we believe that non-GAAP reporting, giving effect to the adjustments shown in the reconciliation contained in the attached financial statements, provides meaningful information and therefore we use it to supplement our GAAP guidance. Management often uses this information to assess and measure the performance of our operating segments. We have chosen to provide this supplemental information to investors, analysts and other interested parties to enable them to perform additional analyses of operating results, to illustrate the results of operations giving effect to the non-GAAP adjustments shown in the reconciliations and to provide an additional measure of performance.
The Company believes that the use and presentation of EBITDA, which is defined by the company as income before provision for income taxes plus depreciation and amortization, and
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interest expense, less interest income, is widely used by the investment community for evaluation purposes and provides the investors, analysts and other interested parties with additional information in analyzing the Company’s operating results
Cautionary Statement on Risks Associated with Forward Looking Statements
Information provided and statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements only speak as of the date of this release and the Company assumes no obligation to update the information included in this release. Such forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business strategy. These statements often include words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “predict,” “plan,” or similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and they involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there are many factors that could affect our actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including those risk factors identified in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. All future written and oral forward-looking statements by us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to above. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information as required by the federal securities laws, we do not have any obligations or intention to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances in the future or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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| For the Three | For the Six | |||||||||||||||
| Months Ended | Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 195,103 | $ | 397,115 | $ | 447,347 | $ | 790,594 | ||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of materials (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) | 145,067 | 297,196 | 327,247 | 588,540 | ||||||||||||
| Warehouse, processing and delivery expense | 26,219 | 40,091 | �� | 57,145 | 78,616 | |||||||||||
| Sales, general, and administrative expense | 25,889 | 36,168 | 57,849 | 71,650 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 5,542 | 6,067 | 10,958 | 11,878 | ||||||||||||
| Operating (loss) income | (7,614 | ) | 17,593 | (5,852 | ) | 39,910 | ||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (1,552 | ) | (2,213 | ) | (3,257 | ) | (4,259 | ) | ||||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes and equity in (losses) earnings of joint venture | (9,166 | ) | 15,380 | (9,109 | ) | 35,651 | ||||||||||
| Income tax benefit (provision) | 3,782 | (6,949 | ) | 4,227 | (15,299 | ) | ||||||||||
| (Loss) income before equity in (losses) earnings of joint venture | (5,384 | ) | 8,431 | (4,882 | ) | 20,352 | ||||||||||
| Equity in (losses) earnings of joint venture | (137 | ) | 2,820 | (159 | ) | 4,713 | ||||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (5,521 | ) | $ | 11,251 | $ | (5,041 | ) | $ | 25,065 | ||||||
| Basic (loss) earnings per share | $ | (0.24 | ) | $ | 0.50 | $ | (0.22 | ) | $ | 1.12 | ||||||
| Diluted (loss) earnings per share | $ | (0.24 | ) | $ | 0.49 | $ | (0.22 | ) | $ | 1.11 | ||||||
| EBITDA * | $ | (2,209 | ) | $ | 26,480 | $ | 4,947 | $ | 56,501 | |||||||
| * | Earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation and amortization |
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net income:
| For the Three | For the Six | |||||||||||||||
| Months Ended | Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (5,521 | ) | $ | 11,251 | $ | (5,041 | ) | $ | 25,065 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 5,542 | 6,067 | 10,958 | 11,878 | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | 1,552 | 2,213 | 3,257 | 4,259 | ||||||||||||
| Income taxes | (3,782 | ) | 6,949 | (4,227 | ) | 15,299 | ||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | (2,209 | ) | $ | 26,480 | $ | 4,947 | $ | 56,501 | |||||||
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| As of | ||||||||
| June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 20,693 | $ | 15,277 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, less allowances of $3,658 at June 30, 2009 and $3,318 at December 31, 2008 | 115,344 | 159,613 | ||||||
| Inventories, principally on last-in, first-out basis (replacement cost higher by $105,376 at June 30, 2009 and $133,748 at December 31, 2008) | 213,497 | 240,673 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 6,841 | 6,976 | ||||||
| Income tax receivable | 6,553 | 640 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 8,451 | 5,244 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 371,379 | 428,423 | ||||||
| Investment in joint venture | 22,703 | 23,340 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 51,355 | 51,321 | ||||||
| Intangible assets | 52,263 | 55,742 | ||||||
| Prepaid pension cost | 27,186 | 26,615 | ||||||
| Other assets | 4,957 | 5,303 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, at cost | ||||||||
| Land | 5,186 | 5,184 | ||||||
| Building | 51,540 | 50,069 | ||||||
| Machinery and equipment (includes construction in progress) | 176,311 | 172,500 | ||||||
| 233,037 | 227,753 | |||||||
| Less — accumulated depreciation | (146,437 | ) | (139,463 | ) | ||||
| 86,600 | 88,290 | |||||||
| Total assets | $ | 616,443 | $ | 679,034 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 83,749 | $ | 126,490 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 23,131 | 27,929 | ||||||
| Income taxes payable | 559 | 6,451 | ||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 10,891 | 10,838 | ||||||
| Short-term debt | 26,739 | 31,197 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 145,069 | 202,905 | ||||||
| Long-term debt, less current portion | 76,353 | 75,018 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 37,432 | 38,743 | ||||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 13,756 | 15,068 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
| Common stock, $0.01 par value - 30,000 shares authorized; 23,115 shares issued and 22,908 outstanding at June 30, 2009 and 22,850 shares issued and 22,654 outstanding at December 31, 2008 | 230 | 228 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 177,450 | 176,653 | ||||||
| Retained earnings | 178,249 | 184,651 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (9,142 | ) | (11,462 | ) | ||||
| Treasury stock, at cost - 207 shares at June 30, 2009 and 197 shares at December 31, 2008 | (2,954 | ) | (2,770 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 343,833 | 347,300 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 616,443 | $ | 679,034 | ||||