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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended July 3, 2009
OR
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission file number 1-05492
NASHUA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts | 02-0170100 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
11 Trafalgar Square, Suite 201, Nashua, New Hampshire 03063
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (603) 880-2323
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: N/A
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:þ No:o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes:o No:o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filero | Accelerated filero | Non-accelerated filero(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting companyþ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes:o No:þ
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, as of August 7, 2009:
Class | Number of Shares | |
Common Stock, $1.00 par value | 5,567,737 |
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
NASHUA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
July 3, 2009 | December 31, | |||||||
(Unaudited) | 2008 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
ASSETS: | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | — | $ | 1,592 | ||||
Accounts receivable | 25,586 | 27,469 | ||||||
Inventories: | ||||||||
Raw materials | 9,135 | 8,902 | ||||||
Work in process | 1,900 | 3,329 | ||||||
Finished goods | 9,040 | 9,554 | ||||||
20,075 | 21,785 | |||||||
Other current assets | 7,050 | 5,599 | ||||||
Total current assets | 52,711 | 56,445 | ||||||
Plant and equipment | 70,691 | 70,264 | ||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (52,063 | ) | (50,110 | ) | ||||
18,628 | 20,154 | |||||||
Goodwill | 17,374 | 17,374 | ||||||
Intangibles, net of amortization | 236 | 260 | ||||||
Other assets | 4,512 | 5,970 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 93,461 | $ | 100,203 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | �� | $ | 14,906 | $ | 11,968 | |||
Accrued expenses | 7,755 | 8,900 | ||||||
Borrowings under revolving line of credit | 200 | — | ||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt | 2,800 | 8,125 | ||||||
Current maturities of notes payable to related parties | 5 | 18 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 25,666 | 29,011 | ||||||
Long-term debt | — | 2,800 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 46,527 | 46,879 | ||||||
Total long-term liabilities | 46,527 | 49,679 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 5) | ||||||||
Shareholders’ equity: | ||||||||
Common stock | 5,568 | 5,608 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 15,519 | 15,076 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 39,057 | 39,705 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss: | ||||||||
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax | (38,876 | ) | (38,876 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders’ equity | 21,268 | 21,513 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ | 93,461 | $ | 100,203 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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NASHUA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
July 3, | June 27, | July 3, | June 27, | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 61,196 | $ | 67,003 | $ | 123,674 | $ | 130,929 | ||||||||
Cost of products sold | 52,334 | 55,676 | 105,922 | 109,744 | ||||||||||||
Gross margin | 8,862 | 11,327 | 17,752 | 21,185 | ||||||||||||
Selling, distribution and administrative expenses | 8,125 | 10,916 | 17,111 | 20,929 | ||||||||||||
Research and development expenses | 144 | 178 | 291 | 364 | ||||||||||||
Special charges | 1,235 | — | 1,235 | — | ||||||||||||
Loss from equity investments | 14 | 92 | 12 | 129 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | 23 | 128 | 188 | 291 | ||||||||||||
Interest income | — | (24 | ) | (1 | ) | (72 | ) | |||||||||
Change in fair value of interest rate swap | 22 | (241 | ) | 143 | 119 | |||||||||||
Other income | (370 | ) | (223 | ) | (579 | ) | (487 | ) | ||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes (benefit) | (331 | ) | 501 | (648 | ) | (88 | ) | |||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | — | 201 | — | (35 | ) | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (331 | ) | $ | 300 | $ | (648 | ) | $ | (53 | ) | |||||
Basic earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) per common share | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | 0.06 | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Average common shares | 5,317 | 5,412 | 5,316 | 5,404 | ||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) per common share assuming dilution | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | 0.05 | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents | — | 106 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Average common and potential common shares | 5,317 | 5,518 | 5,316 | 5,404 | ||||||||||||
See accompanying notes.
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NASHUA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended | ||||||||
July 3, | June 27, | |||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (648 | ) | $ | (53 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,977 | 2,103 | ||||||
Amortization of deferred gain | (338 | ) | (337 | ) | ||||
Change in fair value of interest rate swap | 143 | 119 | ||||||
Stock based compensation | 403 | 360 | ||||||
Excess tax benefit from exercised stock based | — | (14 | ) | |||||
Loss on equity investment | 12 | 129 | ||||||
Contribution to pension plan | (946 | ) | (1,714 | ) | ||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities | 6,254 | 18 | ||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 6,857 | 611 | ||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
Investment in plant and equipment | (427 | ) | (656 | ) | ||||
Investment in unconsolidated equity investment | (84 | ) | — | |||||
Cash used in investing activities | (511 | ) | (656 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
Net proceeds on revolving portion of long-term debt | 200 | — | ||||||
Repayment on term loan | (8,125 | ) | — | |||||
Repayment of notes payable to related parties | (13 | ) | (15 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from shares exercised under stock option plans | — | 48 | ||||||
Excess tax benefit from exercised stock based compensation | — | 14 | ||||||
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (7,938 | ) | 47 | |||||
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (1,592 | ) | 2 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 1,592 | 7,388 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | — | $ | 7,390 | ||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||||
Interest paid | $ | 242 | $ | 253 | ||||
Income taxes paid, net | $ | 44 | $ | 32 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1: Basis of Presentation and Liquidity
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, in the United States, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles, in the United States, for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements contain all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. During the second quarter ended July 3, 2009, we recorded an adjustment to write off $709,000 for unsupported work in process inventory balances at two of our production facilities. We have evaluated the impact of these adjustments on the current and prior financial statements and have concluded the amounts are not material to our consolidated financial statements. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Liquidity
We had $29.8 million of working capital at July 3, 2009. We believe that our working capital amounts at July 3, 2009, along with cash expected to be generated from operating activities as well as borrowings available under our revolving line of credit, are adequate to allow us to meet our obligations during 2009. In the event our results of operations do not meet forecasted results and therefore impact financial covenants with our lender, Bank of America, we believe there are alternative forms of financing available to us. There can be no assurance, however, that such financing will be available on conditions acceptable to us, or at all. In the event such financing is not available to us, we believe we can effectively manage operating and financial obligations by adjusting the timing of working capital components.
Note 2: Acquired Intangible Assets
Details of acquired intangible assets are as follows:
As of July 3, 2009 | ||||||||||||
Weighted | ||||||||||||
Gross | Average | |||||||||||
Carrying | Accumulated | Amortization | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | Amount | Amortization | Period | |||||||||
Trademarks and tradenames | $ | 211 | $ | 104 | 15 years | |||||||
Customer relationships and lists | 829 | 700 | 12 years | |||||||||
$ | 1,040 | $ | 804 | |||||||||
Amortization Expense: | ||||||||||||
For the six months ended July 3, 2009 | $ | 24 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2009 | $ | 47 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2009 | $ | 39 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2010 | $ | 34 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2011 | $ | 31 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2012 | $ | 30 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2013 | $ | 28 | ||||||||||
Estimated for the year ending December 31, 2014 and thereafter | $ | 51 |
Note 3: Pension and Postretirement Benefits
Net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs for the quarters ended July 3, 2009 and June 27, 2008 for the plans include the following components:
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Pension Benefits for three | Postretirement Benefits | |||||||||||||||
months ended | for three months ended | |||||||||||||||
July 3, | June 27, | July 3, | June 27, | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Components of net periodic (income) cost | ||||||||||||||||
Service cost | $ | 125 | $ | 125 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Interest cost | 1,487 | 1,480 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Expected return on plan assets | (1,634 | ) | (1,634 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||
Amortization of prior service cost | 1 | 1 | (17 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||||||
Recognized net actuarial (gain)/loss | 578 | 343 | (22 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||||||||
Net periodic (income) cost | $ | 557 | $ | 315 | $ | (34 | ) | $ | (31 | ) | ||||||
Pension Benefits for six | Postretirement Benefits | |||||||||||||||
months ended | for six months ended | |||||||||||||||
July 3, | June 27, | July 3, | June 27, | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Components of net periodic (income) cost | ||||||||||||||||
Service cost | $ | 250 | $ | 250 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Interest cost | 2,974 | 2,960 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Expected return on plan assets | (3,268 | ) | (3,268 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||
Amortization of prior service cost | 2 | 2 | (34 | ) | (34 | ) | ||||||||||
Recognized net actuarial (gain)/loss | 1,156 | 686 | (44 | ) | (42 | ) | ||||||||||
Net periodic (income) cost | $ | 1,114 | $ | 630 | $ | (68 | ) | $ | (62 | ) | ||||||
We funded the pension plans $.9 million in the first six months of 2009 and we anticipate making a total contribution of up to $2.9 million to our pension plans in 2009.
Note 4: Segment and Related Information
The following table presents information about our reportable segments.
Net Sales | Gross Margin | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
July 3, | June 27, | July 3, | June 27, | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Label Products | $ | 27,615 | $ | 25,144 | $ | 2,881 | $ | 3,980 | ||||||||
Specialty Paper Products | 34,623 | 42,646 | 5,766 | 7,174 | ||||||||||||
All other | 890 | 920 | 258 | 188 | ||||||||||||
Reconciling items: | ||||||||||||||||
Eliminations | (1,932 | ) | (1,707 | ) | (43 | ) | (15 | ) | ||||||||
Consolidated | $ | 61,196 | $ | 67,003 | $ | 8,862 | $ | 11,327 | ||||||||
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Net Sales | Gross Margin | |||||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
July 3, | June 27, | July 3, | June 27, | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Label Products | $ | 54,802 | $ | 51,170 | $ | 5,764 | $ | 7,785 | ||||||||||||
Specialty Paper Products | 70,375 | 81,234 | 11,166 | 13,067 | ||||||||||||||||
All other | 2,484 | 2,013 | 865 | 354 | ||||||||||||||||
Reconciling items: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eliminations | (3,987 | ) | (3,488 | ) | (43 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | 123,674 | $ | 130,929 | $ | 17,752 | $ | 21,185 | ||||||||||||
Note 5: Contingencies
Environmental
We are involved in certain environmental matters and have been designated by the Environmental Protection Agency, referred to as the EPA, as a potentially responsible party for certain hazardous waste sites. In addition, we have been notified by certain state environmental agencies that we may bear responsibility for remedial action at other sites which have not been addressed by the EPA. The sites at which we may have remedial responsibilities are in various stages of investigation and remediation. Due to the unique physical characteristics of each site, the remedial technology employed, the extended timeframes of each remediation, the interpretation of applicable laws and regulations and the financial viability of other potential participants, our ultimate cost of remediation is difficult to estimate. Accordingly, our estimates of such costs could either increase or decrease in the future due to changes in such factors. At July 3, 2009, based on the facts currently known and our prior experience with these matters, we have concluded that it is probable that site assessment, remediation and monitoring costs will be incurred. We have estimated a range for these costs of $.7 million to $.9 million for continuing operations. These estimates could increase if other potentially responsible parties or our insurance carriers are unable or unwilling to bear their allocated share and cannot be compelled to do so. At July 3, 2009, our accrual balance relating to environmental matters was $.7 million for continuing operations. Based on information currently available, we believe that it is probable that the major potentially responsible parties will fully pay the costs apportioned to them. We believe that our remediation expense is not likely to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
State Street Bank and Trust
On October 24, 2007, the Nashua Pension Plan Committee filed a Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against State Street Bank and Trust, State Street Global Advisors, Inc. and John Does 1-20, referred to collectively as State Street. On January 14, 2008, the Nashua Pension Plan Committee filed a revised Complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the same defendants. The Complaint alleges that the defendants violated their obligations as fiduciaries under the Employment Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, referred to as ERISA.
On February 7, 2008, the Court consolidated the Nashua Pension Plan Committee action with other pending ERISA actions and appointed the Nashua Pension Plan Committee as one of the lead plaintiffs in the consolidated action. On August 22, 2008, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint. The complaint alleges that State Street failed to loyally and prudently manage assets in certain bond funds, and seeks to recover the investment losses caused by State Street’s alleged breach of its fiduciary duties. The aggregate damages suffered by the proposed class have not been adjudicated but are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
On October 17, 2008, State Street filed an answer and included a counterclaim against the trustees of the named plaintiff plans, including the trustees of Nashua’s Pension Plan Committee, asserting that to the extent State Street is liable to the plans, the trustees are liable to State Street for contribution and/or indemnification in the amount of any payment by State Street in excess of State Street’s share of liability, including fees and costs suffered by State Street in connection with the claims asserted in the Complaint. On December 22, 2008, State Street filed an amended counterclaim against the trustees maintaining their allegations concerning contribution and/or indemnification and adding a claim for breach of fiduciary duty. The breach of fiduciary duty claim seeks to restore the losses suffered by the Plans.
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In the opinion of Nashua’s management, the resolution of the counterclaim will not materially affect Nashua.
On March 3, 2009, the trustees filed a motion to dismiss the counterclaim. Nashua believes the counterclaim is without merit and the trustees intend to vigorously defend against the counterclaim.
Discovery commenced in March 2008 and is ongoing.
Merger Litigation
On May 20, 2009, two putative class action complaints challenging the merger were filed in New Hampshire Superior Court for Hillsborough County:Joel Gerber v. Nashua Corporation, et al., No. 09-C-307, andOscar Schapiro v. Nashua Corporation et al., No. 09-E-0148. The two suits were subsequently removed to the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire and consolidated into one action,In re Nashua Corporation S’Holders Litigation,No. 09-cv-188-SM.
On June 18, 2009, plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint, purportedly on behalf of all public shareholders of Nashua. The amended complaint names Nashua, its directors, Cenveo, and Merger Sub as defendants. It alleges, among other things, that the consideration to be paid to Nashua shareholders in the merger is unfair and undervalues Nashua. It also alleges that Nashua’s directors violated their fiduciary duties by, among other things, failing to maximize shareholder value, failing to engage in a fair sale process, and failing to disclose in the proxy material information regarding the merger. The amended consolidated complaint also alleges that Cenveo and Merger Sub aided and abetted the alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by Nashua’s directors. The amended and consolidated complaint seeks, among other relief, an injunction preventing completion of the merger or, if the merger is consummated, rescission of the merger.
The parties have entered into a settlement agreement dated as of July 2, 2009, which provides for the disclosure of additional information that is contained in this Form 10Q and which plaintiffs contend is material to Nashua’s shareholders. The settlement is subject to approval by the court. If approved, it will resolve the above litigation. On July 14, 2009, the court issued an order preliminarily approving the settlement and scheduling a hearing for October 19, 2009 to determine whether to issue a final order.
On June 12, 2009, a third putative class action challenging the merger,William Russell v. Thomas Brooker, et al., was filed in Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County, 09-2470-BLS. An amended complaint was filed on June 16. The Massachusetts complaint is substantially duplicative of the amended consolidated complaint that was filed inIn re Nashua Corporation S’Holders Litigation: it asserts substantially the same claims against the same defendants on behalf of the same putative class of Nashua’s public shareholders. It also seeks, among other relief, an injunction preventing completion of the merger, or if the merger is consummated, rescission of the merger or rescissionary damages. On June 23, 2009, Nashua served a motion to stay all proceedings in the matter on the basis of the substantially duplicative, earlier-filed federal litigation described above. On July 3, 2009, Plaintiff sent Nashua an opposition to that motion. Nashua filed the motion and opposition with the court, together with a reply brief, on July 16, 2009. Although Nashua requested a hearing on the motion, one has not yet been scheduled.
Other
We are involved in various other lawsuits, claims and inquiries, most of which are routine to the nature of our business. In the opinion of our management, the resolution of these matters will not materially affect us.
Note 6: Fair Value Measurements
In the first quarter of 2009, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (FAS 157) for our nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are not recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. This adoption did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
FAS 157 provides a framework for measuring fair value and requires expanded disclosures regarding fair value measurements. FAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received for an asset or the exit price that would be paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. FAS 157 also established a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs, where available. The following summarizes the three levels of inputs required by the standard that we use to measure fair value.
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Level 1: | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
Level 2: | Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities. |
Level 3: | Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. |
The following table sets forth the financial liability as of July 3, 2009 that we measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy. As required by FAS 157, assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to their fair value measurement.
Fair Value Measurements at July 3, 2009 Using | ||||||||||||||||
Total Carrying | Quoted prices in | Significant other | Significant | |||||||||||||
Value at | active markets | observable inputs | unobservable inputs | |||||||||||||
(in thousands of dollars) | July 3, 2009 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | ||||||||||||
Interest rate swap liability | $ | 635 | $ | — | $ | 635 | $ | — |
The fair value of the interest rate swap was derived from a discounted cash flow analysis based on the terms of the contract and the forward interest rate curve adjusted for our credit risk.
Note 7: Goodwill
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (FAS 142), requires that we test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis and on an interim basis when circumstances change between annual tests that would more-likely-than-not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying value, and to write down goodwill and non-amortizable intangible assets when impaired. Our annual impairment date is the fourth quarter of each year. This assessment requires us to estimate the fair market value of each of our reporting units and recognize an impairment when the calculated fair market value is less than our carrying value.
The current business climate related to the economic environment caused us to re-evaluate our current projections as well as expected market multiples during the first six months of 2009. As a result, we performed an interim impairment test as of July 3, 2009, using a discounted cash flow model. Based on our assessment, we determined that the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded the carrying value and therefore no impairment was necessary. The carrying amount of goodwill for our Label Products business was $17.4 million at July 3, 2009.
Note 8: Indebtedness
On March 30, 2009, we entered into an amendment to our credit facility with Bank of America that, among other things, changed the termination date of the agreement to March 29, 2010 from March 30, 2012, reduced the amount of the revolving credit facility from $28 million to $15 million until June 30, 2009 and $17 million thereafter, increased the interest rate on borrowings to LIBOR plus 335 basis points or prime plus 110 basis points, and limited our annual capital expenditures to $2 million. Pursuant to the amendment, Bank of America waived our non-compliance with the fixed charge coverage ratio and the funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio financial covenants at December 31, 2008, and amended the terms of those covenants for the quarter ending July 3, 2009 and subsequent periods. At July 3, 2009, we were in compliance with the covenants under our credit facility.
We funded the pension plans $.9 million for the first six months of 2009 and we anticipate making a total contribution of up to $2.9 million to our pension plans in 2009. We plan to fund this requirement through cash flow from operations and our revolving credit facility.
We had $29.8 million of working capital at July 3, 2009. We believe that our working capital amounts at July 3, 2009, along with cash expected to be generated from operating activities as well as borrowings available under the revolving line of credit, are adequate to allow us to meet our obligations during 2009. In the event our results of operations do not meet forecasted results and therefore impact financial covenants with our lender, we believe there are alternative forms of financing available to us. There can be no assurance, however, that such financing will be available on conditions acceptable to us. In the event such financing is not available to us, we believe we can effectively manage operating and financial obligations by adjusting the timing of working capital components.
We have presented the $2.8 million secured letter of credit supporting our Industrial Development Revenue Bonds issued by the Industrial Development Board of the City of Jefferson City, Tennessee as current on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at July 3, 2009 since the termination date of the letter of credit has changed from March 30, 2012 to March 29, 2010.
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Note 9: New Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (FAS 141R). FAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the goodwill acquired. The standard also establishes disclosure requirements to enable the evaluation for the nature and financial effects of the business combination. The requirements of FAS 141R were effective for our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009. The adoption of FAS 141R did not have a material impact on our financial statements at July 3, 2009.
In June 2009, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162” (FAS 168). FAS 168, which was launched on July 1, 2009, became the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S. GAAP, superseding existing FASB, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) and related literature. FAS 168 eliminates the GAAP hierarchy contained in FAS No. 162 and establishes one level of authoritative GAAP. All other literature is considered non-authoritative. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. We will adopt this Statement for the quarter ending October 2, 2009. There will be no change to our Consolidated Financial Statements due to the implementation of this Statement.
In May 2009, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 165, Subsequent Events (FAS 165), which establishes general standards for disclosure of and accounting for events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. FAS 165 is effective for the Company beginning with the three months ended July 3, 2009. The Company’s adoption of FAS 165 did not have a material effect on its unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Note 10: Proposed Transaction
On May 6, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Cenveo, Inc. and NM Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo, referred to as Merger Sub, pursuant to which either: (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into us, and we will continue as the surviving entity, or (ii) under certain circumstances, we will merge with and into Merger Sub, and Merger Sub will continue as the surviving entity (either (i) or (ii), as applicable, referred to as the Merger). Upon consummation of the Merger, the surviving entity will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo. Consummation of the merger is subject to the approval of the Merger Agreement by our shareholders. Nashua shareholders will vote on the proposed merger at a special shareholders meeting on September 15, 2009. If a majority of the shareholders approve the transaction, the merger will become final shortly thereafter.
At the effective time of the Merger, referred to as the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of our common stock, other than shares owned by Cenveo or Merger Sub, will be converted into the right to receive (i) $0.75 in cash without interest, referred to as the Cash Consideration, and (ii) a number of shares of Cenveo’s common stock (referred to as the Stock Consideration and together with the Cash Consideration, the Merger Consideration) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $6.130 by the volume weighted average price per share of Cenveo common stock on fifteen days selected by lot out of the thirty trading days ending on and including the second trading day immediately prior to the closing date of the Merger (that average is referred to as the Cenveo Stock Measurement Price). However, if the Cenveo Stock Measurement Price is equal to or less than $3.750, then the Stock Consideration will be equal to 1.635 shares of Cenveo common stock and if the Cenveo Stock Measurement Price is greater than or equal to $5.250, then the Stock Consideration will be equal to 1.168 shares of Cenveo common stock.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, at the Effective Time, the outstanding and unexercised stock options to acquire our common stock will be converted into stock options to acquire Cenveo common stock adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio applicable to our common stock generally as follows:
• | Each option to purchase shares of our common stock will be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of Cenveo common stock equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole share) of (x) the number of shares of our common stock subject to the our option immediately prior to the merger and (y) the number obtained by dividing $6.130 by the volume-weighted average price per share of Cenveo common stock on 15 days selected by lot out of the 30 trading days ending on and including the second trading day immediately prior to the closing date of the merger, provided that (i) if the 15-day price is less than or equal to $3.750, this clause (y) shall equal 1.635; and (ii) if the 15-day price equals or exceeds $5.250, this clause (y) shall equal 1.168. |
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• | The per-share exercise price of the resulting Cenveo option will be determined by (a) subtracting $0.75 from the exercise price per share of our common stock at which the option was exercisable immediately prior to the merger, (b) dividing that difference by the number in clause (y) of the preceding bullet point, and (c) rounding the result up to the nearest whole cent. |
With respect to our restricted shares, under the terms of the merger agreement, immediately prior to the completion of the merger, each outstanding our restricted share will be converted into the right to receive $0.75 in cash and a number of share(s) of Cenveo common stock determined by applying the same formula that applies to shares of our common stock generally as described in “Terms of the Merger,” above. Our restricted shares will continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as in the applicable our equity plan, and the restrictions on the cash payments and covered Cenveo shares will lapse when and as the performance targets applicable to the restricted shares, as adjusted in accordance with the merger agreement, are attained.
Our restricted stock units, which are held only by our directors, will be settled for shares of Cenveo common stock and cash at closing in the same manner that applies to shares of our common stock generally.
As of July 3, 2009, we have recognized $1.2 million of transaction costs related to the proposed merger with Cenveo which are included in special charges in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Note 11: Subsequent Event
We evaluated subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date and up to the time of filing with the SEC on August 14, 2009 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended July 3, 2009, and concluded that there was no event of which management was aware that occurred after the balance sheet date that would require any adjustment to the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
The following discussion should be read along with our 2008 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q.
Recent Development
On May 6, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Cenveo, Inc. and NM Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo, referred to as Merger Sub, pursuant to which either: (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into us, and we will continue as the surviving entity, or (ii) under certain circumstances, we will merge with and into Merger Sub, and Merger Sub will continue as the surviving entity (either (i) or (ii), as applicable, referred to as the Merger). Upon consummation of the Merger, the surviving entity will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo. Consummation of the merger is subject to the approval of the Merger Agreement by our shareholders. Nashua shareholders will vote on the proposed merger at a special shareholders meeting on September 15, 2009. If a majority of the shareholders approve the transaction, the merger will become final shortly thereafter.
At the effective time of the Merger, referred to as the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of our common stock, other than shares owned by Cenveo or Merger Sub, will be converted into the right to receive (i) $0.75 in cash without interest, referred to as the Cash Consideration, and (ii) a number of shares of Cenveo’s common stock, referred to as the Stock Consideration and together with the Cash Consideration, the Merger Consideration, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $6.130 by the volume weighted average price per share of Cenveo common stock on fifteen days selected by lot out of the thirty trading days ending on and including the second trading day immediately prior to the closing date of the Merger (that average is referred to as the Cenveo Stock Measurement Price). However, if the Cenveo Stock Measurement Price is equal to or less than $3.750, then the Stock Consideration will be equal to 1.635 shares of Cenveo common stock and if the Cenveo Stock Measurement Price is greater than or equal to $5.250, then the Stock Consideration will be equal to 1.168 shares of Cenveo common stock. An example of the conversion of Cenveo shares for Nashua shares is as follows:
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Cenveo | Shares to be | Nashua | Total | |||||||||||||||
Share Price | Received | Share Value | Cash | Nashua Value | ||||||||||||||
$ | 5.25 | 1.168 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 5.00 | 1.226 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 4.75 | 1.291 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 4.50 | 1.362 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 4.25 | 1.442 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 4.00 | 1.533 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 3.75 | 1.635 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.88 | ||||||||||
$ | 3.50 | 1.635 | $ | 5.72 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.47 | ||||||||||
$ | 3.25 | 1.635 | $ | 5.31 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 6.06 | ||||||||||
$ | 3.00 | 1.635 | $ | 4.91 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 5.66 | ||||||||||
$ | 2.75 | 1.635 | $ | 4.50 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 5.25 | ||||||||||
$ | 2.50 | 1.635 | $ | 4.09 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 4.84 | ||||||||||
$ | 2.00 | 1.635 | $ | 3.27 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 4.02 | ||||||||||
$ | 1.75 | 1.635 | $ | 2.86 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 3.61 | ||||||||||
$ | 1.50 | 1.635 | $ | 2.45 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 3.20 | ||||||||||
$ | 1.25 | 1.635 | $ | 2.04 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 2.79 | ||||||||||
$ | 1.00 | 1.635 | $ | 1.64 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 2.39 |
Under the terms of the merger agreement, at the Effective Time, the outstanding and unexercised stock options to acquire our common stock will be converted into stock options to acquire Cenveo common stock adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio applicable to our common stock generally as follows:
• | Each option to purchase shares of our common stock will be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of Cenveo common stock equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole share) of (x) the number of shares of our common stock subject to the our option immediately prior to the merger and (y) the number obtained by dividing $6.130 by the volume-weighted average price per share of Cenveo common stock on 15 days selected by lot out of the 30 trading days ending on and including the second trading day immediately prior to the closing date of the merger, provided that (i) if the 15-day price is less than or equal to $3.750, this clause (y) shall equal 1.635; and (ii) if the 15-day price equals or exceeds $5.250, this clause (y) shall equal 1.168. | ||
• | The per-share exercise price of the resulting Cenveo option will be determined by (a) subtracting $0.75 from the exercise price per share of our common stock at which the option was exercisable immediately prior to the merger, (b) dividing that difference by the number in clause (y) of the preceding bullet point, and (c) rounding the result up to the nearest whole cent. |
With respect to our restricted shares, under the terms of the merger agreement, immediately prior to the completion of the merger, each outstanding our restricted share will be converted into the right to receive $0.75 in cash and a number of share(s) of Cenveo common stock determined by applying the same formula that applies to shares of our common stock generally as described in “Terms of the Merger,” above. Our restricted shares will continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as in the applicable our equity plan, and the restrictions on the cash payments and covered Cenveo shares will lapse when and as the performance targets applicable to the restricted shares, as adjusted in accordance with the merger agreement, are attained.
Our restricted stock units, which are held only by our directors, will be settled for shares of Cenveo common stock and cash at closing in the same manner that applies to shares of our common stock generally.
As of July 3, 2009, we have recognized $1.2 million of transaction costs related to the proposed merger with Cenveo which are included in special charges in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Results of Operations
Our overall sales have declined as a result of economic conditions. Sales in the Label Products segment have increased as a result of increasing our market share through the addition of customers in our automatic identification and pharmacy product lines. Sales in our Specialty Paper Products segment have decreased due to the economic downturn in both the retail and construction marketplace. We expect to increase the Label Products segment sales for the remainder of the year and experience a decline in the Specialty Paper Products segment sales for the remainder of the year. We expect competitive pricing pressures to continue as we and our competitors compete for volume in a shrinking market as a result of declining
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retail market sales and continued weakness in the construction industry. We believe that gross margins will be impacted negatively by the shortfall in sales volume.
We continue to face challenges due to overcapacity and the pricing strategies of our competitors in the label and paper converting industry. These challenges will continue to impact our profitability for the year.
Our profitability has been impacted by the transaction costs related to the proposed merger with Cenveo, Inc.
Second Quarter | Second Quarter | First Six Months | First Six Months | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
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Net sales | $ | 61.2 | $ | 67.0 | $ | 123.7 | $ | 130.9 | ||||||||
Gross margin % | 14.5 | % | 16.9 | % | 14.4 | % | 16.2 | % | ||||||||
Distribution expenses | $ | 2.5 | $ | 3.5 | $ | 5.4 | $ | 6.8 | ||||||||
Selling expenses | $ | 2.4 | $ | 3.3 | $ | 5.0 | $ | 6.3 | ||||||||
General and administrative expenses | $ | 3.2 | $ | 4.1 | $ | 6.8 | $ | 7.8 | ||||||||
Research and development expenses | $ | .1 | $ | .2 | $ | .3 | $ | .4 | ||||||||
Special charges | $ | 1.2 | $ | — | $ | 1.2 | $ | — | ||||||||
Other income | $ | (.4 | ) | $ | (.2 | ) | $ | (.6 | ) | $ | (.5 | ) | ||||
Interest expense, net | $ | — | $ | (.1 | ) | $ | .3 | $ | .3 | |||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes from continuing operations | $ | (.3 | ) | $ | .5 | $ | (.6 | ) | $ | (.1 | ) | |||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | (.3 | ) | $ | .3 | $ | (.6 | ) | $ | (.1 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (.3 | ) | $ | .3 | $ | (.6 | ) | $ | (.1 | ) | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 1.0 | $ | 1.1 | $ | 2.0 | $ | 2.1 | ||||||||
Investment in plant and equipment | $ | .2 | $ | .1 | $ | .4 | $ | .7 |
Our net sales from continuing operations decreased $5.8 million, or 8.7 percent, to $61.2 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $67.0 million for the second quarter of 2008. The decrease was primarily due to decreased sales in our Specialty Paper Products segment partially offset by increased sales in our Label Products segment. Our net sales decreased $7.2 million, or 5.5 percent, to $123.7 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $130.9 million for the first six months of 2008. The decrease was due to decreased sales in our Specialty Paper Products segment partially offset by increased sales in our Label Products segment.
Our gross margin percentage decreased from 16.9 percent for the second quarter of 2008 to 14.5 percent for the second quarter of 2009. Gross margin decreased from $11.3 million for the second quarter of 2008 to $8.9 million for the second quarter of 2009, primarily the result of lower sales volume in our Specialty Paper Products segment and lower selling prices and an unfavorable correction of an immaterial inventory error in our Label Products segment. Our gross margin percentage decreased from 16.2 percent for the first six months of 2008 to 14.4 percent for the first six months of 2009. Gross margin decreased from $21.2 million for the first six months of 2008 to $17.8 for the first six months of 2009. The decrease was primarily the result of lower sales volume in our Specialty Paper Products segment and lower selling prices in our Label Products segment.
Distribution expenses decreased $1.0 million to $2.5 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $3.5 million for the second quarter of 2008. As a percentage of sales, distribution expenses decreased from 5.2 percent for the second quarter of 2008 to 4.1 percent for the second quarter of 2009. Distribution expenses decreased $1.4 million to $5.4 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $6.8 million for the first six months of 2008. As a percentage of sales, distribution expenses decreased from 5.2 percent for the first six months of 2008 to 4.4 percent for the first six months of 2009. The decrease for both the second quarter and the first six months was primarily due to the closure of our Cranbury, New Jersey distribution facility in the second quarter of 2008, lower fuel prices and lower sales volume.
Selling expenses decreased $.9 million from $3.3 million for the second quarter of 2008 to $2.4 million for the second quarter of 2009. The decrease was primarily the result of lower salaries and employee benefit costs due to headcount reductions and lower sales commission and travel expenses. As a percentage of sales, selling expenses decreased from 4.9 percent for the second quarter of 2008 to 3.9 percent for the second quarter of 2009. Selling expenses decreased $1.3 million from $6.3 million for the first six months of 2008 to $5.0 million for the first six months of 2009. The decrease was the result of lower salaries and employee benefit costs and lower sales commission and travel expenses. As a percentage of sales, selling expenses decreased from 4.8 percent for the first six months of 2008 to 4.0 percent for the first six months of 2009.
General and administrative expenses decreased $.9 million to $3.2 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $4.1 million for the second quarter of 2008. As a percentage of sales, general and administrative expenses decreased from 6.1 percent for the second quarter of 2008 to 5.2 percent for the second quarter of 2009. General and administrative expenses
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decreased $1.0 million to $6.8 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $7.8 million for the first six months of 2008. As a percentage of net sales, general and administrative expenses decreased from 6.0 percent for the first six months of 2008 to 5.5 percent for the first six months of 2009. The decrease for both the second quarter and first six months was primarily due to lower salaries and employee benefit costs related to headcount reductions and the impact of severance and environmental expenses recorded in the second quarter of 2008.
Research and development expenses remained relatively unchanged for the second quarter of 2009 and decreased from $.4 million for the first six months of 2008 to $.3 million for the first six months of 2009.
Special charges of $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2009 relate to legal, investment firm services and other outside services associated with the proposed merger with Cenveo.
Net interest expense was $45,000 for the second quarter of 2009 compared to net interest income of $.1 million for the second quarter of 2008. The change was the result of a decrease of $.1 million in interest expense related to a reduction in bank debt which was more than offset by a decrease of $.2 million in the fair value of our interest rate swap. Net interest expense remained unchanged at $.3 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to the first six months of 2008.
Other income increased $.2 million to $.4 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $.2 million for the second quarter of 2008 and increased $.1 million to $.6 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $.5 million for the first six months of 2008. The increase was primarily related to higher royalty income generated from the sale of toner formulations in 2006.
The estimated annual effective income tax rate for continuing operations was zero percent for 2009 and 40.1 percent (benefit) for 2008. The estimated rates for 2008 are higher than the U.S. statutory rate principally due to the impact of state income taxes. We did not record a benefit related to our pre-tax loss for the six months ended July 3, 2009 given our year-to-date near breakeven results, which have been impacted by the transaction costs.
Our net loss for the second quarter of 2009 was $.3 million, or $0.06 per share, compared to net income of $.3 million, or $0.06 per share, for the second quarter of 2008. Our net loss for the first six months of 2009 was $.6 million, or $0.12 per share, compared to a net loss of $.1 million, or $0.01 per share, for the first six months of 2008.
Results of Operations by Reportable Segment
Label Products Segment
Second Quarter | Second Quarter | First Six Months | First Six Months | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
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Net sales | $ | 27.6 | $ | 25.1 | $ | 54.8 | $ | 51.2 | ||||||||
Gross margin % | 10.4 | % | 15.8 | % | 10.5 | % | 15.2 | % | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | .4 | $ | .5 | $ | .8 | $ | .9 | ||||||||
Investment in plant and equipment | $ | .1 | $ | .1 | $ | .2 | $ | .2 |
Net sales for our Label Products segment increased $2.5 million, or 10.0 percent, to $27.6 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $25.1 million for the second quarter of 2008. The increase was primarily the result of increased sales of $1.8 million in our automatic identification product line, $1.0 million in our pharmacy product line and $.2 million in our EDP product line and was partially offset by a $.3 million decrease in our retail shelf product line and $.2 million in other miscellaneous product lines. The increase in our automatic identification product line was the result of net business gains and the increase in our pharmacy product line was the result of new business. Net sales increased $3.6 million, or 7.0 percent, to $54.8 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $51.2 million for the first six months of 2008. The increase was mainly attributable to increases of $2.8 million in our automatic identification product line due to net business gains, $2.0 million in our pharmacy product line primarily due to new business, $.2 million in our ticket product line and $.4 million in miscellaneous product lines. The increases were offset by decreases of $1.0 million in our supermarket scale product line and $.8 million in our retail shelf product line.
Gross margin for our Label Products segment decreased $1.1 million to $2.9 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $4.0 million for the second quarter of 2008. As a percentage of net sales, the gross margin percentage decreased from 15.8 percent for the second quarter of 2008 to 10.4 percent for the second quarter of 2009. Gross margin decreased $2.0 million to $5.8 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $7.8 million for the first six months of 2008. As a percentage of net sales, gross margin percentage decreased from 15.2 percent for the first six months of 2008 to 10.5 percent for the first six
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months of 2009. The decrease for the second quarter was primarily due to an unfavorable correction of an immaterial inventory error and unfavorable selling prices. The decrease for the first six months was primarily due to an unfavorable inventory adjustment and the result of incremental manufacturing expenses, including overtime related to employee training, higher material waste, and repair and maintenance cost related to the transfer of the Jacksonville, Florida manufacturing operations into Nashua’s Jefferson City, Tennessee and Omaha, Nebraska manufacturing centers. The incremental cost relates to the learning curve of employees in producing products which were not previously manufactured in the Nebraska and Tennessee locations.
Specialty Paper Products Segment
Second Quarter | Second Quarter | First Six Months | First Six Months | |||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
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Net sales | $ | 34.6 | $ | 42.6 | $ | 70.4 | $ | 81.2 | ||||||||
Gross margin % | 16.7 | % | 16.8 | % | 15.9 | % | 16.1 | % | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | .5 | $ | .5 | $ | 1.0 | $ | 1.0 | ||||||||
Investment in plant and equipment | $ | .1 | $ | .1 | $ | .2 | $ | .2 |
Net sales for our Specialty Paper Products segment decreased $8.0 million, or 18.8 percent, to $34.6 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $42.6 million for the second quarter of 2008. The decrease was primarily the result of decreases of $2.9 million in our wide format product line as a result of softness in the construction industry, $2.7 million in our thermal point of sale product line due to the overall softness of the economy, $1.2 million in our thermal facesheet product line due to the softness in the overall label market, $.4 million in our heatseal product line, $.3 million in our drygum product line and $.8 million in miscellaneous other product lines offset by an increase of $.3 million in our IBM branded product line. Net sales decreased $10.8 million to $70.4 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $81.2 million for the first six months of 2008. The decrease was mainly attributable to decreases of $4.8 million in our wide format product line, $2.3 million in our thermal point of sale product line, $1.5 million in our thermal facesheet product line, $.7 million in both our dry gum and heat seal product lines, $.4 million in our financial product line and $1.8 million in miscellaneous other product lines, offset by an increase of $.7 million in our IBM branded product line. The decreases were primarily the result of overall slow economy.
Gross margin for our Specialty Paper Products segment decreased $1.4 million to $5.8 million for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $7.2 million for the second quarter of 2008. As a percentage of net sales, gross margin decreased from 16.8 percent for the second quarter of 2008 to 16.7 percent for the second quarter of 2009. Gross margin decreased $1.9 million to $11.2 million for the first six months of 2009 compared to $13.1 million for the first six months of 2008. As a percentage of net sales, gross margin decreased from 16.1 percent for the first six months of 2008 to 15.9 percent for the first six months of 2009. For both the second quarter and first six months the decrease is mainly attributable to the volume shortfall, severance charges in our coated products operations and competitive pricing in the marketplace partially offset by lower material costs and reduced manufacturing expenses in our point of sale product lines.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Financial Condition
Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $1.6 million during the first six months of 2009. Cash from operations of $6.9 million was more than offset by cash used in investing activities of $.5 million and cash used in financing activities of $7.9 million. Our cash flows from continuing and discontinuing operations are combined in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
Cash provided by operations of $6.9 million for the first six months of 2009 resulted primarily from changes in operating assets and liabilities which more than offset a $.9 million contribution to our pension plans. The change in operating assets and liabilities of $6.3 million was primarily due to an increase of $2.9 million in accounts payable, a $1.7 million decrease in inventory, a $1.9 million decrease in accounts receivable and a $.9 million increase in other long term liabilities which were partially offset by a $1.2 million decrease in accrued expenses primarily attributable to 2008 year-end reserve payments made in 2009 related to payroll, severance, rebates and royalties. In addition, cash provided by operations included our net loss of $.6 million, which was impacted by non-cash charges of $2.0 million for depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation of $.4 million, and non-cash income related to the amortization of the deferred gain on the sale of our Merrimack, New Hampshire property of $.3 million.
Cash used in investing activities of $.5 million is related to investment in fixed assets of $.4 million and a $.1 million investment in an unconsolidated equity investment.
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Cash used in financing activities of $7.9 million related primarily to the $8.1 million repayment of our term loan offset by $.2 million proceeds from our revolving credit facility.
On March 30, 2009, we entered into an amendment to our credit facility with Bank of America that, among other things, changed the termination date of the agreement to March 29, 2010 from March 30, 2012, reduced the amount of the revolving credit facility from $28 million to $15 million until June 30, 2009 and $17 million thereafter, increased the interest rate on borrowings to LIBOR plus 335 basis points or prime plus 110 basis points, and limited our annual capital expenditures to $2 million. Pursuant to the amendment, Bank of America waived our non-compliance with the fixed charge coverage ratio and the funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio financial covenants at December 31, 2008, and amended the terms of those covenants for the quarter ending July 3, 2009 and subsequent periods. At July 3, 2009, we were in compliance with the covenants under our credit facility.
Future cash flows will be affected by our 2009 planned contribution to our pension plans of up to $2.9 million. We plan to fund this requirement through cash flows from operations and our revolving credit facility.
We had $29.8 million of working capital at July 3, 2009. We believe that our working capital amounts at July 3, 2009, along with cash expected to be generated from operating activities as well as borrowings available under our revolving line of credit, are adequate to allow us to meet our obligations during 2009. In the event our results of operations do not meet forecasted results and therefore impact financial covenants with our lender, Bank of America, we believe there are alternative forms of financing available to us. There can be no assurance, however, that such financing will be available on conditions acceptable to us, or at all. In the event such financing is not available to us, we believe we can effectively manage operating and financial obligations by adjusting the timing of working capital components.
We have presented the $2.8 million secured letter of credit supporting our Industrial Development Revenue Bonds issued by the Industrial Development Board of the City of Jefferson City, Tennessee as current on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at July 3, 2009 since the termination date of the letter of credit has changed from March 30, 2012 to March 29, 2010.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Information we provide in this Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We may also make forward-looking statements in other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in materials we deliver to stockholders and in our press releases. In addition, our representatives may, from time to time, make oral forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that is not directly related to historical or current fact. Words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “can,” “plan,” “may” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the announcement and pendency of our planned acquisition by Cenveo, our future capital needs, stock market conditions, the price of our stock, fluctuations in customer demand, intensity of competition from other vendors, timing and acceptance of our new product introductions, general economic and industry conditions, delays or difficulties in programs designed to increase sales and improve profitability, the possibility of a final award of material damages in our pending litigation, goodwill impairment, and other risks detailed in this Form 10-Q in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information set forth in this Form 10-Q should be read in light of such risks. We assume no obligation to update the information contained in this Form 10-Q or to revise our forward-looking statements.
ITEM 4T. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of July 3, 2009. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and
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procedures as of July 3, 2009, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended July 3, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
Environmental
We are involved in certain environmental matters and have been designated by the Environmental Protection Agency, referred to as the EPA, as a potentially responsible party for certain hazardous waste sites. In addition, we have been notified by certain state environmental agencies that we may bear responsibility for remedial action at other sites which have not been addressed by the EPA. The sites at which we may have remediation responsibility are in various stages of investigation and remediation. Due to the unique physical characteristics of each site, the remediation technology employed, the extended timeframes of each remediation, the interpretation of applicable laws and regulations and the financial viability of other potential participants, our ultimate cost of remediation is difficult to estimate. Accordingly, our estimates of such costs could either increase or decrease in the future due to changes in such factors. At July 3, 2009, based on the facts currently known and our prior experience with these matters, we have concluded that it is probable that site assessment, remediation and monitoring costs will be incurred. We have estimated a range for these costs of $.7 million to $.9 million for continuing operations. These estimates could increase if other potentially responsible parties or our insurance carriers are unable or unwilling to bear their allocated share and cannot be compelled to do so. At July 3, 2009, our accrual balance relating to environmental matters was $.7 million for continuing operations. Based on information currently available, we believe that it is probable that the major potentially responsible parties will fully pay the costs apportioned to them. We believe that our remediation expense is not likely to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
State Street Bank and Trust
On October 24, 2007, the Nashua Pension Plan Committee filed a Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against State Street Bank and Trust, State Street Global Advisors, Inc. and John Does 1-20, referred to collectively as State Street. On January 14, 2008, the Nashua Pension Plan Committee filed a revised Complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the same defendants. The Complaint alleges that the defendants violated their obligations as fiduciaries under the Employment Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, referred to as ERISA.
On February 7, 2008, the Court consolidated the Nashua Pension Plan Committee action with other pending ERISA actions and appointed the Nashua Pension Plan Committee as one of the lead plaintiffs in the consolidated action. On August 22, 2008, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint. The complaint alleges that State Street failed to loyally and prudently manage assets in certain bond funds, and seeks to recover the investment losses caused by State Street’s alleged breach of its fiduciary duties. The aggregate damages suffered by the proposed class have not been adjudicated but are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
On October 17, 2008, State Street filed an answer and included a counterclaim against the trustees of the named plaintiff plans, including the trustees of Nashua’s Pension Plan Committee, asserting that to the extent State Street is liable to the plans, the trustees are liable to State Street for contribution and/or indemnification in the amount of any payment by State Street in excess of State Street’s share of liability, including fees and costs suffered by State Street in connection with the claims asserted in the Complaint. On December 22, 2008, State Street filed an amended counterclaim against the trustees maintaining their allegations concerning contribution and/or indemnification and adding a claim for breach of fiduciary duty. The breach of fiduciary duty claim seeks to restore the losses suffered by the Plans.
In the opinion of Nashua’s management, the resolution of the counterclaim will not materially affect Nashua.
On March 3, 2009, the trustees filed a motion to dismiss the counterclaim. Nashua believes the counterclaim is without merit and the trustees intend to vigorously defend against the counterclaim.
Discovery commenced in March 2008 and is ongoing.
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Merger Litigation
On May 20, 2009, two putative class action complaints challenging the merger were filed in New Hampshire Superior Court for Hillsborough County:Joel Gerber v. Nashua Corporation, et al., No. 09-C-307, andOscar Schapiro v. Nashua Corporation et al., No. 09-E-0148. The two suits were subsequently removed to the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire and consolidated into one action,In re Nashua Corporation S’Holders Litigation,No. 09-cv-188-SM.
On June 18, 2009, plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint, purportedly on behalf of all public shareholders of Nashua. The amended complaint names Nashua, its directors, Cenveo, and Merger Sub as defendants. It alleges, among other things, that the consideration to be paid to Nashua shareholders in the merger is unfair and undervalues Nashua. It also alleges that Nashua’s directors violated their fiduciary duties by, among other things, failing to maximize shareholder value, failing to engage in a fair sale process, and failing to disclose in the proxy material information regarding the merger. The amended consolidated complaint also alleges that Cenveo and Merger Sub aided and abetted the alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by Nashua’s directors. The amended and consolidated complaint seeks, among other relief, an injunction preventing completion of the merger or, if the merger is consummated, rescission of the merger.
The parties have entered into a settlement agreement dated as of July 2, 2009, which provides for the disclosure of additional information that is contained in this Form 10Q and which plaintiffs contend is material to Nashua’s shareholders. The settlement is subject to approval by the court. If approved, it will resolve the above litigation. On July 14, 2009, the court issued an order preliminarily approving the settlement and scheduling a hearing for October 19, 2009 to determine whether to issue a final order.
On June 12, 2009, a third putative class action challenging the merger,William Russell v. Thomas Brooker, et al., was filed in Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County, 09-2470-BLS. An amended complaint was filed on June 16. The Massachusetts complaint is substantially duplicative of the amended consolidated complaint that was filed inIn re Nashua Corporation S’Holders Litigation: it asserts substantially the same claims against the same defendants on behalf of the same putative class of Nashua’s public shareholders. It also seeks, among other relief, an injunction preventing completion of the merger, or if the merger is consummated, rescission of the merger or rescissionary damages. On June 23, 2009, Nashua served a motion to stay all proceedings in the matter on the basis of the substantially duplicative, earlier-filed federal litigation described above. On July 3, 2009, Plaintiff sent Nashua an opposition to that motion. Nashua filed the motion and opposition with the court, together with a reply brief, on July 16, 2009. Although Nashua requested a hearing on the motion, one has not yet been scheduled.
Other
We are involved in various other lawsuits, claims and inquiries, most of which are routine to the nature of our business. In the opinion of our management, the resolution of these matters will not materially affect us.
ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS |
The following important factors, among others, could cause our actual operating results to differ materially from those indicated or suggested by forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q or presented elsewhere by management from time to time.
The announcement and pendency of our agreement to be acquired by Cenveo, Inc. could adversely affect our business.
On May 6, 2009, we entered into a Merger Agreement with Cenveo and NM Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo (the “Merger Sub”) pursuant to which we and Merger Sub will be merged and the entity that survives that Merger, determined in accordance with the Merger Agreement, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Cenveo. The announcement and pendency of the Merger could cause disruptions in our business, including affecting our relationship with our customers, vendors and employees, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial results and operations. Among other things, the pending Merger could have an adverse effect on our revenue in the near term if customers delay, defer, or cancel purchases pending consummation of the Merger, activities relating to the Merger and related uncertainties divert our management’s attention from our day-to-day business operations or we have difficulty retaining our employees. In addition, we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with the Merger and many of these fees and costs are payable by us regardless of whether we consummate the transaction.
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The failure to consummate the Merger could adversely affect our business.
There is no assurance that the Merger with Cenveo or any other transaction will occur. Consummation of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the Merger Agreement by our shareholders. If the proposed Merger or a similar transaction is not completed, the share price of our common stock may change to the extent that the current market price of our common stock reflects an assumption that a transaction will be consummated. In addition, under circumstances set forth in Section 7.2(b) of the Merger Agreement, we may be required to pay a termination fee of up to $1,300,000 and, in certain circumstances reimburse reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Cenveo of not more than $800,000 incurred with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. However, we will not be required to pay any termination fee or reimburse Cenveo for any expenses incurred in connection with the transaction in the event that our shareholders do not approve the Merger Agreement, either we or Cenveo decide to terminate the Merger Agreement and we do not enter into a definitive agreement for certain other types of transactions in the twelve months subsequent to the date of such termination.
We face significant competition and may be impacted by the financial crisis in the global economy.
The markets for our products are highly competitive, and our ability to effectively compete in those markets is critical to our future success. Our future performance and market position depend on a number of factors, including our ability to react to competitive pricing pressures, our ability to hire qualified sales personnel, our ability to maintain competitive manufacturing costs, our ability to introduce new products and services to the market and our ability to react to the commoditization of products. Our performance could also be impacted by external factors, such as:
• | deteriorating general economic conditions, which result in lower sales or movement of products by our customers causing our sales to decline; | ||
• | increasing pricing pressures from competitors in the markets for our products; | ||
• | a faster decline than anticipated in the more mature, higher margin product lines, such as EDP labels, bond, carbonless, ribbons, heat seal and dry gum products, due to changing technologies and a decrease in demand due to slowness in the economy; | ||
• | natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and pandemic events, which could cause our customers to close a number or all of their stores or operations for an extended period of time causing our sales to be reduced during the period of closure; | ||
• | our ability to pass on raw material price increases to customers; | ||
• | our ability to pass on increased freight cost due to fuel price increases during times of rising fuel prices; and | ||
• | our ability to pass on manufacturing cost increases. |
Our Specialty Paper Products segment operates a manufacturing facility in New Hampshire, which has relatively higher operating costs compared to manufacturing locations in other parts of the United States where some of our competitors are located or operate. Some of our competitors may be larger in size or scope than we are and have more modern equipment, which may allow them to achieve greater economies of scale on a global basis or allow them to better withstand periods of declining prices and adverse market conditions.
In addition, there has been an increasing trend among our customers towards either consolidation or exiting businesses due to the current financial and economic factors. With fewer customers in the market for our products, the strength of our negotiating position with customers could be weakened, which could have an adverse effect on our pricing, margins, profitability and recoverability of assets including goodwill.
We have a diversified customer base but there are several individual customers that could, independently, impact our financial condition. The business risk associated with these customers relates to potential sales declines due to their individual business needs or loss of their business to competitors and increased credit risk due to the concentration of these customers.
We may be required to record a significant impairment charge if the carrying value of our goodwill exceeds its fair value.
Our share value and market capitalization have been significantly impacted by extreme volatility in the United States’ equity and credit markets and have recently been below our net book value. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we may be required to record an impairment charge if changes in circumstances or events indicate that the
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carrying values of our goodwill and intangible assets exceed their fair value and are not recoverable. Any significant and other than temporary decrease in our market capitalization could be an indicator that the carrying values of our goodwill exceed their fair value, which may result in our recording an impairment charge. In this time of economic uncertainty, we are unable to predict economic trends, but we continue to monitor the impact of changes in economic and financial conditions on our operations and on the carrying value of our goodwill and intangible assets. Should the value of our goodwill be impaired, our consolidated earnings and shareholders’ equity may be materially and adversely affected.
Our credit facility contains financial covenants, and our failure to comply with any of those covenants could materially and adversely impact us.
We amended our credit facility with Bank of America on March 30, 2009. Our credit facility, as amended, imposes operating restrictions on us in the form of financial covenants, including requirements that we maintain specified fixed charge coverage ratios and funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratios. While at July 3, 2009 we were and we believe that we will remain in compliance with our financial covenants, in the event our results of operations do not meet forecasted results, in the future we may not be in compliance with our financial covenants. If we fail to comply with these financial covenants and do not obtain a waiver from our lender, we would be in default under the credit facility and our lender could terminate the credit facility and demand immediate repayment of all outstanding loans under the credit facility. The declaration of an event of default under the credit facility could have a material adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition, and we could find it difficult to obtain other bank lines or credit facilities on comparable terms. Even if alternative forms of financing are available to us, however, there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on terms and conditions acceptable to us.
If the financial condition of our customers declines, our credit risk could increase.
The current challenging economic environment may subject us to increased risk of non-payment of our accounts receivable. A significant delay in the collection of funds or a reduction of funds collected may impact our liquidity or increase bad debts. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
Increases in raw material costs or the unavailability of raw materials may materially and adversely affect our profitability.
We depend on outside suppliers for the raw materials used in our business. Although we believe that adequate supplies of the raw materials we use are available, any significant decrease in supplies, any increase in costs or a greater increase in delivery costs for these materials could result in a decrease in our margins, which could harm our financial condition. Our Specialty Paper Products and Label Products segments are impacted by the economic conditions and plant capacity dynamics within the paper and label industries. In general, the availability and pricing of commodity paper such as uncoated facesheet is affected by the capacity of the paper mills producing the products. Cost increases at paper manufacturers, or other producers of the raw materials which we use in our business, and capacity constraints in paper manufacturers’ operations could cause increases in the costs of raw materials, which could harm our financial condition if we are unable to recover the increased cost from our customers. Conversely, an excess supply of materials or manufacturing capacity by manufacturers could result in lower cost to us and lower selling prices to customers and the risk of lower margins for us.
We have periodically been able to pass on significant raw material cost increases through price increases to our customers. Nonetheless, our results of operations for individual quarters can and have been negatively impacted by delays between the time of raw material cost increases and price increases for our products to customers. We may be unable to increase our prices to offset higher raw material costs due to the failure of competitors to increase prices and customer resistance to price increases. Additionally, we rely on our suppliers for deliveries of raw materials. If any of our suppliers were unable to deliver raw materials to us for an extended period of time, there is no assurance that our raw material requirements would be met by other suppliers on acceptable terms, or at all, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
A decline in returns on the investment portfolio of our defined benefit plans and changes in mortality tables and interest rates could require us to increase cash contributions to the plans and negatively impact our financial statements.
Funding for the defined benefit pension plans we sponsor is determined based upon the funded status of the plans and a number of actuarial assumptions, including an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets and the discount rate utilized to compute pension liabilities. All of our defined benefit pension plan benefits are frozen. The defined benefit plans were underfunded as of December 31, 2008 by approximately $41.4 million after utilizing the actuarial methods and assumptions for purposes of Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions, and FAS 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an Amendment of FAS Nos. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R). As a result, we expect to experience an increase in our future cash contributions to our defined benefit pension plans. We contributed $4.9 million in 2008. In the event that actual results differ from the actuarial assumptions and the credit crisis in the current financial markets continue to negatively impact the valuation of our pension investments, the
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funded status of our defined benefit plans may deteriorate and any such resulting deficiency could result in additional charges to equity and against earnings and increase our required contributions and thereby impact our liquidity.
We depend on key personnel and on the retention and recruiting of key personnel for our future success.
Our future success depends to a significant extent on the continued service of our key administrative, manufacturing, sales and senior management personnel. We do not have employment agreements with most of our executives and do not maintain key person life insurance on any of these executives. We do have an employment agreement with Thomas G. Brooker, who has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 4, 2006. The loss of the services of one or more of our key employees could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives and could harm our business. While we have entered into executive severance agreements with many of our key employees, there can be no assurance that the severance agreements will provide adequate incentives to retain these employees. Our future success also depends on our continuing ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled employees for key positions. There is market competition for qualified employees. We may not be able to retain our key employees or attract, assimilate or retain other highly qualified employees in the future. The proposed merger with Cenveo could impact our ability to retain and motivate key employees.
We have from time to time in the past experienced, and we expect to continue to experience from time to time, difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees with appropriate qualifications for certain positions.
New technologies or changes in consumer preferences may affect our ability to compete successfully.
We believe that new technologies or novel processes may emerge and that existing technologies may be further developed in the fields in which we operate. These technologies or processes could have an impact on production methods or on product quality in these fields.
Unexpected rapid changes in employed technologies or the development of novel processes that affect our operations and product range could render the technologies we utilize, or the products we produce, obsolete or less competitive in the future. Difficulties in assessing new technologies may impede us from implementing them and competitive pressures may force us to implement these new technologies at a substantial cost. Any such development could materially and adversely impact our revenues or profitability, or both.
Additionally, the preferences of our customers may change as a result of the availability of alternative products or services which could impact consumption of our products.
Litigation relating to our intellectual property rights could have a material and adverse impact on our business.
We rely on patent protection, as well as a combination of copyright, trade secret and trademark laws, nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements and other contractual restrictions to protect our proprietary technology. Litigation may be necessary to enforce these rights, which could result in substantial costs to us and a substantial diversion of management attention. If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property, our competitors or other parties could use the intellectual property that we have developed to enhance their products or make products similar to ours and compete more efficiently with us, which could result in a decrease in our market share.
While we have attempted to ensure that our products and the operations of our business do not infringe on other parties’ patents and proprietary rights, our competitors and other parties may assert that our products and operations may be covered by patents held by them. In addition, because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be applications now pending of which we are unaware, which may later result in issued patents upon which our products may infringe. If any of our products infringe a valid patent, we could be prevented from selling them unless we obtain a license or redesign the products to avoid infringement. A license may not always be available or may require us to pay substantial royalties. We also may not be successful in any attempt to redesign any of our products to avoid infringement. Infringement and other intellectual property claims, regardless of merit or ultimate outcome, can be expensive and time-consuming and can divert management’s attention from our core business.
Our information systems are critical to our business, and a failure of those systems could materially harm us.
We depend on our ability to store, retrieve, process and manage a significant amount of information. If our information systems fail to perform as expected, or if we suffer an interruption, malfunction or loss of information processing capabilities, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.
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Failure to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures could adversely affect our business and the market price of our common stock, and impair our ability to timely file our reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. In particular, for the year ended December 31, 2008, we performed system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our compliance with Section 404 will continue to require that we incur substantial expense and expend significant management time on compliance-related issues. If we identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the NASDAQ Stock Market, the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
ITEM 4. | SUBMISSION OF OTHER MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
(a) Our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 5, 2009.
(b) At our 2009 Annual Meeting, our stockholders elected Andrew B. Albert, L. Scott Barnard, Thomas G. Brooker, Clinton J. Coleman, Avrum Gray, Michael T. Leatherman and Mark E. Schwarz to serve as our directors until our next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(c) The matters acted upon at our 2009 Annual Meeting, and the voting tabulation for each matter, are as follows:
Proposal 1: To elect seven directors for a term of one year.
Number of Votes | ||||||||
Nominees | For | Withheld | ||||||
Andrew B. Albert | 4,157,845 | 442,943 | ||||||
L. Scott Barnard | 4,512,910 | 87,878 | ||||||
Thomas G. Brooker | 4,527,908 | 72,880 | ||||||
Clinton J. Coleman | 4,513,675 | 87,113 | ||||||
Avrum Gray | 4,511,405 | 89,383 | ||||||
Michael T. Leatherman | 4,155,500 | 445,288 | ||||||
Mark E. Schwarz | 3,743,233 | 857,555 |
Each of the above named individuals was elected as a director of our Company.
Proposal 2: To approve the 2009 Value Creation Incentive Plan
Number of Votes | ||||||||||||
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
2,467,138 | 525,381 | 74,658 | 1,533,611 |
The proposal was approved.
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ITEM 5. | OTHER INFORMATION |
Stockholder Proposals
As a result of our proposed merger with Cenveo, we may not hold our 2010 annual meeting. If the meeting is held, however, any stockholder proposal which is to be included in the proxy materials for the 2010 annual meeting must be received by us on or before November 25, 2009. Such proposals should be directed to Nashua Corporation, 11 Trafalgar Square, Suite 201, Nashua, New Hampshire 03063, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
In addition, our by-laws require that we be given advance notice of stockholder nominations for election to the Board of Directors and of other matters which stockholders wish to present for action at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than matters included in our proxy statement in accordance with SEC Rule 14a-8. The required notice must be in writing and received by our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the annual meeting of stockholders. However, in the event that less than 70 days’ prior disclosure of the date of the meeting is first given or made (whether by public disclosure or written notice to stockholders), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received by our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices no later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such disclosure of the date of the meeting was made. The date of our 2010 annual meeting of stockholders has not yet been established, but assuming it is held on April 28, 2010, in order to comply with the time periods set forth in our by-laws, appropriate notice for the 2010 annual meeting would need to be provided to our corporate secretary no earlier than January 28, 2010 and no later than March 1, 2010.
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ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS |
31.1* | Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 14, 2009. | |
31.2* | Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 14, 2009. | |
32.1* | Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 14, 2009. | |
32.2* | Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated August 14, 2009. | |
* | Filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NASHUA CORPORATION (Registrant) | ||||
Date: August 14, 2009 | By: | /s/ John L. Patenaude | ||
John L. Patenaude | ||||
Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and duly authorized officer) |
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