Exhibit 99.1
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 12b-25
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
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(Check one): | | o Form 10-Ko Form 20-Fo Form 11-Kx Form 10-Qo Form 10-Do Form N-SARo Form N-CSR |
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| | For Period Ended: | | April 30, 2007 |
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| | o Transition Report on Form 10-K | |
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| | o Transition Report on Form 20-F | |
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| | o Transition Report on Form 11-K | |
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| | o Transition Report on Form 10-Q | |
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| | o Transition Report on Form N-SAR | |
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| | For the Transition Period Ended: | | | |
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Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained herein.
If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the Item(s) to which the notification relates:
PART I — REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Full Name of Registrant
Former Name if Applicable
Address of Principal Executive Office(Street and Number)
Jackson Center, Ohio 45334-0629
City, State and Zip Code
PART II — RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)
If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate)
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| | (a) | | The reason described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense |
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| | (b) | | The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on Form 10-K, Form 20-F, Form 11-K, Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q or subject distribution report on Form 10-D, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the prescribed due date*; and |
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| | | (c) | | The accountant’s statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable. |
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* | | The timing of the filing of the Form 10-Q is addressed more fully in Part III of this Form 12b-25. |
PART III — NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, N-SAR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)
On January 29, 2007, Thor Industries, Inc. (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) initiated an independent investigation regarding certain accounting issues at the Registrant’s Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc. operating subsidiary (“Dutchmen”), primarily involving inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cost of products sold. The Registrant promptly and voluntarily informed the SEC of the Audit Committee’s investigation, and has been responding to SEC staff requests for additional information in connection with the staff’s investigation. The Audit Committee, assisted by independent outside legal counsel and accounting experts, thoroughly investigated the accounting issues raised at Dutchmen. The Audit Committee and its advisors also reviewed the internal controls at Dutchmen and other subsidiaries.
On April 9, 2007, the Registrant announced that on April 4, 2007 the Board of Directors, acting upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee and management, concluded that the Registrant’s previously issued, consolidated financial statements relating to the fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the three months ended October 31, 2006 contained in the Registrant’s filings with the SEC, including related reports of the Registrant’s independent, registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and press releases, should no longer be relied upon.
Upon completing their investigation, the Audit Committee’s independent advisors presented the findings and recommendations of the investigation to the Registrant’s Board of Directors on April 17, 2007 and April 30, 2007 and to the SEC staff on May 4, 2007. The Audit Committee’s investigation confirmed the Registrant’s determination that income before income taxes recorded by Dutchmen was overstated in the amount of approximately $26,000,000 in the aggregate from fiscal year 2004 to the second quarter of fiscal year 2007, as a result of misconduct by Dutchmen’s former Vice President of Finance, the senior financial officer of Dutchmen, by which he intentionally understated the cost of products sold. Dutchmen’s Vice President of Finance manipulated accounts reflecting inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cost of products sold, by entering and approving his own inaccurate journal entries as well as reconciling the related accounts, and prepared fraudulent supporting documentation, with the net effect of overstating Dutchmen’s income before income taxes by approximately $26,000,000 during the relevant period. The Audit Committee’s investigation found no evidence to conclude that anyone else, at Dutchmen or elsewhere in the Company, knew of or participated in this misconduct or that there was theft or misappropriation of company assets. The Audit Committee’s investigation also identified issues with respect to internal controls at Dutchmen, certain of the Registrant’s other operating subsidiaries, and the Registrant’s corporate finance and accounting office.
The Registrant has restated its previously issued financial statements as of July 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 31, 2006, and the financial results in each of the quarterly periods in 2006 and 2005, and the financials statements as of and for the three months ended October 31, 2006. The restatement followed the Registrant’s evaluation, considering the results from the Audit Committee’s investigation, of accounting practices employed at Dutchmen during these periods.
The restated financial statements as of July 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 31, 2006, and the financial results in each of the quarterly periods in 2006 and 2005, are reported in the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed on June 11, 2007. The restated financial statements as of and for the three months ended October 31, 2006 will be reported in the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A which will be filed on or about June 12, 2007. The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended January 31, 2007 will be filed as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
Because of the time demands on the Registrant’s corporate finance department with respect to the restated financial statements and the preparation of reports for prior periods, the Registrant was not able to timely file its quarterly
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