On March 12, 2005, the Company sold the real property associated with its Shanghai, China facility that was closed in fiscal year 2004.
Finally, on April 12, 2005 the Company announced the closure of its foodservice distribution center located in Buffalo, New York. The distribution center was closed during the third quarter of fiscal year 2006. On June 6, 2006, the distribution center was sold, generating net cash proceeds of approximately $4.6 million and a loss on sale of approximately $0.2 million.
Company closely monitors the cost of these commodities. Any unfavorable changes in the prices of these products could have an adverse impact on the Company’s gross margins.
Liquidity & Financial Resources
Cash provided by operating activities was $1,190 for the six months ended July 29, 2006, compared to cash provided by operating activities of $4,205 from the same period in the prior year. The net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended July 29, 2006 was primarily due to an increase in net accrued liabilities associated with reorganization expense and increased collections of accounts receivables, partially offset by an increase in inventory during the current period. During the six months ending July 29, 2006, non-cash interest attributed to the Company’s PIK (Payment in Kind) option on its Tranche B debt amounted to $2,356, versus $7,018 during the prior year’s six month period.
Cash flow provided by investing activities was $1,586 for the six months ending July 29, 2006, compared to $619 for the same period in the prior year. Capital expenditures were $3,111 and $783 for the six months ending July 29, 2006 and July 30, 2005, respectively. The increase in capital expenditures is primarily due to the Company’s West Coast distribution center. The sale of the foodservice distribution center located in Buffalo, New York in June of 2006 generated net cash proceeds of $4,645. Cash generated from the sale of assets for the six months ended July 30, 2005 consisted of $852 from the sale of the Company’s Shanghai manufacturing facility and $550 from the sale of the Sherrill, New York manufacturing facility.
Net cash used by financing activities was $2,533 for the six months ending July 29, 2006 versus net cash used of $5,330 for the same period in the prior year, reflecting the Company’s decrease in short-term debt during the current period and decrease in short-term debt plus payment of long-term debt in the prior year period.
On August 9, 2004 the Company completed a comprehensive restructuring of the existing indebtedness with its lenders, along with new covenants based upon the then current financial projections. The restructuring included the conversion of $30 million of principal amount of debt into an issuance of a total of 29.85 million shares of the common stock of the Company to the individual members of the lender group or their respective nominees. The common shares were issued in blocks proportionate to the amount of debt held by each lender. As of August 9, 2004, these shares of common stock represented approximately 62% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. In addition to the debt to equity conversion, the Company received a new $30 million revolving credit facility from the lenders and restructured the balance of the existing indebtedness into a Tranche A loan of $125 million and a Tranche B loan of $78.2 million. All the restructured debt was secured by a first priority lien over substantially all of the Company’s and its domestic subsidiaries’ assets. The Tranche A loan was scheduled to mature on August 9, 2007 and required amortization of principal based on available cash flow and fixed amortization of $1,500 per quarter beginning in the first quarter of the fiscal year ended January 2007. As of the balance sheet date of January 28, 2006, $6,000 was reclassed to current based on the quarterly principal payments becoming due over the next twelve months. Interest on the Tranche A loan accrued at LIBOR (London Inter Bank Offered Rate) plus 6%-8.25% depending on the leverage ratio. The Tranche B loan was scheduled to mature in February 2008 with no required amortization. Interest on the Tranche B loan accrued at LIBOR plus 13% with a maximum interest rate of 17%. The Tranche B loan had a Payment in Kind (PIK) option, at the Company’s discretion, that permits the compounding of the interest in lieu of payment. During the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005, and during the fiscal year ending January 28, 2006, the Company chose the PIK option and cash interest was not paid on the Tranche B debt. During the fiscal year ended January 28, 2006, the Tranche B loan outstanding increased by $15,059 as a result of the Company exercising the PIK option. Beginning in the first quarter of the fiscal year ended January 2007, the Company was required to begin paying 30% of the Tranche B interest obligation in cash. Upon filing for Chapter 11 protection under the Bankruptcy Code on March 19, 2006, the Company suspended both cash payments and accrual of Tranche B interest.
The August 2004 debt-for-equity restructuring constituted a change in control of the Company. There were several Company employee benefit plans that contained triggers if a change of control occurred. Such plans were amended to allow the debt and equity transaction without triggering the change in control provisions. In addition, the Shareholder Rights Plan was terminated.
The restructured debt agreement contained several covenants including a maximum total leverage ratio, minimum cash interest coverage ratio, minimum total interest coverage ratio, and minimum consolidated Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization and Restructuring Expenses (EBITDAR). The Company was in compliance with its covenants as of January 29, 2005, but anticipated violating the covenants at the end of the second quarter of the fiscal year ending January 28, 2006. On April 7, 2005, the Company’s lending syndicate approved an amendment to the Company’s credit agreement providing less restrictive financial covenants (beginning with the first quarter of the fiscal year ending January 2006), consenting to the sale of certain non-core assets, and authorizing the release of certain
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proceeds from the assets sold. The revised financial covenants extended through the fiscal year ending January 2007. As of January 28, 2006 the Company was technically in compliance with the revised financial covenants. Subsequent to the fiscal year ended January 28, 2006 the Company filed with the Bankruptcy Court voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and as a result was in default under the current debt agreement. As such, the Domestic long term debt was reclassified as Liabilities Subject to Compromise. See Note 2 which explains the Company’s plan of reorganization which was approved by the lending group.
On March 19, 2006, the Company filed, among other things, their proposed Joint Prenegotiated Plan of Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Plan provided for, among other things, (1) repayment in full of Oneida Ltd.’s (“Oneida”) and certain of its direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries’ (collectively, the “Debtors”) then outstanding debtor in possession financing and the Tranche A Loan pursuant to a $170 million Exit Financing facility for which the Debtors have received a firm commitment from Credit Suisse, (2) conversion of the Tranche B Loan into 100% of the issued and outstanding equity of reorganized Oneida as of the effective date of the Plan, (3) a distribution to the PBGC of a $3 million promissory note that (a) has a variable rate of interest if the PBGC voted to accept and does not object to the Plan and (b) is non-interest bearing in the event that the PBGC either voted to reject or objected to the Plan, (4) payment in full of all other allowed general unsecured claims of the Debtors and (5) cancellation of all of Oneida’s existing equity interests. On March 19, 2006, the Company issued a press release and disclosed on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2006 that it had commenced chapter 11 proceedings and disclosed that, pursuant to the Plan that was filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) contemporaneously with its chapter 11 filing, its existing common and preferred stockholders would not receive any distributions under the Plan and their equity would be cancelled on the effective date of the Plan. The Company believes that the implementation of the Plan will result in a capital structure that will permit the Company to continue as a going concern.
On the Petition Date, the Company filed with the Bankruptcy Court a motion for interim and final orders approving (i) the proposed Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”) among Oneida Ltd., as borrower, each of the other Debtors, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent (the “DIP Agent”), by which the Company planned to finance their operations during the Chapter 11 Cases, and (ii) an adequate protection package for the benefit of the lenders under the Company’s prepetition credit agreement (Docket No. 20). The DIP Credit Agreement provided for a total revolving commitment of $40 million, which included availabilities for the issuance of letters of credit from a group of lenders led by the DIP Agent.
The DIP Credit Agreement provided the Company with a $40 million senior secured priming facility which, subject to certain limitations, permitted the Company to lend or advance funds to, or make intercompany investments in, their subsidiaries. The DIP Credit Agreement provided for the repayment in full of the Company’s prepetition revolving loans upon entry of the interim order.
On June 7, 2006, the Company’s lending syndicate approved Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s DIP Credit Agreement which amended the deadlines for the Company to submit: (a) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2006 and (b) the unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 to August 1, 2006 and August 15, 2006, respectively.
On August 1, 2006, the Company’s lending syndicate approved an Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s DIP Credit Agreement which amended the deadlines for the Company to submit: (a) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2006 and (b) the unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 to August 15, 2006 and August 29, 2006, respectively.
On August 15, 2006, the Company’s lenders approved Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of March 21, 2006 (“DIP Credit Agreement”) which amended the deadlines for the Company to submit: (a) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2006, and (b) the unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended April 29, 2006, to September 15, 2006 and October 16, 2006, respectively.
Plan Confirmation
On August 31, 2006, the Company announced that its prenegotiated plan of reorganization was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court, setting the stage for Oneida Ltd.’s emergence from Chapter 11 as a privately-held company.
Oneida Ltd.’s plan of reorganization provided for the conversion of 100% of its Tranche B loan, representing approximately $100 million into 100% of the equity of the newly reorganized company. The plan also included $170 million in senior secured long-term credit facilities, consisting of an $80 million asset based revolving credit facility
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and a $90 million term loan that refinanced Oneida Ltd.’s Tranche A debt and provided the company with additional liquidity to grow its business. Oneida Ltd.’s general unsecured creditors were not impaired under the plan; however, existing common and preferred stockholders did not receive any distributions under the plan and their equity was cancelled on the effective date of the plan, September 15, 2006. The Company emerged from Chapter 11 on September 15, 2006 as a privately held company.
ONEIDA LTD.’S CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15, 2006, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK OF THE DEBTOR COMPANY BE CANCELLED AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2006. FURTHER, ONEIDA LTD., THE NEW YORK COMPANY, WAS MERGED WITH AND INTO ONEIDA LTD., A DELAWARE COMPANY, AS OF THAT DATE. THE DELAWARE COMPANY IS THE SURVIVING ENTITY.
ITEM 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The Company’s primary market risk is interest rate exposure in the United States. Historically, the company manages interest rate exposure through a mix of fixed and floating rate debt. The majority of the company’s debt is currently at floating rates. Based on floating rate borrowings outstanding at July 29, 2006, a 1% change in the rate would result in a corresponding change in interest expense of approximately $2.2 million.
The Company has foreign exchange exposure related to its foreign operations in Mexico, Canada, Italy, Australia, the United Kingdom and China. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the Company’s foreign operations. Translation adjustments recorded in the statement of operations were not of a material nature.
ITEM 4.
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our President and our Chief Financial Officer have carried out an evaluation, with the participation of the Company’s management, of the design and operation of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that evaluation, each has concluded that at the end of the period covered by this report the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are effective to insure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failure within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set fourth in the Company’s periodic reports.
Changes in Internal Controls
There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Forward Looking Information
With the exception of historical data, the information contained in this Form 10-Q, as well as those other documents incorporated by reference herein, may constitute forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Federal securities laws, including but not limited to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. As such, the Company cautions readers that changes in certain factors could affect the Company’s future results and could cause the Company’s future consolidated results to differ materially from those expressed or implied herein. Such factors include, but are not limited to: changes in national or international political conditions; civil unrest, war or terrorist attacks; general economic conditions in the Company’s own markets and related markets; availability or shortage of raw materials including steel and nickel; difficulties or delays in the development, production and marketing of new products; financial stability of the Company’s contract manufacturers, and their ability to produce and deliver acceptable quality product on schedule; the impact of competitive products and pricing; certain assumptions related to consumer purchasing patterns; significant increases in interest rates or the level of the Company’s indebtedness; inability of the Company to maintain sufficient levels of liquidity; failure to obtain needed waivers and/or amendments of the Company’s finance agreements; foreign currency fluctuations; major slowdowns in the retail, travel or entertainment industries; the loss of several of the Company’s key executives, major customers or suppliers; the
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Company’s failure to achieve the savings and profit goals of any planned restructuring or reorganization programs, future product shortages resulting from the Company’s transition to an outsourced manufacturing platform; international health epidemics such as the SARS outbreak and other natural disasters; impact of changes in accounting standards; potential legal proceedings; changes in pension and medical benefit costs; and the amount and rate of growth of the Company’s selling, general and administrative expenses.
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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.
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Date: October 31, 2006 | | By: | /s/ JAMES E. JOSEPH |
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| | | Andrew G. Church |
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