Filed by Transpro, Inc.
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, and
deemed filed under Rule 14a-12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Subject Company: Modine Aftermarket
Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Modine Manufacturing Company
Commission File No.: 1-13894
This following is a transcript of an investor presentation given by Transpro,
Inc. on October 29, 2004.
Operator: Good morning. My name is (Nikia) and I will be your
conference facilitator. At this time I would like to
welcome everyone to the Transpro, Incorporated Conference
Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any
background noise.
After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and
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keypad.
I will now turn the call over to Mr. Eric Boyriven of
Financial Dynamics. Sir, you may begin.
Eric Boyriven: Good morning. This is Eric Boyriven of Financial Dynamics
and I'd like to welcome you to today's conference call
hosted by Transpro, Inc.
Please note that this presentation will reference slides
posted on the Transpro Web site. Before we begin I'd like
to direct your attention to and urge you to read the slide
entitled "Safe Harbor Statement" which includes certain
cautionary statements.
Let me remind you that statements including - included in
this call which are not historical in nature are
forward-looking statements under the U.S. Securities laws.
These statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties, and actual future results may differ from
those expressed or implied in their statements. These
differences could be material.
I would now like to turn the call over to (Charlie)
Johnson, CEO of Transpro, Inc. Please go ahead sir.
Charles Johnson: Thank you and good morning everyone. Thank you for joining
us today for a discussion of our press announcement
released earlier today. As you know, this release
describes the signing of a Letter of Intent to merge the
aftermarket division of Modine Manufacturing Company into
Transpro to form a new company, along with the
simultaneous sale of Transpro's heavy duty OEM unit to
Modine.
This transaction brings together two well-respected
businesses serving the automotive and heavy duty
aftermarket for heat transfer and temperature control
components, as well as thermal management systems. In an
exciting and transformational event that will benefit our
customers, our shareholders, and our associates.
Although I am sure you have all seen the release, let me
recap for you the terms of the proposed transaction which
are reflected in the slide titled "Transaction Synopsis."
Modine will spin off its aftermarket business on a debt
free basis to its shareholders, and the resulting company
would be merged into Transpro. Upon the completion of the
transaction, Modine shareholders will own approximately
54% and Transpro stockholders approximately 46% of the
merged entity. The spin-off and merger are anticipated to
be a tax-free transaction to Modine and its shareholders,
and the merger is expected to be a tax-free transaction
for Transpro shareholders.
At the same time, Transpro will sell its heavy duty OEM
business unit to Modine for $17 million in cash. The
spin-off merger and sale of the OEM business are subject
to signed definitive agreements and applicable regulatory
and shareholder approvals.
Please turn to the slide entitled "New Company Leadership
Team." I'm very pleased to say that the combined company
will feature the combined experience, depth, and depth of
two companies that many - with many, many years of serving
the automotive and heavy duty aftermarket. This group is
deep in both market knowledge and implementation skills,
having lived through many business transformations over
the years.
We will also have a strong board of directors consisting
of ten members. Four will be drawn from Modine and six
from Transpro's current board. The Chairman of the new
board will be selected from existing Transpro outside
directors.
For those of you who are not familiar with Transpro, the
next slide entitled "Transpro Today" will provide
background on the company. Transpro is a leading
manufacturer and supplier of heat transfer and air
conditioning products for the automotive and light truck
aftermarket, as well as the heavy duty OEM and aftermarket
segments.
Our portfolio of brands includes Ready-Rad Radiators,
Ready-Aire Heater Cores, and Ready-Aire Temperature
Control Products. Customers include a broad range of North
America's largest automotive parts retailers, car part
sellers, radiator shops and warehouse distributors.
Transpro, with around 1,700 associates in the United
States and Mexico, has a well-established distribution
presence in North America, with manufacturing facilities
in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as worldwide sourcing
relationships.
As we look forward, it is important to note that we
consider this to be a merger of equals. It is in our
mutual best interest to gain every possible benefit from
the capabilities and experience of both entities as we
look to the future.
The next slide entitled "New Company Tomorrow" provides a
brief profile. Clearly with the financial strength brought
by the transaction, the companies will be far stronger
together than apart, and better able to compete on an
international basis in the highly competitive markets we
face every day.
The merger will combine the innovative technologies,
product lines, and established brands of both companies,
bringing the highly respected Modine, NRF, Mexpar and
AirPro brands to complement the ones I mentioned earlier.
This will enable the new company to remain at the
forefront of aftermarket heat transfer product development
and provides a strong foundation on which to offer an
expanded portfolio of high quality products to its
customers.
We will have well-established proof and manufacturing and
distribution facilities, enhancing our ability to compete
and serve an expanded customer base throughout North
America, Latin America and Europe. At the same time we see
opportunity for significant synergies among various
aspects of the businesses.
This brings us to the next slide entitled "Compelling
Merger Rationale." The new combined company will benefit
from improved economies of scale with increased geographic
coverage and customer reach complemented by the recognized
brands and products I described earlier.
The improvements to the new company's balance sheet that
come with this deal will provide financial strengthening
to address a significant level of identified and
achievable synergies. We expect to achieve annual cost
reductions in excess of $20 million after our
restructuring period, which is expected to span 12 to 18
months after the deal closes.
Our principle focus, assuming completion of the
transaction, will be on providing continued outstanding
service to our customers while successfully unlocking the
benefits of this exciting combination. We expect to
generate our savings principally from facility
rationalization, manufacturing efficiencies and improved
material sourcing.
The next two slides entitled "Financial Highlights"
provide additional high level detail. We expect that pro
forma combined revenue will be in excess of $400 million
and that the new company will be profitable in its first
year -- which would be 2005 -- before restructuring costs,
assuming that the deal closes in early 2005.
The integration and transaction related costs are expected
to be approximately $10 to $14 million, most of which will
be addressed during the 12 to 18 month restructuring
period.
The new company will have a strong balance sheet,
reflecting an improved debt to capitalization ratio from
Transpro's 50% today to 20% with the new company at close.
This will be achieved by the application of the debt free
assets, including cash, that are being contributed with
the Modine aftermarket business, along with the proceeds
from the sale of the Transpro heavy duty OEM business unit
to Modine.
Transpro expects to be the acquirer for purchase
accounting purposes, which could result in the realization
of negative good will and a related extraordinary gain in
the year the transaction closes. The sale of the OEM
business will also provide a book gain in the year the
transaction closes.
This transaction is expected to provide improved access to
capital markets and reduce the new company's borrowing
cost. The sale of the heavy duty OEM business to Modine
will provide a strong business partner that is fully
focused on the OEM market place. This will give Modine
enhanced opportunity for growth in these markets utilizing
the innovative products and capabilities that have been
developed by our team over time, including the ULTRASEAL
Charge Air Cooler and others.
In conclusion, we believe this potential merger is a
unique opportunity for each company and its respective
shareholders. We have substantially completed our due
diligence work and are moving to the final negotiation of
definitive agreement which we expect to complete in the
fourth quarter of 2004, as well as detailed integration
plans, so we'll be ready to move forward at the
appropriate time.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter
of 2005, assuming that all necessary regulatory approvals
and business agreements are completed in the applicable
time frame.
In short, we believe the benefits of this merger are
compelling. We have a mutual opportunity to build a
company of substance, which can build shareholder value
much more effectively than individual business could have
on their own.
For the combined associates of the new company, this deal
will signal a new opportunity to build a new industry
leader. Together, as an expanded team, we
will address this opportunity with the enthusiasm, with
the values, and with the integrity which have become and
been our beacon to this point. As we often say, we will be
successful together.
In that context, I would be remiss if I did not recognize
the contributions of all the Transpro associates who have
worked so diligently to help us achieve the opportunity to
address this new business venture, as well as our
shareholders, directors and financial partners who made
our efforts possible. Also, I salute the leaders at Modine
who share this vision which helped bring us to this point.
Before we go into the Q&A session, please be aware that I
may not be able to answer all your questions due to
Securities laws restrictions as well as the status of the
transaction. However, we will be providing additional
information as the transaction progresses.
Operator, let's now open the call for questions.
Operator: At this time I would like to remind everyone, in order to
ask a question, please press star then the number 1 on
your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press
star then the number 2. We'll pause for just a moment to
compile the Q&A roster.
Your first question is from David Siino with Gabelli &
Company.
David Siino: Good morning, (Charlie). Congratulations.
Charles Johnson: Thank you David. Good morning to you.
David Siino: A few questions, starting with the cost savings. If you
can give me a timetable, the 10 - well, first of all, the
$10 to $14 million, is that cash restructuring charges?
Charles Johnson: For the most part it will be, David. There will be some
minor amounts of asset write-offs as part of that, but for
the most part it will be various changes that will require
cash support.
David Siino: And will that all come in year one?
Charles Johnson: Most of it will come in year one. However, some of it
we'll scratch out through the entire period. Some portions
of it - some small portions - will also stretch beyond the
period that we quoted, but it will be relatively minor
compared to the first year.
David Siino: And did you say that...
Charles Johnson: Excuse me, David. Our objective, of course, is to move
through the period of generating synergies as quickly as
we can.
David Siino: Okay, and those $20 million of synergies, would you say
those will come within the first 18 months?
Charles Johnson: Yes. We will be at that kind of rate within the 18 month period.
David Siino: Okay. And secondly, if you could just tell me what the
combined market share of Modine and Transpro is, either
radiator or heater portions.
Charles Johnson: Unfortunately, I can't share that information at this
point in time David, but I think there are any number of
public documents out there that have the various forecasts
of market share by the various competitors.
David Siino: Okay, thank you very much.
Charles Johnson: You bet.
Operator: Your next question is from David Cohen with Athena Capital
Management.
David Cohen: Good morning guys. I'm not much for saying congratulations
on these calls, but in this case, congratulations.
Charles Johnson: Thank you so much David. We appreciate it.
David Cohen: I guess I have two questions. First of all, how did you go
about pricing this deal? Specifically, are we to conclude
that you feel that the OEM piece of the business that
you're selling for $17 million -- or whatever the number
is -- that that's its value, or is some of the value that
we would have received from selling that embedded in the
exchange ratio with regard to how much of the combined
aftermarket company we got?
Charles Johnson: Sure David, that's an interesting question. Well I think
you have to first of all say that the context of any deal
is the context of the total deal, and I think that's
always important to take into consideration. I think
whenever you go out and look at the price of any entity
that you take to the market, you have to consider all the
factors.
You would consider things like the historic performance of
the business. You would consider the future prospects, the
level of commitment of customers and contracts going
forward. Just a broad variety of different things in order
to come up with the valuation. And we certainly try to do
that as we've looked at the various pieces of this total
transaction and I think that while we need to take the
heavy-duty portion of the transaction in the context of
the
total deal, we try to also look at the performance of that
business and its history as we came up with the value or
we concluded on this value.
David Cohen: Okay. I'll just follow that up with one more question and
then I'll leave you alone since I don't get to spend
(unintelligible) anymore than this. In terms of any - is
there a fairness opinion?
Charles Johnson: It - the transaction would have a fairness opinion, yes.
David Cohen: But in composite, not each piece, correct?
Charles Johnson: Generally speaking, that's correct.
David Cohen: Fair enough. The second question is with regards to
anti-trust.
Charles Johnson: Yes.
David Cohen: Do you foresee any issues, any Hart-Scott-Rodino issues
and have you had any specific conversations with
anti-trust lawyers about that?
Charles Johnson: Well, we always are - we always take these things very
seriously. And as we've said, this transaction is subject
to all the governmental regulations and approvals. We've
certainly talked with our attorneys and gotten appropriate
advice to bring us to this point. We think this is an
appropriate move in our marketplace.
We think it's fully supportable given the status of the
market, given its history over the last few years, and the
trends that are in it. And we will certainly argue
strongly that this is a transaction that should go
forward. So beyond that, it's hard for me to comment.
David Cohen: Okay. Thank you.
Charles Johnson: Thank you, David.
Operator: Your next question is from Bruce Baughman with Franklin
Advisory Service.
Bruce Baughman: Can you hear me?
Charles Johnson: Yes, hi, Bruce.
Bruce Baughman: Hi. Congratulations. It sounds like a creative way to
solve a lot of problems.
Charles Johnson: Thank you very much, Bruce.
Bruce Baughman: I just have a lot of odds and ends of questions. One is
does the Modine (piece) come with pension and close
retirement obligations?
Charles Johnson: The - that's certainly a good question. Effectively, it
comes with the people that come with that business; for
the most part, the people that are on - that are coming to
the new company with the aftermarket will be put on to our
benefit programs. That varies across the entire company
but we do not see any overhang or overlap issues at this
point that create any concern for us.
Bruce Baughman: Well, the people will come with vested benefits, I would
think, right?
Charles Johnson: Most likely what will happen is that those things will be
basically frozen and they - the people - it will be frozen
for the time the transaction happens. And then the people
will come on to our systems and benefit systems as soon as
they become employees of the new company.
Bruce Baughman: But do they come with a prior obligation to you or is the
legacy obligation...
Charles Johnson: No.
Bruce Baughman: ...funded by Modine?
Charles Johnson: No, that's not the case. They don't come with an
obligation of that sort.
Bruce Baughman: Okay. So the - what I would call the legacy obligation to
those people is fully funded in effect.
Charles Johnson: That's correct.
Bruce Baughman: Okay. And then will there - can you project what the debt
to capital will work out to be after the anticipated
restructuring charges and the efficiency initiatives?
Charles Johnson: We haven't published that information yet but I believe
you'll find it to be favorable.
Bruce Baughman: Favorable relative to what? I'm not sure what you mean.
Charles Johnson: Favorable relative to our current debt to capitalization
ratio.
Bruce Baughman: Okay. And then will there be any effect on Transpro's tax
valuation reserve?
Charles Johnson: Well, other than the fact that the gain that we have that
we would be achieving on the OEM business would certainly
be applicable to that reserve.
Bruce Baughman: Okay. So that - in other words, that would go into the
taxable income for the period it's realized?
Charles Johnson: It would - yeah...
Bruce Baughman: And be subject to offset?
Charles Johnson: That's correct.
Bruce Baughman: Okay.
Charles Johnson: It will offset the tax at that - during that period.
Bruce Baughman: Okay. And if you don't mind, could you briefly explain how
the gain on the negative goodwill works?
Charles Johnson: Well, it's a little complex and I would suggest that you
may want to do a little research on the Internet to get
the exact details of that. But basically, the way it works
is that if the valuation of the assets that we are getting
is greater than the relative stock value as measured at
the value of our stock price and the number of shares that
have been given for the other assets, if there is a
positive difference between those two, in other words, the
assets are greater than the stock value at today's - or
the date of the transaction, then the difference between
those two is effectively negative goodwill. As you can
appreciate it would be positive goodwill if you pay
more...
Bruce Baughman: Right.
Charles Johnson: ...asset value. But negative goodwill is when you
pay less than the relative net book asset value. And
because of the way the transaction works and depending on
our stock price, it is possible that some of that could be
generated and that would effectively be, first, written
off against the fixed assets of the assets that are being
contributed to the company, and beyond that, it would
become a gain in the period of the transaction.
Bruce Baughman: Okay. Great. Thank you.
Charles Johnson: Is that too complex? I hope not.
Bruce Baughman: No, that's fine.
((Crosstalk))
Bruce Baughman: I was just curious. Okay. That's great. Thanks,
Charlie.
Charles Johnson: Okay. Thanks, Bruce.
Operator: Your next question is from Dennis Scammell with Rutabaga
Capital.
Dennis Scammell: Good morning.
Charles Johnson: Good morning, Dennis.
Dennis Scammell: For somebody that isn't as familiar with the aftermarket
business, can you at least say where that $400 million
puts you relative to some of the other competitors? I
don't think - you know, I've heard Delphi is beyond - you
know, who are the major competitors? And does this make
you the largest? Are you - this is number two? Can you
size it at all for us?
Charles Johnson: I'd be glad to. I'd be glad to talk about who the other
players in the market are for a second but I think the
relative sizes and so forth I think you'll probably want
to go to some of the published reports and so forth that
are available out there.
Certainly, some of the people that play in this
marketplace -- and you have to realize that our business
really operates in several different sub-markets, and also
since we're talking about an international scheme now,
we're talking about operating in international markets
which are all different.
A couple of examples would be, in the U.S. market, the
larger players or the big players would probably be people
like Visteon and Delphi, a company called SPI out of
Canada; and then a number of regional players who are
substantial players out there as well. And that would
apply to the automotive and live-truck segment of the
business.
When it comes to the temperature control side of the
business, the largest player today would be the Four
Seasons Division of Standard Motor Products...
Dennis Scammell: Right.
Charles Johnson: ...with a number of other players out there including
Jordan Industries and various people who specialize in
individual components as part of the overall air
conditioning system.
When you go to Mexico, there are a number of players in
Mexico of which the Modine Mexpar aftermarket player is
one; in Europe, certainly, (NRF) is the Modine operation
there, and there are a number of other players including
(Bayer), (Invalio), which would be two of the larger
leaders, also (Hippadinso) is a player in several of these
markets.
In the U.S. market, popping back there for a second,
(Invalio) and (Bayer) are also players in various segments
of the market, perhaps a bit less in the aftermarket today
but those things can change quickly and often do.
So there are quite a few competitors in this business and
because the business is spread out across a number of
different product lines and across geographically now
across a much broader palate, the truth is that there are
quite a few competitors out there with fairly significant
positions.
Dennis Scammell: Good. That's a...
Charles Johnson: However, we like the fact that this gives us that scope
and ability to compete on an international basis.
Dennis Scammell: Great. That's helpful. One, you know, one of the things
that Modine has said historically is that, you know, geez,
there - in the aftermarket business where they have, again
historically, generated some pretty high returns, it has
been just a very tough marketplace for the past several
years; you know, it sounds like too much capacity and it
also sounds like a lot of low price product coming in from
Asia, China, and the rest of Asia.
How would - how important is this transaction in kind of
resolving some of the - it sounds like the structural
issues in the market?
Charles Johnson: Well, we have - we've said for some time that we felt that
continued consolidation of the market was a probability if
not a necessity. And I think when you look across the
entire aftermarket, you've seen for automotive and
heavy-truck components in North America, you've seen a
tremendous amount of consolidation over time.
The customer base has consolidated in ways that, when I
was a kid, I probably wouldn't have expected it, and we
have some large and dominant players. So I believe this is
a very important move to posture us in the proper way to
compete on a global basis.
You're absolutely right that this market has become a
global market. A tremendous amount of the product that is
sold in North American today is produced overseas. We're
certainly a - one of the players in having great
relationships with supply partners in, certainly in the
Pacific Rim and other places around the world.
And we believe that the new company's size, scope, and
balance sheet capabilities will help us to - and an
opportunity to generate the synergies that we see - will
help us deal with those pressures, those price pressures,
and those competitive pressures, and help us to be a
viable and profitable company as we go forward.
Dennis Scammell: Yeah. Yeah. Great. Any places where you guys have
substantial customer overlap where they might be looking
to rethink their relationships? I know AutoZone is a big
customer of you guys. But again, any place where you think
your both kind of number one and number two with the
customer and they might want to bring in a new number two?
Charles Johnson: Typically, in our business, most of the major customers in
this marketplace are sole source situations. They do that
because the difficulty in serving or having multiple
suppliers serve them is just way outweighed by the
effectiveness and efficiencies as well as the
relationships of product development and quick-to-market
response that comes with one supplier.
Dennis Scammell: Huh.
Charles Johnson: So the good news about that is that we don't have a lot of
overlapping issues and that our belief is that this is a
transaction that can be found to be a good one for our
customers because of that.
Dennis Scammell: Great. And just - do you have a - what is the - what would
be the number of plants in say North America -- U.S. and
Mexico -- of the combined companies? And where do you
think you would take that by, you know, in the
restructuring?
Charles Johnson: We haven't published that information at this point,
Dennis, and I'd rather not comment on it at this point. I
can tell you that we have extensive plant capabilities --
both companies do. And we have extensive branch
distribution capabilities across North America as well as
extensive distribution warehouse capabilities.
And certainly as we look at the way we do business,
they're going to be want to be sure that we can continue
to serve our customers in the most effective way possible
while reducing cost and that's going to be a very key
issue and we'll be working through plans around those
kinds of things as we move into the definitive agreement
period of our - of this business transaction cycle.
I did mention that we have - we believe there will be a
reasonable level of restructuring costs as we look at the
program over this 12 to 18-month period and that will
certainly be reflected in a significant level of action to
deal with the marketplace as we think it needs to be
postured.
Dennis Scammell: Gotcha. Okay. Fair enough. And then just a couple last
things; I kind of remember listening to Modine that the -
that, you know, they don't disclose what their aftermarket
business is doing, although from, you know, the combined
revenue figures, it sounds like up $220-$230 million in
revenues. From a profitability standpoint, I think they've
said it's been about breakeven to a slight loss, at least
on an operating basis; I'm not sure about EBITDA. Can you
talk at all - before the savings and so on about what the
combined profitability of the - of NewCo is going to look
like with $400 million in revenues.
Charles Johnson: Well I think as we get closer to some of the formal
document disclosures that we will be doing later on we'll
be starting to deal with those things. And all we're
willing to say today is that the - we expect that the
business will be profitable in its first year of
operation. Even before restructuring charges - even with
all the things that will have to be going on.
Dennis Scammell: Okay.
Charles Johnson: So we think that is going to be a very good start given
the history of businesses in the aftermarket.
Dennis Scammell: Yes.
Charles Johnson: Then we will build on that as we work our way through the
good things that come with the restructuring program.
Dennis Scammell: Great and it doesn't sound like any debt is coming with
the assets. It's just...
Charles Johnson: That's correct.
Dennis Scammell: Maybe a little bit of cash and net working capital.
Charles Johnson: That's correct.
Dennis Scammell: Okay so pro forma debt we could take your debt and
subtract, what, $17 million for the cash proceeds of OEM
and come up with the debt figure?
Charles Johnson: I'll bet that if you really put your pencil to it you
could come up with a good estimate.
Dennis Scammell: Okay I'm just trying to figure out whether or not I'm
going to say anything. And then simplistically again it is
roughly about $16 million of shares out after the
transactions?
Charles Johnson: That's about right.
Dennis Scammell: Okay great. Hey thanks a lot.
Charles Johnson: Absolutely Dennis thank you.
Operator: Your next question is from Laura Thurow with Robert W.
Baird.
Laura Thurow: Good morning.
Charles Johnson: Hi Laura how are you?
Laura Thurow: Doing well thank you.
Charles Johnson: Good.
Laura Thurow: It sounds like a good transaction here and most of my
questions actually have been answered. But just a couple
of follow up questions. First on the synergies you talked
about kind of a $20 million and mentioned central facility
rationalization. Could you just put some color on some of
the other activities that could lead to those synergies
and cost savings?
Charles Johnson: Well I think I mentioned earlier that we have a number of
plants that produce the same sorts of products. We have a
number of distribution centers that distribute the same
things. We have a number of branches that sell the same
sorts of products in the same geographic areas.
And frankly in some cases it may be appropriate to have
those units in place. However as with most deals and most
restructuring programs we would have to look at all of
those and be sure that we have the right capabilities in
the right places.
So a very important part of all this will be from that
venue. In addition as the company that will be almost
twice as large as the current company -- or either current
company -- we think that there are a whole range of mutual
material costs synergies and product design opportunities
that will help us to reduce the total cost of our
products.
There are - there is a myriad of examples of product
features and improvements that one may have and the other
does not have. Which through this period of restructuring
we will be able to look at and presumably to unleash.
So I think that among the things I just talked about in
addition to the whole idea of economies of scale which
will come with producing more product - or sourcing more
product I think those are the most important aspects of
the savings we expect to generate.
Laura Thurow: Great. And then just a clarification question - when you
said you expect the combined new company to be profitable
in year one is that on EBIT basis or on EBITDA basis.
Charles Johnson: That is on EBIT.
Laura Thurow: EBIT. And then to switch back here to the sale of the
heavy-duty OEM business you mentioned that about $45
million in sales. Can you give us a sense of profitability
of that business?
Charles Johnson: Well actually I didn't mention the sales levels. But the
company as we have published in our published reports has
been profitable. As we talked about in our third quarter
report the business has been performing very well. We had
- we have some unique technology, which has allowed us to
do so in recent times.
And we believe that we have built a very substantive and
capable niche player in the heavy duty segment of the
business so that we do think that this business segment
will be very attractive to Modine as it goes forward
because of its unique technologies.
So it is profitable. We provided in our normal public
reports quite a bit of information about that
profitability. And certainly in our quarterly SEC reports
we provide additional information.
Laura Thurow: Great and that is all I have for now, thank you.
Charles Johnson: Thank you very much.
Operator: At this time there are no questions. I would like to turn
it back over to management for any closing remarks.
Charles Johnson: Well I want to thank everyone for joining us today. It's
an exciting time for everyone in our company. And as we
look forward we believe it will be an exciting time for
everyone in our expanded and combined company.
I look forward to working with everybody as we go forward
to make this an outstanding transaction. And we look
forward to working with our shareholders to insure that we
provide the sorts of returns and opportunity that everyone
dreams of. So thank you very much for participating today
- thank you.
Operator: This concludes today's teleconference. You may now
disconnect.
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements included in this communication which are not historical in nature are
forward-looking statements under the U.S. securities laws. These statements
inherently involve risks and uncertainties and actual future results may differ
from those expressed or implied in these statements. These differences could be
material. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include,
but are not limited to, (1) the possibility that the companies may not be able
to agree to definitive transaction documents, (2) the possibility that
conditions to the transaction, including stockholder or regulatory approvals,
may not be satisfied, (3) problems arising in the integration of the respective
businesses, (4) unexpected costs relating to the transaction, (5) the businesses
suffering as a result of uncertainty surrounding the transaction, (6) general
market perception of the transaction, (7) the effect of any changes in customer
and supplier relationships and purchasing patterns, (8) the ability to retain
key personnel, (9) other uncertainties and matters beyond the control of
management of the companies, and (10) other risks detailed in the periodic
filings filed by Transpro and Modine with the SEC. Neither Transpro nor Modine
assumes any obligation, and each expressly disclaims any duty, to update
information contained in this communication except as required by law.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT:
Transpro intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that
will include a prospectus and proxy/information statement and other relevant
documents in connection with the proposed transaction. Investors and security
holders of each company are urged to read the prospectus and proxy/information
statement and other relevant materials when they become available because they
will contain important information about Transpro and Modine and the proposed
transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of these
materials (when they are available) and other documents filed with the SEC at
the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed with the SEC
by Transpro may be obtained free of charge by directing such requests to
Transpro, Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 100 Gando Drive, New Haven, CT
06513, or from Transpro's website at www.transpro.com. The documents filed with
the SEC by Modine may be obtained free of charge by directing such requests to
Modine Manufacturing Company, Attention: Investor Relations, 1500 DeKoven
Avenue, Racine, WI 53403, or from Modine's website at www.modine.com. Transpro,
Modine, their respective executive officers and directors and certain members of
management may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from
Transpro stockholders with respect to the proposed transaction. Information
regarding the interests of these officers and directors in the proposed
transaction will be included in the prospectus and proxy/information statement.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any security and will not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale
in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.