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FORM 11-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 1998
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 1- 3208
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if
different from that of the issuer named below:
Lithonia Lighting Profit Sharing and Retirement
Plan for Salaried Employees
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and
the address of the principal executive office:
National Service Industries, Inc.
1420 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
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REQUIRED INFORMATION
The following documents are filed as a part of this report:
1. Financial Statements
Plan financial statements prepared in accordance with the financial
reporting requirements of ERISA include the following:
Report of Independent Public Accountants
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 1998
and 1997
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, with Fund
Information, for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
Notes to Financial Statements and Schedule
2. Exhibits
Sequentially
Numbered
The following exhibit is filed with this report: Page
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly
caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Lithonia Lighting Profit Sharing
and Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees
Date: June 30, 1999 By: National Service Industries, Inc.
Plan Administrator
By: /s/ James S. Balloun
Name: James S. Balloun
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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LITHONIA LIGHTING PROFIT SHARING AND
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1997
TOGETHER WITH
AUDITORS' REPORT
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Plan Administrator of
Lithonia Lighting Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees:
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits
of LITHONIA LIGHTING PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related statement of changes in net
assets available for benefits, with fund information, for the year ended
December 31, 1998. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the changes in net assets available for benefits
for the year ended December 31, 1998 in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The fund information in the statement of
changes in net assets available for benefits is presented for the purpose of
additional analysis rather than to present the changes in net assets available
for benefits of each fund. The fund information has been subjected to the
auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and,
in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the
basic financial statements taken as a whole.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
April 29, 1999
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LITHONIA LIGHTING PROFIT SHARING AND
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1997
1998 1997
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INVESTMENT IN NSI DC TRUST, at fair value (Notes 2 and 3):
Balanced Fund $26,156,360 $24,830,433
Diversified Equity Fund 34,659,347 27,957,667
Stable Value Fund 21,737,874 20,356,688
NSI Stock Fund 2,363,948 2,605,352
Loan Fund 2,257,835 2,092,118
International Fund 543,916 450,366
Index Fund 5,147,442 2,329,063
Small Company Fund 1,106,338 942,323
Bond Index Fund 239,814 0
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Total investment 94,212,874 81,564,010
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CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVABLE:
Employer 1,202,162 725,757
Participant 40,075 36,068
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Total contributions receivable 1,242,237 761,825
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NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS $95,455,111 $82,325,835
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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LITHONIA LIGHTING PROFIT SHARING AND
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
WITH FUND INFORMATION,
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
Diversified Stable NSI Small Bond
Balanced Equity Value Stock Loan Int'l Index Company Index
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Other Total
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CONTRIBUTIONS:
Employer, net
of forfeitures $ 617,588 802,019 470,698 128,092 0 36,023 151,432 47,287 376 476,405 $2,729,920
Participant 1,017,224 1,395,583 575,264 301,946 0 91,254 453,586 129,874 1,239 4,007 3,969,977
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Total contributions 1,634,812 2,197,602 1,045,962 430,038 0 127,277 605,018 177,161 1,615 480,412 6,699,897
NET GAIN (LOSS) FROM
INVESTMENT IN
NSI DC TRUST (Note 3)3,263,160 8,138,852 1,284,086 (653,937) 0 32,669 920,739 146,585 8,623 0 13,140,777
BENEFITS PAID TO
PARTICIPANTS (1,505,852)(1,293,559)(3,435,367) (220,617) (73,105)(26,795) (154,132) (1,971) 0 0 (6,711,398)
INTRAPLAN TRANSFERS (2,066,193)(2,341,215) 2,486,505 203,112 238,822 (39,601)1,446,754 (157,760)229,576 0 0
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NET INCREASE
(DECREASE) 1,325,927 6,701,680 1,381,186 (241,404) 165,717 93,550 2,818,379 164,015 239,814 480,412 13,129,276
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
FOR BENEFITS,
December 31, 1997 24,830,433 27,957,667 20,356,688 2,605,352 2,092,118 450,366 2,329,063 942,323 0 761,825 82,325,835
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NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
FOR BENEFITS,
December 31, 1998 $26,156,360 34,659,347 21,737,874 2,363,948 2,257,835 543,916 5,147,442 1,106,338 239,814 1,242,237 $95,455,111
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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LITHONIA LIGHTING PROFIT SHARING AND
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1997
1. PLAN DESCRIPTION
The following is a brief description of the Lithonia Lighting Profit
Sharing and Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees (the "Plan") of the
Lithonia Lighting Division of National Service Industries, Inc. of Georgia
and the Lithonia Lighting Division of NSI Enterprises, Inc. (together, the
"Employer"). Both National Service Industries, Inc. of Georgia and NSI
Enterprises, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of National Service
Industries, Inc. ("NSI"). This description is provided for informational
purposes only. Participants should refer to the plan agreement for a
complete description.
General
The Plan, as amended and restated effective September 1, 1989, is a defined
contribution plan established under the provisions of Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). The Plan covers all nonunion, salaried,
nonhourly employees of the Employer who have six months of service, as
defined, and who are at least 21 years of age. The Plan is subject to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
Effective September 1998, the Employer acquired GTY Industries. Salaried
employees of GTY Industries are eligible to participate in the Plan
effective January 1, 1999.
Contributions
Contributions are made by the participants and the Employer. Participants
may elect to contribute between 1% and 15% of before-tax compensation, as
defined in the Plan, subject to certain limitations under the IRC. The
Employer provides a matching contribution in an amount equal to 50% of each
participant's contributions up to 6% of compensation for the plan year.
For any plan year in which the Employer's net profits, as defined, equal or
exceed $6,000,000, the Employer shall make a profit-sharing contribution
equal to 2% of the net profits for the plan year, less the aggregate
matching contribution for the plan year. If 2% of net profits, plus any
forfeitures of nonvested participant accounts, less matching contributions,
equals or exceeds 30% of the 2% of net profits plus forfeitures, then such
30% is allocated among participants on the basis of service credits, as
defined. The remainder of the profit-sharing contribution is allocated to
participants who made elective deferrals during the plan year and who are
employed on the last day of the plan year. This allocation is based on the
relative elective deferrals up to 6% of compensation. If the 30% criteria
is not met, the entire profit-sharing contribution is allocated to
participants on the basis of service credits. The total profit-sharing
contribution to the Plan for the year ended December 31, 1998 was
$1,012,321.
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Vesting
Participants are always fully vested in their voluntary contributions.
Vesting of employer contributions occurs on an increasing scale, ranging
from 10% after one year of service, as defined, to 100% after seven years
of service. Effective January 1, 1998, vesting of employer contributions
occurs on an increasing scale, ranging from 20% after one year of service,
as defined, to 100% after five years of service. Years of service with GTY
Industries prior to September 1998 count toward the vesting requirements of
the Plan. Nonvested employer contributions are forfeited upon a
participant's withdrawal from the Plan and are added to the employer
contribution for allocation to remaining participants based on service
credits.
Administration
The responsibility for administration of the Plan rests with the Plan's
retirement committee, which is appointed by the board of directors of NSI.
All administrative expenses of the Plan were paid by the Employer during
the year ended December 31, 1998.
Participants' Accounts
Individual accounts are maintained for each of the Plan's participants to
reflect the particular participant's contributions and related employer
contributions as well as the participant's share of the Plan's income and
any related investment management fees and expenses.
The Plan's investment fund balances are expressed in units. At December 31,
1998 and 1997, 7,196,887 and 6,817,486 units, respectively, were assigned
to plan participants. Unit values for each investment fund were as follows
at December 31, 1998 and 1997:
1998 1997
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Balanced Fund $ 37.82 $ 33.18
Diversified Equity Fund 15.71 14.04
Stable Value Fund 12.84 12.07
NSI Stock Fund 15.47 19.61
International Fund 17.76 4.82
Index Fund 112.85 89.56
Small Company Fund 11.58 11.21
Bond Index Fund 11.16 N/A
Investment in Master Trust
Under a trust agreement dated September 1, 1993, as amended, Wachovia Bank
of Georgia, N.A. was appointed trustee of the NSI Defined Contribution
Plan's Master Trust (the "NSI DC Trust"). Effective January 1, 1998,
INVESCO Trust Company was appointed trustee of the NSI DC Trust.
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The Plan's assets are commingled in the NSI DC Trust together with the
assets of certain defined contribution plans of other NSI divisions. The
investments of the NSI DC Trust are subject to certain administrative
guidelines and limitations as to type and amount of securities held.
Certain fund assets are allocated to selected independent investment
managers to invest under these general guidelines.
Investment Options
The separate investment options made available under the Plan may be
changed, eliminated, or modified from time to time by the investment
committee of the NSI DC Trust. Participants make their investment
elections in 1% increments, with changes allowed on a daily basis.
The separate investment options offered by the Plan are as follows:
o Diversified Equity Fund. This fund is a diversified stock fund
designed to invest in a broad range of common stocks providing
capital growth.
o Stable Value Fund. This is a fixed income fund designed to
provide a steady level of current income while focusing on
preservation of principal. This fund is managed by INVESCO Trust
Company or its affiliates.
o Balanced Fund. This fund is invested in a changing mix of
high-quality stocks and bonds. The fund is designed to provide
capital growth and current income while limiting the risk of
principal loss. This fund is managed by INVESCO Trust Company or
its affiliates.
o NSI Stock Fund. This fund is invested in NSI common stock,
although it may hold other short-term investments from time to
time. A participant may not direct more than 50% of his/her
account balance to be invested in this fund.
o International Fund. This fund is invested in the stock of
non-U.S. companies and is designed to provide long-term growth.
During 1998, the investment committee of the NSI DC Trust changed
the specific asset fund which serves as this investment option.
o Index Fund. This fund (offered beginning June 1997) is invested
in all of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock
Price Index.
o Small Company Fund. This fund (offered beginning June 1997) is
invested in small or emerging companies that show potential for
increased size and profitability. The fund seeks little or no
current income. This fund is managed by INVESCO Trust Company or
its affiliates.
o Bond Index Fund. This fund (offered beginning July 1998) is
invested in a well-diversified portfolio that is representative
of the domestic investment-grade bond market.
Loans to Participants
The Plan permits loans to participants up to the lesser of 50% of the
participant's vested account balance or $50,000. A participant has up to
five years to repay the principal and interest, unless the loan is for the
purchase of a primary residence, in which case the repayment period will
be established at the time the loan is approved. Loan processing fees are
charged directly to the participant's account. Interest rates on loans to
participants are based on market rates, as determined by the plan
administrator. The interest rate as of December 31, 1998 was 9.25%.
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Loan issuances and repayments are included in intraplan transfers in the
accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.
Interest on loans is included in the net gain from investment in NSI DC
Trust and is allocated to each investment fund based on participants'
investment elections.
Benefits
A participant or his/her beneficiary is entitled to receive the
distribution of his/her vested account balance upon death, disability,
retirement (age 65), or other termination of employment. These benefits
are payable in a lump-sum amount.
Benefits are payable in cash, except that any portion of a participant's
account balance which is invested in the NSI Stock Fund is distributed in
the form of shares of NSI common stock, with fractional shares paid in
cash.
Hardship withdrawals may be made upon proven financial hardship of a
participant, as defined in the plan agreement and as approved by the
Plan's retirement committee.
Plan Termination
Although the Employer intends for the Plan to be permanent, the Plan
provides that the Employer has the right to discontinue contributions or
to terminate the Plan at any time. In the event of plan termination, the
participants are vested in the amounts allocated to their respective
accounts; however, the accounts shall continue to be held by the trustee
until such time as the participants terminate their employment or
otherwise become entitled to such vested benefits under the provisions of
the Plan.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Accounting
The accounts of the Plan are maintained by the trustee on the cash basis
of accounting. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared
using the accrual method of accounting by application of memorandum
entries. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires the Plan's management to
use estimates and assumptions that affect the accompanying financial
statements and disclosures. Actual results could differ from these
estimates.
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Investment Valuation
Investments of the NSI DC Trust, except for the guaranteed investment
contracts ("GICs"), are stated at fair value, as determined by the trustee
from quoted market prices. Securities traded on a national exchange are
valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the
plan year; investments traded in the over-the-counter market and listed
securities for which no sale was reported on the last day of the plan year
are valued at the last reported bid price.
GICs included in the NSI DC Trust are fully benefit-responsive and are
therefore carried at contract value (cost plus accrued interest) in the
accompanying financial statements in accordance with Statement of Position
94-4, "Reporting of Investment Contracts for Welfare and Pension Plans."
At December 31, 1998 and 1997, contract value approximates fair value. At
December 31, 1998, the weighted average crediting interest rate was 6.6%.
For the year ended December 31, 1998, the annual yield on the GICs held by
the NSI DC Trust was 7%. For certain of the GICs held by the NSI DC Trust,
crediting interest rates may be changed if certain events occur, such as
early retirements, plant closings, etc., but in no case are adjusted to a
rate less than 0%.
GICs are subject to credit risk based on the ability of the insurance
company to meet interest or principal payments, or both, as they become
due.
Certain GICs included in the NSI DC Trust are synthetic; that is, the NSI
DC Trust owns certain fixed income securities, and the contract issuer
provides a "wrapper" that guarantees a fixed rate of return and provides
benefit responsiveness. At December 31, 1998, the fair value of the
underlying assets of the synthetic GICs (determined from quoted market
prices) and the value of the related wrapper contracts were $48,749,180
and $(1,232,140), respectively.
3. NSI DC TRust
Investment Income
Investment income of the NSI DC Trust for the year ended December 31, 1998
is summarized as follows:
Dividends on common stock $ 363,675
Interest income 3,619,354
Net depreciation in fair value of NSI common stock (4,420,458)
Net income from common/collective trust 23,084,929
Net income from mutual funds 12,167,659
Net income from pooled separate account 31,785
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Total investment income $ 34,846,944
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The investment income of the NSI DC Trust for the year ended December 31,
1998 is allocated among participating plans as follows:
Lithonia Lighting Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan for Salaried
Employees $ 13,140,777
All other NSI plans 21,706,167
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Total $ 34,846,944
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Net Assets
The net assets of the NSI DC Trust are as follows at December 31, 1998 and
1997:
1998 1997
Mutual funds $ 91,469,061 $ 79,312,170
Common/collective trust 98,522,341 79,112,333
Guaranteed investment contracts 59,224,919 52,443,357
NSI common stock 15,348,609 18,045,789
Loans receivable from participants 7,590,683 7,564,684
Money market fund 0 1,740,602
Pooled separate account 2,315,680 2,385,857
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274,471,293 240,604,792
Cash 0 9,476
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274,471,293 240,614,268
Accrued investment income 6,608 112,870
Adjustments for pending trades 19,658 (199,191)
Other 0 (47,759)
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Net assets $ 274,497,559 $ 240,480,188
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The allocation of the net assets of the NSI DC Trust to participating
plans is based on participant units and is as follows as of December 31,
1998 and 1997:
1998 1997
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Amount Percent Amount Percent
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Lithonia Lighting Profit Sharing and
Retirement Plan for Salaried
Employees $ 94,212,874 34.32% $ 81,564,010 33.92%
All other plans 180,284,685 65.68 158,916,178 66.08
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Total $ 274,497,559 100.00% $ 240,480,188 100.00%
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Investment in NSI Common Stock
As of December 31, 1998 and 1997, approximately 5.6% and 7.5%,
respectively, of the NSI DC Trust's net assets were invested in the common
stock of NSI, a party in interest to the Plan.
4. Tax Status
The Plan has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal
Revenue Service dated June 5, 1996 stating that the Plan was designed in
accordance with plan design requirements as of that date. The Plan has
been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the plan
administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and is being
operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.
Therefore, the plan administrator believes that the Plan was qualified and
that the related trust was tax-exempt as of December 31, 1998 and 1997.