SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (X) Annual report under Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For the fiscal year period ended December 31, 2000 or ( ) 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 0-19335. BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION Incorporated in the State of Delaware I.R.S. Employer Number 91-1834269 BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, Ste 2650, San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415)227-1650 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE Title of class 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 _X_ No ______ Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. _X_ The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the price at which the stock was sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such stock, as of the close of business on March 15, 2001 was $53,630,780.* * Excludes 6,839,296 shares of Common Stock held by directors, officers, and holders of more than 5% of the Company's shares outstanding at March 15, 2001. Exclusion of shares held by any person should not be construed to indicate that such person possesses the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the Registrant, or that such person is controlled by or under common control with the Registrant. Shares Outstanding CLASS As of March 15, 2001 ----- -------------------- Common Stock $.001 par value 12,839,607 DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE ----------------------------------- Listed hereunder are the documents any portions of which are incorporated by reference and the Parts of this Form 10-K into which such portions are incorporated: 1. The registrant's annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, portions of which are incorporated by reference into Parts II and IV of this Form 10-K, and 2. The registrant's definitive proxy statement dated April 1, 2001, for use in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 1, 2001, portions of which are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K. BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I ITEM PAGE 1. Business 1 2. Properties 12 3. Legal Proceedings 15 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 15 PART II 5. Market for Registrant's Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters 16 6. Selected Financial Data 17 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 18 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 18 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 19 PART III 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant 20 11. Executive Compensation 20 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 20 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 20 PART IV 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K 21 PART I. ITEM 1. BUSINESS INTRODUCTION Certain statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. BUSINESS Building Materials Holding Corporation (BMHC) is a Nasdaq-traded holding company headquartered in San Francisco, California. We specialize in providing value-added services and high-quality building materials products to the residential construction market. Our operating subsidiaries include BMC West Corporation ("BMC West") and BMC Framing Inc. ("Framing"), with 137 facilities organized into 56 business units. BMC Framing holds a 49% equity interest in Knipp Brothers Industries, LLC, and KB Industries Limited Partnership, leading framing contractors operating in Arizona, California and Nevada. In recent years we have increased our sales of higher margin value-added products. As a result, our gross margins have increased each year since 1992. We fabricate roof and floor trusses, purchase and pre-assemble doors and millwork and select and distribute pre-assembled windows, each of which we customize to, or select based on, customer specifications. Through our interest in Framing we participate in the framing market, and with our acquisition of Roland Manufacturing Corporation ("Royal Door") we participate in the assembly and installation of pre-hung doors and millwork in multi-family and light commercial projects. Our offering of value-added products and services both augments our ability to supply contractors and builders with a full range of their building materials needs and reduces our sensitivity to commodity wood product prices. BMHC targets primarily professional contractors and builders engaged in residential construction and, to a lesser extent, light commercial and industrial construction. We focus on developing and maintaining strong relationships with regional and local contractors, developers, builders, architects and engineers. Professional contractors and builders generally are high-volume, repeat customers who require on-time job site delivery, volume purchasing, trade credit and other specialized services typically not offered by large home center retailers. We, therefore, do not compete directly against do-it-yourself retailers, such as Home Depot and Lowe's, who do not offer the broad range of services that we provide, and who generally sell in smaller quantities and are focused on the retail consumer. We also target the repair and remodel market that consists of consumers and contractors involved in major home improvement projects. 2 Our 137 facilities offer products and services that are designed to meet the needs of professional contractors and builders. In addition, each of our business units tailor its product and service mix to meet the demands of its local market. Our products include the following: - - lumber and panel products - pre-assembled windows - - pre-hung doors and millwork - roofing materials - - roof and floor trusses and wall panels - cabinets - engineered wood products - paint - hardware We believe that our focus on service is a key factor that distinguishes us from many of our competitors. We have developed a variety of specialty services in order to help our customers build high quality and cost effective projects. We employ highly experienced, service-oriented sales people who advise contractors at their job sites and offices or at our facilities. As a result of our enhanced product knowledge and training, our sales people are often sought out by our customers for design and product recommendations, instruction and job site assistance. Our high quality service, together with our contractor-focused product offerings, have allowed our sales staff of approximately 750 employees to develop long-term relationships with local professional contractors and builders and to generate a large volume of repeat and referral business. Our specialty services focus on professional contractors and builders and typically are not offered by large home center retailers. These services include: o advice regarding project designs and materials specifications, such as the use of pre-engineered wood products to reduce total building costs; o accurate estimates of materials costs on which contractors can base bids; o just-in-time delivery of complete home framing packages to job sites; o provision of trade credit to pre-approved contractors; o referral of customers to pre-qualified contractors; o monitoring and evaluating innovations in product design in order to provide customers with information and instruction; o use of design and engineering software to ensure our products will fit precisely into a constructed building; and o installation of windows, doors and insulation in some local markets. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Building materials distributors generally concentrate on serving either professional contractors and builders or price-oriented retail consumers. Contractor-oriented building materials distributors, like us, tend to focus on building contractors and project-oriented consumers and they compete principally on the basis of: o service o product quality and availability o on-time delivery o credit availability o price Home center retailers, on the other hand, target the mass consumer market, in which competition is based principally on price, merchandising and location advertising. Typically, contractor- 3 oriented distributors offer a greater range of services and a range of high quality building products more specifically targeted towards professional building contractors than home center retailers. Customer loyalty is a key attribute of the contractor-oriented building materials industry because professional contractors and builders typically use the same building materials suppliers for most of their projects. The contractor-oriented building materials distribution industry is characterized by a large number of privately owned, small, regional distribution companies and single-site enterprises. These businesses are typically family run, relationship-based operations. Many of these businesses do not possess sophisticated working capital management and control systems and generally lack the purchasing expertise of a large entity, such as BMHC. The building materials distribution industry is linked to the economic cycles and seasonality associated with the home building industry. Construction expenditures are largely a function of new residential, commercial and industrial building demand and repair and remodeling projects undertaken. Residential construction is closely linked to new job formation, household formation, interest rates, housing affordability, availability of mortgage financing, regional demographics and consumer confidence. Commercial construction is significantly affected by vacancy and absorption rates, interest rates, long-term regional economic outlooks and the availability of financing. Industrial construction expenditures are linked to the industrial economic outlook, corporate profitability, interest rates and capacity utilization. In difficult economic environments, repair and remodeling expenditures generally represent a greater percentage of housing construction expenditures as new housing starts decline. BMHC centers target participants in all of these sectors, although economic conditions frequently dictate which sector it may emphasize at a given time. GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS We believe that we are well positioned in some of the most attractive markets for building materials in the United States. Population and migration trends in the Western markets served by us, as well as the relative strength of many of the local economies we serve, have resulted in the growth of residential housing in these markets. OPERATING STRATEGY Our strategic plan is to continue to increase sales of value-added products as a percentage of total sales and reduce sales of commodity wood products as a percentage of total sales. We plan to continue to expand the availability of our company-fabricated or pre-assembled products to every business unit in which market demand justifies the expansion. We also continually evaluate the introduction of new value-added products, as exemplified by our addition of framing to our value-added product offering through our equity interest held by Framing. Local managers have introduced such specialty services as window, door, wall panel and insulation installation to meet local customers' needs. The installation of our products by our employees tends to allow professional contractors or builders to reduce their on-site labor costs. We will continue to expand these and other specialty services where appropriate. 4 We grant our local managers substantial autonomy and responsibility to best address customer needs in their markets. A distributor's reputation is often determined at the local level, where product availability and knowledgeable customer service are critical. Our local managers are responsible for optimizing business activities in their markets, including managing local sales personnel, configuring and maintaining local inventory levels, identifying potential customers for targeted marketing efforts and developing local service and product options. Our compensation system for local managers has significant incentive features based on local earnings and efficient working capital management at the local level. We seek to expand our sales by capitalizing on our reputation for quality and dependability with our existing customers, who view us as the provider of choice in their respective markets, to attract new customers and to increase our sales to existing customers. Our total quality management program defines quality as providing the best products and services at the right place at the right time. The program provides an environment to encourage employees to identify cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities, empowers employees to make significant contributions and work together as a team, and measures our performance and follow-through on improvement efforts. We focus on improving efficiency and productivity at all facilities with special attention and support to certain of the facilities that we believe are under-performing. We seek to anticipate changes in each local market by adjusting the inventory product mix and services for the professional contractors, builders and project-oriented consumers and the contractors hired by them. Such adjustments may have some minor impact on margins as we adjust inventories. We are also exploring alternatives for under-performing facilities including consolidation and liquidation of real property. We also are focusing on building new facilities within markets where we have a presence. ACQUISITION STRATEGY We use a disciplined approach towards acquiring leading value-added and contractor supplier facilities in both existing and new markets. We look for acquisitions that will complement our existing markets, provide geographic diversification, possibly outside of our current focus on the western U.S., or enhance our value-added product capabilities. The acquisitions must also possess an established customer base of professional contractors and builders and a quality management team. We evaluate potential acquisitions based on their ability to meet our prescribed return criteria and to provide operating efficiencies by leveraging our existing infrastructure. We have found that our positive reputation in our industry often leads business owners to approach us directly when they are ready to sell. We intend to continue to pursue our consolidation strategy and believe that the highly fragmented nature of the building materials industry will provide us with a number of attractive acquisition opportunities. While we evaluate each potential acquisition candidate on its individual merits, our primary objective has been to acquire profitable facilities that meet certain general financial criteria. Additional factors include the reputation of the business among local contractors and the quality of the business's management and sales organization. 5 Typically, after the acquisition of a facility, the Company implements our accounting and management systems into each newly acquired center. These systems assist in the effective management of inventories and accounts receivable and in the efforts to improve customer service. In 2000, we completed the acquisition of Alberta Sales, a millwork facility that was consolidated into the Company's existing Carson Valley location, and the acquisition from Frontier Wholesale Company of four-warehouse distribution centers along with several sales offices doing business as Marvin Windows Planning Center. The following chart sets forth the number of units acquired or opened and consolidated during each of the last two fiscal years. YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED DEC. 31, 2000 DEC. 31, 1999 ------------- ------------- Beginning number of business units 53 58 Acquisitions and DeNovo 4 4 Consolidations and Closures (1) (9) --- --- Ending balance 56 53 ==== === We plan to continue to acquire complementary businesses. Although, we continue to engage in discussions with potential acquisition candidates, we may not be able to continue to identify and complete successful acquisitions in the future. PRODUCTS Our principal products mix varies by business unit and includes lumber, panel products, engineered wood products, roofing materials, pre-hung doors and millwork, roof and floor trusses, pre-assembled windows, cabinets, hardware, paint and tools. In addition to distributing such products, we conduct value-added activities, which include fabricating pre-hung doors, roof and floor trusses, pre-assembled windows, insulation installation and pre-cutting lumber to meet customer specifications. The following table sets forth information regarding the percentage of net sales represented by the specified categories of products sold at our facilities during each of the last two fiscal years. While we believe that the percentages included in the table generally indicate the mix of our sales by category of product, the specific percentages are affected year-to-year by changes in the prices of commodity wood products, as well as changes in unit volumes sold. 6 CATEGORY OF PRODUCT 2000 1999 - ------------------- ---- ---- Wood products (lumber and panel products) 41% 44% Value-added (pre-hung doors and millwork, roof and floor trusses, windows, installation & moldings) 40 35 Building materials (roofing, siding, engineered wood products, insulation and steel products) 12 14 Other (paint, hardware, tools, electrical and plumbing) 7 7 --- --- 100% 100% === === We fabricate roof and floor trusses and pre-hung door units and pre-assembled window units for the residential and light commercial building markets. Door units are purchased and pre-assembled to contractor specifications using a variety of moldings. The door, truss and window product lines are particularly attractive since they generally bring higher margins, have less price volatility, and are not offered by many centers or home center retailers. We believe that our ability to provide pre-hung doors, millwork, roof and floor trusses and pre-assembled windows in a number of locations is a competitive advantage when soliciting business from contractors. Inventories of door units, roof and floor trusses and pre-assembled windows are usually built-to-order. Our customers generally order products, including pre-hung doors, millwork, roof and floor trusses, and pre-assembled windows on an as-needed basis. Therefore, virtually all product shipments in a given fiscal quarter result from orders received in that quarter. Consequently, order backlog represents only a very small percentage of the product sales anticipated in a given fiscal quarter and is not indicative of actual sales for any future fiscal period. As a provider of building materials and products, we regularly monitor innovations in product design to meet our customers' needs. We test markets for products that substitute for dimensional lumber and have for a number of years distributed alternative products such as engineered wood products and TimberStrand LSL studs, and have provided our builder customers information and instruction on the use of such products. SALES AND MARKETING Each of our 56 business units tailors its product and service mix to the local market and operates as a separate profit center. We reach our professional contractor customers mainly through field sales representatives, advertisements in trade journals and local promotional events. CUSTOMERS The Company's business is comprised of three major customer groups: new housing contractors and builders, commercial and industrial contractors and repair and remodel contractors. No one customer accounts for more than 2% of total sales. 7 PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER MARKET In 2000, sales to these professional contractors and builders accounted for approximately 85% of net sales (this total includes 80% to new residential contractors and 5% to commercial and industrial contractors). This compares with 82% of net sales in 1999 (this total included 76% to new residential contractors and 6% to commercial and industrial contractors). A significant amount of this business consisted of sales of complete house packages, including framing lumber, panel products, pre-hung doors and trim packages, roof and floor trusses, pre-assembled windows and other products required to construct or improve a home. We provide a wide range of customer services to contractors to meet their needs for trade credit, delivery and expert assistance. While pricing is an important purchasing criterion for these customers, we believe that other factors such as coordinated, on-time deliveries, quality and availability of products, relationships with salespeople, credit availability and technical support are equally important. We believe that our skills in these areas are important competitive advantages. Our principal channel for reaching the professional contractor and builder market is a sales force of approximately 400 field sales representatives supported by approximately 350 inside salespeople. Field sales representatives actively solicit business and work with the inside salespeople and managers to develop bids for contractor projects. We provide sales training for all sales representatives, and sales management training for all sales managers and center managers. Sales representatives are compensated through a combination of salary and commission based on individual sales volume and gross margin. Our center managers ensure that building materials are delivered according to contractor specifications and schedules. Technical personnel involved in purchasing, dispatching, invoicing and credit, support both field sales force and center managers to enhance customer satisfaction. REPAIR AND REMODEL MARKET This customer group consists generally of project-oriented contractors (including professional repair and remodel contractors hired by them). In 2000, sales to these contractors accounted for approximately 15% of net sales compared to 17% of net sales in 1999. Our sales to this market generally carry higher margins than sales to the professional contractor market. The volume of sales to this market varies depending on location. We actively pursue repair and remodel business in smaller markets. CREDIT Overall credit policy for sales to contractors is established by corporate management, but each facility has responsibility for overseeing local accounts. The managers and their staff are trained to have a thorough understanding of state lien laws, which provide security for accounts receivable. Our credit policies, together with daily monitoring of customer balances, have resulted 8 in average bad debt expense of approximately 0.18% of net sales during the last five years, with no single year exceeding 0.21%. We believe that our bad debt expense levels are among the lowest in the industry. Approximately 94% of our sales in 2000 were made to customers to whom we had extended credit for such sales. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Our financial information, operational data and other related statistical information are processed and maintained at BMC West's accounting center in Boise, Idaho on a network of server computers and work stations. Our financial reporting and relational database system was designed and customized for us by Oracle Corporation. The flexible nature of our installed network allows for the accumulation, processing and distribution of information using industry standard computing resources and programs. The point-of-sale information systems we use operate on computers located at each facility, and are connected to the computers at the accounting center via a high-speed frame relay network. These on-line systems provide real-time pricing, inventory availability and margin analysis. This allows each sales staff to offer a high level of customer service, while giving management the ability to access and use timely information to monitor operations. We believe that these systems also have enabled us to enhance profit margins, improve inventory turnover through identification and elimination of low-turnover items, accelerate analysis of sales trends, and better monitor accounts receivable, employee productivity, customer credit limits and lien protections. PURCHASING We purchase merchandise from a large number of manufacturers and suppliers. In 2000, our largest supplier accounted for approximately 9% of our total purchases. We do not believe that the loss of any single supplier would have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. We purchase inventory on a centralized basis in order to capitalize on economies of scale, although a limited amount of purchasing and ordering is controlled at individual facilities in order to respond to local needs. Ordering is controlled at the facility level in order to maintain local product needs and inventory turns. Although we seek to time purchases to take advantage of price movements, we do not speculate in the commodity wood products market. Approximately 41% of our 2000 sales were attributable to commodity wood products. Prices of commodity wood products are subject to significant volatility and directly affect sales. Commodity wood product prices were down 16.3% in 2000 over 1999. This is the lowest prices have been in eight years and we expect prices to remain at this level through 2001. We have established purchasing and pricing procedures to reduce exposure to inventory write-downs. Our commodity buyers monitor inventory and sales levels in each facility on a regular basis. With this supply and demand information, buyers generally can avoid overstocking commodity wood products. As a result, we turn our commodity product inventory approximately 10 to 12 times per year. Such rapid inventory turnover limits our potential exposure to inventory loss from 9 commodity price fluctuations. In addition, our real-time computer network allows the building materials facilities to adjust sales prices as purchase prices of commodity products change. We entered into a merchandise supply agreement with TruServe for hardline products, which include builders hardware, tools, paint and sub-floor adhesives. Under the agreement, we terminated existing affiliations with other distributors. COMPETITION We operate in a highly competitive environment. Due to the nature of the industry, the competitive environment varies by facility and by market. Within the professional contractor and builder market, we compete primarily with privately owned, single-site enterprises and local and regional building materials chains. Professional contractors and builders generally select building materials suppliers on the basis of availability of knowledgeable personnel, on-time delivery, reliable inventory levels, availability of credit and competitive pricing. We compete favorably on each of these bases. Our relatively large size also permits us to attract experienced and professional sales and service personnel and provides us the resources to offer Company-wide product and service training programs. By working closely with our contractor customers and utilizing our real-time management information system, our centers maintain appropriate inventory levels and are well positioned to deliver completed orders on time to individual job sites. Within the repair and remodel market, we compete primarily with local lumberyards and hardware stores and, in certain of its markets, with larger home center chains such as Home Depot and Lowe's. We believe we meet the needs of project-oriented consumers and repair and remodel contractors more effectively than such competitors by (i) providing primarily higher quality products within each category, (ii) offering consumers and contractors access to our knowledgeable staff and (iii) developing contractor referral programs to address the requirements of consumers on larger projects. EMPLOYEES Our success is highly dependent on the quality of our personnel at all levels. We are facing increased competition in attracting and retaining qualified employees. As a result, we maintain well rounded and competitive compensation and fringe benefit programs to attract, motivate and retain top performing individuals. In addition, we provide extensive product knowledge, customer service, supervisory and managerial training programs to assure employee and customer satisfaction. 10 At December 31, 2000, we employed approximately 4,400 persons, of which approximately 318 were represented by unions. We have not experienced any strikes or other work interruptions and have maintained generally favorable relations with our employees. The following table shows the approximate breakdown by job function of our employees: Officers, corporate and unit management, and corporate and unit administrative 14% Delivery (truck drivers, load builders, yard) 32% Manufacturing (truss, door, window, framing) 31% Field sales force (outside/inside sales) 17% Retail operations (cashiers/receiving/sales support) 6% EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000 DATE FIRST ELECTED AS NAME AGE POSITION OR OFFICE AN OFFICER George E. McCown 65 Chairman of the Board of 1987 Directors Robert E. Mellor 57 President, Chief Executive 1997 Officer and Director Robert L. Becci 60 Vice President and Controller 1990 Richard F. Blackwood 63 Executive Vice President 1987 President - Intermountain Division Ellis C. Goebel 59 Senior Vice President- Finance 1987 and Treasurer Steven H. Pearson 53 Vice President - Human 1987 Resources William E. Smith 49 Vice President 1997 President - SouthCentral Division Paul S. Street 52 Senior Vice President, General 1999 Counsel and Corporate Secretary Stanley M. Wilson 56 Vice President 1997 President, Pacific Division 11 Mr. McCown is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and has been a director since 1987. He was co-founder and has been a Managing General Partner of the MDC Management Companies, the general partner of the McCown De Leeuw & Co., since 1984, and was instrumental in financing and executing the leveraged buy-out of BMC West Corporation in 1987. Mr. McCown is a director of Aurora Foods Inc., and several privately held companies. Mr. Mellor serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of BMHC. Mr. Mellor was previously Of Counsel with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP from 1990 through February 15, 1997. Mr. Mellor also serves as a director of Coeur d' Alene Mines Corporation and The Ryland Group, Inc. Mr. Becci has served as the Company's Controller since its inception in 1987 and was elected Vice President in 1990. Mr. Blackwood is currently President of the Intermountain Division and Executive Vice President of the Company. Mr. Blackwood has been a Vice President since the Company's inception in 1987. Mr. Goebel has been Senior Vice President - Finance & Treasurer of Building Materials Holding Corporation since August 1997. He served as Vice President and Treasurer of the Company since its inception in November 1987. Mr. Pearson has served as Vice President - Human Resources of the Company since its inception in November 1987. Mr. Smith has served as President of the SouthCentral Division since November 1997 and was elected Vice President of BMHC in February 2000. Before joining BMC West, he held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Lone Star Plywood & Door Corp., which was purchased by the Company in November 1997. Mr. Street joined the Company in January 1999 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. He previously served as outside General Counsel & Secretary to the Company while employed by Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields. Mr. Wilson has served as President of the Pacific Division since November 1997 and was elected as Vice President of BMHC in February 2000. He was previously district manager of the West Coast district from April 1993 to 1998. 12 ITEM 2. PROPERTIES BMHC is a holding company engaged, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, BMC West and BMC Framing in the distribution of building materials and services. BMHC's headquarters is in San Francisco, California and BMC West's headquarters is in Boise, Idaho. In addition to administrative buildings, we have five primary types of facilities: building materials supply centers, pre-hung millwork facilities, truss facilities, pre-assembled window distribution facilities, and various sales offices and showrooms. The facilities listed below do not include the sales offices or showrooms. We believe that each of our locations are well maintained and generally are adequate for our needs for the foreseeable future. All of our material assets, including land and facilities, are owned or leased by the Company. STATE AND DATE OWNED LEASED CITY ACQUIRED ACREAGE ACREAGE - ---- -------- ------- ------- ARIZONA Phoenix - Royal 2000 -- .5 CALIFORNIA Atwater(1) 1990 -- 2.4 Bakersfield(1) 2000 3.3 -- *Fresno(3) 1989 13.0 -- *Merced(4) 1987 2.9 1.0 *Modesto(3) 1989 14.0 -- San Francisco Headquarters 1997 -- -- COLORADO *Aspen 1987 4.6 -- *Boulder 1990 10.0 -- *Colorado Springs(2) 1994 11.4 -- Colorado Springs Door 1999 -- .8 *Denver Door North 1990 -- 1.5 Denver Door South 1997 -- 1.2 *Denver 1994 8.7 -- *Evergreen 1990 3.7 -- *Fort Collins(4) 1990 12.0 .5 Fort Lupton(1) 1994 10.4 -- Grand Junction(4) 1994 3.5 .5 Glenwood Springs(1) 1990 2.0 -- Greeley(1,2) 1994 11.1 -- *Pueblo(4) 1994 10.7 -- *Steamboat Springs 1987 1.4 2.8 Steamboat Springs Door 1999 -- .2 13 STATE AND DATE OWNED LEASED CITY ACQUIRED ACREAGE ACREAGE - ---- -------- ------- ------- IDAHO *Boise(2) 1987 15.8 -- Boise Door 1999 -- 1.2 Boise (office) 1988 -- -- Emmett(1) 1987 2.6 -- *Idaho Falls(4) 1987 4.9 -- Idaho Falls Truss 1987 6.0 -- *Lewiston(4) 1990 2.7 -- *Pocatello 1987 4.6 -- *Rexburg 1987 1.9 -- MONTANA *Great Falls(4) 1993 9.2 -- *Helena 1998 4.1 -- *Helena Truss 1998 3.6 -- *Kalispell 1998 5.4 -- *Kalispell Door 1999 1.4 -- *Missoula 1998 15.1 -- *Missoula Door 1999 4.5 -- Missoula Wood Specialty 1999 2.8 -- NEVADA *Carson Valley(2) 1998 10.3 -- Carson Valley Door 1999 .5 -- Gardnerville(1) 1992 4.4 -- *Sparks(4) 1997 -- 10.1 NORTH CAROLINA *Charlotte - Royal 2000 -- 2.4 OREGON Beaverton(1) 2000 -- 0.5 *Sherwood(3) 2000 18.9 -- 14 STATE AND DATE OWNED LEASED CITY ACQUIRED ACREAGE ACREAGE - ---- -------- ------- ------- TEXAS *Abilene(3) 1995 16.1 -- *Austin 1998 -- 4.3 *Austin(4) 1995 18.3 -- Castleberry 1995 -- 1.1 *Coppell(3) 1997 9.4 -- *Dallas - Marvin 2000 -- 0.6 *Dallas - Royal 1999 -- 1.0 *El Paso(3) 1991 7.0 -- *Frisco 2000 10.0 2.0 *Houston(4) 1997 7.1 -- *Houston 1998 -- 2.5 *Hurst(4) 1994 5.3 2.3 *Killeen(4) 1994 3.6 0.3 *New Braunfels(3) 1995 23.6 -- *Round Rock 1996 -- 3.9 *San Antonio 1998 -- 4.2 UTAH Heber City(1) 1997 -- 2.5 *Orem(3) 1987 9.5 6.8 *Salt Lake(2) 1990 13.2 -- *Salt Lake Millwork 1999 -- 1.4 Tooele(1) 1987 1.5 0.7 *West Haven(4) 1996 6.0 -- WASHINGTON *Everett(2) 1994 29.3 -- *Issaquah(4) 1994 21.4 -- *Kent 1994 4.5 -- *Puget Sound Millwork 1998 -- -- *Spokane(4) 1990 9.2 -- Spokane Truss *Tacoma(3) 1987 8.9 -- *Vancouver(4) 1994 -- 5.4 WYOMING *Jackson 1996 -- 1.0 * Business unit (1) These locations are satellites of existing locations and not counted as business units. (2) These locations include a truss facility. (3) These locations include a truss and a millwork facility. (4) These locations include a millwork facility. 15 BMHC and BMC are tradenames. Other brand names or trademarks appearing in this Form 10-K are the property of their respective holders. ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS We are involved in litigation and other legal matters arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, our recovery or liability, if any, under any of these matters will not have a material effect on our financial position, liquidity or results of operations. ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS No matters were submitted to the shareholders for a vote during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. 16 PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS The Common Stock of BMHC is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "BMHC". The following table sets forth the range of high and low closing sales prices on the Nasdaq National Market for the Common Stock for the periods indicated. Such quotations represent inter-dealer prices without retail markup, markdown or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. COMMON STOCK PRICES: FISCAL 2000 HIGH LOW - ----------- ---- --- Quarter ended March 31, 2000 $10.938 $ 8.875 Quarter ended June 30, 2000 11.000 7.750 Quarter ended September 30, 2000 10.438 8.500 Quarter ended December 31, 2000 9.500 7.563 FISCAL 1999 HIGH LOW - ----------- ---- --- Quarter ended March 31, 1999 $12.625 $ 9.375 Quarter ended June 30, 1999 12.750 9.750 Quarter ended September 30, 1999 13.313 10.000 Quarter ended December 31, 1999 11.750 7.500 We have not paid any dividends on our Common Stock and the Board of Directors presently intends to continue this policy in order to retain earnings for use in the business. The amount of dividend payments is restricted by our loan agreements. At March 15, 2001, our Common Stock was held by approximately 3,770 shareholders of record or through nominee or street name accounts with brokers (179 registered holders). The last sales price for our Common Stock, as reported by Nasdaq on March 15, 2001, was $8.938. 17 ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data of BMHC for the years indicated. It is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in Item 7; "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," below and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto presented on pages 9 through 11 of our 2000 Annual Report. (amounts in thousands, except share data) 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- Net sales $1,013,968 $1,007,108 $877,280 $728,065 $718,024 Gross profit 270,445 251,971 214,158 168,410 158,616 Income from operations 42,536 45,662 35,123 24,357 28,422 Equity in earnings of unconsolidated companies 8,421 4,978 -- -- -- Income before extraordinary item 19,712 23,035 15,149 9,493 10,991 Extraordinary item, net of tax -- (3,352) -- -- (342) Net income $ 19,712 $ 19,683 $ 15,149 $ 9,493 $ 10,649 Income per diluted common share before extraordinary item $ 1.54 $ 1.80 $ 1.20 $ 0.78 $ 1.00 Net income per common share: Basic $ 1.55 $ 1.55 $ 1.21 $ 0.80 $ 0.99 Diluted $ 1.54 $ 1.54 $ 1.20 $ 0.78 $ 0.97 BALANCE SHEET DATA: At Year End 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- Working capital $ 142,075 $ 139,283 $116,744 $118,612 $110,467 Total assets 459,634 450,119 373,981 340,373 288,369 Long-term debt, net of current maturities and redeemable preferred stock 165,006 170,547 117,805 113,410 90,203 Shareholders' equity 220,555 200,110 180,250 160,951 145,088 18 ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is presented under the caption "Financial Review" in BMHC's 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders ("Annual Report"). The information under this caption is incorporated herein by this reference. ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA BMHC's consolidated financial statements and related notes, together with the report of our independent accountants, are presented on pages 12 through 24 of our 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders and are incorporated herein by this reference. REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To the Shareholders of Building Materials Holding Corporation: We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows of Building Materials Holding Corporation (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 1998. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Building Materials Holding Corporation and subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 1998 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Boise, Idaho January 25, 1999 19 ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE (a)(1) Previous independent accountants (i) On May 6, 1999 Building Materials Holding Corporation, Registrant, advised Arthur Andersen LLP, as its independent accountants, that they would be dismissed, effective May 14, 1999. (ii) The reports of Arthur Andersen LLP on the financial statements for the past two fiscal years contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle. (iii) The Registrant's Audit Committee and Board of Directors participated in and approved the decision to change independent accountants. (iv) In connection with its audits for the two most recent fiscal years and through May 14, 1999, there have been no disagreements with Arthur Andersen LLP on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Arthur Andersen LLP, would have caused them to make reference thereto in their report on the financial statements for such years. (v) During the two most recent fiscal years and through May 14, 1999, there have been no reportable events (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)). (a)(2) New independent accountants (i) The Registrant engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its new independent accountants as of May 14, 1999. During the two most recent fiscal years and through May 14, 1999, the Registrant has not consulted with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Registrant's financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Registrant or oral advice was provided that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP concluded was an important factor considered by the Registrant in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. (a)(3) The Registrant has requested that Arthur Andersen LLP furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. A copy of such letter, dated May 13, 1999, was filed as Exhibit 16 to Form 8-K on May 13, 1999 and is incorporated herein by reference. 20 PART III ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT DIRECTORS The nominees for directors of the Company are presented on pages 5 through 6 of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement ("Proxy Statement"). This information is incorporated herein by this reference. The information required by this Item concerning the Company's executive officers is set forth in Part I, Section Titled "Executive Officers", of this report and is incorporated herein by this reference. The information required by this Item concerning compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is presented under the caption entitled "Certain Relationships and Other Transactions" of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by this reference. ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Information required by this Item concerning compensation of the Company's executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2000, is presented under the captions entitled "Executive Compensation and Other Information" of the Proxy Statement. This information is incorporated herein by this reference. ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT Information required by this Item concerning the security ownership of certain beneficial owners, directors and executive officers, as of December 31, 2000, is set forth under the caption "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners" of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by this reference. ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS Information required by this Item concerning certain relationships and related transactions during 2000 is set forth under the caption "Certain Relationships and Other Transactions" of the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by this reference. 21 PART IV ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K (a) The following documents are filed as part of this annual report on Form 10-K: 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: incorporated herein by this reference from pages 12 through 24 of the Annual Report to Shareholders. - Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998. - Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999. - Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998. - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998. - Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. - Reports of Independent Accountants. PAGE 2. FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES: Reports of Independent Accountants on Financial Statement Schedules ................................................... 24 I. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 ............................ 28 Schedules other than those listed are omitted because they are not applicable or because the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes. 3. COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Knipp Brothers Industries, LLC, KBI Distribution, LLC and KB Industries Limited Partnership - Combined Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999 ........................................... F-3 - Combined Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2000 and for the Period from May 1, 1999 (Date Operations Commenced) through December 31, 1999........ F-4 - Combined Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2000 and for the Period from May 1, 1999 (Date Operations Commenced) through December 31, 1999 ....... F-5 - Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2000 and for the Period from May 1, 1999 (Date Operations Commenced) through December 31, 1999........ F-6 - Notes to Combined Financial Statements ...................... F-8 22 4. EXHIBITS: A list of the exhibits required to be filed as part of this report is set forth in the Index to Exhibits, which immediately precedes such exhibits, and is incorporated herein by this reference. (b) Reports on Form 8-K No Form 8-Ks were filed during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. 23 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE To the Board of Directors of Building Materials Holding Corporation: Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report dated February 27, 2001 appearing in the 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders of Building Materials Holding Corporation (which report and consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K) also included an audit of the financial statement schedules for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 listed in Item 14(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, these financial statement schedules present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP San Francisco, California February 27, 2001 24 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To the Shareholders of Building Materials Holding Corporation: We have audited in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States, the consolidated statement of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows of Building Materials Holding Corporation as of December 31, 1998 included in Building Materials Holding Corporation's annual report to shareholders incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2000 and have issued our report thereon dated January 25, 1999. Our audit was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on those statements taken as a whole. The schedule listed in Part IV, Item 14(a)(2) is the responsibility of the Company's management and is presented for purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is not part of the basic consolidated financial statements. The schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly states in all material respects the financial data required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN - ------------------- Boise, Idaho January 25, 1999 25 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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. BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION By /s/ ROBERT E. MELLOR -------------------- Robert E. Mellor President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Dated: March 6, 2001 KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert E. Mellor, Ellis C. Goebel, and Robert L. Becci, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Report, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his substitutes or substituted, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Form 10-K may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but which shall together constitute but one agreement. 26 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. (i) Principal Executive Officer: (iv) Directors: /s/ ROBERT E. MELLOR /s/ GEORGE E. MCCOWN - -------------------- -------------------- Robert E. Mellor George E. McCown President, Chief Executive Chairman of the Board Officer and Director of Directors March 6, 2001 March 6, 2001 (ii) Principal Financial Officer: /s/ ROBERT E. MELLOR -------------------- Robert E. Mellor March 6, 2001 /s/ ELLIS C. GOEBEL - ------------------- Ellis C. Goebel /s/ ALEC F. BECK Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer ---------------- March 6, 2001 Alec F. Beck March 6, 2001 /s/ H. JAMES BROWN (iii) Principal Accounting Officer: ------------------ H. James Brown /s/ ROBERT L. BECCI March 6, 2001 - ------------------- Robert L. Becci Vice President and Controller /s/ WILBUR J. FIX March 6, 2001 ----------------- Wilbur J. Fix March 6, 2001 /s/ DONALD S. HENDRICKSON ------------------------- Donald S. Hendrickson March 6, 2001 /s/ GUY O. MABRY ----------------- Guy O. Mabry March 6, 2001 /s/ PETER S. O'NEILL -------------------- Peter S. O'Neill March 6, 2001 27 BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION SCHEDULE I - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000, 1999, AND 1998 (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) ADDITIONS ADDITIONS BALANCE AT CHARGED TO CHARGED TO BEGINNING COSTS AND OTHER BALANCE AT DESCRIPTION OF YEAR EXPENSES ACCOUNTS DEDUCTIONS END OF YEAR - ----------- -------------- ----------- -------- ---------- ----------- DEDUCTED FROM ASSET ACCOUNTS: ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS Year Ended December 31, 2000 $2,257 $1,582 $ -- $1,654(1) $2,185 Year Ended December 31, 1999 $2,062 $1,811 $ -- $1,616(1) $2,257 Year Ended December 31, 1998 $1,617 $2,279 $ -- $1,834(1) $2,062 (1) Represents write-offs of uncollectible receivables, net of recoveries. 28 BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION INDEX TO EXHIBITS Filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2000 EXHIBIT EXHIBIT FOOTNOTE NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE (g) 3.5 Amended Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 23, 1997. (g) 3.6.1 Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant. (c) 4.2 Form of Note. (g) 4.4 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 23, 1997 by and among the Registrant, BMC West Corporation and BMC West Merger Corporation. (g) 4.7 Rights Agreement, dated September 19, 1997, as amended as of November 5, 1998 by and between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company. (a) 10.4* 1990 Bonus Plan of the Company (a) 10.5* Stock Option Plan (Senior Original Shareholders Management Plan), effective January 1, 1991. (a) 10.6* Stock Option Plan (Field Management Plan), effective January 1, 1991. (b) 10.7 Form of indemnity agreement between the Company and its officers and directors. (e) 10.13* Supplemental Retirement Plan dated January 1, 1993. (f) 10.19* Amended and Restated 1992 Non-Qualified Stock Plan. (f) 10.20* Amended and Restated 1993 Employee Stock Option Plan. (f) 10.21* Amended and Restated 1993 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. (g) 10.22 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 23, 1997 by and among the Registrant, BMC West Corporation and BMC West Merger Corporation. (m) 10.31** Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 23, 1999, Between Knipp Brothers, Inc., Lawrence W. Knipp and BMHC and BMHC Framing, Inc. (m) 10.32** Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Knipp Brothers Industries, LLC Dated May 1, 1999. (m) 10.33 Put Agreement dated April 30, 1999 between Knipp Brothers, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, BMHC Framing, Inc., A Delaware Corporation, Building Materials Holding Corporation, a Delaware Corporation and Knipp Brothers Industries, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. (m) 10.34 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of October 13, 1999, between BMCW, LLC and Rowland Manufacturing Corporation dba Royal Door Company, Inc. (m) 10.35 Promissory Note between BMCW, LLC Rowland Manufacturing Corporation dba Royal Door Company, Inc. (m) 10.36 Credit Agreement among Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, the Company, and Ten Other Financial Institutions Party Hereto dated November 30, 1999. (m) 10.37 Amended and Restated Severance Plan for Certain Key Executive Officers, Senior Management and Key Employees of the Company and its subsidiaries as Adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 17, 2000. (n) 10.38 Building Materials Holding Corporation 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. (o) 10.39 Building Materials Holding Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 10.40 Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of April 15, 2000, between BMCW Southcentral, L.P., and Frontier Wholesale Company and Shareholders. 11.0 Statement regarding computation of earnings per share. 13.1 Building Materials Holding Corporation's 2000 Annual Report. Such report, except to the extent incorporated herein by reference, is being furnished for the information of the Securities and Exchange Commission only and is not to be deemed filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. (l) 16.1 Letter of response to SEC from Arthur Andersen LLP dated May 13, 1999. 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Reference is made to page 70. 23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. Reference is made to page 71. 24.1 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 26. ---------- (a) Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 6, 1991 (Registration No. 33-41040) (the "Registration Statement") and incorporated herein by reference. (b) Filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement, filed with the Commission on August 2, 1991 and incorporated herein by reference. (c) Filed as an exhibit to Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on October 20, 1992 (Registration No. 33-52432), and incorporated herein by reference. (d) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, filed with the Commission on March 28, 1994, and incorporated herin by reference. (e) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, filed with the Commission on March 30, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference. (f) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, filed with the Commission on March 28, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference. (g) Filed as an Exhibit to BMHC's Report on Form 8-K12G3, filed with the Commission on September 23, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference. (h) Filed as an Exhibit to BMHC's Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 25, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference. (i) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, filed with the Commission on November 13, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference. (j) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, filed with the Commission on March 30, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference. (k) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, filed with the Commission on May 12, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference. (l) Filed as an Exhibit to BMHC's Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 6, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference. (m) Filed as an Exhibit to Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference. (n) Filed as an Exhibit to BMHC's Report on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on August 22, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference. (o) Filed as an Exhibit to BMHC's Report on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on October 2, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference. * Component of executive compensation. ** Portions of this exhibit have been redacted and are subject to a request for confidential treatment.