UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998
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 1-13645
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 52-1946684
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or organization) Identification No.)
Address of Principal Executive Offices: 475 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT 06830
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 203-661-4600
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange
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Common Stock, par value -------------------------
$.01 per share New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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. [_]
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity
held by non-affiliates of the registrant:
$219,151,135 AS OF MARCH 16, 1999
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes
of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE, AS OF MARCH 16, 1999: 100,014,258 SHARES
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999 and
Exhibit A thereto are incorporated by reference in Parts I, II, III and IV
hereof. Exhibit Index appears on pages 19-23.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
Item 1 - BUSINESS............................................................................. 1
- CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS OF
THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995................................. 5
Item 2 - PROPERTIES........................................................................... 12
Item 3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.................................................................... 12
Item 4 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.................................. 13
- EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT................................................. 13
Part II
Item 5 - MARKET FOR COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS................... 15
Item 6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.............................................................. 15
Item 7 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 15
Item 7A - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK............................ 15
Item 8 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.......................................... 16
Item 9 - CHANGES AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.... 16
Part III
Item 10 - DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY...................................... 17
Item 11 - EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION............................................................... 17
Item 12 - SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.................................. 17
Item 13 - CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS....................................... 17
Part IV
Item 14 - EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K..................... 18
SIGNATURES............................................................................................ 24
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES......................................................................... I-1
PART I
ITEM 1 -- BUSINESS
Howmet International Inc. is a Delaware corporation organized in 1995
(referred to hereinafter together with its subsidiaries as the "Company" or
"Howmet"). Through its principal operating subsidiary, Howmet Corporation,
founded in 1926, the Company is the largest manufacturer in the world of
investment cast turbine engine components for jet aircraft and industrial gas
turbines ("IGT") as original equipment and spare parts. The Company uses
investment casting techniques to produce high-performance and high-reliability
superalloy and titanium components to the exacting specifications of the major
aerospace and IGT engine manufacturers. Through Howmet Corporation's Cercast
subsidiaries, the Company is also the world's largest producer of aluminum
investment castings, which it produces principally for the commercial aerospace
and defense electronics industries.
The Company was formed in 1995 under the name Blade Acquisition Corp.
("Blade") as a joint venture between Cordant Technologies Inc., then known as
Thiokol Corporation ("Cordant"), which at that time owned 49% of the Company's
Common Stock, and Carlyle-Blade Acquisition Partners, L.P. ("Carlyle-Blade
Partners"), which owned 51% of the Company's Common Stock. The Company was
formed to purchase Howmet Corporation and the Cercast companies ("Cercast") from
a subsidiary of Pechiney, S.A. The acquisition of Howmet Corporation and Cercast
was accomplished on December 13, 1995 through the purchase of the capital stock
of Pechiney Corporation, Howmet Corporation's parent holding company, and the
capital stock of Cercast (the "Acquisition"). The Cercast companies became
subsidiaries of Howmet Corporation, and Pechiney Corporation's name was changed
to Howmet Holdings Corporation ("Holdings").
On December 2, 1997, Cordant acquired 13 million shares of the Company's
Common Stock from Carlyle-Blade Partners, increasing its ownership interest in
the Company to 62%. This was done concurrently with a public offering of stock
of the Company by Carlyle-Blade Partners, pursuant to which public stockholders
acquired a 15.35% interest in the Company and Carlyle-Blade Partners' interest
was reduced to 22.65%. On February 8, 1999, Cordant acquired all of Carlyle-
Blade Partners' remaining shares of the Company's Common Stock and now holds
84.6% of the currently outstanding Common Stock.
Howmet Corporation operates in one business segment, investment castings.
Financial information with respect to geographic regions is included in Note 15
of "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" on page F-21 of Exhibit A to the
Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is incorporated
herein by reference in Exhibit 13 hereof.
PRODUCTS
The Company uses the investment casting process to manufacture superalloy,
titanium and aluminum components for aerospace engine and airframe applications
and IGT applications for customers worldwide. Sales to the aerospace market
were $802.5 million, $739.9 million, and $586.9 million in 1998, 1997, and 1996
respectively. Sales to the IGT market were $476.1 million, $402.5 million and
$388.7 million respectively in those years. These products are manufactured to
precise specifications provided by customers.
HOWMET SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
PRODUCTS AND APPLICATION
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Blades High temperature superalloy rotating turbine engine
components. Blades act as airfoils, which are driven by the
hot gas flow.
Vanes High temperature superalloy non-rotating turbine engine
components. Vanes are the fixed airfoils which direct the
gas flow.
IGT shroud blocks Vane holders that provide a seal to fix each vane in
position.
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Turbine rotors Integrated cast rotating wheels of blades primarily for use
in smaller engines. Rotors incorporate numerous blades in a
single part.
Nozzle rings Integrated cast non-rotating rings of vanes primarily for
use in smaller engines. Nozzle rings are like vanes but are
manufactured as a single integral component.
Compressor stators Integrated cast non-rotating rings of compressor vanes for
use in small and large engines. Compressor stators
incorporate numerous vanes in a single part.
Frames Large diameter thin-wall cases used to support their
respective sections of turbine engines such as fans,
compressors and turbines.
Bearing housings Large diameter, heavy structural supports for bearings.
Airframe components Titanium and aluminum structures for commercial and military
aircraft, including door frames, flap tracks, nacelles,
longerons, wing tips, and nose and tail cones.
Electronics
packaging Aluminum boxes with card slots and cooling fins for
electronic avionics packages.
Electro-optical
system housings Heads-up displays, gimbals and other housings.
Engine parts Gear boxes, front frames, and blocker doors for small
engines.
Other aircraft
parts Aircraft fuel pump, a/c blower, oil tank and surge tank
components.
JOINT VENTURES
Howmet Corporation currently is participating in two joint ventures, one in
Japan with Komatsu Ltd. and the other in the United States with a subsidiary of
United Technologies Corporation. The Japanese joint venture, Komatsu-Howmet Ltd.
("KHL"), was established in 1972 and manufactures investment cast components for
IGT and aerospace customers, primarily in Japan. Howmet Corporation currently
holds an 81% interest in KHL and has an option to purchase Komatsu's remaining
interest in this venture. The joint venture with United Technologies
Corporation, Sprayform Technologies International, L.L.C. ("Sprayform"), was
organized in 1997 to develop and commercialize the Spraycast-X(R) technology.
Through this technology atomized metal is sprayed onto a rotating mandrel to
form products such as cases and rings. Howmet Corporation currently holds a 51%
interest in Sprayform.
RAW MATERIALS
The Company's raw materials include a number of metals and minerals, including
titanium, hafnium, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum and chromium, among
others. The Company has multiple sources of supply for most of these materials
and has not experienced any significant supply interruption in the past twenty
years. Prices of these materials, however, can be volatile, and the Company
engages in advance purchases of some of these materials under certain market
conditions, and passes certain price fluctuations through to customers pursuant
to its long-term agreements. The Company ordinarily does not otherwise attempt
to hedge the price risk of its raw materials. See "Availability and Cost of Raw
Materials" in "Cautionary Statement", page 7.
PATENTS
The Company has 72 outstanding United States patents, 9 of which will expire
within five years and 16 more of which will expire within ten years. The
Company has also obtained certain technical licenses and developed other
proprietary information. The Company believes that these proprietary rights,
including modifications and applications of the directional solidification and
single crystal casting processes, provide it with a competitive advantage. To
protect its proprietary information, the Company requires its employees to sign
confidentiality agreements, reminds employees of this confidentiality obligation
upon their departure from
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the Company, and builds much of its own specialized equipment, such as casting
furnaces, to prevent competitors from learning about Howmet's newly developed
processes.
Competitors in the Company's business also hold patents and other forms of
proprietary information, and there is active technical competition in that
business. No assurance can be given that one company or another will not obtain
a technological advantage from time to time in one aspect of the industry's
technology or another.
MAJOR CUSTOMERS
The Company is the leading supplier of precision investment cast components to
the producers of aircraft and industrial gas turbine engines. Most of the
turbine engine market is characterized by a limited number of large
manufacturers of engines. The Company's top ten customers represented
approximately 70% of the Company's net sales in 1998. The Company's principal
customers are The General Electric Company through its aircraft engine (GEAE)
and power systems (GEPS) groups and United Technologies Corporation's Pratt &
Whitney aircraft operations (Pratt & Whitney Division and Pratt & Whitney
Canada). Sales to these customers represented 19% and 14%, respectively, of the
Company's 1998 net sales. The Company's other principal aerospace engine
customers (none of which represented more than 10% of 1998 net sales) include
AlliedSignal Inc., FiatAvio, S.p.A., MTU Munchen GmbH (a subsidiary of
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace), Rolls-Royce PLC (and its Rolls-Royce Allison
subsidiary), Walbar (a division of Coltec Industries Inc.), and The Boeing
Company. The Company's other principal IGT customers (none of which represented
more than 10% of 1998 net sales) include European Gas Turbine (which
manufactures GEPS-designed engines), ABB Power Generation Ltd., Siemens
Westinghouse Power Corporation, and Solar Turbines Incorporated.
Orders for components are primarily awarded through a competitive bidding
process. Contractual relationships with the Company's principal customers vary.
Approximately half of the Company's casting business is derived from multi-year
contracts, typically three years in length. Under these contracts, the Company's
customers agree to order from the Company, and the Company agrees to supply,
specified percentages of certain parts at specific pricing over the life of the
contracts. The customers are not required to order fixed numbers of parts,
although pricing may be subject to certain threshold quantities. Some of these
contracts include provisions requiring specified price reductions over the term
of the contract, based on lower production costs as programs mature, shared
benefits from other cost reductions resulting from joint production decisions,
and negotiated reductions. The Company typically renegotiates these contracts
during the last year of the contract period, and during the process, customers
frequently solicit bids from the Company's competitors. See "Customer Base",
"Competition" and "Pricing Pressures" in "Cautionary Statement", pages 6-7.
BACKLOG
The Company's backlog of orders as of December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1997
was $877 million and $793 million, respectively. Because of the short lead and
delivery times often involved, backlog may not be a significant indicator of the
Company's future performance.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The Company has made a substantial investment in research and development to
establish technology leadership in the investment casting industry. The Company
believes it has significant opportunities for growth by developing new products
and new applications, which offer its customers improved quality, greater
performance and significant cost savings. These products include turbogenerator
components, airframe structural components manufactured using metal mold
processes, new thermal barrier coatings and titanium aluminide airframe
castings.
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A portion of the Company's total research and development budget comes from
the Company's customers, which regularly retain the Company for specific
projects. The Company also provides research and development services by
contract to governmental agencies. Its research center staff includes 75 degreed
engineers and scientists. The Company's research and development expenses for
the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 were $20.2 million, $17.6
million, and $20.3 million, respectively. The amount spent during the same
periods for customer-sponsored research and development (including U.S.
government funded) was $15.3 million, $15.8 million, and $12.4 million,
respectively.
COMPETITION
The Company believes it has a majority market share in the overall worldwide
aerospace and IGT turbine engine airfoil investment casting market. Precision
Castparts Corp. ("PCC"), a publicly held company based in Portland, Oregon, is
the Company's primary competitor. The Company believes that the Company and PCC
account for most of the total aerospace turbine engine and IGT investment
casting production. The Company competes with PCC and other smaller participants
primarily on the basis of technological sophistication, quality, price, service
and delivery time for orders from large, well-capitalized customers with
significant market power. Certain of the Company's customers, principally in
Europe, have their own investment casting foundries, which produce parts similar
to those manufactured by the Company. The Company knows of no plans by its major
customers to establish new captive facilities, nor any significant expansion
plans by those customers that have such foundries now (see "Competition in
"Cautionary Statement," page 7)
The Company's aluminum casting operations compete with a large number of
smaller competitors, also on the basis of price, quality and service.
See "Major Customers", page 3, for discussion of competition in the contract
award process.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
The Company is subject to comprehensive and changing environmental laws, which
are discussed more fully in "Environmental Laws" in "Cautionary Statement", page
8.
In connection with the Acquisition, Pechiney, S.A. indemnified the Company for
environmental liabilities relating to Howmet Corporation and stemming from
events occurring or conditions existing on or prior to the Acquisition, to the
extent that such liabilities exceed a cumulative $6 million. This
indemnification applies to all of the environmental matters discussed in the
next two paragraphs. It is probable that changes in any of the accrued
liabilities discussed in the next two paragraphs will result in an equal change
in the amount of the receivable from Pechiney, S.A. pursuant to this
indemnification.
The Company has received test results indicating levels of polychlorinated
biphenyls ("PCBs") at its Dover, New Jersey facility which will require
remediation. These levels have been reported to the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (the "NJDEP"), and the Company is preparing a work plan
to define the risk and to test possible clean-up options. The statement of work
must be approved by the NJDEP pursuant to an Administrative Consent Order
entered into between the Company and the NJDEP on May 20, 1991 regarding clean-
up of the site. Various remedies are possible and could involve expenditures
ranging from $2 million to $22 million or more. The Company has recorded a $2
million long-term liability as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 for this matter.
The indemnification discussed above applies to the costs associated with this
matter.
Besides the above-mentioned remediation work required at the Company's Dover,
New Jersey plant, liabilities exist for clean-up costs associated with hazardous
materials at nine other on-site and off-site locations. The Company has been or
may be named a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or similar state laws at
these locations. At December 31, 1998, $4.2 million of accrued environmental
liabilities are included in the consolidated balance
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sheet for these nine sites. The December 31, 1997 consolidated balance sheet
includes $4.4 million of accrued liabilities for eight such sites. The
indemnification discussed above applies to these locations.
In addition to the above environmental matters, and unrelated to Howmet
Corporation, Holdings and Pechiney, S.A. are jointly and severally liable for
environmental contamination and related costs associated with certain
discontinued mining operations owned and/or operated by a predecessor-in-
interest until the early 1960's. These liabilities include approximately $16
million in remediation and natural resource damage liabilities at the Blackbird
Mine site in Idaho and a minimum of $10 million in investigation and remediation
costs at the Holden Mine site in Washington. Pechiney, S.A. has agreed to
indemnify the Company for such liabilities. In connection with these
environmental matters, the Company recorded a $26 million liability and an equal
$26 million receivable from Pechiney, S.A. as of December 31, 1998 and $29.3
million for both the liability and receivable as of December 31, 1997.
Estimated environmental costs are not expected to impact materially the
financial position or the results of the Company's operations in future periods.
However, environmental clean-ups are protracted in length and environmental
costs in future periods are subject to changes in environmental remediation
regulations. Any losses which are not covered by the Pechiney, S.A.
indemnifications and which are in excess of amounts currently accrued will be
charged to operations in the periods in which they occur.
The Company believes that Pechiney, S.A. will honor its indemnification
obligations described in the preceding paragraphs. In the event that Pechiney,
S.A. does not honor its obligations, the Company would likely be responsible for
the foregoing environmental matters and the cost of addressing those matters
could be material.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 1998, the Company had approximately 11,500 employees.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
FOR PURPOSES OF THE SAFE HARBOR
PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES
LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
The Company wishes to inform its investors of the following important factors
that in some cases have affected, and in the future could affect, the Company's
results of operations, and that could cause the Company's future results of
operations, financial condition or liquidity to differ materially from those
expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company.
Such statements include those relating to pricing, competition effects, market
structure, contracting practices, developmental projects, and environmental
conditions, among others. The words "expect," "project," "estimate," "predict,"
"anticipate," "believes," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions are also
intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Disclosure of these factors is intended to permit the Company to take
advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Many of these factors have been discussed in prior SEC
filings by the Company or by Howmet Corporation.
Although the Company has attempted to list comprehensively these important
cautionary factors, the Company wishes to caution investors that other factors
may prove to be important in affecting the Company's
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results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. The Company undertakes
no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
INDUSTRY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND CYCLICALITY
The Company derives approximately half of its revenue from the commercial
aerospace industry. The commercial aerospace industry is a cyclical business,
and the demand by commercial airlines for new aircraft historically has been
highly related to the stability and health of the United States and world
economies. Historically, aircraft delivery trends have varied in direct relation
to the general economic cycle, with an approximate two year lag. The United
States airline industry as a whole reported a return to profitability in 1995
through 1998 after several years of operating losses in the early 1990's. There
can be no assurance, however, that the improved operating performance of the
commercial airlines will continue or that deliveries of engines for large
commercial aircraft will not decline in the future. Any developments in the
commercial aerospace market resulting in a reduction in air travel or the rate
of aircraft engine deliveries in the future, including cancellations and
deferrals of scheduled deliveries, substantial increases in aircraft fuel costs
or international political factors, could materially adversely affect the
Company's financial condition and results of operations. The Company's revenues
from its industrial gas turbine ("IGT") castings are subject to changes in
global electric power demand and other market factors. Changing economic and
political conditions in the United States and in other countries, including
those in Asia, where economic disruption could delay delivery of aerospace or
IGT engines, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's operations.
CUSTOMER BASE
A substantial portion of the Company's business is conducted with a small
number of large aerospace and industrial gas turbine customers, including The
General Electric Company through its Aircraft Engine and Power Systems Groups
and United Technologies Corporation's Pratt & Whitney Division. The Company's
top ten customers in the aggregate accounted for approximately 70% of 1998 net
sales. Approximately half of the Company's business is derived from multi-year
contracts with its customers, which typically last three years and generally
give the Company the right and obligation to fill a specified percentage of the
customer's requirements but generally do not provide the Company with any
minimum order commitments. The Company usually renegotiates these contracts
during the last year of the contract period, and, during the renegotiation
process, customers frequently solicit bids from the Company's competitors. Some
of the contracts require specified price reductions over the term of the
contract based on lower production costs as programs mature, shared benefits
from other cost reductions resulting from joint production decisions, and
negotiated reductions.
Military and defense contractor sales comprised approximately 14% of the
Company's 1998 sales. United States defense spending in markets served by the
Company has been declining since the 1980's, and continued reductions in defense
budgets or military aircraft procurement could adversely affect the Company's
results of operations. Furthermore, in the event of failure to comply with the
federal statutes and regulations relating to these sales, a proceeding,
including one relating to the matters described below, could result in fines,
penalties, compensatory and treble damages, the cancellation or suspension of
payments under one or more U.S. government contracts, debarment, or
ineligibility for future contracts or subcontracts funded in whole or in part
with federal funds.
Starting in late 1998, The Company discovered certain product testing and
specification non-compliance issues at two of Cercast's facilities. The
Company notified customers, is actively cooperating with them and government
agencies in the investigation of these matters, and is implementing remedial
action. Data collection and analysis must be completed before a definitive
estimate of the Company's cost to resolve these matters can be completed.
Customers have asserted no formal claims, and the Company knows of no in-service
problems associated with these issues. Based on preliminary evaluation,
however, the Company has recorded an estimated loss of $4 million in its
consolidated statement of income for the year ended December
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31, 1998. Based on currently known facts, the Company believes that additional
cost beyond $4 million, if any, would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company's financial position, cash flow, or annual operating results. However,
additional cost when and if accrued may have a material adverse impact on the
quarter in which it may be accrued.
On March 3, 1999, the Company received from the U.S. Air Force a Notice of
Proposed Debarment from future government contracts and subcontracts directed at
Howmet Corporation and its Cercast Canadian subsidiary. The Air Force
unilaterally terminated the proposed debarment with respect to Howmet
Corporation by letter to it on March 10, 1999, thus permitting Howmet
Corporation to resume accepting U.S. government contracts and subcontracts. The
continuing proposed debarment with respect to the Company's Cercast Canadian
subsidiary is based on certain of the above testing issues, and improper vendor
payments that took place at the Cercast Canadian operations. Debarment does
not affect existing Cercast contracts, other than extensions. The Company is
taking steps to have the proposed Cercast debarment withdrawn. In the unlikely
event a debarment were imposed for an extended period of time, such action
would negatively impact sales and profits in future periods.
The Company's financial condition and results of operations could be
materially adversely affected if one or more of the Company's key customers
shifted a material amount of its work from the Company. Customer product
qualifications are important to the Company. Loss of, or failure to maintain,
product or manufacturing qualifications from major customers may result in loss
of business for the Company. In addition, the Company could be materially
adversely affected by any substantial work stoppage or interruption of
production at any of its major customers or at any of the major aircraft
manufacturers, and could be materially adversely affected if one or more of
these companies reduce or cease conducting operations.
COMPETITION
The Company competes against Precision Castparts Corp. ("PCC"), its principal
competitor, and other investment casting manufacturers. Competition in
investment casting is based primarily on technological sophistication, quality,
price, service and delivery for orders from large, well-capitalized customers
with significant market power. The Company believes that it and PCC account for
most of the total aerospace turbine engine and IGT casting production, except
for captive foundries owned by three customers. Because competition is based to
a significant extent on technological capabilities and innovations, there can be
no assurance that PCC or any other of the Company's competitors will not develop
products and/or processes that would give them a competitive advantage in the
Company's markets.
PRICING PRESSURES
The Company has experienced pressure from all of its major customers for price
reductions. This pressure is the result of the competitive environment in which
the Company's original equipment manufacturing customers ("OEMs") are operating
in the selling of their products in the worldwide market. Because winning an
initial order by an OEM generally provides it with a long-term profitable market
for sales of spare parts, fierce competition exists for these orders and has
resulted in reduced prices which OEMs receive in the market. Pressure for
reduced prices is then exerted by OEMs on their suppliers. The future
profitability of the Company will depend upon, among other things, its ability
to continue to reduce its per unit costs and maintain a cost structure that will
enable it to remain cost-competitive.
AVAILABILITY AND COST OF RAW MATERIALS
Raw materials used by the Company include a number of metals and minerals,
including titanium, hafnium, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum and chromium,
among others. Prices of these materials can be volatile, and the Company engages
in advance purchases of some of these materials under certain market
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conditions, and passes certain price fluctuations through to customers pursuant
to its long-term agreements. The Company ordinarily does not otherwise attempt
to hedge the price risk of its raw materials. For some of the supplies and raw
materials it purchases, including certain metals, the Company has no fixed price
contracts or arrangements. Commercial deposits of certain metals, such as
cobalt, nickel, titanium and molybdenum, which are required for the alloys used
in the Company's precision castings, are found in only a few parts of the world,
and for certain materials only single sources are readily available. The
availability and prices of these metals and other materials may be influenced by
private or governmental cartels, changes in world politics, unstable governments
in exporting nations, production interruptions, inflation and other factors.
Although the Company has not experienced significant shortages of its supplies
and raw materials in the past twenty years, there can be no assurance that such
shortages will not occur in the future. Any such shortages or price fluctuations
could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
CONTROL BY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH CORDANT
Cordant Technologies Inc. ("Cordant") beneficially owns 84.6% of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company. Accordingly, Cordant is able to control
the election of the Company's Board of Directors and exercise a controlling
influence over the business and affairs of the Company (including any
determinations with respect to mergers or other business combinations involving
the Company, the acquisition or disposition of assets by the Company, the
incurrence of indebtedness by the Company, the issuance of any additional Common
Stock or other equity securities of the Company, the repurchase or redemption of
Common Stock of the Company and the payment of dividends with respect to the
Common Stock), and will be able to do so as long as it continues to own more
than 50% of the voting power of the Company's capital stock. Similarly, Cordant
has the power to determine matters submitted to a vote of the Company's
stockholders without the consent of the Company's other stockholders, has the
power to prevent or cause a change in control of the Company and could take
other actions that might be favorable to Cordant. For further details in this
regard, see "Arrangements Among the Company, Carlyle and Cordant Technologies -
Corporate Agreement" on page 13 of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement
dated March 24, 1999.
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM CORDANT RELATIONSHIP
As a result of Cordant's ownership of Common Stock of the Company and its
intercompany agreements with the Company or otherwise, various conflicts of
interest between the Company and Cordant could arise. See "Arrangements Among
the Company, Carlyle and Cordant Technologies - Services Agreement" on page 12
of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999. Ownership
interests of directors or officers of the Company in Common Stock of Cordant, if
any, or service as a director or officer of both the Company and Cordant could
create or appear to create potential conflicts of interest when directors and
officers are faced with decisions that could have different implications for the
Company and Cordant. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
includes certain provisions relating to the allocation of business opportunities
that may be suitable for both the Company and Cordant. In addition, under
Delaware corporate law, officers, directors and controlling stockholders of the
Company have certain fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
The Company is subject to comprehensive and changing federal, state, local and
international laws, regulations and ordinances (together, "Environmental Laws")
that (i) govern activities or operations that may have adverse environmental
effects, such as discharges to air and water, as well as handling and disposal
practices for solid and hazardous wastes, and (ii) impose liability for the
costs of cleaning up, and certain
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damages resulting from, sites of past spills, disposals or other releases of
hazardous substances and materials, including liability under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA," the
federal "Superfund" statute), and similar state statutes for the investigation
and remediation of environmental contamination at properties owned and/or
operated by the Company and at off-site locations where it has arranged for the
disposal of hazardous substances. The Company is involved from time to time in
legal proceedings involving remediation of environmental contamination from past
or present operations, as well as compliance with environmental requirements
applicable to ongoing operations. There can be no assurance that material costs
or liabilities will not be incurred in connection with any such proceedings,
claims or compliance requirements or in connection with currently unknown
environmental liabilities.
If it is determined that the Company is not in compliance with current
Environmental Laws, the Company could be subject to penalties. The amount of any
such penalties could be material. In addition, the Company uses solvents, waxes,
metals, caustics, acids, oils and other hazardous substances, and as is the case
with manufacturers in general, if a release of hazardous substances occurs on or
from the Company's properties or from an off-site disposal facility, the Company
may be held liable and may be required to pay the cost of remedying the
condition. The amount of any such liability could be material.
The Company's facilities have made, and will continue to make, expenditures to
comply with current and future Environmental Laws. The Company anticipates that
it could incur additional capital and operating costs in the future to comply
with existing Environmental Laws and new requirements arising from new or
amended statutes and regulations. In addition, because the applicable regulatory
agencies have not yet promulgated final standards for some existing
environmental programs, the Company cannot at this time reasonably estimate the
cost for compliance with these additional requirements. The amount of any such
compliance costs could be material.
Certain potential sources of liability under the Environmental Laws, as well
as other information relating to environmental matters, including rights of the
Company to indemnification for substantial portions of these potential
liabilities, are described under "Business - Environmental Matters", page 4.
FOREIGN CURRENCY HEDGING
The Company maintains a policy of hedging foreign currency transactions and
economic exposures for foreign currency denominated obligations. The Company
does not hedge against net asset values for its foreign investments attributed
to its foreign subsidiaries valued in local currencies. To the extent the
Company's foreign revenue base grows and net asset base expands, as a result of
increased foreign business activity, the Company's exposure to adverse foreign
currency rate movement increases. The Company's foreign currency risk exposure
is also subject to the stability of the foreign currency of the country where
the Company maintains foreign operations or does business. The Company seeks to
minimize the impact of adverse foreign currency rate movements through its
hedging policy. The success of the hedging policy in preventing an adverse
financial result on operations in any accounting period cannot be assured.
YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
The Company does not anticipate a disruption in operations as a result of
computer hardware or software issues associated with the Year 2000. A team of
both Company personnel and contract consultants is specifically assigned to
actively identify, evaluate and address the Company's Year 2000 compliance
issues.
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Business Information Systems Remediation: Management believes that virtually
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all date logic problems on the Company's central mainframe and distributed
server applications have been identified, and remedial action to correct or
replace problematic code is currently underway. Project work on this phase of
the effort started in late 1996 and is scheduled, with minor exceptions, to be
completed by June 30, 1999. All central systems will be placed under restrictive
change control procedures to ensure that corrected systems are not inadvertently
impacted by further changes. System-wide testing activity will be conducted
periodically throughout 1999. In addition to the aforementioned efforts, the
Company is installing several commercial application software products, at both
its central facility and at certain plant sites, to further address its Year
2000 readiness.
The Year 2000 compliance team is concurrently working with the various plant
facilities to identify and implement any needed changes to local business
applications. The inventory and assessment phase of this effort at each plant
has been completed or is near completion. The Company expects corrective action
projects to be completed by June 30, 1999. To date no material risk of non-
compliance has been identified. No major information systems initiatives have
been materially adversely affected due to staffing constraints or expenditures
needed to remedy Year 2000 issues.
Embedded Processor Systems Remediation: The Year 2000 team has provided each
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plant facility with guidance and support for embedded processor identification,
evaluation, testing and remediation, where required. All plant facility teams
are scheduled to complete this project by June of 1999.
Customer and Supplier Readiness: The Company has also initiated formal
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communications with all of its significant suppliers, including raw materials,
services, and computer hardware/software suppliers, and large customers to
determine the extent to which Howmet Corporation's manufacturing processes and
interface systems are vulnerable to those third parties' failure to resolve
their own Year 2000 issues. These communications have included written
inquiries or questionnaires and, in some instances, on-site meetings. Over 800
suppliers have responded to the Company's survey, and a plan has been
established to validate important suppliers' Year 2000 preparations. Electronic
interfaces with individual business associates are being addressed on a case by
case basis. There can be no assurance that the systems of other companies on
which Howmet's systems rely will be timely converted and would not have an
adverse effect on the Howmet systems. However, responses to date have indicated
no significant problems.
Risk Assessment, Worst Case Scenarios and Contingency Planning: Management
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believes that the most likely worst case Year 2000 scenario for the Company
would be a shut down of individual pieces of critical equipment or computer
systems at one or two of its manufacturing facilities for one or two weeks
disrupting but not totally eliminating production at those plants. Work-around
procedures would probably be established by the end of that period. Total
remediation of the underlying problem may stretch over a six-month period or
longer. Management further believes that this is more likely to occur at its
foreign facilities than its U.S. plants. Even in this eventuality, management
believes any loss of revenue during the period involved will be substantially
recovered in later periods as a result of deferral rather than cancellation of
orders or deliveries; but no assurance can be given in this regard.
During 1999 the Company will focus on further evaluation of customer and
supplier readiness, testing systems with embedded processors and business
systems, risk assessment, and contingency planning.
The Company is currently developing Year 2000 contingency plans in three
areas: 1) business systems processing at the Company's primary data center, 2)
procurement activities for critical raw materials and services including
transportation, and 3) local manufacturing processes and systems at each
facility. These plans are expected to be complete during the third quarter of
1999 and will employ methods such as alternate manual processes for critical
applications; installation of a generator at the Company's primary data center;
the establishment of a corporate command post; full staffing of information
technology and plant maintenance personnel during the year-end weekend;
extensive future date testing; methods to assure adequate inventory of
materials, if any, identified as susceptible to supply interruption; extra
product quality testing in 2000; validation of customer and supplier electronic
data interchanges; critical equipment shut-downs on December
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31, 1999; and active monitoring, measuring and auditing of plant compliance.
While diligent efforts have been made to anticipate and mitigate risks, it is
possible that the inability of the Company or its suppliers or customers to
effectuate solutions to their respective Year 2000 issues on a timely and cost
effective basis could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Cost Information: The estimated cost at completion for all phases of the
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Company's Year 2000 project is $16.5 million. An estimated $6.5 million (39%)
of this expense is for information systems labor and miscellaneous project
costs; these costs are being expensed as routine information systems
maintenance as incurred over the three-year duration of the project. Another
$7.5 million (46%) is for software purchase and implementation costs for
applications that were installed as scheduled or, on an expedited basis, for
Year 2000 purposes. An additional $2.5 million (15%) is for infrastructure
upgrades or replacement.
Approximately $9.3 million (56%) had been expended as of December 31, 1998;
the Company expects to spend $7.2 million (44%) in 1999.
EURO CONVERSION
The Company continues to assess the impact of the Euro conversion on its
business operations and is currently implementing a strategy which will allow it
to operate in a Euro environment during the transition period, from January 1,
1999 to December 31, 2001, and after full Euro conversion, effective July 1,
2002. The Company does not expect the Euro conversion to impact materially its
competitive position, nor to impact significantly its computer software plans.
Nor does the Company expect any significant changes to its current hedging
policy nor any significant increases in its foreign exchange exposure. Until
the Company completes its assessment of the Euro conversion impact, however,
there can be no assurance that the Euro conversion will not have a material
impact on the overall business operations of the Company.
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ITEM 2 -- PROPERTIES
The Company has twenty-one facilities in the United States, four in France,
two in the United Kingdom, two in Canada and one in Japan. The Company has
planned capacity expansion for airfoil production for aerospace and industrial
gas turbine products. The Company is building a new 120,000 square foot airfoil
casting facility at its Whitehall, Michigan location. Cercast's Montreal, Canada
aluminum casting operation is in the process of moving from the facility listed
below to a newly constructed 188,000 square foot plant in Laval, Quebec.
Completed and planned facility expansion is considered sufficient to meet the
Company's operating needs. The facilities described below are all owned by
Howmet Corporation or its subsidiaries, except as otherwise indicated:
During 1998, additions to property, plant and equipment totaled $83 million.
Location (No. of Facilities) Size (Sq. Ft.)
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 47,200 (leased)
Branford, Connecticut 138,420
City of Industry, California 50,000 (leased)
Cleveland, Ohio 100,000
Dover, New Jersey (2) 240,142
117,000
Hampton, Virginia (2) 198,000
98,000
17,130 (leased)
Hillsboro, Texas 68,000 (leased)
LaPorte, Indiana (2) 186,100
132,748 (a)
Morristown, Tennessee 111,435
Whitehall, Michigan (7) 254,354
113,779
114,740
86,722
58,926
58,465
23,700 (b)
Wichita Falls, Texas 227,000
Winsted, Connecticut 81,000
Overseas
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Dives, France 255,858
Evron, France 86,000
Exeter, U.K. (2) 184,350
68,760
66,800 (leased)
Gennevilliers, France 47,361
Georgetown, Ontario 37,000 (leased)
Le Creusot, France 156,077
Montreal, Quebec 11,200
99,900 (leased)
Terai, Japan 53,000
(a) Howmet Transport Services warehouse
(b) Facility owned by the Company and operated by and leased to its joint
venture company, Sprayform Technologies International, L.L.C.
ITEM 3 -- LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is a party to certain pending proceedings regarding environmental
matters (see "Business-Environmental Matters", page 4).
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Starting in September 1998, the Company's senior management became aware
of possible violations of the U.S. Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 by several of
Cercast's employees. This law prohibits receiving payments in return for
favorable treatment in connection with U.S. government contracts or
subcontracts. The Company promptly commenced an investigation, which is still
continuing, and reported the matter to, and is cooperating with the U.S.
Department of Defense and the Quebec Provincial police.
Starting in late 1998, the Company also discovered certain testing and
specification non-compliance issues at two of its Cercast aluminum casting
operations (see "Customer Base" in "Cautionary Statement", page 6).
On March 3, 1999, the Company received from the U.S. Air Force a Notice of
Proposed Debarment from future government contracts and subcontracts directed at
Howmet Corporation and its Cercast Canadian subsidiary. The Air Force
unilaterally terminated the proposed debarment with respect to Howmet
Corporation by letter to it on March 10, 1999, thus permitting Howmet
Corporation to resume accepting U.S. government contracts and subcontracts. The
continuing proposed debarment with respect to Howmet's Cercast Canadian
subsidiary is based on certain of the above testing issues and improper vendor
payments that took place at the Cercast Canadian operations. Debarment does not
affect existing Cercast contracts, other than extensions. The Company is
taking steps to have the proposed Cercast debarment withdrawn. In the unlikely
event a debarment were imposed for an extended period of time, such action would
negatively impact sales and profits in future periods. However, the Company
believes that such impact would be immaterial to results of operations.
See "Customer Base" in "Cautionary Statement", page 6, with respect to
potential outcomes of proceedings under federal statutes and regulations
relating to military and defense contractor sales.
The Company, in its ordinary course of business, is party to various other
legal actions, which management believes are routine in nature and incidental to
its operations. Management believes that the outcome of any of these proceedings
will not have a material adverse effect upon its results of operations,
financial condition or liquidity.
ITEM 4 -- SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders during the
fourth quarter of 1998.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
(AS REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION 3 TO ITEM 401(b) OF REGULATION S-K)
The By-Laws of the Company provide that the directors will be elected
annually. All directors of the Company hold office until the election and
qualification of their successors. Executive officers of the Company are chosen
by the Board of Directors of the Company or Howmet Corporation, as the case may
be, and serve at its discretion.
The following paragraphs list certain information with respect to the
executive officers of the Company as of the filing date of this Report.
David L. Squier, age 53, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of
Howmet Corporation since 1992 and has been President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company since October 1997. Mr. Squier began his association with Howmet
Corporation when he joined the Corporate Planning department of its predecessor
in December 1971. He was involved in manufacturing management from 1976 to 1978,
became
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General Manager of Howmet's Wichita Falls casting facility in 1979, and was
promoted to Vice President of Operations in 1983. He was elected a Director of
Howmet Corporation in 1987. He has been a Director of the Company since
consummation of the Acquisition.
Marklin Lasker, age 61, has been a Senior Vice President of Howmet Corporation
since February 1992 and has been Senior Vice President-International Operations
of the Company since October 1997. Before joining Howmet, Mr. Lasker was Vice
President and General Manager for International Operations for the AlliedSignal
Turbocharger Division from April 1984 to September 1991. He also held other
managerial positions for AlliedSignal Aerospace Groups over a 20 year period.
John C. Ritter, age 51, has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company since October 1997. From April 1996 until October 1997,
Mr. Ritter was Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Howmet
Corporation. Prior to his employment at Howmet, he served as Vice President,
Finance and Contracts, for AlliedSignal Government Electronics from 1994 to
1996, and as Vice President, Finance and Administration of Norden Systems, a
subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, from 1991 to 1994. He has also
held the positions of Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chemical
Systems Division, and Manager, Business Analysis, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft-
Government Products Division of United Technologies Corporation.
James R. Stanley, age 57, has been a Senior Vice President of Howmet
Corporation since 1992 and has been Senior Vice President-United States
Operations of the Company from October 1997 to November 1998 and Senior Vice
President-North American Operations since then. Previous to his employment at
Howmet, Mr. Stanley was the Vice President and General Manager of Customer
Support and Marketing at the Textron Turbine Engine Division of Textron, Inc.
from August 1990 to January 1992. He also held the position of Vice President of
Operations for Textron Lycoming and held numerous managerial positions for
nearly 20 years at General Electric-Aircraft Engines.
Roland A. Paul, age 62, has been Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary
of Howmet Corporation since 1976 and has been Vice President-General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company since October 1997. Mr. Paul was previously in private
practice as an attorney at law firms in New York and Paris and served as Counsel
to the United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on United States
Security Commitments Abroad.
Nicholas J. Iuanow, age 40, has been Treasurer of the Company since May 1998.
He has been Treasurer of Cordant since 1994, and a Vice President since October
1997. He was Assistant Treasurer of Cordant from 1989 to 1993.
B. Dennis Albrechtsen, age 54, has been Vice President-Manufacturing of Howmet
Corporation since September 1997. Prior to that he held the position of General
Manager of the Howmet Whitehall Castings facility beginning in 1994. Prior to
this, he served Howmet Corporation as Vice President, Airfoil Operations
beginning in October 1988. He has also held managerial positions at Howmet
Corporation's Whitehall, Michigan; Dover, New Jersey; and Wichita Falls, Texas
casting plants.
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PART II
ITEM 5 -- MARKET FOR COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
(a) Market Information.
The Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value, trades on the New York Stock
Exchange. Other information required with respect to this Item 5 (a) is included
in the section "Recent Market Prices and Dividends" on page F-35 of Exhibit A to
the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is
incorporated herein by reference in Exhibit 13.
(b) Holders.
As of March 16, 1999 there were 273 stockholders of record of the Company's
Common Stock.
(c) Dividends.
During 1997 and 1998 the Company did not declare or pay any dividends. The
Company does not expect to pay cash dividends on the Common Stock for the
foreseeable future. Certain of the Company's debt instruments contain financial
covenants that could restrict the payment of dividends by the Company to its
stockholders. Information with respect to restrictions on the payment of
dividends is incorporated by reference to information contained in Note 7 of
"Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" on page F-12 of Exhibit A to the
Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is incorporated
herein by reference in Exhibit 13.
ITEM 6 -- SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Information required with respect to this Item 6 is included in the section
"Selected Financial Data" on page F-36 of Exhibit A to the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is incorporated herein by reference in
Exhibit 13.
ITEM 7 -- MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Information required with respect to this Item 7 is included in the section
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" on pages F-27 to F-35 of Exhibit A to the Company's definitive Proxy
Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is incorporated herein by reference in
Exhibit 13.
ITEM 7A -- QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
Information required with respect to this Item 7A is included in the section
"Market Risk" on pages F-32 to F-33 of Exhibit A to the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is incorporated herein by reference in
Exhibit 13.
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ITEM 8 -- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The financial statements required with respect to this Item 8 are contained in
the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company included on pages F-1 to F-
26 of Exhibit A to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24,
1999, and is incorporated herein by reference in Exhibit 13.
See "Item 14 (a) Documents Filed as Part of this Report -- (1) Financial
Statements" on page 18. The supplemental financial information required with
respect to this Item 8 is filed as "Financial Statement Schedules" pursuant to
Item 14. See "Item 14 (a) Documents Filed as Part of this Report -- (2)
Financial Statement Schedules" on page 18.
Information with respect to quarterly financial highlights is included in Note
22 of "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" on page F-25 of Exhibit A to
the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is
incorporated herein by reference in Exhibit 13.
ITEM 9 -- CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10 -- DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
Information concerning the Company's Directors and nominees for Director is
included on pages 2-5 of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March
24, 1999, and is incorporated herein by reference. Information concerning the
Company's officers is included on pages 13-14 of Part I hereof. Information
concerning disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation
S-K is set forth on page 6 of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated
March 24, 1999, and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 11 -- EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information required with respect to this Item 11 is included in the section
"Executive Compensation" on pages 7-14 of the Company's definitive Proxy
Statement dated March 24, 1999 and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12 -- SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Information required with respect to this Item 12 is included in the section
"Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof" on pages 5-6 of the Company's
definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 13 -- CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information required with respect to this Item 13 is included in the sections
"Cordant Technologies Stock Options," "Employment Agreements," and
"Arrangements Among the Company, Carlyle and Cordant Technologies" on pages 11-
14 of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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PART IV
ITEM 14 -- EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS REPORT
(1) -- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries are included on pages F-1 to F-35 of Exhibit A to the Company's
definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and are incorporated herein by
reference in Exhibit 13.
Management's Report on Financial Statements
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
Consolidated Statements of Income -- Years Ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and
1996
Consolidated Balance Sheets -- December 31, 1998 and 1997
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- Years Ended December 31, 1998, 1997
and 1996
Consolidated Statements of Common Stockholders' Equity and Redeemable Preferred
Stock --Years Ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2) -- FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The Financial Statement Schedules of the Company and its subsidiaries listed
below are filed as part of this Report on Form 10-K and should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company:
Schedule I -- Condensed Financial Information of Howmet
International Inc. (Parent Company) I-1 to I-4
Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts II - 1
All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the
related instructions or are otherwise inapplicable, and therefore have been
omitted.
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(3) -- EXHIBITS
Regulation
S-K
Exhibit
No. Description
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3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 filed October 9, 1997 (registration no. 333- 37573)).
3.2 Restated By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1997 filed March 26, 1998).
4.1 Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of the Company (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed November 21, 1997 (registration
no. 333-37573)).
4.2 Specimen Certificate of the 9.0% Series A Senior Cumulative Preferred
Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
filed March 26, 1998).
4.3 IPO Agreement dated as of October 8, 1997 by and among the Company,
Thiokol Corporation, Thiokol Holding Company and Carlyle-Blade Acquisition
Partners, L.P. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
November 12, 1997 (registration no. 333-37573)).
4.4 Corporate Agreement dated as of December 2, 1997 by and among the Company,
Thiokol Corporation and Thiokol Holding Corporation (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 filed March 26, 1998.).
4.5 Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 1997 among Howmet Corporation,
various institutions as Lenders, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Bankers Trust
Company as Co-Documentation Agents, and The First National Bank of Chicago
as Agent, together with certain collateral documents attached thereto as
exhibits, including the Pledge Agreements among Howmet Ltd. and, Howmet
S.A., Howmet Corporation, and the First National Bank of Chicago.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 filed
March 26, 1998).
4.6 Blade Receivables Master Trust Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated April 18, 1996 among Blade Receivables Corporation as
Transferor, Howmet Corporation as Servicer and Manufacturers and Traders
Trust Company as Trustee together with certain collateral documents
attached thereto as exhibits, including the Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of April 18, 1996 between Howmet
Corporation and certain subsidiaries of Howmet Corporation, as Settlors,
and Blade Receivables Corporation as Buyer (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Howmet Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 filed March 31, 1997).
4.7 Repurchase Agreement dated May 16, 1997 (under the Blade Receivables
Master Trust Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
April 16, 1996 (Exhibit 4.12)), among Howmet Corporation, Howmet Cercast
(U.S.A.), Inc., Howmet Refurbishment, Inc., Howmet-Tempcraft, Inc.,
Turbine Components Corporation, Blade Receivables Corporation, and
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Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed October 9, 1997 (registration no. 333-
37573)).
4.8 Amending Agreement dated August 29, 1997 (amending the Blade
Receivables Master Trust Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated April 18, 1996 (Exhibit 4.12)) among Blade Receivables
Corporation, Howmet Corporation, Manufacturers and Traders Trust
Company, as Trustee, Falcon Asset Securitization Corporation, Alpine
Securitization Corp., Credit Suisse First Boston, New York Branch, and
The First National Bank of Chicago, as Agent for Falcon Asset
Securitization Corporation and Alpine Securitization Corp.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.15 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed October 9, 1997 (registration
no. 333-37573)).
4.9(a) Form of Amended Series A Note Due 1999 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.16(a) to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed November 21, 1997
(registration no. 333-37573)).
4.9(b) Form of Series B Note Due 1999 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.16(b) to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed November 21, 1997 (registration no. 333-
37573)).
4.9(c) Form of Amendment No. 1 to Series B Notes (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.16(c) to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed November 21, 1997
(registration no. 333-37573)).
4.9(d) Form of Amended and Restated Series B Note Due 1999 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.16(d) to Amendment No. 3 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed November 21, 1997
(registration no. 333-37573)).
4.9(e) Form of Amended Series C Note Due 1999 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.16(e) to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed November 21, 1997
(registration no. 333-37573)).
4(iii) The Company agrees to provide the Securities and Exchange Commission,
upon request, with copies of instruments defining the rights of
holders of long-term debt of the Company and all of its subsidiaries
for which consolidated financial statements are required to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
10.1* Howmet Corporation Annual Bonus Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17, 1996
(registration no. 333-00200)).
10.2* Howmet Restructuring Cash Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17, 1996
(registration no. 333-00200)).
10.3* Howmet Corporation Excess Benefit Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17, 1996
(registration no. 333-00200)).
10.4* Howmet Corporation Transaction Incentive Payments Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17,
1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.5* Howmet Corporation Enhanced Bonus Program for Employees Grade 22 and
Above (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment
No. 1 to Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
January 17, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
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10.6* 1986 Howmet Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17,
1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.7* Howmet Corporation 1995 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 1
to Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
January 17, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.8* Employment Agreement dated October 4, 1995, between Howmet Corporation
and Mark Lasker (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to
Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January
9, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.9* Employment Agreement dated October 4, 1995, between Howmet Corporation
and James Stanley (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13
to Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
January 9, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.10* Employment Agreement dated October 4, 1995, between Howmet Corporation
and David Squier (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to
Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January
9, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.11* Employment Agreement dated July 1, 1984, between Howmet Turbine
Components Corporation and B. Dennis Albrechtsen (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Howmet Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed January 9, 1996 (registration no. 333-
00200)).
10.12* Letter Agreement regarding payment of life insurance between Howmet
Corporation and David L. Squier (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.19 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17, 1996 (registration no. 333-
00200)).
10.13(a) Tax Sharing Agreement among Howmet Corporation, Howmet Management
Services, Inc., Howmet-Tempcraft, Inc., Howmet Thermatech Canada,
Inc., Howmet Transport Services, Inc., Howmet Sales, Inc., Howmet
Refurbishment, Inc., Turbine Components Corporation, Blade Receivables
Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and Howmet Cercast (USA), Inc.,
dated as of December 13, 1995 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.20(a) to Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on
Form S-4 filed January 9, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.13(b) Tax Sharing Agreement among Blade Acquisition Corp., Pechiney
Corporation, Howmet Insurance Co., Inc., Howmet Corporation and all of
its directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries, dated as of December
13, 1995 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20(b) to
Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January
9, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.14 Amended and Restated Management Agreement between Howmet Corporation
and TCG Holdings, L.L.C., dated as of December 2, 1997. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 filed March 26,
1998).
10.15 Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Howmet Holdings
Acquisition Corp. and Howmet Acquisition Corp., dated as of December
6, 1995 and Indemnification Provisions of the Stock Purchase Agreement
among Pechiney, Pechiney International S.A., Howmet Cercast S.A. and
Blade Acquisition Corp., dated as of October 12, 1995 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Amendment No. 1 to Howmet
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 17,
1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.16* Revised Employment Letter dated February 13, 1996, between Howmet
Corporation and John C. Ritter (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.24 to Amendment No. 3 to Howmet
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Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed June 11, 1996
(registration no. 333-00200)).
10.17* Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between Howmet Corporation and
David L. Squier dated May 17, 1996 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.24 to Howmet Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, filed August 28, 1996).
10.18* Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between Howmet Corporation and
James Stanley dated May 17, 1996 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.25 to Howmet Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, filed August 28, 1996).
10.19* Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between Howmet Corporation and
Marklin Lasker dated May 17, 1996 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.26 to Howmet Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, filed August 28, 1996).
10.20* Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between Howmet Corporation and John
C. Ritter dated May 17, 1996 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.27 to Howmet Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, filed August 28, 1996).
10.21* Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between Howmet Corporation and B.
Dennis Albrechtsen dated May 17, 1996 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Howmet Corporation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, filed August 28, 1996).
10.22* Employment Agreement dated October 4, 1995 between Howmet Corporation
and Roland Paul (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to
Amendment No. 1 to Howmet Corporation's Registration Statement on Form
S-4 filed January 17, 1996 (registration no. 333-00200)).
10.23* The Howmet Corporation Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Trust dated
April 29, 1996 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to
Howmet Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 29, 1996, filed August 28, 1996).
10.25 Intercompany Services Agreement between the Company and Thiokol
Corporation dated December 2, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 filed March 26, 1998).
10.26* Agreement and Amendment to Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between
Howmet Corporation and David L. Squier dated November
1997(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1997 filed March 26, 1998).
10.27* Agreement and Amendment to Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between
Howmet Corporation and Marklin Lasker dated November 10, 1997
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
filed March 26, 1998).
10.28* Agreement and Amendment to Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between
Howmet Corporation and James Stanley dated November 10, 1997
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
filed March 26, 1998).
10.29* Agreement and Amendment to Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between
Howmet Corporation and John C. Ritter dated November 1997
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
filed March 26, 1998).
10.30* Agreement and Amendment to Stock Appreciation Right Agreement between
Howmet Corporation and B. Dennis Albrechtsen dated November 8, 1997
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
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10.30 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1997 filed March 26, 1998).
10.31* Howmet Corporation Second Amended and Restated Special Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan, dated November 24, 1997 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31,1998, filed May 12,
1998).
10.32* Howmet International Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Awards Plan
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
1998, filed August 10, 1998).
10.33* Form of Howmet International Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Grant
Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 1998, filed August 10, 1998).
10.34* Form of Howmet International Inc. Director Restricted Stock Agreement
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
1998, filed August 10, 1998).
11 Statement re computation of per share earnings
Statement re computation of per share earnings of the Company and
subsidiaries is contained in Note 2 of "Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements" on page F-8 of Exhibit A to the Company's
definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999, and is incorporated
by reference herein.
13 Annual Report to security holders of the Company.
Applicable sections of the Annual Report to Stockholders of the
Company for fiscal year 1998 are set forth as Exhibit A "Financial
Information," to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated March
24, 1999 (pages F-1 to F-36), and are incorporated by reference
herein.
21 List of Significant Subsidiaries
23 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
27.1 Financial Data Schedule for the year ended December 31, 1998.
27.2 Restated Financial Data Schedule for the prior reporting periods of
the three months ended March 31, 1998, the six months ended June 30,
1998 and the nine months ended September 30, 1998.
27.3 Restated Financial Data Schedule for the prior reporting periods of
the six months ended June 30, 1997, the nine months ended September
30, 1997, the year ended December 31, 1997 and the year ended December
31, 1996.
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* Management contract or compensatory arrangement
(b) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
The Company filed a report on Form 8-K on October 30, 1998. (Item 5 -- Other
Events) reporting selection of Whitehall, Michigan as the site of a previously
announced new manufacturing facility.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC.
Dated: March 19, 1999 By: /s/ John C. Ritter
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John C. Ritter
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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.
NAME TITLE DATE
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------- -----------------
/s/ James R. Wilson Chairman of the Board February 12, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- and Director
James R. Wilson
/s/ David L. Squier Director, President and Chief February 12, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- Executive Officer (principal
David L. Squier executive officer)
/s/ John C. Ritter Senior Vice President and February 12, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
John C. Ritter (principal financial officer)
/s/ George T. Milano Corporate Controller February 12, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- (principal accounting officer)
George T. Milano
/s/ William E. Conway, Jr. Director February 12, 1999
- ----------------------------------------
William E. Conway
/s/ Richard L. Corbin Director February 12, 1999
- ----------------------------------------
Richard L. Corbin
/s/ Edsel D. Dunford Director February 12, 1999
- ----------------------------------------
Edsel D. Dunford
/s/ James R. Mellor Director February 12, 1999
- ----------------------------------------
James R. Mellor
/s/ D. Larry Moore Director February 12, 1999
- ----------------------------------------
D. Larry Moore
/s/ James D. Woods Director February 12, 1999
- ----------------------------------------
James D. Woods
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SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC. (PARENT COMPANY)
Condensed Balance Sheets
(Dollars in millions)
December 31,
1998 1997
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Assets
Current deferred income taxes $ .2 $ 1.0
Investment in subsidiaries 437.3 327.6
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Total assets $437.5 $328.6
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Liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and
stockholders' equity
Current accrued liabilities $ .6 $ 2.9
Redeemable preferred stock 65.6 60.0
Stockholders' equity 371.3 265.7
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Total liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and
stockholders' equity $437.5 $328.6
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See notes to the condensed financial statements.
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SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC. (PARENT COMPANY)
Condensed Statements of Operations
(Dollars in millions)
Year Ended December 31,
1998 1997 1996
--------------- ---------------- ---------------
General and administrative expense $ (2.0) $ - $ -
Public stock offering costs - (2.9) -
Interest expense (.5) - -
Income tax benefit .9 1.0 -
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries before
extraordinary item 112.0 73.9 25.6
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Income before extraordinary item 110.4 72.0 25.6
Extraordinary item subsidiary's loss on early
retirement of debt, net of income taxes of $7.9 - (12.3) -
---------------- ----------------- ----------------
Net income 110.4 59.7 25.6
Payment-in-kind dividends on redeemable
preferred stock (5.6) (5.1) (4.6)
--------------- ---------------- ---------------
Net income applicable to common stock $104.8 $ 54.6 $21.0
=============== ================ ===============
Per common share amounts, basic and diluted:
Income before extraordinary item $ 1.05 $ .67 $ .21
Extraordinary item - (.12) -
--------------- ---------------- ---------------
Net income $ 1.05 $ .55 $ .21
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See notes to the condensed financial statements
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SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC. (PARENT COMPANY)
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
1. GENERAL
These parent company only financial statements should be read in conjunction
with the Howmet International Inc. ("HII") consolidated financial statements,
included in Exhibit A to the HII definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 1999
and incorporated herein by reference. Note 1 to such consolidated financial
statements presents the HII, Howmet Holdings Corporation and Howmet Corporation
relationships.
In these parent company only financial statements, HII investments in its
wholly-owned subsidiaries are stated at cost plus the undistributed earnings and
cumulative translation adjustments of the subsidiaries, net of payables to
subsidiaries of $6.9 million and $4 million at December 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
2. CASH FLOWS INFORMATION
HII had no cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
In connection with the Acquisition, Pechiney, S.A. indemnified HII for
environmental liabilities relating to Howmet Corporation and stemming from
events occurring or conditions existing on or prior to the Acquisition, to the
extent that such liabilities exceed a cumulative $6 million. This
indemnification applies to all of the environmental matters discussed in the
next two paragraphs. It is probable that changes in any of the accrued
liabilities discussed in the next two paragraphs will result in an equal change
in the amount receivable from Pechiney, S.A. pursuant to this indemnification.
HII has received test results indicating levels of polychlorinated biphenyls
("PCBs") at its Dover, New Jersey facility which will require remediation. These
levels have been reported to the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (the "NJDEP"), and HII is preparing a work plan to define the risk
and to test possible clean-up options. The statement of work must be approved by
the NJDEP pursuant to an Administrative Consent Order entered into between
Howmet Corporation and the NJDEP on May 20, 1991 regarding clean-up of the site.
Various remedies are possible and could involve expenditures ranging from $2
million to $22 million or more. HII has recorded a $2 million long-term
liability as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 for this matter. The indemnification
discussed above applies to the costs associated with this matter.
Besides the above-mentioned remediation work required at HII's Dover, New Jersey
plant, liabilities exist for clean-up costs associated with hazardous types of
materials at nine other on-site and off-site locations. HII has been or may be
named a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act or similar state laws at these
locations. At December 31, 1998, $4.2 million of accrued environmental
liabilities are included in the consolidated balance sheet for these nine sites.
The December 31, 1997 balance sheet includes $4.4 million of accrued liabilities
for eight such sites. The indemnification discussed above applies to the costs
associated with this matter.
In addition to the above environmental matters, and unrelated to Howmet
Corporation, Howmet Holdings Corporation and Pechiney, S.A. are jointly and
severally liable for environmental contamination and related costs associated
with certain discontinued mining operations owned and/or operated by a
predecessor-in-interest until the early 1960's. These liabilities include
approximately $16 million in remediation and natural resource damage liabilities
at the Blackbird Mine site in Idaho and a minimum of $10 million in
investigation and remediation costs at the Holden Mine site in Washington.
Pechiney, S.A. has agreed to indemnify HII for such liabilities. In connection
with these environmental matters, HII recorded a $26 million liability and an
equal $26 million receivable from
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SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC. (PARENT COMPANY)
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Continued)
3. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS (Continued)
Pechiney, S.A. as of December 31, 1998 and $29.3 million for both the liability
and receivable as of December 31, 1997.
Estimated environmental costs are not expected to materially impact the
financial position or the results of HII's operations in future periods.
However, environmental clean-ups are protracted in length and environmental
costs in future periods are subject to changes in environmental remediation
regulations. Any losses which are not covered by the Pechiney, S.A.
indemnifications and which are in excess of amounts currently accrued will be
charged to operations in the periods in which they occur.
4. CONTINGENT MATTERS
Starting in late 1998, HII discovered certain product testing and specification
non-compliance issues at two of its Cercast aluminum casting operations. HII
notified customers, is actively cooperating with them and government agencies in
the investigation of these matters, and is implementing remedial action. Data
collection and analysis must be completed before a definitive estimate of the
cost to resolve these matters can be completed. Customers have asserted no
formal claims, and HII knows of no in-service problems associated with these
issues. Based on preliminary evaluation, however, HII has recorded an estimated
loss of $4 million in its consolidated statement of income for the year ended
December 31, 1998. Based on currently known facts, HII believes that additional
costs beyond $4 million, if any, would not have a material adverse effect on
HII's financial position, cash flow, or annual operating results. However,
additional cost when and if accrued may have a material adverse impact on the
quarter in which it may be accrued.
HII, in its ordinary course of business, is involved in other litigation,
administrative proceedings and investigations of various types in several
jurisdictions. HII believes these are routine in nature and incidental to its
operations, and that the outcome of any of these proceedings will not have a
material adverse effect upon its operations or financial condition.
5. EVENT SUBSEQUENT TO DATE OF REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS (Unaudited)
On March 3, 1999, HII received from the U.S. Air Force a Notice of Proposed
Debarment from future government contracts and subcontracts directed at Howmet
Corporation and its Cercast Canadian subsidiary. The Air Force unilaterally
terminated the proposed debarment with respect to Howmet Corporation by letter
to it on March 10, 1999, thus permitting Howmet Corporation to resume accepting
U.S. government contracts and subcontracts. The continuing proposed debarment
with respect to HII's Cercast Canadian subsidiary is based on certain of the
testing issues discussed in Note 4 and improper vendor payments that took place
at the Cercast Canadian operations. Debarment does not affect existing
contracts, other than extensions. HII is taking steps to have the proposed
Cercast debarment withdrawn. In the unlikely event a debarment were imposed for
an extended period of time, such action would negatively impact sales and
profits in future periods. However, HII believes that such impact would be
immaterial to results of operations.
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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Dollars in millions)
Balance at
beginning of Charged to costs Charged to Deductions Balance at
Description period and expenses(a) other accounts from reserves(a) end of period
- -------------------------- ------------------ ----------------- --------------- -------------- -------------
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
Reserves:
Accounts Receivable $ 4.4 .9 -- (.1) $ 5.2
Warranty Reserve $13.7 2.6 -- (3.0) $13.3
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
Reserves:
Accounts Receivable $ 5.6 .1 (.7) (.6) $ 4.4
Warranty Reserve $ 8.1 6.5 -- (.9) $13.7
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
Reserves:
Accounts Receivable $ 8.2 .5 -- (3.1) $ 5.6
Warranty Reserve $ 4.0 4.1 -- -- $ 8.1
(a) 1997 and 1996 Accounts Receivable amounts have been changed to conform to
the 1998 presentation.
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