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FORM 10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 25, 2001
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[] 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 1-10542
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UNIFI, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified its charter)
New York 11-2165495
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
P.O. Box 19109 - 7201 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27419
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(336) 294-4410
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Same
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
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
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's class of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class Outstanding at April 29, 2001
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Common stock, par value $.10 per share 53,683,285 Shares
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Part I. Financial Information
UNIFI, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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March 25, June 25,
2001 2000
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(Unaudited) (Note)
(Amounts in Thousands)
ASSETS:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 16,073 $ 18,778
Receivables 162,926 214,001
Inventories:
Raw materials and supplies 52,039 49,449
Work in process 13,094 16,981
Finished goods 71,801 81,210
Other current assets 5,891 2,958
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Total current assets 321,824 383,377
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Property, plant and equipment 1,254,128 1,250,470
Less: accumulated depreciation 634,012 592,083
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620,116 658,387
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Equity investments in unconsolidated affiliates 172,083 208,918
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Other noncurrent assets 98,312 104,082
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Total assets $ 1,212,335 $ 1,354,764
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 92,708 $ 97,875
Accrued expenses 37,337 50,160
Income taxes payable 862 2,430
Current maturities of long-term debt and other
current liabilities 9,719 217,308
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Total current liabilities 140,626 367,773
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Long-term debt and other liabilities 405,671 261,830
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Deferred income taxes 85,506 86,046
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Minority interests 14,203 16,677
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Shareholders' equity:
Common stock 5,383 5,516
Retained earnings 604,987 649,444
Unearned compensation (1,370) (1,260)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (42,671) (31,262)
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Total shareholders' equity 566,329 622,438
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 1,212,335 $ 1,354,764
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Note: The balance sheet at June 25, 2000, has been derived from the audited
financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information
and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements.
See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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UNIFI, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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For the Quarters Ended For the Nine Months Ended
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Mar. 25, Mar. 26, Mar. 25, Mar. 26,
2001 2000 2001 2000
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(Amounts in Thousands Except Per Share Data)
Net sales $ 252,255 $ 319,302 $ 864,550 $ 941,605
Cost of goods sold 236,280 276,432 782,875 822,734
Selling, general & admin. expense 15,732 14,645 49,654 43,071
Interest expense 7,272 7,522 24,062 22,474
Interest income (137) (590) (1,949) (2,122)
Other expense 3,136 130 10,506 995
Equity in (earnings) losses of
unconsolidated affiliates (2,008) (2,321) (200) 2,907
Minority interests 152 2,380 5,634 7,184
Asset impairments and write downs 20,915 -- 20,915 --
Employee severance 5,494 -- 5,494 --
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Income (loss) before income taxes (34,581) 21,104 (32,441) 44,362
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (6,033) 7,868 (3,348) 17,621
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Net income (loss) $ (28,548) $ 13,236 $ (29,093) $ 26,741
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Earnings (loss) per common share -
basic $ (0.53) $ .23 $ (0.54) $ .45
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Earnings (loss) per common share -
assuming dilution $ (0.53) $ .23 $ (0.54) $ .45
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See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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UNIFI, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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For the Nine Months Ended
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March 25, March 26,
2001 2000
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(Amounts in Thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents provided by
operating activities $ 126,794 $ 81,025
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Investing activities:
Capital expenditures (36,447) (42,173)
Acquisitions (2,159) (7,986)
Investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates (14,406) (16,070)
Return of capital from equity affiliates 25,743 --
Investment of foreign restricted cash (6,616) --
Sale of capital assets 833 2,634
Other (854) (1,825)
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Net investing activities (33,906) (65,420)
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Financing activities:
Borrowing of long-term debt 295,348 39,089
Repayment of long-term debt (360,564) (37,645)
Issuance of Company common stock -- 14
Purchase and retirement of Company
common stock (16,527) (18,387)
Distributions to minority interest shareholders (9,000) (9,000)
Other (3,235) (4,529)
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Net financing activities (93,978) (30,458)
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Currency translation adjustment (1,615) (1,753)
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents (2,705) (16,606)
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Cash and cash equivalents - beginning 18,778 44,433
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Cash and cash equivalents - ending $ 16,073 $ 27,827
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See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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UNIFI, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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(a) Basis of Presentation
The information furnished is unaudited and reflects all adjustments which
are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the
financial position at March 25, 2001, and the results of operations and
cash flows for the periods ended March 25, 2001, and March 26, 2000. Such
adjustments consisted of normal recurring items. Interim results are not
necessarily indicative of results for a full year. It is suggested that the
condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's latest
annual report on Form 10-K.
(b) Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes have been provided for the temporary differences
between financial statement carrying amounts and tax basis of existing
assets and liabilities.
The difference between the statutory federal income tax rate and the
effective tax rate is primarily due to the nonrecognition of any income tax
benefit for the losses of foreign subsidiaries.
(c) Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss) amounted to $(31.8) million for the third
quarter of fiscal 2001 and $(40.5) million for the year to date compared to
$13.0 million and $19.3 million for the prior year quarter and year-to-date
periods, respectively. Comprehensive income (loss) was comprised of net
income and foreign currency translation adjustments for all periods. The
current year periods also include realized and unrealized gains and
(losses) on foreign currency derivative contracts. In the current quarter,
deferred losses of $1.0 million were recognized upon termination of hedge
accounting for certain forward contracts. The Company does not provide
income taxes on the impact of currency translations as earnings from
foreign subsidiaries are deemed to be permanently invested.
(d) Earnings per Share
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the numerators and
denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations
(amounts in thousands):
For the Quarters Ended For the Nine Months Ended
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March 25, March 26, March 25, March 26,
2001 2000 2001 2000
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Numerator:
Net income (loss) $ (28,548) $ 13,236 $ (29,093) $ 26,741
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For the Quarters Ended For the Nine Months Ended
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March 25, March 26, March 25, March 26,
2001 2000 2001 2000
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Denominator:
Denominator for basic
earnings per share -
Weighted average shares 53,666 58,687 53,925 59,167
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options -- -- -- 17
Restricted stock awards -- 7 -- 3
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Dilutive potential common
shares denominator for
diluted earnings per
share-Adjusted weighted
average shares and
assumed conversions 53,666 58,694 53,925 59,187
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(e) Segment Disclosures
In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information," (SFAS 131) which established standards for public companies
for the reporting of financial information from operating segments in
annual and interim financial statements as well as related disclosures
about products and services, geographic areas and major customers.
Operating segments are defined in SFAS 131 as components of an enterprise
about which separate financial information is available to the chief
operating decision-maker for purposes of assessing performance and
allocating resources. Following is the Company's selected segment
information for the quarters and year-to-date periods ended March 25, 2001,
and March 26, 2000 (amounts in thousands):
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Polyester Nylon UTG Total
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Quarter ended March 25, 2001:
Net sales to external customers $ 175,143 $ 70,194 $ 6,161 $ 251,498
Intersegment net sales 15 -- 2,837 2,852
Segment operating income (loss) (835) (790) 2,205 580
Depreciation and amortization 14,178 5,327 249 19,754
Total assets 622,891 335,233 18,618 976,742
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Quarter ended March 26, 2000:
Net sales to external customers $ 212,031 $ 102,210 $ 5,061 $ 319,302
Intersegment net sales -- 117 2,888 3,005
Segment operating income 18,087 9,626 215 27,928
Depreciation and amortization 15,898 5,540 210 21,648
Total assets 707,605 366,574 15,527 1,089,706
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For the Quarters Ended
March 25, 2001 March 26, 2000
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Operating income (loss):
Reportable segments operating income $ 580 $ 27,928
Net standard cost adjustment to LIFO 811 (246)
Unallocated operating expense (284) 543
Nonwoven start-up operating loss (864) --
Asset impairment and employee severance (26,409) --
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Consolidated operating income (loss) $ (26,166) $ 28,225
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Polyester Nylon UTG Total
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Nine months ended March 25, 2001:
Net sales to external customers $ 596,968 $ 248,011 $ 18,814 $ 863,793
Intersegment net sales 60 -- 8,564 8,624
Segment operating income (loss) 24,371 9,844 (1,725) 32,490
Depreciation and amortization 43,249 16,547 809 60,605
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Nine months ended March 26, 2000:
Net sales to external customers $ 613,826 $ 312,917 $ 14,862 $ 941,605
Intersegment net sales 4 408 8,900 9,312
Segment operating income 46,163 31,953 995 79,111
Depreciation and amortization 43,997 16,332 590 60,919
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For the Nine Months Ended
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March 25, 2001 March 26, 2000
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Operating income:
Reportable segments operating income $ 32,490 $ 79,111
Net standard cost adjustment to LIFO 2,028 (2,592)
Unallocated operating expense (418) (719)
Nonwoven start-up operating loss (2,079) --
Asset impairment and employee severance (26,409) --
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Consolidated operating income $ 5,612 $ 75,800
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The difference between segment net sales to external customers and the
consolidated net sales for both the quarter and year-to-date periods is
attributable to sales of sample products from our nonwoven facility during
its start-up period.
For purposes of internal management reporting, segment operating income
(loss) represents net sales less cost of goods sold less selling, general
and administrative expenses. Certain indirect manufacturing and selling,
general and administrative costs are allocated to the operating segments
based on activity drivers relevant to the respective costs.
The primary differences between the segmented financial information of the
operating segments, as reported to management, and the Company's
consolidated reporting relates to intersegment transfer of yarn, fiber
costing, the provision for bad debts, asset impairment and write downs and
severance costs associated with consolidation efforts and capitalization of
property, plant and equipment costs.
Domestic operating divisions' fiber costs are valued on a standard cost
basis, which
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approximates first-in, first-out accounting. For those components of
inventory valued utilizing the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method, an
adjustment is made at the corporate level to record the difference between
standard cost and LIFO. Segment operating income excludes $1.8 million and
$0.8 million of provision for bad debts in the current and prior year
quarters, respectively. Segment operating income also excludes the effects
of the $26.4 charge taken in the current quarter for asset impairment and
write downs and employee severance costs. For significant capital projects,
capitalization is delayed for management segment reporting until the
facility is substantially complete. However, for consolidated management
financial reporting, assets are capitalized into construction in progress
as costs are incurred or carried as unallocated corporate fixed assets if
they have been placed in service but have not as yet been moved for
management segment reporting.
"UTG" is the Company's majority-owned information services consulting
subsidiary, Unifi Technology Group, Inc.
The total assets for the polyester segment decreased from $695.4 million at
June 25, 2000 to $622.9 million at March 25, 2001 due mainly to reduced
accounts receivable, inventories and property plant and equipment (capital
expenditures, net of depreciation). Additionally, approximately $11.1
million of the asset impairment charge was associated with this segment.
The decrease in nylon assets were primarily attributable to reduced
accounts receivable and inventories.
(f) Accounting for Derivatives
Effective June 26, 2000, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standard
No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as
amended, which requires that all derivative instruments be reported on the
balance sheet at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and
effectiveness of hedging relationships. Derivatives that are not hedges
must be adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a
hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of
the derivatives are either offset against the change in fair value of the
hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments through earnings or
recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is
recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative's change in
fair value is immediately recognized in earnings.
The Company conducts its business in various foreign currencies. As a
result, it is subject to the transaction exposure that arises from foreign
exchange rate movements between the dates the currency transactions are
recorded (export sales and purchases commitments) and the dates they are
consummated (cash receipts and cash disbursements in foreign currencies).
The Company utilizes some natural hedging to mitigate these transaction
exposures. The Company also enters into foreign currency forward contracts
for the purchase and sale of European, Canadian and other currencies to
hedge balance sheet and income statement currency exposures. These
contracts are entered into principally for the purchase of inventory and
equipment and the sale of Company products into export markets.
Counter-parties for these instruments are major financial institutions.
The Company has a risk management policy that authorizes certain designated
individuals to enter into derivative contracts to mitigate economic and
accounting risk associated with currency and interest rate exposures in the
ordinary course of business. This policy permits the use of forward
currency purchase or sales contracts associated with the anticipated
collection of accounts receivable on foreign denominated sales and the
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purchase or sale of assets in foreign currencies. This policy also allows
the use of those derivative instruments that hedge the Company's interest
rate exposures associated with fixed or floating rate debt. Any derivative
contract authorized by this risk management policy with notional amounts in
excess of $1 million requires the specific approval of the Treasurer and
the Chief Financial Officer. In no circumstances does the policy permit
entering into derivative contracts for speculative purposes.
The Company maintains forward currency contracts that are designated as
fair value hedges. The derivative contracts in place that are classified as
fair value hedges cover 100% of the foreign currency exchange rate exposure
associated with the purchase of certain foreign denominated fixed assets.
The latest maturity date for such contracts is January 2002. The
ineffective portion of these contracts is primarily the difference in the
spot exchange rates and the forward contract rates. The gains or losses
associated with such contracts are included in other (income) expense in
the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The Company utilizes foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow
hedges. These contracts are entered into to hedge foreign currency exchange
rate exposures on anticipated purchases denominated in various foreign
currencies. The latest maturity date for such contracts is June 2001. The
amount of gain or loss relating to hedge ineffectiveness is attributable to
the differences between the spot rates and forward contract rates. In the
current quarter, the Company discontinued hedge accounting for its
remaining Euro contracts due to uncertainty in the timing of the
anticipated transactions being hedged and decreased likelihood of certain
projects being initiated. Consequently, the Company incurred a loss of
approximately $2.2 million resulting form the adjustment to fair value of
the contracts previously designated as hedges and the recognition of
previously deferred losses associated with the anticipated projects.
(g) Joint Ventures
On September 13, 2000, the Company and SANS Fibres of South Africa formed a
50/50 joint venture (UNIFI - SANS Technical Fibers, LLC or UNIFI-SANS) to
produce low-shrinkage high tenacity nylon 6.6 light denier industrial (LDI)
yarns in North Carolina. Sales from this entity are expected to be
primarily to customers in the NAFTA and CBI markets. UNIFI-SANS will also
incorporate the two-stage light denier industrial nylon yarn business of
Solutia, Inc. which was purchased by SANS Fibres. Solutia will exit the
two-stage light denier industrial yarn business transitioning production
from its Greenwood, SC site to the UNIFI-SANS facility in North Carolina.
Unifi will manage the day-to-day production and shipping of the LDI
produced in North Carolina and SANS Fibres will handle technical support
and sales. Annual LDI production capacity from the joint venture is
estimated to be approximately 9.6 million pounds.
On September 27, 2000, Unifi and Nilit Ltd., located in Israel, formed a
50/50 joint venture to be called U.N.F. Industries Ltd. The joint venture
will produce approximately 22.0 million pounds of nylon POY at Nilit's
manufacturing facility in Migdal Ha - Emek, Israel. The nylon POY will be
utilized in the Company's nylon texturing and covering operations.
(h) Debt Refinancing
Effective December 20, 2000, the Company refinanced its $400 million credit
facility due to expire in April 2001, with a new unsecured three year $250
million revolving bank credit facility. Additionally, the Company entered
into a $100 million trade receivables financing agreement that is secured
by its domestic and certain foreign accounts receivable. As of
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March 25, 2001, the Company had unused capacity of approximately $151.5
million under the terms of the new credit facility and had outstanding
borrowings of $45.1 million through its trade receivables financing
agreement.
Loans under the new credit facility initially bear interest at LIBOR plus
.825% and advances under the receivables financing agreement will bear
interest at the applicable commercial paper rate plus .30%.
The loans under the new credit facility and the receivables financing
agreement include financial covenants that require, at March 25, 2001,
tangible net worth of $396.1 million, a maximum leverage ratio of 3.25 and
a minimum interest coverage ratio of 2.50. The Company believes that it is
in compliance with all these covenants at March 25, 2001. However, due to
the decline in earnings and cash flows of the Company subsequent to
entering the new credit facility and receivables financing agreement and
the magnitude of the severance and other restructuring charges, including
the anticipated Dupont Alliance restructuring charge expected to be
recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001, absent an improvement in
earnings and/or the sale of non-core assets it is possible that the Company
will be in violation of the covenants as of its fiscal year ending June 24,
2001. Accordingly, the Company has initiated discussions with certain
members of its lending group to obtain such amendments as deemed
appropriate. It is expected that an amendment would require an increase in
stated interest rates but would not restrict or hinder management's ability
to operate the Company.
(i) Consolidation and Cost Reduction Efforts
In the current quarter, the Company recorded charges of $5.5 million for
severance and employee related costs and $20.9 million for asset
impairments and write downs. The majority of these charges relate to U.S.
and European operations and include plant closings and consolidations, the
reorganization of administrative functions and the write down of assets for
certain operations determined to be impaired as well as certain non-core
businesses that are being held for sale. The plant closing and
consolidations of the manufacturing and distribution systems are aimed at
improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of our operations and
reducing our fixed cost structure in response to decreased sales volumes.
The severance and other employee related costs provide for the termination
of approximately 750 people who were terminated as a result of these
worldwide initiatives and included management, production workers and
administrative support located in Ireland, England and in the United
States. Notification of the termination of all employees occurred prior to
March 24, 2001 and substantially all were terminated by the end of April
2001. Severance will be paid in accordance with various plan terms which
vary from lump sum to a payout over a maximum of 21 months ending December
2002.
The charge for impairment and write down of assets includes $4.7 million
for the write down of property, plant and equipment to their fair value
less the cost to dispose of duplicate or less efficient production
equipment not needed in the consolidated manufacturing operations.
Additionally, an impairment charge of $6.7 million was recorded for the
write down to fair value of our dyed yarn operations in Europe as the
undiscounted cash flows of the business were not sufficient to cover the
carrying value of these assets. This review was prompted by ongoing excess
manufacturing capacity issues and the lack of competitiveness of this
business due to importation pressures. The Company also recognized a charge
of $9.5 million for the write down of the carrying value of certain
non-core assets and businesses,
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which are being held for sale, to fair value less the cost of disposal. It
is anticipated that the majority of the non-core assets and businesses will
be sold prior to the end of calendar 2001.
Certain run-out expenses related to the consolidation and closing of the
affected operations are anticipated but are not expected to be material.
The costs include equipment relocation and other costs associated with
necessary ongoing plant maintenance expenses. These costs will be charged
to operations as incurred and are expected to be completed no later than
the end of the Company's 2001 fiscal year.
The table below summarizes the employee severance portion of the
consolidation and cost reduction charge, the amounts paid and the accrual
balance as of March 25, 2001:
Accrual Balance
Total Charges Cash Payments at Mar. 25, 2001
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Severance benefits $ 5,494 $ 466 $ 5,028
Substantially all costs other than severance associated with the current
quarter consolidation and cost reduction charges are non cash.
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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The following is Management's discussion and analysis of certain significant
factors that have affected the Company's operations and material changes in
financial condition during the periods included in the accompanying Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Results of Operations
General
Consolidated net sales decreased 21.0% for the quarter from $319.3 million to
$252.3 million and decreased 8.2% for the year to date compared to the prior
year nine-month period. Unit volume for the quarter decreased 16.1% while
average unit sales prices, based on product mix, declined 4.9%. For the year to
date, unit volume declined approximately 7.1%, while unit prices decreased 1.2%.
Segment Information
At the segment level, polyester accounted for 69.4% of dollar sales and nylon
accounted for 27.8% for the quarter.
The polyester business in the U.S and Europe continues to be negatively impacted
by the importation of fabric and apparel that has eroded the business of our
customers, primarily in the commodity areas. Additionally, the current quarter
was adversely affected by customers reducing inventory levels in response to
anticipated slow downs at retail and the economy in general. These effects were
experienced across substantially all end-use markets including apparel,
automotive, and home furnishings. As a result, sales for our polyester segment
declined 17.4% for the quarter and 2.7% for the year-to-date periods compared
with the previous year's respective periods.
Our domestic polyester unit volume decreased 21.0% for the March quarter
compared to the March quarter a year ago. For the year to date, our domestic
polyester unit volume decreased 13.2% over the prior year. Domestic polyester
pricing on sales of first quality goods remained stable compared to the prior
year quarter and improved for the year to date. Sales in local currency for our
Brazilian operation were down for the quarter but up significantly for the year
to date relative to the prior year corresponding periods. Volume from our
Brazilian operations decreased for the quarter but is up significantly over the
prior year to date. Per unit selling prices have increased for both current year
periods. Sales in local currency of our Irish operation decreased 4.9% for the
quarter due to reduced volume which was partially offset by higher average unit
prices. For the year-to-date period, sales in local currency for our Irish
operation were up over the prior year primarily as a result of higher average
sales prices. The movement in currency exchange rates from the prior year to the
current year adversely affected current quarter and year-to-date sales
translated to U.S. dollars for the Irish and Brazilian operations. U.S. dollar
net sales were $2.4 million less than what sales would have been reported using
prior year translation rates for the quarter and $10.2 million less for the year
to date.
Gross profit for our polyester segment decreased $15.5 million to $9.1 million
in the quarter and $11.5 million to $52.9 million for the year to date. The
decrease in gross profit for both
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the current quarter and year-to-date periods reflects higher fiber and
converting costs, as a percentage of sales, for the current year periods
relative to the prior year periods.
The nylon business continues to be negatively impacted by the decline in the
ladies hosiery business as well as the slow down of seamless apparel sales,
offset by continued strength in the sock business. Consistent with the polyester
business, the current quarter was adversely affected by inventory corrections in
response to anticipated economic and retail slow downs. As a result, sales for
our nylon segment declined 31.3% for the quarter and 20.7% for the year-to-date
periods compared with the previous year's respective periods. Our domestic nylon
unit volume, which represents substantially all of consolidated nylon sales
volume, declined 22.7% for the March quarter compared to the prior year quarter.
For the year to date, volumes for this operation were down 13.3% compared to the
prior year's nine-month period. Average sales prices were down for both current
year periods relative to the prior year.
Gross profit for our nylon segment decreased $13.3 million to $3.3 million in
the quarter and $24.2 million to $22.1 million for the year to date. The
decrease in gross profit for both the current quarter and year-to-date periods
reflects higher fiber and converting costs, as a percentage of sales, for the
current year periods relative to the prior year periods.
Results for our majority-owned information systems consulting subsidiary, Unifi
Technology Group, reflect higher sales for the current quarter and year-to-date
periods compared to the prior year corresponding periods. Operating losses for
the year-to-date period include a $2.8 million charge to exit certain long-term
real estate leases.
Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales,
increased from 4.6% in last year's quarter to 6.2% this quarter. On a dollar
basis, selling, general and administrative expense increased $1.1 million to
$15.7 million. For the year-to-date period, selling, general, and administrative
expenses increased $6.5 million to $49.7 million, or from 4.6% of net sales to
5.7%. Impacting the current year-to-date period is a $2.8 million charge taken
to exit certain real estate leases stemming from restructuring of the Unifi
Technology Group to focus on its two core businesses. These higher costs reflect
the Company's focused efforts to strategically expand our world-wide presence
through acquisitions and alliances and to better position our products and serve
our customers.
Corporate
Interest expense decreased $250 thousand to $7.3 million in the current quarter
and increased $1.6 million to $24.1 million for the year to date. The decrease
in interest expense for the quarter reflects lower average debt outstanding. For
the year-to-date period, $65.2 million of cash flows has been utilized to retire
long-term debt. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding debt at March
25, 2001, was 6.3% compared to 6.5% at March 26, 2000.
Other income and expense was impacted in the current quarter by $3.6 million in
currency losses, including $2.2 million for foreign currency contracts for which
hedge accounting was ceased. Other income and expense for the current year
quarter also includes a provision for bad debts of $1.8 million. For the
year-to-date period, currency losses and the provision for bad debts included in
other income and expense totaled $7.2 million and $4.4 million, respectively.
Equity in the earnings of our unconsolidated affiliates, Parkdale America, LLC
("the LLC") Micell Technologies, Inc., ("Micell") Unifi-Sans Technical Fibers
and U.N.F. Industries Ltd
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amounted to $2.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2001 compared with $2.3
million for the corresponding prior year quarter. For the year to date, these
unconsolidated entities generated earnings of $200 thousand for the Company
compared to a loss of $2.9 million in the prior year-to-date period.
The minority interest charge was $152 thousand in the current year fiscal
quarter compared to $2.4 million in the prior year quarter and $5.6 million for
the year to date compared to $7.2 million in the prior year. There was no
minority interest charge in the current quarter for our domestic natural
textured polyester business venture, which has historically represented
substantially all of the minority interest charge, as there were no earnings or
cash flows generated by this business during the quarter.
In the current quarter, the Company recorded charges of $5.5 million for
severance and employee related costs and $20.9 million for asset impairments and
write downs. The majority of these charges relate to U.S. and European
operations and include plant closings and consolidations, the reorganization of
administrative functions and the write down of assets for certain operations
determined to be impaired as well as certain non-core businesses that are being
held for sale. The plant closing and consolidations of the manufacturing and
distribution systems are aimed at improving the overall efficiency and
effectiveness of our operations and reducing our fixed cost structure in
response to decreased sales volumes.
The severance and other employee related costs provide for the termination of
approximately 750 people who were terminated as a result of these worldwide
initiatives and included management, production workers and administrative
support located in Ireland, England and in the United States. Notification of
the termination of all employees occurred prior to March 24, 2001 and
substantially all were terminated by the end of April 2001. Severance will be
paid in accordance with various plan terms which vary from lump sum to a payout
over a maximum of 21 months ending December 2002.
The charge for impairment and write down of assets includes $4.7 million for the
write down of property, plant and equipment to their fair value less the cost to
dispose of duplicate or less efficient production equipment not needed in the
consolidated manufacturing operations. Additionally, an impairment charge of
$6.7 million was recorded for the write down to fair value of our dyed yarn
operations in Europe as the undiscounted cash flows of the business were not
sufficient to cover the carrying value of these assets. This review was prompted
by ongoing excess manufacturing capacity issues and the lack of competitiveness
of this business due to importation pressures. The Company also recognized a
charge of $9.5 million for the write down of the carrying value of certain
non-core assets and businesses, which are being held for sale, to fair value
less the cost of disposal. It is anticipated that the majority of these non-core
assets and businesses will be sold prior to the end of calendar 2001.
Certain run-out expenses related to the consolidation and closing of the
affected operations are anticipated but are not expected to be material. The
costs include equipment relocation and other costs associated with necessary
ongoing plant maintenance expenses. These costs will be charged to operations as
incurred and are expected to be completed no later than the end of the Company's
2001 fiscal year.
The table below summarizes the employee severance portion of the consolidation
and cost reduction charge, the amounts paid and the accrual balance as of March
25, 2001:
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Accrual Balance
Total Charges Cash Payments at Mar. 25, 2001
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Severance benefits $ 5,494 $ 466 $ 5,028
Substantially all costs other than severance associated with the current quarter
consolidation and cost reduction charges are non cash.
The Company's income tax provision (benefit) for both current year periods is
different from statutory rates as no income tax benefits have been recognized
for the losses incurred by foreign subsidiaries as the recoverability of such
tax benefits through loss carryforwards or carrybacks is not reasonably assured.
As a result of the above, the Company realized during the current quarter net
income (loss) of $(28.5) million, or diluted earnings (loss) per share of
$(.53), compared to $13.2 million, or $.23 per share, for the corresponding
quarter of the prior year, and $(29.1) million or $(.54) per share compared to
$26.7 million or $.45 per share for the respective fiscal 2001 and 2000
year-to-date periods.
Effective June 26, 2000, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standard No.
133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended,
which requires that all derivative instruments be reported on the balance sheet
at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and effectiveness of
hedging relationships. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair
value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of
the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivatives are either offset
against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities, or firm
commitments through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until
the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a
derivative's change in fair value is immediately recognized in earnings.
The Company conducts its business in various foreign currencies. As a result, it
is subject to the transaction exposure that arises from foreign exchange rate
movements between the dates the currency transactions are recorded (export sales
and purchases commitments) and the dates they are consummated (cash receipts and
cash disbursements in foreign currencies). The Company utilizes some natural
hedging to mitigate these transaction exposures. The Company also enters into
foreign currency forward contracts for the purchase and sale of European,
Canadian and other currencies to hedge balance sheet and income statement
currency exposures. These contracts are entered into principally for the
purchase of inventory and equipment and the sale of Company products into export
markets. Counter-parties for these instruments are major financial institutions.
The Company has a risk management policy that authorizes certain designated
individuals to enter into derivative contracts to mitigate economic and
accounting risk associated with currency and interest rate exposures in the
ordinary course of business. This policy permits the use of forward currency
purchase or sales contracts associated with the anticipated collection of
accounts receivable on foreign denominated sales and the purchase or sale of
assets in foreign currencies. This policy also allows the use of those
derivative instruments that hedge the Company's interest rate exposures
associated with fixed or floating rate debt. Any derivative contract authorized
by this risk management policy with notional amounts in excess of $1 million
requires the specific approval of the Chief Financial Officer. In no
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circumstances does the policy permit entering into derivative contracts for
speculative purposes.
The Company maintains forward currency contracts that are designated as fair
value hedges. The derivative contracts in place that are classified as fair
value hedges cover 100% of the foreign currency exchange rate exposure
associated with the purchase of certain foreign denominated fixed assets. The
latest maturity date for such contracts is January 2002. The ineffective portion
of these contracts is primarily the difference in the spot exchange rates and
the forward contract rates. The gains or losses associated with such contracts
are included in other (income) expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements
of Income.
The Company utilizes foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges.
These contracts are entered into to hedge foreign currency exchange rate
exposures on anticipated purchases denominated in various foreign currencies.
The amount of gain or loss relating to hedge ineffectiveness is attributable to
the differences between the spot rates and forward contract rates. In the
current quarter, the Company discontinued hedge accounting for its remaining
Euro contracts due to uncertainty in the timing of the anticipated transactions
being hedged and decreased likelihood of certain projects being initiated.
Consequently, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $2.2 million
resulting form the adjustment to fair value of the contracts previously
designated as hedges and the recognition of previously deferred losses
associated with the anticipated projects.
On September 13, 2000, the Company and SANS Fibres of South Africa formed a
50/50 joint venture (UNIFI - SANS Technical Fibers, LLC or UNIFI-SANS) to
produce low-shrinkage high tenacity nylon 6.6 light denier industrial (LDI)
yarns in North Carolina. Sales from this entity are expected to be primarily to
customers in the NAFTA and CBI markets. UNIFI-SANS will also incorporate the
two-stage light denier industrial nylon yarn business of Solutia, Inc. which was
purchased by SANS Fibres. Solutia will exit the two-stage light denier
industrial yarn business transitioning production from its Greenwood, SC site to
the UNIFI-SANS facility in North Carolina. Unifi will manage the day-to-day
production and shipping of the LDI produced in North Carolina and SANS Fibres
will handle technical support and sales. Annual LDI production capacity from the
joint venture is estimated to be approximately 9.6 million pounds.
On September 27, 2000, Unifi and Nilit Ltd., located in Israel, formed a 50/50
joint venture to be called U.N.F. Industries Ltd. The joint venture will produce
approximately 22.0 million pounds of nylon POY at Nilit's manufacturing facility
in Migdal Ha - Emek, Israel. The nylon POY will be utilized in the Company's
nylon texturing and covering operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash generated from operations was $126.8 million for the year-to-date ended
March 25, 2001, compared to $81.0 million for the prior year corresponding
period. Offsetting the net loss of $29.1 for the first nine months of fiscal
2001, the primary sources of cash from operations were decreases in accounts
receivable of $45.8 million and inventories of $9.3 million, and non-cash
adjustments aggregating $97.8 million. Depreciation and amortization of $67.7
million, the non-cash portion of the severance and impairment charges of $25.8
million, deferred income tax provision of $(0.6) million and losses of
unconsolidated affiliates of $4.9 million were the primary components of the
non-cash adjustments to cash provided by operations. The current year cash from
operations was positively impacted by a distribution from an unconsolidated
equity affiliate of current and prior year earnings of $23.5
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million. Offsetting these sources were decreases in accounts payable and
accruals and income taxes of $15.6 million and $1.5 million, respectively. All
working capital changes have been adjusted to exclude the effects of
acquisitions and currency translation.
The Company ended the current quarter with working capital of $181.2 million,
which included cash and cash equivalents of $16.1 million.
The Company utilized $33.9 million for net investing activities and $94.0
million for net financing activities during the current year-to-date period.
Significant cash expenditures during this period included $36.4 million for
capital expenditures including construction costs for the Company's nonwoven
facility and for upgrading other machinery and facilities. An additional $2.2
million in cash was expended for acquisitions. Additionally, $9.0 million was
expended for distributions to minority interest shareholders, $14.4 million for
investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates and $16.5 million for
repurchases of the Company's common stock. Also, the Company repaid $65.2
million in net borrowings during this period and invested, on a long-term basis,
$6.6 million of restricted cash from the Brazilian government. These cash
expenditures were partially reduced by a cash distribution treated as a return
of capital from an unconsolidated equity affiliate of $25.7 million.
At March 25, 2001, the Company was committed to spend $18.1 million for capital
expenditures including associated costs for the nonwoven operations. The
majority of these committed costs are scheduled to be expended the remainder of
fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002.
As previously discussed, during the current quarter Parkdale America LLC
("America"), an unconsolidated equity affiliate of the Company, completed the
recapitalization of its balance sheet. Following the completion of this
recapitalization, America distributed cash to the Company and Parkdale Mills,
Inc. ("Mills") in the amount of $49.2 million and $95.5 million, respectively.
Of the $49.2 million remitted to the Company, $23.5 million represents a
distribution of current and prior period earnings and $25.7 million represents a
return of capital. Unifi retained its 34% ownership position and Mills retained
its 66% ownership in America following this distribution.
The manufacturing alliance (the "Alliance") between the Company and DuPont was
formed to integrate their polyester partially oriented yarn (POY) manufacturing
facilities into a single production unit. The Alliance is expected to enable
each company to match production with the best assets available, significantly
improving product quality and yields. Subsequent to March 25, 2001, DuPont
announced that it was shutting its Cape Fear POY facility allowing for the
acceleration of the benefits of the Alliance by shutting down older filament
manufacturing operations and transferring production to lower cost, more modern
and flexible assets. As a result of DuPont shutting down the Cape Fear facility,
it is expected that the Company will recognize a significant restructuring
charge in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001 for its 50% share of the severance
and costs to dismantle the facility. Subsequent to the shut down the Company
will receive from DuPont distributions for its 50% share of the cash fixed costs
eliminated as a result of the Cape Fear shut down. Additionally, it is expected
that the Company will begin realizing other costs savings and synergies from the
Alliance.
The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets,
including property, plant and equipment and intangibles to determine if
impairment exists. If the sum of expected future undiscounted cash flows is less
than the carrying amount of the asset, additional analysis is performed to
determine the amount of loss to be recognized. The Company continues to
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evaluate for impairment the carrying value of its polyester natural textured
operations and its nylon texturing and covering operations as the importation of
fiber, fabric and apparel continues to impair sales volumes and margins for
these operations and has negatively impacted the U.S. textile and apparel
industry in general.
The Board of Directors, effective July 26, 2000, increased the remaining
authorization to repurchase up to 10.0 million shares of Unifi's common stock.
The Company purchased 1.4 million shares during the first two fiscal quarters of
the current year for a total of $16.5 million. The Company did not repurchase
any of its shares in the third quarter as it focused its attention and available
cash on debt repayment. As of April 29, 2001, there remains an authorization to
repurchase approximately 8.6 million shares. The Company will continue to
operate its stock buy-back program from time to time as it deems appropriate and
financially prudent. However, the Company presently does not anticipate
significant share repurchases until debt is reduced to an acceptable level.
Effective December 20, 2000, the Company refinanced its $400 million credit
facility due to expire in April 2001, with a new unsecured three year $250
million revolving bank credit facility. Additionally, the Company entered into a
$100 million trade receivables financing agreement that is secured by its
domestic and certain foreign accounts receivable. As of March 25, 2001, the
Company had unused capacity of approximately $151.5 million under the terms of
the new credit facility and had outstanding borrowings of $45.1 million through
its trade receivables financing agreement. During the first nine months of
fiscal 2001, the Company has utilized $65.2 million of cash flow to reduce
long-term debt. The Company anticipates utilizing all free cash flow in the next
few quarters to be used for debt retirement. Additionally, the Company is
actively pursuing the sale of certain non-core assets and businesses, the
proceeds of which will be utilized to repay the debt.
Loans under the new credit facility initially bear interest at LIBOR plus .825%
and advances under the receivables financing agreement will bear interest at the
applicable commercial paper rate plus .30%.
The loans under the new credit facility and the receivables financing agreement
include financial covenants that require, at March 25, 2001, tangible net worth
of $396.1 million, a maximum leverage ratio of 3.25 and a minimum interest
coverage ratio of 2.50. The Company believes that it is in compliance with all
these covenants at March 25, 2001. However, due to the decline in earnings and
cash flows of the Company subsequent to entering the new credit facility and
receivables financing agreement and the magnitude of the severance other
restructuring charges, including the anticipated Dupont Alliance restructuring
charge expected to be recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001, absent an
improvement in earnings and/or the sale of non-core assets it is possible that
the Company will be in violation of the covenants as of its fiscal year ending
June 24, 2001. Accordingly, the Company has initiated discussions with certain
members of its lending group to obtain such amendments as deemed appropriate. It
is expected that an amendment would require an increase in stated interest rates
but would not restrict or hinder management's ability to operate the Company.
Management believes the current financial position of the Company in connection
with its operations and its access to debt and equity markets are sufficient to
meet anticipated capital expenditure, strategic acquisition, working capital and
other financial needs.
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Euro Conversion
The Company conducts business in multiple currencies, including the currencies
of various European countries in the European Union which began participating in
the single European currency by adopting the Euro as their common currency as of
January 1, 1999. Additionally, the functional currency of our Irish operation
and several sales office locations will change before January 1, 2002, from
their historical currencies to the Euro. During the period January 1, 1999, to
January 1, 2002, the existing currencies of the member countries will remain
legal tender and customers and vendors of the Company may continue to use these
currencies when conducting business. Currency rates during this period, however,
will no longer be computed from one legacy currency to another but instead will
first be converted into the Euro. The Company continues to evaluate the Euro
conversion and the impact on its business, both strategically and operationally.
At this time, the conversion to the Euro has not had, nor is expected to have, a
material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of
the Company.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of this quarterly report
contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal security laws
about the Company's financial condition and results of operations that are based
on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the
markets in which the Company operates, management's beliefs and assumptions made
by management. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
variations of such words and other similar expressions are intended to identify
such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are
difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ
materially from what is expressed or forecasted in, or implied by, such
forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's judgment only as of
the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of
these forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or
otherwise.
Factors that may cause actual outcome and results to differ materially from
those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements include, but
are not necessarily limited to, availability, sourcing and pricing of raw
materials, pressures on sales prices and volumes due to competition and economic
conditions, reliance on and financial viability of significant customers,
technological advancements, employee relations, changes in construction spending
and capital equipment expenditures (including those related to unforeseen
acquisition opportunities), the timely completion of construction and expansion
projects planned or in process, continued availability of financial resources
through financing arrangements and operations, negotiations of new or
modifications of existing contracts for asset management and for property and
equipment construction and acquisition, regulations governing tax laws, other
governmental and authoritative bodies' policies and legislation, the
continuation and magnitude of the Company's common stock repurchase program and
proceeds received from the sale of assets held for disposal. In addition to
these representative factors, forward-looking statements could be impacted by
general domestic and international economic and industry conditions in the
markets where the Company competes, such as changes in currency exchange rates,
interest and inflation rates, recession and other economic and political factors
over which the Company has no control. Other risks and uncertainties may be
described from
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time to time in the Company's other reports and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Part II. Other Information
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(b) No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the quarter
ended March 25, 2001
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UNIFI, INC.
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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.
UNIFI, INC.
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Date: May 9, 2001 /s/ Willis C. Moore, III
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Willis C. Moore, III
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Mr. Moore is the
Principal Financial Officer and has
been duly authorized to sign on
behalf of the Registrant.)
Date: May 9, 2001 /s/ Edward A. Imbrogno
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Edward A. Imbrogno
Chief Accounting Officer