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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 January 31, 2005
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OR
|_| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____________ to ______________
Commission File Number: 0 - 15535
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LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 13-3115216
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(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
711 Koehler Ave., Suite 2, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(631) 981-9700
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
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(Title of class)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes |X| No |_|
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S - K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to
the best of the 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 Yes |X| No |_|
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).
Yes |X| No |_|
The aggregate market value of the Common Stock outstanding and held by
non-affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) of the Registrant, based upon the closing price of the Common Stock as
reported by the NASDAQ National Market on NASDAQ on the last day of the
registrant's most recently completed second quarter (July 31, 2004) was
approximately $82,092,000 (based on 3,658,295 shares held by non-affiliates).
The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's common stock, $.01
par value, on April 15, 2005 was 4,560,885.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Certain portions of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not
later than May 30, 2005,(for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held June
15, 2005), are incorporated by reference to Part III of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
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LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
PART 1:
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Cautionary Statement regarding Forward-Looking Information
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Item I Business
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Overview
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Industry Overview and Consolidation
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Business Strategy
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Our Competitive Strengths
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Products
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Quality Control
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Marketing and Sales
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Research and Development
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Suppliers and Materials
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Competition
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Seasonality
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Patents and Trademarks
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Employees
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Environmental Matters
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Item 2 Properties
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Item 3 Legal Proceedings
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Item 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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PART II:
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Item 5 Market for the Registrant's Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters
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Item 6 Selected Financial Data
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Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
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Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
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Item 9A Controls and Procedures
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Item 9B Other Information
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PART III:
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Item 10 Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
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Item 11 Executive Compensation
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Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
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Item 14 Principal Accounting Fees and Services
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PART IV:
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Item 15 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K
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Signatures
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Certification under Exchange Act Rules 13a - 14(b) and 15d- 14(b)
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This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that
are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions as described from time to time in registration
statements, annual reports and other periodic reports and filings of the Company
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements, other than
statements of historical facts, which address the Company's expectations of
sources of capital or which express the Company's expectation for the future
with respect to financial performance or operating strategies, can be identified
as forward-looking statements. As a result, there can be no assurance that the
Company's future results will not be materially different from those described
herein as "believed,""anticipated,""estimated" or "expected," which reflect the
current views of the Company with respect to future events. We caution readers
that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The
Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change
in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which such statement is based.
PART I
Lakeland Industries, Inc. (the "Company" or "Lakeland," "we," "our," or "us")
was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1986. Our executive offices are
located at 711 Koehler Avenue, Suite 2, Ronkonkoma, New York 11779, and our
telephone number is (631) 981-9700. Our web site is located at www.lakeland.com.
Information contained on our web site is not part of this report.
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
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Overview
We manufacture and sell a comprehensive line of safety garments and
accessories for the industrial protective clothing market. Our products are sold
by our in-house sales force and independent sales representatives to a network
of over 800 safety and mill supply distributors. These distributors in turn
supply end user industrial customers such as chemical/petrochemical, automobile,
steel, glass, construction, smelting, janitorial, pharmaceutical and high
technology electronics manufacturers, as well as hospitals and laboratories. In
addition, we supply federal, state and local governmental agencies and
departments such as fire and police departments, airport crash rescue units, the
Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, U.S. Secret Service and the Centers for Disease Control. In
fiscal 2005, we had net sales of $95.3 million and earnings per share of $1.23,
which represent a growth rate of 6.25% and 10.8%, respectively, over our
previous fiscal year. Our net sales attributable to customers outside the United
States were $5.7 million, $8.0 million and $9.0 million, in fiscal 2003, fiscal
2004 and fiscal 2005, respectively.
Our major product categories and their applications are described below:
Limited Use/Disposable Protective Clothing. We manufacture a complete line
of limited use/disposable protective garments offered in coveralls, lab coats,
shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves and smocks. These garments are made from
several non-woven fabrics, primarily Tyvek(R) and TyvekQC (both DuPont
manufactured fabrics) and also our proprietary fabrics manufactured pursuant to
customer order. These garments provide protection from low-risk contaminants or
irritants, such as chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, paint, grease and dust,
and from limited exposure to hazardous waste and toxic chemicals, including
acids, asbestos, lead and hydro-carbons (or PCBs) that pose health risks after
exposure for long periods of time. Additional applications include protection
from viruses and bacteria, such as AIDS, streptococcus, SARS and hepatitis, at
hospitals, clinics and emergency rescue sites and use in clean room environments
to prevent human contamination in the manufacturing processes. This is our
largest product line.
High-End Chemical Protective Suits. We manufacture heavy duty chemical
suits made from TyChem(R) SL, TK and TyChem(R) BR, which are DuPont manufactured
fabrics. These suits are worn by individuals on hazardous material teams to
provide protection from powerful, highly concentrated and hazardous or
potentially lethal chemical and biological toxins, such as toxic wastes at Super
Fund sites, toxic chemical spills or biological discharges, chemical or
biological warfare weapons (such as anthrax or ricin), and chemicals and
petro-chemicals present during the cleaning of refineries
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and nuclear facilities. These suits can be used in conjunction with a fire
protective shell that we manufacture to protect the user from both chemical and
flash fire hazards. Homeland Security measures and government funding of
personal protective equipment for first responders to terrorist threats or
attack have recently resulted in increased demand for our high-end chemical
suits and we believe demand for these suits will continue to increase in the
future.
Fire Fighting and Heat Protective Apparel. We manufacture an extensive
line of fire fighting and heat protective apparel for use by fire fighters and
other individuals that work in extreme heat environments. Our branded fire
fighting apparel Fyrepel(TM) is sold to local municipalities and industrial fire
fighting teams. Our heat protective aluminized fire suits are manufactured from
Nomex(R), a fire and heat resistant material, and Kevlar(R), a cut and heat
resistant, high-strength, lightweight, flexible and durable material produced by
DuPont. This apparel is also used for maintenance of extreme high temperature
equipment, such as coke ovens, kilns, glass furnaces, refinery installations and
smelting plants, as well as for military and airport crash and rescue teams.
Gloves and Arm Guards. We manufacture gloves and arm guards from Kevlar(R)
and Spectra(R), a cut resistant fibers made by DuPont and Honeywell
respectively. Our gloves are used primarily in the automotive, glass and metal
fabrication industries to protect the wearer's hand and arms from lacerations
and heat without sacrificing manual dexterity or comfort.
Reusable Woven Garments. We manufacture a line of reusable and washable
woven garments that complement our fire fighting and heat protective apparel
offerings and provide alternatives to our limited use/disposable protective
clothing lines. Product lines include electrostatic dissipative apparel used in
the automotive industry for control of static electricity in the manufacturing
process, clean room apparel to prevent human contamination in the manufacturing
processes, hospital garments to protect against blood borne pathogens and
bacteria such as AIDS, streptococcus and hepatitis, and flame resistant Nomex(R)
coveralls used in chemical and petroleum plants and for wild land fire fighting.
We believe we are one of the largest independent customers of DuPont's
Tyvek(R) and TyChem(R) apparel grade material. We purchase Tyvek(R) under North
American licensing agreements and other DuPont materials, such as Kevlar(R),
under international licensing agreements. While we have operated under these
trademark agreements since 1995, we have been a significant customer of these
DuPont materials since 1982. The trademark agreements require certain quality
standards and the identification of the DuPont trademark on the finished product
manufactured by us. We believe this brand identification with DuPont and
Tyvek(R) significantly benefits the marketing of our largest product line, as
over the past 30 years Tyvek(R) has become known as the standard for limited
use/disposable protective clothing. We believe our relationship with DuPont to
be excellent.
We maintain manufacturing facilities in Decatur, Alabama; Celaya, Mexico;
AnQui City, China; Jiaozhou, China; and St. Joseph, Missouri, where our products
are designed, manufactured and sold. We also have a relationship with a sewing
subcontractor in Mexico, which we can utilize for unexpected production surges.
Our China and Mexico facilities allow us to take advantage of favorable labor
and supplier costs, thereby increasing our profit margins on products
manufactured in these facilities. Our China and Mexico facilities are designed
for the manufacture of limited use/disposable protective clothing as well as our
high-end chemical protective suits. We have significantly improved our profit
margins in these product lines by shifting production to our international
facilities and we are currently expanding our international manufacturing
capabilities to include our gloves and reusable woven protective apparel product
lines.
Industry Overview
According to Global Industry Analysts, Inc., the global market for
industrial work clothing is projected to be approximately $6.3 billion in 2005,
and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 6.5%.
Our primary market, North America, is the largest market, expected to make up
over one-third, or approximately $2.0 billion, of the global market. The
industrial work clothing market includes our limited use/disposable protective
or safety clothing, our high-end chemical protective suits, our fire fighting
and heat protective apparel and our reusable woven garments. Global Industry
Analysts, Inc. estimates that the market for gloves was over $2.6 billion
worldwide in 2003.
The industrial protective safety clothing market has evolved over the past
35 years as a result of governmental regulations and requirements and commercial
product development. In 1970, Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, or OSHA, which requires employers to supply protective clothing in
certain work environments. Almost two million workers are subject to OSHA
standards today. Certain states have also enacted worker safety laws that
supplement OSHA standards and requirements.
The advent of OSHA coincided with DuPont's development of Tyvek(R) which,
for the first time, allowed for the economical production of lightweight,
disposable protective clothing. The attraction of disposable garments grew in
the
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late 1970s as a result of increases in labor and material costs of producing
cloth garments and the promulgation of federal, state and local safety
regulations.
In 1990, additional standards proposed and developed by the National Fire
Protection Association and the American Society for Testing and Materials were
adopted by OSHA. These standards identify four levels of protection, A through
D, and specify the equipment and clothing required to adequately protect the
wearer at each level:
o Level A requires total encapsulation in a vapor proof chemical
suit with self contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, and
appropriate accessories.
o Level B calls for SCBA or a positive pressure supplied
respirator with escape SCBA, plus hooded chemical resistant
clothing (coveralls), one or two piece chemical splash suit,
or disposable chemical resistant coveralls.
o Level C requires hooded chemical resistant clothing, such as
coveralls, two piece chemical splash suit, or disposable
chemical resistant coveralls.
o Level D involves work and/or training situations that require
minimal coverall protection.
In response to the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11,
2001, the federal government has provided for additional protective equipment
funding through programs that are part of the Homeland Security initiative. The
Fire Act of 2002 created the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program,
or AFGP, to provide funds directly to local fire districts to help improve their
readiness and capability to respond to terrorist attacks. Funds are allocated
under AFGP to the following areas: fire operations/firefighter safety; fire
prevention; emergency medical services; and firefighting vehicle acquisition.
AFGP will provide more than $1.8 billion in funding through 2005, with
approximately $750 million appropriated for 2003, $750 million in 2004 and $650
million more in 2005. The Bio Terrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002,
which we refer to as the Bio Terrorism Act, appropriated $337 million for
bio-defense equipment and another $770 million to purchase equipment for first
responders, such as fire, police, medical and military personnel. These bio
terrorism monies are expected to be disbursed in late 2005 and 2006.
Recently, federal and state purchasing of industrial protective clothing
and federal grants to fire departments have increased demand for industrial
protective clothing to protect first responders against actual or threatened
terrorist incidents. Specific events such as the 2002 U.S. Winter Olympics, the
SARS epidemic in 2003 the anthrax letters incidents in 2001 and the ricin letter
incidents in 2004 have also resulted in increased demand for our products.
Industry Consolidation
The industrial protective clothing industry is highly fragmented and
consists of a large number of small, closely-held family businesses. DuPont,
Lakeland and Kimberly Clark are the dominant disposable industrial protective
apparel manufacturers. Since 1997, the markets for manufacturing and
distribution have consolidated. A number of large distributors with access to
capital have acquired smaller distributors. The acquisitions include Vallen
Corporation's acquisitions of Safety Centers, Inc., All Supplies, Inc., Shepco
Manufacturing Co., and Century Safety (Canada) and Hagemeyer's acquisition of
Vallen Corporation; W.W. Grainger's acquisitions of Allied Safety, Inc., Lab
Safety Supply, Inc., Acklands Limited, Gempler's safety supply division and Ben
Meadows, Inc.; Air Gas' acquisitions of Rutland Tool & Supply Co., Inc., IPCO
Safety Supply, Inc., Lyon Safety, Inc., Safety Supply, Inc., Safety West, Inc.
and Delta Safety Supply, Inc.; and Fischer Scientific's acquisitions of Safety
Services of America, Cole-Parner, Retsch and Emergo.
As these safety distributors consolidate and grow, we believe they are
looking to reduce the number of safety manufacturing vendors they deal with and
support, while at the same time shifting the burden of end user selling to the
manufacturer. This creates a significant capital availability issue for small
safety manufacturers as end user selling is more expensive, per sales dollar,
than selling to safety distributors. As a result, the manufacturing sector in
this industry is seeing follow-on consolidation. DuPont has acquired Marmac
Manufacturing, Inc., Kappler, Inc., Cellucup, Melco, Mfg., and Regal
Manufacturing since 1998, while in the related safety product industries
Norcross Safety Products L.L.C. has acquired Morning Pride, Ranger-Servus,
Salisbury, North and Pro Warrington and Christian Dalloz has acquired Bacou, USA
which itself acquired Uvex Safety, Inc., Survivair, Howard Leight, Perfect Fit,
Biosystems, Fenzy, Titmus, Optrel, OxBridge and Delta Protection.
We believe a larger industrial protective clothing manufacturer has
competitive advantages over a smaller competitor
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including:
o economies of scale when selling to end users, either through
the use of a direct sales force or independent representation
groups;
o broader product offerings that facilitate cross-selling
opportunities;
o the ability to employ dedicated protective apparel training
and selling teams;
o the ability to offer volume and growth incentives to safety
distributors; and
o access to international sales.
We believe we have a substantial opportunity to pursue acquisitions in the
industrial protective clothing industry, particularly because many smaller
manufacturers share customers with us.
Business Strategy
Key elements of our strategy include:
o Increase in cost of Raw Material and potential decrease in
gross profits.
Our major supplier, DuPont, increased the cost of Tyvek and
related raw materials by 3.7% commencing January 1, 2005.
DuPont is also one of our major competitors in the industrial
protective clothing market. To date DuPont has not raised
garment prices in 2005, our fiscal 2006. Therefore, in order
to maintain our market share we may absorb this increased raw
material cost until such time as garment prices increase.
Thus, fiscal 2006 may absorb a cost of sales increase without
an offset in revenues, which may have a negative effect on
gross profit and gross profit as a percentage of sales in
fiscal 2006.
In order to offset this decrease in gross profit, we are
continuing the operating cost reduction programs already in
effect and have initiated new measures.
For example:
1) Certain SG&A expenses have been revamped that will
render a net cost savings.
2) In contrast to last year, we will not incur interest
expense on the revolving credit facilities.
3) We have also negotiated cost decreases in other
non-DuPont raw materials.
4) The company intends to acquire the real estate it
utilizes in Decatur, Alabama and Ronkonkoma, NY, thereby
eliminating rent expense of $615,000 annually, the
saving from which will be partially offset by an
increase in depreciation expense.
o Increase Sales to the First Responder Market. Our high-end
chemical protective suits meet all of the requirements and are
particularly well qualified to provide protection to first
responders to chemical or biological attacks. For example, our
products have been used for response to recent threats such as
the 2001 anthrax letters and the 2004 ricin letters. A portion
of appropriations for the Fire Act of 2002 and the Bio
Terrorism Act of 2002 are available for purchase of products
for first responders that we manufacture, and we intend to
aggressively target this Homeland Security market.
o Improve Marketing in Existing Markets. We believe significant
growth opportunities are available to us through the better
positioning, marketing and enhanced cross-selling of our
reusable woven protective clothing, glove and arm guards and
high-end chemical suit product lines, along with our limited
use/disposable lines.
o Decrease Manufacturing Expenses by Moving Production to
International Facilities. We have additional opportunities to
take advantage of our low cost production capabilities in
Mexico and China. Beginning in 1995, we successfully moved the
labor intensive sewing operation for our limited
use/disposable protective clothing lines to these facilities.
Beginning January 1, 2005, pursuant to the United States
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World Trade Organization Treaty with China, quota requirements
imposed by the U.S. on textiles such as our reusable woven
garments and gloves are scheduled to be removed, making it
more cost effective to move production for these product lines
to our assembly facilities in China. We are in the early
stages of this process and expect to complete this process by
the third quarter of fiscal 2006. As a result, we expect to
see profit margin improvements for these product lines, which
will allow us to compete more effectively as the quota
restrictions are removed.
o Emphasize Customer Service. We continue to offer a high level
of customer service to distinguish our products and to create
customer loyalty. We offer well-trained and experienced sales
and support personnel, on-time delivery and accommodation of
custom and rush orders. We also seek to extensively advertise
our brand names.
o Acquisitions. We believe that the protective clothing market
is fragmented and presents the opportunity to acquire
businesses that offer comparable products or specialty
products that we do not offer. We intend to consider
acquisitions that afford us economies of scale, enhanced
opportunity for cross-selling, expanded product offerings and
an increased market presence. We have no letters of intent or
understandings with respect to any potential acquisitions.
o Introduction of New Products. We continue our history of
product development and innovation by introducing new
proprietary products across all our product lines. Our
innovations have included Micromax(R) disposable protective
clothing line, our Despro(TM) glove and Grapolator(TM) sleeve
lines for hand and arm cut protection and our Thermbar(TM)
Mock Twist glove for hand and arm heat protection. We own
seven patents on fabrics and production machinery and have
eight additional patents in application. We will continue to
dedicate resources to research and development.
o Increase Penetration of the North American Tyvek(R) Market. We
intend to increase our sales of Tyvek(R)-based garments by
introducing Tyvek(R) in industries which have generally used
woven reusable garments, such as food processing and food
service industries including kitchens, grocery stores and
chicken and fishery slaughter operations. We believe that
limited use/disposable garments are more effective at
preventing contamination than reusable garments that are
exposed to possible contamination while in transit or while
being laundered. We also plan to expand our sales of
Tyvek(R)-based products and marketing efforts in Mexico and
Canada. Industrial safety gear utilized in U.S. manufacturing
often gains acceptance as standard equipment for new
facilities and factories operated by U.S. companies in other
countries.
Our Competitive Strengths
Our competitive strengths include:
o Industry Reputation. We devote significant resources to
creating customer loyalty by accommodating custom and rush
orders and focusing on on-time delivery. Additionally, our ISO
9001 certified facilities manufacture high-quality products.
As a result of these factors, we believe that we have an
excellent reputation in the industry.
o Long-standing Relationship with DuPont. We believe we are the
largest independent customer for DuPont's Tyvek(R) and
TyChem(R) material for use in the industrial protective
clothing market. Our trademark agreements with DuPont for
Tyvek(R), TyChem(R) and Kevlar(R) require certain quality
standards and the identification of the DuPont brand on the
finished product. We believe this brand identification with
DuPont significantly benefits the marketing of our product
lines, as over the past 30 years Tyvek(R) has become known as
the standard for limited use/disposable protective clothing.
We believe our relationship with DuPont to be excellent.
o International Manufacturing Capabilities. We have operated our
own manufacturing facilities in Mexico since 1995 and in China
since 1996. Our three facilities in China total over 160,000
sq. ft. of manufacturing, warehousing and administrative space
while our facility in Mexico totals over 25,000 sq.
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ft. of manufacturing, warehousing and administrative space.
Our facilities and capabilities in China and Mexico allow
access to a less expensive labor pool than is available in the
United States and permit us to purchase certain raw materials
at a lower cost than they are available domestically.
o Comprehensive Inventory. We have a large product offering with
numerous specifications, such as size, styles and pockets, and
maintain a large inventory of each in order to satisfy
customer orders in a timely manner. Many of our customers
traditionally make purchases of industrial protective gear
with expectations of immediate delivery. We believe our
ability to provide timely service for these customers enhances
our reputation in the industry and positions us strongly for
repeat business, particularly in our limited use/disposable
protective clothing product lines.
o Manufacturing Flexibility. By locating labor-intensive
manufacturing processes such as sewing in Mexico and China,
and by utilizing sewing sub-contractors, we have the ability
to increase production without substantial additional capital
expenditures. Our manufacturing systems allow us flexibility
for unexpected production surges and alternative capacity in
the event any of our independent contractors become
unavailable.
o Experienced Management Team. We have an experienced management
team. Our executive officers average greater than 20 years of
experience in the industrial protective clothing market. The
knowledge, relationships and reputation of our management team
helps us maintain and build our customer base.
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Products
The following table summarizes our principal product lines, the raw
materials used to manufacture them, their applications and end markets:
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Product Line Raw Material Protection Against End Market
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Limited use/disposable o Tyvek(R) and o Contaminants, o Chemical/petrochemical
protective clothing laminates of irritants, metals, industries
Polyethylene, chemicals, o Automotive and
Spunlaced Polyester, fertilizers, pharmaceutical
SMS, Polypropylene, pesticides, acids, industries
and Company Micromax, asbestos, PCBs, o Public utilities
Pyrolon(R), and lead, dioxin and o Government
other non-woven many other hazardous (terrorist response)
fabrics chemicals o Janitorial
o Viruses and o Medical Facilities
bacteria (AIDS,
streptococcus,SARS
and hepatitis)
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High-end chemical protective o TyChem(R)QC o Chemical spills o Hazardous material
suits o TyChem(R) SL o Toxic chemicals used teams
o TyChem(R) TK in manufacturing o Chemical and
o TyChem(R) BR processes nuclear industries
o Other Lakeland o Terrorist attacks, o Fire departments
patented co-polymer biological warfare o Government (first
laminates (anthrax and ricin) responders)
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Fire fighting and heat o PBI o Fire, burns and o Municipal, corporate
protective apparel o Nomex(R) excessive heat and volunteer fire
o Millenia(R) departments
o Basofil(R) o Wildland fire fighting
o Advance o Hot equipment
o Indura(R) Ultrasoft maintenance personnel
o Aluminized Nomex(R) and industrial fire
o Aluminized Kevlar(R) departments
o Oil well fires
o Airport crash rescue
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Gloves and arm guards o Kevlar(R) yarns o Cuts, lacerations, heat o Automotive, glass
o Spectra(R) yarns and chemical irritants and metal fabrication
o Kevlar(R) wrapped steel industries
core yarns o Chemical plants
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Reusable woven garments o Staticsorb carbon o Protects manufactured o Hospital and industrial
thread with polyester products from human facilities
o Cotton polyester contamination or static o Clean room
blends electrical charge environments
o Cotton o Bacteria, viruses and o Emergency medical
o Polyester blood borne pathogens ambulance services
o Nomex(R)/FR o Chemical and
Cottons o Protection from flash refining
fires
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Limited Use/Disposable Protective Clothing
We manufacture a complete line of limited use/disposable protective
garments, including coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons,
sleeves and smocks. Limited use garments can also be coated or laminated to
increase splash protection against many inorganic acids, bases and other liquid
chemicals. Limited use garments are made from several non-woven fabrics,
including Tyvek(R) and Tyvek QC (both DuPont fabrics) and our own trademarked
fabrics such as Pyrolon(R) Plus 2, XT, CRFR, Micromax(R), Safegard "76" (R),
Zonegard, Body Gard(R), RyTex(R) and TomTex(R), which are made of spunlaced
polyester, polypropylene and polyethylene materials, laminates, films and
derivatives. We incorporate many seaming techniques depending on the level of
protection needed in the end use application.
Typical users of these garments include chemical plants, petrochemical
refineries and related installations, automotive
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manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, construction companies, coal and oil
power generation utilities and telephone utility companies. Numerous smaller
industries use these garments for specific safety applications unique to their
businesses. Additional applications include protection from viruses and
bacteria, such as AIDS, streptococcus, SARS and hepatitis, at hospitals, clinics
and emergency rescue sites and use in clean room environments to prevent human
contamination in the manufacturing processes.
Our limited use/disposable protective clothing products range in unit
price from $.04 for shoe covers to approximately $14.00 for a TyChem(R) QC
laminated hood and booted coverall. Our largest selling item, a standard white
Tyvek(R) coverall, sells for approximately $2.75 to $3.75 per garment. By
comparison, similar reusable cloth coveralls range in price from $30.00 to
$60.00, exclusive of laundering, maintenance and shrinkage expenses.
We cut, warehouse and sell our limited use/disposable garments primarily
at our Decatur, Alabama and China facilities. The fabric is cut into required
patterns at our Decatur plant and shipped to our Mexico facility for assembly.
Our assembly facilities in China or Mexico and independent contractors sew and
package the finished garments and return them primarily to our Decatur, Alabama
plant, normally within one to eight weeks, for immediate shipment to the
customer.
We presently utilize nine independent domestic sewing contractors and one
international contractor under agreements that are terminable at will by either
party. In fiscal 2004, no independent sewing contractor accounted for more than
5% of our production of limited use/disposable garments. We believe that we can
obtain adequate alternative production capacity should any of our independent
contractors become unavailable.
The capacity of our facilities, complemented by the availability of our
independent sewing contractors, allow us to reduce by 10%, or alternately
increase by 20%, our production capacity without incurring large on going costs
typical of many manufacturing operations. This allows us to react quickly to
changing unit demand for our products.
High-End Chemical Protective Suits
We manufacture heavy-duty chemical suits made from DuPont TyChem(R) QC,
SL, TK and TyChem(R) BR fabrics. These suits are worn by individuals on
hazardous material teams to provide protection from powerful, highly
concentrated and hazardous or potentially lethal chemical and biological toxins,
such as toxic wastes at Super Fund sites, toxic chemical spills or biological
discharges, chemical or biological warfare weapons (such as anthrax or ricin),
and chemicals and petro-chemicals present during the cleaning of refineries and
nuclear facilities. Our line of chemical suits range in cost from $24 per
coverall to $1,926. The chemical suits can be used in conjunction with a fire
protective shell that we manufacture to protect the user from both chemical and
flash fire hazards. We have also introduced two garments approved by the
National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) for varying levels of protection that are
manufactured from DuPont materials:
o TyChem(R) TK - a co-polymer film laminated to a durable spun
bonded substrate. This garment offers the broadest temperature
range for limited use garments of -94(degree)F to
194(degree)F. TyChem(R) TK meets all OSHA Level A
requirements. It is available in National Fire Protection
Agency 1991-2000 certified versions when worn with an
aluminized over cover.
o TyChem(R) BR - meets all OSHA Level B and all National Fire
Protection Agency 1994 fabric requirements and offers splash
protection against a wide array of chemicals.
We manufacture chemical protective clothing at our facilities in Decatur,
Alabama, Mexico and China. Using fabrics such as TyChem(R) SL, TyChem(R) TK and
TyChem(R) BR, we design, cut, glue and/or sew the materials to meet customer
purchase orders.
The federal government, through the Fire Act of 2002, appropriated
approximately $750 million in 2003 to fire departments in the United States and
its territories to fund the purchase, among other things, personal protective
equipment, including our fire fighting and heat protective apparel and high-end
chemical protective suits. An additional $750 million was appropriated for 2004
and $650 million for 2005. The Bio Terrorism Preparedness and Response Act of
2002 includes an appropriation of $337 million for bio-defense equipment and
$770 million to purchase equipment for first responders, such as fire, police,
medical and military personnel. Purchases of equipment under these
appropriations will include our personal protective equipment and are expected
to be made in late 2005 and in 2006.
Fire Fighting and Heat Protective Apparel
We manufacture an extensive line of products to protect individuals who
work in high heat environments. Our heat
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protective aluminized fire suit product lines include the following:
o Fire entry suit - to allow total flame entry when dealing with
volatile and highly flammable products.
o Kiln entry suit - to protect kiln maintenance workers from
extreme heat.
o Proximity suits - to give protection in high heat areas where
exposure to hot liquids, steam or hot vapors is possible.
o Approach suits - to protect personnel engaged in maintenance,
repair and operational tasks where temperatures do not exceed
200(degree)F ambient, with a radiant heat exposure up to
2,000(degree)F.
We manufacture fire fighter protective apparel for domestic and foreign
fire departments. We developed the popular Sterling Heights(TM) style (short
coat and bib pants) bunker gear. Crash rescue continues to be a major market for
us, as we were one of the first manufacturers to supply military and civilian
markets with airport fire fighting protection.
Our fire suits range in price from $480 for standard fire department turn
out gear to $2,000 for a fire entry suit. Approximately half of our heat
protective clothing is currently manufactured at our facility in St. Joseph,
Missouri with the remainder being made in our China facilities. Our Fyrepel(TM)
brand of fire fighting apparel continues to benefit from ongoing research and
development investment, as we seek to address the ergonomic needs of stressful
occupations.
Gloves and Arm Guards
We manufacture and sell specially designed gloves and arm guards made from
Kevlar(R), a cut and heat resistant material produced by DuPont, Spectra(R), a
cut resistant fiber made by Honeywell, and our proprietary patented yarns. We
are one of only seven companies licensed in North America to sell 100% Kevlar(R)
gloves, which are high strength, lightweight, flexible and durable. Kevlar(R)
gloves offer a better overall level of protection and lower worker injury rates,
and are more cost effective, than traditional leather, canvas or coated work
gloves. Kevlar(R) gloves, which can withstand temperatures of up to 400(degree)F
and are cut resistant enough to allow workers to safely handle sharp or jagged
unfinished sheet metal, are used primarily in the automotive, glass and metal
fabrication industries. Our higher end Kevlar(R) and Spectra(R) gloves range in
price from $37 to $240 for a dozen pair.
We manufacture gloves primarily at our Mexican and Alabama facilities, and
we are shifting lower cost yarn production to our China facilities. We expect to
complete this shift by the second quarter of fiscal 2006 as quotas and tariffs
on products of this type expire. Foreign production will allow lower fabric and
labor costs.
We have applied for patents on manufacturing processes that provide hand
protection to the areas of a glove where it is most needed in various
applications. For example, while the top or back of a glove generally does not
require the same thickness as the palm or thumb of a glove, gloves typically
have a uniform level of yarn protection. This proprietary manufacturing process
allows us to produce our gloves more economically.
Reusable Woven Garments
We manufacture and market a line of reusable and washable woven garments
that complement our fire fighting and heat protective apparel offerings and
provide alternatives to our limited use/disposable protective clothing lines and
give us access to the much larger woven industrial and health care-related
markets. Cloth reusable garments are favored by customers for certain uses or
applications because of familiarity with and acceptance of these fabrics and
woven cloth's heavier weight, durability and longevity. These products allow us
to supply and satisfy a wider range of safety and customer needs. Our product
lines include the following:
o Electrostatic dissipative apparel - used primarily in the
automotive industry.
o Clean room apparel - used in semiconductor manufacturing and
pharmaceutical manufacturing to protect against human
contamination.
o Flame resistant Nomex(R)/FR Cotton coveralls/pants/jackets -
used in chemical and petroleum plants and for wild land
firefighting.
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o Hospital garments - used to protect against blood borne
pathogens and common bacteria.
Our reusable woven garments range in price from $10 to $100 per garment.
We manufacture and sell woven cloth garments at our facilities in China and St.
Joseph, Missouri. We are continuing to relocate highly repetitive sewing
processes for our high volume, standard product lines such as woven protective
coveralls and electrostatic dissipative apparel to our facilities in China where
lower fabric and labor costs allow increased profit margins. We expect the
relocation process to be substantially complete by the third quarter of fiscal
2006.
Quality Control
Our Alabama, Missouri, Mexico and China manufacturing facilities are ISO
9001 certified. ISO standards are internationally recognized quality
manufacturing standards established by the International Organization for
Standardization based in Geneva, Switzerland. To obtain our ISO registration,
our factories were independently audited to test our compliance with the
applicable standards. In order to maintain registration, our factories receive
regular announced inspections by an independent certification organization. We
believe that the ISO 9001 certification makes us more competitive in the
marketplace, as customers increasingly recognize the standard as an indication
of product quality.
Marketing and Sales
We employ an in-house sales force of 17 people and utilize 42 independent
sales representatives. These employees and representatives call on over 800
safety and mill supply distributors nationwide in order to promote, provide
product information for and sell our products. Distributors buy our products for
resale and typically maintain inventory at the local level in order to assure
quick response times and the ability to service their customers properly. Our
sales employees and independent representatives have consistent communication
with end users and decision makers at the distribution level, thereby allowing
us valuable feedback on market perception of our products, as well as
information about new developments in our industry. During fiscal 2005, one
single distributor accounted for 5.7% of our net sales. No other single
distributor accounted for more than 5% of our net sales.
We seek to maximize the efficiency of our established distribution network
through direct promotion of our products at the end user level. We advertise
primarily through trade publications and our promotional activities include
sales catalogs, mailings to end users, a nationwide publicity program and our
Internet web site. We exhibit at both regional and national trade shows such as
the National Safety Congress and the American Industrial Hygienists Convention.
Research and Development
We continue to evaluate and engineer new or innovative products. In the
past three years we have introduced the Micromax(R) line of disposable
protective clothing; a newly configured line of fire retardant work coveralls
and fire turn-out gear; a SARS protective medical gown for Chinese hospital
personnel; the Despro(TM), Grapolator(TM) and Kut Buster(TM) cut protective
glove and sleeve lines; and our patented Thermbar(TM) Mock Twist that provides
heat protection for temperatures up to 600(degree)F. We own seven patents on
various fabrics, patterns and production machinery. We plan to continue
investing in research and development to improve protective apparel fabrics and
the manufacturing equipment used to make apparel. Specifically, we plan to
continue to develop new specially knit and coated gloves, woven gowns for
industrial and medical uses, fire retardant cotton fabrics and protective
non-woven fabrics. During fiscal 2003, 2004 and 2005, we spent approximately
$164,000, $82,000 and $89,000 respectively, on research and development.
Suppliers and Materials
Our largest supplier is DuPont, from whom we purchase Tyvek(R) under North
American trademark licensing agreements and Kevlar(R) under international
trademark licensing agreements. Commencing in 1995, anticipating the expiration
of certain patents on its proprietary materials, DuPont offered certain
customers of these materials the opportunity to enter into two year trademark
licensing agreements. We entered into such agreements and have renewed them
continually since. In fiscal 2005, we purchased approximately 74.7% of the
dollar value of our materials from DuPont, and Tyvek(R) constituted
approximately 55.5% of our cost of goods sold and approximately 67.5% of the
dollar value of our raw material purchases. We believe our relationship with
DuPont to be excellent and expect to continue our licenses.
We do not have long-term, formal agreements with any other suppliers of
non-woven fabric raw materials used by us in the production of our limited
use/disposable protective clothing product lines. Materials such as
polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, spun laced polyester and their
derivatives are available from thirty or more major mills. Flame retardant
fabrics are also available from a number of both domestic and international
mills. The accessories used in the production of our disposable garments, such
as thread, boxes, snaps and elastics are obtained from unaffiliated
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suppliers. We have not experienced difficulty in obtaining our requirements for
these commodity component items.
We have not experienced difficulty in obtaining materials, including
cotton, polyester and nylon, used in the production of reusable non-wovens and
commodity gloves. We obtain Spectra(R) yarn used in our super cut-resistant
Dextra Guard gloves from Honeywell, and we believe Honeywell will be able to
meet our needs for this material in the future. We obtain Kevlar(R), used in the
production of our specialty safety gloves, from independent mills that purchase
the fiber from DuPont. Our use of Kevlar(R) is subject to the trademark
licensing agreements described above.
Materials used in our fire and heat protective suits include glass fabric,
aluminized glass, Nomex(R), aluminized Nomex(R), Kevlar(R), aluminized
Kevlar(R), polybenzimidazole and Gortex, as well as combinations utilizing
neoprene coatings. Traditional chemical protective suits are made of Viton,
butyl rubber and polyvinyl chloride, all of which are available from multiple
sources. Advanced chemical protective suits are made from Tyvek(R) SL, TyChem(R)
TK and BR, which we obtain from DuPont, and our patented fabrics. We have not
experienced difficulty obtaining any of these materials.
Competition
Our business is highly competitive. We believe that the barriers to entry
in the reusable garments and glove markets are relatively low. We face
competition in some of our other product markets from large established
companies that have greater financial, managerial, sales and technical
resources. Where larger competitors, such as DuPont and Kimberly Clark, offer
products that are directly competitive with our products, particularly as part
of an established line of products, there can be no assurance that we can
successfully compete for sales and customers. Larger competitors also may be
able to benefit from economies of scale and technological innovation and may
introduce new products that compete with our products.
Seasonality
Our operations have historically been seasonal, with higher sales
generally occurring in February, March, April and May when scheduled maintenance
on nuclear, coal, oil and gas fired utilities, chemical, petrochemical and
smelting facilities, and other heavy industrial manufacturing plants occurs,
primarily due to cooler temperatures. Sales decline during the warmer summer and
vacation months and generally increase from Labor Day through February with
slight declines during holidays. As a result of this seasonality in our sales,
we have historically experienced a corresponding seasonality in our working
capital, specifically inventories, with peak inventories occurring between
September and March coinciding with lead times required to accommodate the
spring maintenance schedules. We believe that by sustaining higher levels of
inventory, we gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Certain of our
large customers seek sole sourcing to avoid sourcing their requirements from
multiple vendors whose prices, delivery times and quality standards differ.
In recent years, due to increased demand by first responders for our
chemical suits and fire gear, our historical seasonal pattern has shifted.
Governmental disbursements are dependent upon budgetary processes and grant
administration processes that do not follow our traditional seasonal sales
patterns. Due to the size and timing of these governmental orders, our net
sales, results of operations, working capital requirements and cash flows can
vary between different reporting periods. As a result, we expect to experience
increased variability in net sales, net income, working capital requirements and
cash flows on a quarterly basis.
Patents and Trademarks
We own sixteen patents and have nine patents in the application and
approval process with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Additionally, a
Patent Corporation Treaty application was filed for our Unilayer Glove Fabrics
which involves technology using a robotic knitter that allows us to knit a glove
using stronger or weaker yarns in different parts of the glove, as necessary,
depending on the expected wear. Intellectual property rights that apply to our
various products include patents, trade secrets, trademarks and to a less extent
copyrights. We maintain an active program to protect our technology by ensuring
respect for our intellectual property rights.
Employees
As of March 31, 2005, we had approximately 1,458 full time employees,
1,176, or 80.7%, of whom were employed in our international facilities and 282,
or 19.3%, of whom were employed in our domestic facilities. An aggregate of 643
of our employees, representing a majority of our employees in our Mexico
facility and in each of our China facilities, are members of unions. We are not
currently a party to any collective bargaining agreements. We believe our
employee relations to be excellent.
Environmental Matters
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We are subject to various foreign, federal, state and local environmental
protection, chemical control, and health and safety laws and regulations, and we
incur costs to comply with those laws. We own and lease real property, and
certain environmental laws hold current or previous owners or operators of
businesses and real property responsible for contamination on or originating
from property, even if they did not know of or were not responsible for the
contamination. The presence of hazardous substances on any of our properties or
the failure to meet environmental regulatory requirements could affect our
ability to use or to sell the property or to use the property as collateral for
borrowing, and could result in substantial remediation or compliance costs. If
hazardous substances are released from or located on any of our properties, we
could incur substantial costs and damages.
Although we have not in the past had any material costs or damages
associated with environmental claims or compliance and we do not currently
anticipate any such costs or damages, we cannot assure you that we will not
incur material costs or damages in the future, as a result of the discovery of
new facts or conditions, acquisition of new properties, the release of hazardous
substances, a change in interpretation of existing environmental laws or the
adoption of new environmental laws.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
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We believe that our owned and leased facilities are suitable for the
operations we conduct in each of them. Each manufacturing facility is well
maintained and capable of supporting higher levels of production. The table
below sets forth certain information about our principal facilities.
Estimated
Square
Address Feet Annual Rent Lease Expiration Principal Activity
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Weifang Lakeland Safety Products 65,000 Owned(1) N/A Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. Administration
Xiao Shi Village Engineering
AnQui City, Shandong Province
PRC 262100
Qing Dao MayTung 90,415 Owned(1) N/A Manufacturing
Healthcare Co., Ltd Administration
Yinghai Industrial Park Warehousing
Jiaozhou, Shandong Province
PRC 266318
Meiyang Protective Products Co., Ltd. 9,360 $3,630 12/31/05 Manufacturing
Xiao Shi Village
AnQui City, Shandong Province
PRC 262100
Uniland Division 44,000 $96,000 7/31/06 Manufacturing
2401 SW Parkway Administration
St. Joseph, MO 64503 Warehousing
Lakeland de Mexico S.A. de C.V. 14,057 $59,400 7/31/07 Manufacturing
(Luis Gomez Guzman - employee) Administration
Poniente, Mza 8, Lote 11 and and Warehousing
Ciudad Industrial, S/No.
Celaya, Guanajuato 38010 12,853 $46,220
Mexico
Lakeland Protective Wear Canada 12,000 Approximately 11/30/07 Sales
5109-B7 Harvestor Road Administration
Burlington, ON L7L5Y9 $86,000 (varies with Warehousing
Canada exchange rates)
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Estimated
Square
Address Feet Annual Rent Lease Expiration Principal Activity
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Lakeland Industries, Inc. 4,362 $43,402 6/30/05 Administration
Headquarters
711-2 Koehler Avenue
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Lakeland Industries, Inc. 900 $7,800 6/30/05 Studio
751-4 Koehler Avenue Warehousing
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Lakeland Industries, Inc. 91,788 $364,900 3/31/09 Manufacturing
(POMS Holding Co.- related party) Administration
202 Pride Lane Engineering
Decatur, AL 35603 Warehousing
Lakeland Industries, Inc. 49,500 $199,100 3/31/09 Warehousing
(River Group Holding Co., Ltd - Administration
related Party)
3428 Valley Ave. (201 1/2 Pride Lane)
Decatur, AL 35603
Lakeland Industries, Inc. 2,400 $18,000 3/31/09 Sales
(Harvey Pride, Jr. - officer- related Administration
party)
201 Pride Lane, SW
Decatur, AL 35603
Lakeland Industries Europe Ltd. 2,470 Approximately $25,528 1/31/08 Warehouse
Wallingfen Park (varies with exchange Sales
236 Main Road rates)
Newport, East Yorkshire
HU15 2RH U United Kingdom
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(1) We own the buildings in which we conduct our manufacturing operations and
lease the land underlying the buildings from the Chinese government. We
have 43 years and 48 years remaining under the leases with respect to the
AnQui City and Jiaozhou facilities, respectively.
Our facilities in Decatur, Alabama; Celaya, Mexico; AnQui, China;
Jiaozhou, China; and St. Joseph, Missouri contain equipment used for the design,
development and manufacture and sale of our products. Our operations in
Burlington, Canada and Newport, United Kingdom are primarily sales and
warehousing operations receiving goods for resale from our manufacturing
facilities around the world. We had $1.4 million, $1.9 million and $2.2 million
of long-lived assets, net located in China and $0.21 million, $0.17 million and
$.13 million of long-lived assets located in Mexico as of January 31, 2003, 2004
and 2005.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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From time to time, we are a party to litigation arising in the ordinary
course of our business. We are not currently a party to any litigation that we
believe could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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None.
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PART II
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDERS
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MATTERS
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Our common stock is currently traded on the Nasdaq National Market under
the symbol "LAKE". The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the
high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market. The stock prices in the table below have been adjusted for
periods prior to July 31, 2003 to reflect our 10% stock dividends to
stockholders of record on July 31, 2002 and July 31, 2003.
Price Range of
Common Stock
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High Low
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Fiscal 2006
First Quarter (through April 12, 2005) $ 21.45 $ 17.00
Fiscal 2005
First Quarter....................................... $ 27.56 $ 14.45
Second Quarter...................................... 26.00 15.87
Third Quarter....................................... 23.54 15.51
Fourth Quarter...................................... 21.00 16.21
Fiscal 2004
First Quarter....................................... $ 8.44 $ 6.14
Second Quarter...................................... 10.92 7.73
Third Quarter....................................... 12.99 9.67
Fourth Quarter...................................... 18.87 11.78
On April 12, 2005 the last reported sale price of our common stock on the
Nasdaq National Market was $17.65 per share. As of April 12, 2005, there were
approximately 79 record holders of shares of our common stock.
Dividend Policy
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We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and we currently
intend to retain any future earnings for use in our business. The payment and
rate of future dividends, if any, are subject to the discretion of our board of
directors and will depend upon our earnings, financial condition, capital
requirements, contractual restrictions under our credit facilities and other
factors.
In the past, we have declared dividends in stock to our stockholders. We
paid a 10% dividend in additional shares of our common stock to holders of
record on July 31, 2002 and another 10% dividend in additional shares of our
common stock to holders of record on July 31, 2003. On November 17, 2004 the
Company announced a stock split on an 11 for 10 basis in the form of a stock
dividend. The record date is to be April 30, 2005 and the pay date is to be May
30, 2005. We may pay stock dividends in future years at the discretion of our
board of directors.
ITEM 6. SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
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The following selected consolidated financial data as of and for our
fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 have been derived from our audited
consolidated financial statements, which have been audited by Grant Thornton LLP
as of and for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2001 and 2002 and by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as of and for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2003
and 2004 and by Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP for 2005. You should read the
information set forth below in conjunction with our "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our consolidated
financial statements and related notes included in this Form 10-K.
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Year Ended January 31,
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Income Statement Data:
Net sales .............................. $ 76,108 $ 76,431 $ 77,826 $ 89,717 $ 95,320
Costs of goods sold .................... 64,798 63,294 62,867 71,741 74,924
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Gross profit ....................... 11,310 13,137 14,959 17,976 20,396
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Operating expenses:
Selling and shipping 4,825 5,414 6,338 7,342 7,871
General and administrative 3,794 4,134 4,262 4,596 4,871
Impairment of goodwill ............. -- -- -- 249 --
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Total operating expenses ........... 8,619 9,548 10,600 12,187 12,742
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Operating profit ................... 2,691 3,589 4,359 5,789 7,654
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Other income (expense):
Interest expense (1,248) (882) (643) (535) (207)
Interest income 27 18 20 19 18
Other income 15 91 40 24 98
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Total other expense (1,206) (773) (583) (492) (91)
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Income before minority interest 1,485 2,816 3,776 5,297 7,563
Minority interest in net income of
variable interest entities -- -- -- -- 494
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Income before income taxes 1,485 2,816 3,776 5,297 7,069
Income tax expense ..................... 362 846 1,172 1,659 2,053
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Net Income $ 1,123 $ 1,970 $ 2,604 $ 3,638 $ 5,016
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Net income per common share (Basic)(1) $ 0.35 $ 0.61 $ 0.80 $ 1.11 $ 1.23
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Net income per common share
(Diluted)(1) ........................... $ 0.35 $ 0.61 $ 0.80 $ 1.11 $ 1.23
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Weighted average common shares
outstanding(1):
Basic ............................. 3,200,990 3,222,956 3,261,116 3,268,551 4,065,170
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Diluted ........................... 3,227,265 3,247,290 3,269,039 3,275,501 4,069,949
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Balance Sheet Data (at period end):
Current assets ......................... $ 36,099 $ 39,545 $ 38,859 $ 43,285 $ 55,128
Total assets ........................... 38,628 42,417 42,823 47,304 60,313
Current liabilities .................... 20,052 22,778 20,934 21,509 4,152
Long-term liabilities .................. 2,039 912 529 768 1,695
Stockholders' equity ................... 16,537 18,727 21,359 25,027 54,467
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(1) Adjusted for periods prior to July 31, 2003 to reflect our 10% stock
dividends to stockholders of record as of July 31, 2002 and July 31, 2003.
Earnings per share have been restated in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings Per Share."
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
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OPERATIONS
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following summary together with the more detailed
business information and consolidated financial statements and related notes
that appear elsewhere in this Form 10-K and Annual Report and in the documents
that we incorporate by reference into this Form 10-K. This document may contain
certain "forward-looking" information within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This information involves risks and
uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Overview
We manufacture and sell a comprehensive line of safety garments and
accessories for the industrial protective clothing market. Our products are sold
by our in-house sales force and independent sales representatives to a network
of over 800 safety and mill supply distributors. These distributors in turn
supply end user industrial customers such as chemical/petrochemical, automobile,
steel, glass, construction, smelting, janitorial, pharmaceutical and high
technology electronics manufacturers, as well as hospitals and laboratories. In
addition, we supply federal, state and local governmental agencies and
departments such as fire and police departments, airport crash rescue units, the
Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, U.S. Secret Service and the Centers for Disease Control. Our net
sales attributable to customers outside the United States were $5.7 million,
$8.0 million and $9.0 million, in fiscal 2003, fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2005,
respectively.
Our sales of limited use/disposable protective clothing grew approximately
2.86% in the year ended January 31, 2005 compared to the year ended January 31,
2004, and our expectation is to see continued growth. We expect that
distributors will continue to stock more inventory as economic conditions in the
United States continue to improve. We also expect our net sales to increase as
we introduce our Tyvek(R)-based products into new industries in which the use of
Tyvek(R) is not widespread. In addition, our net sales are driven in part by
government funding and health-related events. Our net sales attributable to
chemical suits increased 39.7% in the year ended January 31, 2005 compared to
the year ended January 31, 2004. These sales increases were driven primarily by
grants from the federal government under the Fire Act of 2002 and the Bio
Terrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 as part of the Homeland Security
initiatives. During fiscal 2004, as a result of the SARS virus outbreak in
various cities in 2003, we sold approximately $1.1 million of SARS-related
garments in China, Toronto, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Centers for Disease
Control has recommended protective garments be used to protect healthcare
workers in the fight against the spread of the SARS virus. In the event of
future outbreaks of SARS or other similar contagious viruses, such as avian flu
in 2005, we have positioned ourselves with increased production capacity.
We have operated manufacturing facilities in Mexico since 1995 and in
China since 1996. Beginning in 1995, we moved the labor intensive sewing
operation for our limited use/disposable protective clothing lines to these
facilities. Our facilities and capabilities in China and Mexico allow access to
a less expensive labor pool than is available in the United States and permit us
to purchase certain raw materials at a lower cost than they are available
domestically. As we have increasingly moved production of our products to our
facilities in Mexico and China, we have seen improvements in the profit margins
for these products. We are in the early stages of moving production of our
reusable woven garments and gloves to these facilities and expect to complete
this process by the third quarter of fiscal 2006. As a result, we expect to see
profit margin improvements for these product lines as well.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations are based upon our audited consolidated financial statements, which
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States. The preparation of our financial statements in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us
to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets,
liabilities, net sales and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities. We base estimates on our past experience and on various other
assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances and we
periodically evaluate these estimates.
We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements.
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Revenue Recognition. We derive our sales primarily from our limited
use/disposable protective clothing and secondarily from our sales of high-end
chemical protective suits, fire fighting and heat protective apparel, gloves and
arm guards, and reusable woven garments. Sales are recognized when goods are
shipped to our distributors at which time title and the risk of loss passes.
Sales are reduced for sales returns and allowances. Payment terms are generally
net 30 days for United States sales and net 90 days for international sales.
Inventories. Inventories include freight-in, materials, labor and overhead
costs and are stated at the lower of cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) or
market. Provision is made for slow-moving, obsolete or unusable inventory.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. We establish an allowance for doubtful
accounts to provide for accounts receivable that may not be collectible. In
establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts, we analyze the collectibility
of individual large or past due accounts customer-by-customer. We establish
reserves for accounts that we determine to be doubtful of collection.
Income Taxes and Valuation Reserves. We are required to estimate our
income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate as part of
preparing our consolidated financial statements. This involves estimating the
actual current tax in addition to assessing temporary differences resulting from
differing treatments for tax and financial accounting purposes. These
differences, together with net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits, are
recorded as deferred tax assets or liabilities on our balance sheet. A judgment
must then be made of the likelihood that any deferred tax assets will be
realized from future taxable income. A valuation allowance may be required to
reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be
realized. In the event we determine that we may not be able to realize all or
part of our deferred tax asset in the future, or that new estimates indicate
that a previously recorded valuation allowance is no longer required, an
adjustment to the deferred tax asset is charged or credited to net income in the
period of such determination.
Valuation of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. On February 1, 2002, we
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, "Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets," which provides that goodwill and other intangible
assets are no longer amortized, but are assessed for impairment annually and
upon occurrence of an event that indicates impairment may have occurred.
Goodwill impairment is evaluated utilizing a two-step process as required by
SFAS No. 142. Factors that we consider important that could identify a potential
impairment include: significant underperformance relative to expected historical
or projected future operating results; significant changes in the overall
business strategy; and significant negative industry or economic trends. When we
determine that the carrying value of intangibles and goodwill may not be
recoverable based upon one or more of these indicators of impairment, we measure
any potential impairment based on a projected discounted cash flow method.
Estimating future cash flows requires our management to make projections that
can differ materially from actual results.
In fiscal 2004, as a result of our decision to move a portion of our
reusable woven garment assembly from the United States to China, we reviewed
this portion of our business for impairment. An impairment was calculated based
on estimating the fair value, utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis,
resulting in an impairment charge of $0.2 million. We have no remaining goodwill
recorded as of January 31, 2004.
Self-Insured Liabilities. We have a self-insurance program for certain
employee health benefits. The cost of such benefits is recognized as expense
based on claims filed in each reporting period and an estimate of claims
incurred but not reported during such period. Our estimate of claims incurred
but not reported is based upon historical trends. If more claims are made than
were estimated or if the costs of actual claims increases beyond what was
anticipated, reserves recorded may not be sufficient and additional accruals may
be required in future periods. We maintain separate insurance to cover the
excess liability over set single claim amounts and aggregate annual claim
amounts.
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Results of Operations
The following table set forth our historical results of operations for the
years ended January 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 as a percentage of our net sales.
Year Ended January 31,
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2003 2004 2005
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Net sales ......................................................... 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of goods sold ................................................ 80.8% 80.0% 78.6%
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Gross profit .................................................. 19.2% 20.0% 21.4%
Operating expenses ................................................ 13.6% 13.6% 13.4%
Operating profit .............................................. 5.6% 6.4% 8.0%
Interest expense, net ............................................. 0.8% 0.5% 0.2%
Minority interest in net income of variable interest entities ..... -0- -0- (0.5)%
Income tax expense ................................................ 1.5% 1.8% 2.2%
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Net income .................................................... 3.3% 4.1% 5.3%
Significant Balance Sheet Fluctuation January 31, 2005 as compared to
January 31, 2004
Balance Sheet Accounts. The increase in cash, cash equivalents and marketable
securities and the decrease in the current portion of long-term liabilities is
the direct result of funds received from the Company's secondary public offering
and the payoff of our credit facility balance on June 18, 2004. Accounts
receivable increased due to increased sales. Inventories increased as we build
our finished goods inventory for our seasonally strong fourth and first quarters
for fiscal 2005 and 2006. We also built raw material reserves due to an
anticipated increase in the cost of these raw materials. Plant property and
equipment increased as a result of adopting FIN 46R in which we recorded $1.1
million of buildings in our consolidation of variable interest entities.
Year Ended January 31, 2005 Compared to the Year Ended January 31, 2004
Net Sales. Net sales increased $5.6 million, or 6.2%, to $95.3 million for
the January 31, 2005 year ended from $89.7 million for the year ending January
31, 2004. The increase was due primarily to an increase in the sales of our
chemical suits and also an increase in our core non-woven disposable products
line. Increased sales were also driven by an improving U.S. economy which
increased demand for our products, particularly in the industrial non-woven
disposable markets we serve, and increased demand for our chemical protective
suits and fire turnout gear for Homeland Security purposes.
Gross Profit. Gross Profit increased $2.4 million, or 13.5%, to $20.4
million for the year ended January 31, 2005 from $18 million for the year ended
January 31, 2004. Gross profit as a percent of net sales increased to 21.4% for
the year ended January 31, 2005 from 20% for the year ended January 31, 2004,
primarily because of cost reductions achieved by shifting production of
additional Tyvek(R)-based products and chemical suits to China and Mexico and
changes in the mix resulting from more sales of the higher margin chemical
suits. We have increasingly shifted and will continue to shift production to
these lower-cost facilities.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $0.55 million, or 4.5% to
$12.7 million for the year ended January 31, 2005 from $12.2 million for the
year ended January 31, 2004. As a percent of net sales, operating expenses
decreased to 13.4% for the year ended January, 2005 from 13.6% for the year
ended January 31, 2004. The $0.55million increase in operating expenses in the
year ended January 31, 2005 compare to the year ended January 31, 2004 was
principally due to an increase in:
o Salaries of $0.35 million
o Freight of $0.3 million
o Sales Commissions of $0.16 million
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o Sales related expenses of $0.1 million
o Insurance expense of $(.14) million
o Currency Fluctuations of $0.06 million
o Licenses and Fees of $0.08 million
o Advertising Expenses $(0.1) million
o Consulting fees of $0.19 million (pertaining to Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance)
o Other $.05 million
which above increases of $1.05 million were offset by:
o a minority interest reclassification of $0.5 million,
leaving a net increase of $0.55 million.
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by $.3 million for the year
ended January 31, 2005 compared to the year ended January 31, 2004 because we
paid off our credit facility in full on June 18, 2004, from the proceeds of our
Secondary Stock Offering.
Minority Interest. Minority interest in net income of variable interest
entities increased to $.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2005 as a
result of our adoption on Financial Interpretation No. 46R (FIN 46R),
"Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities," effective February 1, 2004.
Subsequent to our adoption of FIN 46R, we determined that certain entities from
which we lease real property and which are partially owned by related parties
are variable interest entities governed by FIN 46R. As a result, these entities
have been consolidated in our statement of income for the year ended January 31,
2005.
Income Tax Expense. Income tax expenses consist of federal, state and
foreign income taxes. Income tax expense increased $.4 million, or 23.7%, to
$2.1 million for the year ended January 31, 2005 from $1.7 million for the year
ended January 31, 2004. Our effective tax rate was 29.0% and 31.3% for the year
ended January 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Our effective tax rate varied
from the federal statutory rate of 34% due primarily to lower foreign tax rates,
inclusion of minority interest in net income of variable interest entities and
utilization of a tax carryforward.
Net Income. Net income increased $1.4 million or 37.9%, to $5.0 million
for the year ended January 31, 2005 from $3.6 million for the year ended January
31, 2004. The increase in net income was the result of an increase in net sales
primarily in the chemical suits and increased productivity as a result of shifts
in production to our China facilities, partially offset by an increase in costs
and expenses due to higher sales.
Year Ended January 31, 2004 Compared to Year Ended January 31, 2003
Net Sales. Net sales increased $11.9 million, or 15.3%, to $89.7 million
for the year ended January 31, 2004 from $77.8 million for the year ended
January 31, 2003. The increase was due primarily to an increase in our market
share in our Tyvek(R)-based product lines as well as an increase in the price of
these products beginning in May 2003. Increased sales were also driven by an
improving U.S. economy which increased demand for our products, particularly in
the industrial Tyvek(R) markets we serve, and increased demand for our chemical
protective suits and fire turnout gear for Homeland Security purposes. In
addition, as a result of the SARS outbreak, we sold our products for the first
time in domestic China, which amounted to $0.6 million in the year ended January
31, 2004.
Gross Profit. Gross profit increased $3.0 million, or 20.2%, to $18.0
million for the year ended January 31, 2004 from $15.0 million for the year
ended January 31, 2003. Gross profit as a percent of net sales increased to
20.0% for the year ended January 31, 2004 from 19.2% for the year ended January
31, 2003, primarily because of cost reductions achieved by shifting production
of additional Tyvek(R) -based products and chemical suits to China and Mexico.
We have increasingly shifted production to these lower-cost facilities. In
addition, we increased the price of our Tyvek(R) -based products beginning in
May 2003, which contributed to an increase in our gross margins for these
products. In the
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year ended January 31, 2004, we also determined that a portion of our inventory
was obsolete. As a result, we wrote off $0.4 million of inventory offsetting the
factors contributing to an increase in gross profit discussed above.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $1.6 million, or 15%, to
$12.2 million for the year ended January 31, 2004 from $10.6 million for the
year ended January 31, 2003. As a percent of net sales, operating expenses
remained constant at 13.6% for the year ended January 31, 2004 and the year
ended January 31, 2003. The $1.6 million increase in operating expenses in the
year ended January 31, 2004 compared to the year ended January 31, 2003 was
principally due to increased expenses corresponding to our increase in net
sales, as well as impairment of goodwill of $0.2 million. This was offset by a
decrease in bad debt expense of $0.3 million in fiscal 2004 resulting from
improvement in the U.S. economy and a reorganization of our credit department.
Interest Expenses. Interest expenses decreased $0.1 million, or 16.8%, to
$0.5 million for the year ended January 31, 2004 from $0.6 million for the year
ended January 31, 2003. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in average
monthly borrowings under our credit facilities.
Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense consists of federal, state and
foreign income taxes. Income tax expense increased $0.5 million, or 41.6%, to
$1.7 million for the year ended January 31, 2004 from $1.2 million for the year
ended January 31, 2003. The increase was due to a relative increase in our
income recognized in the United States as compared to the income recognized in
China, where income tax rates are lower. Our effective tax rate was 31.3% and
31.0% in the years ended January 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Our effective
tax rate varied from the federal statutory rate of 34% due primarily to lower
foreign tax rates.
Net Income. Net income increased $1.0 million, or 39.7%, to $3.6 million
for the year ended January 31, 2004 from $2.6 million for the year ended January
31, 2003. The increase in net income was the result of an increase in net sales
and increased productivity as a result of shifts in production to our China
facilities, partially offset by an increase in costs and expenses due to higher
volumes of our products being sold.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows
As of January 31, 2005 we had short-term marketable securities and cash
equivalents of $9.2 million and working capital of $51 million, an increase of
$6.74 million and $29.2 million, respectively, from January 31, 2004. Our
primary sources of funds for conducting our business activities have been from
cash flow provided by operations and borrowings under our credit facilities
described below and the secondary stock offering completed in June 2004. We
require liquidity and working capital primarily to fund increases in inventories
and accounts receivable associated with our net sales and, to a lesser extent,
for capital expenditures.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $0.5 million for the year
ended January 31, 2005 was due primarily to net income from operations of $5.0
million offset in part by a decrease in accounts payable of $.4 million, an
increase in inventories of $4.7 million , an increase in accounts receivable of
$.5 million and an increase in minority interest liability of $0.5 million. Net
cash provided by operating activities of $2.2 million for the year ended January
31, 2004 was due primarily to net income from operations of $3.6 million and an
increase in accounts payable of $0.4 million, offset in part by an increase in
inventories of $0.8 million and an increase in accounts receivable of $2.2
million.
Net cash used in investing activities of $0.8 million and $1.4 million in
the years ended January 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, was due to purchases of
property and equipment. Ne t cash provided by financing activities in the years
ended January 31, 2005 and 2004 was primarily attributable to payments and
borrowings under our credit facilities and to the secondary offering in fiscal
2005.
Credit Facilities
We currently have two credit facilities:
o an $18 million revolving credit facility, of which we had no
borrowings outstanding as of April 15, 2005; and
o a $3 million revolving credit facility (the availability of
which reduces incrementally over its 3-year term), of which we
had no borrowings outstanding as of April 15, 2005.
In November 1999, we entered into a 5-year $3 million term loan which we repaid
in full on March 31, 2003.
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Our $18 million revolving credit facility permits us to borrow up to the
lower of $18 million and a borrowing base determined by reference to a
percentage of our eligible accounts receivable and inventory. Our $18 million
revolving credit facility expires on July 31, 2005, and the outstanding balance
was paid in full on June 18, 2004 using the proceeds from our Secondary Stock
Offering. Borrowings under this revolving credit facility bear interest at the
London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) plus 2% and were zero at January 31,
2005. As of April 15, 2005, we had $18 million of borrowing availability under
this revolving credit facility.
In January 2004, we entered into a new 3-year $3 million revolving credit
facility which expires on February 28, 2007. Availability under this facility
decreases from $3 million by $83,333 each month over the 3-year term and is also
subject to the borrowing base limitation discussed above in connection with our
$18 million revolving credit facility. Borrowings under this revolving credit
facility bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.5%. We did not have any borrowings
outstanding under this facility at January 31, 2005. As of April 15, 2005, we
had $2.08 million of borrowing availability under this revolving credit
facility.
Our credit facilities require that we comply with specified financial
covenants relating to interest coverage, debt coverage, minimum consolidated net
worth, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. These
restrictive covenants could affect our financial and operational flexibility or
impede our ability to operate or expand our business. Default under our credit
facilities would allow the lenders to declare all amounts outstanding to be
immediately due and payable. Our lenders have a security interest in
substantially all of our assets to secure the debt under our credit facilities.
As of April 15, 2005, we were in compliance with all covenants contained in our
credit facilities.
We believe that our current cash position of $9.2 million, our cash flow
from operations along with borrowing availability under our $3 million revolving
credit facility, as well as the expected renewal of our $18 million revolving
credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our currently anticipated operating,
capital expenditures and debt service requirements for at least the next 12
months. Historically, we have been able to renew our primary credit facility on
acceptable terms, but there can be no assurance that such financing will
continue to be available or that any renewal will be on terms as favorable as
our current facility.
Capital Expenditures
Our capital expenditures principally relate to purchases of manufacturing
equipment, computer equipment, leasehold improvement and automobiles, as well as
payments related to the construction of our facilities in China. Our facilities
in China are not encumbered by commercial bank mortgages and thus Chinese
commercial mortgage loans may be available with respect to these real estate
assets if we need additional liquidity. We expect our capital expenditures to be
approximately $4.8 million to purchase our Decatur Alabama facilities and
similar facilities adjacent to our New York corporate headquarters (all
currently rented for $615,000 annually) and $1.2 million for capital equipment
primarily computer equipment and apparel manufacturing equipment in fiscal 2006.
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Contractual Obligations
We had no off-balance sheet arrangements at January 31, 2005. As shown
below, at January 31, 2005, our contractual cash obligations totaled
approximately $4.3million, including lease renewals entered into subsequent to
January 31, 2005.
Payments Due by Period
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Less than
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Total 1 Year 1-3 Years 4-5 Years After 5 Years
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(in thousands)
Operating leases ............. $ 711,500 $ 115,334 $ 596,166 $ -- $ --
Real Estate purchases ........ 3,621,000 3,621,000 -- -- --
Automobiles leased ........... 5,645 5,645 -- -- --
Revolving credit facility .... -- -- -- -- --
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Total $4,338,145 $3,741,979 $ 596,166 $ -- $ --
Seasonality
Our operations have historically been seasonal, with higher sales
generally occurring in February, March, April and May when scheduled maintenance
occurs on nuclear, coal, oil and gas fired utilities, chemical, petrochemical
and smelting facilities, and other heavy industrial manufacturing plants,
primarily due to cooler temperatures. Sales decline during the warmer summer and
vacation months, and generally increase from Labor Day through February with
slight declines during holidays. As a result of this seasonality in our sales,
we have historically experienced a corresponding seasonality in our working
capital, specifically inventories, with peak inventories occurring between
September and March coinciding with lead times required to accommodate the
spring maintenance schedules. We believe that by sustaining higher levels of
inventory, we gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Certain of our
large customers seek sole sourcing to avoid sourcing their requirements from
multiple vendors whose prices, delivery times and quality standards differ.
In recent years, due to increased demand by first responders for our
chemical suits and fire gear, our historical seasonal pattern has shifted.
Governmental disbursements are dependent upon budgetary processes and grant
administration processes that do not follow our traditional seasonal sales
patterns. Due to the size and timing of these governmental orders, our net
sales, results of operations, working capital requirements and cash flows can
vary between different reporting periods. As a result, we expect to experience
increased variability in net sales, net income, working capital requirements and
cash flows on a quarterly basis.
Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS No. 123(R)"). SFAS No. 123(R) establishes
standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its
equity instruments for goods or services. This statement focuses primarily on
accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in
share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) requires that the fair value
of such equity instruments be recognized as an expense in the historical
financial statements as services are performed. Prior to SFAS No. 123(R), only
certain pro forma disclosures of fair value were required. The provisions of
this statement are effective first interim reporting period that begins after
June 15, 2005. If the Company had included the cost of employee stock option
compensation in our financial statements it would not have had a material effect
on our net income for the years ended January 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003.
In November 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (SFAS) No. 151 "Inventory Costs." This statement amends Accounting
Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 4, "Inventory Pricing" and removes the "so
abnormal" criterion that under certain circumstances could have led to the
capitalization of these items. SFAS No. 151 requires that idle facility expense,
excess spoilage, double freight and re-handling costs be recognized as
current-period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of "so
abnormal." SFAS 151 also requires that allocation of fixed production overhead
expenses to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the
production facilities. SFAS No. 151 is effective for all fiscal years beginning
after June 15, 2005. Management does not believe there will be a significant
impact as a result of adopting this statement.
On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, "Exchange of
Non-monetary Assets", an amendment of
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Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 29, which differed from the
International Accounting Standards Board's ("IASB") method of accounting for
exchanges of similar productive assets. Statement No. 153 replaces the exception
from fair value measurement in APB No. 29, with a general exception from fair
value measurement for exchanges of non-monetary assets that do not have
commercial substance. The statement is to be applied prospectively and is
effective for non-monetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning
after June 15, 2005. The Company does not believe that SFAS No. 153 will have a
material impact on its results of operations or cash flows.
In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities." This interpretation provides guidance with respect
to the consolidation of certain entities, referred to as variable interest
entities ("VIE"), in which an investor is subject to a majority of the risk of
loss from the VIE's activities, or is entitled to receive a majority of the
VIE's residual returns. This interpretation also provides guidance with respect
to the disclosure of VIEs in which an investor maintains an interest but is not
required to consolidate. The provisions of the interpretation are effective
immediately for all VIEs created after January 31, 2003, or in which we obtain
an interest after that date. In October 2003, the FASB issued a revision to this
pronouncement, FIN 46R, which clarified certain provisions and modified the
effective date from October 1, 2003 to March 15, 2004 for variable interest
entities created before February 1, 2003. The Company has adopted this
pronouncement as of February 1, 2004. The two entities which lease property to
the Company and are owned by related parties, which were consolidated in our
financial statements are River Group Holding Co., L.L.P. and POMS Holding Co.
Ownership of these entities is held by directors and officers of Lakeland. Under
FIN 46, it is likely that leases between an entity and its related parties would
be considered a variable interest even if there is no residual value guarantee
or purchase option. The FASB staff's view is that these elements are implied in
a related-party lease even though they may not be explicitly stated in the lease
agreement.
There are no variable interest entities in which we hold a variable
interest but we are not primary beneficiary. There are no collateralized assets
related to the variable interest entity recorded at January 31, 2005.
In December 2003, the FASB issued a revised SFAS No. 132, "Employers
Disclosures about Pensions and other Postretirement Benefits" to improve
financial statement disclosures for defined benefit plans. The Company has
adopted SFAS No. 132 and disclosure requirements as described in Note 7 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2005.
Interim disclosures of net pensions costs are not material.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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We are exposed to market risk, including changes in interest rates and
currency exchange rates. To manage the volatility relating to these exposures,
we seek to limit, to the extent possible, our non-U.S. dollar denominated
purchases.
Foreign Currency Risk
We are exposed to changes in foreign currency exchange rates as a result
of our purchases and sales in other countries. To manage the volatility relating
to foreign currency exchange rates, we seek to limit, to the extent possible,
our non-U.S. dollar denominated purchases and sales.
In connection with our operations in China, we purchase a significant
amount of products from outside of the United States. However, our purchases in
China are primarily made in Chinese Yuan, the value of which has been largely
pegged to the U.S. dollar for the last decade. As a result, any currency risks
related to these transactions are deemed to be immaterial to us as a whole.
Our primary risk from foreign currency exchange rate changes is presently
related to non-U.S. dollar denominated sales in Canada and, to a smaller extent,
in Europe. Our sales to customers in Canada are denominated in Canadian dollars.
If the value of the U.S. dollar increases relative to the Canadian dollar, then
our net sales could decrease as our products would be more expensive to our
Canadian customers because of the exchange rate change. Although our sales in
China are denominated in the Chinese Yuan, because this currency has been
largely pegged to the U.S. dollar, our foreign currency exchange rate risk in
China has been minimized. At this time, we do not manage the foreign currency
risk through the use of derivative instruments. A 10% decrease in the value of
the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies would not have a material impact
on our results of operations or financial position. As non-U.S. dollar
denominated international purchases and sales grow, exposure to volatility in
exchange rates could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.
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Interest Rate Risk
We are exposed to interest rate risk with respect to our credit
facilities, which have variable interest rates based upon the London Interbank
Offered Rate. At January 31, 2005, we had no borrowings outstanding under these
credit facilities. If the interest rate applicable to this variable rate debt
rose 1% in the year ended January 31, 2005, our interest expense would have
increased and our income before income taxes would have decreased by less than
$200,000.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Consolidated Financial Statements:
Page No.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm A-28
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm A-29
Consolidated Balance Sheets - January 31, 2005 and 2004 A-30
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended A-31
January 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended A-32
January 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended A-33
January 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements A-34 to 52
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts A-53
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, not
required, or because the required information is included in the consolidated
financial statements or notes thereto.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm