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 September 30, 2001.
[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number: 33-32617
HAYNES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 06-1185400
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(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
1020 West Park Avenue, Kokomo, Indiana 46904-9013
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(765) 456-6000
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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: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [ X ] No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
by Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any Amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ X ]
The registrant is a privately held corporation. As such, there is no practicable
method to determine the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant.
The number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of Haynes International,
Inc. outstanding as of December 21, 2001 was 100.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None
The Index to Exhibits begins on page 68.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
Item 1. Business 1
Item 2. Properties 11
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 12
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 12
Part II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and
Related Stockholder Matters 13
Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data 14
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations 17
Item 7a. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 28
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 29
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure 52
Part III
Item 10. Directors & Executive Officers of the Registrant 52
Item 11. Executive Compensation 55
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 63
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 64
Part IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K 65
Part I
Item 1. Business
General
The Company develops, manufactures and markets technologically advanced,
high performance alloys primarily for use in the aerospace and chemical
processing industries. The Company's products are high temperature alloys
("HTA") and corrosion resistant alloys ("CRA"). The Company's HTA products are
used by manufacturers of equipment that is subjected to extremely high
temperatures, such as jet engines for the aerospace industry, gas turbine
engines used for power generation, and waste incineration and industrial heating
equipment. The Company's CRA products are used in applications that require
resistance to extreme corrosion, such as chemical processing, power plant
emissions control and hazardous waste treatment. The Company produces its high
performance alloy products primarily in sheet, coil and plate forms, which in
the aggregate represented approximately 59% of the Company's net revenues in
fiscal 2001. In addition, the Company produces its alloy products as seamless
and welded tubulars, and in bar, billet and wire forms.
High performance alloys are characterized by highly engineered, often
proprietary, metallurgical formulations primarily of nickel, cobalt and other
metals with complex physical properties. The complexity of the manufacturing
process for high performance alloys is reflected in the Company's relatively
high average selling price per pound, compared to the average selling price of
other metals, such as carbon steel sheet, stainless steel sheet and aluminum.
Demanding end-user specifications, a multi-stage manufacturing process and the
technical sales, marketing and manufacturing expertise required to develop new
applications combine to create significant barriers to entry in the high
performance alloy industry. The Company derived approximately 32% of its fiscal
2001 net revenues from products that are protected by United States patents and
approximately 19% of its net revenues from sales of products that are not
patented, but for which the Company has limited or no competition.
Products
The alloy market consists of four primary segments: stainless steel, super
stainless steel, nickel alloys and high performance alloys. The Company competes
exclusively in the high performance alloy segment, which includes HTA and CRA
products. The Company believes that the high performance alloy segment
represents less than 10% of the total alloy market. The percentages of the
Company's total product revenue and volume presented in this section are based
on data which include revenue and volume associated with sales by the Company to
its foreign subsidiaries, but exclude revenue and volume associated with sales
by such foreign subsidiaries to their customers. Management believes, however,
that the effect of including revenue and volume data associated with sales by
its foreign subsidiaries would not materially change the percentages presented
in this section. In fiscal 2001, HTA and CRA products accounted for
approximately 71% and 29%, respectively, of the Company's net revenues.
HTA products are used primarily in manufacturing components for the hot
sections of jet engines. Stringent safety and performance standards in the
aerospace industry result in development lead times typically as long as eight
to ten years in the introduction of new aerospace-related market applications
for HTA products. However, once a particular new alloy is shown to possess the
properties required for a specific application in the aerospace industry, it
tends to remain in use for extended periods. HTA products are also used in gas
turbine engines produced for use in applications such as naval and commercial
vessels, electric power generators, power sources for offshore drilling
platforms, gas pipeline booster stations and emergency standby power stations.
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CRA products are used in a variety of applications, such as chemical
processing, power plant emissions control, hazardous waste treatment and sour
gas production. Historically, the chemical processing industry has represented
the largest end-user segment for CRA products. Due to maintenance, safety and
environmental considerations, the Company believes this industry continues to
represent an area of potential long-term growth for the Company. Unlike
aerospace applications within the HTA product market, the development of new
market applications for CRA products generally does not require long lead times.
High Temperature Alloys The following table sets forth information with
respect to certain of the Company's significant high temperature alloys:
Alloy and Year Introduced End Markets and Applications (1) Features
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HAYNES HR-160 (1990) (2) Waste incineration/CPI-boiler tube Good resistance to sulfidation at
shields high temperatures
HAYNES 242 (1990) (2) Aero-seal rings High strength, low expansion and
good fabricability
HAYNES HR-120 (1990) (2) LBGT -cooling shrouds Good strength-to-cost ratio as
compared to competing alloys
HAYNES 230 (1984) (2) Aero/LBGT-ducting, combustors Good combination of strength,
stability, oxidation resistance
and fabricability
HAYNES 214 (1981) (2) Aero-honeycomb seals Good combination of oxidation
resistance and fabricability
among nickel-based alloys
HAYNES 188 (1968) (2) Aero-burner cans, after-burner High strength, oxidation resistant
components cobalt-based alloys
HAYNES 625 (1964) Aero/CPI-ducting, tanks, vessels, Good fabricability and general
weld overlays corrosion resistance
HAYNES 263 (1960) Aero/LBGT-components for gas Good ductility and high strength
turbine hot gas exhaust path at temperatures up to 1600 F
HAYNES 718 (1955) Aero-ducting, vanes, nozzles Weldable high strength alloy with
good fabricability
HASTELLOY X (1954) Aero/LBGT-burner cans, transition Good high temperature strength at
ducts relatively low cost
HAYNES Ti 3-2.5 (1950) Aero-aircraft hydraulic and fuel Light weight, high strength
systems components titanium-based alloy
HAYNES 25 (1925) (2) Aero-gas turbine parts, bearings, Excellent strength good oxidation
and various industrial applications resistance to 1800(degree)F
(1) "Aero" refers to aerospace; "LBGT" refers to land-based gas turbines; "CPI" refers to the chemical
processing industry.
(2) Represents a patented product or a product with respect to which the Company believes it has
limited or no competition.
The higher volume HTA products, including HAYNES 625, HAYNES 718 and
HASTELLOY X, are generally considered industry standards, especially in the
manufacture of jet aircraft engines and LBGT. These products have been used in
such applications since the 1950's and because of their widespread use have been
most subject to competitive pricing pressures. In fiscal 2001, sales of these
HTA products accounted for approximately 25% of the Company's net revenues.
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The Company also produces and sells cobalt-based alloys introduced over the
last three decades, which are more highly specialized and less price competitive
than nickel-based alloys. HAYNES 188 and HAYNES 25 are the most widely used of
the Company's cobalt-based products and accounted for approximately 14% of the
Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001. Three of the more recently introduced HTA
products, HAYNES 242, HAYNES 230 and HAYNES 214, initially developed for the
aerospace and LBGT markets, are still patent-protected and together accounted
for approximately 9% of the Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001. These newer
alloys are continuing to gain acceptance for applications in industrial heating
and other secondary markets.
HAYNES HR-160 and HAYNES HR-120 were introduced in fiscal 1990 and targeted
for sale in waste incineration and industrial heat treating applications,
respectively. HAYNES HR-160 is a higher priced cobalt-containing alloy designed
for use when the need for long-term performance outweighs initial cost
considerations. Potential applications for HAYNES HR-160 include use in key
components in waste incinerators, chemical processing equipment, mineral
processing kilns and fossil fuel energy plants. HAYNES HR-120 is a lower priced,
iron-based alloy and is designed to replace competitive alloys not manufactured
by the Company that may be slightly lower in price, but are also less effective.
In addition, HAYNES HR-120 is specified for use in a number of land-based gas
turbine applications. In fiscal 2001, these two alloys accounted for
approximately 6% of the Company's net revenues.
The Company also produces seamless titanium tubing for use as hydraulic
lines in airframes and as bicycle frames. During fiscal 2001, sales of these
products accounted for approximately 3% of the Company's net revenues.
Corrosion Resistant Alloys The following table sets forth information with
respect to certain of the Company's significant corrosion resistant alloys:
Alloy and Year Introduced End Markets and Applications (1) Features
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HASTELLOY C-2000 (1995) (2) CPI-tanks, mixers, piping Versatile alloy with good resistance
to uniform corrosion
HASTELLOY B-3 (1994) (2) CPI-acetic acid plants Better fabrication characteristics
compared to other nickel-molybdenum
alloys
HASTELLOY D-205 (1993) (2) CPI-plate heat exchangers. Corrosion resistance to hot
sulfuric acid
ULTIMET (1990) (2) CPI-pumps, valves Wear and corrosion resistant
nickel-based alloy
HASTELLOY G-50 (1989) Oil and gas-sour gas tubulars Good resistance to down hole
corrosive environments
HASTELLOY C-22 (1985) (2) CPI/FGD-tanks, mixers, piping Resistance to localized corrosion
and pitting
HASTELLOY G-30 (1985) CPI-tanks, mixers, piping Lower cost alloy with good corrosion
resistance in phosphoric acid
HASTELLOY B-2 (1974) CPI-acetic acid Resistance to hydrochloric
acid and other reducing acids
HASTELLOY C-4 (1973) CPI-tanks, mixers, piping Good thermal stability
HASTELLOY C-276 (1968) CPI/FGD/oil and gas-tanks, mixers, Broad resistance to many
piping environments
(1) "CPI" refers to the chemical processing industry; "FGD" refers to flue gas desulfurization industry.
(2) Represents a patented product or a product with respect to which the Company believes it has limited
or no competition.
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During fiscal 2001, sales of the CRA alloys HASTELLOY C-276, HASTELLOY C-22
and HASTELLOY C-4 accounted for approximately 19% of the Company's net revenues.
HASTELLOY C-276, introduced by the Company in 1968, is recognized as a standard
for corrosion protection in the chemical processing industry and is also used
extensively for FGD and oil and gas exploration and production applications.
HASTELLOY C-22, a proprietary alloy of the Company, was introduced in 1985 as an
improvement on HASTELLOY C-276 and is currently sold to the chemical processing
and FGD markets for essentially the same applications as HASTELLOY C-276.
HASTELLOY C-22 offers greater and more versatile corrosion resistance and
therefore has gained market share at the expense of the non-proprietary
HASTELLOY C-276. HASTELLOY C-4 is specified in many chemical processing
applications in Germany and is sold almost exclusively to that market.
The Company also produces alloys for more specialized applications in the
chemical processing industry and other industries. For example, HASTELLOY B-3 is
an advanced alloy for use in the manufacture of equipment utilized in the
production of acetic acid and ethyl benzine. Due to its greater case of
fabrication, the Company expects HASTELLOY B-3 to eventually replace HASTELLOY
B-2. HASTELLOY G-30 is used primarily in the production of super phosphoric acid
and fluorinated aromatics. HASTELLOY G-50 has gained acceptance as a lower
priced alternative to HASTELLOY C-276 for production of tubing for use in sour
gas wells. These more specialized products accounted for approximately 5% of the
Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001.
The Company's patented alloy, ULTIMET, is used in a variety of industrial
applications that result in material degradation by "corrosion-wear". ULTIMET is
designed for applications where conditions require resistance to corrosion and
wear and is currently being tested in spray nozzles, fan blades, filters, bolts,
rolls, pump and valve parts where these properties are critical. HASTELLOY
D-205, introduced in 1993, is designed for use in handling hot concentrated
sulfuric acid and other highly corrosive substances.
The Company's latest Ni-Cr-Mo alloy, HASTELLOY C-2000, combines many of the
corrosion resistant properties of existing Ni-Cr-Mo alloys, such as HASTELLOY
C-22 and HASTELLOY C-276, making it the most versatile of those alloys. It can
be used in both oxidizing and reducing environments and is used in the CPI and
the FGD markets.
End Markets
Aerospace. The Company has manufactured HTA products for the aerospace
market since it entered the market in the late 1930s, and has developed numerous
proprietary alloys for this market. Customers in the aerospace market tend to be
the most demanding with respect to meeting specifications within very low
tolerances and achieving new product performance standards. Stringent safety
standards and continuous efforts to reduce equipment weight require close
coordination between the Company and its customers in the selection and
development of HTA products. As a result, sales to aerospace customers tend to
be made through the Company's direct sales force. Unlike the FGD and oil and gas
production industries, where large, competitively bid projects can have a
significant impact on demand and prices, demand for the Company's products in
the aerospace industry is based on the new and replacement market for jet
engines and the maintenance needs of operators of commercial and military
aircraft. The hot sections of jet engines are subjected to substantial wear and
tear and accordingly require periodic maintenance and replacement. This
maintenance-based demand, while potentially volatile, is generally less subject
to wide fluctuations than demand in the FGD and sour gas production industries.
Chemical Processing. The chemical processing industry segment represents a
large base of customers with diverse CRA applications driven by demand for key
end use industries such as automobiles, housing, health care, agriculture, and
metals production. CRA products supplied by the Company have been used in the
chemical processing industry since the early 1930s.
Demand for the Company's products in this industry is based on the level of
maintenance, repair and expansion of existing chemical processing facilities as
well as the construction of new facilities. The Company believes the extensive
worldwide network of Company-owned service centers and independent distributors
is a competitive advantage in marketing its CRA products to this market. Sales
of the Company's product is in the chemical processing industry tend to be more
stable than the aerospace, FGD and oil and gas markets. Increased concerns
regarding the reliability of chemical processing facilities, their potential
environmental impact and safety hazards to their personnel have led to an
increased demand for more sophisticated alloys, such as the Company's CRA
products.
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Land-Based Gas Turbines. The LBGT industry continues to grow, with demand
for the Company's products driven by the construction of power generation
facilities as base lead for electric utilities or as backup sources for peaking
duty. Demand for the Company's alloys in the LBGT industry has also been driven
by concerns regarding lowering emissions from generating facilities powered by
fossil fuels. LBGT generating facilities provide a clean, low-cost alternative
to fossil fuel-fired electric generating facilities. The demand for land-based
gas turbines is also growing rapidly for use in power barges with mobility and
as temporary base-load-generating units for countries that have numerous islands
and a large coast line. Further demand growth is generated in mechanical drive
units used for oil and gas production and pipeline transportation.
Flue Gas Desulfurization. The FGD industry has been driven by both
legislated and self-imposed standards for lowering emissions from fossil
fuel-fired electric generating facilities. In the United States, the Clean Air
Act of 1990, as amended (the "Clean Air Act"), mandate a two-phase program aimed
at significantly reducing sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from electric
generating facilities powered by fossil fuels by 2000. Canada and its provinces
set goals to reduce emissions of SO2 over the next several years. Phase I of the
Clean Air Act program affected approximately 100 steam-generating plants
representing 261 operating units fueled by fossil fuels, primarily coal. Of
these 261 units, 25 units were retrofitted with FGD systems while the balance
opted mostly for switching to low sulfur coal to achieve compliance. The market
for FGD systems peaked in 1992 at approximately $1.1 billion, and then dropped
sharply in 1993 to a level of approximately $174.0 million due to a curtailment
of activity associated with Phase I. Phase II compliance began in 2000 and
affects 785 generating plants with more than 2,100 operating units. Options
available under the Clean Air Act to bring the targeted facilities into
compliance with Phase II SO2 emissions requirements include fuel switching,
clean coal technologies, purchase of SO2 allowances, closure of facilities and
off-gas scrubbing utilizing FGD technology.
Oil and Gas. The Company also sells its products for use in the oil and gas
industry, primarily in connection with sour gas production. Sour gas contains
extremely corrosive materials and is produced under high pressure, necessitating
the use of corrosion resistant materials. The demand for sour gas tubulars is
driven by the rate of development of sour gas fields. The factors influencing
the development of sour gas fields include the price of natural gas and the need
to commence drilling in order to protect leases that have been purchased from
either the federal or state governments. As a result, competing oil companies
often place orders for the Company's products at approximately the same time,
adding volatility to the market. This market was very active in 1991, especially
in the offshore sour gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico, but demand for the
Company's products declined significantly thereafter. More recently there has
been less drilling activity and more use of lower performing alloys, which
together have resulted in intense price competition. Demand for the Company's
products in the oil and gas industry is tied to the global demand for natural
gas.
Other Markets. In addition to the industries described above, the Company
also targets a variety of other markets. Other industries to which the Company
sells its HTA products include waste incineration, industrial heat treating,
automotive and instrumentation. Demand in these markets for many of the
Company's lower volume proprietary alloys has grown in recent periods. For
example, incineration of municipal, biological, industrial and hazardous waste
products typically produces very corrosive conditions that demand high
performance alloys. Markets capable of providing growth are being driven by
increasing performance, reliability and service life requirements for products
used in these markets which could provide further applications for the Company's
products.
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Sales and Marketing
Providing technical assistance to customers is an important part of the
Company's marketing strategy. The Company provides analyses of its products and
those of its competitors for its customers. These analyses enable the Company to
evaluate the performance of its products and to make recommendations as to the
substitution of Company products for other products in appropriate applications,
enabling the Company's products to be specified for use in the production of
customers' products. Market development professionals are assisted by the
research and development staff in directing the sales force to new
opportunities. The Company believes its combination of direct sales, technical
marketing and research and development customer support provides an advantage
over other manufacturers in the high performance industry. This activity allows
the Company to obtain direct insight into customers' alloy needs and allows the
Company to develop proprietary alloys that provide solutions to customers'
problems.
The Company sells its products primarily through its direct sales
organization, which includes four domestic Company-owned service centers, with
direct sales coverage in the United States and Canada, three wholly-owned
European subsidiaries and a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore serving the
Pacific Rim. Approximately 86% of the Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001 was
generated by the Company's direct sales organization. The remaining 14% of the
Company's fiscal 2001 net revenues was generated by independent distributors and
licensees in the United States, Europe and Japan, some of whom have been
associated with the Company for over 30 years
The following table sets forth the approximate percentage of the Company's
fiscal 2001 net revenues generated through each of the Company's distribution
channels.
DOMESTIC FOREIGN TOTAL
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Company sales office/service centers.......... 59% 27% 86%
Independent distributors/sales agents......... 8% 6% 14%
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Total......................................... 67% 33% 100%
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The top twenty customers not affiliated with the Company accounted for
approximately 36% of the Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001. No customer or
group of affiliated customers of the Company accounted for more than 10% of the
Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001.
The Company's foreign and export sales were approximately $83.1 million,
$86.7 million, and $90.5 million for fiscal 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.
Additional information concerning foreign operations and export sales is set
forth in Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing
elsewhere herein.
Manufacturing Process
High performance alloys require a lengthier, more complex melting process
and are more difficult to manufacture than lower performance alloys, such as
stainless steels. The alloying elements in high performance alloys must be
highly refined, and the manufacturing process must be tightly controlled to
produce precise chemical properties. The resulting alloyed material is more
difficult to process because, by design, it is more resistant to deformation.
Consequently, high performance alloys require that greater force be applied when
hot or cold working and are less susceptible to reduction or thinning when
rolling or forging. This results in more cycles of rolling, annealing and
pickling compared to a lower performance alloy to achieve proper dimensions.
Certain alloys may undergo as many as 40 distinct stages of melting, remelting,
annealing, forging, rolling and pickling before they achieve the specifications
required by a customer. The Company manufactures products in sheet, plate,
tubular, billet, bar and wire forms, which represented 45%, 24%, 9%, 17%, 2% and
3%, respectively, of total volume sold in fiscal 2001 (after giving effect to
the conversion of billet to bar by the Company's U.K. subsidiary).
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The manufacturing process begins with raw materials being combined, melted
and refined in a precise manner to produce the chemical composition specified
for each alloy. For most alloys, this molten material is cast into electrodes
and additionally refined through electroslag remelting. The resulting ingots are
then forged or rolled to an intermediate shape and size depending upon the
intended final product. Intermediate shapes destined for flat products are then
sent through a series of hot and cold rolling, annealing and pickling operations
before being cut to final size.
The Argon Oxygen Decarburization ("AOD") gas controls in the Company's
primary melt facility remove carbon and other undesirable elements, thereby
allowing more tightly-controlled chemistries, which in turn produce more
consistent properties in the alloys. The AOD gas control system also allows for
statistical process control monitoring in real time to improve product quality.
The Company has a four-high Steckel mill for use in hot rolling material.
The four-high mill was installed in 1982 at a cost of approximately $60.0
million and is one of only two such mills in the high performance alloy
industry. The mill is capable of generating approximately 12.0 million pounds of
separating force and rolling plate up to 72 inches wide. The mill includes
integrated computer controls (with automatic gauge control and programmed
rolling schedules), two coiling Steckel furnaces and five heating furnaces.
Computer-controlled rolling schedules for each of the hundreds of combinations
of alloy shapes and sizes the Company produces allow the mill to roll numerous
widths and gauges to exact specifications without stoppages or changeovers.
The Company also operates a three-high rolling mill and a two-high rolling
mill, each of which is capable of custom processing much smaller quantities of
material than the four-high mill. These mills provide the Company with
significant flexibility in running smaller batches of varied products in
response to customer requirements. The Company believes the flexibility provided
by the three-high and two-high mills provides the Company an advantage over its
major competitors in obtaining smaller specialty orders.
Backlog
As of September 30, 2001, the Company's backlog orders aggregated
approximately $80.5 million, compared to approximately $63.2 million at
September 30, 2000, and approximately $41.8 million at September 30, 1999.
Substantially all orders in the backlog at September 30, 2001 are expected to be
shipped within the twelve months beginning October 1, 2001. Due to the cyclical
nature of order entry experienced by the Company, there can be no assurance that
order entry will continue at current levels. The historical and current backlog
amounts shown in the following table are also indicative of relative demand over
the past few years.
THE COMPANY'S BACKLOG
AT FISCAL QUARTER END
(IN MILLIONS)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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1st $63.8 $60.8 $45.7 $48.6 $67.4
2nd $65.4 $56.2 $46.8 $69.6 $75.6
3rd $55.5 $51.0 $44.5 $68.0 $70.5
4th $60.6 $40.2 $41.8 $63.2 $80.5
Raw Materials
Nickel is the primary material used in the Company's alloys. Each pound of
alloy contains, on average, 0.48 of a pound of nickel. Other raw materials
include cobalt, chromium, molybdenum and tungsten. Melt materials consist of
virgin raw material, purchased scrap and internally produced scrap. The
significant sources of cobalt are the countries of Zambia, Zaire and Russia; all
other raw materials used by the Company are available from a number of
alternative sources.
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Since most of the Company's products are produced to specific orders, the
Company purchases materials against known production schedules. Materials are
purchased from several different suppliers, through consignment arrangements,
annual contracts and spot purchases. These arrangements involve a variety of
pricing mechanisms, but the Company generally can establish selling prices with
reference to known costs of materials, thereby reducing the risk associated with
changes in the cost of raw materials. The Company maintains a policy of pricing
its products at the time of order placement. As a result, rapidly escalating raw
material costs during the period between the time the Company receives an order
and the time the Company purchases the raw materials used to fill such order,
which averages approximately 30 days, can negatively affect profitability even
though the high performance alloy industry has generally been able to pass raw
material price increases through to its customers.
Raw material costs account for a significant portion of the Company's cost
of sales. The prices of the Company's products are based in part on the cost of
raw materials, a significant portion of which is nickel. The following table
sets forth the average per pound price for nickel as reported by the London
Metals Exchange for the fiscal years indicated.
Year Ended
September 30, Average Price
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1997................................................. 3.22
1998................................................. 2.40
1999................................................. 2.29
2000................................................. 3.98
2001................................................. 2.96
Research and Technical Development
The Company's research facilities are located at the Company's Kokomo
facility and consist of 90,000 square feet of offices and laboratories, as well
as an additional 90,000 square feet of paved storage area. The Company has ten
fully equipped laboratories, including a mechanical test lab, a metallographic
lab, an electron microscopy lab, a corrosion lab and a high temperature lab,
among others. These facilities also contain a reduced scale, fully equipped melt
shop and process lab. As of September 30, 2001, the research and technical
development staff consisted of 41 persons, 15 of whom have engineering or
science degrees, including seven with doctoral degrees, with the majority of
degrees in the field of metallurgical engineering.
Research and technical development costs relate mainly to efforts to
develop new proprietary alloys, to improve current or develop new manufacturing
methods, to provide technical service to customers, to provide technical support
to the commercial and manufacturing groups and to provide metallurgical training
to engineer and non-engineer employees. The Company spent approximately $3.7
million, $3.7 million and $3.9 million for research and technical development
activities for fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
During fiscal 2001, exploratory alloy development projects were focused on
new high temperature and corrosion-resistant alloy products for gas turbine,
chemical process industry, and industrial heating service. Engineering projects
include new manufacturing process development, specialized test data development
and application support for large volume projects involving power generation and
radioactive waste containment. The Company is continuing to develop an extensive
database storage and retrieval system to better manage its corrosion, high
temperature and mechanical property data.
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Over the last eleven years, the Company's technical programs have yielded
nine new proprietary alloys and 15 United States patents, with one United States
patent application pending. The Company currently maintains a total of about 31
United States patents and approximately 200 foreign counterpart patents and
applications targeted at countries with significant or potential markets for the
patented products. In fiscal 2001, approximately 32% of the Company's net
revenues was derived from the sale of patented products and an additional
approximately 38% was derived from the sale of products for which patents
formerly held by the Company had expired. While the Company believes its patents
are important to its competitive position, significant barriers to entry
continue to exist beyond the expiration of any patent period. Six of the alloys
considered by management to be of future commercial significance, HAYNES 230,
HASTELLOY C-22, HAYNES HR-120, HAYNES 242, ULTIMET and HAYNES C-2000, are
protected by United States patents that continue until the years 2002, 2002,
2008, 2008 and 2009 and 2018, respectively.
Competition
The high performance alloy market is a highly competitive market in which
eight to ten producers participate in various product forms. The Company faces
strong competition from domestic and foreign manufacturers of both the Company's
high performance alloys and other competing metals. The Company's primary
competitors include Special Metals Corporation, Allegheny Teledyne, Inc. and
Krupp VDM GmbH, a subsidiary of Thyssen Krupp Stainless. The Company may face
additional competition in the future to the extent new materials are developed,
such as plastics or ceramics, that may be substituted for the Company's
products.
Employees
As of September 30, 2001, the Company had approximately 1,053 employees.
All eligible hourly employees at the Kokomo plant and Lebanon Service Center are
covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steelworkers of
America ("USWA") which was ratified on June 11, 1999, and which expires on June
11, 2002. As of September 30, 2001, 520 employees of the Kokomo and Lebanon
facilities were covered by the collective bargaining agreement. The Company has
not experienced a strike at the Kokomo plant since 1967. None of the employees
of the Company's Arcadia, Louisiana or Openshaw, England plants are represented
by a labor union. Management considers its employee relations in each of the
facilities to be satisfactory.
Environmental Matters
The Company's facilities and operations are subject to certain foreign,
federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of
human health and the environment, including those governing the discharge of
pollutants into the environment and the storage, handling, use, treatment and
disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. Violations of these laws and
regulations can result in the imposition of substantial penalties and can
require facilities improvements. In addition, the Company may be required in the
future to comply with certain regulations pertaining to the emission of
hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. However, since these
regulations have not been proposed or promulgated, the Company cannot predict
the cost, if any, associated with compliance with such regulations. Expenses
related to environmental compliance were approximately $1.3 million for fiscal
2001 and are expected to be approximately $1.6 million for fiscal year 2002.
Although there can be no assurance, based upon current information available to
the Company, the Company does not expect that costs of environmental
contingencies, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse
effect on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
The Company's facilities are subject to periodic inspection by various
regulatory authorities, who from time to time have issued findings of violations
of governing laws, regulations and permits. In the past five years, the Company
has paid administrative fines, none of which has exceeded $50,000, for alleged
violations relating to environmental matters, including the handling and storage
of hazardous wastes, record keeping requirements relating to, and handling of,
polychlorinated biphenyls and violations of record keeping and notification
requirements relating to industrial waste water discharge. Additions and
improvements may be required at the Kokomo, Indiana Wastewater Treatment
Facility based on proposed restrictions of the local sewer use ordinance.
Therefore, the Company has budgeted approximately $0.4 million to be spent on
water treatment facilities over the next two years.
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On July 13, 2000, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management
("IDEM") issued a notice of violation to the Company imposing monetary sanctions
and alleging that the Company has violated various conditions of its Title V air
emissions permit. The Company is attempting to resolve these issues with IDEM.
Although the Company does not believe this or any similar regulatory or
enforcement action will have a material impact on its operations, there can be
no assurance that additional violations will not be alleged or will not result
in the assessment of penalties in the future. As of September 30, 2001, capital
expenditures of approximately $1.1 million have been made for air pollution
control improvements with another $1.7 million budgeted for 2002.
The Company has received permits from the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management ("IDEM") and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
("EPA") to close and to provide post-closure monitoring and care for certain
areas at the Kokomo facility used for the storage and disposal of wastes, some
of which are classified as hazardous under applicable regulations. Construction
was completed in May 1994 and closure certification was received in fiscal 1999.
The Company is required to monitor groundwater and to continue post-closure
maintenance of the former disposal areas. The Company is aware of elevated
levels of certain contaminants in the groundwater. The Company believes that
some or all of these contaminants may have migrated from a nearby superfund
site. If it is determined that the disposal areas have impacted the groundwater
underlying the Kokomo facility, additional corrective action by the Company
could be required. The Company is unable to estimate the costs of such action,
if any. There can be no assurance, however, that the costs of future corrective
action would not have a material effect on the Company's financial condition,
results of operations or liquidity. Additionally, it is possible that the
Company could be required to obtain permits and undertake other closure projects
and post-closure commitments for any other waste management unit determined to
exist at the facility.
As a condition of the post-closure permits, the Company must provide and
maintain assurances to IDEM and EPA of the Company's capability to satisfy
closure and post-closure ground water monitoring requirements, including
possible future corrective action as necessary.
The Company has completed an investigation, pursuant to a work plan
approved by the EPA, of eight specifically identified solid waste management
units at the Kokomo facility. Results of this investigation have been filed with
the EPA. Based on the results of this investigation compared to Indiana's Tier
II clean-up goals, the Company believes that no further actions will be
necessary. Until the EPA reviews the results, the Company is unable to determine
whether further corrective action will be required or, if required, whether it
will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition,
results of operations or liquidity.
The Company may also incur liability for alleged environmental damages
associated with the off-site transportation and disposal of its wastes. The
Company's operations generate hazardous wastes, and, while a large percentage of
these wastes are reclaimed or recycled, the Company also accumulates hazardous
wastes at each of its facilities for subsequent transportation and disposal
off-site by third parties. Generators of hazardous waste transported to disposal
sites where environmental problems are alleged to exist are subject to claims
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
of 1980 ("CERCLA"), and state counterparts. CERCLA imposes strict, joint and
several liability for investigatory and cleanup costs upon waste generators,
site owners and operators and other potentially responsible parties ("PRPs").
Based on its prior shipment of certain hydraulic fluid, the Company is one of
approximately 300 PRPs in connection with the proposed cleanup of the
Fisher-Calo site in Indiana. The PRPs have negotiated a Consent Decree
implementing a remedial design/remedial action plan ("RD/RA") for the site with
the EPA. The Company has paid approximately $138,000 as its share of the total
estimated cost of the RD/RA under the Consent Decree. Based on information
available to the Company concerning the status of the cleanup efforts at the
site, the large number of PRPs and the prior payments made by the Company,
management does not expect the Company's involvement in this site to have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or
liquidity of the Company. The Company may have generated hazardous wastes
disposed of at other sites potentially subject to CERCLA or equivalent state law
remedial action. Thus, there can be no assurance that the Company will not be
named as a PRP at additional sites in the future or that the costs associated
with those sites would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's
financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
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In November 1988, the EPA approved start-up of a new waste water treatment
plant at the Arcadia, Louisiana facility, which discharges treated industrial
waste water to the municipal sewage system. After the Company exceeded certain
EPA effluent limitations in 1989, the EPA issued an administrative order in 1992
which set new effluent limitations for the facility. The waste water plant is
currently operating under this order and the Company believes it is meeting such
effluent limitations. However, the Company anticipates that in the future
Louisiana will take over waste water permitting authority from the EPA and may
issue a waste water permit, the conditions of which could require modification
to the plant. Reasonably anticipated modifications are not expected to have a
substantial impact on operations.
Item 2. Properties
The Company's owned facilities, and the products provided at each facility,
are as follows:
Kokomo, Indiana--manufactures all product forms,
other than tubular goods.
Arcadia, Louisiana--manufactures welded and
seamless tubular goods.
Openshaw, England--manufactures bar and billet
for the European market.
Zurich, Switzerland - sells all product forms.
The Kokomo plant, the primary production facility, is located on
approximately 230 acres of industrial property and includes over one million
square feet of building space. There are three sites consisting of (1) a
headquarters and research laboratory; (2) primary and secondary melting,
annealing furnaces, forge press and several smaller hot mills; and (3) the
four-high breakdown mill and sheet product cold working equipment, including two
cold strip mills. All alloys and product forms other than tubular goods are
produced in Kokomo.
The Arcadia plant consists of approximately 42 acres of land and over
135,000 square feet of buildings on a single site. Arcadia uses feedstock
produced in Kokomo to fabricate welded and seamless super alloy pipe and tubing
and purchases extruded tube hollows to produce seamless titanium tubing.
Manufacturing processes at Arcadia require cold pilger mills, weld mills,
drawbenches, annealing furnaces and pickling facilities.
The United States facilities are subject to a mortgage which secures the
Company's obligations under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. See Note 6
of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Openshaw plant, located near Manchester, England, consists of
approximately 15 acres of land and over 200,000 square feet of buildings on a
single site. The plant produces bar and billet using billets produced in Kokomo
as feedstock. Additionally, products not competitive with the Company's products
are processed for third parties. The processes conducted at the facility require
hot rotary forges, bar mills and miscellaneous straightening, turning and
cutting equipment.
The Zurich warehouse consists of over 50,000 square feet of building on a
single site.
Although capacity can be limited from time to time by certain production
processes, the Company believes that its existing facilities will provide
sufficient capacity for current demand.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
The Company is regularly involved in routine litigation, both as a
plaintiff and as a defendant, and federal and/or state EEOC administrative
actions. In addition, the Company is subject to extensive federal, state and
local laws and regulations. While the Company's policies and practices are
designed to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations, future developments
and increasingly stringent regulation could require the Company to make
additional unforeseen expenditures for these matters.
On July 13, 2000, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management
("IDEM") issued a notice of violation to the Company imposing monetary sanctions
and alleging that the Company has violated various conditions of its Title V air
emissions permit. The Company is attempting to resolve these issues with IDEM.
Although the level of future expenditures for legal matters cannot be
determined with any degree of certainty, based on the facts presently known,
management does not believe that such costs will have a material effect on the
Company's financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
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Part II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
There is no established trading market for the common stock of the Company.
As of September 30, 2001, there was one holder of the common stock of the
Company.
There have been no cash dividends declared on the common stock for the
three fiscal years ended September 30, 2001, 2000 and 1999.
The payment of dividends is limited by terms of certain debt agreements to
which the Company is a party. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources"
and Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company
included in this Annual Report in response to Item 8.
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Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(In thousands, except ratio data)
The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data of the
Company. The selected consolidated financial data as of and for the years ended
September 30, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 are derived from the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company.
These selected financial data are not covered by the auditors' report and
are qualified in their entirety by reference to, and should be read in
conjunction with, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations", and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the
Company and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Year Ended September 30,
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Net revenues $ 235,760 $ 246,944 $ 208,986 $ 229,528 $ 251,714
Cost of sales 180,504 191,849 164,349 186,574 196,790
Selling and administrative expenses 18,311 18,166 25,183(1) 23,401(1) 26,205
Recapitalization expense 8,694(2) --- --- ---
Research and technical expenses 3,814 3,939 3,883 3,752 3,710
Operating income 24,437 32,990 15,571 15,801 25,009
Other cost, net 276 952 725 321 1,049
Terminated acquisition costs --- 6,199(3) 388(3) --- ---
Interest expense, net 20,456 21,066 20,213 22,457 23,066
Income (loss) before extraordinary item and
cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle 36,315(4) 2,456 564 (4,809) 281
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle (net of tax benefit) --- (450)(5) --- 640(6) ---
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Net income (loss) $ 36,315 $ 2,006 $ 564 $ (4,169) $ 281
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital (7) $ 57,063 $ 66,974 $ 56,622 $ 41,229 $ 48,135
Property, plant and equipment, net 32,551 29,627 32,572 42,299 41,557
Total assets 216,319 207,263 221,237 243,365 242,445
Total debt 184,213 175,877 183,879 209,438 206,262
Accrued post-retirement benefits 96,201 96,483 97,662 99,281 102,209
Stockholder's equity (Capital deficiency) (94,435) (90,938) (90,052) (98,167) (97,326)
September 30,
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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
Depreciation and amortization (8) $ 8,197 $ 8,148 $ 5,388 $ 3,822 $ 8,435
Capital expenditures 8,863 5,919 8,102 9,087 4,181
EBITDA (9) 41,302 40,186 25,446 22,192 32,550
Ratio of EBITDA to interest expense 2.02x 1.91x 1.26x .99x 1.41x
Ratio of earnings before fixed charges to fixed 1.17x 1.22x --- --- 1.04x
charges (10)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ (6,596) $ 14,584 $ (509) $ (12,462) $ 6,433
Net cash used in investment (8,830) (5,750) (7,951) (8,688) (4,181)
activities...............................
Net cash provided by (used in) financing $ 14,185 $ (8,562) $ 8,570 $ 19,412 $ (3,410)
activities...............................
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(1) During fiscal 1999 and 2000, the Company recorded approximately $3,462 and
$748, respectively, in connection with a Federal Grand Jury investigation
of the nickel alloy industry. These costs have been accounted for as
selling and administrative expenses and charged against income during the
period. Also during 1999, the Company recorded approximately $1,750 in
connection with the resignation of the Company's former Chief Executive
Officer, and the appointment of the Company's new Chief Executive Officer.
Those costs were accounted for as selling and administrative expenses and
charged against income in the period.
(2) On January 29, 1997, the Company announced that Haynes Holdings, Inc.
("Holdings"), its parent corporation, had effected the recapitalization of
the Company and Holdings pursuant to which Blackstone Capital Partners II
Merchant Banking Fund L.P. and two of its affiliates ("Blackstone")
acquired 79.9% of Holdings' outstanding shares (the "Recapitalization").
Certain fees, totaling $6,237, paid by the Company in connection with the
Recapitalization were accounted for as recapitalization expenses and
charged against income in the period. Also in connection with the
recapitalization, the Company recorded $2,457 of non-cash stock
compensation expense, also included as recapitalization expenses,
pertaining to certain modifications to management stock option agreements
which eliminated put and call rights associated with the options.
(3) Terminated acquisition costs of approximately $6,199 and $388 were recorded
in fiscal 1998 and 1999, respectively, in connection with the abandoned
attempt to acquire Inco Alloys International by Holdings. Also, during
fiscal 2000 an additional $161 of terminated acquisition costs were
accounted for as selling and administrative expenses. These costs
previously had been deferred.
(4) The Company recorded profit before tax of $3,705 and net income of $36,315.
During the third quarter of fiscal 1997, the Company reversed its deferred
income tax valuation allowance of approximately $36,431.
(5) On November 20, 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Emerging
Issues Task Force ("EITF") issued a consensus ruling which requires that
certain business process reengineering and information technology
transformation costs be expensed as incurred. The EITF also consented that
if such costs were previously capitalized, then any remaining unamortized
portion of those identifiable costs should be written off and reported as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the first quarter
of fiscal 1998. Accordingly, the Company recorded the cumulative effect of
this accounting change, net of tax, of $450, resulting from a pre-tax
write-off of $750 related to reengineering charges involved in the
implementation of an information technology project.
(6) On January 1, 2000, the Company changed its method of amortizing
unrecognized actuarial gains and losses with respect to its pension
benefits to amortize them over the lesser of five years or the average
remaining service period of active participants. The $640 cumulative effect
of the change on prior years (after a reduction of $426 for income taxes)
is included in income in fiscal 2000.
(7) Reflects the excess of current assets over current liabilities as set forth
in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(8) Reflects (a) depreciation and amortization as presented in the Company's
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and set forth in Note (9) below, plus
or minus (b) other non-cash charges, including the amortization of prepaid
pension costs (which is included in the change in other asset category) and
the amortization of postretirement benefit costs, minus amortization of
debt issuance costs, all as set forth in Note (9) below.
(9) Represents for the relevant period net income plus expenses recognized for
interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, (i)
plus recapitalization costs outlined in Note (2), and $250 of failed
acquisition costs for fiscal 1997, (ii) plus terminated acquisition costs
outlined in Note (3), and $450 of business process reengineering costs
outlined in Note (5) for fiscal 1998, (iii) plus the Grand Jury
investigation costs and executive transition costs discussed in Note (1)
for fiscal 1999 and 2000, and terminated acquisition costs outlined in Note
(3) for fiscal 1999, (iv) plus $640 of actuarial gains and losses outlined
in Note 6 for fiscal 2000 and (v) plus other non-recurring charges of $701
accounted for as cost of sales. In addition to net interest expense as
listed in the table, the following charges are added to net income (loss)
to calculate EBITDA:
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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Provision for (benefit from) income taxes $ (32,610) $ 2,317 $ (6,319) $(2,168) $ 613
Depreciation 7,477 8,029 5,145 3,860 4,922
Amortization:
Debt issuance costs 1,144 1,247 1,246 1,152 1,308
Prepaid pension costs (benefit) 333 (163) (938) (5,443) (3,339)
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(23,656) 11,430 (866) (2,599) 3,504
SFAS 106 postretirement benefits 387 282 1,181 5,405 6,852
Amortization of debt issuance costs (1,144) (1,247) (1,246) (1,152) (1,308)
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Total $ (24,413) $ 10,465 $ (931) $ 1,654 $ 9,048
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EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for income from operations,
net earnings (loss) or cash flows from operating activities determined in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America ("GAAP"). The Company has included EBITDA because it
believes it is commonly used by certain investors and analysts to analyze
and compare companies on the basis of operating performance, leverage and
liquidity and to determine a company's ability to service debt. Because
EBITDA is not calculated in the same manner by all entities, EBITDA as
calculated by the Company may not necessarily be comparable to that of the
Company's competitors or of other entities.
(10) For purposes of these computations, earnings before fixed charges consist
of income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes,
extraordinary item and cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle, plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest on debt,
amortization of debt issuance costs and estimated interest portion of
rental expense. Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $5,850
and $6,977 for fiscal 1999 and 2000, respectively.
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
This Report contains statements that constitute forward looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Those statements appear in a number of places in this Report and may include
statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company
or its officers with respect to (i) the Company's strategic plans, (ii) the
policies of the Company regarding capital expenditures, financing and other
matters, and (iii) industry trends affecting the Company's financial condition
or results of operations. Readers are cautioned that any such forward looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and
uncertainties and that actual results may differ materially from those in the
forward looking statements as a result of various factors, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company.
Company Background
The Company sells high temperature alloys and corrosion resistant alloys,
which accounted for 71% and 29%, respectively, of the Company's net revenues in
fiscal 2001. Based on available industry data, the Company believes that it is
one of three principal producers of high performance alloys in flat product
form, which includes sheet, coil and plate forms, and also produces its alloys
in round and tubular forms. In fiscal 2001, flat products accounted for 63% of
shipments and 65% of net revenues.
The Company sells its products primarily through its direct sales
organization, which includes four domestic Company-owned service centers, three
wholly-owned European subsidiaries, a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore, and
sales agents who supplement the Company's direct sales efforts in the Pacific
Rim. Approximately 86% of the Company's net revenues in fiscal 2001 was
generated by the Company's direct sales organization. The remaining 14% of the
Company's fiscal 2001 net revenues was generated by independent distributors and
licensees in the United States, Europe and Japan, some of whom have been
associated with the Company for over 30 years.
The proximity of production facilities to export customers is not a
significant competitive factor, since freight and duty costs per pound are minor
in comparison to the selling price per pound of high performance alloy products.
In fiscal 2001, sales to customers outside the United States accounted for
approximately 33% of the Company's net revenues.
The high performance alloy industry is characterized by high capital
investment and high fixed costs, and profitability is therefore very sensitive
to changes in volume. The cost of raw materials is the primary variable cost in
the high performance alloy manufacturing process and represents approximately
one-half of the total manufacturing costs. Other manufacturing costs, such as
labor, energy, maintenance and supplies, often thought of as variable, have a
significant fixed element. Accordingly, relatively small changes in volume can
result in significant variations in earnings.
In fiscal 2001, proprietary products represented approximately 33% of the
Company's net revenues. In addition to these patent-protected alloys, several
other alloys manufactured by the Company have little or no direct competition
because they are difficult to produce and require relatively small production
runs to satisfy demand. In fiscal 2001, these other alloys represented
approximately 19% of the Company's net revenues.
Order to shipment lead times can be a competitive factor as well as an
indication of the strength of the demand for high temperature alloys. The
Company's current average lead times from order to shipment are approximately 20
to 30 weeks.
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Overview of Markets
A breakdown of sales, shipments and average selling prices to the markets
served by the Company for the last five fiscal years is shown in the following
table:
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
% OF % OF % OF % OF % OF
AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT TOTAL
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SALES (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
Aerospace $ 111.2 47.2% $ 111.9 45.3% $ 87.3 41.8% $ 94.3 41.1% $ 103.4 41.1%
Chemical processing 69.3 29.4 79.7 32.3 71.0 34.0 62.3 27.1 67.8 26.9
Land-based gas turbines 17.2 7.4 17.5 7.1 24.1 11.5 35.1 15.3 47.4 18.8
Flue gas desulfurization 6.7 2.7 8.4 3.4 4.1 2.0 5.3 2.3 3.8 1.5
Oil and gas 7.8 3.3 5.9 2.4 1.2 .6 7.4 3.2 6.5 2.6
Other markets 20.1 8.5 19.8 8.0 16.4 7.8 22.7 9.9 22.0 8.8
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Total product 232.3 98.5 243.2 98.5 204.1 97.7 227.1 98.9 250.9 99.7
Other revenue (1) 3.5 1.5 3.7 1.5 4.9 2.3 2.4 1.1 .8 .3
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Net revenues $ 235.8 100.0% $ 246.9 100.0% $ 209.0 100.0% $229.5 100.0% $ 251.7 100.0%
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U.S. $ 154.3 $ 146.5 $ 125.9 $142.8 $ 161.2
Foreign $ 81.5 $ 100.4 $ 83.1 $ 86.7 $ 90.5
SHIPMENTS BY MARKET
(MILLIONS OF POUNDS)
Aerospace 8.3 45.9% 7.6 41.1% 6.2 36.7% 7.6 38.0% 7.6 38.2%
Chemical processing 5.7 31.9 6.7 36.2 6.8 40.2 5.8 29.0 5.6 28.1
Land-based gas turbines 1.4 8.1 1.6 8.7 2.3 13.6 3.7 18.5 4.6 23.1
Flue gas desulfurization 0.7 3.8 1.1 5.9 .5 3.0 .6 3.0 .4 2.0
Oil and gas 0.7 3.8 0.5 2.7 .1 .6 .8 4.0 .5 2.5
Other markets 1.2 6.5 1.0 5.4 1.0 5.9 1.5 7.5 1.2 6.1
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Total Shipments 18.0 100.0% 18.5 100.0% 16.9 100% 20.0 100.0% 19.9 100.0%
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AVERAGE SELLING PRICE
PER POUND
Aerospace $ 13.40 $14.72 $ 14.08 $12.41 $ 13.61
Chemical processing 12.16 11.90 10.44 10.74 12.11
Land-based gas turbines 12.29 10.94 10.48 9.49 10.30
Flue gas desulfurization 9.57 7.64 8.20 8.83 9.50
Oil and gas 11.14 11.80 12.00 9.25 13.00
Other markets 16.75 19.80 16.40 15.13 18.33
All markets $ 12.91 $ 13.15 $ 12.08 $11.36 $ 12.65
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(1) Includes toll conversion and royalty income.
Fluctuations in net revenues and volume from fiscal 1997 through fiscal
2001 are a direct result of significant changes in each of the Company's major
markets.
Aerospace. Demand for the Company's products in the aerospace industry is
driven by orders for new jet engines as well as requirements for spare parts and
replacement parts for jet engines. The Company experienced growth beginning in
fiscal 1995 due to the aerospace recovery providing the stimulus for demand
improvement. As a result of increased new aircraft production and maintenance
requirements, the Company's net revenues from sales to the aerospace supply
chain peaked in fiscal 1998 having grown 64.1% from the fiscal 1995 base period.
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Sales to the aerospace market in fiscal 1999 declined as the commercial
aircraft production by the major manufacturers reached its peak while projecting
fewer deliveries in the future. This condition reduced direct demand and caused
the supply chain to consume excess inventory. However, the Company experienced
renewed growth in fiscal 2000 due to a significant change in aerospace demand
caused by a change in the commercial aircraft forecast. This renewed demand has
extended through fiscal 2001 with a two-year growth of 18.8% from fiscal 1999,
however, current indications are forecasting a declining level of business over
the next several years.
A consistent stream of Haynes product requirements from the maintenance and
repair of installed engines adds to the OEM demand.
Chemical Processing. Growth in the chemical processing industry tends to
track overall economic activity. Demand for the Company's products is driven by
maintenance requirements of chemical processing facilities and the expansion of
existing chemical processing facilities or the construction of new facilities in
niche markets within the overall industry. In fiscal 2001, shipments of the
Company's products to the chemical processing industry increased from those in
fiscal 2000. A basic lack of capital projects continues to limit the available
opportunities compared to industry capacity growth in fiscal 1998-1999. The
basic elements are still present that drive the increased use of the Company's
products, but the high level of mergers, spin-offs, and divestment of facilities
combined to push out many major projects. Concerns regarding the reliability of
chemical processing facilities, their potential impact on the environment and
the safety of their personnel, as well as the need for higher throughput should
support demand for more sophisticated alloys, such as the Company's CRA
products.
Current indicators are forecasting reduced project business for the
chemical processing industry in fiscal 2002. The Company expects demand for its
products in the chemical processing industry will soften in fiscal 2002. The
Company's key proprietary CRA products, including HASTELLOY(R) C-2000(R), which
the Company believes provides better overall corrosion resistance and
versatility than any other readily available CRA product, and HASTELLOY C-22(R),
are expected to contribute to the Company's activity in this market, although
there can be no assurance that this will be the case.
Land-Based Gas Turbines. The Company has leveraged its metallurgical
expertise to develop LBGT applications for alloys it had historically sold to
the aerospace industry. Land based gas turbines are favored in electric
generating facilities due to low capital cost at installation, low cycle
installation time, flexibility in use of alternative fuels, and fewer SO2
emissions than traditional fossil fuel-fired facilities. In addition to power
generation, land-based gas turbines are required as mechanical drivers primarily
for production and transportation of oil and gas, as well as emerging
applications in commercial marine propulsion and micro turbines for
standby/emergency power systems. The Company believes these factors are
primarily responsible for creating demand for its products in the LBGT industry.
Prior to the enactment of the Clean Air Act, land-based gas turbines were
used primarily to satisfy peak power requirements. The Company believes that
land-based gas turbines are the clean, low-cost alternative to fossil fuel-fired
electric generating facilities. In the early 1990's when Phase I of the Clean
Air Act was being implemented, selection of land-based gas turbines to satisfy
electric utilities demand firmly established this power source. The Company
believes that the mandated Phase II of the Clean Air Act will further contribute
to demand for its products.
The Company's revenue from sales to the land-based gas turbine industry
have nearly tripled in the past five years. The Company believes the demand for
Haynes products based on industry projections should continue to increase over
the next several years, although there can be no assurance that this will be the
case.
Flue Gas Desulfurization. The Clean Air Act is the primary factor
determining the demand for high performance alloys in the FGD industry. FGD
projects have been undertaken by electric utilities and cogeneration facilities
powered by fossil fuels in the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim in
response to concerns over emissions. FGD projects are generally highly visible
and as a result are highly price competitive, especially when demand for high
performance alloys in other major markets is weak. The Company anticipates
improved sales opportunities in the FGD market as deadlines for Phase II of the
Clean Air Act approach, although there can be no assurance that this will be the
case.
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For Phase II, more than 2,000 operating units will be affected. While many
utilities are still finalizing their plans to comply with the more stringent
Phase II requirements, this market sector is now showing signs of expansion. The
Company in fiscal 2001 was successful in securing an improved share of small
project business in North America.
While the North American sector continues moderate growth in the next 3 to
5 years, there are also substantial opportunities in Asia and East Europe.
Oil and Gas. The Company's participation in the oil and gas industry
consists primarily of providing tubular goods for sour gas production. Demand
for the Company's products in this industry is driven by the rate of development
of sour gas fields, which in turn is driven by the price of natural gas and the
need to commence production in order to protect leases.
Other Markets. In addition to the industries described above, the Company
also targets a variety of other markets. Representative industries served in
fiscal 2001 include waste incineration, industrial heat treating, automotive,
medical and instrumentation. The automotive and industrial heat treating markets
are highly cyclical and very competitive. However, continual growth
opportunities exist in the automotive market due to new safety, engine controls,
and emission systems technologies. Also, increasing requirements for improved
materials performance in industrial heating are expected to increase demand for
the Company's products. Waste incineration presents opportunities for the
Company's alloys as landfill space is diminishing and government concerns over
pollution, chemical weapon stockpiles, and chemical and nuclear waste handling
are increasing. Many of the Company's lower volume proprietary alloys are
experiencing growing demand in these other markets. Markets capable of providing
growth are being driven by increasing performance, reliability and service life
requirements for products used in these markets, which could provide further
applications for the Company's products.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, consolidated
statements of operations data as a percentage of net revenues:
Year Ended September 30,
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1999 2000 2001
---- ---- ----
Net revenues 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of sales 78.6 81.3 78.2
Selling and administrative expenses 12.1 10.2 10.4
Research and technical expenses 1.9 1.6 1.5
----- ----- -----
Operating income 7.4 6.9 9.9
Other cost, net 0.3 0.1 .4
Terminated acquisition costs 0.2(1) --- ---
Interest expense 9.7 9.9 9.2
Interest income (0.1) (0.1) ---
----- ----- -----
Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from)
income taxes and cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principle (2.7) (3.0) .3
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes (3.0) (0.9) .2
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle, net of tax benefit --- 0.3(2) ---
----- ----- -----
Net income (loss) .3% (1.8)% .1%
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(1) Terminated acquisition costs of approximately $6.2 million and $388,000
were recorded in fiscal 1998 and 1999, respectively, in connection with the
abandoned attempt to acquire Inco Alloys International by Holdings. These
costs previously had been deferred.
(2) On January 1, 2000, the Company changed its method of amortizing
unrecognized actuarial gains and losses with respect to its pension
benefits to amortize them over the lesser of five years or the average
remaining service period of active participants. The $640,000 cumulative
effect of the change on prior years (after a reduction of $426,000 for
income taxes) is included in income in fiscal 2000.
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Year Ended September 30, 2001 Compared to Year Ended September 30, 2000
Net Revenues. Net revenues increased approximately $22.2 million to
approximately $251.7 million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $229.5 million in
fiscal 2000. The average selling price increased 11.4% to $12.65 per pound in
fiscal 2001 from $11.36 per pound in fiscal 2000. Volume remained steady at 19.9
million pounds sold in fiscal 2001 compared to 20.0 million pounds sold in
fiscal 2000.
Sales to the aerospace industry in fiscal 2001 increased by 9.7% to
approximately $103.4 million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $94.3 million for
fiscal 2000, due primarily to a 9.7% increase in the average selling price per
pound. The increase in the average selling price is due to generally improved
market prices, and a larger proportion of the higher priced specialty alloys
compared to the lower priced nickel base alloys.
Sales to the chemical processing industry increased by 8.8% to
approximately $67.8 million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $62.3 million in
fiscal 2000, due to a 12.8% increase in the average selling price per pound
which was partially offset by a 3.4% decrease in volume. The improved average
selling price is the result of a greater proportion of higher valued proprietary
alloy flat and tubular products sales as compared to lower priced plate product
sales for large projects combined with generally improved market prices. The
decrease in volume can be attributed to the lack of large projects in the
industry.
Sales to the land-based gas turbine industry increased by 35.0% to
approximately $47.4 million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $35.1 million in
fiscal 2000, due to a 24.3% increase in volume combined with a 8.5% increase in
the average selling price per pound. The increase in volume can be attributed to
improved global shipments of proprietary alloy round products as well as
nickel-base alloy and specialty alloy flat products to fabricators in support of
the growing demand at the gas turbine manufacturers. The increase in the average
selling price can be attributed to the larger proportion of the higher priced
specialty and proprietary alloys combined with improved market prices.
Sales to the flue gas desulfurization industry deceased by 28.3% to
approximately $3.8 million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $5.3 million in
fiscal 2000, due to a 33.3% decrease in volume which was partially offset by a
7.6% increase in the average selling price per pound. The decrease in volume can
be attributed to fewer domestic retrofit projects and a lack of any major
European or export projects. The increase in the average selling price is a
result of improved market price conditions partially offset by lower volume
pricing for retrofit projects.
Sales to the oil and gas industry decreased by 12.2% to approximately $6.5
million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $7.4 million in fiscal 2000, due to a
37.5% decrease in volume which was partially offset by a 40.5% increase in the
average selling price per pound. The decrease in volume can be attributed to a
combination of less project business of tubular products which was offset by
improved round product sales. The increase in the average selling price reflects
a larger proportion of sales of the higher priced nickel base alloy tubular
products for major project activity and increased market prices.
Sales to other industries decreased by 3.1% to approximately $22.0 million
in fiscal 2001 from approximately $22.7 million in fiscal 2000, due to an 20.0%
decrease in volume which was offset by a 21.2% increase in the average selling
price per pound. The increase in the average selling price can be attributed to
generally improved market prices and a larger proportion of the higher priced
specialty alloys for specialty markets compared to the higher volume, lower
priced nickel base alloys for industrial markets.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales as a percentage of net revenues decreased to
78.2% in fiscal 2001 compared to 81.3% in fiscal 2000. The lower cost of sales
percentage in fiscal 2001 was due to both an increase in the average selling
price and to lower raw material costs partially offset by higher energy costs.
Selling and Administrative Expenses. Selling and administrative expenses
increased approximately $2.8 million to approximately $26.2 million in fiscal
2001 from approximately $23.4 million in fiscal 2000, primarily as a result of
higher salary expense related to bonuses, deferred compensation charges and
selling and marketing expenses relating to the Company's foreign subsidiaries.
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Research and Technical Expenses. Research and technical expenses remained
relatively flat when comparing fiscal 2001 with fiscal 2000.
Operating Income. As a result of the above factors, the Company recognized
operating income for fiscal 2001 of approximately $25.0 million, approximately
$5.1 million of which was contributed by the Company's foreign subsidiaries. For
fiscal 2000, operating income was approximately $15.8 million, of which
approximately $5.6 million was contributed by the Company's foreign
subsidiaries.
Other. Other costs, net, increased approximately $700,000 to $1.0 million
in fiscal 2001 from approximately $300,000 in fiscal 2000, primarily as a result
foreign exchange losses and expenses relating to the Company's foreign
subsidiaries.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased approximately $600,000 to
$23.2 million in fiscal 2001 from approximately $22.6 million in fiscal 2000,
due to a higher average debt balance for 2001 compared to 2000 partially offset
by lower interest rates.
Income Taxes. The income taxes changed by $2.8 million to a provision of
approximately $600,000 for fiscal 2001 from a benefit of approximately $2.2
million in fiscal 2000, due to the change in the Company's results from a net
loss to net income position.
Net Income. As a result of the above factors, the Company recognized net
income of approximately $300,000 in fiscal 2001 compared to a net loss in fiscal
2000 of approximately $4.2 million.
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Year Ended September 30, 2000 Compared to Year Ended September 30, 1999
Net Revenues. Net revenues increased approximately $20.5 million, or 9.8%,
to approximately $229.5 million in fiscal 2000 from approximately $209.0 million
in fiscal 1999, primarily as a result of an 18.3% increase in shipments from
approximately 16.9 million pounds in fiscal 1999 to approximately 20.0 million
pounds in fiscal 2000, which offset a 6.0% decrease in average selling prices,
from approximately $12.08 per pound in fiscal 1999 to approximately $11.36 per
pound in fiscal 2000.
Sales to the aerospace industry for fiscal 2000 increased 8.0% to
approximately $94.3 million from approximately $87.3 million for fiscal 1999.
The increase in revenue can be attributed to a 22.6% increase in volume to
approximately 7.6 million pounds in fiscal 2000 from approximately 6.2 million
pounds in fiscal 1999, which offset an 11.9% decrease in the average selling
price per pound. The higher volume is a result of strong demand for all product
forms in the domestic and export geographic sectors by the airframe component
fabricators and the gas turbine manufacturers. The commercial aviation industry
aircraft build schedules were adjusted significantly in the past year to reflect
a surge in demand for new equipment for the next few years. The lower average
selling prices of aerospace products is the result of a greater proportion of
lower priced nickel-base alloys and product forms as compared to the higher
volume, higher priced specialty and proprietary Haynes alloys.
Sales to the chemical processing industry declined 12.3% to approximately
$62.3 million in fiscal 2000 from approximately $71.0 million in fiscal 1999 due
primarily to decreased volume to approximately 5.8 million pounds in fiscal 2000
from approximately 6.8 million pounds for the same period a year earlier. The
decreased volume was partially offset by an increase in the average selling
price per pound from $10.44 per pound in fiscal 1999 to $10.74 per pound in
fiscal 2000. The decrease in volume can be attributed to a reduction in major
project activity in the domestic and European markets, as well as limited, but
improving, demand in the Asian marketplace. The improved average selling price
is the result of a greater proportion of higher priced sheet and tubular product
forms as compared to lower priced plate product forms used primarily for support
in large project applications. Heightened global marketplace competition limited
the ability to further improve the product transaction prices.
Sales to the LBGT industry increased 45.6% in fiscal 2000 to approximately
$35.1 million from approximately $24.1 million in fiscal 1999. The sales
increase was the result of a 60.9% increase in volume to approximately 3.7
million pounds in fiscal 2000 compared to approximately 2.3 million pounds in
fiscal 1999, which more than offset a 9.4% decrease in the average selling price
per pound. The significant increase in volume can be attributed to improved
global shipments of nickel-base alloy and specialty alloy flat products, as well
as HAYNES(R) HR-120(R) alloy ring applications for major gas turbine
manufacturers. The reduced average selling price is mainly due to the greater
proportion of lower value product forms of HAYNES HR-120 alloy and nickel-base
alloy flat products.
Sales to FGD industry increased 29.3% to approximately $5.3 million in
fiscal 2000 from approximately $4.1 million in fiscal 1999 due primarily to a
20.0% gain in volume. The improvement in volume was combined with a 7.7%
increase in the average selling price per pound reflecting a strong domestic
environment with respect to major project business.
Sales to the oil and gas industry during fiscal 2000 increased
substantially to approximately $7.4 million from approximately $1.2 million for
the same period a year earlier. The revenue increase is due to an increase in
volume which was partially offset by a decline in the average selling price per
pound. These are typically large projects and may vary in number significantly
from year to year.
Sales to other industries increased 38.4% to approximately $22.7 million in
fiscal 2000 from approximately $16.4 million in fiscal 1999. Volume increased to
approximately 1.5 million pounds in fiscal 2000 compared to approximately 1.0
million pounds for the same period a year earlier, partially offset by a 7.7%
decrease in the average selling price per pound, from $16.40 in fiscal 1999 to
$15.13 in fiscal 2000. The decline in the average selling price can be
attributed to a greater proportion of sales of lower cost, lower priced
nickel-base alloys for industrial markets compared to sales of higher priced
cobalt-base alloys for specialty markets.
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Cost of Sales. Cost of sales as a percentage of net revenues increased to
81.3% in fiscal 2000 compared to 78.6% in fiscal 1999. The higher cost of sales
percentage in fiscal 2000 compared to fiscal 1999 resulted from higher raw
material costs and higher distribution costs.
Selling and Administrative Expenses. Selling and administrative expenses
decreased approximately $1.8 million to approximately $23.4 million for fiscal
2000 from approximately $25.2 million in fiscal 1999 primarily as a result of
higher administrative costs and data processing costs during 2000, which
partially offset the reduction of expenses associated with the DOJ investigation
and the change in executive management of the Company.
Research and Technical Expenses. Research and technical expenses decreased
approximately $100,000 from approximately $3.9 million in fiscal 1999 to
approximately $3.8 million in fiscal 2000 as a result of reduced operating costs
and outside research donations.
Operating Income. As a result of the above factors, the Company recognized
operating income for fiscal 2000 of approximately $15.8 million, approximately
$5.6 million of which was contributed by the Company's foreign subsidiaries. For
fiscal 1999, operating income was approximately $15.6 million, of which
approximately $4.1 million was contributed by the Company's foreign
subsidiaries.
Other. Other cost, net, decreased approximately $247,000, from
approximately $725,000 in fiscal 1999, to approximately $321,000 for fiscal
2000, primarily as a result of increased foreign exchange gains and the
dissolution of a joint venture, which had resulted in losses in the prior year.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased approximately $2.3 million to
approximately $22.6 million for fiscal 2000 from approximately $20.3 million for
fiscal 1999. Higher revolving credit balances and higher interest rates during
2000 contributed to the increase.
Income Taxes. The benefit from income taxes of approximately $2.2 million
for fiscal 2000 decreased by approximately $4.1 million from approximately $6.3
million for fiscal 1999 due to an adjustment during fiscal 1999 of deferred
income taxes for certain foreign earnings that will not be remitted to the
United States.
Net Income. As a result of the above factors, the Company recognized a net
loss of approximately $4.2 million for fiscal 2000 compared to net income for
fiscal 1999 of approximately $564,000.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's near-term future cash needs will be driven by working capital
requirements and planned capital expenditures. Capital expenditures were
approximately $4.2 million in fiscal 2001. Capital expenditures were
approximately $8.1 million and $9.1 million for fiscal 1999 and 2000,
respectively. The largest capital item for fiscal 2001 was $1.1 million for the
Company's fugitive emissions controls. Planned fiscal 2002 capital spending is
targeted for the Company's annealing capabilities for the Arcadia tubular
facility, and environmental projects. The Company does not expect such capital
expenditures will have a material adverse effect on its long-term liquidity. The
Company expects to fund its working capital needs and capital expenditures with
cash provided from operations, supplemented by borrowings under its Revolving
Credit Facility. The Company believes these sources of capital will be
sufficient to fund planned capital expenditures and working capital requirements
over the next 12 months and on a long-term basis, although there can be no
assurance that this will be the case.
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2001 was approximately
$6.4 million, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of
approximately $12.5 million for fiscal 2000. The cash provided by operating
activities for fiscal 2001 was primarily the result of an increase of
approximately $1.6 million in accounts and notes receivable, an increase of
approximately $1.1 million in income taxes payable, a decrease of approximately
$2.9 million for accrued post retirement benefits, non-cash depreciation and
amortization expenses of approximately $6.2 million, and other adjustments. Cash
used for investing activities decreased from approximately $8.7 million in
fiscal 2000 to approximately $4.2 million in fiscal 2001, due to the decrease in
capital expenditures. Cash used in financing activities for fiscal 2001 was
approximately $3.4 million, primarily due to net reductions in borrowings under
the Revolving Credit Facility. Cash for fiscal 2001 decreased approximately $1.1
million, resulting in a September 30, 2001 cash balance of approximately
$171,000. Cash for fiscal 2000 decreased approximately $2.3 million, resulting
in a September 30, 2000 cash balance of approximately $1.3 million.
On November 22, 1999, the Company refinanced the Revolving Credit Facility
with Fleet Capital Corporation ("Fleet Revolving Credit Facility"). The Fleet
Revolving Credit Facility's term is three years and the maximum amount available
under the Revolving Line of Credit is $72.0 million. The terms and conditions of
the Fleet Revolving Credit Facility are similar to the prior facility. The
Company also has $140.0 million of 11 5/8% Senior Notes due 2004 ("Senior
Notes"). See Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a
description of the terms of the Senior Notes and the Revolving Credit Facility
in place at September 30, 2001.
The Senior Notes and the revolving credit facilities contain a number of
covenants limiting the Company's access to capital, including covenants that
restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to (i) incur additional
indebtedness, (ii) make certain restricted payments, (iii) engage in
transactions with affiliates, (iv) create liens on assets, (v) sell assets, (vi)
issue and sell preferred stock of subsidiaries, and (vii) engage in
consolidations, mergers and transfers.
The Company is currently conducting groundwater monitoring and post-closure
monitoring in connection with certain disposal areas, and has completed an
investigation of eight specifically identified solid waste management units at
the Kokomo facility. The results of the investigation have been filed with the
EPA. If the EPA were to require corrective action in connection with such
disposal areas or solid waste management units, there can be no assurance that
the costs of such corrective action will not have a material adverse effect on
the Company's financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. In
addition, the Company has been named as a PRP at one waste disposal site. Based
on current information, the Company believes that its involvement at this site
will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition,
results of operations or liquidity although there can be no assurance with
respect thereto. Expenses related to environmental compliance were $1.3 million
for fiscal 2001 and are expected to be approximately $1.6 million for fiscal
2002. See "Business-- Environmental Matters." Based on information currently
available to the Company, the Company is not aware of any information which
would indicate that litigation pending against the Company is reasonably likely
to have a material adverse effect on the Company's operations or liquidity. See
"Business--Environmental Matters."
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Inflation
The Company believes that inflation has not had a material impact on its
operations.
Income Tax Considerations
For financial reporting purposes the Company recognizes deferred tax assets
and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have
been recognized in the Company's financial statements or tax returns. Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109 requires the recording of a
valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of
a deferred tax asset will not be realized. This statement further states that
forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed may be difficult,
especially when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent
years. The ultimate realization of all or part of the Company's deferred tax
assets depends upon the Company's ability to generate sufficient taxable income
in the future. During the second quarter of 1999, the Company recorded a
deferred income tax benefit associated with the undistributed earnings of two
foreign affiliates. The Company has concluded that the earnings of these two
affiliates will be permanently invested overseas for the foreseeable future.
Year 2000
The Company did not realize any detrimental effect relating to Year 2000.
All manufacturing and business systems are functioning in the manner they were
intended to operate. Furthermore, the Company has not experienced any problems
with its customers or suppliers regarding Year 2000. The Company is not aware of
any uncertainties, but in the event one should arise, the Company's Year 2000
Committee will remain active to respond to such an occurrence.
Terminated Acquisition by Holdings
In June 1997 Inco Limited ("Inco") and Blackstone jointly announced the
execution of a definitive agreement for the sale by Inco of 100% of its Inco
Alloy International ("IAI") business unit to Holdings. On March 3, 1998,
Blackstone and Holdings abandoned their attempt to purchase IAI after the
Department of Justice announced its intention to challenge the proposed
acquisition. Certain fees paid and accrued by the Company in connection with the
Acquisition have been accounted for as terminated acquisition costs and charged
against income in fiscal 1998 and 1999.
Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 141
"Business Combinations", and SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other intangible
Assets". SFAS No. 141 requires that all business combinations be accounted for
under the purchase method only and that certain acquired intangible assets in a
business combination be recognized as assets apart from goodwill. SFAS No. 142
requires that ratable amortization of goodwill be replaced with periodic tests
of the goodwill's impairment and that identifiable intangible assets other than
goodwill be amortized over their useful lives. SFAS No. 141 is effective for all
business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 and for all business
combinations accounted for by the purchase method for which the date of
acquisition is after June 30, 2001. The provisions of SFAS No. 142 will be
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. The adoption of
these standards will have no effect on the Company's results of operations or
financial position.
SFAS No. 143 "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligation" and SFAS No. 144
"Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" were issued
during fiscal year 2001. SFAS No. 143 is effective for all fiscal years
beginning after June 15, 2002, and addresses financial accounting and reporting
for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and
the associated retirement costs. SFAS No. 144 is effective for all fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2001 and addresses recognition and measurement of
impairment losses on long-lived assets. The Company has not yet determined the
impact that adopting SFAS No. 143 and No. 144 will have on its results of
operations or financial position.
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Item 7a. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Prior to September 30, 1998, the Company had commodity price risk with
respect to nickel forward contracts, but closed out all existing contracts at
September 30, 1998, due to the low sustained levels of nickel prices at that
time. The nickel contracts closed were settled in fiscal 1999 at a loss of
approximately $68,000. If the Company decides to hedge its nickel price exposure
in the future, Board of Directors approval will be obtained prior to entering
into any contracts.
The foreign currency exchange risk exists primarily because the two foreign
subsidiaries need U.S. dollars in order to pay for their intercompany purchases
of high performance alloys from the Company's U.S. locations. The foreign
subsidiaries manage their own foreign currency exchange risk. Any U.S. dollar
exposure aggregating more than $500,000 requires approval from the Company's
Vice President of Finance. Most of the currency contracts to buy U.S. dollars
are with maturity dates less than six months.
At September 30, 2001, the Company had no foreign currency exchange
contracts outstanding.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Board of Directors
Haynes International, Inc.
Kokomo, Indiana
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Haynes
International, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Haynes Holdings, Inc.) and
subsidiaries, as of September 30, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended September 30, 2001. Our audits also included the
financial statement schedule listed in the index at Item 14. These financial
statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Haynes International, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of September 30, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
September 30, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement
schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth herein.
As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company changed its
method of amortizing unrecognized actuarial gains and losses with respect to its
pension benefits effective January 1, 2000.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
November 2, 2001
Indianapolis, Indiana
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HAYNES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
September 30, September 30,
2000 2001
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,285 $ 171
Accounts and notes receivable, less allowance for
doubtful accounts of $638 and $721, respectively 46,131 47,978
Inventories 97,307 98,150
Refundable income taxes --- 150
Deferred income taxes --- 899
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Total current assets 144,723 147,348
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Property, plant and equipment, net 42,299 41,557
Deferred income taxes 44,424 42,994
Prepayments and deferred charges, net 11,919 10,546
Total assets $ 243,365 $ 242,445
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LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL DEFICIENCY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 31,408 $ 31,300
Accrued postretirement benefits 4,400 4,400
Revolving credit facility 63,974 61,206
Notes payable 2,307 2,307
Income taxes payable 1,096 ---
Deferred income taxes 309 ---
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Total current liabilities 103,494 99,213
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Long-term debt, net of unamortized discount 143,157 142,749
Accrued postretirement benefits 94,881 97,809
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Total liabilities 341,532 339,771
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Capital deficiency:
Common stock, $.01 par value (100 shares
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