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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

     
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
   
  For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005
 
   
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
   
  For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number: 333-107219

UNITED COMPONENTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware   04-3759857
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
14601 Highway 41 North   47725
Evansville, Indiana   (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)    

(812) 867-4156

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

     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 o No þ

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).

     Yes o No þ

     The registrant had 1,000 shares of its $0.01 par value common stock outstanding as of May 11, 2005.



 


 

United Components, Inc.

Index

   
Part I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Page No.
 
 
Item 1.Financial Statements (unaudited)
 
Condensed consolidated balance sheets-March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
3
Condensed consolidated income statements-Three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
4
Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows-Three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
5
Condensed consolidated statements of changes in shareholder’s equity- Three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
6
Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
7
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
20
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
28
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
29
 
 
Part II OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
30
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
30
Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities
30
Item 4. Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders
30
Item 5. Other Information
30
Item 6. Exhibits
30

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

In this periodic report on Form 10-Q, United Components, Inc. (“UCI”) makes some “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These statements are included throughout this report on Form 10-Q and relate to analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will,” “continue,” and other similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions.

These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events affecting the Company. They are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors mentioned in our discussion in this report will be important in determining future results.

Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that we will attain these expectations or that any deviations will not be material. Except as otherwise required by the Federal securities laws, we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained in this periodic report on Form 10-Q to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

United Components, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(in thousands)

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Assets
               
 
               
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 26,756     $ 11,291  
Accounts receivable, net
    243,935       238,581  
Inventories, net
    193,214       188,212  
Deferred tax assets
    19,981       18,578  
Other current assets
    14,106       12,188  
 
           
Total current assets
    497,992       468,850  
 
               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    213,778       216,849  
Goodwill
    166,559       166,559  
Other intangible assets, net
    96,097       94,229  
Deferred financing costs, net
    7,351       7,686  
Pension and other assets
    12,307       12,772  
 
           
 
               
Total assets
  $ 994,084     $ 966,945  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities and shareholder’s equity
               
 
               
Current liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $ 111,174     $ 91,505  
Short-term borrowings
    806       1,267  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    151       228  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    70,397       67,808  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    182,528       160,808  
 
               
Long-term debt, less current maturities
    456,826       456,674  
Pension and other postretirement liabilities
    54,413       53,141  
Deferred tax liabilities
    8,073       6,430  
Other liabilities
    2,019       1,972  
Contingencies – Note G
           
 
           
Total liabilities
    703,859       679,025  
 
           
 
               
Shareholder’s equity
               
Common stock
           
Additional paid in capital
    263,720       263,120  
Retained earnings
    24,803       22,074  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    1,702       2,726  
 
           
Total shareholder’s equity
    290,225       287,920  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity
  $ 994,084     $ 966,945  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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United Components, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Income Statements (unaudited)
(in thousands)

                 
    Three Months ended March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Net sales
  $ 245,506     $ 256,811  
Cost of sales
    199,420       201,264  
 
           
Gross profit
    46,086       55,547  
 
               
Operating expenses
               
Selling and warehousing
    18,263       19,045  
General and administrative
    12,419       12,072  
Amortization of intangible assets
    1,532       1,851  
 
           
 
               
Operating income
    13,872       22,579  
 
               
Other income (expense)
               
Interest income
    24       65  
Interest expense
    (8,796 )     (9,631 )
Management fee expense
    (500 )     (500 )
Miscellaneous, net
    (52 )     85  
 
           
 
               
Income before income taxes
    4,548       12,598  
Income tax expense
    1,819       5,063  
 
           
Net income
  $ 2,729     $ 7,535  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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United Components, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
(in thousands)

                 
    Three Months ended March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 2,729     $ 7,535  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation
    8,308       9,082  
Amortization of intangible assets
    1,532       1,851  
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt issuance costs
    493       1,156  
Deferred income taxes
    595       3,381  
Other non-cash, net
    1,774       (2,089 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
               
Accounts receivable
    (5,648 )     (11,742 )
Inventories
    (5,002 )     (4,406 )
Other current assets
    (1,918 )     1,462  
Accounts payable
    19,669       20,814  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    2,589       11,758  
Other assets
    (1,329 )     1,783  
Other liabilities
    1,319       1,268  
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by operating activities
    25,111       41,853  
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Final Acquisition purchase price payment
          (8,000 )
Capital expenditures
    (9,687 )     (8,931 )
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
    112       129  
 
           
 
               
Net cash used in investing activities
    (9,575 )     (16,802 )
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Issuances of debt
    8,039        
Debt repayments
    (8,583 )     (40,015 )
Shareholder’s equity contribution
    600       (28 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    56       (40,043 )
 
           
 
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (127 )     110  
 
           
 
               
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    15,465       (14,882 )
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    11,291       46,130  
 
           
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 26,756     $ 31,248  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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United Components, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholder’s Equity (unaudited)
(in thousands)

                                                 
                            Accumulated              
            Additional     Retained     Other     Total        
    Common     Paid In     Earnings     Comprehensive     Shareholder’s     Comprehensive  
    Stock     Capital     (Deficit)     Income     Equity     Income  
Balance at January 1, 2004
  $     $ 261,385     $ (8,755 )   $ 1,460     $ 254,090          
Additions to paid in capital
            (28 )                     (28 )        
Comprehensive income
                                               
Net income
                    7,535               7,535     $ 7,535  
Other comprehensive income
                                               
Interest rate swaps
                            (340 )     (340 )     (340 )
Foreign currency adjustment
                            786       786       786  
 
                                             
Total comprehensive income
                                          $ 7,981  
 
                                   
Balance at March 31, 2004
  $     $ 261,357     $ (1,220 )   $ 1,906     $ 262,043          
 
                                     
 
                                               
Balance at January 1, 2005
  $     $ 263,120     $ 22,074     $ 2,726     $ 287,920          
Additions to paid in capital
            600                       600          
Comprehensive income
                                               
Net income
                    2,729               2,729     $ 2,729  
Other comprehensive income
                                               
Interest rate swaps
                            (34 )     (34 )     (34 )
Foreign currency adjustment
                            (990 )     (990 )     (990 )
 
                                             
Total comprehensive income
                                          $ 1,705  
 
                                   
Balance at March 31, 2005
  $     $ 263,720     $ 24,803     $ 1,702     $ 290,225          
 
                                     

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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United Components, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

NOTE A — GENERAL AND BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

General

United Components, Inc. (“UCI”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of UCI Acquisition Holdings, Inc. UCI Acquisition Holdings, Inc. and United Components, Inc. are corporations formed at the direction of The Carlyle Group. At March 31, 2005, affiliates of The Carlyle Group own 98.6% of UCI Acquisition Holdings, Inc.’s common stock, and the remainder is owned by certain members of senior management and UCI’s Board of Directors.

On June 20, 2003, United Components, Inc. purchased, from UIS, Inc. and UIS Industries, Inc., their vehicle parts businesses. This acquisition is referred to in these notes to the financial statements as the “Acquisition”.

The Company operates in one business segment through its subsidiaries. The Company manufactures and distributes vehicle parts primarily servicing the vehicle replacement parts market in North America and Europe.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of UCI and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. In these notes to the financial statements, the term the “Company” refers to UCI and its subsidiaries.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

The December 31, 2004 consolidated balance sheet has been derived from the audited financial statements included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. The financial statements at March 31, 2005 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are unaudited. In the opinion of the Company, these financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for such periods. Such adjustments include normal recurring adjustments and, in the case of the income statement for the 2004 period, include the effects of the preliminary allocation of the Acquisition purchase price. For all periods subsequent to March 31, 2004, the financial information presented in these financial statements and related notes reflects the final allocation of the Acquisition purchase price. The final allocation had no impact on previously reported results of operations.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions in determining the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting period. The estimates and assumptions include estimates of the collectibility of accounts receivable and the realizability of inventory, goodwill and other intangible assets. They also include estimates of cost accruals, environmental liabilities, warranty and product returns, insurance reserves, income taxes, pensions and other postretirement benefits and other factors. Management has exercised reasonableness in deriving these estimates; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2005.

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United Components, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

NOTE B — SALES OF RECEIVABLES

The Company has agreements to sell undivided interests in certain of its receivables to a factoring company, which in turn has the right to sell an undivided interest to a financial institution or other third party. The Company enters these agreements at its discretion when it determines that the cost of factoring is less than the cost of servicing its receivables with existing debt. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company sold $5.1 million of receivables during the 2005 quarter which would otherwise have been outstanding at March 31, 2005. The Company retained no rights or interest and has no obligations with respect to the sold receivables. The Company does not service the receivables after the sales.

The sales of receivables were accounted for as a sale in accordance with SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities”. The sold receivables were removed from the balance sheet at the time of sales. The costs of the sales were a 0.25% agent’s fee and a discount deducted by the factoring company, which is calculated based on LIBOR plus 1.5%. These costs were $57 thousand in the first quarter of 2005 and are recorded in miscellaneous, net.

NOTE C — INVENTORIES

The components of inventory are as follows (in thousands):

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Raw materials
  $ 33,976     $ 34,461  
Work in process
    51,212       49,376  
Finished products
    129,614       125,620  
Valuation reserves
    (21,588 )     (21,245 )
 
           
 
  $ 193,214     $ 188,212  
 
           

NOTE D — ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consists of the following (in thousands):

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
Salaries and wages
  $ 4,472     $ 2,756  
Bonuses
    1,842       4,245  
Vacation pay
    6,424       5,721  
Pension and other postretirement liabilities
    4,006       4,039  
Product returns
    15,119       15,291  
Rebates, credits and discounts due customers
    6,942       6,475  
Insurance
    7,016       9,337  
Interest
    7,147       1,751  
Taxes payable
    2,952       4,081  
Other
    14,477       14,112  
 
           
 
  $ 70,397     $ 67,808  
 
           

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United Components, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

NOTE E — PRODUCT RETURNS LIABILITY

The product returns liability is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. It includes accruals for parts returned due to manufacturing defects and for certain parts returned because of customer excess quantities. The changes in the Company’s product returns liability are as follows (in thousands):

                 
    Three Months ended March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Beginning of year
  $ 15,291     $ 13,999  
Returned parts expense
    (9,527 )     (9,541 )
Additional loss provision
    9,355       9,891  
 
           
End of period
  $ 15,119     $ 14,349  
 
           

NOTE F — PENSION

The following are the components of net periodic pension expense (in thousands):

                 
    Three Months ended March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Service cost
  $ 2,217     $ 2,035  
Interest cost
    3,224       2,947  
Expected return on plan assets
    (3,486 )     (3,395 )
Amortization of transition asset
    6        
Amortization of prior services cost
    22        
Amortization of unrecognized gain
    10        
 
           
 
  $ 1,993     $ 1,587  
 
           

NOTE G — CONTINGENCIES

Environmental

The Company is subject to a variety of Federal, state, local and foreign environmental laws and regulations, including those governing the discharge of pollutants into the air or water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances or wastes and the cleanup of contaminated sites. The Company has been identified as a potentially responsible party for contamination at two sites. One of these sites is a former facility in Edison, New Jersey, where a state agency has ordered the Company to continue with the monitoring and investigation of chlorinated solvent contamination. The Company has informed the agency that this contamination was caused by another party at a neighboring facility and has initiated a lawsuit against that party for damages and to compel it to take responsibility for any further investigation or remediation. The second site is a previously owned site in Solano County, California, where the Company, at the request of the regional water board, is investigating and analyzing the nature and extent of the contamination and is conducting some remediation. Based on currently available information, management believes that the cost of the ultimate outcome of these environmental matters will not exceed the $3.2 million accrued at March 31, 2005 by a material amount, if at all. However, because all investigation and analysis has not yet been completed and because of the inherent uncertainty in such environmental matters, it is reasonably possible that the ultimate outcome of these matters could have a material adverse effect on results for a single quarter.

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United Components, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Litigation

The Company is subject to various other contingencies, including routine legal proceedings and claims arising out of the normal course of business. These proceedings primarily involve commercial claims, product liability claims, personal injury claims and workers’ compensation claims. The outcome of these lawsuits, legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty. Nevertheless, the Company believes that the outcome of any currently existing proceedings, even if determined adversely, would not have a material adverse effect on financial condition or results of operations.

NOTE H — GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company had the following net sales by country (in thousands):

                 
    Three Months ended March 31,  
    2005     2004  
United States
  $ 202,372     $ 209,134  
Canada
    7,830       9,187  
United Kingdom
    5,284       10,235  
Mexico
    5,398       7,217  
Germany
    4,092       3,690  
Spain
    1,064       1,213  
Belgium
    1,874       1,994  
France
    3,575       3,024  
Sweden
    1,703       1,568  
Other
    12,314       9,549  
 
           
 
  $ 245,506     $ 256,811  
 
           

Net long-lived assets by country are as follows (in thousands):

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
United States
  $ 271,299     $ 271,958  
United Kingdom
    39,770       40,921  
Mexico
    13,673       13,708  
Spain
    4,184       4,366  
Canada
    607       583  
Goodwill
    166,559       166,559  
 
           
 
  $ 496,092     $ 498,095  
 
           

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United Components, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

NOTE I — STOCK OPTIONS

The Company has adopted the disclosure only provisions of SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”. Accordingly, stock options are accounted for by the “intrinsic-value-method” of APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”. Had the compensation cost of the stock option plan been applied using the fair-value-based method at the grant date, rather than the intrinsic-value method of accounting, the pro forma amounts would be as follows (in millions):

                 
    Three Months ended March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Net income as reported
  $ 2.7     $ 7.5  
Pro forma stock-based compensation expense, net of tax
    0.4       0.5  
 
           
Pro forma net income
  $ 2.3     $ 7.0  
 
           

Pro forma disclosures for stock option accounting may not be representative of the effects on reported net income in future periods.

NOTE J — NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 106-2 (“FSP 106-2”), “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003”. FSP 106-2 provides guidance regarding accounting and disclosure related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Act”) that was signed into law in December 2003. FSP 106-2 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after June 15, 2004. The Act introduces a prescription drug benefit under Medicare (Medicare Part D) as well as a Federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least equivalent to Medicare Part D. Benefits from the Act generally cover individuals who are age 65 or greater. Since postretirement medical coverage under the Company’s plans ceases at age 65, the Act does not have an impact on the Company’s obligations.

In December 2004, SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” was issued. SFAS No. 123R requires the measurement of share-based payments to employees using a fair-value-based method and the recording of such expense in the income statement. The accounting provisions of SFAS No. 123R are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005 and are to be applied prospectively. Also, in March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 (“SAB 107”). SAB 107 provides clarification on the implementation of SFAS No. 123R and the relationship of SFAS No. 123R to certain SEC rules and regulations. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under SFAS No. 123 will no longer be an alternative to financial statement recognition. See Note I for the pro forma net income as if the Company had used a fair-value-based method, similar to the methods required under SFAS No.123R, to measure compensation expense. Had SFAS No. 123R been applied in the periods disclosed, the impact would have been similar to those pro forma amounts. The future impact is dependent upon if and when additional options are granted or expire, as well as the vesting period of such options.

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United Components, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs”. SFAS No. 151 primarily clarifies the accounting for inventory when there are abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted materials. Under existing guidelines, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage and re-handling costs may be ‘so abnormal’ as to require treatment as current period charges rather than recorded adjustments to the value of inventory. SFAS No. 151 requires that such items be recognized as current period charges regardless of whether they meet the ‘so abnormal’ criteria. The accounting provisions of SFAS No. 151 are to be applied prospectively and are effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not expect SFAS No. 151 to have a material effect on its financial statements.