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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004
Commission File Number 001-12515

OM GROUP, INC.

(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
(state or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  52-1736882
(I.R.S., Employer
Identification Number)

127 Public Square
1500 Key Tower
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1221
(Address of principal executive offices)
(zip code)

(216) 781-0083
(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 and 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 Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)

Yes  þ   No  o

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of March 31, 2004: Common Stock, $.01 Par Value – 28,470,073 shares

 
 

 


INDEX
OM GROUP, INC.

     
  Financial Information
 
   
  Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
   
 
  Condensed consolidated balance sheets – March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003
 
   
 
  Condensed statements of consolidated operations – Three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003
 
   
 
  Condensed statements of consolidated cash flows – Three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003
 
   
 
  Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements – March 31, 2004
 
   
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
   
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
   
  Controls and Procedures
 
   
  Other Information
 
   
Item 1.
  Legal Proceedings - Not applicable
 
   
Item 2.
  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds - Not applicable
 
   
Item 3.
  Defaults upon Senior Securities - Not applicable
 
   
Item 4.
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – Not applicable
 
   
Item 5.
  Other information - Not applicable
 
   
  Exhibits
 EX-12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 EX-31.1 Certification
 EX-31.2 Certification
 EX-32 Certification

 


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Part I Financial Information

Item I Financial Statements

OM GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2004     2003  
ASSETS
               
CURRENT ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 61,567     $ 54,719  
Accounts receivable, less allowances
    169,357       136,700  
Inventories
    303,838       269,201  
Advances to suppliers
    24,969       19,400  
Other
    57,063       45,669  
 
           
Total current assets
    616,794       525,689  
 
               
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, AT COST
               
Land
    5,575       5,511  
Buildings and improvements
    159,695       157,738  
Machinery and equipment
    474,607       470,435  
Furniture and fixtures
    17,295       16,287  
 
           
 
    657,172       649,971  
Less accumulated depreciation
    252,270       238,611  
 
           
 
    404,902       411,360  
 
               
OTHER ASSETS
               
Goodwill
    179,225       178,678  
Receivables from joint venture partners
    44,207       51,187  
Other
    53,334       44,524  
 
           
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 1,298,462     $ 1,211,438  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCK HOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Long-term debt in default
  $ 400,000     $  
Accounts payable
    143,086       136,190  
Retained liabilities of businesses sold
    41,615       41,654  
Accrued income taxes
    16,080       4,114  
Accrued interest
    11,696       1,896  
Other
    59,971       61,272  
 
           
Total Current Liabilities
    672,448       245,126  
 
               
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
               
Long-term debt
    33,206       430,466  
Deferred income taxes
    27,199       29,042  
Shareholder litigation accrual
    92,000       84,500  
Minority interest
    42,289       42,726  
Other
    32,078       29,126  
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Preferred stock, $.01 par value:
               
Authorized 2,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding
           
Common stock, $.01 par value:
               
Authorized 60,000,000 shares; issued 28,484,098 shares in 2004 and 2003
    285       285  
Capital in excess of par value
    495,496       495,107  
Retained deficit
    (112,449 )     (160,724 )
Treasury stock (14,025 shares in 2004 and 2003, at cost)
    (710 )     (710 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    17,063       17,086  
Unearned compensation
    (443 )     (592 )
 
           
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    399,242       350,452  
 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 1,298,462     $ 1,211,438  
 
           

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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Part I Financial Information

Item I Financial Statements

OM GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2004     2003  
Net sales
  $ 366,630     $ 214,456  
Cost of products sold
    253,962       181,444  
 
           
 
    112,668       33,012  
 
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    38,210       24,361  
 
           
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
    74,458       8,651  
 
               
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
               
Interest expense
    (9,198 )     (8,652 )
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
    (363 )     2,220  
Investment income and other, net
    2,747       609  
 
           
 
    (6,814 )     (5,823 )
 
               
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY INTEREST
    67,644       2,828  
 
               
Income tax expense
    19,806       964  
Minority interest
    (437 )     62  
 
           
 
               
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    48,275       1,802  
 
               
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
               
Loss from operations, net of tax
          (4,771 )
 
           
 
          (4,771 )
 
               
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 48,275     $ (2,969 )
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss) per common share - basic
               
Continuing operations
  $ 1.70     $ 0.06  
Discontinued operations
          (0.16 )
 
           
Net income (loss)
  $ 1.70     ($ 0.10 )
 
           
Net income (loss) per common share - assuming dilution
               
Continuing operations
  $ 1.69     $ 0.06  
Discontinued operations
          (0.16 )
 
           
Net income (loss)
  $ 1.69     ($ 0.10 )
 
           
Weighted average shares outstanding
               
Basic
    28,470       28,337  
Assuming dilution
    28,587       28,337  

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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Part I Financial Information

Item I Financial Statements

OM GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2004     2003  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
               
Income from continuing operations
  $ 48,275     $ 1,802  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    13,062       14,904  
Foreign exchange (gain) loss
    363       (2,220 )
Minority interest
    (437 )     62  
Other non-cash items
    803       76  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
    (48,617 )     (6,328 )
 
           
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    13,449       8,296  
 
               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment — net
    (2,642 )     (1,248 )
Acquisition of business
    (3,064 )     (885 )
 
           
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
    (5,706 )     (2,133 )
 
               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Payments of long-term debt
          (19,600 )
 
           
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
          (19,600 )
 
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (895 )     220  
 
           
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    6,848       (13,217 )
CASH PROVIDED BY DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
          14,773  
 
           
 
               
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
    6,848       1,556  
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    54,719       12,470  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 61,567     $ 14,026  
 
           

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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Part I Financial Information

Item 1 Financial Statements

OM GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Thousands of dollars, except as noted and per share amounts)
     
Note A
  Basis of Presentation
 
   
  The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals for 2004 and 2003 and restatement adjustments for 2003 – see Note B for further discussion) considered necessary for a fair financial presentation have been included. Past operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results which may occur in future periods, and the interim period results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
 
   
  During 2003, the Company changed its method of accounting for certain inventories of its continuing operations from the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method to the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. As a result, all unaudited financial information for inventories and cost of products sold presented herein is on a FIFO basis (See Note C for further discussion).
 
   
Note B
  Restatement of 2003 First Quarter Results
 
   
  The 2003 Form 10-K includes restated consolidated financial statements for 2002 and 2001 and adjustments to financial information for the first three quarters of 2003 to restate amounts originally reported on Form 10-Q or 10-Q/A. The restatement initially arose from an independent investigation conducted by the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors related to certain inventory accounting issues. The investigation, which commenced in December 2003, was conducted with the assistance of outside legal counsel and forensic accountants, and involved an extensive examination of the Company’s systems and procedures for valuing and reporting assets, liabilities and results of operations in the consolidated financial statements. The investigation included the review of accounting records, supporting documentation and e-mail communications, as well as interviews with numerous current and former employees.
 
   
  A primary focus of the investigation was adjustments made by or directed to be made by certain former Corporate accounting personnel as part of the financial statement close process, after financial results were submitted to Corporate from the operating units (“top-side adjustments”). As a result of the investigation, the Company has concluded that many of these top-side adjustments were not appropriate. The restatement adjustments include correction of these entries. The Company is cooperating with the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in its review of the findings of the audit committee with respect to evidence of accounting irregularities by former employees. The audit committee investigation concluded there was no evidence of wrongdoing by current employees.
 
   
  In connection with the restatement process, including expanded audit procedures at a number of locations worldwide, additional adjustments were identified and have been recorded in the restated financial statements.
 
   
  Further, in late 2003 and throughout the first nine months of 2004, the Company addressed comments from the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance on periodic reports previously filed with the SEC. One of these comments challenged the Company’s methodology used to compute the lower of cost or market

 


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  value of its inventory. As a result of this process, the Company revised its methodology to base its lower of cost or market computations on end of period market prices (as opposed to projected market prices), resulting in adjustments to amounts previously reported.
 
   
  The overall impact of the restatement adjustments on the Company’s previously issued condensed statement of consolidated operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003 follows. Amounts presented are before the Company’s change from the LIFO to the FIFO method of valuing certain inventory as described in Note C.
         
Net loss as originally reported
  $ (6,623 )
Effect of restatement adjustments
    10,403  
 
     
Net income as restated
  $ 3,780  
 
     
 
       
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share:
       
Net loss as originally reported
  $ (0.23 )
Effect of restatement adjustments
    0.37  
 
     
Net income as restated
  $ 0.14  
 
     
     
Note C
  Inventories and Change in Accounting Principle
 
   
  Inventories consist of the following:
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2004     2003  
Raw materials and supplies
  $ 169,701     $ 158,112  
Work-in-process
    51,614       43,109  
Finished goods
    82,523       67,980  
 
           
 
  $ 303,838     $ 269,201  
 
           
     
  Previously, substantially all of the Company’s inventories were accounted for under the LIFO method of accounting. During the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company changed its method of accounting for certain inventories from the LIFO method to the FIFO method for its continuing operations. The effect of the change on restated income from continuing operations and per share amounts is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2003:
         
Income from continuing operations, as restated using the LIFO method
  $ 8,551  
Effect of change in accounting method to the FIFO method, applied retroactively
    (6,749 )
 
     
Income from continuing operations, as adjusted using the FIFO method
  $ 1,802  
 
     
 
       
Income from continuing operations per common share - diluted:
       
Income from continuing operations per common share, as restated using the LIFO method
  $ 0.30  
Effect of change in accounting method to the FIFO method, applied retroactively
    (0.24 )
 
     
Income from continuing operations per common share, as adjusted using the FIFO method
  $ 0.06  
 
     

 


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      The effect of the change on restated net income and per share amounts is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2003:

         
Net income, as restated using the LIFO method
  $ 3,780  
Effect of change in accounting method to the FIFO method, applied retroactively
    (6,749 )
 
     
Net loss, as adjusted using the FIFO method
  $ (2,969 )
 
     
 
       
Net income (loss) per common share - diluted:
       
Net income per common share, as restated using the LIFO method
  $ 0.14  
Effect of change in accounting method to the FIFO method, applied retroactively
    (0.24 )
 
     
Net loss per common share, as adjusted using the FIFO method
  $ (0.10 )
 
     

      The Company used the LIFO method of accounting at its principal manufacturing locations since its initial public offering in 1993. However, since that time, the Company has experienced a high degree of volatility in the reference/published prices of its primary raw materials – cobalt and nickel. The prices of these raw materials are not significantly impacted by inflation but rather by supply and demand dynamics and the impact of traders speculating in the market. This volatility resulted in debit LIFO reserves at each fiscal year end from 1998 to 2002, due to cumulative deflation in the Company’s inventory since its adoption of LIFO. The Company believes that this volatility in metal prices will continue, and the change to FIFO will result in a more meaningful measure of inventory stated at current cost. Further, the change to FIFO will result in an improvement to reporting interim results by eliminating the fluctuations caused by the need to estimate year-end pricing and quantities during the year in a volatile market. Finally, the change to FIFO will conform all of the Company’s inventory accounting to the FIFO method and will align the Company’s accounting method with many of its peer companies.

Note D  Divestiture of Precious Metals and Other Discontinued Operations

      On July 31, 2003, the Company completed the sale of its Precious Metals Group (PMG) to Umicore N.A. for approximately $814 million. After transaction costs and expenses, the Company recorded a gain on the disposal of this business of $145.9 million ($131.7 million after-tax). This business was comprised of the Company’s Precious Metal Chemistry and Metal Management reportable segments, which were acquired by the Company in August 2001. PMG is classified as a discontinued operation. The net proceeds were used to repay all of the Company’s indebtedness outstanding under its then-existing senior credit facilities.
 
      On April 1, 2003, the Company completed the sale of its copper powders business – SCM Metal Products, Inc. (SCM) – for $63.7 million. The net proceeds were used to repay a portion of the Company’s indebtedness outstanding under its then-existing senior credit facilities. There was no gain or loss recorded as this business was written-down by $2.6 million to its fair value in 2002. SCM is classified as a discontinued operation.
 
      Operating results of discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2003 are summarized as follows:

         
Net sales
  $ 1,135,295  
Operating income
    15,049  
Interest expense
    (18,499 )
Income tax benefit
    (51 )
Loss from discontinued operations
  $ (4,771 )

      The operating results summarized above include restructuring charges of $5.6 million. The results also include an allocation of consolidated interest expense, based on the estimated proceeds from the sales of the PMG business and SCM that were required to be used to repay indebtedness outstanding under the Company’s then-existing senior credit facilities.

 


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Note E  Acquisitions

In April 2000, the Company acquired Outokumpu Nickel Oy (ONO) for a cash purchase price on the acquisition date of $188.1 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company made additional payments to the seller in the amount of $3.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively, under a contingent price participation clause of the original purchase agreement, whereby the seller is entitled to receive such payment based on a formula when the London Metal Exchange nickel price is above $3.50 per pound. Such price participation clause was in place through May 2004, at which time this original contract provision was renegotiated. As a result of this renegotiation, price participation payments made after May 2004 will be charged to cost of products sold rather than accounted for as acquisition cost. These price participation payments reduce negative goodwill as calculated in the initial purchase price allocation. In accordance with the provisions of APB 16, Business Combinations, such negative goodwill was recorded in the opening balance sheet as a reduction of acquired long-lived assets (primarily property, plant and equipment). The price participation payments are accounted for as a reduction of negative goodwill as initially calculated, resulting in an increase to long-lived assets as these payments are made. Depreciation expense on the increase in long-lived assets has been calculated and recorded on a prospective basis over the estimated remaining useful life of the acquired assets.

Note F   Restructuring Charges

      The Company’s worldwide restructuring program announced in 2002 was completed in 2003, and therefore there were no restructuring charges in 2004. During the three months ended March 31, 2003, the Company recorded restructuring and other charges related to its continuing operations of $3.8 million, all of which are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses. A summary of the charges, which have a cash component of approximately $2.4 million, is as follows:

         
Workforce reductions
  $ 642  
Asset write-downs
    1,242  
Other
    1,915  
 
     
 
  $ 3,799  
 
     

      An analysis of the use of the Company’s restructuring liabilities related to its continuing operations in 2004 is summarized below:

                         
            Exit of        
    Workforce     Facilities and        
    Reductions     Other     Total  
 
                 
Balance at December 31, 2003
  $ 3,109     $ 1,436     $ 4,545  
Utilized in first quarter of 2004
    (1,233 )     (1,131 )     (2,364 )
 
                 
Balance at March 31, 2004
  $ 1,876     $ 305     $ 2,181  
 
                 

      During the three months ended March 31, 2003, the Company also recorded restructuring charges of $5.6 million included in discontinued operations.

Note G   Contingent Matters

      In November 2002, the Company received notice that shareholder class action lawsuits were filed against the Company related to the decline in the Company’s stock price after the third quarter 2002 earnings announcement. The lawsuits allege virtually identical claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5 against the Company, certain executive officers and the members of the Board of Directors. Plaintiffs seek damages in an unspecified amount to compensate persons who purchased the Company’s stock between November 2001 and October 2002 at allegedly inflated market prices. In July 2004, these lawsuits were amended to include the entire restatement period back to and including 1999, and to add the Company’s independent auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, as a defendant.
 
      In November 2002, the Company also received notice that shareholder derivative lawsuits had been filed against the members of the Company’s Board of Directors. Derivative plaintiffs allege the directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company in connection with a decline in the Company’s stock price after its third quarter 2002 earnings announcement by failing to institute sufficient financial controls to ensure that the Company and its employees complied with generally accepted accounting principles by writing down the value of the Company’s cobalt inventory on or before December 31, 2001. Derivative plaintiffs seek a number of changes to the Company’s accounting, financial and management structures and unspecified damages from the directors to compensate the Company for costs incurred in, among other things, defending the aforementioned securities lawsuits. In July 2004, the derivative plaintiffs amended these lawsuits to include conduct allegedly related to the Company’s decision to restate its earnings back to and including 1999.
 
       

 


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      The Company has been engaged in mediation sessions with the plaintiffs regarding the shareholder class action and shareholder derivative lawsuits. The Company anticipates these lawsuits will be resolved during 2005. The Company and the lead plaintiff of the shareholder class action lawsuits have entered into an “Agreement to Settle Class Action” (Agreement) dated March 7, 2005, which is an agreement in principle that outlines the general terms of a proposed settlement of these lawsuits subject to the satisfaction of various conditions and execution of a definitive agreement. Based on the Agreement and the Company’s consideration of the shareholder derivative lawsuits described above, during the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company recorded a charge to administrative expense of $84.5 million related to the lawsuits and during the first quarter of 2004, the Company recorded an additional charge to administrative expense of $7.5 million. At March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company had an accrual of $92.0 million and $84.5 million, respectively, for these lawsuits.
 
      The settlements are expected to be payable $74.0 million in cash and $18 million in common stock. Insurance proceeds are expected to be available for contribution to the resolution of the cases but the Company does not expect these lawsuits to be resolved within the limits of applicable insurance. Insurance proceeds of approximately $15 million have been received and utilized in 2003, 2004 and 2005 to cover legal expenses related to these lawsuits. Potential remaining insurance proceeds of up to approximately $30 million may be available and will be recognized when received.
 
      The Company is a party to various other legal proceedings incidental to its business and is subject to a variety of environmental and pollution control laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which it operates. As is the case with other companies in similar industries, the Company faces exposure from actual or potential claims and legal proceedings involving environmental matters.
 
      A number of factors affect the cost of environmental remediation, including the determination of the extent of contamination, the length of time the remediation may require, the complexity of environmental regulations, and the continuing improvements in remediation techniques. Taking these factors into consideration, the Company has estimated the undiscounted costs of remediation, which will be incurred over several years. The Company accrues an amount consistent with the estimates of these costs when it is probable that a liability has been incurred. At March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company has recorded environmental liabilities of $13.8 million and $14.2 million, respectively, primarily related to remediation and decommissioning at the Company’s closed manufacturing sites in St. George, Utah, Newark, New Jersey, and Vasset, France. These amounts are included in other long-term liabilities.
 
      Although it is difficult to quantify the potential impact of compliance with or liability under environmental protection laws, the Company believes that any amount it may be required to pay in connection with environmental matters, as well as other legal proceedings arising out of operations in the normal course of business, is not reasonably likely to exceed amounts accrued by an amount that would have a material adverse effect upon its financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Note H   Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

      The components of the Company’s net periodic benefit expense (income) for its defined benefit pension plan and other postretirement benefits are shown below:

                                 
            Three months ended          
            March 31,          
    Defined Benefit     Other Postretirement  
    Pension Plan     Benefits  
    2004     2003     2004     2003  
Service cost
  $     $     $     $ 42  
Interest cost
    216       217       50       81  
Expected return on plan assets
    (243 )     (258 )            
Other
    8       44       (8 )     (5 )
 
                       
 
Net periodic benefit (income) expense
  $ (19 )   $ 3     $ 42     $ 118  
 
                       

      The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (“Act”) was enacted on December 8, 2003. The Act introduces a prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part D, in addition to a federal subsidy

 


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      to sponsors of postretirement benefit plans that provide a prescription drug benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. In accordance with FASB Staff Position No. FAS 106-1, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, the Company has elected to defer recognition of the Act. Therefore, the effects of this Act have not been reflected in the postretirement benefit obligation or expense. The Company may choose to amend the postretirement medical plan to reflect the benefits of the Act.
 
      In May 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FSP No. 106-2, which requires measures of the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation and net periodic postretirement benefit cost to reflect the effects of the Act and supercedes FSP No. 106-1. FSP No. 106-2 is effective for interim or annual periods beginning after June 15, 2004. The adoption of FSP No. 106-2 will not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

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