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8-K - CURRENT REPORT - OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INCd8k.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP - OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INCdex231.htm
EX-99.1 - UPDATED ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA - OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INCdex991.htm
EX-99.4 - UPDATED ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA - OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INCdex994.htm
EX-99.2 - UPDATED ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INCdex992.htm

Exhibit 99.3

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company is exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates on its long-term debt obligations. As described in Note M of the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company’s $150 Million Term Loan Credit Agreement (“Term Loan”), which matures in 2014, and Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (“Facility”), which matures in 2012, both have variable interest rates. Borrowings under the Term Loan were $142.3 million and there were no borrowings under the Facility as of November 30, 2009. The Company has one fixed rate interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $50 million, to convert a portion of its variable rate Term Loan to a fixed rate of 7.73%. The fair value of this swap was a loss of $4.6 million as of November 30, 2009. The weighted average effective interest rate of the Company’s outstanding debt was 4.5% as of November 30, 2009. A hypothetical increase or decrease of 100 basis points would impact the Company’s interest expense by approximately $0.2 million. The Company does not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The Company is subject to foreign currency exchange risk primarily due to the European wallcovering business and the Asian businesses. As disclosed in Note G, the Company has experienced an accumulated loss of $1.4 million as of November 30, 2009 primarily due to the currency conversion of the British Pound Sterling. To date, the Company has not entered into any significant foreign currency forward exchange contracts or other derivative financial instruments to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, but will continue to evaluate the future use of these financial instruments.

Management’s Assessment of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management of OMNOVA Solutions Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). In evaluating the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, management has adopted the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, the Company conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Management has determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective as of November 30, 2009.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is included herein.


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of OMNOVA Solutions Inc.:

We have audited OMNOVA Solutions Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). OMNOVA Solutions Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying report titled “Management’s Assessment of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.” Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, OMNOVA Solutions Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of OMNOVA Solutions Inc. as of November 30, 2009 and 2008 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2009 and our report dated January 29, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

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Akron, Ohio

January 29, 2010