Attached files

file filename
8-K/A - AMENDMENT TO FORM 8-K - MSA Safety Incd8ka.htm
EX-99.3 - AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF GENERAL MONITORS TRANSNATIONAL, LLC - MSA Safety Incdex993.htm
EX-99.6 - UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FIN. STMNTS OF GENERAL MONITORS TRANSNL - MSA Safety Incdex996.htm
EX-99.4 - UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FIN. STMNTS OF GENERAL MONITORS, INC. - MSA Safety Incdex994.htm
EX-99.5 - UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED FIN. STMNTS OF GENERAL MONITORS IRELAND LTD - MSA Safety Incdex995.htm
EX-99.7 - UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MSA Safety Incdex997.htm
EX-99.1 - AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF GENERAL MONITORS, INC. - MSA Safety Incdex991.htm

Exhibit 99.2

General Monitors Ireland Limited

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 2009


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Directors’ report and financial statements

 

Contents

   Page  

Independent auditor’s report

     2   

Profit and loss account

     3   

Balance sheet

     4   

Cash flow statement

     5   

Notes forming part of the financial statements

     7   

 

1


 

LOGO   

KPMG

Chartered Accountants

Odeon House

Eyre Square

Galway

Ireland

Independent auditor’s report to the members of General Monitors Ireland Limited

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of General Monitors Ireland Limited for the year ended 31 December 2009 which comprise of the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement and the related notes. These financial statements are the responsibility of the directors. Our responsibility is to express an opinion thereon, based on our audit.

We conducted our audit 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 consideration of internal controls over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the company as of 31 December 2009 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with financial reporting standards as issued by the Accounting Standards Board, and as promulgated by Chartered Accountants Ireland (Irish GAAP).

Irish GAAP vary in certain significant respects from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in Note 21 to the financial statements.

/s/ KPMG
KPMG
Galway, Ireland

February 1, 2010, except as to Note 21, which is as of November 15, 2010

KPMG, an Irish partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network

of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International

Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity

 

2


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Profit and loss account

for the year ended 31 December 2009

 

          2009  
     Note     

Turnover continuing operations

        16,578,272   

Cost of goods sold

        (9,441,844)   
           

Gross profit

        7,136,428   

Distribution costs

        (1,611,789

Administrative expenses

        (2,891,326
           

Operating profit continuing operations

        2,633,313   

Interest receivable and similar income

   2      21,253   

Interest payable and similar charges

   3      (7,430
           

Profit on ordinary activities before taxation

   4 - 5      2,647,136   

Tax on profit on ordinary activities

   6      (287,500
           

Profit for the financial year

   13      2,359,636   
           

The company had no recognised gains or losses in the financial year other than those dealt with in the profit and loss account.

The notes on pages 7 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements.

 

3


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Balance sheet

at 31 December 2009

 

                  2009  
     Note           

Fixed assets

       

Tangible assets

     8           1,957,982   

Current assets

       

Stocks

     9         1,604,177     

Debtors

     10         1,482,595     

Cash at bank and in hand

        3,486,786     
             
        6,573,558     

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

     11         (1,453,537  
             

Net current assets

          5,120,021   
             

Net assets

          7,078,003   
             

Capital and reserves

       

Called up share capital

     12           320,000   

Reserves

     13           6,758,003   
             

Shareholders’ funds

     14           7,078,003   
             

The notes on pages 7 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements.

 

4


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Cash flow statement

for the year ended 31 December 2009

 

           2009  
     Note      

Net cash inflow from operating activities

     (a     3,716,324   

Servicing of finance and returns on investments

     (b     9,523   

Taxation

       (238,358

Capital expenditure and financial investment

     (b     (721,439
          
       2,766,050   

Dividends paid

       (1,983,081
          

Increase in cash

       782,969   
          

 

5


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Cash flow statement (continued)

for the year ended 31 December 2009

 

(a) Reconciliation of operating profit to net cash inflow from operating activities

 

     2009  
      

Operating profit

     2,633,313   

Depreciation

     468,086   

Profit on disposal of fixed assets

     (4,000

Decrease in debtors

     1,886,925   

Decrease in stocks

     383,186   

Decrease in creditors

     (1,651,186
        

Net cash inflow from operating activities

     3,716,324   
        

 

(b) Gross cash flows

 

     2009  
      

Servicing of finance and returns on investments

  

Interest received

     16,953   

Interest paid

     (7,430
        
     9,523   
        

Capital expenditure and financial investment

  

Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets

     (749,327

Proceeds from disposal of tangible fixed assets

     27,888   
        
     (721,439
        

 

(c) Analysis of net funds

 

     2009  
      

Cash at bank and in hand

     3,486,786   
        

 

6


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes

forming part of the financial statements

 

1 Accounting policies

The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the financial statements.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles under the historical cost convention and comply with financial reporting standards of the Accounting Standards Board, as promulgated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Turnover

Turnover represents the fair value of goods, excluding value added tax, delivered to third party customers in the accounting period. Goods are deemed to have been delivered to customers, when the customer has access to the significant benefits inherent in the goods and exposure to the risks inherent in those benefits.

Reporting currency

The financial statements are stated in Euro, €.

Tangible fixed assets

All fixed assets are shown at original cost, less accumulated depreciation.

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value, of each asset, on a straight-line basis over its expected useful life as follows:

 

Property and leasehold improvements

   10% - 20% per annum

Machinery and equipment

   12 1/2% - 33 1/3% per annum

Office equipment

   10% - 33 1/3% per annum

Motor vehicles

   20% - 25% per annum

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Cost incurred in bringing each product to its present location and condition is based on:

 

Raw materials

 

-

   purchase cost on a first in, first out basis, including freight and import duties and other handling costs.
Work in progress   -    cost of direct materials and labour plus the attributable proportion of manufacturing overheads based on normal levels of activity.

Demonstration and show stock are valued at cost and are written off in equal installments over three years.

 

7


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Stocks (continued)

 

Net realisable value is based on estimated normal selling price less further costs expected to be incurred to completion and disposal. Provision is made for obsolete, slow moving or defective items, where appropriate.

Significant differences between balance sheet and replacement cost values are disclosed. For these purposes, replacement cost is based on latest invoice prices before the balance sheet date.

Foreign currencies

Trading activities denominated in foreign currencies are recorded in Euro at actual exchange rates as of the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are reported at the rates of exchange prevailing at the period end or at the rate of exchange in a related forward exchange contract where such contracts exist. Any gain or loss arising from a change in exchange rates subsequent to the date of the transaction is reported as an exchange gain or loss in the profit and loss account.

Taxation

Current tax, including Irish corporation tax, is provided on the company’s taxable profits, at amounts expected to be paid using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. Provision is made at the rates expected to apply when the timing differences reverse. Timing differences are differences between the company’s taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in taxable profits in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements.

A net deferred tax asset is regarded as recoverable and therefore recognised only when, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted.

Leased assets

Where assets are acquired by leasing arrangements which give rights approximating to ownership, namely ‘finance leases’, the amount representing the outright purchase price of such assets is included in tangible fixed assets but separately identified. Depreciation is provided at rates designed to write off this net cost, less any residual value in equal annual amounts over the shorter of the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are the same as those for assets purchased outright, and the period of the leases.

The capital element of future rentals is treated as a liability and the interest element is charged to the profit and loss account over the period of the leases in proportion to the balances outstanding.

 

8


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Leased assets (continued)

 

Expenditure on leases other than finance leases, namely ‘operating leases’ is charged to the profit and loss account on a basis representative of the benefit derived from the asset, normally on a straight-line basis over the lease period.

Warranty costs

Warranty costs are provided for by the company in cases where they are expected to materialise.

Research and development

Expenditure on pure and applied research and development is written off to the profit and loss account in the period in which it is incurred.

Government grants

Revenue government grants are credited to the profit and loss account to offset the matching expenditure.

 

2 Interest receivable and similar income

 

     2009  
      

Interest receivable and similar income

     21,253   
        

 

3 Interest payable and similar charges

 

     2009  
      

Interest payable on bank loans, overdrafts and other loans wholly repayable within five years

     7,430   
        

 

4 Statutory and other information

 

     2009  
      

Profit on ordinary activities before taxation has been arrived at after charging:

  

Auditor’s remuneration, including expenses

     33,000   

Directors’ emoluments

     541,259   

Depreciation

     468,086   

Rentals payable under operating leases

     414   
        

 

9


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

5 Staff numbers and costs

The average number of persons employed by the company (including executive directors) during the period, analysed by category, was as follows:

 

     Number of employees
2009
 

Administration

     21   

Production

     18   
        
     39   
        

The aggregate payroll costs of these employees were as follows:

 

     2009  
      

Wages and salaries

     2,114,796   

Social welfare costs

     292,025   
        
     2,406,821   
        

 

10


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

6 Tax on profit on ordinary activities

 

     2009  
      

Irish corporation tax

  

Current corporation tax

     287,500   
        

Factors affecting tax charge for the period

The current tax charge differs from the standard rate of corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland. The differences are explained as follows:

 

     2009  
      

Profit on ordinary activities before tax

     2,647,136   
        

Current tax at 12.5%

     330,892   

Effects of:

  

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

     27,797   

Depreciation for year in excess of capital allowances

     8,661   

Manufacturing relief

     (68,412

Passive income adjustment

     4,657   

Miscellaneous adjustments

     (16,095
        

Total current tax charge (see above)

     287,500   
        

Factors that may affect future tax charges

Manufacturing profits in Ireland are taxed at 10% due to manufacturing relief, which is due to expire on 31 December 2010.

Unrecognised deferred tax

An unrecognised deferred tax asset of €61,000 attributable to differences between the net book value and tax written down value of property, plant and equipment exists at the balance sheet date. The movement during the year can be analysed as follows:

 

      2009  
      

Unrecognised at beginning of year

     39,000   

New temporary differences on property, plant and equipment

     22,000   
        

Unrecognised at end of year

     61,000   
        

 

11


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

7 Dividends paid

 

     2009  
    

 

Ordinary shares of €1 each

     1,636,042   

‘C’ shares of €1 each

     99,154   

‘D’ shares of €1 each

     247,885   
        
     1,983,081   
        

The dividends paid on the ‘C’ and ‘D’ shares were paid to directors of the company.

 

8 Tangible fixed assets

 

     Property &
leasehold
improvements
     Machinery
&
equipment
    Office
equipment
     Motor
vehicles
    Total  
                        

Cost

            

At beginning of year

     2,498,338         1,436,436        956,770         338,423        5,229,967   

Additions

     19,206         615,956        37,738         76,427        749,327   

Disposals

     —           (452,382     —           (131,785     (584,167
                                          

At end of year

     2,517,544         1,600,010        994,508         283,065        5,395,127   
                                          

Depreciation

            

At beginning of year

     1,431,615         1,156,456        773,211         168,056        3,529,338   

Charge for year

     113,759         205,313        79,049         69,965        468,086   

Disposals

     —           (452,382     —           (107,897     (560,279
                                          

At end of year

     1,545,374         909,387        852,260         130,124        3,437,145   
                                          

Net book value

            

At 31 December 2009

     972,170         690,623        142,248         152,941        1,957,982   
                                          

At 31 December 2008

     1,066,723         279,980        183,559         170,367        1,700,629   
                                          

The depreciable element of property and leasehold improvements in the company, namely buildings, amounts to €2,454,971.

 

12


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

9 Stocks

 

     2009  
      

Raw materials

     981,678   

Work in progress

     241,739   

Finished goods

     354,448   

Demonstration goods and show stock

     26,312   
        
     1,604,177   
        

The replacement cost of stocks does not differ significantly from the figures shown.

 

10 Debtors

 

     2009  
      

Trade debtors

     1,343,127   

Amounts owed by fellow group undertakings

     10,000   

Prepayments and accrued income

     44,927   

VAT receivable

     84,541   
        
     1,482,595   
        

Trade debtors are stated net of a provision for doubtful debts of €162,000. The movement in the provision for doubtful debts during the year is analysed as follows:

 

      2009  
      

Opening balance

     87,000   

Provisions made during year

     75,000   
        

Closing balance

     162,000   
        

 

13


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

 

     2009  
      

Trade creditors

     404,370   

Other creditors including tax and social welfare (see below)

     74,378   

Accruals

     699,789   

Warranty reserves (see below)

     275,000   
        
     1,453,537   
        

The movement in the warranty reserves during the year is analysed as follows:

 

     2009  
      

Opening balance

     200,000   

Reserves made during year

     75,000   
        

Closing balance

     275,000   
        
     2009  
      

Taxation creditors

  

Tax and social welfare included in other creditors:

  

Corporation tax

     32,110   

PAYE

     17,030   
        
     49,140   

Social welfare

     19,695   

Dividend withholding tax

     5,543   
        
     74,378   
        

 

14


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

12 Called up share capital

 

      2009  
      

Authorised

  

319,000 ordinary shares of €1 each

     319,000   

16,000 ‘C’ shares of €1 each

     16,000   

40,000 ‘D’ shares of €1 each

     40,000   
        
     375,000   
        

Allotted, called up and fully paid

  

264,000 ordinary shares of €1 each

     264,000   

16,000 ‘C’ shares of €1 each

     16,000   

40,000 ‘D’ shares of €1 each

     40,000   
        
     320,000   
        

The ordinary shares, the ‘C’ shares and the ‘D’ shares rank pari passu except the holders of the ‘C’ shares and ‘D’ shares are not entitled to receive notice of, attend, speak or vote at general meetings of the company at any time prior to 1 November 2011.

 

13 Reserves

 

     Capital conversion
reserve fund
     Capital
reserve
     Profit and
loss
    Total  
                    

At beginning of year

     5,006         7,618         6,368,824        6,381,448   

Dividends on equity shares

     —           —           (1,983,081     (1,983,081

Profit for the financial year

     —           —           2,359,636        2,359,636   
                                  

At end of year

     5,006         7,618         6,745,379        6,758,003   
                                  

 

15


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

14 Reconciliation of shareholders’ funds

 

     2009  
    

 

Total recognised gains for the year

     2,359,636   

Transactions with shareholders:

  

Dividends on equity shares

     (1,983,081
        

Net increase in shareholders’ funds

     376,555   

Opening shareholders’ funds

     6,701,448   
        

Closing shareholders’ funds

     7,078,003   
        

 

15 Commitments

 

  (a) Capital commitments

Future capital expenditure approved by the directors but not provided for in these financial statements is as follows:

 

     2009  
      

Capital expenditure approved but not contracted for

     417,650   
        

 

  (b) Operating lease commitments

The company has annual commitments under operating leases to make payments totalling €5,000 for the next year as follows:

 

     2009  
      

Expiring in five years or more

     5,000   
        

 

  (c) Currency

At the balance sheet date, the company had foreign currency contracts for the sale of US$1,050,000 to hedge against future exchange rate fluctuations. These contracts are not used for speculative purposes.

 

16


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

16 Contingencies

Bank guarantees:

In the normal course of the business of the company, performance bonds are given which are supported by bank guarantees. The bank guarantees are secured by a fixed and floating charge on certain company assets.

 

17 Related party disclosures

The company in the nominal course of business, has transactions with related parties as defined by Financial Reporting Standard No. 8, which are summarised below:

 

     2009  
      

Sales to related companies

     865,173   

Purchases from related companies

     1,923,860   

Management and other charges from related companies

     2,144,349   

Dividends paid to immediate parent undertaking

     1,576,549   
        

At 31 December 2009, an amount of €139,982 is included within trade debtors relating to amounts due from related companies.

At 31 December 2009, an amount of €178,689 is included within trade creditors relating to amounts due to related companies.

Directors’ remuneration and other transactions are given in note 4. Details of dividends paid to directors are given in note 7.

 

18 Ultimate parent undertaking and parent undertaking of larger groups

The company’s immediate parent undertaking is Raybeam Limited, a company incorporated and operating in the Republic of Ireland. The company’s ultimate parent undertaking is Florucci Limited, a company incorporated and operating in Cyprus.

 

19 Post balance sheet events

No material events have occurred since the balance sheet date which would affect the financial statements of the company.

 

20 Financial period

The financial period in these financial statements represents the twelve month period to 31 December 2009.

 

17


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

21 Summary of significant differences between Irish GAAP and United States generally accepted accounting principles

The financial statements of General Monitors Ireland Limited are prepared in accordance with Irish GAAP which differs significantly in certain respects from those generally accepted in the United States (US). The significant differences between Irish GAAP and generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for the year ended 31 December 2009 that are of relevance to these financial statements are described below:

 

Profit and loss account

   2009  
     €’000  

Profit in accordance with Irish GAAP

     2,360   

Adjustments

  

Distribution and administrative expenses (Note 1)

     75   

Taxation (Note 2)

     22   

Taxation - effect of adjustment in Note 1

     (8
        

Profit in accordance with US GAAP

     2,449   
        

Shareholders equity

   2009  
     €’000  

Shareholders equity as reported in accordance with Irish GAAP

     7,078   

Adjustments

  

Provisions (Note 1)

     225   

Taxation (Note 2)

     61   

Tax effect of adjustment in Note 1

     (23
        

Shareholders equity as adjusted in accordance with US GAAP

     7,341   
        

Note 1 - Provisions

Under Irish GAAP, a provision should be recognised when an entity has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

Provisions for warranty do not meet the recognition criteria under US GAAP. US GAAP contains specific requirements that warranty provisions be based on the warranty history of specific product categories. Irish GAAP permits estimation of warranty provisions across a general product range.

 

18


General Monitors Ireland Limited

Notes (continued)

 

21 Summary of significant differences between Irish GAAP and United States generally accepted accounting principles (continued)

 

Note 2 - Deferred taxes

Under Irish GAAP, deferred taxes are recorded in respect of timing differences between the recognition of items for tax and accounting purposes, subject to certain exceptions and to the extent that realisation of a gain or loss is probable. Under US GAAP, deferred taxes are accounted for in full on all temporary differences using the liability method. A valuation allowance is established in respect of those deferred tax assets where it is more likely than not that some portion will remain unrealised.

Note 3 - Revenue presentation and classification

The company sells products to distributors who in turn resell the products to the end customers. €1,925,000 discounts given in 2009 to distributors is included in cost of goods sold under Irish GAAP. Under US GAAP, such discounts given to distributors should be accounted for as an adjustment of the selling price of the company’s products and therefore characterised as a reduction of revenue when recognised in the company’s income statement. This reclassification from cost of goods sold to turnover has no net income effect for the year ended 31 December 2009.

There are no other Irish GAAP/US GAAP differences that have a significant effect on these financial statements.

 

22 Approval of financial statements

The board of directors approved these financial statements on 1 February 2010.

 

19