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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011

OR

 

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

Commission file number 1-12147

DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   71-0795870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
210 East Elm Street, P. O. Box 7200, El Dorado, Arkansas   71731-7200
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (870) 881-9400

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, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes  x    No  ¨.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 to Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     Yes  ¨    No  ¨.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a small reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes  ¨    No  x.

Number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 Par Value, outstanding at March 31, 2011, was 12,565,047.

 

 

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS – FIRST QUARTER 2011 FORM 10-Q REPORT

 

          Page
Number
 
     PART I – Financial Information       
Item 1.    Financial Statements      1   
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      18   
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      27   
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures      27   
   PART II – Other Information   
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings      28   
Item 1A.    Risk Factors      28   
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds      28   
Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities      28   
Item 4.    Removed and Reserved      28   
Item 5.    Other Information      28   
Item 6.    Exhibits      29   
Signatures         30   


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.     Financial Statements

DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

    Consolidated Balance Sheets    

(Thousands of dollars)

 

     (Unaudited)
March 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2,876        3,831   

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $56 and $72, respectively

     5,595        4,604   

Other receivables

     60        98   

Inventories

     6,359        6,061   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     4,643        3,593   
                

Total current assets

     19,533        18,187   

Investment in real estate held for development and sale

     56,130        56,101   

Investment in Del-Tin Fiber

     8,508        8,249   

Other investments and noncurrent receivables

     478        479   

Timber and timberlands – net

     227,632        226,090   

Property, plant, and equipment – net

     32,132        32,557   

Deferred charges and other assets

     2,498        1,610   
                

Total assets

   $ 346,911        343,273   
                

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

    

Current liabilities

    

Trade accounts payable

   $ 3,203        2,395   

Current maturities of long-term debt

     1,111        1,111   

Accrued taxes other than income taxes

     2,404        1,986   

Income taxes payable

     —          13   

Deferred revenues and other accrued liabilities

     7,512        10,162   
                

Total current liabilities

     14,230        15,667   

Long-term debt, excluding current maturities

     70,111        65,611   

Deferred tax liabilities – net

     5,374        5,345   

Other noncurrent liabilities

     26,411        26,639   

Commitments and contingencies

     —          —     

Stockholders’ equity

    

Cumulative preferred stock - $.01 par, authorized 20,000,000 shares, none issued

     —          —     

Common stock - $.01 par, authorized 50,000,000 shares, 12,813,879 shares issued

     128        128   

Capital in excess of par value

     78,639        79,081   

Retained earnings

     163,437        164,286   

Treasury stock

     (8,688     (10,758

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (2,731     (2,726
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     230,785        230,011   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 346,911        343,273   
                

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Income

                    (Unaudited)                     

(Thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2011     2010  

Net sales

   $ 29,395        31,935   
                

Costs and expenses

    

Cost of sales

     21,337        21,464   

Depreciation, amortization, and cost of fee timber harvested

     3,162        3,049   

General and administrative expenses

     4,346        3,763   
                

Total costs and expenses

     28,845        28,276   
                

Operating income

     550        3,659   

Equity in earnings of Del-Tin Fiber

     537        488   

Interest income

     7        98   

Interest and other debt expense

     (965     (913

Interest capitalized

     23        16   

Other income

     3        2   
                

Income before income taxes

     155        3,350   

Income tax expense

     (63     (1,097
                

Net income

   $ 92        2,253   
                

Income per common share

    

Basic

   $ .01        .18   

Diluted

   $ .01        .18   

Dividends declared per common share

   $ .075        .075   

Weighted average common shares outstanding (thousands)

    

Basic

     12,409        12,349   

Diluted

     12,509        12,396   

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

                         (Unaudited)                        

(Thousands of dollars)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2011     2010  

Operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 92        2,253   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

    

Depreciation, amortization, and cost of fee timber harvested

     3,162        3,049   

Deferred income taxes

     39        356   

Real estate development expenditures

     (298     (394

Real estate costs recovered upon sale

     130        415   

Timberland costs recovered upon sale

     142        99   

Equity in earnings of Del-Tin Fiber

     (537     (488

Stock-based compensation expense

     507        480   

Net increase in liabilities for pension and other postretirement benefits

     147        246   

Net decrease in deferred compensation for stock-based liabilities

     (694     (625

Increase in operating working capital other than cash and cash equivalents

     (3,805     (817

Other – changes in assets and liabilities

     (120     (217
                

Net cash provided/(required) by operating activities

     (1,235     4,357   
                

Investing activities

    

Capital expenditures requiring cash, excluding real estate development

     (2,822     (2,438

Net change in purchased stumpage inventory

     (770     (453

Advances to Del-Tin Fiber

     (597     (677

Repayments from Del-Tin Fiber

     875        690   

Net change in funds held by trustee

     —          (25

Other – net

     170        142   
                

Net cash required by investing activities

     (3,144     (2,761
                

Financing activities

    

Proceeds from borrowings

     5,500        —     

Repayments of notes payable and long-term debt

     (1,000     —     

Treasury stock purchases

     (55     (26

Common stock dividends paid

     (941     (937

Proceeds from stock option exercises

     646        154   

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation expense

     498        60   

Deferred financing costs

     (1,094     —     

Other – net

     (130     (78
                

Net cash provided/(required) by financing activities

     3,424        (827
                

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (955     769   

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1

     3,831        4,783   
                

Cash and cash equivalents at March 31

   $ 2,876        5,552   
                

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

                    (Unaudited)                     

(Thousands of dollars)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2011     2010  

Cumulative preferred stock – $.01 par, authorized 20,000,000 shares, none issued

   $ —          —     

Common stock – $.01 par, authorized 50,000,000 shares, 12,813,879 shares issued in 2011 and 2010

     128        128   
                

Capital in excess of par value

    

Balance at beginning of period

     79,081        78,290   

Exercise of stock options

     (24     (4

Stock based compensation expense

     507        480   

Restricted stock awards

     (1,456     (1,540

Tax effect of stock awards

     530        60   

Restricted stock forfeitures

     1        —     
                

Balance at end of period

     78,639        77,286   
                

Retained earnings

    

Balance at beginning of period

     164,286        155,638   

Net income

     92        2,253   

Common stock dividends

     (941     (937
                

Balance at end of period

     163,437        156,954   
                

Treasury stock

    

Balance at beginning of period – 308,846 and 363,208 shares, respectively

     (10,758     (12,548

Shares purchased – 869 and 606 shares, respectively

     (55     (26

Forfeited restricted stock – 34 and no shares, respectively

     (1     —     

Shares issued for incentive plans – 60,917 and 49,158 shares, respectively

     2,126        1,698   
                

Balance at end of period – 248,832 and 314,656 shares, respectively

     (8,688     (10,876
                

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    

Balance at beginning of period

     (2,726     (5,209

Change in other comprehensive income net of tax

     (5     49   
                

Balance at end of period

     (2,731     (5,160
                

Total stockholders’ equity

   $ 230,785        218,332   
                

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income

                                           (Unaudited)                                           

(Thousands of dollars)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2011     2010  

Net income

   $ 92        2,253   
                

Other comprehensive income

    

Items related to employee benefit plans:

    

Reclassification adjustment for gains/(losses) included in net income:

    

Amortization of prior service cost

     2        2   

Amortization of actuarial loss

     39        128   

Amortization of plan amendment

     (50     (50

Income tax benefit/(expense) related to items of other comprehensive income

     4        (31
                

Other comprehensive income/(loss)

     (5     49   
                

Comprehensive income

   $ 87        2,302   
                

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 – Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by Deltic Timber Corporation (the “Company” or “Deltic”). Certain information and accounting policies and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although management of the Company believes the disclosures contained herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, these consolidated 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 fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Management believes the accompanying consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, including normal recurring accruals and adjustments, which in the opinion of management are necessary to present fairly its financial position as of March 31, 2011, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. These consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.

Recently Issued Authoritative Accounting Pronouncements and Guidance

Financial Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements,” became effective January 1, 2011, for the Company as to disclosures about changes in Level 3 fair value measurements. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Financial Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13, “Multiple - Deliverable Revenue Arrangements” was effective January 1, 2011, for the Company and provides new guidance for revenue recognition for certain arrangements. The impact of the adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Inventories

Inventories at the balance sheet dates consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
     Dec. 31,
2010
 

Logs

   $ 1,623         2,132   

Lumber

     4,158         3,562   

Materials and supplies

     578         367   
                 
   $ 6,359         6,061   
                 

Note 3 – Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets at the balance sheet dates consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
     Dec. 31,
2010
 

Short-term deferred tax assets

   $ 2,261         2,265   

Refundable income taxes

     1,206         809   

Prepaid expenses

     502         219   

Other current assets

     674         300   
                 
   $ 4,643         3,593   
                 

Note 4 – Investment in Del-Tin Fiber

The Company owns 50 percent of the membership of Del-Tin Fiber LLC (“Del-Tin”), which operates a medium density fiberboard (“MDF”) plant near El Dorado, Arkansas. The Company’s membership in Del-Tin is discussed in more detail in Note 4 – Investment in Del-Tin Fiber, in the Company’s 2010 annual report on Form 10-K.

On August 26, 2004, the Company executed a guarantee agreement in connection with the refinancing of the debt of Del-Tin, which included both a five-year term loan and a long-term bond obligation. In connection with the bond obligation, Del-Tin obtained a letter of credit in support of the bond obligation and both Deltic and the other joint venture partner agreed to guarantee Del-Tin’s performance under the letter of credit at inception. The Company’s guarantee under the letter of credit expires on August 31, 2011. In connection with the issuance of Deltic’s original guarantee of the letter of credit, the fair value of the guarantee of the bonds was determined to be de minimus. In reviewing the payment/performance risk associated with this guarantee, Deltic continues to consider the risk minimal based on Del-Tin’s balance sheet, past performance, and length of time remaining on the guarantee.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 4 – Investment in Del-Tin Fiber (cont.)

 

At March 31, 2011, and December 31, 2010, the Company’s share of the underlying net assets of Del-Tin exceeded its investment by $15,530,000 and $15,730,000, respectively. The difference relates primarily to the Company’s write-off of its carrying amount for its investment in Del-Tin as of December 31, 2002, which was not recorded by Del-Tin. The equity in earnings of Del-Tin recognized by the Company exceeds its ownership percentage of Del-Tin’s earnings because the difference in basis between the Company and Del-Tin is being adjusted to account for Del-Tin’s operating results as if it were a consolidated subsidiary.

The financial position for Del-Tin as of the balance sheet dates and results of operations consisted of the following:

Condensed Balance Sheet Information

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
     Jan. 1,
2011
 

Current assets

   $ 8,666         7,382   

Property, plant, and equipment – net

     71,728         72,686   

Other noncurrent assets

     13         23   
                 

Total assets

   $ 80,407         80,091   
                 

Current liabilities

   $ 3,331         3,133   

Long-term debt

     29,000         29,000   

Members’ capital

     48,076         47,958   
                 

Total liabilities and members’ capital

   $ 80,407         80,091   
                 

Condensed Income Statement Information

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011     2010  

Net sales

   $ 15,132        15,416   
                

Costs and expenses

    

Cost of sales

     12,313        12,810   

Depreciation

     1,356        1,293   

General and administrative expenses

     589        597   
                

Total costs and expenses

     14,258        14,700   
                

Operating income

     874        716   

Interest income

     53        40   

Interest and other debt expense

     (251     (177

Other loss

     —          (8
                

Net income

   $ 676        571   
                

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 5 – Timber and Timberlands

Timber and timberlands at the balance sheet dates consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
    Dec. 31,
2010
 

Purchased stumpage inventory

   $ 2,068        1,298   

Timberlands

     92,539        92,472   

Fee timber

     230,995        228,813   

Logging facilities

     2,557        2,554   
                
     328,159        325,137   

Less accumulated cost of fee timber harvested and facilities depreciation

     (101,236     (99,859
                

Strategic timber and timberlands

     226,923        225,278   

Non-strategic timber and timberlands

     709        812   
                
   $ 227,632        226,090   
                

In 1999, the Company initiated a program to identify non-strategic timberlands for possible sale. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, approximately 1,700 and 1,900 acres of non-strategic timberlands were available for sale, respectively. Included in the Woodlands operating income are gains from sales of non-strategic hardwood bottomland of $225,000 and $263,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Note 6 – Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment at the balance sheet dates consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
    Dec. 31,
2010
 

Land

   $ 294        125   

Land improvements

     6,107        6,107   

Buildings and structures

     13,656        12,522   

Machinery and equipment

     98,062        98,039   
                
     118,119        116,793   

Less accumulated depreciation

     (85,987     (84,236
                
   $ 32,132        32,557   
                

Note 7 – Indebtedness

On February 4, 2011, the Company amended and extended its unsecured and committed revolving credit facility. Pursuant to the amendment, the term was extended to September 9, 2015; the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant was removed; pricing of the applicable commitment fees and margins was amended; and an option to request an increase in the amount of aggregate revolving commitments by $50,000,000 was continued. As of March 31, 2011, the amount of credit facility available to the Company was $268,500,000. To facilitate the amendment, $1,094,000 in fees were incurred and will be amortized over the length of the agreement, together with the remaining unamortized costs of $266,000.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 8 – Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011, was 40 percent. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company recognized $4,000 in interest expense from these items. The Company had approximately $24,000 accrued in deferred revenues and other accrued liabilities for interest and penalties at March 31, 2011. If the Company were to prevail on all unrecognized tax benefits recorded on the balance sheet, approximately $2,421,000 would benefit the effective rate.

The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal and state examinations by tax authorities for years before 2007.

Note 9 – Deferred Revenues and Other Accrued Liabilities

Deferred revenues and other accrued liabilities at the balance sheet dates consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
     Dec. 31,
2010
 

Deferred revenues – current

   $ 3,526         4,176   

Vacation accrual

     1,006         965   

Deferred compensation

     979         3,772   

All other current liabilities

     2,001         1,249   
                 
   $ 7,512         10,162   
                 

Note 10 – Other Noncurrent Liabilities

Other noncurrent liabilities at the balance sheet dates consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
     Dec. 31,
2010
 

Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation

   $ 9,105         8,989   

Excess retirement plan

     3,140         3,139   

Accrued pension liability

     5,532         5,622   

Deferred revenue – long term portion

     3,644         3,765   

Uncertain tax positions liability

     3,011         3,011   

Other noncurrent liabilities

     1,979         2,113   
                 
   $ 26,411         26,639   
                 

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 11 – Employee and Retiree Benefit Plans

Components of net periodic retirement expense and other postretirement benefits expense consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011     2010  

Funded qualified retirement plan

    

Service cost

   $ 256        282   

Interest cost

     368        407   

Expected return on plan assets

     (414     (361

Amortization of prior service cost

     5        5   

Recognized actuarial loss

     34        108   
                

Net retirement expense

   $ 249        441   
                

Unfunded nonqualified retirement plan

    

Service cost

   $ 17        33   

Interest cost

     44        57   

Amortization of prior service cost

     (3     (3

Recognized actuarial loss

     5        20   
                

Net retirement expense

   $ 63        107   
                

Other postretirement benefits

    

Service cost

   $ 88        82   

Interest cost

     113        117   

Amortization of plan amendment

     (50     (50
                

Other postretirement benefits expense

   $ 151        149   
                

The Company made contributions to its qualified plan of $300,000 during the first three months of 2011, and expects to continue to fund the plan at the same monthly level over the remainder of 2011. The expected long-term rate of return on pension plan assets is 7.50 percent.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 12 – Stock-Based Compensation

The Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, included $507,000 and $480,000, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense reflected in general and administrative expenses.

Assumptions for the valuation of 2011 stock options and restricted stock performance units consisted of the following:

 

     2011  

Expected term of options (in years)

     6.27   

Weighted expected volatility

     36.70

Dividend yield

     .62

Risk-free interest rate performance restricted shares

     2.09

Risk-free interest rate – options

     3.79

Stock price as of valuation date

   $ 63.54   

Restricted performance share valuation

   $ 85.56   

Grant date fair value – stock options

   $ 20.89   

Stock Options – A summary of stock options as of March 31, 2011, and changes during the three- month period then ended are presented below:

 

Options

   Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000)
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2011

     162,455      $ 43.77         

Granted

     27,218        63.54         

Exercised

     (19,123     33.78         

Forfeited/expired

     (43     34.41         
                

Outstanding at March 31, 2011

     170,507      $ 48.05         6.9       $ 3,204   
                            

Exercisable at March 31, 2011

     98,995      $ 46.59         5.5       $ 2,005   
                            

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is the sum of the amounts by which the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock exceeded the exercise price of the options at March 31, 2011, for those options for which the quoted market price was in excess of the exercise price. This amount changes over time based on changes in the fair market value of the Company’s stock. As of March 31, 2011, there was $1,198,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years.

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 12 – Stock-Based Compensation (cont.)

 

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units – A summary of nonvested restricted stock as of March 31, 2011, and changes during the three-month period then ended are presented below:

 

Nonvested Restricted Stock

   Shares     Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 

Nonvested at January 1, 2011

     75,572      $ 45.51   

Granted

     19,003        63.54   

Vested

     (18,769     53.01   

Forfeited

     (16     34.41   
          

Nonvested at March 31, 2011

     75,790      $ 48.17   
          

As of March 31, 2011, there was $2,356,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years.

Performance Units – A summary of nonvested restricted stock performance units as of March 31, 2011, and changes during the three months then ended are presented below:

 

Nonvested Restricted Stock Performance Units

   Shares     Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 

Nonvested at January 1, 2011

     47,562      $ 52.46   

Granted

     12,499        85.56   

Vested

     (10,292     55.97   

Forfeited

     (18     43.48   
          

Nonvested at March 31, 2011

     49,751      $ 60.05   
          

As of March 31, 2011, there was $2,071,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock performance units. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years.

Note 13 – Contingencies

At various times, the Company may be involved in litigation incidental to its operations. Currently, there are no material legal proceedings outstanding.

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 14 – Fair Value Measurement

Fair Value Measurement Accounting establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the quality of inputs used to measure fair value, with level 1 being the highest quality and level 3 being the lowest quality. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets on identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect assumptions about pricing by market participants.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value.

Nonqualified employee savings plan: Consists of mutual funds, which are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the plan at the balance sheet date, at quoted market prices.

The fair value measurements for the Company’s financial liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2011, are presented in the following table:

 

            Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using  
(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2011
     Quoted prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Liabilities
Inputs
     Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 
      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Liabilities

           

Nonqualified employee savings plan

   $ 928         928         —           —     

Long-term debt, including current liabilities – The fair value is estimated by discounting the scheduled debt payment streams to present value based on market rates for which the Company’s debt could be valued.

The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at March 31, 2011 and 2010. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. The table excludes financial instruments included in current assets and liabilities, except current maturities of long-term debt, all of which have fair values approximating carrying values.

 

     March 31, 2011      March 31, 2010  
(Thousands of dollars)    Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Carrying
Amount
     Estimated
Fair Value
 

Financial liabilities

           

Long-term debt, including current liabilities

   $ 71,222         75,003       $ 92,333         96,939   

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 15 – Earnings per Common Share

The amounts used in computing earnings per share consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands, except per share amounts)    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   2011      2010  

Net income

   $ 92         2,253   
                 

Weighted average number of common shares used in basic EPS

     12,409         12,349   

Potentially dilutive shares

     100         47   
                 

Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common stock used in EPS assuming dilution

     12,509         12,396   
                 

Earnings per common share

     

Basic

   $ .01         .18   

Assuming dilution

   $ .01         .18   

Diluted earnings per common share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares determined for the basic earnings per common share computation plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method. Options to purchase shares, which were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options were anti-dilutive, were 27,218 and 77,534 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Restricted performance shares, which were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they do not meet the metrics established for awarding, were 14,139 and 41,668 at March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Note 16 – Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures

Additional information concerning cash flows are as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011      2010  

Income taxes paid in cash

   $ 21         506   

Interest paid

     207         185   

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 16 – Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures (cont.)

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities excluded from the statement of cash flows include:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011      2010  

Issuance of restricted stock

   $ 1,456         1,540   

Land exchanges and capital expenditures accrued, not paid

     865         —     

(Increases)/decreases in working capital, other than cash and cash equivalents, consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011     2010  

Trade accounts receivable

   $ (991     (2,628

Other receivables

     38        38   

Inventories

     (298     1,383   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (944     (440

Trade accounts payable

     39        245   

Accrued taxes other than income taxes

     419        453   

Deferred revenues and other accrued liabilities

     (2,068     132   
                
   $ (3,805     (817
                

Cash flows provided by other operating activities included an increase in deferred mineral lease rental revenue of $450,000, which was received by the Company during the quarter ended March 31, 2011. This deferred amount will be recognized over the term of the lease. There were no such receipts during the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

 

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DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 17 – Business Segments

Information about the Company’s business segments consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011     2010  

Net sales

    

Woodlands

   $ 9,958        9,023   

Mills

     21,656        24,615   

Real Estate

     1,723        2,296   

Eliminations*

     (3,942     (3,999
                
   $ 29,395        31,935   
                

Income before income taxes

    

Operating income

    

Woodlands

   $ 4,694        5,079   

Mills

     718        2,499   

Real Estate

     (810     (714

Corporate

     (4,081     (3,469

Eliminations

     29        264   
                

Operating income

     550        3,659   

Equity in earnings of Del-Tin Fiber

     537        488   

Interest income

     7        98   

Interest and other debt expense

     (965     (913

Interest capitalized

     23        16   

Other income

     3        2   
                
   $ 155        3,350   
                

Depreciation, amortization, and cost of fee timber harvested

    

Woodlands

   $ 1,458        1,219   

Mills

     1,575        1,697   

Real Estate

     106        112   

Corporate

     23        21   
                
   $ 3,162        3,049   
                

Capital expenditures

    

Woodlands

   $ 2,351        1,423   

Mills

     1,232        825   

Real Estate

     323        535   

Corporate

     70        49   
                
   $ 3,976        2,832   
                

* Primarily intersegment sales of timber from Woodlands to Mills.

 

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Item 2.     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Executive Overview

The Company recorded net income of $.1 million for the first quarter of 2011, compared to net income of $2.3 million for the same period of 2010. The Woodlands segment continues to serve as the core operation of the Company by providing $4.7 million in operating income, which was $.4 million less than the same period in 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower pine pulpwood revenues related to a decreased average sales price combined with a higher cost of fee timber harvested from additional pine pulpwood harvested, which was partially offset by increased oil and gas lease rentals and net royalty income. The Mills segment reported operating income of $.7 million, a decrease of $1.8 million when compared to the first quarter of 2010, due to a lower average finished lumber sales price and decreased sales volume, which were partially offset by a lower average cost per-unit sold. The Real Estate segment reported a loss of $.8 million in the current-year quarter compared to a loss of $.7 million for the same period of 2010 mainly due to a decrease in residential lot sales activity. The Corporate segment expense was $.5 million higher in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the corresponding period of 2010, due primarily to higher general and administrative expenses associated with employee incentive plan expenses resulting from increased costs related to share-based awards. Deltic owns a 50 percent interest in Del-Tin Fiber, LLC and recorded related equity in earnings of $.5 million in the current quarter, the same as a year ago.

Deltic is primarily a wood products producer operating in a commodity-based business environment, with a major diversification in real estate development. The Company’s operating environments are affected by a number of factors including general economic conditions, employment levels, interest rates, credit availability and associated costs, imports, foreign exchange rates, housing starts, new and existing home inventories, residential and commercial real estate foreclosures, residential repair and remodeling, commercial construction, industry capacity and production levels, the availability of raw materials, and weather conditions. So far in 2011, the housing market continues to be stagnant, even as the U.S. economy gradually shows signs of improvement. Decreased sales prices for existing homes, year-over-year reduced housing starts, stricter lending criteria, and inflationary pressures continue to keep the timber, manufactured wood products, and real estate development industries in the trough of the economic cycle. In addition, excess lumber capacity in the industry is having an adverse impact on lumber prices. Given Deltic’s relative size and the nature of most commodity markets, the Company has little or no control over pricing levels for its lumber products. However, the Company focus is on managing its cost and production efficiencies across all segments, and management will continue to seek opportunities to better control cost while increasing productivity.

The pine sawtimber harvest in the first quarter of 2011 was 146,089 tons, slightly lower than the 146,488 tons harvested in the first quarter of 2010. The average price received for pine sawtimber was $26 per ton in the first quarter of both 2011 and 2010. Pine pulpwood harvested in 2011’s first quarter totaled 125,467 tons at an average sales price of $8 per ton, which compares to 79,379 tons harvested at $16 per ton for the same period of 2010. The 2010 per-ton sales price benefited from wet weather conditions in Deltic’s operating region, which impacted logging conditions causing a decrease in the volume harvested. The Company sold approximately 307 acres of timberland, consisting mostly of non-strategic recreational-use hardwood bottomland, at an average sales price of $1,358 per acre versus 232 acres at $1,587 per acre in 2010’s first quarter. The Woodlands segment reported hunting lease income of $.5 million in the first quarters of both 2011 and 2010.

Deltic’s Woodlands segment also receives revenues from mineral lease rentals and mineral royalty payments, primarily from the Fayetteville Shale Play. In the first quarter of 2011, lease rental income was $.7 million, an increase of $.2 million from the same period of 2010 due primarily to the increased net mineral acres leased in southern Arkansas and north Louisiana late in the fourth quarter of 2010. Oil and gas royalty payments increased $.1 million to $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the first quarter of 2010. The increase was due primarily to increased volumes of natural gas sold. The ultimate benefit to Deltic from mineral leases remains speculative and unknown and is contingent on the level of natural gas and crude oil prices and the successful extraction from wells drilled on Company lands.

 

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The Mills segment sold 62.5 million board feet in the first quarter of 2011, a decrease of 1.2 million board feet when compared to 63.7 million board feet sold in the first quarter a year ago. The average lumber sales price of $266 per thousand board feet received in the current quarter was a $44 per thousand board feet, or 14 percent, decrease from the same period in 2010. These decreases were partially offset by lower raw material log costs and higher hourly productivity rates. However, as with any commodity market, the Company expects the historical lumber market volatility to continue in the future. Deltic plans to continue adjusting production levels to meet market demand.

The Real Estate segment closed three residential lot sales during the first quarter of 2011 with an average per-lot sales price of $85,300 compared to sales of six lots with an average per-lot sales price of $129,600 in 2010’s first quarter. The reduction in the per-lot sales price was due to the mix of lots sold. No commercial acreage sales occurred in either the first quarter of 2011 or 2010. Commercial property located near “The Promenade at Chenal,” an upscale shopping center, and a new lifestyle medical center currently under construction in Chenal Valley continue to receive interest. However, due to the unpredictable nature of commercial real estate sales activity, the Company cannot predict future closing of any commercial real estate transaction.

Operating results for Del-Tin are affected by the overall medium density fiberboard (“MDF”) market and the plant’s operating performance. Del-Tin’s operational income of $.5 million during the first quarter of 2011 was the same as in 2010. Regarding the Company’s equity position in Del-Tin, Deltic continues to reduce depreciation expense related to the add-back per thousand square feet manufactured, which relates to the impairment taken by the Company in 2002 that was not recorded at the Del-Tin level. The difference in basis between the Company and Del-Tin is being adjusted to account for Del-Tin’s operating results as if it were a consolidated subsidiary. (For further discussion, refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements.)

Results of Operations

In the following tables, Deltic’s net sales and results of operations are presented for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. Explanations of significant variances and additional analyses for the Company’s consolidated and segment operations follow the tables.

 

     Quarter Ended March 31,  
(Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)    2011     2010  

Net sales

    

Woodlands

   $ 10.0        9.0   

Mills

     21.6        24.6   

Real Estate

     1.7        2.3   

Eliminations

     (3.9     (4.0
                

Net sales

   $ 29.4        31.9   
                

Operating income/(loss)

    

Woodlands

   $ 4.7        5.1   

Mills

     .7        2.5   

Real Estate

     (.8     (.7

Corporate

     (4.0     (3.5

Eliminations

     —          .3   
                

Operating income

     .6        3.7   

Equity in earnings of Del-Tin Fiber

     .5        .5   

Interest income

     —          .1   

Interest and other debt expense

     (.9     (.9

Income taxes

     (.1     (1.1
                

Net income

   $ .1        2.3   
                

Income per common share

    

Basic and diluted

   $ .01        .18   

 

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Consolidated

The $2.2 million decrease in net income from the first quarter of 2010 was the result of lower operating income for the Company’s Woodlands, Mills, and Real Estate segments, increased Corporate general and administrative expenses, and a higher effective tax rate.

Operating income decreased $3.1 million. The Woodlands segment decreased $.4 million due primarily to lower pine pulpwood revenues because of a decreased average sales price combined with an increased cost of fee timber harvested because of additional pine pulpwood harvested, partially offset by increased mineral lease rentals and net royalty revenues. The Mills segment’s operating income decreased $1.8 million due mainly to the lower average lumber sales price. The Real Estate segment’s operating income decreased $.1 million due to fewer lots sold and a lower average per-lot sales price. Corporate expenses were higher due primarily to higher general and administrative expenses.

Woodlands

Selected financial and statistical data for the Woodlands segment is shown in the following table.

 

     Quarter Ended March 31,  
     2011      2010  

Gross sales (millions of dollars)

     

Pine sawtimber

   $ 3.8         3.8   

Pine pulpwood

     1.0         1.2   

Hardwood sawtimber

     .1         —     

Hardwood pulpwood

     .2         .2   

Oil and gas lease rentals

     .7         .5   

Oil and gas royalties

     1.1         1.0   

Hunting leases

     .5         .5   

Sales volume (thousands of tons)

     

Pine sawtimber

     146.1         146.5   

Pine pulpwood

     125.5         79.4   

Hardwood sawtimber

     2.3         1.0   

Hardwood pulpwood

     27.8         13.3   

Sales price (per ton)

     

Pine sawtimber

   $ 26         26   

Pine pulpwood

     8         16   

Hardwood sawtimber

     31         31   

Hardwood pulpwood

     6         14   

Timberland

     

Net sales (millions of dollars)

   $ .4         .4   

Sales volume (acres)

     307         232   

Sale price (per acre)

   $ 1,358         1,587   

Net sales increased $1 million in 2011 when compared to the 2010 first quarter. Harvest volumes and stumpage prices for pine sawtimber were essentially unchanged from the first quarter of 2010. Current year sales of pine pulpwood decreased $.2 million due to a 50 percent lower per-ton sales price that was partially offset by a 58 percent increase in the harvest volume. Oil and gas lease rental and royalty revenue increased $.2 million over 2010’s amounts. Revenues for hauling stumpage to other mills was $.9 million higher in 2011, due to increased harvest volumes of pine pulpwood, hardwood pulpwood, and hardwood sawtimber. Operating income in 2011 decreased $.4 million from 2010.

 

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Offsetting 2011’s increased net sales were $.2 million in higher cost of fee timber harvested and $.9 million in higher cost for hauling stumpage to other mills.

Mills

Selected financial and statistical data for the Mills segment is shown in the following table.

 

     Quarter Ended March 31,  
     2011      2010  

Net sales (millions of dollars)

     

Lumber

   $ 16.6         19.8   

Residual by-products

     3.9         3.9   

Lumber

     

Finished production (MMBF)

     63.6         60.5   

Sales volume (MMBF)

     62.5         63.7   

Sales price (per MBF)

   $ 266         310   

Net sales decreased $3 million, or 12 percent, due to a lower average lumber sales price and to a slightly lower lumber sales volume. The average lumber sales price in the first quarter of 2011 decreased $44 from the first quarter of 2010. Operating income for the Mills segment was $1.8 million lower in 2011 due to the drop in the per-unit sales price and volume sold, which was partially offset by a lower per-unit cost of sales mainly because of increased hourly productivity rates and lower raw material log cost.

Real Estate

Selected financial and statistical data for the Real Estate segment is shown in the following table.

 

     Quarter Ended March 31,  
     2011      2010  

Net sales (millions of dollars)

     

Residential lots

   $ .3         .8   

Chenal Country Club

     1.4         1.4   

Sales volume

     

Residential lots

     3         6   

Average sales price (thousands of dollars)

     

Residential lots

   $ 85         130   

Net sales for the first quarter 2011 decreased $.6 million from the first quarter of 2010 due to a decrease in the number of residential lots closed and a lower average per-lot sales price. The decrease in operating results were due to the decreased residential real estate sales activity, partially offset by lower cost for lots sold and reduced operating expenses.

 

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Corporate

The increase in operating expense for Corporate functions was due to higher general and administrative expenses, primarily employee incentive plan expenses resulting from additional accrued liabilities due to the increase in market value of shares which impacts liability-based awards.

Eliminations

Intersegment sales of timber from Deltic’s Woodlands to the Mills segment decreased $.1 million to $3.9 million. The decrease was due to a slightly lower transfer price from the Woodlands segment and a small decrease in the volume of logs coming into Deltic sawmills from its fee timberlands. Transfer prices are approximately that of market.

Equity in Del-Tin Fiber

For the first quarter of 2011, Deltic’s equity in Del-Tin was $.5 million, the same as the first quarter of 2010, because sales volumes, sales prices, and per-unit costs have remained fairly constant. Additional selected financial and statistical data for Del-Tin is shown in the following table.

 

     Quarter Ended March 31,  
     2011      2010  

Net sales (millions of dollars)

   $ 15.1         15.4   

Finished production (MMSF)

     30.2         30.4   

Board sales (MMSF)

     30.2         31.5   

Sales price (per MSF)

   $ 501         489   

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate was 40 percent for 2011 and 33 percent for 2010. The effective income tax rate was lower in 2010 because of permanent tax differences and a discrete state tax benefit.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows and Capital Expenditures

Net cash required by operating activities totaled $1.2 million for the first three months of 2011 compared to $4.4 million provided for the same period of 2010. Changes in operating working capital, other than cash and cash equivalents, required cash of $3.8 million and $.8 million in 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company’s accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows identifies other differences between net income and cash provided by operating activities for each reporting period.

 

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Capital expenditures required cash of $3.1 million in the current-year period and $2.8 million a year ago. Capital expenditures by segment consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(Thousands of dollars)    2011     2010  

Woodlands, including land exchanges

   $ 2,351        1,423   

Mills

     1,232        825   

Real Estate, including development expenditures

     323        535   

Corporate

     70        49   
                

Capital expenditures

     3,976        2,832   

Non-cash land exchange and accrued liabilities

     (856     —     
                

Capital expenditures requiring cash

   $ 3,120        2,832   
                

The net change in purchased stumpage inventory to be utilized in the Company’s sawmill operations used cash of $.8 million in 2011 and $.5 million in 2010. The Company advanced Del-Tin Fiber $.6 million in the first quarter of 2011, and received repayments of $.9 million. This compares to advances and repayments of $.7 million in the same period of 2010. Funds held by trustees to be used for acquisitions of timberland designated as “replacement property” for income tax purposes, as required for tax-deferred exchanges, were unchanged in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010. Deltic received proceeds from other investing activities of $.1 million in both 2011 and 2010. Deltic had $4.5 million in net borrowings in 2011 versus no borrowings or repayments in 2010. The Company incurred $1.1 million in fees to facilitate an amendment and extension of its unsecured and committed revolving credit facility in 2011, while there were no such costs in 2010. The Company had purchases of treasury stock in 2011 of $.1 million and no purchases in 2010. Deltic paid dividends on common stock of $.9 million during both 2011 and 2010. Proceeds from stock option exercises and related tax benefits in 2011 increased $.9 million from 2010.

Financial Condition

Working capital totaled $5.3 million at March 31, 2011, and $2.5 million at December 31, 2010. Deltic’s working capital ratio at March 31, 2011 was 1.37 to 1, compared to 1.16 to 1 at the end of 2010. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the first quarter of 2011 decreased $.9 million from December 31, 2010. Deltic’s long-term debt to stockholders’ equity ratio was .304 to 1 at March 31, 2011 and .285 to 1 at December 31, 2010.

Liquidity

The primary sources of the Company’s liquidity are internally generated funds, access to outside financing, and working capital. The Company’s current strategy for growth continues to emphasize its timberland acquisition program, in addition to expanding lumber production as market conditions allow and developing residential and/or commercial properties at Chenal Valley and Red Oak Ridge.

To facilitate these growth plans, the Company has an agreement with a group of banks, which provides an unsecured and committed revolving credit facility totaling $297.5 million, inclusive of a $50 million letter of credit feature. The agreement was amended on February 4, 2011, and will expire on September 9, 2015. As of March 31, 2011, $268.5 million was available. The credit agreement contains restrictive covenants, including limitations on the incurrence of debt and requirements to maintain certain financial ratios. (For additional information about the Company’s current financing arrangements, refer to Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements and Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s 2010 annual report on Form 10-K.)

 

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The table below sets forth the covenants in the credit facility and status with respect to these covenants as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

 

     Covenants
Requirements
     Actual Ratios at
March 31, 2011
     Actual Ratios at
Dec. 31, 2010
 

Leverage ratio should be less than:1

     .65 to 1         .273 to 1         .263 to 1   

Total outstanding debt as a percentage of total debt allowed based on the minimum timber market value:2

     n/a         33.65%         33.57%   

 

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The leverage ratio is calculated as total debt divided by total capital. Total debt includes indebtedness for borrowed money, secured liabilities, obligations in respect of letters of credit, and guarantees. Total capital is the sum of total debt and net worth. Net worth is calculated as total assets minus total liabilities, as reflected on the balance sheet. This covenant is applied at the end of each quarter.

 

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Timber market value must be greater than 175 percent of total debt (as defined in (1) above.) The timber market value is calculated by multiplying the average price received for sales of timber for the preceding four quarters by current quarter’s ending inventory of timber. This covenant is applied at the end of the quarter on a rolling four-quarter basis.

Based on management’s current operating projections, the Company believes it will remain in compliance with the debt covenants and have sufficient liquidity to finance operations and pay all obligations. However, depending on future market conditions and the possibility of the return of economic deterioration, the Company may need to request amendments, or waivers for the covenants, or obtain refinancing in future periods. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain amendments or waivers, or negotiate agreeable refinancing terms should it become needed.

In December 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $10 million of Deltic common stock. In December 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors expanded the program by $25 million. As of March 31, 2011, the Company had expended $14.6 million under this program, with the purchase of 370,530 shares at an average cost of $39.28 per share; no shares were purchased in 2011 or 2010, 35,571 shares were purchased in 2009, 129,996 shares were purchased in 2008, 101,914 shares were purchased under this program in 2007, and seven shares in 2006. In its two previous repurchase programs, Deltic purchased 479,601 shares at an average cost of $20.89 and 419,542 shares at a $24.68 per share average cost, respectively.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Contractual Obligations, and Commitments

On August 26, 2004, Del-Tin Fiber refinanced its existing long-term debt by entering into a credit agreement consisting of a letter of credit and term loan with multiple lending institutions. The funds provided from this credit agreement were used, together with the existing balance in Del-Tin Fiber’s debt service reserve and bond sinking fund accounts, to redeem $60 million of its $89 million industrial revenue bonds. Under the new credit agreement, the lenders, on September 1, 2004, issued on Del-Tin Fiber’s behalf, a letter of credit in the amount of $29.7 million to support the remaining industrial revenue bonds originally issued in 1998 by Union County, Arkansas. Concurrent with this event, on August 26, 2004, Deltic executed a guarantee agreement in connection with the refinancing of the debt of Del-Tin Fiber. Under Deltic’s guarantee agreement, Deltic unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual payment of 50 percent ($14.5 million at March 31, 2011) of Del-Tin’s obligation under its credit agreement. Deltic considers the current status of the payment/performance risk of this guarantee to be low based on the length of time remaining on the guarantee.

 

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The Company has both funded and unfunded noncontributory defined benefit retirement plans that cover the majority of its employees. The plans provide defined benefits based on years of service and final average salary. Deltic also has other postretirement benefit plans covering substantially all of its employees. The health care plan is contributory with participants’ contributions adjusted as needed; the life insurance plan is noncontributory. With regards to all of the Company’s employee and retiree benefit plans, Deltic is unaware of any trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will result in or that are reasonably likely to result in the Company’s liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way. (For information about material assumptions underlying the accounting for these plans and other components of the plans, refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s 2010 annual report on Form 10-K.)

Tabular summaries of the Company’s contractual cash payment obligations and other commercial commitment expirations, by period, are presented in the following tables.

 

(Millions of dollars)

   Total      During
2011
     2012
to 2013
     2014
to 2015
     After
2015
 

Contractual cash payment obligations

              

Real estate development committed capital costs

   $ 3.3         .1         2.6         .6         —     

Woodlands land acquisition and committed capital costs

     .1         .1         —           —           —     

Mills committed capital costs

     .2         .2         —           —           —     

Long-term debt

     71.2         1.1         1.1         29.0         40.0   

Interest on debt*

     17.2         3.1         6.0         5.8         2.3   

Retirement plans

     15.5         .9         2.7         3.0         8.9   

Other postretirement benefits

     5.2         .3         .8         1.0         3.1   

Unrecognized tax benefits

     3.0         1.2         .6         1.2         —     

Other liabilities

     2.9         1.9         1.0         —           —     
                                            
   $ 118.6         8.9         14.8         40.6         54.3   
                                            

Other commercial commitment expirations

              

Guarantee of indebtedness of Del-Tin Fiber

   $ 14.8         —           14.8         —           —     

Timber cutting agreements

     .1         —           .1         —           —     

Letters of credit

     .6         —           .2         .3         .1   
                                            
   $ 15.5         —           15.1         .3         .1   
                                            

 

  * Interest commitments are estimated using the Company’s current interest rates for the respective debt agreements over their remaining terms to expiration.

Outlook

Deltic’s management believes that cash provided from its operations and the remaining amount available under its credit facility will be sufficient to meet its expected cash needs and planned expenditures, including those of the Company’s continued timberland acquisition, real estate development, and stock repurchase programs, additional advances to Del-Tin Fiber, and capital expenditures, for the foreseeable future.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Critical accounting policies are defined as those that are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties and potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. The Company has prepared its consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in these financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company has disclosed its critical accounting policies in its 2010 annual report on Form 10-K, and this disclosure should be read in conjunction with this Form 10-Q.

Impact of Recently Effective Accounting Pronouncements

(For information regarding the impact of recently effective accounting pronouncements, refer to Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements.)

Outlook

Pine sawtimber harvest levels are expected to be 150,000 to 175,000 tons in the second quarter of 2011 and 550,000 to 600,000 tons for the year. Finished lumber sales volume will continue to be subject to market conditions, and is estimated at 60 to 70 million board feet for the second quarter and 230 to 270 million board feet for the year. Residential lot sales are projected to be 5 to 10 lots and 20 to 40 lots for the second quarter and the year, respectively. Although commercial acreage within Chenal Valley continues to receive interest, because of its highly uncertain nature and the significant number of factors involved, the Company is unable to predict the closing of any commercial real estate transactions at this time.

Certain statements contained in this report that are not historical in nature constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the Company’s current expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those disclosed elsewhere in this report. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from those included in such forward-looking statements.

 

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Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company’s market risk has not changed significantly from that set forth under the caption “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in item 7A of Part II of its 2010 annual report on Form 10-K. Those disclosures should be read in conjunction with this Form 10-Q.

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Deltic Timber Corporation (“the Company” or “Deltic”) has established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company including its consolidated subsidiaries is made known to the officers who certify the Company’s financial reports and to other members of senior management and the Board of Directors.

Based on their evaluation as of March 31, 2011, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and this information was accumulated and communicated to the Company’s Management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Deltic’s management, with the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter, and have concluded that there was no change to Deltic’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect Deltic’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation incidental to its business. Currently, there are no material legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of Part I in the Company’s 2010 annual report on Form 10-K.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities

 

    Period    

   Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
Per Share
   Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or  Programs
   Maximum Approximate
Dollar Value of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under  the
Plans or Programs
1

Jan. 1 through Jan. 31, 2011

   —     —      —      $20,434,011

Feb. 1 through Feb. 28, 2011

   8692   $63.45    —      $20,434,011

Mar. 1 through Mar. 31, 2011

   —     —      —      $20,434,011

1In December 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase plan of up to $10 million of Deltic common stock. In December 2007, this plan was expanded by $25 million. There is no stated expiration date regarding this authorization.

2Represents shares withheld to pay taxes in connection with vesting of restricted stock awards.

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.    Removed and Reserved

None.

Item 5.    Other Information

None.

 

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Item 6.    Exhibits

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Designation

  

Nature of Exhibit

10.24    Second Amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2011.)
31.1    Chief Executive Officer Certification Required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Chief Financial Officer Certification Required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32    Certification Required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DELTIC TIMBER CORPORATION

 

Date:  

May 4, 2011

    By:  

/s/ Ray C. Dillon

        Ray C. Dillon, President
        (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:  

May 4, 2011

    By:  

/s/ Kenneth D. Mann

        Kenneth D. Mann, Vice President,
        Finance and Administration
        (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:  

May 4, 2011

    By:  

/s/ Byrom L. Walker

        Byrom L. Walker, Controller
        (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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