EnPro Industries, Inc.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the securities exchange act of 1934
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For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007
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Transition report pursuant to section 13 or
15(d) of the securities exchange act of 1934
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Commission File Number 001-31225
ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant, as specified in its charter)
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North Carolina
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01-0573945 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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5605 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 500, Charlotte, North Carolina
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28209 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code) |
(704) 731-1500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated o Filer Accelerated Filer þ Non-Accelerated Filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
As of May 1, 2007, there were 21,456,323 shares of common stock of the registrant outstanding.
There is only one class of common stock.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
Quarter Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
(in millions, except per share amounts)
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Sales |
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$ |
247.3 |
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$ |
228.3 |
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Operating costs and expenses: |
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Cost of sales |
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158.8 |
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149.9 |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses |
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55.0 |
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48.9 |
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Asbestos-related expenses |
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12.9 |
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4.9 |
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Other |
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1.0 |
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0.4 |
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227.7 |
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204.1 |
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Operating income |
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19.6 |
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24.2 |
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Interest expense |
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(2.0 |
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(2.0 |
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Interest income |
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1.9 |
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1.2 |
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Income before income taxes |
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19.5 |
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23.4 |
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Income tax expense |
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(7.2 |
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(8.6 |
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Net income |
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$ |
12.3 |
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$ |
14.8 |
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Basic earnings per share |
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$ |
0.58 |
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$ |
0.71 |
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Diluted earnings per share |
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$ |
0.56 |
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$ |
0.69 |
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See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
Quarters Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
(in millions)
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2007 |
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2006 |
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net income |
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$ |
12.3 |
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$ |
14.8 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
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7.0 |
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6.3 |
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Amortization |
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2.6 |
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1.9 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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2.9 |
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4.7 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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(0.2 |
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1.3 |
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Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of
acquisitions of businesses: |
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Asbestos liabilities, net of receivables |
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9.9 |
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(16.5 |
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Receivables |
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(17.0 |
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(17.3 |
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Inventories |
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3.5 |
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(5.5 |
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Accounts payable |
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4.5 |
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2.8 |
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Other current assets and liabilities |
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(7.4 |
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(5.7 |
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Other non-current assets and liabilities |
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1.4 |
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2.0 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
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19.5 |
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(11.2 |
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
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(8.9 |
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(6.8 |
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Deposits into restricted cash accounts |
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(1.1 |
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Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
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(0.6 |
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(0.5 |
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Other |
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0.3 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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(10.3 |
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(7.3 |
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock |
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0.1 |
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0.3 |
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Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation |
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1.7 |
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0.4 |
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
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1.8 |
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0.7 |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
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0.2 |
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0.2 |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
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11.2 |
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(17.6 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
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161.0 |
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109.5 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
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$ |
172.2 |
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$ |
91.9 |
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
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Cash paid during the period for: |
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Interest |
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0.4 |
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$ |
0.4 |
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Income taxes |
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$ |
4.3 |
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$ |
3.8 |
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Payments for asbestos-related claims and expenses, net of
insurance recoveries |
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$ |
3.0 |
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$ |
21.4 |
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See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(in millions, except share amounts)
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents (unrestricted) |
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172.2 |
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161.0 |
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Accounts and notes receivable |
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156.6 |
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138.3 |
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Asbestos insurance receivable |
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60.8 |
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71.3 |
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Inventories |
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76.1 |
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79.3 |
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Other current assets |
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25.6 |
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22.4 |
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Total current assets |
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491.3 |
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472.3 |
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Property, plant and equipment |
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168.9 |
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166.3 |
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Goodwill |
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162.5 |
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161.6 |
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Other intangible assets |
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68.9 |
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70.1 |
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Asbestos insurance receivable |
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376.4 |
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396.7 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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97.6 |
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80.2 |
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Other assets |
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60.7 |
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59.4 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
1,426.3 |
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$ |
1,406.6 |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Current maturities of long-term debt |
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$ |
0.5 |
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Accounts payable |
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66.9 |
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62.2 |
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Asbestos liability |
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80.2 |
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88.8 |
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Other accrued expenses |
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75.5 |
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74.1 |
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Total current liabilities |
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223.1 |
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225.1 |
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Long-term debt |
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185.2 |
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185.7 |
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Retained liabilities of previously owned businesses |
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27.8 |
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27.7 |
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Environmental liabilities |
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24.6 |
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25.1 |
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Asbestos liability |
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466.8 |
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479.1 |
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Other liabilities |
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78.8 |
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60.0 |
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Total liabilities |
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1,006.3 |
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1,002.7 |
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Shareholders equity |
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Common stock $.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
issued, 21,426,628 shares in 2007 and 21,211,044 in 2006 |
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0.2 |
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0.2 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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420.5 |
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418.9 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(28.6 |
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(41.0 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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29.4 |
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27.3 |
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Common stock held in treasury, at cost 225,886 shares in 2007
and 228,126 shares in 2006 |
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(1.5 |
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(1.5 |
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Total shareholders equity |
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420.0 |
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403.9 |
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
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$ |
1,426.3 |
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$ |
1,406.6 |
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The year-end consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but
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See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
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Overview and Basis of Presentation |
Overview
EnPro Industries, Inc. (EnPro or the Company) is a leader in the design, development,
manufacturing and marketing of well recognized, proprietary engineered industrial products that
include sealing products, metal and metal polymer bearings and filament wound products, air
compressors, and heavy-duty, medium-speed diesel, natural gas and dual fuel reciprocating engines.
The Company was incorporated on January 11, 2002, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goodrich
Corporation (Goodrich) in connection with Goodrichs distribution of its Engineered Industrial
Products segment to existing Goodrich shareholders. This distribution took place on May 31, 2002.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the
instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all
of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal
recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair statement of results for the period presented,
have been included. Management believes that the assumptions underlying the consolidated financial
statements are reasonable. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the Companys consolidated financial statements and notes thereto that are included in its annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Revenues, expenses, cash flows, assets and liabilities can and do vary during each quarter of
the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these interim financial statements may not be
indicative of those for a full year.
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions between the Companys operations have
been eliminated.
Certain amounts in the accompanying 2006 financial statements have been reclassified to
conform to the current year presentation.
Total comprehensive income consists of the following:
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Quarters Ended |
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March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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(in millions) |
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Net income |
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$ |
12.3 |
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$ |
14.8 |
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Unrealized translation adjustments |
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1.7 |
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1.8 |
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Prior service cost |
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0.2 |
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Net actuarial loss |
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0.1 |
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Net unrealized gain (losses) from cash flow hedges |
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0.1 |
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Total comprehensive income |
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$ |
14.4 |
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$ |
16.3 |
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The computation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:
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Quarters Ended |
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March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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share amounts) |
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Numerator (basic and diluted): |
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Net income |
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$ |
12.3 |
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$ |
14.8 |
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Denominator: |
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Weighted-average shares basic |
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21.1 |
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20.8 |
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Share-based awards |
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0.5 |
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0.6 |
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Convertible debentures |
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0.4 |
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Weighted-average shares diluted |
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22.0 |
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21.4 |
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Earnings per share: |
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Basic |
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0.58 |
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0.71 |
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Diluted |
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0.56 |
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$ |
0.69 |
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As discussed further in Note 7, the Company has issued Convertible Senior Debentures (the
Debentures). Under the terms of the Debentures, the Company would settle the par amount of its
obligations in cash and the remaining obligations, if any, in common shares. In accordance with
the current applicable accounting guidelines, the Company includes the conversion option effect in
diluted earnings per share during such periods when the Companys stock price exceeds the initial
conversion price of $33.79 per share.
The Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
on January 1, 2007. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $0.1 million decrease in liabilities for
unrecognized tax benefits with a corresponding reduction in the accumulated deficit. At January 1,
2007, the Company had recorded a liability of approximately $21.9 million for unrecognized tax
benefits of which $4.9 million, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate. The Company
records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. At
January 1, 2007, the Company had accrued $1.1 million for the potential payment of interest. There
have been no significant changes to the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits during the
quarter ended March 31, 2007 and the Company does not currently anticipate that these amounts will
significantly change by the end of 2007.
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax
in multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. Substantially all material federal, state and local,
and foreign income tax returns for the years 2002 through 2005 are open to examination. The
federal income tax return for 2002 and various foreign and state tax returns are currently under
examination. The final outcomes of these audits are not yet determinable; however, management
believes that any assessments that may arise will not be material to the Companys financial
condition or results of operations.
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Inventories consist of the following:
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As of |
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As of |
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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(in millions) |
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Finished products |
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$ |
41.4 |
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$ |
40.0 |
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Costs relating to long-term contracts and programs |
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32.0 |
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32.1 |
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Work in process |
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21.3 |
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20.8 |
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Raw materials and supplies |
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26.9 |
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24.6 |
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121.6 |
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117.5 |
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Reserve to reduce certain inventories to LIFO basis |
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(16.8 |
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(16.6 |
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Progress payments |
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(28.7 |
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(21.6 |
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Total |
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$ |
76.1 |
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$ |
79.3 |
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The Company uses the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method of valuing certain of its
inventories. An actual valuation of inventory under the LIFO method can be made only at the end of
each year based on the inventory levels and costs at that time. Accordingly, interim LIFO
calculations are based on managements estimates of expected year-end inventory levels and costs
and are subject to the final year-end LIFO inventory valuation.
The changes in the net carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment for the quarter ended
March 31, 2007 are as follows:
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Engine |
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Sealing |
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Engineered |
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Products and |
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Products |
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Products |
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Services |
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Total |
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(in millions) |
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Goodwill, net as of December 31, 2006 |
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$ |
48.6 |
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$ |
105.9 |
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$ |
7.1 |
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$ |
161.6 |
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|
|
Foreign currency translation |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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Goodwill, net as of March 31, 2007 |
|
$ |
48.7 |
|
|
$ |
106.7 |
|
|
$ |
7.1 |
|
|
$ |
162.5 |
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|
|
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|
The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of identifiable intangible assets
is as follows:
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|
|
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|
|
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As of March 31, 2007 |
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|
As of December 31, 2006 |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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Carrying |
|
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Accumulated |
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Carrying |
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Accumulated |
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Amount |
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Amortization |
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Amount |
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Amortization |
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(in millions) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships |
|
$ |
42.9 |
|
|
$ |
17.0 |
|
|
$ |
42.9 |
|
|
$ |
16.1 |
|
Existing technology |
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Trademarks |
|
|
29.9 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
29.8 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
Other |
|
|
10.5 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
99.8 |
|
|
$ |
30.9 |
|
|
$ |
99.3 |
|
|
$ |
29.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization expense for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was $1.6 million and
$1.4 million, respectively. The Company has trademarks with indefinite lives valued at
approximately $16 million that are not being amortized as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006,
and that are included in the table above.
In 2005, the Company issued $172.5 million in aggregate principal amount of Debentures that
may be converted only under certain circumstances. The conditions that permit conversion were not
satisfied at March 31, 2007.
8. |
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Pensions and Postretirement Benefits |
The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Companys U.S. and foreign defined benefit
pension and other postretirement plans for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, are as
follows:
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarters Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
Pension Benefits |
|
|
Other Benefits |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service cost |
|
$ |
2.5 |
|
|
$ |
2.3 |
|
|
$ |
0.3 |
|
|
$ |
0.3 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
Expected return on plan assets |
|
|
(3.0 |
) |
|
|
(2.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prior service cost component |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss component |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2.8 |
|
|
$ |
3.1 |
|
|
$ |
0.6 |
|
|
$ |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company anticipates that there will be no required funding in 2007 of its U.S.
defined benefit pension plans. In 2006, the Company made discretionary contributions of $10
million to its U.S. plans. The Company has authorized a discretionary contribution of an
additional $10 million in 2007 to its U.S. defined benefit pension plans which will be made prior
to year-end. The Company expects to make total contributions of approximately $1.2 million in 2007
to its foreign pension plans.
9. |
|
Business Segment Information |
The Company has three reportable segments. The Sealing Products segment manufactures sealing
and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) products. The Engineered Products segment manufactures metal
and metal polymer bearings and filament wound products, air compressor systems and vacuum
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pumps, and reciprocating compressor components. The Engine Products and Services segment
manufactures and services heavy-duty, medium-speed diesel, natural gas and dual fuel reciprocating
engines. The Companys reportable segments are managed separately based on differences in their
products and services and their end-customers. Segment profit is total segment revenue reduced by
operating expenses and restructuring and other costs identifiable with the segment. Corporate
expenses include general corporate administrative costs. Expenses not directly attributable to the
segments, corporate expenses, net interest expense, asbestos-related expenses, gains/losses or
impairments related to the sale of assets and income taxes are not included in the computation of
segment profit. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those for the
Company.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarters Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
(in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sealing Products |
|
$ |
115.6 |
|
|
$ |
108.0 |
|
Engineered Products |
|
|
106.3 |
|
|
|
97.3 |
|
Engine Products and Services |
|
|
25.6 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
247.5 |
|
|
|
228.6 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total sales |
|
$ |
247.3 |
|
|
$ |
228.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment Profit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sealing Products |
|
$ |
21.4 |
|
|
$ |
21.1 |
|
Engineered Products |
|
|
18.8 |
|
|
|
16.6 |
|
Engine Products and Services |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total segment profit |
|
|
42.2 |
|
|
|
38.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate expenses |
|
|
(8.8 |
) |
|
|
(8.1 |
) |
Asbestos-related expenses |
|
|
(12.9 |
) |
|
|
(4.9 |
) |
Interest expense, net |
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
Other expenses, net |
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes |
|
$ |
19.5 |
|
|
$ |
23.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment assets are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sealing Products |
|
$ |
236.3 |
|
|
$ |
224.3 |
|
Engineered Products |
|
|
348.3 |
|
|
|
337.0 |
|
Engine Products and Services |
|
|
75.2 |
|
|
|
76.0 |
|
Corporate |
|
|
766.5 |
|
|
|
769.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,426.3 |
|
|
$ |
1,406.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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10. |
|
Commitments and Contingencies |
General
Various claims, lawsuits and administrative proceedings, all arising in the ordinary course of
business with respect to commercial, product liability, asbestos and environmental matters, are
pending or threatened against the Company or its subsidiaries and seek monetary damages and/or
other remedies. The Company believes that any liability that may finally be determined with
respect to commercial and non-asbestos product liability claims should not have a material effect
on the Companys consolidated financial condition or results of operations. From time to time, the
Company and its subsidiaries are also involved as plaintiffs in legal proceedings involving
contract, patent protection, environmental, insurance and other matters.
Environmental
The Companys facilities and operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental
and occupational health and safety requirements of the U.S. and foreign countries. The Company
takes a proactive approach in its efforts to comply with all environmental, health and safety laws
as they relate to its manufacturing operations and in proposing and implementing any remedial plans
that may be necessary. The Company also conducts comprehensive compliance and management system
audits at its facilities to maintain compliance and improve operational efficiency.
Although the Company believes past operations were in substantial compliance with the then
applicable regulations, the Company or one of its subsidiaries has been named as a potentially
responsible party or is otherwise involved at 19 sites at each of which the costs to the Company or
its subsidiary are expected to exceed $100,000. Investigations have been completed for 15 sites
and are in progress at the other four sites. The majority of these sites relate to remediation
projects at former operating facilities that were sold or closed and primarily deal with
remediation of soil and groundwater contamination. The laws governing investigation and
remediation of these sites can impose joint and several liability for the associated costs.
Liability for these costs can be imposed on present and former owners or operators of the
properties or on parties that generated the wastes that contributed to the contamination.
The Companys policy is to accrue environmental investigation and remediation costs when it is
probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The
measurement of the liability is based on an evaluation of currently available facts with respect to
each individual situation and takes into consideration factors such as existing technology,
presently enacted laws and regulations and prior experience in remediation of contaminated sites.
Liabilities are established for all sites based on the factors discussed above. As assessments and
remediation progress at individual sites, these liabilities are reviewed periodically and adjusted
to reflect additional technical data and legal information. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31,
2006, EnPro had accrued liabilities of $32.7 million and $33.2 million, respectively, for estimated
future expenditures relating to environmental contingencies. Of the March 31, 2007 amount, $14.5
million represents the Companys share of liability as a potentially responsible party at a former
industrial property located in Farmingdale, New York. The amounts recorded in the Consolidated
Financial Statements have been recorded on an undiscounted basis.
The Company believes that its reserves are adequate based on currently available information.
Actual costs to be incurred for identified situations in future periods may vary from estimates
because of the inherent uncertainties in evaluating environmental exposures due to unknown
conditions, changing government regulations and legal standards regarding liability. Subject to
the imprecision in estimating future environmental costs, the Company believes that maintaining
compliance with current environmental laws and government regulations will not require significant
capital expenditures or have a
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material adverse effect on its financial condition, but could be material to its results of
operations or cash flows in a given period.
Colt Firearms and Central Moloney
The Company has contingent liabilities related to divested businesses for which certain of its
subsidiaries retained liability or are obligated under indemnity agreements. These contingent
liabilities include, but are not limited to, potential product liability and associated claims
related to the Companys former Colt Firearms subsidiary for firearms manufactured prior to its
divestiture in 1990 and the Companys former Central Moloney subsidiary for electrical transformers
manufactured prior to its divestiture in 1994. No product liability claims are currently pending
against the Company related to Colt Firearms or Central Moloney. The Company also has ongoing
obligations, which are included in retained liabilities of previously owned businesses in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets, with regard to workers compensation, retiree medical and other
retiree benefit matters that relate to the Companys periods of ownership of these operations.
Crucible Materials Corporation
Crucible Materials Corporation (Crucible), which is engaged primarily in the manufacture and
distribution of high technology specialty metal products, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Coltec
until 1985 when a majority of the outstanding shares were sold. Coltec sold its remaining minority
interest in 2004.
In conjunction with the closure of a Crucible plant in the early 1980s, Coltec was required to
fund two trusts for retiree medical benefits for union employees at the plant. The first trust
(the Benefits Trust) pays for these retiree medical benefits on an ongoing basis. Coltec has no
ownership interest in the Benefits Trust, and thus the assets and liabilities of this trust are not
included in the Companys Consolidated Balance Sheets. Under the terms of the Benefits Trust
agreement, the trustees retained an actuary to assess the adequacy of the assets in the Benefits
Trust in 1995, another actuarial report was completed in 2005 and a third report will be required
in 2015. The actuarial reports in 1995 and 2005 determined that there were adequate assets to fund
the payment of future benefits. If it is determined in 2015 that the trust assets are not adequate
to fund the payment of future medical benefits, Coltec will be required to contribute additional
amounts to the Benefits Trust. In the event there are ever excess assets in the Benefits Trust,
those excess assets will not revert to Coltec.
Because of the possibility that Coltec could be required to make additional contributions to
the Benefits Trust to cover potential shortfalls, Coltec was required to establish a second trust
(the Back-Up Trust). The trust assets and a corresponding liability of the Back-Up Trust are
reflected in the Companys Consolidated Balance Sheets in other non-current assets and in retained
liabilities of previously owned businesses, respectively, and amounted to $20.1 million each at
March 31, 2007. As noted above, based on the valuation completed in early 2005, the actuary
determined that there were adequate assets in the Benefits Trust to fund the estimated payments by
the trust until the next valuation date. Until such time as a payment is required or the remaining
excess trust assets revert to the Company, the trust assets and liabilities will be kept equal to
each other on the Companys Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company also has ongoing obligations, which are included in retained liabilities of
previously owned businesses in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, with regard to workers
compensation, retiree medical and other retiree benefit matters, in addition to those mentioned
previously, that relate to the Companys period of ownership of this operation.
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Debt and Capital Lease Guarantees
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had contingent liabilities for potential payments on
guarantees of certain debt and lease obligations totaling $10.2 million. These guarantees arose
from the divestitures of Crucible, Central Moloney and Haber Tool, and expire at various dates
through 2010. There is no liability for these guarantees reflected in the Companys Consolidated
Balance Sheets. In the event that the other parties do not fulfill their obligations under the
debt or lease agreements, the Company could be responsible for these obligations.
Other Contingent Liability Matters
The Company provides warranties on many of its products. The specific terms and conditions of
these warranties vary depending on the product and the market in which the product is sold. The
Company records a liability based upon estimates of the costs that may be incurred under its
warranties after a review of historical warranty experience and information about specific warranty
claims. Adjustments are made to the liability as claims data and historical experience warrant.
Changes in the carrying amount of the product warranty liability for the quarters ended March
31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
(in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
$ |
4.0 |
|
|
$ |
3.6 |
|
Charges to expense |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
Charges to the accrual (primarily payments) |
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of period |
|
$ |
4.0 |
|
|
$ |
3.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asbestos
History. Certain of the Companys subsidiaries, primarily Garlock Sealing
Technologies LLC (Garlock) and The Anchor Packing Company (Anchor), are among a large number of
defendants in actions filed in various states by plaintiffs alleging injury or death as a result of
exposure to asbestos fibers. Among the products at issue in these actions are industrial sealing
products, including gaskets and packing products. The damages claimed vary from action to action,
and in some cases plaintiffs seek both compensatory and punitive damages. To date, neither Garlock
nor Anchor has been required to pay any punitive damage awards, although there can be no assurance
that they will not be required to do so in the future. Liability for compensatory damages has
historically been allocated among responsible defendants. Since the first asbestos-related
lawsuits were filed against Garlock in 1975, Garlock and Anchor have processed approximately
900,000 asbestos claims to conclusion (including judgments, settlements and dismissals) and,
together with their insurers, have paid approximately $1.2 billion in settlements and judgments and
almost $400 million in fees and expenses.
Claims Mix. Of those claims resolved, approximately 3% have been claims of plaintiffs
alleging the disease mesothelioma, approximately 6% have been claims of plaintiffs with lung or
other cancers, and more than 90% have been claims of plaintiffs alleging asbestosis, pleural
plaques or other non-malignant impairment of the respiratory system. Of the 106,500 open cases at
March 31, 2007, the Company is aware of approximately 8,700 (8.1%) that involve claimants alleging
mesothelioma, lung cancer or some other cancer.
New Filings. The number of new actions filed against the Companys subsidiaries in
2006 (7,700) was significantly lower than the number filed in 2005 (15,300) and 2004 (17,400). The
number filed against our subsidiaries in each of those three years was much lower than the number
filed in the
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peak filing year, 2003, when 44,700 new claims were filed. This trend continued in the first
quarter of 2007 (1,900 new filings as compared to 2,900 in the first quarter of 2006). Possible
factors in the decline include, but are not limited to, tort reform in some high profile states,
especially Mississippi, Texas and Ohio; tort reform in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas and
Tennessee; actions taken and rulings by some judges and court administrators that have had the
effect of limiting access to their courts for claimants without sufficient ties to the jurisdiction
or claimants with no discernible disease; acceleration of claims into past years; and declining
incidence of asbestos-related disease. The decline in new filings has been principally in
non-malignant claims; however, new filings of claims alleging mesothelioma, lung and other cancers,
while relatively equal for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 years, declined in 2006. Because the nature of
the diseases or conditions alleged remains unknown in a number of the claims filed in 2006 and thus
far in 2007, the extent of the decline in new malignant disease claims cannot be determined.
Product Defenses. The asbestos in products formerly sold by Garlock and Anchor was
encapsulated, which means the asbestos fibers were incorporated into the products during the
manufacturing process and sealed in a binder. The products were also nonfriable, which means they
could not be crumbled by hand pressure. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
which began generally requiring warnings on asbestos-containing products in 1972, has never
required that a warning be placed on products such as Garlocks gaskets. Even though no warning
label was required, Garlock included one on all of its asbestos-containing products beginning in
1978. Further, gaskets such as those previously manufactured and sold by Garlock are one of the
few asbestos-containing products still permitted to be manufactured under regulations of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Nevertheless, Garlock discontinued all manufacture and
distribution of asbestos-containing products in the U.S. during 2000 and worldwide in mid-2001.
From the mid-1980s until 2000, U.S. sales of asbestos-containing industrial sealing products were
not a material part of Garlocks sales and were predominantly to sophisticated purchasers such as
the U.S. Navy and large petrochemical facilities.
Garlocks product defenses have enabled it to be successful at trial, winning defense verdicts
in three of the four cases tried to verdict in 2006, and in 11 of 23 cases tried to verdict in the
years 2004 through 2006. In the successful jury trials, the juries determined that either
Garlocks products were not defective, that Garlock was not negligent, or that the claimant was not
exposed to Garlocks products.
Recent Trial Results. During the first quarter of 2007, Garlock began two trials.
The two lawsuits settled during trial before the juries had reached a verdict. In 2006, Garlock
began ten trials involving eleven plaintiffs. Garlock received jury verdicts in its favor in
Oakland, California; Easton, Pennsylvania; and Louisville, Kentucky. In Pennsylvania, three other
lawsuits involving four plaintiffs settled during trial before the juries reached verdict. Garlock
also settled cases in Massachusetts, California and Texas during trial. In a retrial of a Kentucky
case, the jury awarded the plaintiff $900,000 against Garlock. The award was significantly less
than the $1.75 million award against Garlock in the previous trial, which Garlock successfully
appealed. Garlock has also appealed the new verdict. In addition, Garlock obtained dismissals in
two cases in Philadelphia after the juries were selected but before the trials began because there
was insufficient evidence of exposure to Garlock products.
During 2005, Garlock began thirteen trials. Six of these lawsuits settled during the trials.
In a mesothelioma case in Texas, the jury returned a defense verdict in Garlocks favor just after
settlement was reached. An Illinois jury and a Washington jury also each returned defense verdicts
for Garlock. A Los Angeles jury returned an award to a living mesothelioma claimant, but Garlock
was able to settle the claim as part of a large group settlement prior to the entry of judgment. A
Baltimore jury returned a verdict of $10.4 million against Garlock and two other defendants in a
mesothelioma case. Garlocks one-third share was approximately $3.5 million. A Dallas jury
returned a verdict of $260,000 in another mesothelioma case. Garlocks share was approximately
$10,000, 4% of the total verdict. An Illinois jury in an asbestosis case returned a verdict
against Garlock of $225,000, all of which was offset by
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settlements with other defendants. The final 2005 trial was the Kentucky case described in
the previous paragraph, which resulted in a verdict that was later overturned and subsequently
retried in 2006.
Appeals. Garlock has historically enjoyed success in a majority of its appeals. The
Company believes that Garlock will continue to be successful in the appellate process, although
there can be no assurance of success in any particular pending or future appeal. In March 2006, a
three-judge panel of the Ohio Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision, overturned a $6.4 million
verdict that was entered against Garlock in 2003, granting a new trial. The case subsequently
settled. On the other hand, the Maryland Court of Appeals denied Garlocks appeal from the 2005
Baltimore verdict described above, and Garlock paid that verdict, with post-judgment interest, in
the fourth quarter of 2006. In a separate Baltimore case in the fourth quarter of 2006, the
Maryland Court of Special Appeals denied Garlocks appeal from another 2005 verdict. The
subsequent appeal of that decision was also denied and Garlock will pay that verdict in the second
quarter of 2007. At March 31, 2007, four Garlock appeals (including the Maryland appeal just
discussed) were pending from adverse verdicts totaling $5.2 million, down from more than $41
million at December 31, 2005.
In some cases, appeals require the provision of security in the form of appeal bonds,
potentially in amounts greater than the verdicts. The Company is required to provide cash
collateral to secure the full amount of the bonds, which can restrict the use of a significant
amount of the Companys cash for the periods of such appeals. At March 31, 2007, the Company had
$2.4 million of cash collateral relating to appeal bonds recorded as restricted cash on the
Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Settlements. Garlock settles and disposes of actions on a regular basis. Garlocks
historical settlement strategy was to settle only cases in advanced stages of litigation. In 1999
and 2000, however, Garlock employed a more aggressive settlement strategy. The purpose of this
strategy was to achieve a permanent reduction in the number of overall asbestos claims through the
settlement of a large number of claims, including some early-stage claims and some claims not yet
filed as lawsuits. Due to this short-term aggressive settlement strategy and a significant overall
increase in claims filings, the settlement amounts paid in those years and several subsequent years
were greater than the amounts paid in any year prior to 1999. In 2001, Garlock resumed its
historical settlement strategy and focused on reducing settlement commitments to match insurance
recoveries. As a result, Garlock reduced new settlement commitments from $180 million in 2000 to
$94 million in 2001, $86 million in 2002, $86 million in 2003, $84 million in 2004, $79 million in
2005 and $84 million in 2006. Approximately $15 million of the 2006 amount was committed in
settlements in 2006 to pay verdicts that had been rendered in the years 2003 2005.
Settlements are made without any admission of liability. Settlement amounts vary depending
upon a number of factors, including the jurisdiction where the action was brought, the nature and
extent of the disease alleged and the associated medical evidence, the age and occupation of the
plaintiff, the presence or absence of other possible causes of the plaintiffs alleged illness,
alternative sources of payment available to the plaintiff, the availability of legal defenses, and
whether the action is an individual one or part of a group.
Before any payment on a settled claim is made, the claimant is required to submit a medical
report acceptable to Garlock substantiating the asbestos-related illness and meeting specific
criteria of disability. In addition, sworn testimony or other evidence that the claimant worked
with or around Garlock asbestos-containing products is required. The claimant is also required to
sign a full and unconditional release of Garlock, its subsidiaries, parent, officers, directors,
affiliates and related parties from any liability for asbestos-related injuries or claims.
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Status of Anchor. Anchor is an inactive and insolvent indirect subsidiary of
Coltec. There is no remaining insurance coverage available to Anchor. Anchor has no remaining
assets and has not committed to settle any actions since 1998. As cases reach the trial stage,
Anchor is typically dismissed without payment.
Insurance Coverage. At March 31, 2007, Garlock had available $437 million
of insurance and trust coverage that the Company believes will be available to cover future
asbestos claim and certain expense payments. In addition, at March 31, 2007, Garlock had $56
million of otherwise available insurance that the Company classifies as insolvent. The Company
believes that Garlock will recover some of the insolvent insurance over time. In fact, Garlock
collected approximately $5 million from insolvent carriers in 2006, bringing total collections from
insolvent carriers from 2002 through 2006 to approximately $38.4 million. There can be no
assurance that Garlock will collect any of the remaining insolvent insurance.
Of the $437 million of collectible insurance and trust assets, the Company considers $378
million (87%) to be high quality because (a) the insurance policies are written or guaranteed by
U.S.-based carriers whose credit rating by S&P is investment grade (BBB) or better, and whose AM
Best rating is excellent (A-) or better, or (b) in the form of cash or liquid investments held in
insurance trusts resulting from commutation agreements. The Company considers $59 million (13%) to
be of moderate quality because the insurance policies are written with (a) other solvent U.S.
carriers who are unrated or below investment grade ($53 million) or (b) with various London market
carriers ($6 million). Of the $437 million, $248 million is allocated to claims that have been
paid by Garlock and submitted to its insurance companies for reimbursement, and the remainder is
allocated to pending and estimated future claims as described later in this section.
Arrangements with Garlocks insurance carriers limit the amount of insurance proceeds that
Garlock is entitled to receive in any one year. Amounts paid by Garlock in excess of insurance
recoveries that would be recoverable from insurance if there was no limit may be collected from the
insurance companies in subsequent years, so long as insurance is available, subject to the limits
in subsequent years.
During the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company reached an agreement with a significant group
of related U.S. insurers. These insurers had withheld payments pending resolution of the matter.
This payment delay accounted for $50.1 million of the Companys insurance receivables at March 31,
2007. The agreement provides for the payment of the full amount of the insurance policies ($194
million) in various annual payments to be made from 2007 through 2018. Under the agreement,
Garlock received $12 million during the first quarter of 2007.
In May 2006, the Company reached agreement with a U.S. insurer that resolved two lawsuits and
an arbitration proceeding. Pursuant to the settlement, Garlock received $4 million in December
2006 and will receive another $17 million in the future. As part of the agreement, Garlock agreed
to forgo $19 million of nominal insurance.
During the first quarter of 2005, the Company reached agreement with two of Garlocks U.S.
insurers. The insurers agreed to pay Garlock a total of $21 million in three equal bi-annual
payments of $7 million. The first payment was received in May 2005, the second and third payments
are due in May 2007 and May 2009, respectively. The payments are guaranteed by the parent company
of the settling insurers.
In the second quarter of 2004, the Company reached agreement with Equitas, the London-based
entity responsible for the pre-1993 Lloyds of London policies in the Companys insurance block,
concerning settlement of its exposure to the Companys subsidiaries asbestos claims. As a result
of the settlement, $88 million was placed in an independent trust. In the fourth quarter of 2004,
the Company
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reached agreement with a group of London market carriers (other than Equitas) and one of its
U.S. carriers that has some policies reinsured through the London market. As a result of the
settlement, $55.5 million was placed in an independent trust. At March 31, 2007, the market value
of the funds remaining in the two trusts was $51.8 million, which was included in the $437 million
of insurance and trust coverage available to pay future asbestos-related claims and expenses.
Insurance coverage for asbestos claims is not available to cover exposures initially occurring
on and after July 1, 1984. Although Garlock and Anchor continue to be named as defendants in new
actions, only a few allege initial exposure after July 1, 1984. To date, no payments have been
made with respect to these few claims, pursuant to a settlement or otherwise. Garlock and Anchor
believe that they have substantial defenses to these claims and therefore automatically reject them
for settlement. However, there can be no assurance that any or all of these defenses will be
successful in the future.
The Companys Liability Estimate. Prior to mid-2004, the Company maintained that its
subsidiaries liability for unasserted claims was not reasonably estimable. The Company estimated
and recorded liabilities only for pending claims in advanced stages of processing, for which it
believed it had a basis for making a reasonable estimate. The Company disclosed the significance
of the total potential liability for unasserted claims in considerable detail. By 2004, however,
most asbestos defendants who disclose their liabilities were recording estimates of their
liabilities for pending and unasserted claims. In view of the change in practice by other
defendants, during 2004 the Company authorized counsel to retain a recognized expert to assist in
estimating the Companys subsidiaries liability for pending and future asbestos claims. After
interviewing and qualifying several recognized experts with the Company, counsel selected Bates
White, LLC.
Bates Whites first report, dated February 17, 2005, provided an estimate of the liability as
of December 31, 2004 for the following ten years, which represented a time horizon within which
Bates White believed such liability was both probable and estimable within a range of values.
Bates White opined that each value within the range of $227 million to $382 million was an equally
likely estimate of the liability. The Company adopted the Bates White estimate and, accordingly,
recorded an additional liability for pending and unasserted claims as of December 31, 2004 to
increase the Companys liability to an amount equal to the low end of the estimated range ($227
million). The recording of such increased asbestos liability resulted in the Company also
recording an increase to its insurance receivable.
Bates White has updated its estimate every quarter since the end of 2004 and, for each
quarter, the estimate has increased. The estimated range of potential liabilities provided by
Bates White at March 31, 2007 was $308 million to $666 million. According to Bates White,
increases have been attributable primarily to (1) an increase in settlement values of mesothelioma
claims, (2) an increase in claims filings and values in some jurisdictions, most notably
California, and (3) the delay in, and uncertain impact of, the funding and implementation of trusts
formed under Section 524(g) of the United States Bankruptcy Code to pay asbestos claims against
numerous defendants in Chapter 11 reorganization cases. Because the 524(g) trusts are estimated to
have more than $30 billion that will be available for the payment of asbestos claims, they could
have a significant impact on the Companys future settlement payments and could therefore
significantly affect its liability.
Each quarter until the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company adopted the Bates White estimate
and adjusted the liability to equal the low end of the then-current range. Until the second
quarter of 2006, the additional liability was recorded with a corresponding increase in the
Companys insurance receivable, and thus did not affect net income. During the second quarter of
2006, however, the Companys insurance was fully allocated to past, present and future claims, and
therefore subsequent changes to the Bates White estimate in 2006 were recorded as charges to
income.
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The Company has independently developed internal estimates for asbestos-related liabilities.
The Company has used those estimates for a variety of purposes, including guidance for settlement
negotiations and trial strategy, in its strategic planning, budgeting and cash flow planning
processes, and in setting targets for annual and long-term incentive compensation. Until the end
of 2006, the Company did not have sufficient history managing claims payments to its internal
estimates to allow it to identify a most likely point within the Bates White range. Therefore,
prior to the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company had adopted the low-end of the range provided by
Bates White. However, while the Companys internal estimate has been within the Bates White range
of equally likely estimates for the past two years, it has proven to be a more precise predictor of
the actual amounts spent on settlements and verdicts than the low end of the range. As a result,
while the low end of the Bates White range still provides a reasonable lower boundary of possible
outcomes, Bates White and management concluded in the fourth quarter of 2006 that the Companys
internal estimate for the next ten years represented the most likely point within the range.
Accordingly, the Company adjusted the recorded liability from the low end of the Bates White
estimate to its point estimate. That point estimate was adjusted in the first quarter of 2007
consistent with managements adjustment of its internal estimates.
The Company focuses on future cash flows to prepare its estimate. It makes assumptions about
declining future asbestos spending based on (1) past trends, (2) publicly available epidemiological
data, (3) current agreements with plaintiff firms and its judgment about the current and future
litigation environment, (4) the availability to claimants of other payment sources, both
co-defendants and the 524(g) trusts, and (5) the input and insight provided to the Company by Bates
White. The Company adjusts its estimate when current cash flow results and long-term trends
suggest that its targets cannot be met. As a result, the Company has a process that it believes
produces the best estimate of the future liability for the ten-year time period within the Bates
White range.
The Company currently estimates that the liability of its subsidiaries for the indemnity cost
of resolving asbestos claims for the next ten years will be $540 million, which is a point in the
upper half of the Bates White range. The estimated liability of $540 million is before any tax
benefit and is not discounted to present value, and it does not include fees and expenses, which
are recorded as incurred. The Companys estimate of liability at December 31, 2006 was $561
million. The recorded liability will continue to be impacted by its actual claims and settlement
experience and any change in the legal environment that could cause a significant increase or
decrease in the long-term expectations of management and Bates White. The Company expects the
recorded liability to fluctuate, perhaps significantly. Any significant change in the estimated
liability could have a material effect on our consolidated financial position and results of
operations. The full allocation of the Companys remaining solvent insurance and the Companys
adjusting the liability estimate to a point within the Bates White range have not altered the
Companys strategy for managing the potential asbestos liabilities and insurance assets of its
subsidiaries.
Although the Company believes that its estimate is the best estimate within the Bates White
range of reasonable and probable estimates of Garlocks future obligation, it notes that Bates
White also indicated a broader range of potential estimates from $228 million to $745 million. The
Company cautions that points within that broader range remain possible outcomes. Also, while the
Company agrees with its expert that beyond two to four years for Garlocks economically-driven
non-malignant claims and beyond ten years for Garlocks cancer claims and medically-driven
non-malignant claims, there are reasonable scenarios in which the [asbestos] expenditure is de
minimus, it cautions that the process of estimating future liabilities is highly uncertain.
Adjusting the Companys liability to the best estimate within the range does not change that fact.
In the words of the Bates White report, the reliability of estimates of future probable
expenditures of Garlock for asbestos-related personal injury claims declines significantly for each
year further into the future. Scenarios continue to exist that could result in a total estimated
asbestos liability for Garlock in excess of $1 billion.
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As previously mentioned, the liability estimate does not include legal fees and expenses,
which add considerably to the costs each year. Over the last two years, these expenses have
averaged $8 million per quarter. In addition to these legal fees and expenses, the Company expects
to continue to record charges to income in future quarters for:
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Increases, if any, in the Companys estimate of Garlocks potential liability, plus |
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Increases, if any, that result from additional quarters added to the estimation
period to maintain a ten-year liability (increases of this type have averaged
approximately $8 million per quarter for the last two years), plus |
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Amounts, if any, of solvent insurance lost or commuted, offset by insolvent
recoveries and earnings from insurance settlement trusts. |
During the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge to income of $12.9
million to reflect $6.1 million of legal fees and expenses incurred during the quarter and a $6.8
million non-cash charge to add an estimate of the liability for the first quarter of 2017 to
maintain a ten-year estimate.
Quantitative Claims and Insurance Information. The Companys total liability at March
31, 2007 was $547.0 million (the Companys estimate of the liability described above of $540.4
million plus $6.6 million of accrued legal and other fees already incurred but not yet paid). This
amount includes $89.8 million for advanced-stage cases and settled claims and accrued legal and
other fees, and $457.2 million for early-stage and unasserted claims. The recorded amounts do not
include legal fees and expenses to be incurred in the future. The recorded amounts include $80.2
million classified in current liabilities and $466.8 million classified in non-current liabilities.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had remaining solvent insurance and trust coverage of $437
million which is reflected on its balance sheet as a receivable ($76.1 million classified in
current assets and $376.4 million classified in non-current assets) and which it believes will be
available for the payment of asbestos-related claims. Included in the receivable is $248 million
in insured claims and expenses that our subsidiaries have paid out in excess of amounts recovered
from insurance. These amounts are recoverable under its insurance policies and have been billed to
the insurance carriers. The remaining $189 million will be available for pending and future
claims.
The table below quantitatively depicts the number of pending cases, asbestos-related cash
flows, the amount that the Company expects Garlock to recover from insurance related to this
liability, and an analysis of the liability.
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Pending Cases (1) |
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New actions filed during period |
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1,900 |
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2,900 |
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Open actions at period-end |
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106,500 |
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119,400 |
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Cash Flow (dollars in millions) |
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Payments (2) |
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$ |
(34.5 |
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$ |
(43.4 |
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Insurance recoveries (3) |
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31.5 |
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22.0 |
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Net cash flow |
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$ |
(3.0 |
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$ |
(21.4 |
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Solvent Insurance and Trust Assets (dollars in millions) |
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Insurance receivable for previously paid claims (4) |
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$ |
248.0 |
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$ |
246.7 |
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Insurance available for pending and future claims |
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189.2 |
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301.6 |
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Remaining solvent insurance and trust assets |
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$ |
437.2 |
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$ |
548.3 |
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2006 |
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Liability Analysis (dollars in millions) |
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Liability for pending and future claims (5)(6) |
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$ |
547.0 |
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$ |
273.6 |
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Insurance available for pending and future claims |
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189.2 |
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301.6 |
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Liability in excess of insurance coverage (6) |
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357.8 |
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Insurance receivable for previously paid claims |
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248.0 |
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246.7 |
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Liability in excess of anticipated insurance collections (6) |
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$ |
109.8 |
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Includes actions actually filed with a court of competent jurisdiction. Each action in
which both Garlock and one or more other of our subsidiaries is named as a defendant is shown
as a single action. Multiple actions filed on behalf of the same plaintiff in multiple
jurisdictions are also counted as one action. Claims not filed as actions in court but that
are submitted and paid as part of previous settlements (approximately 500 in the first quarter
of 2007 and 400 in the first quarter of 2006) are not included. |
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Includes all payments for judgments, settlements, fees and expenses made in the period. |
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Includes all recoveries from insurance received in the period. |
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Includes previous payments for which Garlock is entitled to receive corresponding insurance
recoveries but has not received payment, in large part due to annual limits imposed under
insurance arrangements. |
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At March 31, 2007, the liability represents managements best estimate of the future payments
for the ten-year period March 31, 2007 March 31, 2017. At March 31, 2006, the liability
represents the low end of a range of equally likely future payments for the following ten-year
period. Amounts shown include $6.6 million and $9.6 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively, of accrued fees and expenses for services previously rendered. |
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Does not include fees and expenses to be incurred in the future, which are recorded as a
charge to income when incurred. |
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following is managements discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have
affected our financial condition, cash flows and operating results during the periods included in
the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes. You should
read this in conjunction with those financial statements and the audited consolidated financial
statements and related notes included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006.
Forward-Looking Information
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q includes statements that reflect projections or
expectations of the future financial condition, results of operations and business of EnPro that
are subject to risk and uncertainty. We believe those statements to be forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. When used in this report, the words believe, anticipate,
estimate, expect, intend, should, could, would or may and similar expressions
generally identify forward-looking statements.
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We cannot guarantee that actual results or events will not differ materially from those
projected, estimated, assigned or anticipated in any of the forward-looking statements contained in
this report. In addition to those factors specifically noted in the forward-looking statements and
those identified in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006,
other important factors that could result in those differences include:
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the resolution of current and potential future asbestos claims against certain of
our subsidiaries, which depends on such factors as the possibility of asbestos reform
legislation, the financial viability of insurance carriers, the timing of payments of
claims and related expenses, the timing of insurance collections, limitations on the
amount that may be recovered from insurance carriers, the bankruptcies of other
defendants and the results of litigation; |
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the estimated liability for early-stage and potential future asbestos claims that
may be received, which is highly uncertain, is based on subjective assumptions and is a
point within a range of equally likely values; |
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general economic conditions in the markets served by our businesses, some of which
are cyclical and experience periodic downturns; |
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the amount of any payments required to satisfy contingent liabilities related to
discontinued operations of our predecessors, including liabilities for certain
products, environmental matters, guaranteed debt and lease payments, employee benefit
obligations and other matters. |
We caution our shareholders not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only
as of the date on which such statements were made.
Whenever you read or hear any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributed
to us or any person acting on our behalf, you should keep in mind the cautionary statements
contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly
any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Overview and Outlook
Overview. EnPro was incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina on
January 11, 2002. We are a leader in the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of
proprietary engineered industrial products. We have 32 primary manufacturing facilities located in
the United States and eight countries outside the United States.
We focus on four management initiatives: improving operational efficiencies through our Total
Customer Value, or TCV, lean enterprise program; expanding our product offerings and customer base
through our EnNovation initiative and new operations in new geographic markets; strengthening the
mix of our business by strategic acquisitions and divestitures; and managing the asbestos claims
against our subsidiaries to minimize the impact on cash flows and enhance our liquidity. We
believe these strategic initiatives will increase our organic sales growth, improve our gross
profit margins, reduce manufacturing, selling and administrative expenses as a percent of revenue
over time, increase our income from continuing operations, and provide the cash required to sustain
and grow the Company.
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We manage our business as three segments: a sealing products segment, an engineered products
segment, and an engine products and services segment.
Our sealing products segment designs, manufactures and sells sealing products, including
metallic, non-metallic and composite material gaskets, rotary seals, compression packing, resilient
metal seals, elastomeric seals, hydraulic components and expansion joints, as well as wheel-end
component systems, PTFE products, conveyor belting and sheeted rubber products. These products are
used in a variety of industries, including chemical and petrochemical processing, petroleum
extraction and refining, pulp and paper processing, heavy-duty trucking, power generation, food and
pharmaceutical processing, primary metal manufacturing, mining, water and waste treatment and
semiconductor fabrication.
Our engineered products segment includes operations that design, manufacture and sell
self-lubricating, non-rolling, metal-polymer bearings, filament wound solid polymer bearings,
aluminum blocks for hydraulic applications, rotary and reciprocating air compressors, vacuum pumps,
air systems and reciprocating compressor components. These products are used in a wide range of
applications, including the automotive, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, gas transmission, health,
construction, petrochemical and general industrial markets.
Our engine products and services segment designs, manufactures, sells and services heavy-duty,
medium-speed diesel, natural gas and dual fuel reciprocating engines. The United States government
and general market for marine propulsion, power generation, and pump and compressor applications
use these products and services.
As described elsewhere in this Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, we actively manage the asbestos claims against our subsidiaries and have a
sizeable amount of insurance remaining for the payment of these claims. We accrue an estimated
liability for both pending and future asbestos claims. During the second quarter of 2006, all of
our remaining insurance available for asbestos-related claims was fully committed or allocated to
previously paid, pending and estimated future claims. As a result, beginning with the second
quarter of 2006, we incurred charges to income for legal fees as well as changes in assumptions
that impact our estimated liability. In addition, we incurred a significant charge in the fourth
quarter of 2006 to increase the estimated liability from the low point in a broad range of
estimates we previously considered to be equally-likely to the point we believed to be the best
estimate in the range. For additional information on this subject, see
Contingencies-Asbestos.
Outlook. We expect sales to increase in 2007 compared to 2006, mainly due to higher
volumes associated with market growth, full year results associated with the acquisitions completed
in 2006, increased market share as a result of new products, and selected price increases. Higher
sales volumes, productivity improvements associated with our TCV lean manufacturing program and
price increases are expected to result in improved operating margins and increased operating
profits in 2007.
We anticipate that cash flows in 2007 will benefit from improved operating income and lower
net asbestos payments. Capital spending in 2007 is expected to be higher than 2006 levels as a
result of continued investments to improve operational efficiency, our focus on low cost
manufacturing operations and geographic expansion, and the modernization project at our Garlock
Sealing Technologies facilities in Palmyra.
As part of our operating strategy to strengthen our mix of businesses, we will continue to
evaluate strategic acquisitions and divestitures in 2007; however, the impact of such acquisitions
or divestitures cannot be predicted and therefore is not reflected in this outlook.
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Results of Operations
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Sealing Products |
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$ |
115.6 |
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$ |
108.0 |
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Engineered Products |
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106.3 |
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97.3 |
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Engine Products and Services |
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25.6 |
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23.3 |
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247.5 |
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228.6 |
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Total sales |
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247.3 |
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228.3 |
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Sealing Products |
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$ |
21.4 |
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21.1 |
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Engineered Products |
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18.8 |
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16.6 |
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Engine Products and Services |
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2.0 |
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0.6 |
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Total segment profit |
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42.2 |
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38.3 |
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Corporate expenses |
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Asbestos-related expenses |
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(12.9 |
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(4.9 |
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Interest expense, net |
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(0.1 |
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(0.8 |
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Other expenses, net |
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(0.9 |
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(1.1 |
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Income before income taxes |
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$ |
19.5 |
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$ |
23.4 |
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Segment profit is total segment revenue reduced by operating expenses and restructuring
and other costs identifiable with the segment. Corporate expenses include general corporate
administrative costs. Expenses not directly attributable to the segments, corporate expenses, net
interest expense, asbestos-related expenses, gains/losses or impairments related to the sale of
assets and income taxes are not included in the computation of segment profit. The accounting
policies of the reportable segments are the same as those for EnPro.
First Quarter of 2007 Compared to the First Quarter of 2006
Sales of $247.3 million in the first quarter of 2007 increased 8% from $228.3 million in the
comparable quarter of 2006. The increase in the value of the euro, and the addition of the
acquisitions completed in 2006, favorably impacted revenue by approximately five percentage points
on a year-over-year basis. The organic growth was the result of stronger demand in the U.S. and
European markets of Garlock, higher aftermarket shipments at Quincy and Fairbanks Morse Engine, and
selected price increases at several businesses. These favorable variances were partially offset by
lower OEM and aftermarket volumes at Stemco.
Segment profit, managements primary measure of how our operations performed during the
quarter, increased 10% from $38.3 million in the first quarter of 2006 to $42.2 million in the
comparable quarter of 2007. Segment profit was primarily impacted by selected price increases,
higher profitability on an improved product mix and increased volumes along with modest
contributions from the acquisitions and favorable foreign exchange. Segment margins, defined as
segment profit divided by sales, increased from 16.8% in 2006 to 17.1% in 2007. See Note 9 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of segment profit to income before income
taxes.
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Corporate expenses increased to $8.8 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $8.1 million in
the comparable quarter of 2006. The increase in 2007 was primarily due to higher performance based
compensation.
Asbestos expenses in the first quarter of 2007 were $12.9 million and included $6.1 million of
legal fees and expenses incurred during the quarter, and a $6.8 million non-cash charge to add an
additional quarter in order to maintain a ten-year liability estimate for future claims. In the
comparable quarter of 2006, asbestos expenses amounted to $4.9 million for legal fees and expenses.
The increase in legal fees and expenses was attributable to the fact that in 2006 a portion of
legal fees were covered by unallocated insurance and was recorded as a receivable on the Companys
Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the second quarter of 2006, the remaining asbestos insurance
was fully allocated to previously paid, pending and future estimated claims such that from that
point forward, all legal fees are expensed as incurred. In total, the Companys legal fees and
expenses paid actually declined by 30% from 2006 to 2007. For a further discussion of asbestos
expenses, see Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Net interest expense in the first quarter of 2007 was $0.1 million, compared to $0.8 million
in the same quarter of 2006. The decrease in net interest expense was the result of an increase in
interest income associated with higher cash balances and an increase in short-term interest rates.
Our effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2007 was 37.0%, compared to 36.5% in the same
quarter of 2006.
Net income was $12.3 million, or $0.56 per share, in the first quarter of 2007 compared to
$14.8 million, or $0.69 per share, in the same quarter of 2006. Earnings per share are expressed
on a diluted basis.
Following is a discussion of operating results for each segment during the quarter:
Sealing Products. Sales of $115.6 million in the first quarter of 2007 were 7% higher
than the $108.0 million reported in the same quarter of 2006. The favorable impact of the euro and
the 2006 acquisition of Amicon accounted for five percentage points of the growth. Sales at
Garlock Sealing Technologies were favorably impacted by increased demand in the upstream oil and
gas sectors and in Europe, selected price increases and a stronger euro. Plastomer Technologies
sales benefited from the Amicon acquisition completed in 2006. Aftermarket and OEM sales were
lower at Stemco in the first quarter of 2007 due to a general softness in the U.S. domestic
commercial vehicle market.
Segment profit increased slightly from $21.1 million in the first quarter of 2006 to $21.4
million in the comparable quarter of 2007. Profits at Garlock Sealing Technologies benefited from
higher volumes, selected price increases and cost reduction initiatives, which more than offset
increased restructuring costs. Plastomer Technologies profit was higher due to the acquisition
completed in the second half of 2006. Lower volumes and higher operating expenses negatively
impacted Stemcos results on a year-over-year basis. Operating margins for the segment decreased
from 19.5% in 2006 to 18.5% in 2007 due to the decrease in profits at Stemco and higher
restructuring costs associated with the modernization project at the Palmyra, New York
manufacturing site.
Engineered Products. Sales of $106.3 million in the first quarter of 2007 were 9%
higher than the $97.3 million reported in the same quarter of 2006. The year-over-year increase in
the value of the euro and the 2006 acquisitions favorably impacted revenue by six percentage points
when compared to 2006. Sales at Quincy were higher in 2007 due to increased demand for aftermarket
parts and selected price increases. Sales at France Compressor exceeded 2006 levels as a result of
increased volumes in the U.S. and European markets and the favorable impact associated with the
acquisitions completed last year. In
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2007, GGB benefited from increased volumes in Europe, selected price increases and favorable
foreign currency exchange rates.
Segment profits were $18.8 million in the first quarter of 2007, or 13% higher than the $16.6
million reported in the comparable quarter of 2006. GGBs profits increased in 2007, when compared
to 2006, due to increased volumes, selected price increases, cost reduction initiatives and a
stronger euro. Profits at France Compressor increased as a result of higher sales volume, selected
price increases, and the inclusion of the acquisitions completed in 2006. Quincy Compressors
profit in 2007 benefited from price increases and a more profitable product mix associated with
higher aftermarket revenue. Operating margins increased from 17.1% in 2006, to 17.7% in 2007.
Engine Products and Services. Sales increased 10% in the first quarter of 2007 to
$25.6 million from $23.3 million in the same quarter of 2006. The increase was attributable to
higher shipments of aftermarket parts and an increase in service-related revenue.
The segment reported a profit of $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2007, compared to profit
of $0.6 million in the comparable quarter of 2006. Results in 2007 benefited from cost reduction
initiatives and increased volumes associated with higher margin aftermarket revenue. Segment
margins in 2007 were 7.8%, compared to 2.6% in 2006.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash requirements for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and debt repayments
are funded from cash balances on hand and cash generated from operations. We have additional
capital resources available for funding requirements, which are discussed under the heading of
Capital Resources.
Cash Flows
Operating activities generated $19.5 million of cash in 2007, compared to a net use of cash of
$11.2 million in 2006. This includes a working capital increase of $16.4 million in 2007, compared
to an increase of $25.7 million in 2006. Working capital normally builds during the first half of
the year as seasonal activity increases in many of our markets. In 2007, payments for
asbestos-related claims and expense, net of insurance recoveries, were $3.0 million, down from
$21.4 million in 2006 as a result of lower payments for settlements and legal fees, and higher
insurance collections. The collections included a payment in 2007 related to a settlement reached
in late 2006 with a group of related U.S. insurers that had previously withheld payments.
Investing activities used $10.3 million and $7.3 million of cash in the first quarters of 2007
and 2006, respectively. The results in 2007 were impacted by a reclassification of $1.1 million of
unrestricted cash balances to restricted balances as a result of posting cash collateral required
to secure a bond associated with an asbestos verdict under appeal. Capital expenditures in 2007
were $8.9 million, compared to $6.8 million during the same period of 2006. The increase reflects
spending associated with modernization activities at our manufacturing facility in Palmyra, New
York. The company also made payments of $0.6 million and $0.5 million in 2007 and 2006,
respectively, as a result of two product line acquisitions.
Capital Resources
Our primary U.S. operating subsidiaries have a senior secured revolving credit facility with a
group of banks. We have not borrowed against this facility, which matures on April 21, 2011. The
facility is secured by our receivables, inventories, intellectual property, insurance receivables
and all other
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personal property assets (other than fixed assets), and by pledges of 65% of the capital stock of
our direct foreign subsidiaries and 100% of the capital stock of our direct and indirect U.S.
subsidiaries. The facility contains covenants and restrictions that are customary for an
asset-based loan, including limitations on dividends, limitations on incurrence of indebtedness and
maintenance of a fixed charge coverage financial ratio. Certain of the covenants and restrictions
apply only if availability under the facility falls below certain levels.
The maximum initial amount available for borrowings under the facility is $75 million. Under
certain conditions, we may request that the facility be increased by up to $25 million, to $100
million in total. Actual borrowing availability at any date is determined by reference to a
borrowing base of specified percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory and is
reduced by usage of the facility (including outstanding letters of credit) and any reserves. At
March 31, 2007, the actual borrowing availability under our senior secured revolving credit
facility was $74.9 million.
We issued $172.5 million of convertible debentures in 2005. The debentures bear interest at
an annual rate of 3.9375%, and we pay accrued interest on April 15 and October 15 of each year.
The debentures will mature on October 15, 2015. The debentures are direct, unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations and rank equal in priority with all of our unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness and will be senior in right of payment to all subordinated indebtedness. They
effectively rank junior to all of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets
securing such indebtedness. The debentures do not contain any financial covenants. Holders may
convert the debentures into cash and shares of our common stock, if any, at an initial conversion
rate of 29.5972 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of debentures (which is equal to
an initial conversion price of $33.79 per share), subject to adjustment, before the close of
business on October 15, 2015. Upon conversion, we would deliver (i) cash equal to the lesser of
the aggregate principal amount of the debentures to be converted or our total conversion
obligation, and (ii) shares of our common stock in respect of the remainder, if any, of our
conversion obligation. Conversion is permitted only under certain circumstances, which had not
occurred as of March 31, 2007.
We used a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the debentures to enter into call
options (hedge and warrant transactions), which entitle us to purchase shares of our stock from a
financial institution at $33.79 per share and entitle the financial institution to purchase shares
of our stock from us at $46.78 per share. This will reduce potential dilution to our common stock
from conversion of the debentures and have the effect to us of increasing the conversion price of
the debentures to $46.78 per share.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006,
for a complete list of our critical accounting policies and estimates.
Contingencies
General
Various claims, lawsuits and administrative proceedings with respect to commercial, product
liability, asbestos and environmental matters, all arising in the ordinary course of business, are
pending or threatened against us or our subsidiaries and seek monetary damages and/or other
remedies. We believe that any liability that may finally be determined with respect to commercial
and non-asbestos product liability claims should not have a material effect on our consolidated
financial condition or results of operations. From time to time, we and our subsidiaries are also
involved as plaintiffs in legal proceedings involving contract, patent protection, environmental,
insurance and other matters.
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Environmental
Our facilities and operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental and
occupational health and safety requirements of the U.S. and foreign countries. We take a proactive
approach in our efforts to comply with all environmental, health and safety laws as they relate to
our manufacturing operations and in proposing and implementing any remedial plans that may be
necessary. We also conduct comprehensive compliance and management system audits at our facilities
to maintain compliance and improve operational efficiency.
Although we believe past operations were in substantial compliance with the then applicable
regulations, we or one of our subsidiaries have been named as a potentially responsible party, or
are otherwise involved, at 19 sites at each of which the costs to us are expected to exceed the
$100,000 threshold for required reporting in this discussion and analysis. Investigations have
been completed for 15 sites and are in progress at the other four sites. The majority of these
sites relate to remediation projects at former operating facilities that were sold or closed and
primarily deal with remediation of soil and groundwater contamination. The laws governing
investigation and remediation of these sites can impose joint and several liability for the
associated costs. Liability for these costs can be imposed on present and former owners or
operators of the properties or on parties that generated the wastes that contributed to the
contamination.
Our policy is to accrue environmental investigation and remediation costs when it is probable
that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The measurement of
the liability is based on an evaluation of currently available facts with respect to each
individual situation and takes into consideration factors such as existing technology, presently
enacted laws and regulations and prior experience in remediation of contaminated sites.
Liabilities are established for all sites based on the factors discussed above. As assessments and
remediation progress at individual sites, these liabilities are reviewed periodically and adjusted
to reflect additional technical data and legal information. As of March 31, 2007 and December
31, 2006, EnPro had accrued liabilities of $32.7 million and $33.2 million, respectively, for
estimated future expenditures relating to environmental contingencies. Of the March 31, 2007
amount, $14.5 million represents our share of liability as a potentially responsible party at a
former industrial property located in Farmingdale, New York. The amounts recorded in the
Consolidated Financial Statements have been recorded on an undiscounted basis.
We believe that our reserves are adequate based on currently available information. Actual
costs to be incurred for identified situations in future periods may vary from estimates because of
the inherent uncertainties in evaluating environmental exposures due to unknown conditions,
changing government regulations and legal standards regarding liability. Subject to the
imprecision in estimating future environmental costs, we believe that maintaining compliance with
current environmental laws and government regulations will not require significant capital
expenditures or have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, but could be material to
our results of operations or cash flows in a given period.
Colt Firearms and Central Moloney
We have contingent liabilities related to divested businesses for which certain of our
subsidiaries retained liability or are obligated under indemnity agreements. These contingent
liabilities include, but are not limited to, potential product liability and associated claims
related to Coltecs former Colt Firearms subsidiary for firearms manufactured prior to its
divestiture in 1990 and Coltecs former Central Moloney subsidiary for electrical transformers
manufactured prior to its divestiture in 1994. No product liability claims are currently pending
against Coltec related to Colt Firearms or Central Moloney. Coltec also has ongoing obligations,
which are included in retained liabilities of previously owned businesses in
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our Consolidated Balance Sheets, with regard to workers compensation, retiree medical and
other retiree benefit matters that relate to Coltecs periods of ownership of these operations.
Crucible Materials Corporation
Crucible Materials Corporation (Crucible), which is engaged primarily in the manufacture and
distribution of high technology specialty metal products, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Coltec
until 1985 when a majority of the outstanding shares were sold. Coltec sold its remaining minority
interest in 2004.
In conjunction with the closure of a Crucible plant in the early 1980s, Coltec was required to
fund two trusts for retiree medical benefits for union employees at the plant. The first trust
(the Benefits Trust) pays for these retiree medical benefits on an ongoing basis. Coltec has no
ownership interest in the Benefits Trust, and thus the assets and liabilities of this trust are not
included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Under the terms of the Benefits Trust agreement, the
trustees retained an actuary to assess the adequacy of the assets in the Benefits Trust in 1995,
another actuarial report was completed in 2005 and a third report will be required in 2015. The
actuarial reports in 1995 and 2005 determined that there were adequate assets to fund the payment
of future benefits. If it is determined in 2015 that the trust assets are not adequate to fund the
payment of future medical benefits, Coltec will be required to contribute additional amounts to the
Benefits Trust. In the event there are ever excess assets in the Benefits Trust, those excess
assets will not revert to Coltec.
Because of the possibility that Coltec could be required to make additional contributions to
the Benefits Trust to cover potential shortfalls, Coltec was required to establish a second trust
(the Back-Up Trust). The trust assets and a corresponding liability of the Back-Up Trust are
reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets in other non-current assets and in retained
liabilities of previously owned businesses, respectively, and amounted to $20.1 million each at
March 31, 2007. As noted above, based on the valuation completed in early 2005, the actuary
determined that there were adequate assets in the Benefits Trust to fund the estimated payments by
the trust until the next valuation date. Until such time as a payment is required or the remaining
excess trust assets revert to Coltec, the trust assets and liabilities will be kept equal to each
other on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Coltec also has ongoing obligations, which are included in retained liabilities of previously
owned businesses in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, with regard to workers compensation, retiree
medical and other retiree benefit matters, in addition to those mentioned previously, that relate
to its period of ownership of this operation.
Debt and Capital Lease Guarantees
As of March 31, 2007, we had contingent liabilities for potential payments on guarantees of
certain debt and lease obligations totaling $10.2 million. These guarantees arose from the
divestiture of Crucible, Central Moloney and Haber Tool, and expire at various dates through 2010.
There is no liability for these guarantees reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. In the
event that the other parties do not fulfill their obligations under the debt or lease agreements,
we could be responsible for these obligations.
Asbestos
History. Certain of our subsidiaries, primarily Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC
(Garlock) and The Anchor Packing Company (Anchor), are among a large number of defendants in
actions filed in various states by plaintiffs alleging injury or death as a result of exposure to
asbestos fibers. Among the products at issue in these actions are industrial sealing products,
including gaskets and packing
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products. The damages claimed vary from action to action, and in some cases plaintiffs seek
both compensatory and punitive damages. To date, neither Garlock nor Anchor has been required to
pay any punitive damage awards, although there can be no assurance that they will not be required
to do so in the future. Liability for compensatory damages has historically been allocated among
responsible defendants. Since the first asbestos-related lawsuits were filed against Garlock in
1975, Garlock and Anchor have processed approximately 900,000 asbestos claims to conclusion
(including judgments, settlements and dismissals) and, together with their insurers, have paid
approximately $1.2 billion in settlements and judgments and almost $400 million in fees and
expenses.
Claims Mix. Of those claims resolved, approximately 3% have been claims of plaintiffs
alleging the disease mesothelioma, approximately 6% have been claims of plaintiffs with lung or
other cancers, and more than 90% have been claims of plaintiffs alleging asbestosis, pleural
plaques or other non-malignant impairment of the respiratory system. Of the 106,500 open cases at
March 31, 2007, we are aware of approximately 8,700 (8.1%) that involve claimants alleging
mesothelioma, lung cancer or some other cancer.
New Filings. The number of new actions filed against our subsidiaries in 2006 (7,700)
was significantly lower than the number filed in 2005 (15,300) and 2004 (17,400). The number filed
against our subsidiaries in each of those three years was much lower than the number filed in the
peak filing year, 2003, when 44,700 new claims were filed. This trend continued in the first
quarter of 2007 (1,900 new filings as compared to 2,900 in the first quarter of 2006). Possible
factors in the decline include, but are not limited to, tort reform in some high profile states,
especially Mississippi, Texas and Ohio; tort reform in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas and
Tennessee; actions taken and rulings by some judges and court administrators that have had the
effect of limiting access to their courts for claimants without sufficient ties to the jurisdiction
or claimants with no discernible disease; acceleration of claims into past years; and declining
incidence of asbestos-related disease. The decline in new filings has been principally in
non-malignant claims; however, new filings of claims alleging mesothelioma, lung and other cancers,
while relatively equal for 2003, 2004 and 2005 years, declined in 2006. Because the nature of the
diseases or conditions alleged remains unknown in a number of the claims filed in 2006 and thus far
in 2007, the extent of the decline in new malignant disease claims cannot be determined.
Product Defenses. The asbestos in products formerly sold by Garlock and Anchor was
encapsulated, which means the asbestos fibers were incorporated into the products during the
manufacturing process and sealed in a binder. The products were also nonfriable, which means they
could not be crumbled by hand pressure. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
which began generally requiring warnings on asbestos-containing products in 1972, has never
required that a warning be placed on products such as Garlocks gaskets. Even though no warning
label was required, Garlock included one on all of its asbestos-containing products beginning in
1978. Further, gaskets such as those previously manufactured and sold by Garlock are one of the
few asbestos-containing products still permitted to be manufactured under regulations of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Nevertheless, Garlock discontinued all manufacture and
distribution of asbestos-containing products in the U.S. during 2000 and worldwide in mid-2001.
From the mid-1980s until 2000, U.S. sales of asbestos-containing industrial sealing products were
not a material part of Garlocks sales and were predominantly to sophisticated purchasers such as
the U.S. Navy and large petrochemical facilities.
Garlocks product defenses have enabled it to be successful at trial, winning defense verdicts
in three of the four cases tried to verdict in 2006, and in 11 of 23 cases tried to verdict in the
years 2004 through 2006. In the successful jury trials, the juries determined either that
Garlocks products were not defective, that Garlock was not negligent, or that the claimant was not
exposed to Garlocks products.
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Recent Trial Results. During the first quarter of 2007, Garlock began two
trials. The two lawsuits settled during trial before the juries had reached a verdict. In 2006,
Garlock began ten trials involving eleven plaintiffs. Garlock received jury verdicts in its favor
in Oakland, California; Easton, Pennsylvania; and Louisville, Kentucky. In Pennsylvania, three
other lawsuits involving four plaintiffs settled during trial before the juries reached verdict.
Garlock also settled cases in Massachusetts, California and Texas during trial. In a retrial of a
Kentucky case, the jury awarded the plaintiff $900,000 against Garlock. The award was
significantly less than the $1.75 million award against Garlock in the previous trial, which
Garlock successfully appealed. Garlock has also appealed the new verdict. In addition, Garlock
obtained dismissals in two cases in Philadelphia after the juries were selected but before the
trials began because there was insufficient evidence of exposure to Garlock products.
During 2005, Garlock began thirteen trials. Six of these lawsuits settled during the trials.
In a mesothelioma case in Texas, the jury returned a defense verdict in Garlocks favor just after
settlement was reached. An Illinois jury and a Washington jury also each returned defense verdicts
for Garlock. A Los Angeles jury returned an award to a living mesothelioma claimant, but Garlock
was able to settle the claim as part of a large group settlement prior to the entry of judgment. A
Baltimore jury returned a verdict of $10.4 million against Garlock and two other defendants in a
mesothelioma case. Garlocks one-third share was approximately $3.5 million. A Dallas jury
returned a verdict of $260,000 in another mesothelioma case. Garlocks share was approximately
$10,000, 4% of the total verdict. An Illinois jury in an asbestosis case returned a verdict
against Garlock of $225,000, all of which was offset by settlements with other defendants. The
final 2005 trial was the Kentucky case described in the previous paragraph, which resulted in a
verdict that was later overturned and subsequently retried in 2006.
Appeals. Garlock has historically enjoyed success in a majority of its appeals. We
believe that Garlock will continue to be successful in the appellate process, although there can be
no assurance of success in any particular pending or future appeal. In March 2006, a three-judge
panel of the Ohio Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision, overturned a $6.4 million verdict that
was entered against Garlock in 2003, granting a new trial. The case subsequently settled. On the
other hand, the Maryland Court of Appeals denied Garlocks appeal from the 2005 Baltimore verdict
described above, and Garlock paid that verdict, with post-judgment interest, in the fourth quarter
of 2006. In a separate Baltimore case in the fourth quarter of 2006, the Maryland Court of Special
Appeals denied Garlocks appeal from another 2005 verdict. The subsequent appeal of that decision
was also denied and Garlock will pay that verdict in the second quarter of 2007. At March 31,
2007, four Garlock appeals (including the Maryland appeal just discussed) were pending from adverse
verdicts totaling $5.2 million, down from more than $41 million at December 31, 2005.
In some cases, appeals require the provision of security in the form of appeal bonds,
potentially in amounts greater than the verdicts. We are required to provide cash collateral to
secure the full amount of the bonds, which can restrict the use of a significant amount of our cash
for the periods of such appeals. At March 31, 2007, we had $2.4 million of cash collateral
relating to appeal bonds recorded as restricted cash on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Settlements. Garlock settles and disposes of actions on a regular basis. Garlocks
historical settlement strategy was to settle only cases in advanced stages of litigation. In 1999
and 2000, however, Garlock employed a more aggressive settlement strategy. The purpose of this
strategy was to achieve a permanent reduction in the number of overall asbestos claims through the
settlement of a large number of claims, including some early-stage claims and some claims not yet
filed as lawsuits. Due to this short-term aggressive settlement strategy and a significant overall
increase in claims filings, the settlement amounts paid in those years and several subsequent years
were greater than the amounts paid in any year prior to 1999. In 2001, Garlock resumed its
historical settlement strategy and focused on reducing settlement commitments to match insurance
recoveries. As a result, Garlock reduced new settlement commitments from $180 million in 2000 to
$94 million in 2001, $86 million in 2002, $86 million in
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2003, $84 million in 2004, $79 million in 2005 and $84 million in 2006. Approximately $15
million of the 2006 amount was committed in settlements in 2006 to pay verdicts that had been
rendered in the years 2003 2005.
Settlements are made without any admission of liability. Settlement amounts vary depending
upon a number of factors, including the jurisdiction where the action was brought, the nature and
extent of the disease alleged and the associated medical evidence, the age and occupation of the
plaintiff, the presence or absence of other possible causes of the plaintiffs alleged illness,
alternative sources of payment available to the plaintiff, the availability of legal defenses, and
whether the action is an individual one or part of a group.
Before any payment on a settled claim is made, the claimant is required to submit a medical
report acceptable to Garlock substantiating the asbestos-related illness and meeting specific
criteria of disability. In addition, sworn testimony or other evidence that the claimant worked
with or around Garlock asbestos-containing products is required. The claimant is also required to
sign a full and unconditional release of Garlock, its subsidiaries, parent, officers, directors,
affiliates and related parties from any liability for asbestos-related injuries or claims.
Status of Anchor. Anchor is an inactive and insolvent indirect subsidiary of Coltec.
There is no remaining insurance coverage available to Anchor. Anchor has no remaining assets and
has not committed to settle any actions since 1998. As cases reach the trial stage, Anchor is
typically dismissed without payment.
Insurance Coverage. At March 31, 2007, Garlock had available $437 million
of insurance and trust coverage that we believe will be available to cover future asbestos claim
and certain expense payments. In addition, at March 31, 2007, Garlock had $56 million of otherwise
available insurance that we classify as insolvent. We believe that Garlock will recover some of
the insolvent insurance over time. In fact, Garlock collected approximately $5 million from
insolvent carriers in 2006, bringing total collections from insolvent carriers from 2002 through
2006 to approximately $38 million. There can be no assurance that Garlock will collect any of the
remaining insolvent insurance.
Of the $437 million of collectible insurance and trust assets, we consider $378 million (87%)
to be high quality because (a) the insurance policies are written or guaranteed by U.S.-based
carriers whose credit rating by S&P is investment grade (BBB) or better, and whose AM Best rating
is excellent (A-) or better, or (b) the assets are in the form of cash or liquid investments held
in insurance trusts resulting from commutation agreements. We consider $59 million (13%) to be of
moderate quality because the insurance policies are written with (a) other solvent U.S. carriers
who are unrated or below investment grade ($53 million) or (b) with various London market carriers
($6 million). Of the $437 million, $248 million is allocated to claims that have been paid by
Garlock and submitted to its insurance companies for reimbursement, and the remainder is allocated
to pending and estimated future claims as described later in this section.
Arrangements with Garlocks insurance carriers limit the amount of insurance proceeds that
Garlock is entitled to receive in any one year. Amounts paid by Garlock in excess of insurance
recoveries that would be recoverable from insurance if there was no limit may be collected from the
insurance companies in subsequent years, so long as insurance is available, subject to the limits
in subsequent years.
During the fourth quarter of 2006, we reached an agreement with a significant group of related
U.S. insurers. These insurers had withheld payments pending resolution of the matter. This
payment delay accounted for $50.1 million of our insurance receivables at March 31, 2007. The
agreement provides for the payment of the full amount of the insurance policies ($194 million) in
various annual
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payments to be made from 2007 through 2018. Under the agreement, Garlock received $12 million
during the first quarter of 2007.
In May 2006, we reached agreement with a U.S. insurer that resolved two lawsuits and an
arbitration proceeding. Pursuant to the settlement, Garlock received $4 million in December 2006
and will receive another $17 million in the future. As part of the agreement, Garlock agreed to
forgo $19 million of nominal insurance.
During the first quarter of 2005, we reached agreement with two of Garlocks U.S. insurers.
The insurers agreed to pay Garlock a total of $21 million in three equal bi-annual payments of $7
million. The first payment was received in May 2005, the second and third payments are due in May
2007 and May 2009, respectively. The payments are guaranteed by the parent company of the settling
insurers.
In the second quarter of 2004, we reached agreement with Equitas, the London-based entity
responsible for the pre-1993 Lloyds of London policies in our insurance block, concerning
settlement of its exposure to our subsidiaries asbestos claims. As a result of the settlement,
$88 million was placed in an independent trust. In the fourth quarter of 2004, we reached
agreement with a group of London market carriers (other than Equitas) and one of our U.S. carriers
that has some policies reinsured through the London market. As a result of the settlement, $55.5
million was placed in an independent trust. At March 31, 2007, the market value of the funds
remaining in the two trusts was $51.8 million, which was included in the $437 million of insurance
and trust coverage available to pay future asbestos-related claims and expenses.
Insurance coverage for asbestos claims is not available to cover exposures initially occurring
on and after July 1, 1984. Although Garlock and Anchor continue to be named as defendants in new
actions, only a few allege initial exposure after July 1, 1984. To date, no payments have been
made with respect to these few claims, pursuant to a settlement or otherwise. Garlock and Anchor
believe that they have substantial defenses to these claims and therefore automatically reject them
for settlement. However, there can be no assurance that any or all of these defenses will be
successful in the future.
Our Liability Estimate. Prior to mid-2004, we maintained that our subsidiaries
liability for unasserted claims was not reasonably estimable. We estimated and recorded
liabilities only for pending claims in advanced stages of processing, for which we believed we had
a basis for making a reasonable estimate. We disclosed the significance of the total potential
liability for unasserted claims in considerable detail. By 2004, however, most asbestos defendants
who disclose their liabilities were recording estimates of their liabilities for pending and
unasserted claims. In view of the change in practice by other defendants, during 2004 we
authorized counsel to retain a recognized expert to assist in estimating our subsidiaries
liability for pending and future asbestos claims. After interviewing and qualifying several
recognized experts with us, counsel selected Bates White, LLC.
Bates Whites first report, dated February 17, 2005, provided an estimate of the liability as
of December 31, 2004 for the following ten years, which represented a time horizon within which
Bates White believed such liability was both probable and estimable within a range of values.
Bates White opined that each value within the range of $227 million to $382 million was an equally
likely estimate of the liability. We adopted the Bates White estimate and, accordingly, recorded
an additional liability for pending and unasserted claims as of December 31, 2004 to increase our
liability to an amount equal to the low end of the estimated range ($227 million). The recording
of such increased asbestos liability resulted in us also recording an increase to our insurance
receivable.
Bates White has updated its estimate every quarter since the end of 2004 and, for each
quarter, the estimate has increased. The estimated range of potential liabilities provided by
Bates White at March 31, 2007 was $308 million to $666 million. According to Bates White,
increases have been attributable
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primarily to (1) an increase in settlement values of mesothelioma claims, (2) an increase in
claims filings and values in some jurisdictions, most notably California, and (3) the delay in, and
uncertain impact of, the funding and implementation of trusts formed under Section 524(g) of the
United States Bankruptcy Code to pay asbestos claims against numerous defendants in Chapter 11
reorganization cases. Because the 524(g) trusts are estimated to have more than $30 billion that
will be available for the payment of asbestos claims, they could have a significant impact on our
future settlement payments and could therefore significantly affect our liability.
Each quarter until the fourth quarter of 2006, we adopted the Bates White estimate and
adjusted the liability to equal the low end of the then-current range. Until the second quarter of
2006, the additional liability was recorded with a corresponding increase in our insurance
receivable, and thus did not affect net income. During the second quarter of 2006, however, our
insurance was fully allocated to past, present and future claims, and therefore subsequent changes
to the Bates White estimate in 2006 were recorded as charges to income.
We have independently developed internal estimates for asbestos-related liabilities. We have
used those estimates for a variety of purposes, including guidance for settlement negotiations and
trial strategy, in our strategic planning, budgeting and cash flow planning processes, and in
setting targets for annual and long-term incentive compensation. Until the end of 2006, we did not
have sufficient history managing claims payments to our internal estimates to allow us to identify
a most likely point within the Bates White range. Therefore, prior to the fourth quarter of 2006,
we had adopted the low-end of the range provided by Bates White. However, while our internal
estimate has been within the Bates White range of equally likely estimates for the past two years,
it has proven to be a more precise predictor of the actual amounts spent on settlements and
verdicts than the low end of the range. As a result, while the low end of the Bates White range
still provides a reasonable lower boundary of possible outcomes, Bates White and management
concluded in the fourth quarter of 2006 that our internal estimate for the next ten years
represented the most likely point within the range. Accordingly, we adjusted the recorded
liability from the low end of the Bates White estimate to our point estimate. That point estimate
was adjusted in the first quarter of 2007 consistent with managements adjustment of its internal
estimates.
We focus on future cash flows to prepare our estimate. We make assumptions about declining
future asbestos spending based on (1) past trends, (2) publicly available epidemiological data, (3)
current agreements with plaintiff firms and our judgment about the current and future litigation
environment, (4) the availability to claimants of other payment sources, both co-defendants and the
524(g) trusts, and (5) the input and insight provided to us by Bates White. We adjust our estimate
when current cash flow results and long-term trends suggest that our targets cannot be met. As a
result, we have a process that we believe produces the best estimate of the future liability for
the ten-year time period within the Bates White range.
We currently estimate that the liability of our subsidiaries for the indemnity cost of
resolving asbestos claims for the next ten years will be $540 million, which is a point in the
upper half of the Bates White range. The estimated liability of $540 million is before any tax
benefit and is not discounted to present value, and it does not include fees and expenses, which
are recorded as incurred. Our estimate of liability at December 31, 2006 was $561 million. The
recorded liability will continue to be impacted by our actual claims and settlement experience and
any change in the legal environment that could cause a significant increase or decrease in the
long-term expectations of management and Bates White. We expect the recorded liability to
fluctuate, perhaps significantly. Any significant change in the estimated liability could have a
material effect on our consolidated financial position and results of operations. The full
allocation of our remaining solvent insurance and our adjusting the liability estimate to a point
within the Bates White range have not altered our strategy for managing the potential asbestos
liabilities and insurance assets of our subsidiaries.
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Although we believe that our estimate is the best estimate within the Bates White range of
reasonable and probable estimates of Garlocks future obligation, we note that Bates White also
indicated a broader range of potential estimates from $228 million to $745 million. We caution
that points within that broader range remain possible outcomes. Also, while we agree with our
expert that beyond two to four years for Garlocks economically-driven non-malignant claims and
beyond ten years for Garlocks cancer claims and medically-driven non-malignant claims, there are
reasonable scenarios in which the [asbestos] expenditure is de minimus, we caution that the
process of estimating future liabilities is highly uncertain. Adjusting our liability to the best
estimate within the range does not change that fact. In the words of the Bates White report, the
reliability of estimates of future probable expenditures of Garlock for asbestos-related personal
injury claims declines significantly for each year further into the future. Scenarios continue to
exist that could result in a total estimated asbestos liability for Garlock in excess of $1
billion.
As previously mentioned, the liability estimate does not include legal fees and expenses,
which add considerably to the costs each year. Over the last two years, these expenses have
averaged $8 million per quarter. In addition to these legal fees and expenses, we expect to
continue to record charges to income in future quarters for:
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Increases, if any, in our estimate of Garlocks potential liability, plus |
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Increases, if any, that result from additional quarters added to the estimation
period to maintain a ten-year liability (increases of this type have averaged
approximately $8 million per quarter for the last two years), plus |
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Amounts, if any, of solvent insurance lost or commuted, offset by insolvent
recoveries and earnings from insurance settlement trusts. |
During the first quarter of 2007, we recorded a pre-tax charge to income of $12.9 million to
reflect $6.1 million of legal fees and expenses incurred during the quarter and a $6.8 million
non-cash charge to add an estimate of the liability for the first quarter of 2017 to maintain a
ten-year estimate.
Quantitative Claims and Insurance Information. Our total liability at March 31, 2007
was $547.0 million (our estimate of the liability described above of $540.4 million plus $6.6
million of accrued legal and other fees already incurred but not yet paid). This amount includes
$89.8 million for advanced-stage cases and settled claims and accrued legal and other fees, and
$457.2 million for early-stage and unasserted claims. The recorded amounts do not include legal
fees and expenses to be incurred in the future. The recorded amounts include $80.2 million
classified in current liabilities and $466.8 million classified in non-current liabilities.
As of March 31, 2007, we had remaining solvent insurance and trust coverage of $437 million
which is reflected on our balance sheet as a receivable ($76.1 million classified in current assets
and $376.4 million classified in non-current assets) and which we believe will be available for the
payment of asbestos-related claims. Included in the receivable is $248 million in insured claims
and expenses that our subsidiaries have paid out in excess of amounts recovered from insurance.
These amounts are recoverable under our insurance policies and have been billed to the insurance
carriers. The remaining $189 million will be available for pending and future claims.
The table below quantitatively depicts the number of pending cases, asbestos-related cash
flows, the amount that we expect Garlock to recover from insurance related to this liability, and
an analysis of the liability.
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As of and for the |
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2006 |
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Pending Cases (1) |
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New actions filed during period |
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1,900 |
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2,900 |
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Open actions at period-end |
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106,500 |
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119,400 |
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Payments (2) |
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$ |
(34.5 |
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$ |
(43.4 |
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Insurance recoveries (3) |
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31.5 |
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22.0 |
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Net cash flow |
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$ |
(3.0 |
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$ |
(21.4 |
) |
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Solvent Insurance and Trust Assets (dollars in millions) |
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Insurance receivable for previously paid claims (4) |
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$ |
248.0 |
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$ |
246.7 |
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Insurance available for pending and future claims |
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189.2 |
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301.6 |
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Remaining solvent insurance and trust assets |
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$ |
437.2 |
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$ |
548.3 |
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Liability Analysis (dollars in millions) |
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Liability for pending and future claims (5)(6) |
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$ |
547.0 |
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$ |
273.6 |
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Insurance available for pending and future claims |
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189.2 |
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301.6 |
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Liability in excess of insurance coverage (6) |
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357.8 |
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Insurance receivable for previously paid claims |
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248.0 |
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246.7 |
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Liability in excess of anticipated insurance collections (6) |
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$ |
109.8 |
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Includes actions actually filed with a court of competent jurisdiction. Each action in
which both Garlock and one or more other of our subsidiaries is named as a defendant is shown
as a single action. Multiple actions filed on behalf of the same plaintiff in multiple
jurisdictions are also counted as one action. Claims not filed as actions in court but that
are submitted and paid as part of previous settlements (approximately 500 in the first quarter
of 2007 and 400 in the first quarter of 2006) are not included. |
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Includes all payments for judgments, settlements, fees and expenses made in the period. |
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(3) |
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Includes all recoveries from insurance received in the period. |
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(4) |
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Includes previous payments for which Garlock is entitled to receive corresponding insurance
recoveries but has not received payment, in large part due to annual limits imposed under
insurance arrangements. |
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(5) |
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At March 31, 2007, the liability represents managements best estimate of the future payments
for the ten-year period March 31, 2007 March 31, 2017. At March 31, 2006, the liability
represents the low end of a range of equally likely future payments for the following ten-year
period. Amounts shown include $6.6 million and $9.6 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively, of accrued fees and expenses for services previously rendered. |
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Does not include fees and expenses to be incurred in the future, which are recorded as a
charge to income when incurred. |
Strategy. Garlocks strategy is to focus on trial-listed cases and other cases in
advanced stages, to reduce new settlement commitments each year, to carefully manage and maximize
insurance collections, and to proactively support legislative and other efforts aimed at meaningful
asbestos reform. We believe that this strategy should result in the reduction of the negative
annual cash flow impact from asbestos claims. However, the risk of large verdicts sometimes
impacts the implementation of the strategy, and therefore it is likely that, from time to time,
Garlock will enter into settlements that involve large numbers
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of cases, including early-stage cases, when it believes that the risk outweighs the benefits
of the strategy. We believe that, as predicted in various epidemiological studies that are
publicly available, the incidence of asbestos-related disease is in decline and should continue to
decline steadily over the next decade and thereafter, so that claims activity against Garlock will
eventually decline to a level that can be paid from the cash flow expected from Garlocks
operations, even after Garlock exhausts its insurance coverage. However, there can be no assurance
that epidemiological predictions about incidence of asbestos-related disease will prove to be
accurate, or that, even if they are, there will be a commensurate decline in the number of
asbestos-related claims filings.
Considering the foregoing, as well as the experience of our subsidiaries and other defendants
in asbestos litigation, the likely sharing of judgments among multiple responsible defendants,
bankruptcies of other defendants, and legislative efforts, and given the amount of insurance
coverage available to our subsidiaries from solvent insurance carriers, we believe that pending
asbestos actions against our subsidiaries are not likely to have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition, but could be material to our results of operations or cash flows in given
future periods. We anticipate that asbestos claims will continue to be filed against our
subsidiaries. Because of the uncertainty as to (1) the number and timing of potential future
claims, (2) the amount that will have to be paid to litigate, settle or satisfy claims, and (3) the
finite amount of insurance available for future payments, future claims could have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Reform Legislation. While reform measures continue to be adopted on a state-by-state
basis in a number of jurisdictions, the outlook for federal legislation to provide national
asbestos litigation reform continues to be uncertain. While reform legislation ultimately may be
adopted by the U.S. Congress, it appears unlikely that any federal asbestos legislation will be
enacted in the near future.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to certain market risks as part of our ongoing business operations, including
risks from changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates that could impact our
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. We manage our exposure to these and
other market risks through regular operating and financing activities and through the use of
derivative financial instruments. We intend to use such derivative financial instruments as risk
management tools and not for speculative investment purposes. For information about our interest
rate risk, see Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk Interest Rate Risk
in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the following section.
Foreign Currency Risk
We are exposed to foreign currency risks that arise from normal business operations. These
risks include the translation of local currency balances of our foreign subsidiaries, intercompany
loans with foreign subsidiaries and transactions denominated in foreign currencies. Our objective
is to control our exposure to these risks through our normal operating activities and, where
appropriate, through foreign currency forward contracts and option contracts. The following table
provides information about our outstanding foreign currency forward contracts as of March 31, 2007:
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Sell koruna/buy euro |
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$ |
24.7 |
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33.48 koruna/euro |
Buy euro/sell USD |
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14.0 |
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1.237 to 1.342 USD/euro |
Buy USD/sell euro |
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12.4 |
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1.282 to 1.308 USD/euro |
Sell euro/buy
Australian dollar |
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7.1 |
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0.6 Australian dollar/euro |
Buy USD/sell
Canadian dollar |
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7.0 |
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1.120 to 1.126 Canadian dollar/USD |
Buy koruna/sell euro |
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6.8 |
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38.448 to 38.806 koruna/euro |
Buy euro/sell pesos |
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3.5 |
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14.84 peso/euro |
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75.5 |
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the
supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer,
of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. The
purpose of our disclosure controls and procedures is to provide reasonable assurance that
information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, including this
report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified, and that
such information is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions
regarding disclosure.
Management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or internal control
over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how
well conceived or operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the
objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the
fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of
controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any,
within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that
judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or
mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of
two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of
controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there
can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential
future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
deterioration in the degree of compliance with polices or procedures. Because of the inherent
limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and
not be detected.
Based on the controls evaluation and subject to the limitations noted above, our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures are effective to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed in our
reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified, and that management will be timely alerted to material information required
to be included in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, no change in our internal control over financial reporting has occurred during
the quarter ended March 31, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
A description of environmental, asbestos and other legal matters is included in Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Contingencies.
In addition to the matters noted above, we are from time to time subject to, and are presently
involved in, other litigation and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We
believe that the outcome of such other litigation and legal proceedings will not have a material
adverse affect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
The following table sets forth all purchases made by or on behalf of the Company or any
affiliated purchaser, as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act, of shares of the
Companys common stock during each month in the first quarter of 2007.
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Dollar Value) of |
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of Publicly |
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per Share |
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the Plans or |
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Programs (1) |
January 1
January 31, 2007 |
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-0- |
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February 1
February 28, 2007 |
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-0- |
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March 1
March 31, 2007 |
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1,036 |
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1,036 |
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Shares were purchased by a rabbi trust the Company established in connection with its
Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, pursuant to which non-employee
directors may elect to defer directors fees into common stock units. The rabbi trust
purchased these shares from Coltec Industries Inc (Coltec), which is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company. The Company does not consider the purchase of shares
from Coltec in this context to be pursuant to a publicly announced plan or program. |
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(2) |
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Coltec furnished 1,036 shares to the rabbi trust in exchange for management and other
services provided by the Company. These shares were valued at a price of $36.72 per share,
the average of the high and low prices of the Companys common stock on March 30, 2007 on the
New York Stock Exchange. |
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Item 6. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this report on Form 10-Q are listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index.
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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, in the City
of Charlotte, North Carolina on this 7th day of May, 2007.
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ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Richard L. Magee
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Richard L. Magee |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary |
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/s/ William Dries
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William Dries |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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2
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Distribution Agreement between Goodrich Corporation, EnPro Industries, Inc. and Coltec
Industries Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2002 filed by EnPro Industries, Inc.) |
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3.1
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Restated Articles of Incorporation of EnPro Industries, Inc., as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibits 4.3 and 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by EnPro
Industries, Inc., the EnPro Industries, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Workers and
the EnPro Industries, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Workers (File No. 333-89576)) |
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3.2
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Amended Bylaws of EnPro Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by EnPro Industries, Inc., the EnPro Industries, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Workers and the EnPro Industries, Inc. Retirement Savings
Plan for Salaried Workers (File No. 333-89576)) |
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23.1*
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Consent of Bates White, LLC |
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31.1*
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a 14(a)/15d 14(a) |
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31.2*
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a 14(a)/15d 14(a) |
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32*
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Certification pursuant to Section 1350 |