Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SYRATECH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 3914 13-3354944
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, MA 02128-9114
Phone: (617) 561-2200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
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E. MERLE RANDOLPH
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Syratech Corporation
175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, MA 02128-9114
Phone: (617) 561-2200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
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With copies to:
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JAMES L. PURCELL, ESQ. JAMES WESTRA, ESQ. KIRK A. DAVENPORT, ESQ.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Hutchins, Wheeler & Ditmar Latham & Watkins
1285 Avenue of the Americas A Professional Corporation 885 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10019-6064 101 Federal Street New York, New York 10022-4802
(212) 373-3000 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (212) 906-1200
(617) 951-6600
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend
or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of Amount to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of
Securities to be Registered Registered Note Price(1) Registration Fee
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% Senior Notes due 2007 $160,000,000.00 $1,000.00 $160,000,000.00 $48,485
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Guarantees of % Senior
Notes due 2007 $160,000,000.00 (2) (2) (2)
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(1) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c).
(2) No additional consideration will be paid by the purchasers of the Senior
Notes for the Guarantees. Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate fee is
payable in respect of the Guarantees.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.
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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
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State or Other Primary Standard I.R.S. Employer Address, Including Zip Code and
Jurisdiction of Classification Code Identification Telephone Number, Including Area
Name Incorporation Number Number Code of Principal Executive Office
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175 McClellan Highway
Syratech Holding East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Corporation Arkansas 5023 71-0747664 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
Wallace International East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Silversmiths, Inc. Delaware 3914 06-1183605 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Wallace International de P.R., Inc. Delaware 3914 66-0402645 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
International Silver Company Delaware 5023 04-3105031 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
International Silver de P.R., Inc. Delaware 3545 66-0467204 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
PMW Silver de P.R., Inc. Delaware 3356 66-0503108 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Towle Manufacturing Company Delaware 3914 04-3093194 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Rosemar Silver Company, Inc. Delaware 3914 04-3094668 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Towle Holloware, Inc. Delaware 5023 04-3094663 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Farberware Inc. Delaware 5023 13-3880567 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Silvestri, Inc. Delaware 5199 04-3309807 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
Silvestri, Inc. of East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
South Carolina South Carolina 6512 57-1046114 (617)561-2200
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6048 South York Road
Gastonia, North Carolina 28052
Rauch Industries, Inc. North Carolina 5199 56-1074945 (704)867-5333
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6048 South York Road
Gastonia, North Carolina 28052
Rochard, Inc. North Carolina 5199 13-2731346 (704)867-5333
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6048 South York Road
Gastonia, North Carolina 28052
Holiday Products, Inc. North Carolina 5199 56-1803414 (704)867-5333
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6048 South York Road
Gastonia, North Carolina 28052
Northstar Sales Corporation North Carolina 6512 56-1678701 (704)867-5333
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Leonard Florence Associates, Inc. Massachusetts 5023 04-2904074 (617)561-2200
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4251 Crisfield Highway
Crisfield, Maryland 21871
CHI International, Inc. Maryland 3914 52-1930353 (410)968-0503
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State or Other Primary Standard I.R.S. Employer Address, Including Zip Code and
Jurisdiction of Classification Code Identification Telephone Number, Including Area
Name Incorporation Number Number Code of Principal Executive Office
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175 McClellan Highway
Syratech Security East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Corporation Massachusetts 4841 04-3270184 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
Syratech West Coast East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Warehouse Corp. California 6512 33-0689857 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
175 Amlegion Revere Massachusetts East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Realty Trust Trust 6798 04-6812249 (617)561-2200
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175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Syratech Silver Sales Corp. Georgia 6512 04-3094665 (617)561-2200
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SYRATECH CORPORATION
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
Location in Prospectus of Information Required by
Part I of Form S-3
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Item No. Caption Location in Prospectus
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1. Forepart of the Registration Statement and Outside
Front Cover Page of Prospectus Facing Page of Registration Statement; Cross-
Reference Sheet; Outside Front and Inside Front
Cover Page of Prospectus
2. Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
Prospectus Inside Front Cover Pages of Prospectus; Available
Information
3. Summary Information, Risk Factors and Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges Summary; Risk Factors; Exhibit 12.1
4. Use of Proceeds Use of Proceeds
5. Determination of Offering Price Not applicable
6. Dilution Not applicable
7. Selling Security Holders Not applicable
8. Plan of Distribution Underwriting
9. Description of Securities to be registered Description of Senior Notes
10. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel Experts
11. Material Changes Not applicable
12. Incorporation of Certain Information by
Reference Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
13. Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification
for Securities Act Liabilities Part II--Item 17 Undertakings
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Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement
becomes effective. This prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities of any
State.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 18, 1996
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$160,000,000
Syratech Corporation
% Senior Notes due 2007
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The % Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Senior Notes") are being offered (the
"Offering") by Syratech Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Syratech" or
the "Company"). The net proceeds of the Offering, together with the net
proceeds of the other financing described herein, will be used to support a
recapitalization (the "Recapitalization") of Syratech, pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") providing for the
merger of the Company and THL Transaction I Corp ("THL I"), a Delaware
corporation organized by Thomas H. Lee Company, (the "Merger") with Syratech
surviving such Merger and to pay related transaction costs. The consummation
of this Offering, the Recapitalization and the financing thereof are
conditioned upon each other.
The Senior Notes mature on , 2007, unless previously redeemed.
Interest on the Senior Notes is payable semiannually on and ,
commencing , 1997. The Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of
the Company, in whole or in part, on or after , 2002, at the redemption
prices set forth herein, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
redemption date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time on or before,
, 2000 the Company may redeem up to 37-1/2% of the original aggregate
principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of a public offering of
common stock of the Company at a redemption price equal to % of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any,
to the redemption date; provided that at least $100.0 million in aggregate
principal amount of Senior Notes remain outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of such redemption; and provided, further, that such redemption
shall occur within 45 days of the date of the closing of such public
offering. Upon a Change of Control (as defined herein), the Company will be
required to make an offer to repurchase all outstanding Senior Notes at 101%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the date of repurchase. See "Description of Senior Notes."
The Senior Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Company
ranking senior to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the
Company and pari passu in right of payment to all unsubordinated indebtedness
of the Company, including indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (as
defined herein). However, the obligations of the Company under the New Credit
Facility will be secured by the accounts receivable and inventory of the
Company and its domestic subsidiaries and, accordingly, such indebtedness
will effectively rank senior to the Senior Notes to the extent of such
assets. The Senior Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed (the "Subsidiary
Guarantees") on a joint and several basis by each of the Company's domestic
subsidiaries (the "Guarantors"). The Subsidiary Guarantees will rank senior
to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors and
pari passu with all other unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors,
including the guarantees of indebtedness under the New Credit Facility. As of
September 30, 1996, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the
Recapitalization, including the Offering and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as described under "Use of Proceeds," the Company and its
subsidiaries would have had $108.8 million of secured indebtedness (including
outstanding letters of credit) which would have effectively ranked senior to
the Senior Notes.
The Company does not intend to list the Senior Notes on any national
securities exchange. See "Risk Factors -- Absence of Public Market."
See "Risk Factors" beginning on Page 13 for a discussion of factors that
should be considered in evaluating an investment in the Senior Notes.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY
OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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Price to Discounts and Proceeds to
Public(1) Commissions(2) Company(1)(2)(3)
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Per Senior Note % % %
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Total $ $ $
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(1) Plus accrued interest, if any, from , 1997.
(2) The Company and the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, agreed to
indemnify the Underwriters (as defined herein) against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. See "Underwriting."
(3) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company and the Guarantors,
estimated at $ .
The Senior Notes are being offered, subject to prior sale, by the
Underwriters when, as and if issued to and accepted by the Underwriters, and
subject to various prior conditions. The Underwriters reserve the right to
withdraw, cancel or modify such offer and to reject orders in whole or in
part. It is expected that delivery of the Senior Notes will be made in New
York, New York on or about , 1997.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. Chase Securities Inc.
The date of this Prospectus is , 1997.
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[INSERT PRODUCT PHOTOS AND BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS THEREOF]
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR
EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE
SENIOR NOTES AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
This Prospectus incorporates by reference documents which are not
presented herein or delivered herewith. Copies of any such documents relating
to the Company, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits
specifically are incorporated by reference in such documents), are available
without charge, upon written or oral request, from Syratech Corporation, 175
McClellan Highway East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-9114, Attention: Faye A.
Florence, Esq., Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, telephone:
(617) 561-2200. In order to ensure timely delivery of the documents
requested, any such request should be made by , 1997.
The following documents previously filed by the Company (File No. 1-12624)
with the Commission are incorporated in this Prospectus by reference:
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995.
(2) The Company's Proxy Statement, dated April 8, 1996 which was mailed
to the Company's stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders held on May 9, 1996.
(3) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 1996.
(4) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 1996.
(5) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 1996.
(6) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 15, 1996, as
amended by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 26, 1996; Current
Report on Form 8-K dated April 2, 1996, as amended by the Current Report
on Form 8-K/A dated August 26, 1996; Current Report on Form 8-K dated
April 11, 1996; Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 27, 1996; Current
Report on Form 8-K dated October 23, 1996; and Current Report on Form 8-K
dated November 8, 1996.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the date
of the Merger shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained
herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Prospectus.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for forward-looking statements. Except for the historical information
contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, the matters
discussed or incorporated by reference herein are forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors
include, among others, the risk factors set forth under "Risk Factors" as
well as the following: general economic and business conditions; industry
capacity; industry trends; overseas expansion; the loss of major customers;
changes in demand for the Company's products; the timing of orders received
from customers; cost and availability of raw materials; dependence on foreign
sources of supply; changes in business strategy or development plans;
availability and quality of management; availability, terms and deployment of
capital; and the seasonal nature of the business. Special attention should be
paid to such forward- looking statements including, but not limited to,
statements relating to (i) the Company's ability to execute its growth
strategies and to realize its growth objectives, (ii) the Company's planned
expansion of its product offerings, (iii) the Company's ability to obtain
sufficient resources to finance its working capital and capital expenditure
needs and provide for its known obligations, and (iv) the continuation of,
and the Company's ability to benefit from, the vendor consolidation trend in
the retail industry described elsewhere in this Prospectus.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary information is qualified in its entirety by, and
should be read in conjunction with the more detailed information and
financial data, including the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this
Prospectus or incorporated herein by reference. Unless the context indicates
otherwise, all references herein to "Syratech" or the "Company" shall refer
to Syratech Corporation and its subsidiaries.
The Company
Overview
Syratech designs, manufactures, imports and markets a diverse portfolio of
tabletop, giftware and seasonal products. The Company is a leading domestic
manufacturer and marketer of sterling silver flatware, sterling silver and
silver-plated hollowware. The Company also offers a number of other
complementary tabletop and giftware items, including stainless steel
flatware, brass hollowware, picture frames and photo albums, glassware,
woodenware and ceramics. Tabletop and giftware products generated
approximately 90.4% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 1995. The
Company also is a leading domestic manufacturer and marketer of seasonal
products including Christmas ornaments as well as a distributor of Christmas
trim, lighting and tree skirts. Seasonal products generated approximately
9.6% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 1995.
Syratech has positioned itself as a single-source supplier to retailers by
offering a wide assortment of products across multiple price points through
its "good-better-best" strategy. This strategy enables the Company to sell
its products through a broad array of distribution channels, including retail
specialty stores, department stores, mass market merchandisers, catalogue
showrooms and warehouse clubs. Syratech markets its products under numerous
Company-owned tradenames including the Towle Silversmiths(r), Wallace
International Silversmiths(r)and International Silver Company(r) tradenames
which are used in connection with the sale of tabletop and giftware items and
the Rauch(r) and Silvestri(r) tradenames which are used in connection with
the sale of Christmas and other seasonal merchandise.
Syratech has made a number of recent acquisitions to broaden and
complement its existing product lines. The Company has significantly enhanced
the value of acquired product lines by integrating them into the Company's
existing infrastructure. During 1996, the Company acquired Rauch, a leading
domestic manufacturer and marketer of Christmas ornaments, and C.J. Vander, a
U.K. manufacturer and marketer of prestigious sterling silver flatware and
hollowware. Also in 1996, the Company acquired certain assets, including the
tradenames, of Silvestri, a high- end manufacturer and marketer of Christmas
ornaments, collectibles, lighting and trim as well as other giftware and
decorative accessories, and Potpourri, a manufacturer and marketer of
Christmas products. The Company continually introduces new products and
expands the distribution of its existing products. As a result, the Company
has generated significant growth in net sales and EBITDA from $82.9 million
and $9.7 million, respectively, in 1991 to $169.5 million and $18.7 million,
respectively, in 1995. Furthermore, the Company believes that the continued
integration of the acquisitions into its existing business will position it
to increase sales and profitability.
Competitive Strengths
The Company's goal is to become the leading domestic, single-source
supplier of tabletop, giftware and seasonal products to retailers. To achieve
this goal, the Company will rely on its core competitive strengths, which are
as follows:
Leading Market Positions. The Company is one of the leading domestic
manufacturers and marketers of sterling silver flatware and sterling silver and
silverplated hollowware. These products are sold under the Wallace, Towle and
International Silver tradenames, which are well-recognized and date back to the
American Colonial period. In addition, the Company is one of the leading
domestic manufacturers of Christmas ornaments. These products are sold under the
Rauch and Silvestri tradenames, which are well-established brands for Christmas
and other seasonal merchandise. Historically, the Company has been able to
increase sales by leveraging its leading market positions, strong presence with
retailers and strong brand identity with consumers to introduce new products and
product categories.
Broad Portfolio of Products with Well-Recognized Tradenames. The Company
provides a broad offering of quality products at multiple price points. These
items range from exclusive prestige products, such as sterling silver
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flatware and hollowware, to moderately priced products, including
silverplated and stainless steel flatware, silverplated and brass hollowware
and other giftware and seasonal merchandise.
Syratech uses Company-owned and licensed tradenames as merchandising tools
to assist retailers in coordinating their product offerings and
differentiating their products from those of their competitors. In addition
to the Wallace, Towle, International, Rauch and Silvestri tradenames, the
Company markets giftware products under numerous other tradenames, including
Rochard(r), Holiday Workshop(r), Melannco(r) and Elements(r). The Company
believes that its strongest brands draw customers into retail stores
specifically to purchase products bearing those tradenames. In addition to
its own tradenames, the Company produces a variety of products under license
from certain entities including The Walt Disney Company(r), Cuisinart(r),
Victoria & Albert Museum(r) and Faberge, Inc.(r).
The Company recently acquired certain assets, including the intellectual
property, of Farberware, Inc. Following this acquisition, the Company
licensed the Farberware tradename to third parties for use on cookware and
bakeware, small electric and certain other commercial electric items. The
Company is currently marketing certain products under the Farberware
tradename and believes there are significant opportunities to develop the
tradename in other product categories which have not been otherwise licensed
to third parties.
The Company's diverse product lines allow it to target a wide range of
customers and to respond more effectively to changes in retail distribution
and consumer preferences. Furthermore, the vendor consolidation trend in the
retail industry increases demand for vendors, like the Company, who can make
timely deliveries of a broad range of quality products and provide
advertising and other sales support.
Diversified Distribution Channels. The Company sells its products to
approximately 30,000 customers in most major distribution channels, including
retail specialty stores, such as jewelry, seasonal and nonseasonal giftware
and collectible stores, department stores, mass market merchandisers,
catalogue showrooms, warehouse clubs, premium and incentive marketers, drug
store chains and home centers. The Company believes that the recent Rauch and
Silvestri acquisitions will strengthen the Company's presence with mass
market merchandisers and department and specialty stores, respectively. In
addition, the Company has a policy of not owning or operating Company outlet
stores and believes that this policy further strengthens relationships with
customers. The Company's broad customer base, both in terms of number of
customers and distribution channels, reduces exposure to any single customer
or distribution channel. In 1995, no single customer accounted for more than
6.3% of the Company's net sales.
Innovative Product Development. The vast majority of the Company's
products, including products that are sourced from outside vendors, are
designed by the Company's design team and independent designers in
conjunction with the Company's product development and marketing teams. The
Company's design and product development and marketing teams collaborate (i)
to introduce innovative new products and product categories, such as the
Holiday Workshop line of seasonal products, the Hostess Helpers(r) sterling
accessory line and a dinnerware category that coordinates with sterling
silver flatware and (ii) to develop acquired brands into successful product
lines for the Company, such as the Melannco lines of picture frames and photo
albums and the Elements glassware lines.
Integrated Manufacturing and Sourcing. The Company relies both on its own
domestic manufacturing capabilities and on a variety of suppliers located
primarily in the Asia Pacific Rim to deliver quality products at competitive
prices to its customers. The Company's decision to manufacture or to import
is based largely upon expertise, quality, availability and cost. In order to
ensure quality, imported products are generally manufactured using
Company-owned tools and dies. In 1995, through its import organization
comprised of approximately 150 employees, both in the U.S. and overseas, the
Company sourced products from approximately 160 manufacturers, with whom in
many cases it has had long-standing relationships.
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Business Strategy
The Company has developed and is implementing a business strategy to build
upon its core operating strengths and enhance profitability.
Leverage Recent Acquisitions. The Company believes that opportunities for
growth in sales and profitability exist through successfully integrating its
recent acquisitions into the Company's sales and marketing organization and
consolidating and rationalizing certain operations. Historically, the Company
has expanded and augmented acquired product lines through leveraging internal
marketing expertise and existing distribution relationships.
The Company plans to expand the distribution of Rauch and Silvestri
products by marketing them through the Company's established distribution
channels and also plans to add new products to their existing lines. By
integrating Rauch, Silvestri and Potpourri with the Company's internally
developed Holiday Workshop lines of seasonal products, the Company has
significantly expanded its product offerings in this product category, both
in terms of types of product and retail price points, and strengthened its
presence in major retail channels. In addition, the Company believes that
such strengthened presence will provide opportunities to cross-sell the
Company's tabletop and giftware product lines through Rauch and Silvestri
distribution channels.
Through the acquisition of C.J. Vander, the Company believes that it will
be able to expand the distribution of Wallace and Towle sterling silver and
silverplated product lines into the European market, primarily through C.J.
Vander's existing distribution channels. In addition, the Company intends to
expand the distribution of C.J. Vander products in the United States through
the Company's independent representatives who sell to high-end specialty and
department stores.
In addition, the Company believes that the recent acquisitions will enable
it to achieve cost savings through (i) the consolidation of warehouses,
showrooms and manufacturing facilities, (ii) efficiencies resulting from
increasing sales volume through its existing distribution network and (iii)
reductions in certain general and administrative expenses, such as MIS, human
resources and credit analysis. For example, the Company is consolidating its
distribution facilities in the Western United States by building its own
warehouse to reduce costs, increase capacity and serve its customers more
efficiently.
Expand Distribution of Existing Product Lines. The Company believes that
it has significant opportunities to expand the distribution of its existing
product lines by increasing the penetration of existing retailer customers
and the number of retail outlets to which it sells. Beginning in 1994, the
Company implemented a program with a specialty retailer and franchisee,
whereby the Company sources, markets and distributes giftware products for
the customer's retail system comprised of several thousand stores. As a
result, the Company has identified several growth opportunities, both in
terms of expanded product offerings and additional store coverage. In
addition, the Company intends to expand the distribution of several product
lines introduced in the past several years, such as Melannco and Elements,
which the Company believes are growth opportunities that have not yet been
fully exploited.
Broaden Product Offerings. The Company expects to make a number of new
product introductions each year. As a result of the planned investments in
tools, dies and machinery, the Company believes that it will be able to broaden
significantly its offering of Christmas and other seasonal merchandise beginning
in 1997. The Company intends to capitalize on the Farberware tradename by
introducing new products in categories as to which exclusive rights to the
tradename have not been granted to third parties. In addition, the Company
continues to expand and upgrade its line of sterling silver, silverplated and
other tabletop and giftware products.
Invest Further in Technology and Productivity to Maintain a Low-Cost
Structure. In order to support the growth of its business, during 1997 the
Company plans to invest $15 million to expand its manufacturing, warehousing
and distribution capabilities. The Company intends to invest in additional
application solutions to enhance its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and
warehousing capabilities. The Company plans to add a Warehousing Management
System (WMS) to each of its warehouses. These systems will enhance the
Company's ability to service its customers by improving its order processing
and logistics and storage utilization, minimizing order cycle times,
enhancing inventory management, and ensuring that customer orders are
processed efficiently. Additionally, the Company is planning to expand its
manufacturing capabilities by acquiring new tools, dies and
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machinery. The Company also has purchased a 828,000 square foot manufacturing
and distribution facility in Chester, South Carolina which will increase
production capacity and reduce costs.
Make Selected Acquisitions. The Company believes that the giftware and
seasonal markets and, to a lesser extent, the tabletop market are highly
fragmented with a number of small manufacturers and marketers of limited
products lines. The Company believes that these industry dynamics and the
continuing trend among retailers to consolidate their vendor base should
generate attractive opportunities to acquire complementary brands, products,
product categories and businesses that will provide operating synergies.
The Recapitalization
Pursuant to a Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement"), dated November 27, 1996, effective as of October 23, 1996,
between Syratech and THL I, THL I will be merged with and into Syratech (the
"Merger"), with Syratech surviving the Merger. The Merger, together with
financings discussed below, are collectively referred to as the
"Recapitalization." Pursuant to the terms of the Merger:
(i) All shares of Syratech Common Stock, other than those retained by
stockholders as discussed below, will be converted into the right to
receive $32 per share in cash following the Merger.
(ii) Stockholders of the Company, other than management, may elect to
retain up to 35% of their shares of Syratech Common Stock, up to a
maximum of 781,250 shares.
(iii) Mr. Leonard Florence, the Company's President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board, has agreed to retain 714,400
shares of Syratech Common Stock, and management, other than Mr.
Florence, is entitled to retain up to 25% of their holdings of
Syratech Common Stock. The total number of shares retained by Mr.
Florence and management is expected to be approximately 777,425,
which represents approximately $25 million, or approximately 20% of
the equity of the Company.
Upon consummation of the Merger:
(i) The common stock of THL I will be converted into an aggregate of
3,191,850 shares of Syratech Common Stock (less the number of shares
retained by stockholders other than Mr. Florence). As a result,
affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Company, including Thomas H. Lee Equity
Fund III, L.P., will own approximately $102 million (less the value
of shares retained by stockholders other than Mr. Florence) of the
common equity of the Company (the "Equity Investment"). This will
represent up to 81.7% of the equity of the Company.
(ii) Syratech will enter into the New Credit Facility, which will provide
for revolving credit borrowings of up to $130 million, and use a
portion of the borrowings thereunder, along with the proceeds from
the Senior Notes and the Equity Investment, (a) to pay stockholders
of Syratech $32 per share for their shares of Syratech Common Stock
which are not being retained, (b) to pay transaction fees and
expenses and (c) to refinance existing indebtedness of Syratech.
See "The Recapitalization," "Use of Proceeds" and "Description of Other
Indebtedness."
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The Offering
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Securities Offered $160.0 million aggregate principal amount of % Senior Notes due 2007 of the
Company (the "Senior Notes").
Maturity Date , 2007
Interest Payment Dates and , commencing , 1997.
Optional Redemption On or after , 2002, the Company may redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in
part, at the redemption prices set forth herein, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time on
or before , 2000, the Company may redeem up to 37-1/2% of the original
aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes, with the net cash proceeds of a public
offering of common stock of the Company, at a redemption price of % of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the
redemption date; provided that at least $100.0 million in aggregate principal
amount of Senior Notes remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption; and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 45 days
of the date of the closing of such public offering. See "Description of Senior
Notes -- Optional Redemption."
Ranking The Senior Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Company, ranking
senior to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the Company and
pari passu in right of payment with all other existing and future unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Company, including indebtedness under the New Credit Facility
(as defined herein). However, the obligations of the Company under the New Credit
Facility will be secured by the accounts receivable and inventory of the Company
and its domestic subsidiaries and, accordingly, such indebtedness will effectively
rank senior to the Senior Notes to the extent of such assets. As of September 30,
1996, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Recapitalization, including
the Offering and the application of the proceeds therefrom, as described under
"Use of Proceeds," the Company and its subsidiaries would have had $108.8 million
of secured indebtedness (including outstanding letters of credit) which would have
effectively ranked senior to the Senior Notes.
Subsidiary Guarantees The payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Senior Notes will
be unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis (the "Subsidiary
Guarantees") by each of the Company's domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Guarantors"). The Subsidiary Guarantees will rank senior to all existing and
future subordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors and pari passu with all other
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors, including the guarantees of
indebtedness under the New Credit Facility. The Guarantors' obligations under the
New Credit Facility, however, will be secured by a lien on certain assets of the
Guarantors and, accordingly, such indebtedness will rank prior to the Subsidiary
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Guarantees with respect to such assets. However, the Company's direct and indirect
foreign subsidiaries will not provide any guarantees of, or other credit support
for, the Senior Notes, and, accordingly, the indebtedness and other liabilities of
such subsidiaries will effectively rank senior in right of payment to the Senior
Notes to the extent of the assets of such subsidiaries. As of September 30, 1996,
such subsidiaries had indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade
payables) of $3.9 million.
Change of Control Upon a Change of Control (as defined herein), the Company will be required to make
an offer to repurchase all outstanding Senior Notes at 101% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of
repurchase. See "Description of Senior Notes -- Repurchase at the Option of
Holders -- Change of Control."
Covenants The Indenture pursuant to which the Senior Notes will be issued (the "Indenture")
will restrict, among other things, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries
to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make certain other restricted
payments, incur liens, engage in any sale and leaseback transaction, sell stock of
subsidiaries, apply net proceeds from certain asset sales, merge or consolidate
with any other person, sell, assign, transfer, lease, envy or otherwise dispose of
substantially all of the assets of the Company, enter into certain transactions
with affiliates, or incur indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to
any Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to the Senior Notes or a
Subsidiary Guarantee.
Use of Proceeds The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering, together with the net
proceeds of the Equity Investment and borrowings under the New Credit Facility (i)
to support the Recapitalization (ii) to pay transaction costs associated with the
Recapitalization and (iii) to refinance existing indebtedness. See "Use of
Proceeds."
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Risk Factors
See "Risk Factors" for a discussion of certain factors that should be
considered in evaluating an investment in the Notes.
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Summary Consolidated Historical Financial Data
The following table presents summary consolidated historical financial
information as of December 31, 1991 through 1995 and for each of the years in
the five-year period ended December 31, 1995 and has been derived from the
consolidated financial statements of the Company. The consolidated balance
sheets of the Company as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 1995, together with the notes
thereto and the related report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors, are included elsewhere herein. The information presented for the
nine-month periods ended September 30, 1995 and September 30, 1996 has been
derived from the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company.
Such unaudited financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as
the audited financial statements and, in the opinion of management, include
all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary
to present fairly the information set forth herein. Results for the nine
months ended September 30, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of the results
to be expected for the year ending December 31, 1996. The information set
forth below should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto of the Company included
elsewhere in this Prospectus.
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Nine Months
Ended
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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(in thousands)
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Income Statement Data(1):
Net sales $82,871 $103,735 $122,682 $147,291 $169,520 $118,619 $182,727
Cost of sales 55,280 70,361 84,643 104,600 119,836 85,294 130,303
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Gross profit 27,591 33,374 38,039 42,691 49,684 33,325 52,424
Selling, general and administrative expenses 20,379 24,364 27,727 31,613 34,239 24,004 39,161
Other operating income -- -- -- -- -- -- 5,057(2)
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Income from operations 7,212 9,010 10,312 11,078 15,445 9,321 18,320
Interest expense (2,474) (2,757) (948) (559) (287) (212) (2,083)
Interest income 98 23 82 98 4,881 3,414 662
Other income -- -- -- -- -- -- 11,900(3)
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Income before income taxes and
extraordinary item 4,836 6,276 9,446 10,617 20,039 12,523 28,799
Provision for income taxes 1,286 1,657 2,390 2,758 6,863 4,289 10,080
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Income from continuing operations before
extraordinary item 3,550 4,619 7,056 7,859 13,176 8,234 18,719
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations,
net of income taxes 5,948 10,284 10,838 12,068 2,572 2,572 --
Gain on sale of Syroco, Inc., net of income
taxes -- -- -- -- 30,451 30,451 --
Extraordinary item insurance settlement,
net of income taxes 1,126 -- -- -- -- -- --
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Net income $10,624 $ 14,903 $ 17,894 $ 19,927 $ 46,199 $ 41,257 $ 18,719
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December 31,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance Sheet Data:
Working capital $32,601 $ 87,458 $105,115 $125,136 $122,050 $118,686
Total assets 99,554 141,294 152,060 190,684 220,566 310,349
Total debt(4) 27,481 6,446 5,060 15,379 51,735(5) 82,155
Stockholders' equity 52,228 112,381 131,005 152,100 146,596 165,509
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Nine Months
Ended
December 31, September 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Other Financial Data:
EBITDA(6) $ 9,711 $11,824 $13,363 $14,348 $18,698 $11,747 $16,687
Capital expenditures 13,519 5,557 2,781 2,603 2,679 1,645 10,161
Depreciation and amortization 2,499 2,814 3,051 3,270 3,253 2,426 3,424
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(7) 2.6x 2.9x 7.4x 10.2x 23.4x 19.4x 9.2x
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(1) The income statement has been restated to reflect Syroco, Inc. as a
discontinued operation. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Recent Transactions."
(2) Consists of income from the sale of Farberware inventory, and other
operating income, net of certain selling, general and administrative
expenses, relating to the sale of Farberware inventory. The Company has
licensed the right to manufacture, market and distribute these products
to a third party. See "Business--Recent Transactions."
(3) Consists of nonrecurring pre-tax income related to licensing the
Farberware name on cookware and bakeware.
(4) Consists of long-term debt, notes payable and current maturities of
long-term debt.
(5) Reflects temporary borrowings of $51,735 made on December 29, 1995 in
connection with the purchase by the Company, for retirement of 3,065
shares of Common Stock owned by affiliates of Katy Industries, Inc. (the
"Katy Stock Repurchase"). These borrowings were paid on January 2, 1996.
(6) "EBITDA" is defined herein as income before income taxes, plus
depreciation and amortization expense and interest expense, net, and for
1996, less other income related to the sale of Farberware inventory,
other operating income and the non-recurring pre-tax income related to
licensing the Farberware name on cookware and bakeware. EBITDA is
presented because the Company believes it is a widely accepted financial
indicator of a company's ability to service and/or incur indebtedness.
However, EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income
as a measure of operating results or to cash flows as a measure of
liquidity in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
EBITDA (subject to certain adjustments) is a factor in certain of the
covenants in the New Credit Facility and the Indenture governing the
Senior Notes.
(7) For purposes of computing this ratio, earnings consist of income from
continuing operations before income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed
charges consist of interest expense, and one-third of the rent expense
from operating leases, which management believes is a reasonable
approximation of an interest factor.
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Summary Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data
The following table presents unaudited summary pro forma consolidated
financial data of the Company, as adjusted to give effect to the
Recapitalization, the Rauch Acquisition, the Katy Stock Repurchase and the
Company's disposal of Syroco, Inc. on April 11, 1995 (the "Syroco, Inc.
Disposal"), which have been derived from, and should be read in conjunction
with, the unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements,
including the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. See "Pro
Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements." The selected pro forma
consolidated financial data are presented for illustrative purposes only and
are not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position
that would have occurred if the Recapitalization or other transactions had
been consummated on the dates indicated, nor are they necessarily indicative
of future operating results or financial position.
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Pro Forma Unaudited
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Year Ended Nine Months Ended
December 31, September 30,
1995 1996
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(dollars in thousands)
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Income Statement Data:
Net sales $228,439 $183,336
Cost of goods sold 168,774 130,580
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Gross profit 59,665 52,756
Selling, general and administrative expenses 44,677 40,255
Other operating income -- 5,057 (1)
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Income from operations 14,988 17,558
Interest expense (19,958)(2) (18,429)(2)
Interest income -- 683
Other income 157 --
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Loss before provision (benefit) for income taxes (4,813) (188)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (1,685) (65)
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Loss from continuing operations $ (3,128) $ (123)
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Balance Sheet Data:
Working capital $191,309
Total assets 310,905
Total debt(3) 252,083
Stockholders' deficit (3,863)
Other Financial Data:
EBITDA(4) $ 20,088 $ 16,056
Capital expenditures 5,162 10,254
Depreciation and amortization 4,943 3,555
Adjusted EBITDA(5) 17,508
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(6) --
Ratio of total debt to EBITDA --
Ratio of total debt to Adjusted EBITDA --
Ratio of EBITDA to cash interest expense 0.9x
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to cash interest expense 1.0x
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(1) Consists of income from the sale of Farberware inventory and other
operating income, net of certain selling, general and administrative
expenses, relating to the sale of Farberware inventory. The Company
licensed the right to manufacture, market and distribute these products
to a third party. See "Business--Recent Transactions."
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(2) The pro forma statements give effect to the Recapitalization and the
corresponding increase in debt levels and interest expense. Because
interest rates in connection with the Senior Notes and the New Credit
Facility have not been determined as of the date of this Prospectus, the
Company has estimated pro forma interest expense for purposes of this
presentation. See "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements"
for additional information on assumed interest rates and the effects on
certain income statement items of incremental changes in such assumed
interest rates.
(3) Consists of long-term debt and borrowings under the revolving line of
credit. Excludes $16,758 of letters of credit outstanding.
(4) "EBITDA" is defined herein as income before income taxes, plus
depreciation and amortization expense and interest expense, net, and for
1996, less other income related to the sale of Farberware inventory and
other operating income. EBITDA is presented because the Company believes
it is a widely accepted financial indicator of a company's ability to
service and/or incur indebtedness. However, EBITDA should not be
considered as an alternative to net income as a measure of operating
results or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. EBITDA (subject to certain
adjustments) is a factor in certain of the covenants in the New Credit
Facility and the Indenture governing the Senior Notes.
(5) "Adjusted EBITDA" is defined herein as EBITDA adjusted for certain items
of expense which are not expected to be continuing costs to the Company.
These items consist of Rauch salaries and related benefits of $454 and
Silvestri expenses of $998 including showroom, warehouse and freight
expenses.
(6) For purposes of computing this ratio, earnings consist of income before
income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest
expense, amortization of debt issuance costs and one-third of the rent
expense from operating leases, which management believes is a reasonable
approximation of an interest factor. As a result of the pro forma loss
incurred for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months ended
September 30, 1996, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by
$4,813 and $188, respectively.
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective investors should carefully consider the specific factors set
forth below as well as the other information included in the Prospectus
before deciding to purchase the Senior Notes offered hereby.
Significant Leverage and Debt Service; Effective Subordination
On a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the Recapitalization,
including this Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom,
the Company's total debt and stockholders' deficit as of September 30, 1996
would have been $252.1 million (excluding approximately $16.8 million of
letters of credit outstanding) and $3.9 million, respectively, and the
Company's earnings would have been insufficient to cover fixed charges by
$4.8 million and $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the
nine months ended September 30, 1996, respectively. See "Capitalization,"
"Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements," and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations --
Liquidity and Capital Resources."
The Company's level of indebtedness will have several important effects on
its future operations, including (i) a substantial portion of the Company's
cash flow from operations must be dedicated to the payment of interest on its
indebtedness and will not be available for other purposes, (ii) covenants
contained in the New Credit Facility and the Indenture governing the Senior
Notes will require the Company to meet certain financial tests, and other
restrictions may limit its ability to borrow additional funds or to dispose
of assets and may affect the Company's flexibility in planning for, and
reacting to, changes in its business, including possible acquisition
activities, and (iii) the Company's ability to obtain additional financing in
the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, general
corporate purposes or other purposes may be impaired. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations --
Liquidity and Capital Resources."
The Company's ability to meet its debt service obligations and to reduce
its total indebtedness will be dependent upon the Company's future
performance, which will be subject to general economic conditions and to
financial, business and other factors affecting the operations of the
Company, many of which are beyond its control. Based upon the current and
anticipated level of operations, the Company believes, however, that its cash
flow from operations, together with amounts available under the New Credit
Facility, will be adequate to meet its anticipated requirements in the
foreseeable future for working capital, capital expenditures, interest
payments and scheduled principal payments. There can be no assurance,
however, that the Company's business will continue to generate cash flow at
or above current levels. If the Company is unable to generate sufficient cash
flow from operations in the future to service its debt, it may be required to
refinance all or a portion of its existing debt, including the Senior Notes,
or to obtain additional financing. There can be no assurance that any such
refinancing would be possible or that any additional financing could be
obtained. The inability to obtain additional financing could have a material
adverse effect on the Company. For example, a default by the Company under
the terms of the Indenture would result in a default under the terms of the
New Credit Facility.
Additionally, a substantial portion of the Company's other indebtedness,
particularly under the New Credit Facility, will mature prior to the Senior
Notes and the New Credit Facility will be secured by a lien on accounts
receivable and inventory, while the Senior Notes represent unsecured
obligations of the Company. Accordingly, the lender(s) under the New Credit
Facility (and any other indebtedness secured by assets of the Company) will
have a claim ranking effectively prior to that of the holders of the Senior
Notes with respect to the proceeds of assets securing such indebtedness.
The Company also conducts substantial operations through its direct and
indirect subsidiaries which are not incorporated in the United States (the
"Foreign Subsidiaries"). The Foreign Subsidiaries will not provide guarantees
of, or other credit support for, the Senior Notes. Consequently, the Company's
obligations under the Senior Notes will be effectively subordinated to the
indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of the Foreign
Subsidiaries. As of December 31, 1995, the Foreign Subsidiaries had identifiable
assets of $7.4 million and for the year then ended the Foreign Subsidiaries had
income from operations of $5.6 million. See Note 13 to Consolidated Financial
Statements of Syratech. As of September 30, 1996, the Foreign Subsidiaries had
indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of $3.9 million.
Competition
The tabletop, giftware and seasonal products markets are highly
competitive. Competition is affected not only by the large number of domestic
manufacturers, but also by the large volume of foreign imports. Several of
the
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Company's competitors are larger and may have greater financial resources
than the Company. The Company's products may compete indirectly with a broad
range of products not offered by the Company. A number of factors affect
competition in the sale of tabletop, giftware, seasonal and other products of
the types manufactured, imported and sold by the Company. Among these are
brand identification, style, design, packaging, price, quality, promotion and
the level of service provided to customers. The importance of these
competitive factors varies from customer to customer and from product to
product. See "Business--Competition."
Dependence Upon Key Personnel
The Company is currently dependent upon the ability and experience of its
senior management team, including Leonard Florence, Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer, E. Merle Randolph, Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Melvin L. Levine, Vice President of
Purchasing, and Alan R. Kanter, Vice President of Sales. The loss of any of
these executives could adversely affect the Company. In connection with the
Merger, these executives will continue to be employed by the Company pursuant
to their current employment agreements with certain modifications. See
"Management--Employment Agreements." The terms of the employment agreements
for these four executives will be five years in the case of Messrs. Florence
and Levine and three years in the case of Messrs. Randolph and Kanter. The
Company does not maintain policies of "key person" life insurance on the life
of any of its executives.
Retail Industry
The Company sells its products to retailers, including department and
specialty stores, mass market merchandisers, catalogue showrooms, discount
wholesalers, warehouse clubs, premium and incentive marketers, drug and
supermarket chains, jewelers and home centers and through other channels of
distribution. Certain of such retailers have engaged in leveraged buyouts or
transactions in which they incurred a significant amount of debt, and some
are currently operating under the protection of the federal bankruptcy laws.
As a result of these financial difficulties and bankruptcy and insolvency
proceedings, the Company may be unable to collect some or all amounts owed by
these retailers. Additionally, all or part of the operations of a retailer
that seeks bankruptcy or other debtor protection may be discontinued or sales
of the Company's products to such a retailer may be curtailed or terminated
as a result of such bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.
As is customary in the retail industry, the Company generally does not
enter into written agreements with customers but relies on orders that are
cancelable until shipment.
The Company's business is sensitive to consumer spending patterns, which
in turn are subject to prevailing economic conditions. Future economic
recessions could have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial
condition and results of operations.
Future Acquisitions
The Company expects to continue a strategy of identifying and acquiring
companies with complementary products or services that may be expected to
enhance the Company's operations and profitability. There can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to identify appropriate acquisition candidates,
negotiate appropriate acquisition terms, obtain financing which may be needed
to effect such acquisitions or integrate acquisitions successfully into the
Company's operations or that any of such acquisitions will prove profitable.
Seasonality
Historically, the Company has realized its highest sales and profit levels
in its third and fourth quarters as a result of the buying patterns
associated with the Christmas selling season. The Company expects that the
recent Rauch and Silvestri acquisitions and the acquisition of certain assets
of Potpourri Press will intensify the degree of seasonality that the Company
historically has experienced as the vast majority of Rauch, Silvestri and
Potpourri products are Christmas items. The Company's needs for working
capital accelerate in the second half of the year and, accordingly, total
debt levels tend to peak in the third and fourth quarters, falling off again
in the first quarter of the following year. The amount of the Company's sales
generated during the second half of the year generally depends upon a number
of factors, including general economic conditions, and other factors beyond
the Company's control. The Company's results of operations would be adversely
and disproportionately affected if the Company's sales were substantially
lower than those normally expected during the second half of the year.
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Foreign Sources of Supply
Many of the Company's products are manufactured to its specifications by
foreign manufacturers located principally in Hong Kong, India, Korea, Taiwan,
the People's Republic of China and Japan. In 1995, the Company purchased an
aggregate of approximately $81 million of products from approximately 160
foreign manufacturers. No vendor accounted for 10% or more of such purchases
in 1995. The Company does not have information on the financial condition of
its major foreign vendors, all of which are privately held. Of the Company's
foreign purchases in 1995, approximately 92% were from vendors located in the
Far East and approximately 7% were from vendors located in India. The
Company's arrangements with its manufacturers are subject to the risks of
doing business abroad, including risks associated with economic or political
instability in countries in which such manufacturers are located, labor
strikes and risks associated with foreign currency and potential import
restrictions. The Company also is subject to risks associated with the
availability of, and time required for, the transportation of products from
foreign countries, including shipping losses or lost sales that may result
from delays or interruptions in shipping.
Price and Availability of Raw Materials
Collectively, the Company and its four major competitors in the sterling
silver flatware market account for substantially all sterling silver flatware
sales in the United States. Prices of silver are subject to fluctuation. The
price of silver has ranged, according to the closing prices of Handy & Harman
Inc. (the "Handy & Harman Price"), from $3.545 per troy ounce to $6.01 per
troy ounce during the five-year period ended September 30, 1996. A prolonged
significant increase in silver prices could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's results of operations. The Handy & Harman Price for a troy
ounce of silver on , 1996 was $ . Silver used by the Company in the
manufacture of its tabletop and giftware products represents less than 5% of
its Cost of Goods Sold. See "Business--Manufacturing and Raw Materials."
Environmental Regulation
The Company's manufacturing operations, including silverplating, chrome
plating, tool making and painting, routinely involve the handling of waste
materials that are classified as hazardous. The Company is subject to certain
domestic federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations concerning
the handling, containment and disposal of hazardous substances, and
therefore, in the ordinary course of its business, the Company incurs
compliance costs and may be required to incur clean-up costs. In addition,
the Company's C.J. Vander facility is subject to many environmental
regulations related to its manufacturing operations in the United Kingdom.
Actions by federal, state, local and foreign governments concerning
environmental matters could result in laws or regulations that could increase
the cost of producing the products manufactured by the Company or otherwise
adversely affect the demand for its products. In addition, the future costs
of compliance with environmental laws and regulations and liabilities
resulting from currently unknown circumstances or developments could be
substantial and could have a material adverse effect on the Company. For
example, certain laws and regulations could impose liability upon the Company
for any historic releases of hazardous substances from facilities that it has
owned or operated, or, from facilities to which its waste materials have been
transported for treatment or disposal.
Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
The Company markets its products under many well-recognized tradenames,
including Wallace Silversmiths(R), International Silver Company(R), Towle
Silversmiths(R), Farberware(R), Tuttle Sterling(R), C.J. Vander Ltd.(tm),
Rauch Industries, Inc.(R), Silvestri(R), Rochard(R), Elements(R) and 1847
Rogers Bros.(R) The success of the Company's various businesses depends in
part on the Company's ability to use these tradenames as well as certain
proprietary designs and trademarks on an exclusive basis in reliance upon the
protections afforded by applicable copyright, patent and trademark laws and
regulations. The loss of certain of the Company's rights to such designs,
trademarks and tradenames or the inability of the Company effectively to
protect or enforce such rights could adversely affect the Company.
Labor Relations
The Company believes that its relationship with its employees is good. The
Company's employees are not represented by labor unions; however, Rauch,
which merged with the Company on February 15, 1996, was a subject of efforts
by UNITE (the "Union") in the fall of 1995 to organize Rauch's employees. A
scheduled Union election was postponed because the Union filed unfair labor
practice charges against Rauch with the National Labor
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Relations Board (the "NLRB"). These charges, which related to allegations of
threats and promises by Rauch officials and the termination of certain
employees, were settled pursuant to an agreement between Rauch and the Union.
On May 2, 1996, the NLRB approved the agreement and the Union's request that
the petition for an election be withdrawn with prejudice.
Potential Inability to Fund a Change of Control Offer
Upon a Change of Control Offer (as defined in the Indenture), the Company
will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding Senior Notes at 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date
of repurchase. However, there can be no assurance that sufficient funds will
be available at the time of any Change of Control to make any required
repurchases of Senior Notes tendered. Moreover, restrictions in the New
Credit Facility prohibit the Company from making such required repurchases;
consequently, any such repurchases would constitute an event of default under
the New Credit Facility. There can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to obtain appropriate consents under the New Credit Facility to enable
it to fulfill such repurchase obligations. Notwithstanding these provisions,
the Company could enter into certain transactions, including certain
recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control but would
increase the amount of debt outstanding at such time. See "Description of
Senior Notes--Repurchase at the Option of Holders."
Fraudulent Conveyance Considerations
Under applicable provisions of federal bankruptcy law or comparable
provisions of state fraudulent conveyance law, if, among other things, the
Company or any of the Guarantors, at the time it incurred the indebtedness
evidenced by the Senior Notes or its Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may
be, (i)(a) was or is insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such
occurrence or (b) was or is engaged in a business or transaction for which
the assets remaining with the Company or such Guarantor constituted
unreasonably small capital or (c) intended or intends to incur, or believed
or believes that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to apply such debts
as they mature, and (ii) the Company or such Guarantor received or receives
less than the reasonably equivalent value of fair consideration for the
incurrence of such indebtedness, the Senior Notes and the Subsidiary
Guarantees could be voided, or claims in respect of the Senior Notes or such
Subsidiary Guarantees could be subordinated to all other debts of the Company
or such Guarantors, as the case may be. The voiding or subordination of any
such pledges or other security interests or of any of such indebtedness could
result in an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to
such indebtedness, which could result in acceleration thereof. In addition,
the payment of interest and principal by the Company pursuant to the Senior
Notes or the payment of amounts by a Guarantor pursuant to a Subsidiary
Guarantee could be voided and required to be returned to the person making
such payment, or to fund for the benefit of the creditors of the Company or
such Guarantor, as the case may be.
The measures of insolvency for purposes of the foregoing considerations
will vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding with respect to
the foregoing. Generally, however, the Company or a Guarantor would be
considered insolvent if (i) the sum of its debts, including contingent
liabilities, were greater than the saleable value of all of its assets at a
fair valuation or if the present saleable value of its assets were less than
the amount of its probable liability on its existing debts, including
contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature or (ii) it could
not pay its debts as they become due.
To the extent any Subsidiary Guarantees were voided as a fraudulent
conveyance or held unenforceable for any other reason, holders of Senior
Notes would cease to have any claim in respect of such Guarantor and would be
creditors solely of the Company and any Guarantor whose Subsidiary Guarantee
was not avoided or held unenforceable. In such event, the claims of the
holders of Senior Notes against the issuer of an invalid Subsidiary Guarantee
would be subject to the prior payment of all liabilities and preferred stock
claims of such Guarantor. There can be no assurance that, after providing for
all prior claims and preferred stock interests, if any, there would be
sufficient assets to satisfy the claims of the holders of Senior Notes
relating to any voided portions of any Subsidiary Guarantees. The Company is
a holding company whose material assets consist primarily of the capital
stock of the Guarantors. Consequently, the Company is dependent upon
dividends paid by the Guarantors to pay its operating expenses, service its
debt obligations, including the Senior Notes, and satisfy any mandatory
repurchase obligations relating to the Senior Notes, as a result of a Change
of Control or a sale or other disposition of certain assets. See "Description
of Senior Notes" and "Description of Other Indebtedness."
On the basis of their historical financial information, recent operating
history as discussed in "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
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Condition and Results of Operations" and other factors, each of the Company
and each Guarantor believes that, after giving effect to the indebtedness
incurred in connection with the Offering, it (i) will not be insolvent, will
not have unreasonably small capital for the businesses in which it is engaged
and will not incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature
and (ii) will have sufficient assets to satisfy any probable money judgment
against it in any pending action. There can be no assurance, however, as to
what standard a court would apply in making such determinations.
Absence of Public Market
There is no existing public market for the Senior Notes and the Company
does not intend to list the Senior Notes on any national securities exchange.
Although the Underwriters have advised the Company that they currently intend
to make a market in the Senior Notes, the Underwriters are not obligated to
do so and may discontinue such market-making at any time. Accordingly, there
can be no assurance that an active market will develop upon completion of
this Offering or, if developed, that such market will be sustained. The
initial offering price of the Senior Notes will be determined through
negotiations between the Company and the Underwriters, and may bear no
relationship to the market price of the Senior Notes after the Offering.
Factors such as quarterly or cyclical variations in the Company's financial
condition and results of operations, variations in interest rates, future
announcements concerning the Company or its competitors, government
regulation, general economic and other conditions could cause the market
price of the Senior Notes to fluctuate substantially.
Control by the Thomas H. Lee Company
Upon completion of the Recapitalization, at least 60% and up to 81.7% of
the outstanding shares of Syratech Common Stock will be held by affiliates of
Thomas H. Lee Company, including Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P. (the
"Fund"), which will own at least 50%. Accordingly, the Fund will control the
Company and have the power to elect all of its directors, appoint new
management and to approve any action requiring the approval of the holders of
Syratech Common Stock, including adopting amendments to the Company's Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and approving mergers or sales of
substantially all of the Company's assets. The directors elected by the Fund
will have the authority to effect decisions affecting the capital structure
of the Company, including the issuance of additional capital stock, the
implementation of stock repurchase programs and the declaration of dividends.
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THE RECAPITALIZATION
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, THL I will be merged with and into
Syratech (the "Merger"), with Syratech surviving the Merger. Pursuant to the
terms of the Merger Agreement, all shares of Syratech Common Stock, other
than those retained by stockholders as discussed below, will be converted
into the right to receive $32 per share in cash following the Merger. In
addition, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, stockholders of the
Company, other than members of Management (defined as those executive
officers listed in Syratech's 1996 Proxy Statement) may elect to retain up to
35% of their shares of Syratech Common Stock. The total number of shares of
Syratech Common Stock which may be retained by stockholders, other than
Management, is 781,250. To the extent that stockholders (other than
Management) elect to retain more than an aggregate of 781,250 shares of
Syratech Common Stock, the number of shares they will be entitled to retain
will be subject to proration. Mr. Leonard Florence, the Company's President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, is required by the Merger
Agreement to retain 714,400 shares of Syratech Common Stock. Management,
other than Mr. Florence, are entitled to retain up to 25% of their holdings
of Syratech Common Stock, and such amounts will not be subject to proration.
See "Certain Transactions." The consummation of the Merger is subject to
certain significant conditions, including obtaining the consent of the
holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Syratech Common
Stock at the meeting of such holders scheduled for March , 1997, as well as
obtaining other required consents and the completion of financing.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger, affiliates of Thomas
H. Lee Company, including Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P., will invest
approximately $102 million (less the value of shares retained by stockholders
other than Mr. Florence) in the common equity of THL I (the "Equity
Investment"). In connection with the consummation of the Recapitalization,
the Company will pay Thomas H. Lee Company a closing fee of $3 million. See
"Certain Transactions." Upon consummation of the Merger, the common stock of
THL I will be converted into an aggregate of 3,191,850 shares of Syratech
Common Stock (less the number of shares retained by stockholders of the
Company other than Mr. Florence). See "Risk Factors--Control by Thomas H. Lee
Company."
In addition, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, Syratech
will enter into the New Credit Facility. See "Description of Other
Indebtedness." The proceeds from the Senior Notes, the equity investment in
THL I by affiliates of the Thomas H. Lee Company and a portion of the
borrowings under the New Credit Facility will be used (i) to pay stockholders
of Syratech $32 per share for their shares of Syratech Common Stock which are
not being retained, (ii) to pay transaction fees and expenses and (iii) to
refinance existing indebtedness of Syratech. See "Use of Proceeds." The
closing of these financings, including the Offering, will occur concurrently
with, and will be conditioned upon, the consummation of the Merger. The
financings, together with the Merger, are collectively referred to as the
"Recapitalization".
The sources and uses of funds in connection with the Recapitalization are
as follows (derived from the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements set forth elsewhere in this Prospectus):
(dollars in thousands)
Sources of Funds:
New Credit Facility proceeds (1) $ 92,083
Senior Notes proceeds 160,000
Syratech cash at September 30, 1996 9,532
Cash from exercise of employee stock options 2,998
Equity contribution:
THL I 100,122
Retained by Management (2) 24,878
--------
Total Sources $389,613
========
Uses of Funds:
Merger consideration (2) $284,958
Repayment of existing debt 82,155
Fees and expenses 22,500
--------
Total Uses $389,613
========
- ----------
(1) The Company expects that a $130,000 New Credit Facility, including a
letter of credit sub-limit of $30,000, will be available for working
capital and general corporate purposes. The amount shown excludes $16,758
of letters of credit which will be issued to replace existing letters of
credit. See "Description of Other Indebtedness."
(2) Includes 714,400 shares retained by Mr. Florence and 63,025 shares to be
retained by other members of Management.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds to be received by the Company from the issuance of the
Senior Notes are estimated to be approximately $ million, after deduction
of underwriting discounts and commissions, but prior to payment of other
related fees and expenses. The net proceeds of the issuance of the Senior
Notes will be used, together with the proceeds of the Equity Investment and
the borrowings under the New Credit Facility, (i) to support the
Recapitalization, including the refinancing of the Company's existing
indebtedness, and (ii) to pay transaction costs associated with the
Recapitalization. The Company's current credit facilities have maturity dates
of November 30, 1997 and May 31, 1997. On December 16, 1996, the weighted
average interest rate on borrowings under such facilities was 7.5%.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the consolidated capitalization of the
Company as of September 30, 1996, and on a pro forma basis to give effect to
the Offering, and the application of the net proceeds therefrom in connection
with the Recapitalization. This table should be read in conjunction with "Pro
Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" and the Notes thereto
included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, 1996
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Actual Pro Forma
-------- ---------
(in thousands except
share data)
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents $ 9,532 $ --
======== ========
Total debt:
Short-term indebtedness $ 82,155 $ --
New Credit Facility (1) -- 92,083
Senior Notes offered hereby -- 160,000
-------- --------
Total debt 82,155 252,083
-------- --------
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Preferred Stock, $.10 par value; 500,000 shares authorized, no shares
issued or outstanding (135,000 shares designated Series A Preferred Stock),
actual basis; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding, pro forma basis -- --
Common Stock, $.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 8,676,849
shares issued, actual basis; shares authorized, 3,906,250 shares
issued and outstanding, pro forma basis 87 39
Additional paid in capital 9,835 --
Retained earnings (deficit) 155,447 (4,045)
Cumulative translation adjustment 143 143
Less: Treasury stock; 218 shares at cost, actual basis; no shares, pro forma
basis (3) --
-------- --------
Total stockholders' equity (deficit) (2) 165,509 (3,863)
-------- --------
Total capitalization $247,664 $248,220
======== ========
</TABLE>
- ----------
(1) The Company expects that a $130,000 New Credit Facility, including a
letter of credit sub-limit of $30,000, will be available for working
capital and general corporate purposes. The amount shown excludes $16,758
of letters of credit which will be issued to replace existing letters of
credit. See "Description of Other Indebtedness."
(2) The pro forma stockholders' deficit is attributed to the following
adjustments:
(in thousands)
Historical stockholders' equity $ 165,509
Common Stock converted by existing stockholders (a) (260,080)
Equity contribution (b) 100,122
Cash proceeds from exercise of employee stock options 2,998
Costs and expenses incurred, net of deferred financing
cost capitalized (12,412)
---------
Pro forma stockholders' deficit $ (3,863)
=========
- ----------
(a) Assumes non-cash election is not exercised.
(b) Assumes non-management stockholders do not elect to retain Syratech
Common Stock.
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PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial
statements (the "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements") have
been derived by the application of pro forma adjustments to the Company's
historical financial statements included in this Prospectus. The pro forma
condensed consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December
31, 1995 and for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 give effect to the
Recapitalization and related transactions and the acquisition of Rauch as if
such transactions were consummated as of the beginning of the earliest period
presented. The pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for
the year ended December 31, 1995 also includes the Katy Stock Repurchase and
the Syroco, Inc. Disposal as if they were consummated on January 1, 1995. The
acquisition of C. J. Vander and the Silvestri product line were not material
to the condensed consolidated financial statements and as such are not
included in the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The
pro forma balance sheet gives effect to the Recapitalization and related
transactions as if such transactions had occurred as of September 30, 1996.
The adjustments are described in the accompanying notes. The Pro Forma
Financial Statements should not be considered indicative of actual results
that would have been achieved had the Recapitalization and related
transactions been consummated on the date or for the periods indicated and do
not purport to indicate balance sheet data or results of operations as of any
future date or for any future period. The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's
historical financial statements and the notes thereto included in this
Prospectus. See "Available Information" and "Incorporation of Certain
Documents by Reference."
The pro forma adjustments were applied to the respective historical
financial statements to reflect and account for the Merger as a
recapitalization. Accordingly, the historical basis of the Company's assets
and liabilities has not been impacted by the transaction.
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PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, 1996
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Historical Pro Forma
Syratech Recapitalization Syratech
Corporation Adjustments Corporation
----------- ---------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents $ 9,532 $ (9,532)(1) $ --
Accounts receivable, net 117,199 -- 117,199
Inventories 105,297 -- 105,297
Deferred income taxes 8,193 -- 8,193
Prepaid expenses and other 1,737 -- 1,737
Net assets of discontinued operations 105 -- 105
-------- --------- --------
Total current assets 242,063 (9,532) 232,531
Property, plant and equipment, net 60,831 -- 60,831
Purchase price in excess of net assets acquired 6,994 -- 6,994
Other assets 461 10,088 (2) 10,549
-------- --------- --------
Total $310,349 $ 556 $310,905
======== ========= ========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Revolving loan and notes payable $ 82,155 $ (82,155)(3) $ --
Accounts payable 16,586 -- 16,586
Accrued expenses 14,392 -- 14,392
Accrued compensation 3,256 -- 3,256
Accrued advertising 4,779 -- 4,779
Income taxes payable 2,209 -- 2,209
-------- --------- --------
Total current liabilities 123,377 (82,155) 41,222
Long-term debt 252,083 (4) 252,083
Deferred income taxes 18,795 -- 18,795
Pension liability 2,668 -- 2,668
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Preferred stock
Common stock 87 (48)(5)(6) 39
Additional paid-in capital 9,835 (9,835)(6) --
Retained earnings (deficit) 155,447 (159,492)(2)(6) (4,045)
Cumulative translation adjustment 143 -- 143
Less: Treasury stock (3) 3 (6)(7) --
-------- --------- --------
Total stockholders' equity (deficit) 165,509 (169,372) (3,863)
-------- --------- --------
Total $310,349 $ 556 $310,905
======== ========= ========
</TABLE>
See notes to pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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NOTES TO PRO FORMA
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(in thousands except share data)
The pro forma financial data have been derived by the application of pro
forma adjustments to the Company's historical financial statements for the
period noted. The Merger has been accounted for as a recapitalization which
will have no impact on the historical basis of assets and liabilities. The
pro forma financial data assumes that there are no dissenting stockholders to
the Merger.
(1) The net effect of the Merger, as if it occurred on September 30, 1996,
reflects the following:
Sources of Funds:
New Credit Facility proceeds (a) $ 92,083
Senior Notes proceeds 160,000
Syratech cash at September 30, 1996 9,532
Cash from exercise of employee stock options 2,998
Equity contribution:
THL I 100,122
Retained by Management (b) 24,878
--------
Total Sources $389,613
========
Uses of Funds:
Merger consideration (b) $284,958
Repayment of existing debt 82,155
Fees and expenses 22,500
--------
Total Uses $389,613
========
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(a) The Company expects that a $130,000 New Credit Facility, including a
letter of credit sub-limit of $30,000, will be available for working
capital and general corporate purposes. The amount shown excludes
$16,758 of letters of credit which will be issued to replace existing
letters of credit. See "Description of Other Indebtedness."
(b) Includes 714,400 shares to be retained by Mr. Florence and 63,025
shares to be retained by other members of Management.
(2) The adjustment to retained earnings reflects the total fees and expenses
of $22,500 anticipated to be paid to effect the Merger, net of the
adjustment to other assets of $10,088 of capitalized debt issuance fees.
The estimated fees and expenses are anticipated to consist of (i) fees
and expenses related to the Merger Financings, including bank commitment
fees and underwriting discounts and commissions, (ii) fees and expenses
in connection with the prepayment of historical debt and (iii)
professional, advisory and investment banking fees and expenses and (iv)
miscellaneous fees and expenses such as printing and filing fees.
(3) The pro forma adjustment to short-term borrowings reflects the repayment
of historical revolving debt outstanding.
(4) The pro forma adjustment to long-term debt reflects the following:
New Credit Facility (a) $ 92,083
Senior Notes 160,000
--------
Total adjustment $252,083
========
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(a) In addition there are $16,758 of outstanding letters of credit.
(5) The adjustment reflects the effect of the Merger on the 8,676,631 shares
outstanding at $.01 par value per share. There will be 3,906,250 shares
outstanding subsequent to the Merger.
(6) The adjustment reflects amounts distributed to convert up to 8,127,306
shares of Syratech Common Stock to cash, including those converted under
the Employee Stock Option Plan, for total consideration of $284,958 less
the retention of shares by existing stockholders. Combining the value of
the retained shares with the receipt of proceeds by Syratech in
connection with the Merger for up to 3,191,850 shares issued to THL I
results in total equity of $125,000.
(7) The adjustment reflects the cancellation of the 218 shares of treasury
stock.
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PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31, 1995
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Recapitalization
Historical Historical Pro Forma Pro Forma Pro Forma
Syratech Rauch Adjustments Combined Adjustments Combined
---------- ---------- ----------- -------- ---------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $169,520 $58,919 $228,439 $228,439
Cost of sales 119,836 47,756 $ 1,604 (1) 168,774 168,774
(1,233)(2)
811 (3)
-------- ------- ------- -------- --------
Gross profit 49,684 11,163 (1,182) 59,665 59,665
Selling, general and
administrative expenses 34,239 11,795 (1,604)(1) 44,227 $ 450 (8) 44,677
241 (4)
(444)(5)
-------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
(450)
Income (loss) from
operations 15,445 (632) 625 15,438 14,988
Interest expense (287) (1,305) 1,592 (6) (19,958)(9) (19,958)
Interest income 4,881 (4,881)(6)
Gain on insurance settlement 6,275 (6,275)(7)
Other income 157 157 157
-------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before
provision (benefit) for
income taxes 20,039 4,495 (8,939) 15,595 (20,408) (4,813)
Provision (benefit) for income
taxes 6,863 2,102 (3,507)(10) 5,458 (7,143)(10) (1,685)
-------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) from continuing
operations $ 13,176 $ 2,393 $(5,432) $ 10,137 $(13,265) $ (3,128)
======== ======= ======= ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See notes to pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations.
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NOTES TO PRO FORMA
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
(in thousands)
The pro forma condensed consolidated financial data have been derived by
the application of pro forma adjustments to the Company's historical
financial statements for the period noted. The Merger has been accounted for
as a recapitalization which will have no impact on the historical basis of
assets and liabilities. The pro forma financial data assumes that there are
no dissenting shareholders to the Merger.
(1) Reflects a reclassification of Rauch warehouse and distribution costs to
conform to the Company's accounting for such costs.
(2) Reflects an adjustment for certain non-recurring expenses incurred as a
result of a 1994 fire at Rauch's principal manufacturing, warehouse and
distribution facility.
(3) Reflects additional depreciation expense as a result of an allocation of
a portion of the Rauch purchase price to property, plant and equipment.
(4) Reflects additional amortization expense as a result of amortizing, over
30 years, the allocation of Rauch purchase price in excess of net assets
acquired.
(5) Reflects an adjustment for certain acquisition related fees incurred by
Rauch.
(6) Reflects the reduction of interest income assuming an average rate of
interest of 5.8% earned by the Company on its cash investments over the
period and a reduction in interest expense at an assumed rate of 8.3%
had the acquisition of Rauch, the Katy Stock Repurchase and the Syroco,
Inc. Disposal transactions occurred on January 1, 1995.
(7) Reflects the elimination of the non-recurring gain on insurance
settlement recorded by Rauch in 1995 which related to the 1994 Rauch
fire.
(8) The pro forma adjustment to selling, general and administrative expenses
reflect the annual management fee the Company will pay to Thomas H. Lee
Company.
(9) The pro forma adjustment to interest expense reflects the following:
Interest expense on the New Credit Facility (assumed 9.0% rate) $ 1,751
Interest expense on the Senior Notes (assumed 10.5% rate) 16,800
Amortization of debt issuance costs over 6-10 years 1,407
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Total adjustment $19,958
=======
A 0.125% increase or decrease in the assumed average interest rate on the
Senior Notes would change the pro forma interest expense by $200. The pro
forma net income (loss) would change by $130.
(10) The adjustment reflects the tax effect of the pro forma adjustments at a
35% effective tax rate.
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PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended September 30, 1996
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Recapitalization
Historical Historical Pro Forma Pro Forma Pro Forma
Syratech Rauch(1) Adjustments Combined Adjustments Combined
---------- -------- ----------- -------- ---------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $182,727 $ 609 $183,336 $183,336
Cost of sales 130,303 330 $ (154)(2) 130,580 130,580
101 (3)
-------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Gross profit 52,424 279 53 52,756 52,756
Selling, general and
administrative expenses 39,161 1,806 30(4) 39,917 $ 338 (5) 40,255
(94)(6)
(986)(7)
Other operating income 5,057(8) 5,057 5,057
-------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) from
operations 18,320 (1,527) 1,103 17,896 (338) 17,558
Interest expense (2,083) (93) (519)(9) (2,695) (15,734)(10) (18,429)
Interest income 662 21 683 683
Other income 11,900(11) (11,900)(12)
-------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before provision
(benefit) for income taxes 28,799 (1,599) (11,316) 15,884 (16,072) (188)
Provision (benefit) for income
taxes 10,080 (560) (3,961)(13) 5,559 (5,624)(13) (65)
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Net income (loss) $ 18,719 $(1,039) $ (7,355) $ 10,325 $(10,448) $ (123)
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See notes to pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations.
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NOTES TO PRO FORMA
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
(in thousands)
The pro forma condensed consolidated financial data have been derived by
the application of pro forma adjustments to the Company's historical
financial statements for the period noted. The Merger has been accounted for
as a recapitalization which will have no impact on the historical basis of
assets and liabilities. The pro forma financial data assumes that there are
no dissenting shareholders to the Merger.
(1) Includes results of operations of Rauch for the 45 day period, beginning
January 1, 1996 prior to its acquisition by the Company.
(2) Reflects an adjustment for certain nonrecurring expenses incurred as a
result of the 1994 fire at Rauch's principal manufacturing, warehouse
and distribution facility.
(3) Reflects additional depreciation expense as a result of an allocation of
a portion of the Rauch purchase price to property, plant and equipment.
(4) Reflects additional amortization expense as a result of amortizing, over
30 years, the allocation of Rauch purchase price in excess of net assets
acquired.
(5) The pro forma adjustment to selling, general and administrative expenses
reflect the annual management fee the Company will pay to the Thomas H.
Lee Company.
(6) Reflects an adjustment for certain acquisition related fees incurred by
Rauch.
(7) Reflects an adjustment for a stock option buy out by Rauch.
(8) Consists of income of $5,057 from the sale of Farberware inventory and
other operating income, net of certain selling, general and
administrative expenses, relating to the sale of Farberware inventory.
The Company licensed the right to manufacture, market and distribute
these products to a third party. See "Business--Recent Transactions."
(9) Reflects an increase in interest expense had the acquisition of Rauch
taken place on January 1, 1995, using an interest rate of 8.3% per
annum, which represents the Company's weighted average interest costs
for the period.
(10) The pro forma adjustment to interest expense reflects the following:
Interest expense on the New Credit Facility (assumed 9.0% rate) $ 2,078
Interest expense on the Senior Notes (assumed 10.5% rate) 12,600
Amortization of debt issuance costs over 6-10 years 1,056
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Total adjustment $15,734
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A 0.125% increase or decrease in the assumed average interest rate on
the Senior Notes would change the pro forma interest expense by $150.
The pro forma net income (loss) would change by $98.
(11) Consists of non-recurring pre-tax income of $11,900 related to licensing
the Farberware name for use on cookware and bakeware.
(12) Reflects the elimination of the non-recurring pre-tax income related to
licensing the Farberware name for use on cookware and bakeware.
(13) The adjustment reflects the tax effect of the pro forma adjustments at a
35% effective tax rate.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
See "Forward Looking Statements"
The following analysis of the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
information and financial data, including the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements and related notes thereto, appearing elsewhere herein.
General
The Company has historically expanded its product lines through
acquisitions. The Company has integrated these acquisitions into its existing
operations, resulting in increased sales and a broader product line. All
acquisitions of businesses were accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting, and, accordingly, the results of operations of each acquired
company have been included in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings since
its respective acquisition date.
Due to the number, magnitude and timing of the Company's acquisitions, the
Company's operating results, as reflected in the Consolidated Financial
Statements, are not directly comparable on a year-to-year basis or quarter-
to-quarter basis. See "Business--Recent Transactions."
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth certain financial data as a percentage of
net sales of the Company for each of the periods presented.
<TABLE>
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Percentage of Net Sales
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Nine Months Ended
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
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1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net Sales 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of sales 69.0 71.0 70.7 71.9 71.3
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Gross profit 31.0 29.0 29.3 28.1 28.7
Selling, general and administrative expenses 22.6 21.5 20.2 20.2 21.4
Other operating income 2.7(1)
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Income from operations 8.4 7.5 9.1 7.9 10.0
Interest income (expense), net (0.7) (0.3) 2.7 2.7 (0.7)
Other income 6.5(2)
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Income before income taxes 7.7 7.2 11.8 10.6 15.8
Provision for income taxes 1.9 1.9 4.0 3.7 5.6
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Income from continuing operations 5.8% 5.3% 7.8% 6.9% 10.2%
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(1) Includes income from the sale of Farberware inventory and other operating
income, net of certain selling, general and administrative expenses
relating to the sale of Farberware inventory. The Company licensed the
right to manufacture, market and distribute these products to a third
party. See "Business--Recent Transactions."
(2) Consists of non-recurring pre-tax income related to licensing the
Farberware name for cookware and bakeware.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 1996 Compared to Nine Months Ended September
30, 1995
Net sales increased 54.0% to $182.7 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 from $118.6 million for the nine months ended September
30, 1995. Excluding the impact of acquisitions of businesses and product
lines completed in 1996, net sales increased 9.5%. This increase reflects
primarily increased sales volume of the Company's sterling silver flatware
and certain tabletop and giftware.
Gross profit increased 57.3% to $52.4 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 from $33.3 million for the nine months ended September 30,
1995. Gross profit as a percentage of sales was 28.7% for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996 compared to 28.1% for the nine months ended
September 30, 1995. The increase in the gross profit percentage was primarily
a result of the acquisition of the high end Silvestri seasonal product line
and improved gross profit margin on the Company's giftware product line. The
Company expects
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pressure on its gross profit percentage during 1996 (and possibly thereafter)
due to the acquisition of Rauch, which historically has had gross profit
margins which have been lower than those of certain other product lines.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 21.4% as a
percentage of net sales or $39.2 million for the nine months ended September
30, 1996 from 20.2% or $24.0 million for the comparable period of 1995. The
increase in selling, general and administrative expenses is due primarily to
inclusion of selling, general and administrative expenses of Rauch and
Silvestri; selling, general and administrative expenses related to the
disposal of Farberware inventory and increased costs related to the growth in
sales volume including personnel related costs, royalties and product and
systems development costs.
Income from operations increased 96.5% to $18.3 million from $9.3 million
in the nine months ended September 30, 1995. Included in income from
operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 was income of $5.1
million, net of certain selling, general and administrative expenses, from
the disposal of Farberware inventory. The Company expects the disposal of the
Farberware inventory to continue for the remainder of 1996 and into 1997.
Interest expense, net, was $1.4 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 compared to net interest income of $3.2 million for the
nine months ended September 30, 1995. This change resulted from a reduction
in invested cash used to purchase and retire 3,064,751 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, for recent acquisitions and seasonal working capital
needs.
The provision for income taxes was $10.1 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 compared to $4.3 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 1995. The effective tax rate was 35.0% for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996, compared to 34.2% for the comparable nine months of
1995. The increase in the effective income tax rate in 1996 is due to the
higher proportion of income earned in tax jurisdictions with higher income
tax rates.
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 1996, all of which was
from continuing operations, was $18.7 million or $2.13 per share, on shares
of 8,781,000, compared to income from continuing operations of $8.2 million
or $0.70 per share, on shares of 11,814,000, for the same period last year.
The nine months ended September 30, 1996 included non-recurring pre-tax
income of $11.9 million, net of costs, resulting from a license agreement.
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 was $41.3 million or
$3.49 per share. The nine months of 1995 included income from discontinued
operations, net of income taxes, of $2.6 million and the gain on sale of
Syroco, Inc. of $30.5 million totaling $2.79 per share.
Year Ended December 31, 1995 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 1994
Net sales increased by 15.1% to $169.5 million in 1995 from $147.3 million
in 1994 primarily due to expanded product offerings within the giftware line,
as well as increased demand for the Company's giftware products and an
increase in its seasonal product category. The Company's sales increased
despite a difficult retail environment in 1995.
The Company's gross profit increased 16.4% to $49.7 million in 1995 from
$42.7 million in 1994. The gross profit as a percentage of net sales
increased to 29.3% in 1995 from 29.0% in 1994. This increase was due
primarily to improved product mix in the giftware lines.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $34.2 million in
1995 from $31.6 million in 1994 but decreased as a percentage of net sales to
20.2% in 1995 from 21.5% in 1994. The decrease of 1.3 percentage points was
due to the Company's cost reduction program following the sale of Syroco.
Income from operations increased 39.4% to $15.4 million in 1995 from $11.1
million in 1994 as a result of the factors discussed above.
Interest income, net, was $4.6 million in 1995 compared to net interest
expense of $0.5 million in 1994. Interest income was earned primarily as a
result of investing the net proceeds from the sale of Syroco in short-term,
investment grade securities.
The provision for income taxes in 1995 was $6.9 million compared with $2.8
million in 1994. The effective income tax rate increased to 34.3% in 1995
from 26.0% in 1994. The 1995 effective income tax rate increased
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primarily due to an increase in the proportion of the Company's earnings in
tax jurisdictions with higher tax rates, primarily interest income earned in
the United States.
Year Ended December 31, 1994 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 1993
The Company's net sales increased 20.1% to $147.3 million in 1994 from
$122.7 million in 1993 primarily due to an expanded product offering in the
giftware line and strong demand for existing product lines including sterling
silver flatware.
The Company's gross profit increased 12.2% to $42.7 million in 1994 from
$38.0 million in 1993. The gross profit as a percentage of net sales
decreased to 29.0% in 1994 from 31.0% in 1993. The decrease in gross profit
as a percentage of net sales in 1994 was due primarily to increased raw
material costs and higher growth in the Company's imported product lines,
which typically have lower gross profit margins.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $31.6 million in
1994 from $27.7 million in 1993 but decreased as a percentage of net sales to
21.5% in 1994 from 22.6% in 1993. The higher expense levels reflect increased
personnel costs, commissions, product design and development, printing and
advertising costs due to higher 1994 sales volume and an increase in sales
volume which was anticipated for 1995 as a result of the factors discussed
above.
Income from operations increased 7.4% to $11.1 million in 1994 from $10.3
million in 1993 as a result of the factors discussed above.
Interest expense, net decreased to $0.5 million in 1994 from $0.9 million
in 1993. This decrease reflects lower borrowings during 1994 compared to
1993.
The provision for income taxes in 1994 was $2.8 million compared with $2.4
million in 1993. The effective income tax rate increased to 26.0% in 1994
from 25.3% in 1993. This increase was due primarily to an increase in the
proportion of the Company's earnings in jurisdictions with higher tax rates.
The Company's subsidiaries in Puerto Rico and in Hong Kong are taxed at rates
significantly below United States federal and state rates.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On March 28, 1995, the Company sold its casual furniture and accessories
business of Syroco, Inc. to Marley Plc for net proceeds of $133.9 million
after transaction costs and income taxes. The Company has used the net
proceeds from the sale of Syroco for working capital requirements to grow its
existing business, to effect the Katy Stock Repurchase and to make several
acquisitions in 1996.
On December 29, 1995, the Company effected the Katy Stock Repurchase. The
aggregate purchase price of $52.1 million represented approximately $17 per
share. The purchase was substantially financed by the issuance of two
promissory notes due January 2, 1996 to subsidiaries of Katy and the
assumption of short term bank debt, all aggregating $51.7 million. The two
promissory notes and the short-term bank debt were repaid on January 2, 1996.
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September
30, 1996 was approximately $50.4 million. The primary uses of cash were
seasonal and acquisition related increases in accounts receivable and
inventories. Partially offsetting these uses was the decrease in marketable
securities as a result of the repayment of temporary borrowings used to
effect the Katy Stock Repurchase.
At September 30, 1996, accounts receivable increased to $117.2 million
from $31.9 million at December 31, 1995. This increase is primarily the
result of sales of Farberware inventory, seasonality, the recent acquisitions
and increased sales volume in the tabletop and giftware product lines. The
increase in inventory from $41.2 million at December 31, 1995 to $105.3
million at September 30, 1996 is due to recent acquisitions, including
purchased Farberware inventory, and to a seasonal increase in the Company's
inventory in anticipation of the fourth quarter selling season. During 1996,
$23.8 million was collected from the final settlement agreement for the Rauch
fire loss which occurred prior to the Company's acquisition of Rauch.
Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended 1995 was
approximately $39.6 million compared to $10.6 million in 1994. The primary
uses of cash were the working capital increases in the casual furniture and
accessories business prior to its sale and the increase in marketable
securities as a result of the investment of proceeds from the Syroco sale.
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The Company's working capital requirements are seasonal and tend to be
highest in the period from September through December due to the Christmas
selling season. Accounts receivable tend to decline during the first quarter
as receivables generated during the third and fourth quarters are collected
and remain lower until the next peak season beginning in September.
Accordingly, the Company's debt level under its revolving credit facilities
generally peaks in the third quarter and reduces during the first quarter.
This seasonality has increased as a result of the acquisition of Rauch and
the Silvestri product line. See "Risk Factors--Seasonality".
The Company's capital expenditures in 1995 were $2.7 million. These
expenditures were primarily for machinery and equipment for the Company's
sterling silver fabrication operation, renovations and improvements of its
East Boston facility and the expansion of its East Boston showroom.
Capital expenditures were approximately $10.2 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996. These expenditures were primarily for a warehouse
in South Carolina, computer software and hardware, improvements at the
Company's East Boston facility and machinery, tools and dies for the
Company's manufacturing facilities.
The Company expects capital expenditures for the year ended December 31,
1996 to be approximately $18 million, including preliminary construction
costs for a warehouse facility on the West Coast, the cost of certain
machinery and equipment for Rauch and for a building and equipment for C.J.
Vander. The Company expects capital expenditures for the year ended December
31, 1997 to be approximately $20.6 million, primarily consisting of costs
associated with the acquisition of land and the construction of a warehouse
facility on the West Coast.
The revolving credit facility of one of the Company's Puerto Rican
subsidiaries expired on May 30, 1996; however, the Company received a letter
of commitment increasing the line from $4.0 million to $10.0 million and
extending it to May 31, 1997. As of September 30, 1996, the Company was
negotiating the final details of the line of credit. On October 15, 1996, the
Puerto Rican subsidiary and the lender entered into an Amended and Restated
Line of Credit Agreement increasing the facility to $10 million and renewing
it to May 31, 1997. As of September 30, 1996, the amount of outstanding
borrowings under the line was $1.9 million.
On September 30, 1996, borrowings and credit availability, net of $16.8
million of outstanding letters of credit, under the Company Loan Agreement,
the Rauch Loan and the Puerto Rican subsidiary's line totaled $82.2 million
and $16.7 million, respectively.
The Company anticipates, assuming that the Recapitalization was
consummated on September 30, 1996, that up to approximately $377.1 million of
financing will be required in connection with the Recapitalization and
related transactions for (i) the consummation of the Merger, (ii) the
repayment of the existing bank debt of the Company and (iii) the payment of
fees and expenses associated with the Recapitalization. The Company expects
to obtain the necessary funds from (i) the Equity Investment, (ii) the
issuance and sale of the Senior Notes in the Offering and (iii) borrowings
under the New Credit Facility. See "The Recapitalization" and "Use of
Proceeds".
At the time of the execution of the Merger Agreement, a commitment letter
to provide senior credit financing was presented to the Company. The Company and
Thomas H. Lee Company are currently negotiating to modify certain terms of such
commitment. The New Credit Facility will provide for $130.0 million of
revolving credit borrowings. The New Credit Facility will mature on the fifth
anniversary of the Recapitalization. Interest on loans under the New Credit
Facility will bear interest at rates based upon federal or Eurodollar Rates plus
an applicable margin. Loans under the New Credit Facility will be guaranteed by
any and all current or future domestic subsidiaries of the Company and will be
secured by security interests in the accounts receivable and inventory of the
Company and its domestic subsidiaries. For a more complete description of the
New Credit Facility, see "Risk Factors--Significant Leverage and Debt Service;
Effective Subordination" and "Description of Other Indebtedness."
The Company anticipates that its principal use of cash following the
Recapitalization will be working capital requirements, debt service
requirements and capital expenditures as well as expenditures relating to
acquisitions and integrating acquired businesses. Based upon current and
anticipated levels of operations, the Company believes that its cash flow
from operations, together with amounts available under the New Credit
Facility, will be adequate to meet its anticipated requirements in the
foreseeable future for working capital, capital expenditures and interest
payments. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company's business
will continue to generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future
to service its debt, and the Company may be required to refinance all or a
portion of its existing debt or to obtain additional financing. There can be
no assurance that any such refinancing would be possible or that any
additional financing could be obtained. The inability to obtain additional
financing could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
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Accounting Pronouncements
Effective January 1, 1996, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting For Stock-Based Compensation"
("Statement 123"). The Company has continued to account for its stock-based
transactions to employees in accordance with Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and will include
the pro forma disclosures required by Statement 123, if material, in its
annual financial statements. For stock option grants to non-employees, the
Company follows the provisions of Statement 123, calculates compensation
expense using a fair value based method and amortizes compensation expense
over the vesting period. During the nine months ended September 30, 1996, the
Company did not grant any options to purchase shares of common stock to
non-employees.
Also, effective January 1, 1996, the Company adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of" ("Statement
121"). Statement 121 requires that long-lived assets held and used by an
entity be reviewed for impairment whenever circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. It also requires that
long-lived assets to be disposed of be reported at the lower of the carrying
amount or fair value less the cost to sell. The adoption of Statement 121 did
not have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of
operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
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BUSINESS
Overview
Syratech designs, manufactures, imports and markets a diverse portfolio of
tabletop, giftware and seasonal products. The Company is a leading domestic
manufacturer and marketer of sterling silver flatware, sterling silver and
silver-plated hollowware. The Company also offers a number of other
complementary tabletop and giftware items, including stainless steel
flatware, brass hollowware, picture frames and photo albums, glassware,
woodenware and ceramics. Tabletop and giftware products generated
approximately 90.4% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 1995. The
Company also is a leading domestic manufacturer and marketer of seasonal
products including Christmas ornaments as well as a distributor of Christmas
trim, lighting and tree skirts. Seasonal products generated approximately
9.6% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 1995.
Syratech has positioned itself as a single-source supplier to retailers by
offering a wide assortment of products across multiple price points through
its "good-better-best" strategy. This strategy enables the Company to sell
its products through a broad array of distribution channels, including retail
specialty stores, department stores, mass market merchandisers, catalogue
showrooms and warehouse clubs. Syratech markets its products under numerous
Company-owned tradenames including the Towle Silversmiths(r), Wallace
International Silversmiths(r)and International Silver Company(r) tradenames
which are used in connection with the sale of tabletop and giftware items and
the Rauch(r) and Silvestri(r) tradenames which are used in connection with
the sale of Christmas and other seasonal merchandise.
Syratech has made a number of recent acquisitions to broaden and
complement its existing product lines. The Company has significantly enhanced
the value of acquired product lines by integrating them into the Company's
existing infrastructure. During 1996, the Company acquired Rauch, a leading
domestic manufacturer and marketer of Christmas ornaments, and C.J. Vander, a
U.K. manufacturer and marketer of prestigious sterling silver flatware and
hollowware. Also in 1996, the Company acquired certain assets, including the
tradenames, of Silvestri, a high- end manufacturer and marketer of Christmas
ornaments, collectibles, lighting and trim as well as other giftware and
decorative accessories, and Potpourri, a manufacturer and marketer of
Christmas products. The Company continually introduces new products and
expands the distribution of its existing products. As a result, the Company
has generated significant growth in net sales and EBITDA from $82.9 million
and $9.7 million, respectively, in 1991 to $169.5 million and $18.7 million,
respectively, in 1995. Furthermore, the Company believes that the continued
integration of the acquisitions into its existing business will position it
to increase sales and profitability.
Competitive Strengths
The Company's goal is to become the leading domestic, single-source
supplier of tabletop, giftware and seasonal products to retailers. To achieve
this goal, the Company will rely on its core competitive strengths, which are
as follows:
Leading Market Positions. The Company is one of the leading domestic
manufacturers and marketers of sterling silver flatware and sterling silver and
silverplated hollowware. These products are sold under the Wallace, Towle and
International Silver tradenames, which are well-recognized and date back to the
American Colonial period. In addition, the Company is one of the leading
domestic manufacturers of Christmas ornaments. These products are sold under the
Rauch and Silvestri tradenames, which are well-established brands for Christmas
and other seasonal merchandise. Historically, the Company has been able to
increase sales by leveraging its leading market positions, strong presence with
retailers and strong brand identity with consumers to introduce new products and
product categories.
Broad Portfolio of Products with Well-Recognized Tradenames. The Company
provides a broad offering of quality products at multiple price points. These
items range from exclusive prestige products, such as sterling silver
flatware and hollowware, to moderately priced products, including
silverplated and stainless steel flatware, silverplated and brass hollowware
and other giftware and seasonal merchandise.
Syratech uses Company-owned and licensed tradenames as merchandising tools
to assist retailers in coordinating their product offerings and
differentiating their products from those of their competitors. In addition
to the Wallace, Towle, International, Rauch and Silvestri tradenames, the
Company markets giftware products under numerous other tradenames, including
Rochard(r), Holiday Workshop(r), Melannco(r) and Elements(r). The Company
believes that its strongest brands draw customers into retail stores
specifically to purchase products bearing those
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tradenames. In addition to its own tradenames, the Company produces a variety
of products under license from certain entities including The Walt Disney
Company(r), Cuisinart(r), Victoria & Albert Museum(r) and Faberge, Inc.(r).
The Company recently acquired certain assets, including the intellectual
property, of Farberware, Inc. Following this acquisition, the Company
licensed the Farberware tradename to third parties for use on cookware and
bakeware, small electric and certain other commercial electric items. The
Company is currently marketing certain products under the Farberware
tradename and believes there are significant opportunities to develop the
tradename in other product categories which have not been otherwise licensed
to third parties.
The Company's diverse product lines allow it to target a wide range of
customers and to respond more effectively to changes in retail distribution
and consumer preferences. Furthermore, the vendor consolidation trend in the
retail industry increases demand for vendors, like the Company, who can make
timely deliveries of a broad range of quality products and provide
advertising and other sales support.
Diversified Distribution Channels. The Company sells its products to
approximately 30,000 customers in most major distribution channels, including
retail specialty stores, such as jewelry, seasonal and nonseasonal giftware
and collectible stores, department stores, mass market merchandisers,
catalogue showrooms, warehouse clubs, premium and incentive marketers, drug
store chains and home centers. The Company believes that the recent Rauch and
Silvestri acquisitions will strengthen the Company's presence with mass
market merchandisers and department and specialty stores, respectively. In
addition, the Company has a policy of not owning or operating Company outlet
stores and believes that this policy further strengthens relationships with
customers. The Company's broad customer base, both in terms of number of
customers and distribution channels, reduces exposure to any single customer
or distribution channel. In 1995, no single customer accounted for more than
6.3% of the Company's net sales.
Innovative Product Development. The vast majority of the Company's
products, including products that are sourced from outside vendors, are
designed by the Company's design team and independent designers in
conjunction with the Company's product development and marketing teams. The
Company's design and product development and marketing teams collaborate (i)
to introduce innovative new products and product categories, such as the
Holiday Workshop line of seasonal products, the Hostess Helpers(r) sterling
accessory line and a dinnerware category that coordinates with sterling
silver flatware and (ii) to develop acquired brands into successful product
lines for the Company, such as the Melannco lines of picture frames and photo
albums and the Elements glassware lines.
Integrated Manufacturing and Sourcing. The Company relies both on its own
domestic manufacturing capabilities and on a variety of suppliers located
primarily in the Asia Pacific Rim to deliver quality products at competitive
prices to its customers. The Company's decision to manufacture or to import
is based largely upon expertise, quality, availability and cost. In order to
ensure quality, imported products are generally manufactured using
Company-owned tools and dies. In 1995, through its import organization
comprised of approximately 150 employees, both in the U.S. and overseas, the
Company sourced products from approximately 160 manufacturers, with whom in
many cases it has had long-standing relationships.
Business Strategy
The Company has developed and is implementing a business strategy to build
upon its core operating strengths and enhance profitability.
Leverage Recent Acquisitions. The Company believes that opportunities for
growth in sales and profitability exist through successfully integrating its
recent acquisitions into the Company's sales and marketing organization and
consolidating and rationalizing certain operations. Historically, the Company
has expanded and augmented acquired product lines through leveraging internal
marketing expertise and existing distribution relationships.
The Company plans to expand the distribution of Rauch and Silvestri
products by marketing them through the Company's established distribution
channels and also plans to add new products to their existing lines. By
integrating Rauch, Silvestri and Potpourri with the Company's internally
developed Holiday Workshop lines of seasonal products, the Company has
significantly expanded its product offerings in this product category, both
in terms of types of product and retail price points, and strengthened its
presence in major retail channels. In addition, the Company believes that
such strengthened presence will provide opportunities to cross-sell the
Company's tabletop and giftware product lines through Rauch and Silvestri
distribution channels.
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Through the acquisition of C.J. Vander, the Company believes that it will
be able to expand the distribution of Wallace and Towle sterling silver and
silverplated product lines into the European market, primarily through C.J.
Vander's existing distribution channels. In addition, the Company intends to
expand the distribution of C.J. Vander products in the United States through
the Company's independent representatives who sell to high-end specialty and
department stores.
In addition, the Company believes that the recent acquisitions will enable
it to achieve cost savings through (i) the consolidation of warehouses,
showrooms and manufacturing facilities, (ii) efficiencies resulting from
increasing sales volume through its existing distribution network and (iii)
reductions in certain general and administrative expenses, such as MIS, human
resources and credit analysis. For example, the Company is consolidating its
distribution facilities in the Western United States by building its own
warehouse to reduce costs, increase capacity and serve its customers more
efficiently.
Expand Distribution of Existing Product Lines. The Company believes that
it has significant opportunities to expand the distribution of its existing
product lines by increasing the penetration of existing retailer customers
and the number of retail outlets to which it sells. Beginning in 1994, the
Company implemented a program with a specialty retailer and franchisee,
whereby the Company sources, markets and distributes giftware products for
the customer's retail system comprised of several thousand stores. As a
result, the Company has identified several growth opportunities, both in
terms of expanded product offerings and additional store coverage. In
addition, the Company intends to expand the distribution of several product
lines introduced in the past several years, such as Melannco and Elements,
which the Company believes are growth opportunities that have not yet been
fully exploited.
Broaden Product Offerings. The Company expects to make a number of new
product introductions each year. As a result of the planned investments in
tools, dies and machinery, the Company believes that it will be able to broaden
significantly its offering of Christmas and other seasonal merchandise beginning
in 1997. The Company intends to capitalize on the Farberware tradename by
introducing new products in categories as to which exclusive rights to the
tradename have not been granted to third parties. In addition, the Company
continues to expand and upgrade its line of sterling silver, silverplated and
other tabletop and giftware products.
Invest Further in Technology and Productivity to Maintain a Low-Cost
Structure. In order to support the growth of its business, during 1997 the
Company plans to invest $15 million to expand its manufacturing, warehousing
and distribution capabilities. The Company intends to invest in additional
application solutions to enhance its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and
warehousing capabilities. The Company plans to add a Warehousing Management
System (WMS) to each of its warehouses. These systems will enhance the
Company's ability to service its customers by improving its order processing
and logistics and storage utilization, minimizing order cycle times,
enhancing inventory management, and ensuring that customer orders are
processed efficiently. Additionally, the Company is planning to expand its
manufacturing capabilities by acquiring new tools, dies and machinery. The
Company also has purchased a 828,000 square foot manufacturing and
distribution facility in Chester, South Carolina which will increase
production capacity and reduce costs.
Make Selected Acquisitions. The Company believes that the giftware and
seasonal markets and, to a lesser extent, the tabletop market are highly
fragmented with a number of small manufacturers and marketers of limited
products lines. The Company believes that these industry dynamics and the
continuing trend among retailers to consolidate their vendor base should
generate attractive opportunities to acquire complementary brands, products,
product categories and businesses that will provide operating synergies.
Recent Transactions
Rauch
On February 15, 1996, the Company, through an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary, acquired the outstanding shares of Rauch for approximately $49.6
million, including costs of the transaction. The acquisition was accounted
for under the purchase method of accounting, and the results of operations of
Rauch have been included with the results of the Company from February 15,
1996. The purchase price in excess of net assets acquired of $7.2 million is
being amortized on the straight line basis over 30 years. During the nine
months ended September 30, 1996,
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the Company received $23.8 million ($20.5 million in the third quarter of
1996) in connection with an insurance claim relating to a 1994 fire at Rauch.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, net sales of Rauch were $58.9
million. See "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."
Farberware Inc.
On April 2, 1996, the Company, through its indirect wholly owned
subsidiary, Far-B Acquisition Corp. ("Far- B"), together with Lifetime Hoan
Corporation ("Lifetime"), acquired certain assets from Farberware Inc., a
subsidiary of U.S. Industries, Inc. Lifetime and the Company are not
affiliates.
Farberware Inc. was a manufacturer of aluminum clad, stainless steel
cookware and bakeware and small electric kitchen appliances. The aggregate
consideration paid by Far-B and Lifetime was $45.8 million, subject to
adjustment. The amount of the adjustment is being disputed; approximately
$2.5 million is at issue, of which approximately $2.3 million relates to
inventory acquired by the Company. The assets acquired by the Company
included certain of the inventory, the tradename "Farberware" and the
intellectual property (including the intellectual property that relates to
cookware and bakeware and electric products other than major kitchen
appliances) and certain tools and dies and machinery and equipment. The
consideration paid by Far-B was approximately $32.6 million, subject to
adjustment, the amount of which is, as noted above, being disputed. Effective
April 2, 1996, the Company, through Far-B, entered into a manufacturing
services agreement with Farberware Inc. for transitional manufacturing
services for certain finished goods previously produced by Farberware Inc.
The Company entered into the manufacturing services agreement in part to
provide continuity of product during a transition period in order to protect
the strength of the Farberware name in the marketplace. The manufacturing
services agreement has terminated.
Upon disposal of the existing inventory, the Company will not manufacture
or sell Farberware cookware and bakeware products or noncommercial electric
products. Accordingly, net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 1996
exclude sales of Farberware inventory, and $5.1 million, net of certain
selling, general and administrative expenses, from these sales has been
recorded as other operating income.
In a separate transaction, the Company and Far-B entered into an agreement
with Lifetime, which provided for the allocation between them of the assets
acquired from Farberware Inc., the granting of a long-term license to
Lifetime for use of the Farberware name in connection with an extensive list
of products, the granting to Lifetime of long-term exclusive rights to
operate Farberware outlet stores, the reservation of certain exclusive rights
to Far-B (including exclusive rights to use of the Farberware name for
corporate purposes and for the marketing of cookware and bakeware products as
well as electric products) and for the future formation of a joint venture to
administer certain licensing rights.
On June 27, 1996, the Company's Farberware Inc. subsidiary (formerly
Far-B) ("Farberware") entered into a license agreement with Meyer Marketing
Co. Ltd. ("Meyer") pursuant to which Meyer was granted for a term of 200
years (i) an exclusive worldwide license to use the Farberware name and
certain related intellectual property rights in connection with the sourcing,
manufacture and distribution of cookware and bakeware products for home use
and commercial, industrial and institutional size pots, pans and roasters,
and (ii) non-exclusive (shared) rights to use certain Farberware technology
and other intellectual property. For such grant, Meyer made a one-time
payment to the Company of $25.5 million, which resulted in recognition by the
Company of $11.9 million of non-recurring income. On July 12, 1996,
Farberware granted to a major retail chain the exclusive license to use the
Farberware name and related intellectual property in connection with the
sourcing, manufacture, marketing and sale of certain electric products for
annual royalty payments. On October 25, 1996 Farberware Inc. granted to FCI
Corp. a license to use the Farberware name in connection with the sourcing,
manufacturing, marketing and sale of certain Commercial Products (defined as
six specified commercial urns and one specified commercial convection oven
plus cookware, bakeware and electric products developed by the Licensee
solely and exclusively for commercial, industrial or institutional use with
the prior written approval of Farberware) for the payment of annual
royalties. See "Business--Legal Proceedings."
Silvestri
On April 16, 1996, the Company purchased finished goods inventory and
intangible assets of the Silvestri division of FFSC, Inc. for approximately
$8.6 million. Prior to the Company's purchase of such assets, FFSC, Inc., its
subsidiaries and affiliated companies had filed for protection under Chapter
11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the
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United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (the
"Bankruptcy Court"). The Bankruptcy Court approved this acquisition by the
Company. Silvestri products include Christmas ornaments, collectibles,
lighting and trim as well as other seasonal and nonseasonal giftware and
decorative accessories.
The Company has given a guaranty (limited to $4 million), dated as of May
21, 1996, of the obligations of FF Holding Company, FFSC, Inc. and certain
related entities to The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc. under a certain
debtor in possession financing agreement dated May 21, 1996 and, at the
request of the Company, NationsBank N.A. (South) has issued its letter of
credit, dated May 21, 1996 in the amount of $4 million to CIT Group/Business
Credit, Inc. to secure the Company's aforesaid guaranty. Certain funds which
are affiliates of the Thomas H. Lee Company are creditors of FFSC, Inc.
C.J. Vander
On May 8, 1996, the Company, through one of its subsidiaries, acquired all
of the outstanding common stock of C.J. Vander, a manufacturer of sterling
silver and silverplated flatware and hollowware in Sheffield and London,
England. The purchase price was immaterial to the Company's consolidated
financial statements. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase
method of accounting.
Potpourri
On November 26, 1996, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company acquired
inventory, tangible property, intellectual property rights, certain key
records (including customer lists, customer files, supplier information,
catalogs) and certain contract rights (selected by the Company's subsidiary)
of Potpourri, a North Carolina-based manufacturer and marketer of Christmas
products for a purchase price of approximately $2.3 million.
Syroco, Inc.
On April 11, 1995, pursuant to an agreement entered into on March 28,
1995, the Company, through its subsidiary, Syratech Holding Corporation, sold
Syroco. The net proceeds received after costs of the sale and income taxes
were $133.9 million. On September 25, 1995, the Company reached a final
settlement regarding the sale of Syroco. Under the terms of the settlement,
the Company reacquired certain assets and reassumed certain liabilities of
Syroco which have been recorded at their estimated net fair value amounting
to $1.8 million at December 31, 1995. The Company does not expect that the
liquidation of these assets or the ultimate resolution of the reassumed
liabilities will have a material effect on the previously recognized gain on
disposal. The sale resulted in the discontinuation of the Company's casual
furniture and accessories business and resulted in an after tax gain on
disposal of $30.5 million which was recognized in the second quarter of 1995.
The assets and liabilities relating to the discontinued business are included
in the caption, net assets of discontinued operations, in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets at December 31, 1994 and 1995 and at September 30, 1996. The
results of operations for the discontinued segment are included in
discontinued operations in the Consolidated Income Statements and Statements
of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the
nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996.
Products
The Company designs, manufactures, imports and markets a diverse offering
of quality tabletop, giftware and seasonal products. The following table
presents a breakdown of the Company's net sales by major product categories
for the periods presented. For the purpose of this table, seasonal products
include the Rauch (including Rochard), Silvestri and Holiday Workshop product
lines. Certain seasonal products marketed under Wallace, Towle and
International Silver trademarks are included in the tabletop and giftware
product category.
Year Ended December 31,
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Pro Forma(1)
1993 1994 1995 1995
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(in thousands)
Tabletop and Giftware $119,182 $139,510 $153,170 $153,170
Seasonal 3,500 7,781 16,350 75,269
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Total $122,682 $147,291 $169,520 $228,439
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(1) The 1995 pro forma data presents the net sales breakdown assuming that
the acquisition of Rauch had been completed on January 1, 1995.
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The Company's products include those shown in the table below, all of
which are marketed under one of the Company's many well-recognized tradenames
as shown in the table:
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Product Category Representative Products Principal Tradenames
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TABLETOP Sterling Silver Flatware and Hollowware, Wallace Silversmiths(R), Towle
AND Silverplated Flatware and Hollowware, Silversmiths(R), International Silver
GIFTWARE Stainless Steel Flatware, Picture Frames Company(R), Farberware(R), C.J. Vander,
and Photo Albums, Porcelain Boxes, Ltd.(tm), Roberts and Belk, Ltd.(tm),
Candlesticks, Cosmetic Accessories, Tuttle Sterling(R), Rochard(tm),
Glassware, Woodenware, Ceramics, Brassware Melannco(R), 1847 Rogers Bros.(R),
Elements(R)
SEASONAL Waterglobes, Figurines, Collectibles, Rauch Industries(R), Silvestri(R), Holiday
Christmas Ornaments, Christmas Stockings, Workshop(R), International Christmas(tm),
Tree Skirts, Trim, Lighting Holiday Products(tm), Rochard(tm)
</TABLE>
Tabletop and Giftware
Sterling Silver and Silverplated Flatware and Hollowware. The Company
designs, markets and distributes a variety of products in these categories,
including flatware, serving pieces, cosmetic accessories and hollowware, such
as candlesticks, casseroles and coffee and tea services, that are marketed
under the tradenames Wallace Silversmiths(R), Towle Silversmiths(R),
International Silver Company(R), C.J. Vander(tm) and Tuttle Sterling(R). A
vast majority of the Company's products in this category are manufactured at
the Company's plants in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts. These products are
sold primarily to specialty stores, including jewelry stores and gift stores,
and department stores and are generally included in bridal registries.
Stainless Steel Flatware. The Company designs, markets and distributes
several lines of stainless steel flatware ranging from premium mass-produced
sets to high-end flatware place settings. The Company markets these products
under tradenames such as Wallace Silversmiths(R), Towle Silversmiths(R),
International Silver Company(R), 1847 Rogers Bros.(R) and, under a license
agreement, the tradename Cuisinart(R). The Company's products in this
category are imported from the Company's third-party vendors located
primarily in the Asia Pacific Rim. The primary channels of distribution
include department stores, mass market merchandisers, warehouse clubs and
specialty stores and are also included in bridal registries.
Picture Frames and Photo Albums. The Company designs, markets and
distributes several product lines of picture frames and photo albums. The
picture frames range from sterling silver on the high end to a variety of
other frames produced in wood, resin, ceramic, metal and other mediums. The
photo albums are produced in metal, fabric and resin. The Company markets
these products under tradenames such as Melannco International(R),
International Silver Company(R), Wallace Silversmiths(R) and Towle
Silversmiths(R) and under license from The Walt Disney Company(R). The
Company's products in this category are imported from the Company's
third-party vendors located primarily in the Asia Pacific Rim. The channels
of distribution include department stores, including stationery departments,
specialty stores and mass market merchandisers.
Glassware, Woodenware and Ceramics. The Company designs, markets and
distributes several lines of glassware products, including beverageware,
glass dinnerware and salad sets. The Company markets these products under the
tradenames International Silver Company(R) and Elements(R). The Company
intends to market a woodenware and ceramics line in 1997 under the
Farberware(r) tradename. The Company's products in this category are imported
from the Company's third-party vendors located primarily in the Asia Pacific
Rim. The channels of distribution of the Company's glassware line include
mass market merchandisers, warehouse clubs and specialty stores.
Porcelain Boxes. The Company designs, markets and distributes a diverse
range of high-end, hand-painted porcelain boxes under the Rochard (tm)
tradename which are primarily manufactured by third-party vendors located
primarily in France. The channels of distribution include specialty stores,
including jewelry stores and department stores.
Other Tabletop and Giftware. The Company designs, markets and distributes
a wide range of other tabletop and giftware products, including premium
products such as picture frames and cosmetic accessories as "gift with
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purchase" items, brassware, napkin rings and decorative clocks. The primary
channels of distribution include department stores, mass market
merchandisers, warehouse clubs and specialty stores.
Seasonal Products
Christmas Ornaments. The Company designs, markets and distributes
Christmas tree ornaments made of glass, satin, ceramic and resin. The
Company's products are distributed through specialty stores, department
stores, jewelry stores, mass market merchandisers and warehouse clubs. These
products are marketed under the tradenames Rauch(r), Silvestri(r), Holiday
Workshop(r) and International Christmas(tm). The Company also manufactures
limited edition, sterling silver Christmas ornaments that are marketed under
the tradenames Wallace Silversmiths(r) and Towle Silversmiths(r).
Other Christmas Decorations. The Company designs, markets and distributes
a diverse product offering of other Christmas decorations including
figurines, waterglobes, collectibles, trim, lighting, tree skirts and other
decorative items produced in wood, resin, metal, paper, textiles, glass and
ceramic. These products are marketed under the tradenames Silvestri(r),
Rauch(r), Holiday Workshop(r), International Christmas(tm) and Elements(r).
These products are distributed through specialty stores, department stores,
mass market merchandisers and warehouse clubs.
Other Seasonal Products. The Company designs, markets and distributes a
variety of other seasonal products for Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving,
Mothers Day and Valentines Day. These products include figurines, vases,
bowls, trays and other items comprised of metal, resin, wood, ceramic and
glass. These products are distributed through specialty stores, department
stores, mass market merchandisers and warehouse clubs.
Sales, Marketing and Distribution
The Company, through one of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, has
entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire approximately 42 acres
of land in Mira Loma, California. The Company intends to construct a
warehouse and distribution center on the property to serve as its western
region warehouse and distribution center.
The Company sells many different types of products, with a variety of
price points and target customers. Accordingly, the Company sells its
products through a variety of distribution channels including department and
speciality stores, mass market merchandisers, warehouse clubs, catalogue
showrooms, premium and incentive marketers, drug store chains, supermarkets,
and jewelry stores. The Company maintains separate sales forces for its
product lines so as to provide the specialized expertise and attention
necessary to service its customer base. The Company's sales and marketing
staff coordinates with individual retailers to devise marketing strategies
and merchandising concepts and to furnish advice on advertising and product
promotion. The Company has developed several promotional programs for use in
the ordinary course of business to promote sales throughout the year.
The Company's various sales and marketing efforts are supported from its
principal office and showroom in East Boston, Massachusetts and, for certain
of its products, from its offices and showrooms in Hong Kong and London. The
Company maintains additional showrooms in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta,
Dallas and Chicago. The Company's sales and marketing staff at September 30,
1996, consisted of approximately 120 employees who are salaried, paid
commissions based on sales or, in some instances, paid a base salary plus
commissions. The Company also distributes certain of its products through
independent sales representatives who work on a commission basis only.
Retailing Customers
During 1995, 20 customers accounted for approximately 42% of the Company's
net sales. No one customer represented more than 6.3% of the Company's net
sales.
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1995 Channels of Distribution % of 1995 Net Sales(1)
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Mass Market Merchandisers, Catalogue Showrooms, Warehouse Clubs,
Drug Store Chains, Supermarkets 27%
Department Stores 30%
Specialty Stores, Jewelry Stores, Premium and Incentive Marketers 43%
</TABLE>
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(1) With the addition of Rauch in 1996, the Company expects net sales to mass
market merchandisers as a percentage of total net sales to increase.
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In order better to service its customers, the Company has invested in
equipment and software to allow its customers to transmit their orders
electronically throughout the EDI system.
Manufacturing and Raw Materials
The Company produces its sterling silver flatware at its manufacturing
facility in San German, Puerto Rico, where it fabricates and manufactures
sterling silver into finished products for the Wallace, International, Towle
and Tuttle lines, and in Sheffield, England for C.J. Vander, Ltd. and Roberts
and Belk. The Company also designs, produces and maintains the tools required
for manufacturing sterling silver flatware.
The Company has maintained, in the aggregate, approximately six months of
inventory. The Company's silver fabrication operation in its Puerto Rico
manufacturing plant became fully operational during 1994. This process
reduces the need for purchasing fabricated silver from outside vendors. The
Company uses substantial quantities of fabricated silver in its manufacturing
operations. Fabricated sterling silver made from fine silver purchased by the
Company may be readily obtainable from outside resources as well. The Company
purchases fine silver in the spot market in quantities the Company believes
are adequate to meet reasonably foreseeable consumer demand for its silver
products. The Company does not engage in speculative purchases of fine
silver. In the five-year period ended September 30, 1996, the closing price
of silver as quoted by Handy & Harman Inc. has ranged from $3.54 per troy
ounce to $ per troy ounce ($ at , 1996).
The Company manufactures silverplated giftware and tabletop products,
including hollowware, at its manufacturing and silverplating facilities in
North Dighton, Massachusetts and Sheffield, England. These facilities have
all the stamping, processing, soldering, finishing, polishing, silverplating
and packaging capabilities necessary to turn unfinished metal into finished
products.
The Company's imported products originate as designs created by its
internal design staff or by independent designers, in each case in
conjunction with the Company's product development and marketing staffs.
Products based on these designs are manufactured to the Company's
specifications in various countries including Hong Kong, India, Korea,
Taiwan, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and certain European countries.
In 1995, the Company purchased an aggregate of approximately $81 million
of products from approximately 100 foreign manufacturers. No vendor accounted
for ten percent or more of such purchases in 1995. The Company does not have
information on the financial condition of its major foreign vendors, all of
which are privately held, but is not aware of any unfavorable information
related to their respective financial condition. Of the Company's foreign
purchases in 1995, approximately 92% were from vendors located in the Far
East and approximately 7% were from vendors located in India. The Company
does not believe that the loss of any single foreign supplier would have a
material long-term adverse impact on the Company's source of supply, because
other manufacturers with whom the Company does business would be able to
increase production to fulfill the Company's requirements. See "Risk
Factors--Foreign Sources of Supply."
The Company intends to invest in increasing production capacity and
improving productivity related to its Rauch operations. For several of the
prior selling seasons, the Company believes that Rauch had operated under
capacity constraints. The Company has developed and is in the process of
installing new automatic machinery with a production capacity exceeding 150%
of the capacity of its current machines. The Company expects that the new
machinery will start operating during the first quarter of 1997. The Company
also purchased an 828,000 (approximately) square foot building in Chester,
South Carolina, which is in close proximity to the existing Rauch
manufacturing plant. This new facility will provide adequate space for the
new machinery and allow for automated material handling which is expected to
reduce costs substantially. This large warehouse and distribution center will
also provide the Company an opportunity to consolidate its outside warehouse
and manufacturing. The Company continuously looks for new equipment intended
to reduce production costs.
The recently acquired Rauch Christmas decoration manufacturing process
uses three basic raw materials: (i) expandable polystyrene ("EPS") for
unbreakable ornaments, (ii) glass ornament blanks and (iii) acetate or
polyester yarn materials including boxes and packaging. To produce Christmas
stockings, tree skirts and Santa Claus hats and suits, Rauch purchases
non-woven and knitted pile fabric. Rauch has not experienced difficulty in
obtaining raw materials or other supplies from its suppliers and does not
anticipate any such difficulty in the foreseeable future. Rauch imports
ornament hangers, small glass and satin balls and assorted tree and
off-the-tree decorations from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mexico and Colombia. See
"Risk Factors--Foreign Sources of Supply."
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Competition
The tabletop, giftware and seasonal products industries in which the
Company is engaged are highly competitive. Competition is affected not only
by the large number of domestic manufacturers, but also by the large volume
of foreign imports. Several of the Company's competitors are larger and have
greater financial resources than the Company. The Company's products compete
indirectly with a broad range of household products not offered by the
Company. Within the overall tabletop products industry, the production of
sterling silver flatware in the United States is relatively concentrated,
with five manufacturers, including the Company, accounting for substantially
all of the sterling silver flatware manufactured and sold in the United
States. The other principal manufacturers and marketers of sterling silver
flatware are Gorham, Inc. and its affiliate The Kirk Steiff Company, Reed &
Barton Corp. and Lunt Silversmiths, all of which have been in business for
many years. The giftware and seasonal products industries, however, are very
fragmented with numerous small manufacturers and marketers of a limited
number of products. The Company is not aware of any competitor having the
same product line breadth.
A number of factors affect competition in the sale of products of the type
manufactured, imported and sold by the Company. Among these are brand
identification, style, design, packaging, price, quality, promotion, sales
staff and the level of service provided to customers. The importance of these
competitive factors varies from customer to customer and from product to
product and no one of these factors is dominant in all cases. The Company
believes that its ability to compete effectively can be attributed to its
performance in all of these areas. Certain of the Company's foreign
competitors have tried to gain market share in the United States by producing
low-cost items and by taking advantage of the increased purchasing power of
the dollar in times when the dollar is relatively strong as compared to
foreign countries. Rising labor costs in many foreign countries and the
relative weakness of the dollar, as compared to the exchange rates prevailing
in the mid-1980's, have reduced these advantages to some extent in recent
years. See "Risk Factors--Competition".
Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
The success of the Company's various businesses depends in part on the
Company's ability to exploit certain proprietary designs, trademarks and
brand names on an exclusive basis in reliance upon the protections afforded
by applicable copyright, patent and trademark laws and regulations. The loss
of certain of the Company's rights to such designs, trademarks and brand
names or the inability of the Company effectively to protect or enforce such
rights could adversely affect the Company. See "Risk Factors--Trademarks,
Copyrights and Patents."
Seasonality
Sales are generally higher in the third and fourth quarters and are
strongly influenced by the buying patterns associated with the Christmas
season. The acquisitions of Rauch and Silvestri will intensify the
seasonality of the Company since the majority of Rauch and Silvestri products
are Christmas items and sales of these products are strongest in the third
and fourth quarters. The Company continues to introduce products appropriate
to other holidays and seasons in order to increase sales during the first and
second quarters. See "Risk Factors--Seasonality."
Backlog and Warranty
The Company's backlog consists of cancelable orders and is dependent upon
trends in consumer demand throughout the year. Customer order patterns vary
from year to year, largely because of annual differences in consumer
acceptance of product lines, product availability, marketing strategies,
inventory levels of retailers and differences in overall economic and weather
conditions. Orders for the Company's products are generally subject to
cancellation until shipment. As a result, comparison of backlog as of any
date in a given year with backlog at the same date in a prior year are not
necessarily indicative of sales trends. The Company had (exclusive of
Farberware) a backlog of approximately $92.75 million as of September 30,
1996, compared to approximately $45.14 million as of September 30, 1995. See
"Seasonality." The Company does not believe that backlog is necessarily
indicative of the Company's future results of operations or prospects.
The Company's warranty policy is to accept returns of products with
defects in materials or workmanship. The Company will also accept returns of
incorrectly shipped goods where the Company has been notified on a timely
basis and, in certain cases, to maintain customer goodwill. In accordance
with normal retail industry practice, the Company ordinarily accepts returns
only from its customers and does not ordinarily accept returns directly from
consumers. Certain of the products returned to the Company by its customers,
however, may have been returned to those customers by consumers. The Company
will routinely accept returns for imported products that are received
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late by the customer. The majority of the returned products are resold into
the same distribution channel. During the three year period ended December
31, 1995, returns and allowances amounted to approximately 2.6% of sales.
Incident to its acquisition of certain assets of Farberware Inc. (now
known as Bruckner Manufacturing Company), the Company agreed to assume all
obligations and liabilities with respect to warranties for replacement or
repair of products manufactured by Farberware under the latter's printed
warranty forms and certain other product warranties. The Company is entitled,
subject to certain conditions, to be indemnified by Bruckner Manufacturing
Company and its parent for the expenses incurred incident to such warranties.
Environmental Regulation
The Company's manufacturing operations including, silverplating, chrome
plating, tool making and painting, routinely involve the handling of waste
materials that are classified as hazardous. The Company is subject to certain
domestic federal, state and local laws and regulations concerning the
handling, containment and disposal of hazardous substances and, therefore, in
the ordinary course of its business, the Company incurs compliance costs and
may be required to incur clean-up costs. In addition, the Company's C.J.
Vander facility is subject to many environmental regulations related to its
manufacturing operations in the United Kingdom. Actions by federal, state and
local governments concerning environmental matters could result in laws or
regulations that could increase the cost of producing the products
manufactured by the Company or otherwise adversely affect the demand for its
products. In addition, the future costs of compliance with environmental laws
and regulations and liabilities resulting from currently unknown
circumstances or developments could be substantial and could have a material
adverse effect on the Company. For example, certain laws and regulations
could impose liability upon the Company for any historic releases of
hazardous substances from facilities that it has owned or operated, or, from
facilities to which its waste materials have been transported for treatment
or disposal.
Properties
The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company's
properties as of November 1, 1996:*
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Approximate
Square
Footage or
Location Type of Facility Acreage Status
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Chester, SC(1) Warehouse/Manufacturing/Showroom 828,000 Owned
Revere, MA Warehouse/Distribution 535,000 Owned
Gastonia, NC Manufacturing/Distribution 425,000 Owned
East Boston, MA Office/Showroom 292,000 Owned
El Paso, TX Warehouse 125,000 Owned
Sheffield, England Manufacturing/Warehouse/Foundry 39,920 Owned
Cramerton, NC Land 34.1 Acres Owned
Ontario, CA Warehouse/Distribution 285,000 Leased
Charlotte, NC(2) Manufacturing/Distribution 248,900 Leased
Dallas, TX* Warehouse 189,100 Leased
Gastonia, NC(3) Warehouse/Manufacturing/Distribution 162,197 Leased
North Dighton, MA Manufacturing/Warehouse/Office 134,042 Leased
Crisfield, MD Manufacturing/Warehouse 71,754 Leased
San German, PR Manufacturing/Office 70,296 Leased
China Warehouse 56,512 Leased
New York, NY*(4) Showroom 47,061 Leased
Hong Kong Office/Warehouse/Showroom 42,009 Leased
Lumberton, NC(5) Manufacturing 36,000 Leased
Atlanta, GA Showrooms 15,050 Leased
Los Angeles, CA Showroom 10,095 Leased
Dallas, TX* Showrooms 9,716 Leased
Warwick, RI(6) Office 8,200 Leased
Chicago, IL Showroom 7,452 Leased
Taiwan Office 6,253 Leased
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Approximate
Square
Footage or
Location Type of Facility Acreage Status
- -------- ---------------- ---------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Philippines Office 4,380 Leased
London, England Office/Showrooms/Retail Store 4,000 Leased
New York, NY Warehouse 3,800 Leased
Wallingford, CT Office 2,800 Leased
Dallas, TX* Office Leased
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* Includes Silvestri space, the leasing of which has not yet been approved by
the Bankruptcy Court.
(1) Scheduled to be operational by March 31, 1997
(2) Subsequently closed on November 30, 1996
(3) Scheduled to close on December 31, 1996
(4) 1,700 sq. ft. of showroom space scheduled to close on December 31, 1996
(5) Subsequently closed on December 15, 1996
(6) Subsequently closed on November 30, 1996
Employees
As of September 30, 1996, the Company had approximately 2,175 employees of
whom approximately 350 were temporary seasonal employees at Rauch. The
Company believes that its relationship with its employees is good.
The Company's employees are not represented by labor unions; however,
Rauch, which merged with the Company on February 15, 1996, was a subject of
efforts by UNITE (the "Union") in the fall of 1995 to organize Rauch's
employees. A scheduled Union election was postponed because the Union filed
unfair labor practice charges against Rauch with the National Labor Relations
Board (the "NLRB"). These charges, which related to allegations of threats
and promises by Rauch officials and the termination of certain employees,
were settled pursuant to an agreement between Rauch and the Union. On May 2,
1996, the NLRB approved the agreement and the Union's request that the
petition for an election be withdrawn with prejudice.
Legal Proceedings
The Company has been named as a defendant in several legal actions arising
from its normal business activities, including routine copyright and
trademark litigation, which actions are considered normal in the businesses
in which the Company is engaged.
The Company is also involved in litigation with Bruckner Manufacturing
Corp. ("BMC") and its parent, U.S. Industries, Inc. ("USI") growing out of
the acquisition by its Farberware Inc. subsidiary of the Farberware assets
previously owned by BMC and certain related transactions.
The Company carries insurance against liability for certain types of
risks. Although the amount of liability that could result from any litigation
cannot be accurately predicted, in the opinion of management, the Company's
potential liability on all known claims would not have a material adverse
effect on the results of operations or financial condition of the Company.
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MANAGEMENT
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table provides information concerning the directors and
executive officers of the Company following the Recapitalization. All
directors will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders of
the Company and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
All officers will serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Name Age Positions with the Company
---- --- --------------------------
Leonard Florence 65 Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Executive
Office and Director
E. Merle Randolph 63 Vice President, Treasurer, Chief
Financial Officer and Director
Melvin L. Levine Vice President of Purchasing and
64 Director
Alan R. Kanter 44 Vice President of Sales, and Director
Faye A. Florence Vice President, General Counsel
39 and Secretary
David V. Harkins 55 Director
Thomas M. Hagerty 33 Director
Scott A. Schoen 38 Director
Kent R. Weldon 29 Director
Seth W. Lawry 32 Director
Leonard Florence is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of the Company. He has served in the capacity of Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer continuously since September 1986. He has
also been President and a director of certain of its subsidiaries since their
respective dates of organization. Mr. Florence previously served as President
of the Company from 1986 to 1994 and resumed the position in 1995. Mr.
Florence has been an executive in the tabletop and giftware products industry
for more than 35 years.
E. Merle Randolph has been Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of the Company since September 1986. He became a director of the
Company in May 1989. Mr. Randolph is also an officer of certain of the
Company's subsidiaries. For 17 years prior to joining the Company, Mr.
Randolph was employed in various financial positions by Rockwell
International Corporation.
Melvin L. Levine has been Vice President of the Company and certain of its
subsidiaries since September 1986. Mr. Levine has been an executive in the
tabletop and giftware products industry for more than 35 years. He became a
director of the Company in May 1989. Mr. Levine is also an officer and
director of certain of the Company's subsidiaries.
Alan R. Kanter, who will become a director of the Company following the
Merger, has been a Vice President of the Company and a subsidiary of the
Company since September 1986. Mr. Kanter has been employed in the tabletop
and giftware products industry for more than 20 years.
Faye A. Florence, an attorney, has been Vice President and General Counsel
of the Company since June 1987 and Secretary since August 1987. Ms. Florence
is also an officer of certain of the Company's subsidiaries. Ms. Florence is
the daughter of Leonard Florence.
David V. Harkins will become a director of the Company following the
Merger. Mr. Harkins is Senior Managing Director of Thomas H. Lee Company and
joined Thomas H. Lee Company in 1986. Mr. Harkins is the President and a
Trustee of THL Equity Trust III, the General Partner of THL Equity Advisers
III Limited Partnership, which is the General Partner of Thomas H. Lee Equity
Fund III, L.P. and is the Chairman of National Dentex Corporation since 1983.
Mr. Harkins is a director of Stanley Furniture Company, Inc., National Dentex
Corporation, HomeSide, Inc., Freedom Securities, Inc. and First Alert, Inc.
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Thomas M. Hagerty will become a director of the Company following the
Merger. Mr. Hagerty is the Treasurer and a director of THL I. Mr. Hagerty is
a Managing Director of the Thomas H. Lee Company since 1993 and he joined
Thomas H. Lee Company in 1988. Mr. Hagerty is a Vice President and Trustee of
THL Equity Trust III, the General Partner of THL Equity Advisers III Limited
Partnership, which is the General Partner of Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III,
L.P. Mr. Hagerty is a director of Select Beverages, Inc., Freedom Securities,
Inc. and HomeSide, Inc.
Scott A. Schoen will become a director of the Company following the
Merger. Mr. Schoen is the President and a director of THL I. Mr Schoen is a
Managing Director of the Thomas H. Lee Company since 1991 and he joined
Thomas H. Lee Company in 1986. Mr. Schoen is a Vice President and Trustee of
THL Equity Trust III, the General Partner of THL Equity Advisers III Limited
Partnership, which is the General Partner of Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III,
L.P. Mr. Schoen is a director of First Alert, Inc., Rayovac Corporation,
Anchor Advanced Products, Inc., Alliance International Group, Inc., Health o
meter Products, Inc. and LaSalle Re Holdings Ltd.
Kent R. Weldon will become a director of the Company following the Merger.
Mr. Weldon is the Secretary and a director of THL I. Mr. Weldon is an
Associate of Thomas H. Lee Company since 1995; he worked at Thomas H. Lee
Company from 1991 to 1993 and rejoined in 1995. Mr. Weldon is a Vice
President of THL Equity Trust III, the General Partner of THL Equity Advisers
III Limited Partnership, which is the General Partner of Thomas H. Lee Equity
III, L.P. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Weldon worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions
Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. From 1993 to 1995, Mr.
Weldon attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Seth W. Lawry will become a director of the Company following the Merger.
Mr. Lawry is a Vice President of Thomas H. Lee Company since 1995; he worked
at Thomas H. Lee Company from 1989 to 1990 and rejoined in 1994. Mr. Lawry is
a Vice President of THL Equity Trust III, the General Partner of THL Equity
Advisers III Limited Partnership, which is the General Partner of Thomas H.
Lee Equity III, L.P. From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Lawry attended Stanford Graduate
School of Business. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Lawry worked in the Mergers &
Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Mr. Lawry is a
director of Freedom Securities, Inc.
Committees of the Board of Directors
It is expected that the Board of Directors will establish an Audit
Committee and a Compensation Committee to replace those committees as now
constituted. The membership of the reconstituted committees has not yet been
determined. The Compensation Committee will make recommendations concerning
the salaries and incentive compensation of employees of and consultants to
Syratech, and will oversee and administer the Company's stock option plans.
The Audit Committee will be responsible for reviewing the results and scope
of audits and other services provided by Syratech's independent auditors.
Employment Agreements
Effective August 16, 1991, the Company entered into an employment
agreement with Leonard Florence (the "Florence Employment Agreement")
providing for the employment of Mr. Florence as Chief Executive Officer of
the Company at an annual base salary, payable in semi-monthly installments,
of not less than $0.35 million as well as for certain other benefits and the
reimbursement of expenses. Unless otherwise terminated by the Company as
provided in the Florence Employment Agreement, Mr. Florence's term of
full-time employment will continue until the earlier of (i) the fifth
anniversary of receipt of a notice of termination given by either party to
the other or (ii) the first anniversary of receipt of a notice of termination
given by Mr. Florence to the Company. The Company may, at its discretion, but
without any obligation, increase Mr. Florence's base salary during the term
of full-time employment. Once the base salary shall have been increased, it
shall not thereafter be decreased without his written consent. Mr. Florence's
current base salary is $0.7 million per annum. The Florence Employment
Agreement obligates Mr. Florence to provide certain advisory services to the
Company during the five-year period following the term of Mr. Florence's
full-time employment (the "Advisory Period") and provides for Mr. Florence to
receive annual compensation during the Advisory Period in an amount equal to
not less than 25% of his base salary during the final year of his full-time
employment. During the period of his full-time employment and the Advisory
Period, Mr. Florence is prohibited from engaging in any business that is
competitive with any line of business in which the Company is engaged that
contributes three percent or more of the gross revenues of the Company. The
Florence Employment Agreement also provides for payment to Mr. Florence of a
retirement benefit.
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The Company entered into a similar employment agreement, also effective as
of August 16, 1991, with Melvin L. Levine, Vice President of Purchasing of
the Company, except in Mr. Levine's case the base salary was $0.225 million
for the year ended December 31, 1992. Mr. Levine's current base salary is
$0.350 million per annum.
As of May 1995 and July 1995, the employment agreements with Messrs.
Levine and Florence were amended with respect to the computation and payment
of retirement benefits to each and, in the case of Mr. Florence, to provide
for payment of a survivor's benefit to his surviving spouse. Specifically,
the amendments provided for annual retirement benefit payments in amounts
equal to 2% of their respective average total compensation (i.e., base salary
and bonus compensation) in the three years preceding attainment by the
relevant executive of age sixty- five or termination of such executive's full
time employment, whichever occurs later, multiplied by the number of years of
such executive's employment by the Company.
The Employment Agreements with Messrs. Florence and Levine, as amended,
provide for retirement benefit payments determined and payable in accordance
with the agreements. The following table shows the estimated annual benefits
payable to Messrs. Florence and Levine upon retirement based upon various
compensation levels and years of service.
Pension Plan Table
Years of Service
-------------------------------
Renumeration 5 10 15
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400,000 40,000 80,000 120,000
500,000 50,000 100,000 150,000
600,000 60,000 120,000 180,000
700,000 70,000 140,000 210,000
800,000 80,000 160,000 240,000
900,000 90,000 180,000 270,000
1,000,000 100,000 200,000 300,000
1,100,000 110,000 220,000 330,000
1,200,000 120,000 240,000 360,000
1,300,000 130,000 260,000 390,000
1,400,000 140,000 280,000 420,000
Messrs. Florence and Levine have each completed ten years of credited
service. Retirement benefits under the employment agreements are computed on
the basis of a straight-life annuity and are not reduced by the benefits
received under Social Security, but would be reduced by any benefits received
under any Company funded pension plan that hereafter may be adopted.
At the Effective Time, the Employment Agreement with Leonard Florence will
be amended so as to (i) change his term of full-time employment from a
rolling five-year term to a fixed five-year term, (ii) provide for a minimum
base compensation of $1.15 million per annum, (iii) establish $1.15 million
as the minimum amount upon which his retirement benefit (and the survivor's
benefit of his surviving spouse) will be computed and (iv) create contractual
rights with respect to certain perquisites that are accorded to him
informally under his present arrangements with the Company. Under Section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, so much of the compensation paid to Mr.
Florence as exceeds $1 million annually may not be deductible by the Company
for federal income tax purposes. The Employment Agreement with Melvin L.
Levine will be amended, as of the Effective Time, to change his term of
full-time employment from a rolling five-year term to a fixed five-year term.
The Company has also entered into employment agreements, effective as of
August 16, 1991, with E. Merle Randolph, Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer, and Alan R. Kanter, Vice President of Sales of the
Company. The agreements with Messrs. Randolph and Kanter are similar to those
with Messrs. Florence and Levine described above, except that (i) the term of
full-time employment of each of Messrs. Randolph and Kanter will continue
until the third anniversary of receipt of a notice of termination given by
the Company to the executive involved or by such executive to the Company,
(ii) the period during which each of Messrs. Randolph and Kanter has agreed
to provide advisory services to the Company (and to be bound by a
non-competition agreement) following the term of his full-time employment
will be the lesser of three years or six months for each year of his
full-time employment beginning with the date of the employment agreement,
with such advisory period and the
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coextensive non-competition covenant being subject to termination at the
election of the Company on six months prior notice to the executive involved,
and (iii) no provision was originally made therein for a payment of a
retirement benefit.
The employment agreements of Messrs. Randolph and Kanter were amended in
July 1996, to provide, and during the same month Faye A. Florence and the
Company entered into a Retirement Benefit Agreement that provides, inter
alia, for the payment at age 65 or upon termination of such officer's
employment, whichever is later, of an annual retirement benefit to each such
officer equal to a percentage of his or her average annual compensation for
the three fiscal years ended immediately prior to the date on which such
officer ceases to be a full time employee of the Company multiplied by the
number of years of such officer's service to the Company. The minimum annual
retirement benefit for each such officer will be $75,000.
It is not contemplated that any changes will be made in the agreements
with Messrs. Randolph and Kanter and Ms. Florence.
Stock Option Plan
1997 Stock Option Plan. The Company expects that the 1997 Stock Option
Plan (the "1997 Plan") will be adopted by the Board of Directors and approved
by the Compny's stockholders promptly following the Closing. A maximum of
273,438 shares of Common stock will be issuable pursuant to the 1997 Plan
upon exercise of options. Under the 1997 Plan, incentive stock options may be
granted to employees and officers of the Company and non- qualified stock
options may be granted to consultants, directors, employees and officers of
the Company.
The 1997 Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors of the
Company or a committee thereof consisting of two or more directors. Subject
to the provisions of the 1997 Plan, the Board of Directors will have the
authority to select optionees and determine the terms of the options granted,
including (i) the number of shares subject to each option, (ii) when the
option becomes exercisable, (iii) the exercise price of the options (which in
the case of an incentive stock option cannot be less than the fair market
value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, or less than 110% of fair
market value in the case of employees or officers holding 10% or more of the
voting stock of the Company), (iv) the duration of the option and (v) the
time, manner and form of payment upon exercise of an option.
An option will not be transferable by the optionee except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution. Options will be exercisable only while
the optionee remains in the employ of the company or for a period of time
thereafter. If an optionee remains in the employ of the Company or for a
period of time thereafter. If an optionee becomes disabled or dies while in
the employ of the Company, the option will be exercisable prior to the last
day of the third and sixth month, respectively following the date of
termination of employment. If the optionee leaves the employ of the Company
for any other reason, the option will be terminated immediately upon
termination of employment; provided that the Board of Directors may extend
this period up to the original expiration date of such option. Options which
are exercisable following termination of employment will be exercisable only
to the extent that the optionee was entitled to exercise such options on the
date of such termination.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the
beneficial ownership of Syratech Common Stock after giving effect to the
Recapitalization (i) by each stockholder who owns beneficially in excess of
5% of the outstanding Syratech Common Stock, (ii) by each director, and (iii)
by all officers and directors as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, all
persons listed below have (i) sole voting power and investment power with
respect to their shares of Syratech Common Stock, except to the extent that
authority is shared by spouses under applicable law, and (ii) record and
beneficial ownership with respect to their shares of Syratech Common Stock.
The following table assumes that no stockholders other than Management retain
shares in the Recapitalization.
Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Name Owned Percentage
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Leonard Florence (a) 714,400 18.3%
E. Merle Randolph 12,598 *
Melvin L. Levine 19,900 *
Alan R. Kanter 27,000 *
Faye A. Florence 3,527 *
David V. Harkins (b) 3,128,825 80.1%
Scott A. Schoen (b) 3,128,825 80.1%
Thomas M. Hagerty (b) 3,128,825 80.1%
Seth W. Lawry (b) 3,128,825 80.1%
Kent R. Weldon (b) 3,128,825 80.1%
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P. (c) 2,684,282 68.7%
THL-CCI Investors Limited Partnership (d) 278,447 7.1%
Officers and Directors as a group (10 persons) 3,906,250 100.0%
- ----------
* Less than 1% of the issued and outstanding Syratech Common Stock.
(a) The business address for Leonard Florence is c/o Syratech Corporation,
175 McClellan Highway, East Boston, Massachusetts, 02128-9114.
(b) The business address of this stockholder is c/o Thomas H. Lee Company, 75
State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. All such voting securities are
owned by Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Foreign Fund
III, L.P. and THL-CCI Investors Limited Partnership and may be deemed to
be beneficially owned by Messrs. Harkins, Hagerty, Schoen, Lawry and
Weldon, officers of Thomas H. Lee Company. Each of such persons disclaims
beneficial ownership of such shares.
(c) THL Equity Advisors III Limited Partnership ("Advisors"), the general
partner of Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P. and Thomas H. Lee Foreign
Fund III, L.P., THL Equity Trust III ("Equity Trust"), the general
partner of Advisors, Thomas H. Lee, Messrs. Harkins, Hagerty and Schoen
and other managing directors of Thomas H. Lee Company may be deemed to be
beneficial owners of the shares of Syratech Common Stock held by such
funds. Each of such persons maintains a principal business address at
Suite 2600, 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Each of such
persons disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
(d) THL Investment Management Corp., the general partner of THL-CCI Investors
Limited Partnership, and Thomas H. Lee, as director and sole shareholder
of THL Investment Management Corp., may also be deemed to be beneficial
owners of the shares of Syratech Common Stock held by THL-CCI Investors
Limited Partnership. Each of such persons maintains a principal business
address at Suite 2600, 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Each
of such persons disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Following the Recapitalization, affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Company will
own between 60% and 81.7% of the Common Stock of the Company. See "The
Recapitalization."
At Closing, the Company will enter into a management agreement with Thomas
H. Lee Company pursuant to which the Company will pay Thomas H. Lee Company a
closing fee of $3.0 million in connection with the Recapitalization and an
annual fee of $450,000 for each of five successive years, for management
services to the Company. Such management services consist of on-going
operational, financial, accounting and strategic planning analysis and
advice. Following the initial five-year term of such agreement, such
agreement automatically continues for successive one year terms unless any
party thereto, at least ninety days prior to the end of any term, provides
all other parties thereto with notice of the intent to terminate the
agreement.
The Company will enter into amended employment agreements with each of
Messrs. Florence and Levine in connection with the Recapitalization and is
party to existing employment agreements with Messrs. Kanter and Randolph as
well as a Retirement Benefits Agreement with Ms. Florence. See
"Management--Employment Agreements." Each of the Company's executive officers
will be eligible to participate in a stock option plan to be adopted by the
Company. See "Management--Stock Option Plan."
The Company will enter into a stockholders agreement (the "Stockholders'
Agreement") with affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Company and Management in
connection with the Recapitalization. Pursuant to the Stockholders'
Agreement, the stockholders party thereto will be required to vote their
shares of Common Stock to elect a Board of Directors of the Company
consisting of certain directors designated by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee
Company and certain management directors. The Stockholders' Agreement also
grants those stockholders who are affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Company the
right to require the Company to effect the registration of shares of Common
Stock they hold for sale to the public, subject to certain conditions and
limitations. In addition, under the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement, if
the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, whether for its own account or otherwise, the
stockholders party thereto are entitled to notice of such registration and
are entitled to include their shares therein, subject to certain conditions
and limitations. All fees, costs and expenses of any registration effected on
behalf of such stockholders under the Stockholders' Agreement (other than
underwriting discounts and commissions) will be paid by the Company.
Shares of Syratech Common Stock held by executive officers and directors
of the Company will be entitled to receive the same consideration as shares
of Syratech Common Stock held by other stockholders, except that Leonard
Florence will be required to retain 714,400 of his shares of Syratech Common
Stock and the other Management Stockholders' rights to retain shares of
Syratech Common Stock will be limited to 25% of their shares (as opposed to
35% for stockholders other than Management Stockholders) but such rights will
not be subject to proration. It is currently contemplated that Management
(other than Mr. Florence) will retain 63,025 shares of Syratech Common Stock.
In addition, certain executive officers and directors hold options to
purchase Syratech Common Stock which will vest and be converted into cash in
connection with the Merger.
Ocean State Jobbers, Inc. ("Ocean State") purchased from the Company
merchandise in the amount of approximately $0.735 million for the year ended
December 31, 1995. Alan Perlman, a director of the Company, has been an
officer and director of Ocean State since 1977.
Service Merchandise Co. Inc., ("Service") purchased from the Company
merchandise in the amount of approximately $10.706 million for the year ended
December 31, 1995. Effective July 12, 1996, the Company, through an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary, granted a license to Service to use certain
trademarks, patents and copyrights relating to certain electric and other
products. An indirect beneficial owner of less than 1% of the Company's
Common Stock holds a significant management position in Service. Harold
Roitenberg, a director of the Company, is also a director of Service.
Wacker Industrial Company ("Wacker"), a major supplier, is owned by a
holder of less than 1% of Syratech Common Stock. For the year ended December
31, 1995, the Company had purchases from Wacker of approximately $5.371
million.
The Company believes that the transactions described or referred to above
were effected on terms no less favorable to the Company than those that could
have been obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
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Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company has agreed for six years
after the consummation of the Merger to indemnify all present and former
directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and will, subject
to certain limitations, maintain for six years its current directors' and
officers' insurance and indemnification policy.
Additional information relating to executive compensation and various
benefit arrangements of the Company is set forth and incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
Stockholders held on May 9, 1996. See "Available Information" and
"Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference."
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DESCRIPTION OF SENIOR NOTES
General
The Senior Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the "Indenture")
between the Company and , as trustee (the "Trustee"). The terms of the
Senior Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust
Indenture Act"). The Senior Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders
of Senior Notes are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for
a statement thereof. The following summary of the material provisions of the
Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain
terms used below. Copies of the proposed form of Indenture have been filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part
and are available as set forth below under "-- Available Information". The
definitions of certain terms used in the following summary are set forth
below under "-- Certain Definitions." For purposes of this summary, the term
"Company" refers only to Syratech, as survivor of the Merger, and not to any
of its Subsidiaries.
The Senior Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Company and
will rank pari passu in right of payment with all current and future
unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company, including borrowings under the
New Credit Facility. However, all borrowings under the New Credit Facility
will be secured by a first priority Lien on the accounts receivable and
inventory of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries. Consequently, the
obligations of the Company under the Senior Notes will be effectively
subordinated to its obligations under the New Credit Facility to the extent
of such assets. As of September 30, 1996, on a pro forma basis after giving
effect to the Recapitalization, approximately $108.8 million principal amount
of indebtedness would have been outstanding under the New Credit Facility
(including amounts outstanding under letters of credit) and $21.2 million
would have been available to be borrowed thereunder. See "Risk Factors --
Substantial Leverage and Debt Service; Effective Subordination."
The Company also conducts substantial operations through its direct and
indirect subsidiaries which are not incorporated in the United States (the
"Foreign Subsidiaries"). The Foreign Subsidiaries will not provide guarantees
of, or other credit support for, the Senior Notes. Consequently, the
Company's obligations under the Senior Notes will be effectively subordinated
to the indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of the
Foreign Subsidiaries. As of December 31, 1995, the Foreign Subsidiaries had
identifiable assets of $7.4 million and for the year then ended the Foreign
Subsidiaries had income from operations of $5.6 million. See Note 13 to
Consolidated Financial Statements of Syratech. As of September 30, 1996, the
Foreign Subsidiaries had indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade
payables) of $3.9 million.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
The Senior Notes will be limited in aggregate principal amount to $160.0
million and will mature on , 2007. Interest on the Senior Notes will
accrue at the rate of % per annum and will be payable semi-annually in
arrears on and , commencing on , 1997, to Holders of record on the
immediately preceding and . Interest on the Senior Notes will accrue
from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from the date of original issuance. Interest will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Principal,
premium, if any, and interest on the Senior Notes will be payable at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within the City
and State of New York or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest
may be made by check mailed to the Holders of the Senior Notes at their
respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders of Senior Notes;
provided that all payments of principal, premium and interest with respect to
Senior Notes the Holders of which have given wire transfer instructions to
the Company will be required to be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof. Until
otherwise designated by the Company, the Company's office or agency in New
York will be the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose. The
Senior Notes will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof.
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Optional Redemption
The Senior Notes will not be redeemable at the Company's option prior to
, 2002. Thereafter, the Senior Notes will be subject to redemption at any
time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
---- ----------
2002 %
2003
2004
2005 and thereafter 100.00%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first 36 months after the date
of this Prospectus, the Company may redeem up to an aggregate of 371/2% in
aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes originally issued at a
redemption price of % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash
proceeds of a public offering of common stock of the Company provided that at
least $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes remain
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 45 days of the
date of the closing of such public offering.
Selection and Notice
If less than all of the Senior Notes are to be redeemed at any time,
selection of Senior Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in
compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which the Senior Notes are listed, or, if the Senior
Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate; provided that Senior Notes redeemed
with the proceeds of a public offering of common stock shall be selected on a
pro rata basis. No Senior Notes of $1,000 or less in principal amount shall
be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class
mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of
redemption may not be conditional. If any Senior Note is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Senior Note shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new
Senior Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will
be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original
Senior Note. Senior Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed
for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue
on Senior Notes or portions of them called for redemption.
Mandatory Redemption
Except as set forth below under "Repurchase at the Option of Holders," the
Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments
with respect to the Senior Notes.
Repurchase at the Option Of Holders
Change of Control
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Senior Notes
will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part
(equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Senior
Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer")
at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of
purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within ten days following any
Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing
the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and
offering to repurchase Senior Notes on the date specified in such notice,
which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from
the date such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment Date"),
pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such
notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Senior Notes as a result of a Change of Control.
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On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent
lawful, (1) accept for payment all Senior Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Senior Notes or portions thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee the Senior Notes so accepted together with an
Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes
or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent will
promptly mail to each Holder of Senior Notes so tendered the Change of
Control Payment for such Senior Notes, and the Trustee will promptly
authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each
Holder a new Senior Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion
of the Senior Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Senior
Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer
on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
The Change of Control provisions described above will be applicable
whether or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except
as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the Indenture does
not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Senior Notes to require
that the Company repurchase or redeem the Senior Notes in the event of a
takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.
The Company's other senior indebtedness contains prohibitions of certain
events that would constitute a Change of Control. In addition, the Company's
ability to pay cash to the Holders of Senior Notes upon a repurchase may be
limited by the Company's then existing financial resources. See "Risk Factors
- -- Change of Control."
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a
Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set
forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the
Company and purchases all Senior Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn
under such Change of Control Offer.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of "all or
substantially all" of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole. Although there is a developing body of case law interpreting the
phrase "substantially all," there is no precise established definition of the
phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of Senior
Notes to require the Company to repurchase such Senior Notes as a result of a
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of
the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another
Person or group may be uncertain.
Asset Sales
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company
(or the Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of
such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (evidenced by a
resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or
otherwise disposed of and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration therefor
received by the Company or such Subsidiary is in the form of cash.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale,
the Company may apply such Net Proceeds, at its option (a) to permanently
reduce indebtedness under the Credit Facilities (and correspondingly reduce
commitments thereunder) or (b) to the acquisition of a controlling interest
in another business, the making of a capital expenditure or the acquisition
of other long-term assets, in each case, in the same or a similar line of
business as the Company was engaged in on the date of the Indenture. Pending
the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily
reduce Revolving Debt or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner
that is not prohibited by the Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales
that are not applied or invested as provided in the first sentence of this
paragraph will be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the aggregate
amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will be required
to make an offer to all Holders of Senior Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Senior Notes that may be purchased
out of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures
set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Senior
Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds
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for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Senior
Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds,
the Trustee shall select the Senior Notes to be purchased on a pro rata
basis. Upon completion of such offer to purchase, the amount of Excess
Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
Subsidiary Guarantees
The Company's payment obligations under the Senior Notes will be jointly
and severally guaranteed (the "Subsidiary Guarantees") by the Guarantors. The
obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited
so as not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. See,
however, "Risk Factors -- Fraudulent Conveyance Matters." The obligations of
each Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount which, after giving effect
to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after
giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any
other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under
its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under
the Indenture, will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the
Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer under federal or state law.
The Indenture will provide that no Guarantor may consolidate with or merge
with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another
corporation, Person or entity whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor
unless (i) subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such
Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, under the Senior Notes, the Indenture and Subsidiary Guarantee and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event
of Default exists.
The Indenture will provide that in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the
capital stock of any Guarantor, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale
or other disposition, by way of such a merger, consolidation or otherwise, of
all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the
property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of
such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of such sale or other
disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Indenture. See "Redemption or Repurchase at Option of Holders -- Asset
Sales."
Certain Covenants
Restricted Payments
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any
dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the
Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without
limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company's
or any of its Subsidiaries' Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other
than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company); (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with
any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of
the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
(other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company); (iii) make any payment on or with respect
to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is pari passu with or subordinated to the Senior Notes
(other than Senior Notes), except a payment of interest or principal at
Stated Maturity; or (iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments
and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being
collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of
and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been
made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test
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set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under
caption "-- Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock";
and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all
other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Subsidiaries after
the date of the Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by
clause (ii) of the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum of (i)
50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as
one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter
commencing after the date of the Indenture to the end of the Company's
most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements
are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such
Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such
deficit), plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by
the Company from the issue or sale since the date of the Indenture of
Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or of
Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have been
converted into such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or
Disqualified Stock or convertible debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of
the Company and other than Disqualified Stock or convertible debt
securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock), plus (iii)
to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date
of the Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for
cash, the lesser of (A) the cash return of capital with respect to such
Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (B) the
initial amount of such Restricted Investment.
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit (i) the payment of any dividend
within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of
declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of the
Indenture; (ii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition of any pari passu or subordinated Indebtedness or Equity
Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of
the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company)
of, other Equity Interests of the Company (other than any Disqualified
Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are
utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition shall be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the preceding paragraph;
(iii) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of pari
passu or subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an
incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; (iv) the payment of any
dividend by a Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its common stock on
a pro rata basis; and (v) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company held by any member of the Company's (or any of its
Subsidiaries') management upon termination of employment; provided that the
aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired
Equity Interests shall not exceed $750,000 (with unused amounts in any
calendar year being turned over to the next two succeeding calendar years,
with a maximum of $1,500,000 in any one year) in any twelve-month period and
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
immediately after such transaction.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair
market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair
market value of any non-cash Restricted Payment shall be determined by the
Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered
to the Trustee, such determination to be based upon an opinion or appraisal
issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national
standing if such fair market value exceeds $5.0 million. Not later than the
date of making any Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is
permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by
the covenant "Restricted Payments" were computed, together with a copy of any
fairness opinion or appraisal required by the Indenture.
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "incur") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and that the Company will not issue
any Disqualified Stock or sell or otherwise directly or indirectly transfer
any preferred stock of any of its Subsidiaries to any other person and will
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock
other than to the Company; provided, however, that the Company may incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock
if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company's most
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recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued
would have been at least 2 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a
pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional
Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as
the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The Indenture will also provide that the Company will not incur any
Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to any other Indebtedness of
the Company unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated to
the Senior Notes on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no
Indebtedness of the Company shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated
to any other Indebtedness of the Company solely by virtue of being unsecured.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this covenant will not apply to
the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively,
"Permitted Debt"):
(i) the incurrence by the Company of revolving credit Indebtedness and
letters of credit (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal
amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company thereunder)
under the Credit Facilities; provided that the aggregate principal amount of
all revolving credit Indebtedness and letters of credit outstanding under all
Credit Facilities after giving effect to such incurrence, does not exceed an
amount equal to $130.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds
of Assets Sales applied to permanently repay any such Indebtedness pursuant
to the covenant described above under the caption "-- Asset Sales";
(ii) the incurrence by the Company and its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
represented by the Senior Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or
purchase money obligations, in each case incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the
Company or such Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$10.0 million at any time outstanding;
(iv) the incurrence by any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary after the
Issue Date of Acquired Debt, which Indebtedness is existing at the time such
corporation becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) immediately
after giving effect to such corporation becoming a Subsidiary the Company
could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) in accordance with the Indenture, (B) such Indebtedness is
without recourse to the Company or to any Subsidiary or to any of their
respective properties or assets other than Person becoming a Subsidiary or
its properties and assets and (C) such Indebtedness was not incurred as a
result of or in connection with or in contemplation of such entity becoming a
Subsidiary;
(v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are
used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness that was permitted by the
Indenture to be incurred;
(vi) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (i) if the Company is the obligor
on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Senior
Notes and (ii)(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests
that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the
Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and (B) any sale or other transfer of
any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence
of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(vii) the incurrence by the Company of Hedging Obligations that are
incurred for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency risk or interest rate
risk with respect to any floating rate Indebtedness that is permitted by the
terms of this Indenture to be outstanding;
(viii) the guarantee by any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of the
Company or another Guarantor that was permitted to be incurred under the
Indenture; and
(ix) Indebtedness for letters of credit relating to workers' compensation
claims and self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of
business;
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(x) Indebtedness arising from guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company or
any Subsidiary or other agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary providing
for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in
each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any
business, assets or Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness
incurred by any person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets
or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition, provided that
the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at
no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;
(xi) obligations in respect of performance bonds and completion guarantees
provided by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
and
(xii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value,
as applicable) at any time outstanding, not to exceed $10.0 million.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event
that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xii) above or
is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant,
the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify such item of Indebtedness
in any manner that complies with this covenant and such item of Indebtedness
will be treated as having been incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses
or pursuant to the first paragraph hereof. Accrual of interest and the
accretion of accreted value will not be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.
Liens
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, or any
income or profits therefrom or assign or convey any right to receive income
therefrom, except Permitted Liens.
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause
or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Subsidiary to (i)(a) pay dividends or make any other
distributions to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital
Stock or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, or (b) pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of (a) applicable law, (b) any
instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such
acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred in
connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance
or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets
of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be incurred, (c)
by reason of customary non- assignment provisions in leases entered into in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (d)
purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of
business that impose restrictions of the nature described in clause (iii)
above on the property so acquired, or (e) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,
provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive than those
contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.
Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
The Indenture will provide that the Company may not consolidate or merge
with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or
sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related
transactions, to another corporation, Person or entity unless (i) the Company
is the surviving corporation or the entity or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition
shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of
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United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (ii) the entity
or Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than the Company) or the entity or Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes
all the obligations of the Company under the Senior Notes and the Indenture
pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee; (iii) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of
Default exists; and (iv) except in the case of a merger of the Company with
or into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or the entity
or Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (A) will have
Consolidated Net Worth immediately after the transaction equal to or greater
than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately preceding the
transaction and (B) will, at the time of such transaction and after giving
pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning
of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00
of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test
set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the
caption "-- Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock."
Transactions with Affiliates
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any
property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction,
contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for
the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate
Transaction"), unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no
less favorable to the Company or the relevant Subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and (ii) the Company delivers to the
Trustee (a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related
Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $1.0
million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers'
Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause
(i) above and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority
of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors and (b) with respect
to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions
involving aggregate consideration in excess of $7.5 million, an opinion as to
the fairness to the Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial
point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm
of national standing; provided that (v) any employment agreement entered into
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan
available to employees of the Company generally, in each case, in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practice of the
Company or such Subsidiary, (w) transactions between or among the Company
and/or its Subsidiaries, (x) Restricted Payments (other than Restricted
Investments) that are permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described
above under the caption "-- Restricted Payments," (y) investment banking and
management fees in an aggregate amount no greater than $450,000 in any
calendar year (plus reimbursement of expenses) to be paid by the Company to
Thomas H. Lee Company and (z) a cash fee of $3 million payable by the Company
to Thomas H. Lee Company on the date of the Indenture, in each case, shall
not be deemed Affiliate Transactions.
Sale and Leaseback Transactions
The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction;
provided that the Company may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if
(i) the Company could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to
the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction
pursuant to the covenant described above under the caption "-- Incurrence of
Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock" and (b) incurred a
Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to the covenant described above
under the caption "-- Liens," (ii) the gross cash proceeds of such sale and
leaseback transaction are at least equal to the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth in an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the property that is the
subject of such
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sale and leaseback transaction and (iii) the transfer of assets in such sale
and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the
proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, the covenant described above
under the caption "-- Asset Sales."
Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries
The Indenture will provide that, except to the extent permitted under the
covenant entitled "Restructured Payments", the Company (i) will not, and will
not permit any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company to, transfer, convey,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company to any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company), unless (a) such transfer, conveyance, sale,
lease or other disposition is of all the Capital Stock of such Wholly Owned
Subsidiary and (b) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition are applied in accordance with the covenant
described above under the caption "-- Asset Sales," and (ii) will not permit
any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company to issue any of its Equity
Interests (other than, if necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting
directors' qualifying shares) to any Person other than to the Company or a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company.
Payments for Consent
The Indenture will provide that neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of
any Senior Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment
of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Senior Notes unless
such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders of the
Senior Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set
forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or
agreement.
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
The Indenture will provide that (a) the Company will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor to guarantee or secure through the granting
of Liens the payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor and (b)
the Company will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to pledge any
intercompany notes representing obligations of any of its Subsidiaries, to
secure the payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, in each
case unless such Subsidiary, the Company and the Trustee execute and deliver a
supplemental indenture evidencing such Subsidiary's Guarantee (providing for the
unconditional guarantee by such Subsidiary, on a senior basis, of the Senior
Notes).
Reports
The Indenture will provide that, whether or not required by the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), so
long as any Senior Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Holders of Senior Notes (i) all quarterly and annual financial information
that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on
Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms,
including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information only, a
report thereon by the Company's certified independent accountants and (ii)
all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on
Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports. In addition,
whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the
Company will file a copy of all such information and reports with the
Commission for public availability (unless the Commission will not accept
such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and
prospective investors upon request.
Events of Default and Remedies
The Indenture will provide that each of the following constitutes an Event
of Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on
the Senior Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of the principal of or
premium, if any, on the Senior Notes; (iii) failure by the Company to comply
with the provisions described under the captions "-- Change of Control," "--
Asset Sales," "-- Restricted Payments" or "-- Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock"; (iv) failure by the Company for 60 days after
notice to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture or the
Senior Notes; (v) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or
the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries)
whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the
date of the Indenture, which default (a) is caused by a failure to pay
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such
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Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "Payment Default") or (b) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and,
in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with
the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has
been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated,
aggregates $10.0 million or more; (vi) failure by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million,
which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
(vii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be
held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease
for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person
acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior
Notes may declare all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising
from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company,
any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Senior Notes will
become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the
Senior Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Senior Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold
from Holders of the Senior Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of
Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of
principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interest.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful
action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with
the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have
had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Senior Notes
pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, an
equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to
the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Senior Notes. If an
Event of Default occurs prior to , 2002 by reason of any willful action
(or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the
intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Senior Notes prior
to , 2002, then the premium specified in the Indenture shall also become
immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the
acceleration of the Senior Notes.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior
Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders
of all of the Senior Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and
its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Senior Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement
regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon
becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee
a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company
or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of
the Company under the Senior Notes, the Indenture or the Subsidiary
Guarantees, as applicable, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Senior Notes by
accepting a Senior Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver
and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Senior Notes.
Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal
securities laws and it is the view of the Commission that such a waiver is
against public policy.
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its
obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Senior Notes ("Legal
Defeasance") except for (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Senior Notes
to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such Senior Notes when
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such payments are due from the trust referred to below, (ii) the Company's
obligations with respect to the Senior Notes concerning issuing temporary
Senior Notes, registration of Senior Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Senior Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment
and money for security payments held in trust, (iii) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Company's obligations
in connection therewith and (iv) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the
Indenture. In addition, the Company may, at its option and at any time, elect
to have the obligations of the Company released with respect to certain
covenants that are described in the Indenture ("Covenant Defeasance") and
thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute
a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes. In the event
Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment,
bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described
under "Events of Default" will no longer constitute an Event of Default with
respect to the Senior Notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, (i)
the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts
as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the outstanding Senior Notes on the stated maturity or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify
whether the Senior Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular
redemption date; (ii) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (B) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and
based thereon such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Senior Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject
to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(iii) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Senior Notes
will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; (iv) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the
borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or insofar as Events of
Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in
the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit; (v) such Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other
than the Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; (vi) the
Company must have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the
effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will
not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally; (vii)
the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that
the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the
Holders of Senior Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the
Company or others; and (viii) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to the Legal Defeasance or the
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Transfer and Exchange
A Holder may transfer or exchange Senior Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or
exchange any Senior Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not
required to transfer or exchange any Senior Note for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Senior Notes to be redeemed.
The registered Holder of a Senior Note will be treated as the owner of it
for all purposes.
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Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture,
the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Senior Notes may be amended or supplemented
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the Senior Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Senior Notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision
of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Senior Notes may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Senior Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for Senior Notes).
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may
not (with respect to any Senior Notes held by a non-consenting Holder): (i)
reduce the principal amount of Senior Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver, (ii) reduce the principal of or change the
fixed maturity of any Senior Note or alter the provisions with respect to the
redemption of the Senior Notes (other than provisions relating to the
covenants described above under the caption "-- Repurchase at the Option of
Holders"), (iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Senior Note, (iv) waive a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Senior Notes
(except a rescission of acceleration of the Senior Notes by the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes and a
waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration), (v) make
any Senior Note payable in money other than that stated in the Senior Notes,
(vi) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers
of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Senior Notes to receive payments
of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Senior Notes, (vii)
waive a redemption payment with respect to any Senior Note (other than a
payment required by one of the covenants described above under the caption
"-- Repurchase at the Option of Holders"), (viii) release any Guarantor from
any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture,
except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, or (ix) make any change
in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder of Senior
Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement
the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Senior Notes to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Senior
Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Senior Notes, to provide for
the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's obligations to Holders of
Senior Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change
that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Senior
Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture
of any such Holder, or to comply with requirements of the Commission in order
to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act.
Concerning the Trustee
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee,
should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in
certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any
such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage
in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it
must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for
permission to continue or resign.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Senior Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee,
subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event
of Default shall occur (which shall not be cured), the Trustee will be
required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a
prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions,
the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or
powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder of Senior Notes,
unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
Certain Definitions
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference
is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as
any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person, (i)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person,
including,
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without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a
Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling,"
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the voting
securities of a Person shall be deemed to be control.
"Asset Sale" means (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
any assets or rights (including, without limitation, by way of a sale and
leaseback) other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices (provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of
the Indenture described above under the caption "-- Change of Control" and/or
the provisions described above under the caption "-- Merger, Consolidation or
Sale of Assets" and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale covenant), and
(ii) the issue or sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Equity
Interests of any of the Company's Subsidiaries, in the case of either clause
(i) or (ii), whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions (a) that have a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 or (b)
for net proceeds in excess of $1,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i)
a transfer of assets by the Company to a Subsidiary or by a Subsidiary to the
Company or to Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (ii) an issuance of Equity Interests
by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the Company or to another Wholly Owned
Subsidiary, and (iii) a Restricted Payment that is permitted by the covenant
described above under the caption "-- Restricted Payments" will not be deemed
to be Asset Sales.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means,
at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of
interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of
the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining
term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction (including
any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of
the lessor, be extended).
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination thereof is
to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that
would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock,
(ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated)
of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and
(iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right
to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets
of, the issuing Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) United States dollars, (ii) securities issued
or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government
or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than
six months from the date of acquisition, (iii) certificates of deposit and
eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date
of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months
and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any lender party to the New
Credit Facility or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $500 million and a Keefe Bank Watch Rating of "B" or
better, (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days
for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii)
above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (iii) above and (v) commercial paper having the highest
rating obtainable from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's
Corporation and in each case maturing within six months after the date of
acquisition.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of
merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole to any "person" (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) other than the Principals or their Related Parties, (ii) the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
(iii) the consummation of any transaction
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(including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of
which is that any "person" (as defined above), other than the Principals and
their Related Parties, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term is
defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a
person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently
exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent
condition), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of
the Company (measured by voting power rather than number of shares), (iv) the
first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company are not Continuing Directors or (v) the Company consolidates with, or
merges with or into, any Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases
or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company,
in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding
Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for cash,
securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the
Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction
is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the
outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee
Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance). For purposes of
this definition, any transfer of an equity interest of an entity that was
formed for the purpose of acquiring Voting Stock of the Company will be
deemed to be a transfer of such portion of such Voting Stock as corresponds
to the portion of the equity of such entity that has been so transferred.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (i) an amount
equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized in connection with
an Asset Sale (to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income), plus (ii) provision for taxes based on income or
profits of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent
that such provision for taxes was included in computing such Consolidated Net
Income, plus (iii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not
capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance
costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with
respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance
financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to
the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income, plus (iv) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash
expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses
(excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an
accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization
of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and
its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income, minus (v) non-cash items increasing such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, in each case, on a consolidated
basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries
for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
providedthat (i) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a
Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall
be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions
paid in cash to the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof, (ii) the Net
Income of any Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration
or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that
Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or
indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, (iii) the Net Income of
any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period
prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded and (iv) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person as of any date,
the sum of (i) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such
Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date plus (ii) the
respective amounts reported on such Person's balance sheet as of such date
with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such
dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the
year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash
received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock, less (x) all
write-ups
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(other than write-ups resulting from foreign currency translations and
write-ups of tangible assets of a going concern business made within 12
months after the acquisition of such business) subsequent to the date of the
Indenture in the book value of any asset owned by such Person or a
consolidated Subsidiary of such Person, (y) all investments as of such date
in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and in Persons that are not Subsidiaries
(except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (z) all unamortized debt
discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of such date, all of
the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any member
of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such Board
of Directors on the date of the Indenture or (ii) was nominated for election
or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such
nomination or election.
"Credit Facilities" means, with respect to the Company, one or more debt
facilities (including, without limitation, the New Credit Facility) or
commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special
purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables)
or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes
are first issued and authenticated under the Indenture shall be deemed to
have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by
clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
"Default" means any event that is or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable
at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
date that is 91 days after the date on which the Senior Notes mature.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Existing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility) in
existence on the date of the Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of (i) the consolidated interest expense of such Person
and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued (including,
without limitation, original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the
interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest
component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed
interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers'
acceptance financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging
Obligations (but excluding amortization of debt issuance costs) and (ii) the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries that was
capitalized during such period, and (iii) any interest expense on
Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of
its Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries (whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon) and (iv)
the product of (a) all dividend payments, whether or not in cash, on any
series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, other
than dividend payments on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means with respect to any Person for any
period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such
period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems
any Indebtedness (other than revolving credit borrowings) or issues preferred
stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the date on which the event
for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
"Calculation Date"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or
redemption of Indebtedness,
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or such issuance or redemption of preferred stock, as if the same had
occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period. In
addition, for purposes of making the computation referred to above, (i)
acquisitions that have been made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
including through mergers or consolidations and including any related
financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or
subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date
shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall
be calculated without giving effect to clause (iii) of the proviso set forth
in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, and (ii) the Consolidated Cash
Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation
Date, shall be excluded, and (iii) the Fixed Charges attributable to
discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and
operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be
excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the referent Person or any of its
Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
"Guarantors" means each of (i) each domestic subsidiary of the Company and
(ii) any other subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture, and their respective successors and
assigns.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the obligations
of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (ii) other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest
rates.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such
Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or evidenced
by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or banker's acceptances or
representing Capital Lease Obligations or the balance deferred and unpaid of
the purchase price of any property or representing any Hedging Obligations,
except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable,
if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of
credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance
sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as all
indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person (whether
or not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person) and, to the extent not
otherwise included, the guarantee by such Person of any indebtedness of any
other Person. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall
be (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness that does
not require current payments of interest, and (ii) the principal amount
thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past
due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such
Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or
indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations),
advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date
of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity
Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined
as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the
caption "-- Restricted Payments."
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable
law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other
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agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
(or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).
"New Credit Facility" means that certain credit facility, dated as of
, 1996, by and among the Company and [NationsBank], as agent and a
lender, providing for up to $130 million of revolving credit borrowings,
including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments
and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended,
modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of
such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however, (i) any gain (but
not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but
not loss), realized in connection with (a) any Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions) or (b)
the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries and (ii) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain (but not loss),
together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary or
nonrecurring gain (but not loss).
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any
non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting
and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and any relocation
expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result
thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions
and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Credit
Facilities) secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price
of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Permitted Investments" means (a) any Investment in the Company or in a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company; (b) any Investment in Cash
Equivalents; (c) any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (i) such Person
becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) such Person is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company; (d) any Restricted Investment made as
a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was
made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under
the caption "-- Repurchase at the Option of Holders -- Asset Sales"; (e) any
acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; and (f) other Investments in
any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each
such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
clause (f) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed $5 million.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens on accounts receivable and inventory
securing Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities that was permitted by the
terms of the Indenture to be incurred; (ii) Liens in favor of the Company;
(iii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets
other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company;
(iv) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Liens were in
existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition; (v) Liens to secure
the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance
bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course
of business; (v) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (iii) of the third paragraph of the covenant
entitled "Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock"
covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness; (vi) Liens existing
on the date of the Indenture; (vii) Liens for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate
provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
therefor; and (viii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course
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of business of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $2.5 million at any one time outstanding and
that (a) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the
obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary
course of business) and (b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from
the value of the property or materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of business by the Company or such Subsidiary.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund
Existing Indebtedness or other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries incurred in accordance with the Indenture (other than
Indebtedness incurred in accordance with clauses (i), (vi), (vii), (viii) and
(ix) of the third paragraph of the covenant entitled "Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock;" provided that: (i) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted
value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, the Indebtedness so
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the
amount of reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith); (ii) such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to
or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; (iii) if
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Notes, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the
Senior Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Senior Notes as
those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and (iv) such
Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Subsidiary who is
the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded.
"Principals" means Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P. and its
co-investors, Thomas H. Lee Foreign Fund III, L.P. and Thomas H. Lee Company,
and any Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Company.
"Related Party" with respect to any Principal means (A) any controlling
stockholder or 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary of such Principal or (B) or
trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries,
stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more
controlling interest of which consist of such Principal and/or such other
Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (A).
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a "significant
subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of interest or
principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations
to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the
date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole
general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
"Voting Stock" means, with respect to any Person, the Capital Stock of
such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board
of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect
thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth)
that will elapse
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between such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then
outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person
all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which
(other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such
Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and one or
more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
At the time of the execution of the Merger Agreement, a commitment letter
to provide senior credit financing was presented to the Company. The Company
and Thomas H. Lee Company are currently negotiating to modify certain terms
of such commitment.
In connection with the Recapitalization, the banks will provide senior
financing to the Company and its domestic subsidiaries as co-borrowers
pursuant to the $130.0 million New Credit Facility. The New Credit Facility
will include a $30.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby and
commercial letters of credit.
Borrowings made under the New Credit Facility shall bear interest at a
rate equal to, at the Company's option, NationsBank's Eurodollar Rate plus
225 basis points or the Prime Rate plus 50 basis points. The "Prime Rate" is
a fluctuating interest rate equal to the higher of (i) the rate of interest
announced publicly by NationsBank as its prime rate and (ii) a rate equal to
1/2 of 1% per annum above the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as determined for any day by NationsBank.
The Eurodollar Rate and Prime Rate margins will be subject to step-downs
commencing twelve months from the closing, based on the Company's
performance. Interest based on the Base Rate shall be payable monthly in
arrears. Interest based on the Eurodollar Rate shall be payable in arrears at
the earlier of the end of (a) the applicable interest period and (b)
month-end. Eurodollar Rate borrowings are available in 1-, 2-, 3- or 6-month
interest periods.
The New Credit Facility expires five (5) years from the consummation of
the Merger. Pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Facility, the Company is
required during February and March of each year to maintain excess
availability (i.e. borrowing capacity in excess of the borrowings outstanding
under the New Credit Facility) of at least $45.0 million. The obligations of
the Company under the New Credit Facility are secured by inventory, accounts
receivable and the proceeds of the foregoing of the Company and its domestic
subsidiaries.
The New Credit Facility contains customary covenants of the Company and
the subsidiary borrowers, including, without limitation, restrictions on (i)
the incurrence of debt, (ii) the sale of assets, (iii) mergers, acquisitions
and other business combinations, (iv) voluntary prepayment of other debt of
the Company, (v) transactions with affiliates (as defined in the New Credit
Facility), (vi) investments, as well as prohibitions on the payment of
dividends to, or the repurchase or redemption of stock from, shareholders and
various financial covenants. Pursuant to the terms of the New Credit
Facility, the Company would be in default under the New Credit Facility upon
the non-payment of principal or interest when due under the notes issued in
connection with the New Credit Facility or, subject to applicable grace
periods in certain circumstances (ranging from zero to ten days), upon the
non-fulfillment of the covenants described above, certain changes in control
of the ownership of the Company or various other defaults described in the
New Credit Facility. If such a default occurs, the banks will be entitled to
take all actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor under the
uniform commercial code and to accelerate the amounts due under the New
Credit Facility and may require all such amounts to be immediately paid in
full.
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UNDERWRITING
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Underwriting Agreement
(the "Underwriting Agreement") among Syratech, the Guarantors, NationsBanc
Capital Markets, Inc. ("NCMI"), and Chase Securities Inc. ("CSI" and,
together with NCMI the "Underwriters"), the Underwriters have agreed to
purchase from the Company and the Company has agreed to sell to the
Underwriters, the respective principal amount of Senior Notes set forth
opposite their names below.
Principal
Amount
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NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. $
Chase Securities Inc. $
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Total $160,000,000
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In the Underwriting Agreement the Underwriters have agreed, subject to
certain conditions, to purchase all of the Senior Notes, if any are
purchased.
The Company has been advised by the Underwriters that they propose to
offer the Senior Notes to the public initially at the price set forth on the
cover page of this Prospectus, to certain securities dealers (who may include
the Underwriters) at such price less a concession not in excess of % of
the amount per Senior Note and that the Underwriters and such dealers may
reallow a discount not in excess of % of the amount per Senior Note to
other dealers, including the Underwriters. After the closing of the public
offering, the public offering price, the concession and the discount to other
dealers may be changed by the Underwriters.
There is no currently existing trading market for the Senior Notes, and
although the Underwriters have advised the Company that it currently intends
to make a market in the Senior Notes, they are not obligated to do so and any
such market making may be discontinued at any time, without notice, in the
sole discretion of the Underwriters. Accordingly, there can be no assurance
as to the development or liquidity of any market that may develop for the
Senior Notes.
The Company and the Guarantors have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or to contribute to payments the
Underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
The Underwriters have informed the Company that they do not expect to
confirm sales of Senior Notes offered hereby to any accounts over which they
exercise discretionary authority.
In accordance with Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (the "NASD"), no member of the NASD
participating in the Offering will execute a transaction in the Senior Notes
in an account over which it exercises discretion without the prior specific
written approval of the customer.
NationsBridge L.L.C. and NationsBank, N.A., affiliates of NCMI have
delivered commitments to provide the Company interim financing for the
Recapitalization and will receive customary fees (and reimbursement of
expenses) in connection therewith. Such interim financing commitments will
terminate upon consummation of the Offering and a portion of the proceeds of
the Offering will be used to pay such fees and reimbursement. NationsBank of
Georgia, N.A. is the agent and a lender under the Company's existing credit
facility and NationsBank, N.A. will be the agent and a lender under the New
Credit Facility. In addition, NCMI and its affiliates provide or have
provided banking, advisory and other financial services for the Company and
Thomas H. Lee Company in the ordinary course of business for which they have
received customary compensation. An affiliate of CSI is a limited partner of
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P.
Under the Rules of Fair Practice of the NASD, if more than 10% of the net
proceeds of a public offering of debt securities, not including underwriting
compensation, are intended to be paid to members of the NASD or affiliated or
associated persons that are participating in the distribution of the
offering, the yield at which the debt securities are distributed to the
public must be no lower than that recommended by a "qualified independent
underwriter", as defined in Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD.
NationsBank of Georgia, N.A., is expected to receive in the aggregate more
than 10% of the net proceeds of the Offering as a result of the repayment by
the Company of outstanding indebtedness under the Company's existing credit
facility provided by NationsBank of Georgia, N.A. Accordingly, CSI has agreed
to act as the qualified independent underwriter in connection with this
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Offering. The yield on the Senior Notes, when sold to the public at the
public offering price set forth on the cover of this Prospectus, will be no
lower than that recommended by CSI.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Senior Notes offered hereby will be passed upon for
the Company by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, New York.
As of 1996, lawyers of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
beneficially owned an aggregate of 38,193 shares of Syratech individually or
in various fiduciary capacities. Certain legal matters in connection with the
Offering will be passed upon for the Underwriter by Latham & Watkins, New
York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Syratech and its
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1995, included in this Prospectus, have been
audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent accountants, as stated in their
reports appearing herein and elsewhere in the Prospectus and have been so
included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as
experts in accounting and auditing. The financial statements of Rauch
Industries, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 included in the
Company's Form 8-K/A dated April 26, 1996, amending the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K dated February 15, 1996, have been incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus and have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
accountants, as indicated in their report, also incorporated by reference in
this Prospectus from the Form 8K/A, with respect thereto, and have been so
incorporated in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
No person is authorized to give any information or to make any
representations, other than as contained in this Prospectus, and, if given or
made, such information or representations may not be relied upon as having
been authorized by Syratech. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities to which it relates
in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, it is unlawful to
make such an offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus
nor any offer or sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create
any implication that there has been no change in the information set forth
herein or in the affairs of the Company since the date hereof.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission can
be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549 or at its regional offices located at 500 West Madison Street,
Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661, and 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300,
New York, New York 10048. Copies of such material can be obtained from the
Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a Web
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the
Commission at http://www.sec.gov. The Company's Common Stock is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., and reports, proxy statements and other
information concerning the Company may be inspected and copied at the offices
of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York
10005.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Report of Deloitte & Touche LLP F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995
and September 30, 1996 F-3
Consolidated income statements for the years ended December 31, 1993,
December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995, and for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 and September 30, 1995 F-4
Consolidated statements of stockholders' equity for the years ended
December 31, 1993, December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995, and for
the nine months ended September 30, 1996 and September 30, 1995 F-5
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31,
1993, December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995, and for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996 and September 30, 1995 F-6
Notes to consolidated financial statements F-7
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Syratech Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Syratech
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Syratech Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1995 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 8, 1996 (February 15, 1996 as to paragraphs 1 and 4 of Note 2
and December 16, 1996 as to Note 15)
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31,
---------------------- September 30,
Notes 1994 1995 1996
------- ---------- ---------- -------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS 1, 7
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents $ 1,866 $ 78,493 $ 9,532
Marketable securities 4 30,561
Accounts receivable, net 28,244 31,893 117,199
Inventories 5 40,334 41,151 105,297
Deferred income taxes 8 2,960 5,105 8,193
Prepaid expenses and other 10 156 1,602 1,737
Net assets of discontinued operations 3 85,850 1,834 105
-------- -------- --------
Total current assets 159,410 190,639 242,063
Property, plant and equipment, net 6 30,691 29,560 60,831
Purchase price in excess of net assets acquired 6,994
Other assets 583 367 461
-------- -------- --------
Total $190,684 $220,566 $310,349
======== ======== ========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Revolving loan facilities and notes payable 7 $ 14,504 $ 51,735 $ 82,155
Current maturities of long-term debt 7 875
Accounts payable 12 7,590 6,438 16,586
Accrued expenses 2,690 4,436 14,392
Accrued compensation 3,156 2,478 3,256
Accrued advertising 1,642 1,991 4,779
Income taxes payable 1, 8 3,817 1,511 2,209
-------- -------- --------
Total current liabilities 34,274 68,589 123,377
Deferred income taxes 1, 8 3,741 3,657 18,795
Pension liability 10 569 1,724 2,668
Commitments and contingencies 9, 10, 14
Stockholders' equity: 1, 11, 15
Preferred stock, $.10 par value, 500,000 shares
authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
(135,000 shares are designated Series A
Preferred Stock) -- -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares
authorized, 11,687,850, 8,667,249 and 8,676,849
shares issued in 1994, 1995 and 1996,
respectively 116 87 87
Additional paid-in capital 61,373 9,699 9,835
Retained earnings 7 90,529 136,728 155,447
Cumulative translation adjustment 1 85 85 143
Less: Treasury stock; 218 shares, at cost (3) (3) (3)
-------- -------- --------
Total stockholders' equity 152,100 146,596 165,509
-------- -------- --------
Total $190,684 $220,566 $310,349
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
(in thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
---------------------------------- ---------------------
Notes 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
----- ---------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales 1 $122,682 $147,291 $169,520 $118,619 $182,727
Cost of sales 84,643 104,600 119,836 85,294 130,303
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Gross profit 38,039 42,691 49,684 33,325 52,424
Selling, general and administrative expenses 27,727 31,613 34,239 24,004 39,161
Other operating income 2 5,057
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income from operations 10,312 11,078 15,445 9,321 18,320
Interest expense 7 (948) (559) (287) (212) (2,083)
Interest income 4 82 98 4,881 3,414 662
Other income 2 11,900
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income before provision for
income taxes 9,446 10,617 20,039 12,523 28,799
Provision for income taxes 1, 8 2,390 2,758 6,863 4,289 10,080
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income from continuing
operations 7,056 7,859 13,176 8,234 18,719
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations net
of income taxes of $6,225, $7,421,
$1,645 and $1,645, respectively 3 10,838 12,068 2,572 2,572
Gain on sale of Syroco, Inc., net
of income taxes of $16,599 3 30,451 30,451
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net income $ 17,894 $ 19,927 $ 46,199 $ 41,257 $ 18,719
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Earnings per share: 1
Continuing operations $ .60 $ .67 $ 1.12 $ .70 $ 2.13
Discontinued operations .92 1.02 2.79 2.79
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net income $ 1.52 $ 1.69 $ 3.91 $ 3.49 $ 2.13
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Weighted average common shares and common share
equivalents outstanding 1 11,768 11,809 11,803 11,814 8,781
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(in thousands, except share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Common Stock Additional Cumulative
-------------------- Paid-in Retained Translation Treasury
Shares Amount Capital Earnings Adjustment Stock Total
---------- ------ ---------- -------- ----------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, January 1, 1993 10,647,840 $106 $ 59,560 $ 52,708 $ 7 $112,381
Exercise of stock options 1,001,810 10 90 100
Compensation related to stock
options 99 99
Tax effect of stock options 465 465
Purchase of common stock for
treasury (218) $(3) (3)
Net income 17,894 17,894
Translation adjustment 69 69
-------------- -------------------- ----------- ------------- --------- -----------
Balance, December 31, 1993 11,649,432 116 60,214 70,602 76 (3) 131,005
Exercise of stock options 38,200 297 297
Compensation related to stock
options 116 116
Tax effect of stock options 746 746
Net income 19,927 19,927
Translation adjustment 9 9
-------------- -------------------- ----------- ------------- --------- -----------
Balance, December 31, 1994 11,687,632 116 61,373 90,529 85 (3) 152,100
Exercise of stock options 44,150 1 326 327
Compensation related to stock
options 102 102
Tax effect of stock options (78) (78)
Purchase of common stock for
retirement (Note 11) (3,064,751) (30) (52,024) (52,054)
Net income 46,199 46,199
-------------- -------------------- ----------- ------------- --------- -----------
Balance, December 31, 1995 8,667,031 87 9,699 136,728 85 (3) 146,596
Unaudited:
Exercise of stock options 9,600 78 78
Compensation related to stock
options 58 58
Net income 18,719 18,719
Translation adjustment 58 58
-------------- -------------------- ----------- ------------- --------- -----------
Balance, September 30, 1996,
(unaudited) 8,676,631 $ 87 $ 9,835 $155,447 $143 $(3) $165,509
============== ==================== =========== ============= ========= ===========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
--------------------------------- -----------------------
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flow from operating activities:
Net income $17,894 $ 19,927 $ 46,199 $ 41,257 $ 18,719
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 3,051 3,270 3,253 2,426 3,424
Deferred income taxes 1,253 (452) (2,229) (1,065) (920)
Acquisition of Farberware assets (9,500)
Disposal of Farberware assets 13,600
Farberware electrics license -- -- -- -- 500
Interest on royalties 125 -- -- -- --
Pension liability 188 208 1,155 487 944
Compensation related to stock options 99 116 102 82 58
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets and other (523) 8 3 -- (22)
Increase (decrease) in cash, net of effect of
businesses acquired:
Marketable securities -- -- (30,561) -- 30,561
Accounts receivable (2,131) (7,984) (3,649) (10,351) (75,604)
Inventories (1,814) (6,590) (817) (8,613) (41,222)
Prepaid expenses and other (595) 711 (1,446) (1,086) 848
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 243 4,155 595 3,705 7,488
Income taxes payable (6,575) 3,699 (2,306) 1,125 (967)
Discontinued operations (3,376) (27,660) (49,915) (49,460) 1,729
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 7,839 (10,592) (39,616) (21,493) (50,364)
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (2,781) (2,603) (2,679) (1,645) (10,161)
Net proceeds from sale of Syroco, Inc. -- -- 133,931 133,931 --
Proceeds from disposal of assets 86 336 -- -- 65
Insurance claim proceeds -- -- -- -- 23,771
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired -- -- -- -- (48,540)
Other (162) (529) 61 209 (61)
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (2,857) (2,796) 131,313 132,495 (34,926)
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in revolving loan facilities 444 11,944 (14,504) (14,349) 16,537
Proceeds from borrowings 69 -- -- -- --
Repayment of borrowings (1,901) (1,624) (875) (875) (300)
Payment of royalty (1,720) -- -- -- --
Tax effect on stock options 465 746 (78) (287) --
Exercise of stock options 100 297 327 199 78
Deferred financing costs and other 41 62 60 62 14
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (2,502) 11,425 (15,070) (15,250) 16,329
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents 2,480 (1,963) 76,627 95,752 (68,961)
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period 1,349 3,829 1,866 1,866 78,493
------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Cash and equivalents, end of period $ 3,829 $ 1,866 $ 78,493 $ 97,618 $ 9,532
======= ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands of dollars except share and per share data.
Information for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and
September 30, 1996 is unaudited)
1. Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Business
Syratech Corporation designs, manufactures, imports and markets a diverse
portfolio of tabletop, giftware and seasonal products, including: sterling
silver, silverplated and stainless steel flatware; sterling silver,
silverplated and brass holloware; picture frames and photo albums; glassware,
woodenware and ceramics; fine porcelain boxes; figurines, waterglobes and
Christmas ornaments, trim, lighting and tree skirts.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Syratech
Corporation and its subsidiaries (the Company), Syratech Holding Corporation
and its subsidiaries, Syratech Security Corporation, Wallace International
Silversmiths, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Wallace), Leonard Florence
Associates, Inc. (LFA), Towle Manufacturing Company and its subsidiaries
(Towle), Syratech (H.K.) Ltd. and its subsidiaries (Syratech H.K.). All
significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Interim Results (Unaudited)
The accompanying consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 1996, the
consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996 and the statement of stockholders' equity for the
nine months ended September 30, 1996 are unaudited. In the opinion of
management, these statements have been prepared on the same basis as the
audited consolidated statements and include all adjustments, consisting only
of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the
consolidated financial position and operating results of the Company for such
periods.
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
Effective January 1, 1996, the Company adopted, prospectively, Statement
of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 121, "Accounting for Impairment
of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to be Disposed Of." SFAS No.
121 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever
circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be
recoverable. The adoption of SFAS No. 121 did not have a significant effect
on the Company's financial position or results of operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 1996.
Effective January 1, 1996, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123, "Accounting
For Stock-Based Compensation." The Company has continued to account for its
stock-based transactions to employees in accordance with Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,"
and will include the pro forma disclosures required by SFAS No. 123, if
material, in its annual financial statements. For stock option grants to non-
employees, the Company follows the provisions of SFAS No. 123, calculates
compensation expense using a fair value based method and amortizes
compensation expense over the vesting period. During the nine months ended
September 30, 1996, the Company did not grant any options to purchase shares
of common stock to non-employees.
Marketable Securities
The Company's marketable securities have been classified as trading
securities and are carried at their fair value on the consolidated balance
sheet.
Use Of Estimates
In preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles, management is required to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
consolidated financial statements and revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. The Company has made significant estimates relating to the
Farberware transactions (see Notes 2 and 14). Actual results could differ
from these estimates.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized when products are shipped. The Company provides
allowances for estimated doubtful accounts and sales returns based on
historical experience and evaluation of specific accounts. Such allowances
were comprised of the following:
December 31,
---------------- September 30,
1994 1995 1996
------ ------ -------------
Sales returns and allowances $2,133 $2,604 $3,759
Doubtful accounts 1,372 1,603 3,201
------ ------ ------
$3,505 $4,207 $6,960
====== ====== ======
Customers
Substantially all customers are retailers. No base of customers in one
geographic area constitutes a significant portion of sales. No single
customer represented 10% or greater of consolidated net sales in 1995, 1994
or 1993.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Two subsidiaries
determine cost on the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method for silver and certain
non-silver inventories. For all other inventories, cost is determined on the
first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Purchased property, plant and equipment is recorded at cost. Leased
equipment is recorded at the present value of the minimum lease payments
required during the lease term. Depreciation and amortization are provided
using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related
assets and over the terms, if shorter, of the related leases, as follows:
Years
-------
Buildings and improvements 4 to 39
Tools and dies 3 to 10
Machinery and equipment 3 to 10
Other 3 to 10
Excess of Purchase Price Over Net Assets Acquired
Excess of purchase price over net assets acquired is amortized using the
straight-line method over 30 years (Note 2). The Company evaluates the
carrying value of goodwill based upon current and anticipated net income and
undiscounted cash flows, and recognizes an impairment when it is probable
that such estimated future net income and/or cash flows will be less than the
carrying value of goodwill. Measurement of the amount of impairment, if any,
is based upon the difference between carrying value and fair value.
Other Assets
Other assets consist principally of deposits, deferred fees, deferred
financing costs and deferred long-term rent. Deferred financing costs are
being amortized using the straight-line method over the terms of the related
loans. Accumulated amortization aggregated approximately $311, $100 and $118
at December 31, 1994 and 1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively.
Financial Instruments
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accounts payable and borrowings under revolving credit facilities approximate
fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
Income Taxes
The Company and its domestic subsidiaries (except for Wallace's Puerto
Rican subsidiaries) file a consolidated federal income tax return. The Puerto
Rican subsidiaries file separate returns in accordance with Section 936 of
the Internal Revenue Code. Deferred income taxes are provided for certain
income and expense items which are accounted for differently for financial
reporting and income tax purposes.
Foreign Currency Translation
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated
into U.S. dollars at year-end exchange rates and income and expense items are
translated at the average rates of exchange prevailing during each year. The
effects of foreign currency fluctuations on the foreign subsidiary's assets
and liabilities have been reflected as a separate component of stockholders'
equity. Transaction gains and losses have been insignificant.
Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share are computed based on the weighted average number of
common and common equivalent shares outstanding during each period presented.
Common stock equivalents include common stock options (treasury stock
method). Primary and fully diluted earnings per share are the same for each
of the periods presented.
Reclassification
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the 1996
presentation.
Cash Flow Information
Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
------------------------------ ---------------------
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
-------- --------- --------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest $1,324 $ 827 $ 268 $ 212 $ 1,126
====== ======= ======= ======= =======
Income taxes $8,903 $10,741 $30,593 $22,757 $11,634
====== ======= ======= ======= =======
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing
and financing activities:
Purchase of common stock for retirement,
financed by issuance of promissory notes
and assumption of bank debt $51,735
=======
</TABLE>
2. Acquisition of Product Lines
On February 15, 1996, the Company, through an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary, acquired the outstanding shares of Rauch Industries, Inc.
("Rauch") for approximately $49,626 including costs of the transaction. The
acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, and
the results of operations of Rauch have been included with the results of the
Company from February 15, 1996.
The purchase price in excess of net assets acquired of $7,224 is being
amortized on the straight line basis over 30 years. Rauch is a leading
domestic manufacturer and marketer of Christmas and other seasonal products,
in particular glass and satin tree ornaments. During 1996, the Company
received $23,771 ($20,468 in the three months ended September 30, 1996) in
connection with an insurance claim relating to a 1994 fire at Rauch.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
The following summarized pro forma (unaudited) information assumes the
acquisition had occurred on January 1, 1995.
Nine Months Ended
Year Ended September 30
December 31, --------------------
1995 1995 1996
------------ -------- --------
Net sales $228,439 $151,459 $183,336
======== ======== ========
Income from continuing operations $ 10,404 $ 4,791 $ 18,059
======== ======== ========
Net income $ 43,407 $ 37,814 $ 18,059
======== ======== ========
Earnings per share:
Continuing operations $ 0.88 $ 0.41 $ 2.06
======== ======== ========
Net income $ 3.67 $ 3.20 $ 2.06
======== ======== ========
In February of 1996, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire certain
assets, including a major portion of the tangible assets, intellectual property
and the corporate name, of Farberware Inc. ("Faberware Inc.").
Effective April 2, 1996, the Company, through its indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary, Far-B Acquisition Corp. ("Far-B"), together with Lifetime Hoan
Corporation ("Lifetime") acquired certain assets from Farberware Inc., a
subsidiary of U.S. Industries, Inc. The Company and Lifetime are not affiliates.
Farberware Inc. was a manufacturer of aluminum clad, stainless steel
cookware and bakeware and small electric kitchen appliances. The aggregate
consideration paid by Far-B and Lifetime was $45,771, subject to adjustment.
The amount of the adjustment is being disputed; approximately $2,500 is at
issue, of which approximately $2,300 relates to inventory acquired by the
Company. The assets acquired by the Company included certain of the
inventory, the tradename "Farberware" and the intellectual property
(including the intellectual property that relates to cookware and bakeware
and electric products other than major kitchen appliances) and certain tools
and dies and machinery and equipment. The consideration paid by Far-B was
approximately $32,611, subject to adjustment, the amount of which is, as
noted above, being disputed. Effective April 2, 1996, the Company, through
Far-B, entered into a manufacturing services agreement with Farberware Inc.
for transitional manufacturing services for certain finished goods previously
produced by Farberware Inc. The Company entered into the manufacturing
services agreement in part to provide continuity of product during a
transition period in order to protect the strength of the Farberware name in
the marketplace. The manufacturing services agreement has terminated.
Upon disposal of the existing inventory, the Company will not manufacture
or sell Farberware cookware and bakeware products or noncommercial electric
products. Accordingly, net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 1996
exclude sales of Farberware inventory, and $5,057, net of certain selling,
general and administrative expenses, from these sales has been recorded as
other operating income.
In a separate transaction, the Company and Far-B entered into an agreement
with Lifetime, which provided for the allocation between them of the assets
acquired from Farberware Inc., the granting of a long-term license to
Lifetime for use of the Farberware name in connection with an extensive list
of products, the granting to Lifetime of long-term exclusive rights to
operate Farberware outlet stores, the reservation of certain exclusive rights
to Far-B (including exclusive rights to use of the Farberware name for
corporate purposes and for the marketing of cookware and bakeware products as
well as electric products) and for the future formation of a joint venture to
administer certain licensing rights.
On June 27, 1996, the Company's Farberware Inc. subsidiary (formerly
Far-B) ("Farberware") entered into a license agreement with Meyer Marketing
Co. Ltd. ("Meyer") pursuant to which Meyer was granted for a term of 200
years (i) an exclusive worldwide license to use and exploit the Farberware
name and certain related intellectual property rights in connection with the
sourcing, manufacture and distribution of cookware and bakeware products for
home use and commercial, industrial and institutional size pots, pans and
roasters, and (ii) non- exclusive (shared) rights to use certain Farberware
technology and other intellectual property. For such grant, Meyer made a
one-time payment to the Company of $25,500 which resulted in recognition by
the Company of $11,900 of non-recurring income. On July 12, 1996, Farberware
granted to a major retail chain the exclusive license to use
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
and exploit the Farberware name and related intellectual property in
connection with the sourcing, manufacture, marketing and sale of certain
electric products for annual royalty payments. On October 25, 1996 Farberware
Inc. granted to FCI Corp. a license to use and exploit the Farberware name in
connection with the sourcing, manufacturing, marketing and sale of certain
commercial products (defined as six specified commercial urns and one
specified commercial convection oven plus cookware, bakeware and electric
products developed by the Licensee solely and exclusively for commercial,
industrial or institutional use with the prior written approval of
Farberware) for the payment of annual royalties. See Note 14.
On April 16, 1996, the Company purchased finished goods inventory and
intangible assets of the Silvestri division of FFSC, Inc. ("Silvestri") for
approximately $8,600. Prior to the Company's purchase of such assets, FFSC,
Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated companies had filed for protection
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Northern District of Texas (the "Bankruptcy Court"). The Bankruptcy
Court approved this acquisition by the Company. Silvestri products include
Christmas ornaments, collectibles, lighting and trim as well as other
seasonal and nonseasonal giftware and decorative accessories.
The Corporation has given a Guaranty (limited to $4,000), dated as of May
21, 1996, of the obligations of FF Holding Company, FFSC, Inc. and certain
related entities to The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc. under a certain
debtor in possession financing agreement dated May 21, 1996 and, at the
request of the Company, NationsBank N.A. (South) has issued its letter of
credit, dated May 31, 1996 in the amount of $4 million to CIT Group/Business
Credit, Inc. to secure the Company's aforesaid guaranty.
On May 8, 1996, the Company, through one of its subsidiaries, acquired all
of the outstanding common stock of C.J. Vander Ltd., a manufacturer of
sterling silver and silverplated flatware and hollowware in Sheffield and
London, England. The purchase price was immaterial to the Company's
consolidated financial statements. The acquisition was accounted for under
the purchase method of accounting.
On November 11, 1996, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company
entered into a Purchase Agreement with Potpourri Press, Inc., a North
Carolina-based manufacturer and marketer of Christmas products, pursuant to
which the Company will acquire all of Potpourri's inventory, tangible
property, intellectual property rights, certain key records (including
customer lists, customer files, supplier information, catalogs) and certain
contract rights (to be selected by the Company's subsidiary) for a maximum
purchase price of $2,300.
3. Discontinued Operations
On April 11, 1995, pursuant to an agreement entered into on March 28,
1995, the Company, through its subsidiary, Syratech Holding Corporation, sold
Syroco, Inc. ("Syroco"). The net proceeds received after costs of the sale
and income taxes were $133,931. On September 25, 1995, the Company reached a
final settlement regarding the sale of Syroco. Under the terms of the
settlement, the Company reacquired certain assets and reassumed certain
liabilities of Syroco which have been recorded at their estimated net fair
value of $1,834 at December 31, 1995, and $105 at September 30, 1996. The
Company does not expect that the liquidation of these assets or the ultimate
resolution of the assumed liabilities will have a material effect on the
previously recognized gain on disposal. An after tax gain on disposal of
Syroco of $30,451 was recognized in the second quarter of 1995.
The sale resulted in the discontinuation of the Company's casual furniture
and accessories business. The assets and liabilities relating to the
discontinued business are included in net assets of discontinued operations
in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995
and September 30, 1996. The results of operations and cash flows for the
discontinued segment are included in discontinued operations in the
consolidated income statements and the consolidated statements of cash flows
for years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996 and September 30, 1995.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
Net assets of discontinued operations consisted of the following:
December 31,
------------------ September 30,
1994 1995 1996
-------- ------- -------------
Accounts receivable, net $ 14,930 $ -- $ --
Inventories, net 35,142 1,778 --
Property, plant and equipment, net 48,517 227 134
Other assets 5,220 875 875
Liabilities (17,959) (1,046) (904)
-------- ------- -----
Total $ 85,850 $ 1,834 $ 105
======== ======= =====
Operating results of the discontinued segment consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31, Three Months
----------------------- Ended March 31,
1993 1994 1995
---------- --------- ---------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $87,343 $94,883 $33,626
======= ======= =======
Income before provision for income taxes 17,063 19,489 $ 4,217
Provision for income taxes 6,225 7,421 1,645
------- ------- -------
Income from discontinued operations $10,838 $12,068 $ 2,572
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
The operating results of the discontinued segment exclude previously
allocated corporate expenses.
4. Marketable Securities
At December 31, 1995, marketable securities consisted of $30,000 of
short-term high grade notes having original maturities of six months.
Marketable securities are carried at fair value which approximates cost plus
accrued interest. Interest earned at December 31, 1995 but not paid, of $561,
is included in interest income for the year ended December 31, 1995.
5. Inventories
Inventories were comprised of the following:
December 31,
------------------ September 30,
1994 1995 1996
------- ------- -------------
Raw Materials $ 4,063 $ 3,908 $ 12,035
Work-in-process 3,342 1,744 7,683
Finished goods 32,929 35,499 85,579
------- ------- --------
Total $40,334 $41,151 $105,297
======= ======= ========
Inventories would have been approximately $3,164 and $2,752 higher at
December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively, if the FIFO method had been used
for all inventories. There were no decreases in LIFO inventory quantities in
1993 and 1995. Decreases in LIFO inventory quantities had the effect of
increasing consolidated net income by $4 in 1994.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
6. Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment was comprised of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31,
---------------------- September 30,
1994 1995 1996
-------- -------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Land and improvements $ 7,813 $ 7,813 $ 8,175
Buildings and improvements 17,465 18,780 35,540
Tools and dies 13,651 13,808 13,993
Machinery and equipment 5,652 6,046 23,044
Other 797 1,169 1,293
Construction in progress 1,450 1,239 10,126
-------- -------- --------
Total 46,828 48,855 92,171
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (16,137) (19,295) (31,340)
-------- -------- --------
Net $ 30,691 $ 29,560 $ 60,831
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
During 1995, the Company purchased all property previously under capital
leases (Note 7). Cost and accumulated amortization related to property under
capital leases at December 31, 1994 was approximately $5,075 and $2,199,
respectively.
Included in construction in progress at September 30, 1996 was $5,210 for
an 828,000 square foot warehouse, manufacturing and showroom facility in
Chester, South Carolina that the Company purchased during the second quarter
of 1996 which will be placed into service upon completion of renovations.
Capitalized interest was not material to the Company's consolidated financial
statements.
7. Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt
Notes payable and long-term debt were comprised of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31,
------------------
September 30,
1994 1995 1996
------- ------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revolving loan facilities and notes payable $14,504 $51,735 $82,155
======= ======= =======
Equipment note $ 140
Capital lease obligation 735
-------
Total 875
Less: current maturities of long-term debt (875)
-------
Long-term debt $ -- $ -- $ --
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
Revolving Loan Facilities
The Company's Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the
"Company Loan Agreement") provides for maximum permitted borrowings of
$60,000, an interest rate at the bank's prime rate less .25% (8.25% at
December 31, 1995), and an option to borrow at 1.5% over the Eurodollar rate
(7.15625%, 30 day Eurodollar rate, at December 31, 1995). The weighted
average interest rate on borrowings outstanding under this facility for the
year ended December 31, 1995 was 8.32%. The Company Loan Agreement expires on
November 30, 1997. At December 31, 1995, there were no borrowings outstanding
under the Company Loan Agreement, and at September 30, 1996, $45,399 was
outstanding. The credit availability (net of letters of credit outstanding)
under this agreement was $53,808 at December 31, 1995. Borrowings are
collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries with the exception of Rauch, Farberware, Silvestri and C.J.
Vander. The Company Loan Agreement restricts the payment of cash dividends to
33-1/3% of net income for the prior year. In addition, it limits repurchases
of the Company's outstanding capital stock and capital expenditures, and
contains covenants which require, among other things, minimum levels of
consolidated tangible net worth and the maintenance of certain financial
ratios. In December 1995, the restriction to repurchase outstanding capital
stock
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
was modified to allow the Company to repurchase all of the 3,064,751 shares
of the Company's stock owned by affiliates of Katy Industries, Inc. (the
"Katy Stock Repurchase"). The agreement was modified in December 1995 to
permit the acquisition of Rauch referred to in Note 2. During 1996, further
modifications were made to permit the Farberware, Silvestri and C.J. Vander
acquisitions. At December 31, 1995, the Company had $15,400 of unrestricted
retained earnings available for payment of cash dividends.
As a result of the Rauch acquisition, the Company assumed the borrowings
of Rauch (the "Rauch Loan"). The Rauch Loan is from the same lender as the
Company Loan Agreement. During 1996, the Rauch Loan was modified to permit
the continuation of the Rauch Loan under the company Loan Agreement. The
Rauch Loan allowed long-term borrowings up to $12,800 and short-term
borrowings up to $40,000. On September 30, 1996, there was $34,875
outstanding under the Rauch Loan. Effective October 31, 1996, the Company and
the lender entered into an agreement that extended certain modifications
previously agreed upon by the lender, added Rauch, Farberware and Silvestri
as borrowers and limited total borrowings including amounts reserved for
drawings on letters of credit to $100,000 through December 31, 1996 and to
$60,000 until the earlier of April 30, 1997 or the completion of refinancing
contemplated with respect to the Agreement and Plan of Merger with THL
Transaction I Corp. The Rauch long-term loan was paid on October 31, 1996.
In July 1996, the interest rate on each of the Company Loan Agreement and
the Rauch Loan was set at the bank's prime rate less .75% and borrowings
under the Eurodollar rate option was set at 1.0% over the Eurodollar rate.
One of Wallace's Puerto Rican subsidiaries has a revolving credit facility
(the "Facility") which provides for borrowings up to a maximum of $4,000.
Interest on borrowings is charged at the bank's prime rate (8.50% at December
31, 1995). The weighted average interest rate on borrowings outstanding under
this Facility for the year ended December 31, 1995 was 8.33%. There were no
borrowings outstanding under the Facility at December 31, 1995. At September
30, 1996, $1,881 was outstanding under the Facility. The credit availability
under the Facility was $4,000 at December 31, 1995. Borrowings are
uncollateralized; however, the pledge of assets owned by one of the
subsidiaries as collateral for other loans is prohibited. Borrowings under
the Facility are guaranteed by the Company and cross-guaranteed by certain
other subsidiaries. The Facility expired on May 30, 1996; however, the
Company received a letter of commitment increasing the line from $4,000 to
$10,000, lowering the interest rate to the bank's prime rate minus .30% or
the Eurodollar rate plus 1.70% and extending it to May 31, 1997. As of
September 30, 1996, the Company was negotiating the final details of the line
of credit. On October 15, 1996, the Puerto Rican subsidiary and the lender
entered into an Amended and Restated Line of Credit Agreement increasing the
facility to $10 million and renewing it to May 31, 1997.
At September 30, 1996, the Company had $16,687 of credit availability, net
of $16,758 of letters of credit outstanding, under the Company's revolving
credit facilities.
Notes Payable
At December 31, 1995, the Company had notes payable of $51,735 related to
the purchase of 3,064,751 shares of the Company's common stock on December
29, 1995 (Note 11). These notes were paid on January 2, 1996.
Equipment Note
One of Wallace's Puerto Rican subsidiaries had an equipment note payable
in monthly installments of $17 plus interest at 10.375%. The note was
collateralized by certain of the subsidiary's equipment. The note was paid in
full during 1995.
Capital Lease Obligation
In 1990, one of Wallace's Puerto Rican subsidiaries sold and leased back,
under a capital lease, certain of its tooling. The agreement provided for the
repayment of $4,000 of proceeds received over 60 months in monthly
installments of principal and interest of $86. The implicit interest rate of
the lease was 10.375%. During 1995, the lease expired and the subsidiary
repurchased the tooling for $25.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
8. Income Taxes
The provisions for income taxes were comprised of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
-----------------------------
1993 1994 1995
------ ------ -------
Current:
Federal $1,484 $1,356 $ 6,297
State 443 524 1,608
Foreign 779 625 937
------ ------ -------
2,706 2,505 8,842
------ ------ -------
Deferred:
Federal (578) (561) (1,805)
State (125) 87 (383)
Foreign (78) (19)
------ ------ -------
(781) (493) (2,188)
------ ------ -------
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options:
Federal 358 574 161
State 107 172 48
------ ------ -------
465 746 209
------ ------ -------
Total $2,390 $2,758 $ 6,863
====== ====== =======
The provision for income tax expense for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 has been computed using an estimated effective tax rate
for the year ended December 31, 1996.
The reconciliations between the Company's effective income tax rate and
the U.S. federal statutory rate are as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
-------------------------
1993 1994 1995
---- ---- ----
Federal statutory rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 2.6 3.1 2.5
Hong Kong (8.4) (6.6) (4.8)
Puerto Rico (5.9) (6.0) (3.8)
Provision for undistributed foreign earnings 4.1 1.6 5.0
Other (2.1) (1.1) 0.4
---- ---- ----
Effective income tax rate 25.3% 26.0% 34.3%
==== ==== ====
The components of income before provision for income taxes were comprised
of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------
1993 1994 1995
------ ------- -------
Domestic $6,302 $ 7,081 $14,480
Foreign 3,144 3,536 5,559
------ ------- -------
Total $9,446 $10,617 $20,039
====== ======= =======
Provisions have been made for taxes on the undistributed earnings of
Syratech H.K. and Wallace's Puerto Rican subsidiaries which are ultimately
expected to be remitted to the parent company. The Company has permanently
invested a portion of the undistributed earnings of its Puerto Rican and
Syratech H.K. subsidiaries through December
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
31, 1995 and intends to invest permanently the majority of the undistributed
earnings in 1996. It is not practical to estimate the amount of unrecognized
deferred tax liability attributable to these undistributed foreign earnings.
Wallace's Puerto Rican subsidiaries operate under grants from the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico exempting 90% of their income from taxation until
December 2003. Had the Company not been eligible for the tax exemption, net
income in 1993, 1994, and 1995 would have been reduced by approximately
$1,512, $1,330, and $1,198, and earnings per share would have been decreased
by approximately $.13, $.11, and $.10, respectively.
The tax effects of significant items comprising the Company's net deferred
tax asset (liability) are as follows:
December 31,
-----------------
1994 1995
------- -------
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable $ 1,951 $ 2,171
Inventory 851 1,447
Other reserves 445 1,996
Pension 221 522
Other deductible amounts 206 250
------- -------
Deferred tax asset 3,674 6,386
------- -------
Deferred tax liability:
Asset acquisition allocation (476) (592)
Depreciation (2,540) (2,352)
Foreign earnings (1,439) (1,994)
------- -------
Deferred tax liability (4,455) (4,938)
------- -------
Net deferred tax asset (liability) $ (781) $ 1,448
======= =======
9. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company and its subsidiaries have various operating lease commitments
for buildings and equipment. The lease agreements generally require the
Company to pay insurance, real estate taxes, and maintenance and contain
various renewal options. Future minimum rental payments for all
noncancellable operating leases for each of the next five years and
thereafter, including those resulting from the Rauch, Silvestri and C. J.
Vander acquisitions, are as follows:
1996 $4,273
1997 2,559
1998 1,146
1999 896
2000 751
Subsequent to 2000 342
Rent expense for all operating leases were approximately $1,601, $1,789,
and $1,821 in 1993, 1994 and 1995 and $1,406 and $4,287 for the nine months
ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
Certain subsidiaries were contingently obligated for outstanding letters
of credit, trade acceptances and similar instruments aggregating $6,909 at
December 31, 1995 and $16,758 (Note 7) at September 30, 1996. The assets of
Syratech H.K. are pledged as collateral for certain of these contingent
obligations.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
10. Employee Benefit Plans
The Company has three 401(k) savings plans. The 401(k) savings plans cover
substantially all employees of its domestic and Puerto Rican subsidiaries.
The 401(k) plans are subject to certain minimum age and length of employment
requirements. Under two of these plans, the Company matches 30% of
participants' contributions up to 6% of compensation. Under the other plan,
the Company matches 50% of the first five hundred twenty dollars contributed
and 25% thereafter, of the participants' contributions up to 15% of
compensation. The Company also has a savings plan, established in 1991,
covering substantially all employees of the Company's Hong Kong subsidiary.
Under the Hong Kong plan, the Company contributes up to 10% of the
participants' compensation. The Company contributed an aggregate of $140,
$197, and $256 to all of these Plans in 1993, 1994 and 1995, and $194 and
$444 for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
The Company's C. J. Vander subsidiary also has an employee benefit plan.
The Company's obligation under the plan is not material to the Company's
financial position or results of operations.
The Company has employment agreements with certain officers and employees
for terms ranging from three to five years, which provide for minimum annual
salaries aggregating $3,051 and certain other benefits.
Employment agreements with the Company's five officers provide for
retirement benefit payments. With respect to two of these officers, for the
years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, the agreements provided for benefit
payments in amounts equal to two percent of the officers' final year base
salaries multiplied by the number of years of service with the Company. In
May 1995, these two agreements were amended to provide that the benefit
payments be based upon two percent of the average total annual compensation
(salary and bonus) for the three year period preceding the executives'
retirement dates multiplied by the number of years of service. In addition,
one of the agreements was amended (the "1995 Plan Amendment") to provide for
a 100% survivor benefit for the executive's spouse. In July, 1996 existing
employment agreements with the other three officers were amended to also
provide for a retirement benefit. Two of these agreements were amended to
provide for benefit payments based upon the greater of (i) $75,000 or (ii)
one half of one percent of the average total annual compensation (salary and
bonus) for the three year period preceding the executives' retirement dates
multiplied by the number of years of service. One of these agreements was
amended to provide for benefit payments based upon the greater of (i) $75,000
or (ii) one percent of the average total annual compensation (salary and
bonus) for the three year period preceding the executives' retirement dates
multiplied by the number of years of service.
Upon consummation of the Merger (Note 15), an employment agreement with an
officer will be amended so as to (i) change the officer's term of full-time
employment from a rolling five-year term to a fixed five-year term, (ii)
provide for a minimum base salary of $1,150 per annum, (iii) establish $1,150
as the minimum amount upon which the officer's retirement benefit (and the
survivor's benefit of his surviving spouse) will be computed and (iv) create
contractual rights with respect to certain perquisites that he is accorded
informally under present arrangements with the Company. Additionally, an
employment agreement with another officer will be amended to change the
officer's term of full-time employment from a rolling five-year term to a
fixed five-year term.
Pension expense is determined using assumptions at the beginning of the
year. Assumptions used in determining the actuarial present value of the
projected benefit obligation include: a discount rate of 8.5% and a rate of
future increases in benefit compensation of 5%. The Company has changed its
discount rate assumption to 7.5% effective January 1, 1996. The effect of the
change in discount rate was not material to the December 31, 1995 financial
statements.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
Net pension cost included the following components:
1993 1994 1995
---- ---- ----
Service cost for benefits earned $124 $137 $196
Interest cost benefit obligation 64 71 123
Amortization of prior service cost -- -- 476
---- ---- ----
Net periodic pension cost $188 $208 $795
==== ==== ====
The following table summarizes the amounts recognized in the consolidated
balance sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1995:
1994 1995
------- ------
Actuarial present value of obligations:
Vested benefit obligation $ 1,602 $1,724
Projected benefit obligation 1,648 2,012
Fair value of plan assets -- --
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets 1,648 2,012
Unrecognized prior service cost (1,079) (603)
Unrecognized gain/(loss) -- (45)
Additional minimum liability -- 360
------- ------
Net accrued pension liability $ 569 $1,724
======= ======
11. Stockholders' Equity
Key Employee Stock Option Plans
Under the Company's 1986 Key Employee Stock Option Plan ("1986 Plan"),
qualified and non-qualified options to purchase up to a maximum of 1,300,000
shares of common stock were granted to certain employees at exercise prices
not less than 85% of the fair market value at the date of grant. Options
become exercisable ratably over a five-year period and expire ten years from
the date of grant. There were no shares available for grant under the 1986
Plan at December 31, 1995 and September 30, 1996.
In 1993, the Company established the 1993 Key Employee Stock Option Plan
("1993 Plan"), with provisions similar to the 1986 Plan. Under the 1993 Plan,
qualified and non-qualified options to purchase up to a maximum of 400,000
shares of common stock may be granted to certain employees at an exercise
price not less than fair market value at the date of grant. Options
outstanding under the 1993 plan at December 31, 1995 and September 30, 1996
were 47,500 and 67,000, respectively.
In 1995, the Company established the 1995 Key Employee Stock Option Plan
("1995 Plan"). The 1995 Plan contains certain provisions similar to the 1993
Plan and would allow the grant of 800,000 options at an exercise price not
less than fair market value at the date of grant. No options were outstanding
under the 1995 plan at December 31, 1995. At September 30, 1996, 120,000
options were outstanding under the 1995 plan.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
A summary of stock option activity under the Plans is as follows:
Exercise Price
Shares Per Share
---------- --------------
Outstanding at January 1, 1993 1,299,960 $.0038-$10.67
Canceled (19,100) $10.00-$10.67
Granted 18,300 $13.70
Exercised (1,001,810) $.0038-$10.67
----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1993 297,350 $.0038-$13.70
Canceled (8,400) $10.67
Granted 50,000 $14.35
Exercised (38,200) $.0038-$10.67
----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1994 300,750 $.0038-$14.35
Canceled (90,900) $10.67-$14.56
Granted 54,500 $14.56-$18.75
Exercised (44,150) $.0038-$10.67
----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1995 220,200 $.0038-$18.25
Canceled (2,000) $10.67
Granted 139,500 $23.00-$24.75
Exercised (9,600) $.0038-$10.67
----------
Outstanding at September 30, 1996 348,100 $.0038-$24.75
==========
Exercisable at December 31, 1995 85,720 $.0038-$13.70
==========
Exercisable at September 30, 1996 86,020 $.0038-$18.75
==========
Purchase of Common Stock
On December 29, 1995, the Company effected the Katy Stock Repurchase. The
aggregate purchase price of $52,054 represented approximately $17 per share.
The purchase was financed by the issuance of two promissory notes due January
2, 1996 to subsidiaries of Katy and the assumption of short-term bank debt,
all aggregating $51,735. The two promissory notes and the short-term bank
debt were paid on January 2, 1996. The Company's par and additional paid-in
capital values have been decreased to reflect the purchase.
Shareholder Rights Plan
On October 26, 1992 the Company's Board of Directors adopted a Shareholder
Rights Plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, the Company distributed a dividend
of one right (a "Right") to purchase shares of preferred stock to
stockholders of record on October 31, 1992 and further authorized the
issuance of one Right to each share of common stock which becomes outstanding
after the record date. Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase
from the Company one one-hundredth of a share of a new series of preferred
stock ("Series A Preferred stock") at a price of $50, subject to adjustment.
As amended on July 5, 1994, the Rights become exercisable only if an
individual or group (an "Acquiring Person") acquires 15% or more of the
outstanding common stock or commences a tender offer which would result in
its ownership of 30% or more of the outstanding common stock, or in the case
of a person who beneficially owned 20% or more of the outstanding common
stock on October 26, 1992, such person acquires an additional 1% or more of
the outstanding common stock.
Once exercisable, the Rights, under certain circumstances, permit the
holder (other than an Acquiring Person) to acquire shares of common stock of
the Company or of an acquiring company, having a value equal to twice the
exercise price of the Right.
The right to acquire shares of common stock described in the preceding
paragraph shall not arise as a result of a tender offer for the acquisition
of any and all of the outstanding common shares of the Company for cash,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
provided such tender offer remains open for a period of not less than 60
calendar days. Furthermore, at any time after an Acquiring Person acquires
ownership of 15% or more (but less than 50%) of the Company's outstanding
common stock, the Board of Directors may, at its option, exchange part or all
of the Rights (other than those held by the Acquiring Person) for shares of
the Company's common stock at a ratio of one share of common stock per Right,
as adjusted. The Company is generally entitled to redeem the Rights at $0.01
per Right. As required by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (Note 15),
effective on November 8, 1996, the Company redeemed all outstanding Rights
and terminated the Shareholder Rights Plan pursuant to which the Rights were
issued. The redemption price for each Right is one cent and if holders of
Rights have not received payment of the redemption price prior to the
Effective Time they will, upon receipt of satisfactory proof of non-payment
of the redemption price of Rights held by them on November 8, 1996, have the
redemption price of their Rights added to the payment of the cash price for
their shares of Company Common Stock in the Merger.
12. Related Party Transactions
A beneficial owner of less than 1% of the Company holds a significant
management role in Service Merchandise Co., Inc. ("Service"). A different
person is a director of the Company and is also a director of Service. The
Company had net sales to Service of approximately $10,065, $9,909 and $10,706
in 1993, 1994 and 1995, and $9,206 and $20,273 in the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively. The Company had accounts
receivable from Service of approximately $834, $756 and $10,884 at December
31, 1994, 1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively.
Effective July 12, 1996, the Company, through an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary, granted a license to Service to use certain trademarks, patents
and copyrights relating to certain electric and other products. The agreement
is subject to cancellation with six months notice by the licensee.
Wacker Industrial Company ("Wacker"), a major supplier, is owned by a
holder of less than 1% of the Company's common stock. In 1993, 1994 and 1995
and the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, the Company had
purchases from this supplier of approximately $12,297, $6,176 and $5,371 and
$4,324 and $3,097, respectively. Accounts payable to this supplier
approximated $161, $75 and $158 at December 31, 1994, 1995 and September 30,
1996, respectively.
Other transactions with companies affiliated with certain
directors/stockholders include net sales of approximately $403, $297 and $735
and purchases of products and services of $1,637, $1,228 and $746 in 1993,
1994 and 1995, respectively. For the nine month periods ended September 30,
1995 and 1996, net sales to affiliated companies approximated $608 and
$4,283, respectively. As of December 31, 1995, amounts payable to these
companies approximated $319, and as of September 30, 1996, there were no
amounts payable; there also were no accounts receivable.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
13. Foreign Operations
The Company's foreign operations relate to its Hong Kong subsidiary, the
sales of which are substantially to customers in the United States.
Summarized financial information about the Company's operations in different
geographic areas is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
--------------------------------
1993 1994 1995
-------- -------- --------
Net sales:
United States $ 95,643 $114,457 $122,950
Foreign 27,039 32,834 46,570
-------- -------- --------
Total $122,682 $147,291 $169,520
======== ======== ========
Income from operations:
United States $ 7,110 $ 7,497 $ 9,846
Foreign 3,202 3,581 5,599
-------- -------- --------
Total $ 10,312 $ 11,078 $ 15,445
======== ======== ========
Identifiable assets:
United States $147,147 $185,632 $213,162
Foreign 4,913 5,052 7,404
-------- -------- --------
$152,060 $190,684 $220,566
======== ======== ========
As of May 8, 1996, the Company's foreign operations include its C.J.
Vander subsidiary (Note 2).
14. Litigation
The Company has been named as a defendant in several legal actions arising
from its normal business activities. The Company carries insurance against
liability for certain types of risks. Although the amount of liability that
could result from any litigation cannot be predicted, in the opinion of
management, the Company's potential liability on all known claims would not
have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or
results of operations of the Company.
The Company is also involved in litigation with Bruckner Manufacturing
Corp. ("BMC") and its parent, U.S. Industries, Inc. ("USI") growing out of
the acquisition by its Farberware Inc. subsidiary of the Farberware assets
previously owned by BMC and certain related transactions. The Company carries
insurance against liability for certain types of risks. Although the amount
of liability that could result from any litigation cannot be accurately
predicted, in the opinion of management, the Company's potential liability on
all known claims would not have a material adverse effect on the results of
operations or financial condition of the Company.
15. Subsequent Event
On October 23, 1996, the Company and THL Transaction I Corp., a company
organized and controlled by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Company, entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 27, 1996, effective as of
October 23, 1996, pursuant to which THL Transaction I Corp. will be merged
into the Company (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the transaction, stockholders of
the Company will receive $32 in cash per share or may elect to receive a
portion of their consideration by retaining stock of the surviving entity.
Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company would have on a pro forma
basis, as of September 30, 1996, outstanding debt of approximately $252,083
(unaudited). The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of
1997. It is intended that the transaction will be accounted for as a
recapitalization.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)
The equity contribution to be made to THL I will constitute approximately
$102,139 (unaudited) (less the value of the shares retained by stockholders
other than the Company's chairman). The Company expects to have a stockholders'
deficit ($3,863 on a pro forma basis at September 30, 1996 unaudited)
considering the effects of the Merger, because the distribution to stockholders,
as well as approximately one-third of the Merger expenses, will reduce
stockholders' equity.
The consummation of the Merger is conditioned upon the issuance of
$160,000 of Senior Notes. ("The Senior Notes"). The Senior Notes will be
general unsecured obligations of the Company ranking senior to all existing
and future subordinated indebtedness of the Company, including indebtedness
under the New Credit Facility. However, the obligations of the Company under
the New Credit Facility will be secured by the accounts receivable and
inventory of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries and, accordingly, such
indebtedness will effectively rank senior to the Senior Notes to the extent
of such assets. The Senior Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed on a
joint and several basis by each of the Company's domestic subsidiaries. (The
"Guarantor Subsidiaries").
The following condensed consolidating financial statements as of December 31,
1994 and 1995 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995, present separate financial information for the Company ("Guarantor
Parent"), the Guarantor Subsidiaries, the Non Guarantor Subsidiaries, and
Discontinued Operations.
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor Discontinued
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Operations Eliminations Consolidated
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents $ 474 $ 1,392 $ 1,866
Accounts receivable, net 26,856 1,388 28,244
Inventories 38,643 1,650 $ 41 40,334
Deferred income taxes 2,960 2,960
Prepaid expenses and other (60) 216 156
Net assets of discontinued
operations $85,850 85,850
-------- ------- ------- ----- --------
Total current assets 68,873 4,646 85,850 41 159,410
Property, plant and equipment,
net 30,343 406 (58) 30,691
Other assets $ 387 583 (387) 583
-------- -------- ------- ------- ----- --------
Total $ 387 $ 99,799 $ 5,052 $85,850 $(404) $190,684
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Revolving loan facilities and
notes payable $ 14,504 $ 14,504
Current maturities of long-
term debt 875 875
Accounts payable 6,233 $ 1,357 7,590
Accrued expenses 2,638 52 2,690
Accrued compensation 2,985 171 3,156
Accrued advertising 1,642 1,642
Income taxes payable $ (1,089) 4,733 179 $ (6) 3,817
-------- -------- ------- ----- --------
Total current liabilities (1,089) 33,610 1,759 (6) 34,274
Deferred income taxes 1,439 2,302 3,741
Pension liability 569 569
Intercompany (receivable)
payable (54,337) (26,242) (5,271) $85,850
Stockholders' equity 54,374 89,560 8,564 (398) 152,100
-------- -------- ------- ------- ----- --------
Total $ 387 $ 99,799 $ 5,052 $85,850 $(404) $190,684
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</TABLE>
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
-------------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents $ 63,354 $ 11,786 $ 3,353 $ 78,493
Marketable securities 30,561 30,561
Accounts receivable, net 30,129 1,764 31,893
Inventories 39,415 1,695 $ 41 41,151
Deferred income taxes 1,582 3,523 5,105
Prepaid expenses and other 516 854 232 1,602
Net assets of discontinued
operations 1,834 1,834
-------- -------- ------- --------- --------
Total current assets 97,847 85,707 7,044 41 190,639
Property, plant and equipment,
net 29,256 351 (47) 29,560
Other assets 130,914 358 9 (130,914) 367
-------- -------- ------- --------- --------
Total $228,761 $115,321 $ 7,404 $(130,920) $220,566
======== ======== ======= ========= ========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Revolving loan facilities and
notes payable $ 51,735 $ 51,735
Accounts payable $ 4,964 $ 1,474 6,438
Accrued expenses 922 3,314 199 $ 1 4,436
Accrued compensation 2,212 266 2,478
Accrued advertising 1,991 1,991
Income taxes payable 20,152 (19,104) 469 (6) 1,511
-------- -------- ------- --------- --------
Total current liabilities 72,809 (6,623) 2,408 (5) 68,589
Deferred income taxes 1,819 1,838 3,657
Pension liability 1,724 1,724
Intercompany (receivable)
payable (63,540) 68,727 (5,590) 403
Stockholders' equity 217,673 49,655 10,586 (131,318) 146,596
-------- -------- ------- --------- --------
Total $228,761 $115,321 $ 7,404 $(130,920) $220,566
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</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS
Year Ended December 31, 1993
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor Discontinued
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Operations Eliminations Consolidated
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $95,643 $43,346 $(16,307) $122,682
Cost of sales 65,999 34,951 (16,307) 84,643
------- ------- -------- --------
Gross profit 29,644 8,395 38,039
Selling, general and
administrative expenses 23,022 5,193 (488) 27,727
------- ------- -------- --------
Income from operations 6,622 3,202 488 10,312
Interest expense (883) (65) (948)
Interest income 75 7 82
------- ------- -------- --------
Income before provision for
income taxes 5,814 3,144 488 9,446
Provision for income taxes 1,846 544 2,390
------- ------- -------- --------
Income from continuing
operations 3,968 2,600 488 7,056
Discontinued operations, net $10,838 10,838
--- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------
Net income $-- $ 3,968 $ 2,600 $10,838 $ 488 $ 17,894
=== ======= ======= ======= ======== ========
</TABLE>
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS
Year Ended December 31, 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor Discontinued
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Operations Eliminations Consolidated
----------- --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $114,457 $53,495 $(20,661) $147,291
Cost of sales 81,946 43,315 (20,661) 104,600
-------- ------- -------- --------
Gross profit 32,511 10,180 42,691
Selling, general and
administrative expenses 25,269 6,599 (255) 31,613
-------- ------- -------- --------
Income from operations 7,242 3,581 255 11,078
Interest expense (496) (63) (559)
Interest income 80 18 98
Other income $2,000 2,000 (4,000)
------ -------- ------- -------- --------
Income before provision for
income taxes 2,000 8,826 3,536 (3,745) 10,617
Provision for income taxes 157 1,995 606 2,758
------ -------- ------- -------- --------
Income from continuing
operations 1,843 6,831 2,930 (3,745) 7,859
Discontinued operations, net $12,068 12,068
------ -------- ------- ------- -------- --------
Net income $1,843 $ 6,831 $ 2,930 $12,068 $ (3,745) $ 19,927
====== ======== ======= ======= ======== ========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING INCOME STATEMENTS
Year Ended December 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
--------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $122,950 $67,354 $(20,784) $169,520
Cost of sales 87,593 53,027 (20,784) 119,836
-------- ------- -------- --------
Gross profit 35,357 14,327 49,684
Selling, general and
administrative expenses 25,522 8,728 (11) 34,239
-------- ------- -------- --------
Income from operations 9,835 5,599 11 15,445
Interest expense (198) (89) (287)
Interest income $ 4,496 336 49 4,881
Other income 1,300 1,300 (2,600)
------- -------- ------- -------- --------
Income before provision for
income taxes 5,796 11,273 5,559 (2,589) 20,039
Provision for income taxes 2,623 3,303 937 6,863
------- -------- ------- -------- --------
Income from continuing
operations 3,173 7,970 4,622 (2,589) 13,176
Discontinued operations, net 33,023 33,023
------- -------- ------- -------- --------
Net income (loss) $36,196 $ 7,970 $ 4,622 $ (2,589) $ 46,199
======= ======== ======= ======== ========
</TABLE>
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31, 1993
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor Discontinued
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Operations Eliminations Consolidated
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 3,968 $ 2,600 $10,838 $ 488 $17,894
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash provided by
(used in) operations:
Depreciation and amortization 2,954 585 (488) 3,051
Deferred income taxes $ 1,943 (871) (76) 257 1,253
Other 99 (214) 4 (111)
Increase (decrease) in cash:
Accounts receivable (1,517) (614) (2,131)
Inventories (1,666) (148) (1,814)
Prepaid expenses and other (319) (276) (595)
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses (72) 315 243
Income taxes payable (1,943) (4,166) (209) (257) (6,575)
Intercompany account (664) 10,155 (2,029) (7,462)
Discontinued operations (3,376) (3,376)
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities (565) 8,252 152 7,839
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and
equipment (2,659) (122) (2,781)
Other (76) (76)
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Net cash used in investing
activities (2,735) (122) (2,857)
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in revolving loan
facilities 444 444
Proceeds from borrowings 69 69
Repayment of borrowings (1,901) (1,901)
Payment of royalty (1,720) (1,720)
Other 565 (28) 69 606
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities 565 (3,136) 69 (2,502)
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Net increase in cash and
equivalents 2,381 99 2,480
Cash and equivalents, beginning
of year 94 1,255 1,349
------- ------- ------- ------- ----- -------
Cash and equivalents, end of
year $ -- $ 2,475 $ 1,354 $ -- $ -- $ 3,829
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</TABLE>
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SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31, 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor Discontinued
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Operations Eliminations Consolidated
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 1,843 $ 6,831 $ 2,930 $ 12,068 $(3,745) $ 19,927
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash provided by
(used in) operations:
Depreciation and amortization 3,074 451 (255) 3,270
Deferred income taxes 1,439 (1,870) (21) (452)
Other 116 217 (1) 332
Increase (decrease) in cash:
Accounts receivable (7,738) (246) (7,984)
Inventories (6,350) (240) (6,590)
Prepaid expenses and other 566 145 711
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses 3,661 494 4,155
Income taxes payable (1,283) 5,046 (64) 3,699
Intercompany account (3,158) (13,235) (3,199) 15,592 4,000
Discontinued operations (27,660) (27,660)
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities (1,043) (9,798) 249 (10,592)
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and
equipment (2,391) (212) (2,603)
Other (194) 1 (193)
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Net cash used in investing
activities (2,585) (211) (2,796)
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in revolving loan
facilities 11,944 11,944
Repayment of borrowings (1,624) (1,624)
Other 1,043 62 1,105
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities 1,043 10,382 11,425
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Net (decrease) increase in cash
and equivalents (2,001) 38 (1,963)
Cash and equivalents, beginning
of year 2,475 1,354 3,829
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
Cash and equivalents, end of year $ -- $ 474 $ 1,392 $ -- $ -- $ 1,866
======= ======== ======= ======== ======= ========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Non
Guarantor Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
--------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 36,196 $ 7,970 $ 4,622 $(2,589) $ 46,199
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash provided by
(used in) operations:
Depreciation and amortization 3,089 175 (11) 3,253
Deferred income taxes (1,202) (1,027) (2,229)
Other 102 1,158 1,260
Increase (decrease) in cash,
net of effect of business
acquired:
Marketable securities (30,561) (30,561)
Accounts receivable (3,273) (376) (3,649)
Inventories (772) (45) (817)
Prepaid expenses and other (516) (914) (16) (1,446)
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses 922 (686) 359 595
Income taxes payable 21,241 (23,837) 290 (2,306)
Intercompany account (47,093) 47,421 (2,928) 2,600
Discontinued operations (49,915) (49,915)
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Net cash (used in) provided by
operating activities (70,826) 29,129 2,081 (39,616)
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net proceeds on sale of Syroco,
Inc. 133,931 133,931
Purchases of property, plant and
equipment (2,559) (120) (2,679)
Other 61 61
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities 133,931 (2,498) (120) 131,313
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in revolving loan
facilities (14,504) (14,504)
Repayment of borrowings (875) (875)
Other 249 60 309
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities 249 (15,319) (15,070)
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash
and equivalents 63,354 11,312 1,961 76,627
Cash and equivalents, beginning
of year 474 1,392 1,866
-------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Cash and equivalents, end of year $ 63,354 $ 11,786 $ 3,353 $ -- $ 78,493
======== ======== ======= ======= ========
</TABLE>
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No dealer, salesperson, or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained in this
Prospectus in connection with the Offering covered by this Prospectus, and,
if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon
as having been authorized by the Company or the Underwriters. This Prospectus
does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy
the securities in any jurisdiction where, or any person to whom, it is
unlawful to make such offer for solicitation. Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create
an implication that there has been a change in the facts set forth in this
Prospectus or in the affairs of the Company since the date hereof.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Prospectus Summary 3
Risk Factors 13
The Recapitalization 18
Use of Proceeds 19
Capitalization 20
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements 21
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations 28
Business 33
Management 44
Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management 48
Certain Transactions 49
Description of Senior Notes 51
Description of Other Indebtedness 69
Underwriting 70
Legal Matters 71
Experts 71
Available Information 71
Index to Financial Statements F-1
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Syratech Corporation
$160,000,000
% Senior Notes due 2007
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PROSPECTUS
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NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
Chase Securities Inc.
, 1997
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table set forth the expenses, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions, payable by the registrant in connection with the
sale of the Common Stock being registered. All items are estimated except the
registration, filing and listing fees.
SEC registration fee $
Blue sky fees and expenses
Printing and engraving expenses
Legal fees and expenses
Accounting fees and expenses
Trustee fees
Miscellaneous
Total
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the "GCL") provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of
the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the GCL provides that a Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such expenses which the court shall
deem proper.
Section 145 of the GCL further provides that to the extent a director or
officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action,
suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense
of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connecting therewith;
that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled;
and that the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a
director or officer of the corporation against and liability asserted against
him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as
such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
against such liabilities under such Section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment
thereto validly approved by stockholders may eliminate or limit personal
liability of members of its board of directors or governing body for each of
a director's fiduciary duty. However, no such provision may eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing
to act in good faith, engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly
violating a law, paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase which was
illegal, or obtaining an improper personal benefit. A provision of this type
has no effect on
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the availability of equitable remedies, such as injunction or rescission, for
breach of fiduciary duty. The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
contains such a provision.
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide
that the Company shall indemnify officers and directors, and to the extent
authorized by the Board of Directors, employees and agents of the Company, to
the full extent permitted by and in the manner permissible under the laws of
the State of Delaware. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
also permit the Board of Directors to authorize the Company to purchase and
maintain insurance against any liability asserted against any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company arising out of his capacity as
such.
The form of the underwriting agreement, filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto
contains provisions by which the underwriters agree to indemnify the Company,
its officers and directors and each person who controls the Company within
the meaning of the Securities Act, against certain liabilities.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Exhibits
*1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
2.1 Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November , 1996, effective
as of October 23, 1996 between Syratech and THL Transaction I Corp.
(Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to Form S-4 Registration
Statement No. 333-16917)
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Syratech. Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement No.
33-41619.
3.2 Bylaws of Syratech. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to Form
S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
3.3 Amendment to Section 2.9 of the Bylaws of Syratech, effective August 15,
1991. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.3 to Form S-1
Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
*4.1 Indenture dated as of , 1997 between Syratech Corporation as Issuer
and , as Trustee.
*5.1 Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
10.1 Form of Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of ,
1997 between Leonard Florence and the Company. (Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 2.1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement
No. 333-16917)
10.2 Employment Agreement dated August 16, 1991 between E. Merle Randolph and
the Company. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10 to Form S-1
Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
*10.3 Employment Agreement dated August 16, 1991, as amended on , 1997,
between Melvin L. Levine and the Company.
10.4 Employment Agreement dated August 16, 1991 between Alan R. Kanter and
the Company. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10 to Form S-1
Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
12.1 Schedule Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1 Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see signature page)
25.1 Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of the Trustee
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule VIII -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
All other schedules have been omitted because the material is not applicable
or is not required or because the required information is shown in the condensed
consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.
* To be filed by amendment.
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Item 17. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant further undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained
in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule
424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared
effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts, on the 18th day of
December, 1996.
SYRATECH CORPORATION
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes
Leonard Florence and E. Merle Randolph, and each of them, with full power of
substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent in his or her name, place and stead, to
execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, and to file, any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments, and
any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated below.
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<CAPTION>
Signature Title Date
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Leonard Florence Chairman of the Board, Chief December 18, 1996
- ----------------------- Executive Officer and President
Leonard Florence (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ E. Merle Randolph Vice President, Chief Financial December 18, 1996
- ----------------------- Officer, Treasurer and Director
E. Merle Randolph (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Irwin Chafetz Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Irwin Chafetz
/s/ Frederick H. Chicos Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Frederick H. Chicos
/s/ Harold Cohen Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Harold Cohen
/s/ Jerry R. Jacob Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Jerry R. Jacob
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/s/ Melvin L. Levine Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Melvin L. Levine
/s/ Alan Perlman Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Alan Perlman
/s/ Harold Roitenberg Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Harold Roitenberg
/s/ Jacob Saliba Director December 18, 1996
- -----------------------
Jacob Saliba
</TABLE>
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Guarantors
have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Boston, State of
Massachusetts, on the 18th day of December, 1996.
CHI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FARBERWARE INC.
INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL SILVER DE P.R., INC.
LEONARD FLORENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
PMW SILVER DE P.R., INC.
ROSEMAR SILVER COMPANY, INC.
SILVESTRI, INC.
SILVESTRI, INC. OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SYRATECH SECURITY CORPORATION
SYRATECH SILVER SALES CORP.
TOWLE HOLLOWARE, INC.
TOWLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
WALLACE INTERNATIONAL SILVERSMITHS, INC.
WALLACE INTERNATIONAL DE P.R., INC.
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
President and Sole Director
HOLIDAY PRODUCTS, INC.
By: /s/ Roger S. Silverstein
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Roger S. Silverstein
President and Director
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
Director
By: /s/ Marshall A. Rauch
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Marshall A. Rauch
Director
By: /s/ Donald G. Walser
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Donald G. Walser
Director
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SYRATECH WEST COAST WAREHOUSE CORP.
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
President and Director
By: /s/ Faye A. Florence
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Faye A. Florence
Director
By: /s/ E. Merle Randolph
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E. Merle Randolph
President and Director
SYRATECH HOLDING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Richard Freiman
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Richard Freiman
President and Sole Director
RAUCH INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
President and Director
By: /s/ E. Merle Randolph
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E. Merle Randolph
Director
By: /s/ Faye A. Florence
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Faye A. Florence
Director
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175 AMLEGION REVERE REALTY TRUST
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
President and Trustee
By: /s/ Faye A. Florence
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Faye A. Florence
Trustee
By: /s/ E. Merle Randolph
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E. Merle Randolph
Trustee
ROCHARD, INC.
By: /s/ Richard Sonking
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Richard Sonking
President and Director
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
Director
NORTHSTAR SALES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Leonard Florence
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Leonard Florence
President and Director
By: /s/ Marshall A. Rauch
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Marshall A. Rauch
Director
By: /s/ Donald G. Walser
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Donald G. Walser
Director
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Schedule VIII
SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(1) (2)
Balance at Charged to Balance at
Beginning of Costs and Charged to End of
Description Period Expenses Other Accts Deductions Period
----------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1995
- ----------------------------
Allowance for doubtful accounts $1,372 $ 602 $ -- $ (371)(a) $1,603
Sales returns and allowances 2,133 5,206 -- (4,735)(b) 2,604
------ ------ ------ ------- ------
$3,505 $5,808 $ -- $(5,106) $4,207
====== ====== ====== ======= ======
Year Ended December 31, 1994
- ----------------------------
Allowance for doubtful accounts $ --
$1,385 $ 84 $ (97)(a) $1,372
Sales returns and allowances 2,397 3,868 -- (4,132)(b) 2,133
------ ------ ------ ------- ------
$ --
$3,782 $3,952 $(4,229) $3,505
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Year Ended December 31, 1993
- ----------------------------
Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 676 $ 626 $ -- $ 83 (a) $1,385
Sales returns and allowances 1,866 3,420 -- (2,889)(b) 2,397
------ ------ ------ ------- ------
$2,542 $4,046 $ -- $(2,806) $3,782
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</TABLE>
(a) Doubtful accounts written off
(b) Sales returns and other
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pagination
by
sequential
Exhibit Exhibit numbering
Number Description system
- ------ ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
(a) Exhibits
*1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
2.1 Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November , 1996, effective
as of October 23, 1996 between Syratech and THL Transaction I Corp.
(Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to Form S-4 Registration
Statement No. 333-16917)
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Syratech. Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement No.
33-41619.
3.2 Bylaws of Syratech. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to Form
S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
3.3 Amendment to Section 2.9 of the Bylaws of Syratech, effective August 15,
1991. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.3 to Form S-1
Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
*4.1 Indenture dated as of , 1997 between Syratech Corporation as Issuer
and , as Trustee.
*5.1 Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
10.1 Form of Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of ,
1997 between Leonard Florence and the Company. (Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 2.1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement
No. 333-16917)
10.2 Employment Agreement dated August 16, 1991 between E. Merle Randolph and
the Company. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10 to Form S-1
Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
*10.3 Employment Agreement dated August 16, 1991, as amended on , 1997,
between Melvin L. Levine and the Company.
10.4 Employment Agreement dated August 16, 1991 between Alan R. Kanter and
the Company. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10 to Form S-1
Registration Statement No. 33-41619.
12.1 Schedule Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1 Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see signature page)
25.1 Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of the Trustee
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
</TABLE>
Schedule VIII -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
All other schedules have been omitted because the material is not applicable
or is not required or because the required information is shown in the condensed
consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.
* To be filed by amendment.
EXHIBIT 12.1
SYRATECH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS
BEFORE FIXED CHARGES TO FIXED CHARGES
(in thousands, except ratios)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
Pro forma Pro forma
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995(2) 1995 1996 1996(3)
------ ------ ------ ------- ------- --------- ------- ------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Excess (deficiency) of earnings
available to cover fixed charges (1)
Earnings:
Income (loss) before income taxes $4,836 $6,276 $9,446 $10,617 $20,039 $(4,813) $12,523 $28,799 $(188)
Add: Fixed charges 3,101 3,307 1,482 1,155 894 20,806 681 3,512 19,868
------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Earnings, as adjusted 7,937 9,583 10,928 11,772 20,933 15,993 13,204 32,311 19,680
------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Fixed charges:
Interest on indebtedness 2,474 2,757 948 559 287 18,551 212 2,083 17,373
Amortization of debt issuance costs -- -- -- -- -- 1,407 -- -- 1,056
Portion of rents representative of the
interest factor 627 550 534 596 607 848 469 1,429 1,439
------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Fixed charges 3,101 3,307 1,482 1,155 894 20,806 681 3,512 19,868
------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Excess (deficiency) of earnings to fixed
charges $4,836 $6,276 $9,446 $10,617 $20,039 $(4,813) $12,523 $28,799 $(188)
====== ====== ====== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 2.6x 2.9x 7.4x 10.2x 23.4x -- 19.4x 9.2x --
</TABLE>
(1) For purposes of these computations, earnings consist of income (loss)
before income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest
on indebtedness and amortization of debt issuance costs, plus that
portion of operating lease rental expense representative of the interest
factor. The pro forma ratio of earnings to fixed charges is not shown for
the year ended December 31, 1995 and for the nine months ended September 30,
1996 due to a deficiency of earnings to fixed charges.
(2) Includes the impact of the Recapitalization, the Rauch Acquisition, the
Katy Stock Repurchase and the Syroco, Inc. Disposal.
(3) Includes the impact of the Recapitalization and the Rauch Acquisition.
EXHIBIT 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Syratech Corporation:
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Syratech
Corporation (the "Company") on Form S-3 of our report dated February 8, 1996
(February 15, 1996 as to paragraphs 1 and 4 of Note 2 and December 16, 1996 as
to Note 15), appearing in the prospectus, which is a part of this
registration statement, and to references to us under the headings "Selected
Consolidated Historical Financial Data" and "Experts" in such Registration
Statement.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our
aforementioned report also included the consolidated financial statement
schedule of the Company, listed in Item 16(b). This consolidated financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion,
such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation
to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents
fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 16, 1996
EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
Syratech Corporation on Form S-3 (File No. not assigned) of our report dated
March 12, 1996, as contained in Form 8-K/A dated April 26, 1996, on our
audits of the consolidated balance sheet of Rauch Industries, Inc. as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1995. We also consent to the reference to our firm
under the caption "Experts."
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Charlotte, North Carolina
December 17, 1996
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
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STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility
of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 04-1867445
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification No.)
225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
John R. Towers, Esq. Senior Vice President and Corporation Secretary
225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 654-3253
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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SYRATECH CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 13-3354944
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
175 McClellan Highway
East Boston, MA 02128-9114
Phone: (617) 561-2200
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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% Senior Notes due 2007
(Title of indenture securities)
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GENERAL
Item 1. General information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervisory authority to
which it is subject.
Department of Banking and Insurance of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington,
D.C., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the Obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee or of its
parent, State Street Boston Corporation.
(See note on page 2.)
Item 3. through Item 15. Not applicable.
Item 16. List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustees as now in
effect.
A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee, as now in
effect, is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
as Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the Registration
Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940) and is
incorporated herein by reference thereto.
2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the trustee to commence
business, if not contained in the articles of association.
A copy of a Statement from the Commissioner of Banks of
Massachusetts that no certificate of authority for the trustee
to commence business was necessary or issued is on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 1
to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form
T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File
No,. 22-17940) and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers, if such authorization is not contained in the
documents specified in paragraph (1) or (2), above.
A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers is on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the
Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940) and
is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee, or instruments
corresponding thereto.
A copy of the by-laws of the trustee, as now in effect, is on
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4
to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee
(Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Eastern
Edison Company (File No. 33-37823) and is incorporated herein
by reference thereto.
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5. A copy of each indenture referred to in Item 4, if the obligor is
in default.
Not applicable.
6. The consents of United States institutional trustees required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
Act is annexed hereto as Exhibit 6 and made a part hereof.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of it supervising or examining
authority.
A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee
published to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority is annexed hereto as Exhibit 7 and made a part hereof.
NOTES
In answering any Item of this Statement of Eligibility which relates
to matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor or any underwriter
for the obligor, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by
the obligor and the underwriters, and the trustee disclaims responsibility
for the accuracy or completeness of such information.
The answer furnished to Item 2 of this statement will be amended, if
necessary, to reflect any facts which differ from that stated and which would
have been required to be stated if known at the date hereto.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Boston and The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 18th day of December, 1996.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Patrick E. Thebado
____________________________________________________
Patrick E. Thebado
Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT 6
CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issuance by Syratech
Corporation of its % Senior Notes due 2007, we hereby consent that reports of
examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request therefor.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Patrick E. Thebado
____________________________________________________
Patrick E. Thebado
Assistant Vice President
Dated: December 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of State Street Bank and Trust Company of
Boston, Massachusetts and foreign and domestic subsidiaries, a state banking
institution organized and operating under the banking laws of this
commonwealth and a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of
business June 30, 1996, published in accordance with a call made by the
Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Reserve Act and in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of
Banks under General Laws, Chapter 172, Section 22(a).
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Thousands of
ASSETS Dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin 1,787,130
Interest-bearing balances 7,756,486
Securities 8,430,910
Federal funds sold and securities purchased
under agreements to resell in domestic offices
of the bank and its Edge subsidiary 4,090,665
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income 4,426,059
Allowance for loan and lease losses 70,088
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowances 4,355,971
Assets held in trading accounts 880,647
Premises and fixed assets 367,731
Other real estate owned 1,067
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries 5,772
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding 33,530
Intangible assets 68,505
Other assets 1,002,465
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Total assets 28,840,879
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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices 7,531,683
Noninterest-bearing 5,387,924
Interest-bearing 2,143,759
In foreign offices and Edge subsidiary 12,050,265
Noninterest-bearing 46,768
Interest-bearing 12,003,497
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase in domestic offices of
the bank and of its Edge subsidiary 5,337,231
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury and Trading Liabilities 871,847
Other borrowed money 794,349
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding 33,530
Other liabilities 665,616
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Total liabilities 27,284,521
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock 29,931
Surplus 276,915
Undivided profits 1,247,942
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments 1,570
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Total equity capital 1,556,358
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Total liabilities and equity capital 28,840,879
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</TABLE>
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I, Rex S. Schuette, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the above named
bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in
conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Rex S. Schuette
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true
and correct.
David A. Spina
Marshall N. Carter
Charles F. Kaye
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