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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X] Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
or
[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
LIBBEY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-12084 34-1559357
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization) file number) Identification No.)
300 Madison Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43604
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (419) 325-2100
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of each exchange on
Title of each class which registered
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Common Stock, $.01 par value New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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(Cover page 1 of 2 pages)
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [X]
The aggregate market value (based on the consolidated tape closing price on
March 14, 1997) of the voting stock beneficially held by non-affiliates of the
registrant was approximately $481,993,988. For the sole purpose of making this
calculation, the term "non-affiliate" has been interpreted to exclude directors
and executive officers of the registrant. Such interpretation is not intended to
be, and should not be construed to be, an admission by the registrant or such
directors or executive officers that any such persons are "affiliates" of the
registrant, as that term is defined under the Securities Act of 1934.
The number of shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of the registrant
outstanding as of March 14, 1997 was 15,082,931.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Certain information required by Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Form 10-K is
incorporated by reference into Part III hereof from the registrant's Proxy
Statement for The Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held Thursday, May 1,
1997 ("Proxy Statement").
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I.......................................................................................... 1
ITEM 1. BUSINESS...................................................................... 1
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.................................................................... 9
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS............................................................. 10
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS........................... 10
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.................................................... 10
PART II......................................................................................... 11
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON STOCK....................................................... 11
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA....................................................... 12
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS..................................................... 13
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA................................... 17
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE........................................... 37
PART III........................................................................................ 38
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.............................. 38
ITEMS 11. and 13. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS
AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS...................................................... 38
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT.................................................................... 38
PART IV......................................................................................... 39
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE, AND REPORTS
ON FORM 8-K................................................................ 39
SIGNATURES............................................................................... 40
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE.................................................... 42
EXHIBIT INDEX........................................................................... E-1
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On March 10, 1997, the Company announced that it had signed a letter of intent
to enter into a joint venture with Vitro S.A. with respect to its glass
tableware operations in Mexico and also purchase the business known as
WorldCrisa, presently owned by Vitro S.A. The announced purchase price is
approximately $100 million. The completion of the transaction is subject to the
performance of final due diligence, negotiation of definitive agreements,
approval of the boards of directors of the respective companies and compliance
with applicable governmental requirements. The Company anticipates completing
the transaction in the second quarter of 1997.
GENERAL
Libbey is the leading producer of glass tableware in North America, based on
sales and unit volume. The Company designs, manufactures and markets, primarily
under the well-recognized LIBBEY(R) brand name, an extensive line of high
quality, machine-made glass beverageware and other glass tableware including
plates, bowls and ashtrays, which it sells to the foodservice industry, retail
stores, industrial and premium users. Known in the marketplace as America's
Glassmaker(R) the Company has over 2,000 SKUs, and one of the most extensive
product portfolios in the domestic glass tableware industry. In addition,
through its October 1995 acquisition of Syracuse China, it is also a leading
provider of ceramic dinnerware to the foodservice industry in the United States.
PRODUCTS
Libbey's products consist primarily of glass beverageware, other glass tableware
products of varying size, shape, color and design and ceramic dinnerware. The
Company's glass beverageware includes tumblers, stemware and, to a lesser
extent, mugs. The Company's other glass tableware products include plates,
bowls, ashtrays, bud vases, salt and pepper shakers, canisters, candle holders
and various other miscellaneous items. The Company's ceramic dinnerware products
include plates, bowls, platters and other ceramic tabletop accessories. In 1993,
the Company began offering a limited quantity of specialized glass bottles,
principally used for food and beverage packaging as well as for decorative
purposes.
The Company has over 2,000 glass tableware SKUs available for sale, representing
over 900 basic product items, sizes or shapes which are produced in different
colors and packaged individually or in various multipack combinations and sets.
Each year, the Company develops and introduces many new glass shapes and sizes,
including over 50 per year since 1987, which the Company believes makes it one
of the most innovative suppliers in the glass tableware industry. In addition,
the Company's product portfolio each year includes hundreds of newly decorated
designs made for specific customer needs and specifications.
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The Company defines the U.S. glass tableware market to include glass
beverageware, ovenware, cookware, dinnerware, serveware, floral items, items
used for specialized packaging, specialized bottles, handmade and imported lead
crystal valued at less than $5 (U.S.) per piece.
FOODSERVICE
Libbey has over 60% of the market for glass tableware products in the
U.S.-domestic and Canadian foodservice industry, which includes restaurant, bar
and institutional customers and represents approximately one-half of Libbey's
sales. Approximately 90% of the Company's sales to the foodservice market are
made through a network of approximately 500 independent foodservice
distributors. The distributors, in turn, sell to a wide variety of foodservice
establishments, including national and regional hotel chains, national
restaurant chains, individually owned bars and restaurants and casinos. Some of
the Company's foodservice sales are made directly to airlines and other major
users of tableware.
Syracuse China is recognized as a long established producer of high quality
ceramic dinnerware. Syracuse China is one of the leading suppliers of ceramic
dinnerware to the foodservice industry.
Libbey's distributor network sells the Company's products to foodservice
establishments utilizing the Company's comprehensive product catalogues. The
Company annually prints and distributes approximately 400,000 copies of its
catalogues. Libbey's sales representatives throughout North America work closely
with the distributors to promote the Company's products and to provide direct
assistance to foodservice establishments in determining their glass tableware
and ceramic dinnerware needs. In addition, the Company advertises its products
extensively in trade publications.
Foodservice customers require timely delivery of a broad range of items, and the
Company believes that its leading position in the North American glass tableware
foodservice market is the result, in part, of the breadth of its product
offerings, its four strategically located (geographically) glass tableware
manufacturing facilities and related distribution centers, and the sales and
customer service orientation reflected in its close working relationship with
distributors. In addition, the Company adds to its product offerings to meet
changing consumer preferences and has introduced new lines of elegant stemware
and tumblers since 1992 primarily directed to the foodservice market. The
Company has the largest manufacturing, distribution and service network among
North American glass tableware manufacturers.
The Company also believes that its installed base of products at foodservice
establishments provides the Company with a competitive advantage in this market.
Once a restaurant, bar or other foodservice customer has invested in a selected
glass tableware or ceramic dinnerware pattern, it is likely to continue to
purchase that pattern in order to maintain style consistency and also to avoid
the cost associated with a change. Moreover, as glass tableware or ceramic
dinnerware chips or breaks, the establishment typically orders replacement
pieces of the same style, due to the relatively small expense of maintaining
style integrity. An example of the Company's
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presence in this market is the continued use of its Embassy(R) line of
glassware, which was originally introduced in 1967 and which continues to be
purchased by most of the Company's 500 independent foodservice distributors.
Each of the Company's five largest foodservice distributor accounts in the U.S.
has been a Libbey account for at least five years.
RETAIL
Libbey is one of the three leading suppliers of glass beverageware to retailers
in the United States. Using the broader category of the retail glassware market,
Libbey ranks third. The Company began producing and selling a limited assortment
of glass serveware in 1994. As of December 31, 1996, Libbey did not offer
bakeware and lead crystal products to the retail market.
While in the past the Company has sold its beverageware and other glass tabletop
accessories principally to mass merchants and discount stores, in recent years
the Company has been able to increase its total sales by selling to traditional
department stores and specialty houseware stores while continuing to sell to
existing customers. With this expanded retail representation, the Company is
better positioned to sell its extensive product line to the retail market. In
addition, Libbey operates thirty-four factory outlets for its products through
its wholly owned subsidiary, The Drummond Glass Company.
Retail store buyers tend to make large purchase decisions with longer lead time
than do the Company's foodservice customers, and such decisions are made on the
basis of a variety of product characteristics, including product quality and
design features and price. Thus, in initially competing for a new retail
program, the Company generally competes against a larger group of competitors,
including foreign manufacturers, than it does in the foodservice market.
The Company believes that its competitive position in the retail market is
enhanced by its ability to respond quickly to new orders and its ability to
assist retail customers during the life of the program through inventory
management and control and on-line ordering to satisfy their delivery
requirements. In this regard, the Company has effectively utilized the retail
industry's equivalent of just-in-time product delivery, through an interactive
electronic data interchange ("EDI") program it has implemented with many retail
customers. EDI, by using universal product codes (UPC) and computers, allows the
Company to track and respond to certain customers' inventory needs on a
continuous basis.
The Company believes that its success in the retail market is also the result of
the perceived value of its products and the LIBBEY(R) brand name recognition, as
well as a wide selection of colored glassware, innovative product design,
availability of open stock items, made-to-order design capabilities and custom
packaging. The Company believes that, with fourteen colors, it offers the widest
selection of colored glass tableware in the world. This assortment of colored
items has been a contributing factor to the growth in sales of the Company's
products in department stores and with specialty houseware retailers.
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Libbey's extensive and flexible product line also enables it to target different
retail stores' needs based upon price, product design and packaging, focusing on
the individual customer characteristics of each of the retail stores. For
example, products bearing the LIBBEY(R) brand name are sold throughout the
retail sector, while the Company's "FunDamentals Collection" is unbranded and
targeted toward traditional department stores and small specialty houseware
stores which prefer "private label" packaging. Similarly, some of the Company's
retail products are packaged in four-piece cartons and are aimed at meeting a
limited replacement or purchase need, while others are packaged in multi-piece
sets which appeal to first-time purchasers, gift shoppers and customers updating
their entire collection of glass tableware.
Wal*Mart and Kmart are two retailers which have been Libbey customers for many
years.
INDUSTRIAL
Libbey is one of the leading suppliers (based on sales and unit volume) of
industrial market glassware in the United States.
Industrial customers use glassware for decoration, floral purposes, candle
packaging and other lighting applications and also include the craft industries
and gourmet food packing companies.
The Company believes that its success with industrial customers is dependent
upon custom design, varied production capabilities, and its broad product
offering which allows Libbey to meet their customer's unique needs.
PREMIUM
Libbey is one of the leading suppliers (based on sales and unit volume) of
premium market glassware in the United States.
Premium users include major gasoline retailers and fast-food restaurant chains
which use glassware as incentives or premiums. The Company believes that its
success with premium customers is dependent upon custom design, varied
production capabilities, and the ability to produce large quantities of product
in a short period of time. Because of its manufacturing and distribution
strengths in these areas, Libbey is able to create and produce specific design
patterns in large quantities to meet the customer's unique needs. In recent
years, many of the large purchases by premium users products have been for the
incentive promotions run by companies such as Coca-Cola, Arby's, Long John
Silver's Seafood Shoppes and Shell Oil.
Since the majority of premium sales are tied to promotions and therefore have a
limited life, the demand for these products varies from year to year, and the
customer base is dynamic and somewhat unpredictable. Demand also tends to be
countercyclical. However, the Company attempts to use the long production runs
usually associated with such orders to balance seasonal swings and available
capacity with Libbey's core foodservice, retail and industrial businesses.
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INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION AND EXPORT SALES
In June 1993, the Company acquired the operating assets of Libbey-St. Clair, the
only manufacturer of glass tableware in Canada. Libbey-St. Clair, now Libbey
Canada, supplies foodservice, retail, industrial and premium users in Canada. In
addition, Libbey Canada manufactures specialized glass bottles and containers,
principally for food and beverage packaging as well as decorative bottles for
retail users, and fuse plugs. The Company is considering further international
expansion through the establishment of additional foreign-based operations.
Libbey exports its products through independent agents and distributors to over
100 countries throughout the world, competing in the glass tableware markets of
Latin America, Asia and Europe. Through its export operation, the Company sells
LIBBEY(R) glassware to the same markets as in the United States: foodservice,
retail and premium types of users.
While still a relatively small part of the Company's business, export sales
represent approximately 6.8%, 7.3% and 8.0% of 1996, 1995 and 1994 sales,
respectively. Since 1988, export sales have increased at a 16.2% compound
average annual growth rate. The Company believes that export sales to
international markets represent a significant growth opportunity for the future.
The Company currently, also has technical assistance agreements with thirteen
different companies covering operations in eleven countries. These agreements,
which cover areas ranging from manufacturing and engineering assistance to
support in functions such as marketing, sales and administration, allow the
Company to participate in the worldwide growth of the glass tableware industry
and to keep abreast of potential sales and marketing opportunities in those
countries. During 1996, the Company's technical assistance agreements produced
royalties of $2.7 million. The Company also sells machinery, primarily
glass-forming machinery, to certain parties with which it has technical
assistance agreements.
MANUFACTURING
Libbey owns and operates three glass tableware manufacturing plants in the
United States located in Toledo, Ohio; Shreveport, Louisiana; and City of
Industry, California; in addition the Company operates one plant in Canada in
Wallaceburg, Ontario. The Company owns and operates one ceramic dinnerware plant
in Syracuse, New York. The Company also operates distribution centers located at
or near each of its manufacturing facilities. See "Properties."
The glass tableware manufacturing and distribution centers are strategically
located (geographically) to enable the Company to supply significant quantities
of its product to virtually all of its customers in a short period of time.
Libbey is the only glass tableware producer operating more than two glass
tableware manufacturing facilities in the United States. The Company maintains a
broad range of inventory at all four glass tableware distribution centers.
The manufacture of the Company's glass tableware products involves the use of
automated processes and technologies. Much of the Company's glass tableware
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production machinery was designed by the Company and has evolved and been
continuously refined to incorporate technology advancements. Beginning in 1989,
the Company began converting its glass-forming machines to an internally
designed and proprietary computer-controlled manufacturing technology which
improves the efficiency of the manufacturing process and permits faster
manufacturing line changes. To-date, over 50% of the Company designed glass
tableware machines have been converted to computer-controlled technology. This
conversion process will continue based on cost effectiveness and capacity
utilization requirements. In addition, the Company has recently begun to install
robotics technology in certain of its labor-intensive manufacturing processes.
During the seven year period 1990 through 1996, the Company has spent in excess
of $20 million on these and other cost reducing technologies, and the Company's
manufacturing performance has improved significantly. The Company believes that
its production machinery and equipment are adequate for its needs in the
foreseeable future.
Libbey Canada operates at a lower profit margin than the Company's domestic
operations. Accordingly, the Company anticipates spending an additional $2.5
million in 1997 to continue to upgrade Libbey Canada's manufacturing performance
to the standards of the Company's domestic operations.
The Company's glass tableware products are generally produced using one of two
manufacturing methods or, in the case of certain stemware, a combination of such
methods. Most of the Company's tumblers and stemware and certain other glass
tableware products are produced by forming molten glass in molds with the use of
compressed air and are known as "blown" glass products. The Company's other
glass tableware products and the stems of certain of its stemware are
"pressware" products which are produced by pressing molten glass into the
desired product shape.
The Company employs a team of engineers whose responsibilities include
continuing efforts to improve and upgrade the Company's manufacturing
facilities, equipment and processes, as well as the engineering required to
manufacture new products and to implement the large number of innovative changes
continuously being made to the Company's product designs, sizes and shapes. The
Company's expenditures for traditional research and development activities are
not material.
All of the raw materials used by the Company, principally sand, lime, soda ash
and clay, have historically been available in adequate supply from multiple
sources. However, for certain raw materials, there may be temporary shortages
due to weather or other factors, including disruptions in supply caused by raw
material transportation or production delays such shortages have not previously
had and are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's
operations in the future.
SALES AND MARKETING
The Company has sales representatives located strategically throughout the
United States and Canada who call on customers and distributors. Over 90% of the
Company's sales in the foodservice market are made through approximately 500
independent distributors, who serve a vital function in the distribution of the
Company's products and with whom the Company works very closely in connection
with marketing
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and selling efforts. Most of the Company's retail, industrial and premium market
sales are made directly by the Company's sales force.
Libbey also has a marketing staff located at its corporate headquarters in
Toledo, Ohio engaged in developing strategies relating to product development,
pricing, distribution, advertising and sales promotion.
CUSTOMERS
The customers for the Company's products include approximately 500 distributors
to, and other direct purchasers in, the restaurant, bar and institutional
foodservice market, mass merchants, traditional department stores, national
retail chains and specialty houseware stores and industrial companies and others
who use the Company's products for promotional and other private uses. No single
customer or group of customers accounts for 10% or more of the Company's sales,
although the loss of any of the Company's major customers might have a material
adverse effect on the Company. The Company's premium markets customers tend to
be more unpredictable from year to year and the Company is less dependent on
such business than it is on the foodservice, retail and industrial markets, but
in some years premium customers have been among the Company's largest ten
customers.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
The Company's operations, in common with those of industry generally, are
subject to numerous existing and proposed laws and governmental regulations
designed to protect the environment, particularly regarding plant wastes and
emissions and solid waste disposal, and the Company has shipped, and continues
to ship, waste materials for off-site disposal. Although the Company is not
named as a potentially responsible party in any superfund matters pending prior
to June 24, 1993, the date of the Company's initial public offering and
separation from Owens-Illinois, Owens-Illinois has been named as a potentially
responsible party or other participant in connection with certain waste disposal
sites to which the Company may also have shipped wastes and bear some
responsibility, and Owens-Illinois has agreed to defend the Company in
connection with any such matters identified and pending as of June 24, 1993 and
to indemnify it against any resulting costs and liabilities from such matters in
excess of $3 million. The Company believes that if it is necessary to draw upon
this indemnification, collection is probable. Since the date of the Company's
initial public offering, the Company has been named a potentially responsible
party at two sites in Toledo, Ohio, along with 46 other potentially responsible
parties, including Owens-Illinois and one additional site which will be settled
for a de minimus amount.
Through a subsidiary, Syracuse China Company, the Company acquired on October
10, 1995 from The Pfaltzgraff Co. and certain of its subsidiary corporations the
assets operated as Syracuse China. The Pfaltzgraff Co. entered into an order of
consent effective November 1, 1994 with the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) which requires Pfaltzgraff to prepare a
Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) to develop a remedial
action plan for the Site (which includes among other items a landfill and
wastewater and sludge ponds and adjacent wetlands located on the property
purchased by Syracuse China Company) and to remediate the Site. As part of the
Asset Purchase Agreement the Syracuse China
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Company agreed to share a part of the remediation and related expense up to a
maximum of fifty percent of such costs with a maximum limit for Syracuse China
Company of $1,350,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Syracuse China Company is
not a party to the decree. The RI/FS is complete and has been submitted to the
NYSDEC for public comments and selection of a plan of remediation.
The Company regularly reviews the facts and circumstances of the various
environmental matters affecting the Company, including those which are covered
by indemnification. Although not free of uncertainties, the Company believes
that its share of the remediation costs at the various sites, based upon the
number of parties involved at the sites and the estimated cost of undisputed
work necessary for remediation based upon known technology and the experience of
others, will not be material to the Company. There can be no assurance, however,
that the Company's future expenditures in such regard will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
In addition, occasionally the federal government and various state authorities
have investigated possible health issues that may arise from the use of lead or
other ingredients in enamels such as those used by the Company on the exterior
surface of its decorated products. Capital expenditures for property, plant and
equipment for environmental control activities were not material during 1996.
The Company believes that it is in material compliance with all federal, state
and local environmental laws, and the Company is not aware of any regulatory
initiatives that would be expected to have a material effect on the Company's
products or operations.
COMPETITORS
The Company's business is highly competitive, with the principal competitive
factors being price, product quality, delivery time and customer service.
Principal competitors in the domestic glass tableware market are Anchor Hocking
(a unit of Newell Co.), which is one of the leading suppliers of industrial
market glassware, a major supplier of glass beverageware and one of the leading
suppliers of glass bakeware to retail markets in the United States; Durand
International, a private French company, which is one of the two leading
suppliers of glass beverageware in the United States; and Indiana Glass Company
(a unit of Lancaster Colony Corporation), which participates in various aspects
of the domestic market. The principal competitors in the domestic ceramic
dinnerware market are Homer Laughlin ( private U. S. company) and Buffalo China
(a unit of Oneida LTD.). Syracuse China primarily competes only in the
foodservice market. Some of the Company's competitors have substantially greater
financial and other resources than the Company.
In recent years, Libbey has experienced increasing competition from lower-cost
foreign manufacturers, including Durand International (France), Vitro (Mexico),
and Kedaung (Indonesia), principally in retail sales markets. In addition, the
adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will reduce the
tariffs within North America for glass tableware. Under NAFTA, U.S. tariffs for
a majority of the Company's products will be eliminated gradually over a fifteen
year period. As a result, the Company expects increased competition from North
American manufacturers
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PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND LICENSES
Based upon market research and market surveys, the Company believes its
LIBBEY(R) trade name enjoys a high degree of consumer recognition and is a
valuable asset. The Company believes that the LIBBEY(R) and Syracuse China(R)
trade names are material to its business.
The Company has rights under a number of patents which relate to a variety of
products and processes. The Company does not consider that any patent or group
of patents relating to a particular product or process is of material importance
to its business as a whole.
SEASONALITY
Due primarily to the impact of consumer buying patterns, particularly during the
year-end holiday season, the Company's sales tend to be strongest in the fourth
quarter and weakest in the first quarter of each year. As a consequence,
approximately 40% to 45% of the Company's sales occur in the first half of each
year and approximately 55% to 60% occur in the second half of the year.
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
The Company employed approximately 4,150 persons at December 31, 1996. A
majority of the glass tableware employees are U.S.-based hourly workers covered
by six collective bargaining agreements which were entered into in 1995 and
expire at various times during the fourth quarter of 1998. Canada-based workers
are covered by two collective bargaining agreements which expire July 1999. The
ceramic dinnerware hourly employees are covered by a collective bargaining
agreement which expires in March 1999. The Company considers its employee
relations to be good. The Company experienced a three week work stopage its
Wallaceburg, Ontario facility in July - August 1996.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The following table sets forth the location of the Company's principal
manufacturing and distribution facilities at December 31, 1996.
Glass Tableware Ceramic Dinnerware
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Toledo, Ohio Syracuse, New York
Shreveport, Louisiana
City of Industry, California
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
The Company's headquarters, some warehouses, sales offices and outlet stores are
located in leased space.
All of the Company's operating properties are currently being utilized for their
intended purpose and are owned in fee. The Company believes that its facilities
are well maintained and adequate for its planned production requirements at
those facilities over the next three to five years.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is involved in various routine legal proceedings incidental to the
operation of its business. The Company is not engaged in any legal proceeding
which would be deemed to be material to the Company.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Set forth below are the names and the ages, positions and offices held (as of
the date hereof), and a brief account of the business experience of each
executive officer of the Company.
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John F. Meier 49 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since June
Chairman and Chief 1993; Executive Vice President and General Manager from December
Executive Officer 1990 to June 1993
Richard I. Reynolds 50 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since
Executive Vice President and Chief November 1995; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from
Operating Officer June 1993 to November 1995; Vice President and Director of
Finance and Administration from January 1989 to June 1993.
L. Frederick Ashton 56 Vice President, General Sales Manager since November 1990
Vice President, General Sales Manager
Arthur H. Smith 61 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since June 1993;
Vice President, General Secretary of the Company since 1987 and Senior Counsel and
Counsel and Secretary Assistant Secretary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. from 1987 to June
1993.
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Kenneth G. Wilkes 39 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer November 1995; Vice President and Treasurer since August 1993.
and Treasurer Previously employed as Senior Corporate Banker, Vice President -
Corporate Banking with The First National Bank of Chicago from
1988.
John A. Zarb 45 Vice President , Chief Information Officer since April 1996.
Vice President, Chief Information Officer Previously from 1991 to April 1996 employed by Allied Signal,
Inc. in Information Technology management positions.
Timothy T. Paige 39 Vice President, Director of Human Resources since January 1997;
Vice President, Director of Human Resources Director of Human Resources from May 1995 to January 1997.
From 1991 to May 1995 employed by Frito-Lay, Inc. in Human
Resources management positions.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON STOCK
Libbey Inc. common stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol LBY. The price range for the Company's common stock on the New
York Stock Exchange as reported by the New York Stock Exchange was as follows:
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1996 1995
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First Quarter 23 3/4 19 3/4 19 1/8 14 3/8
Second Quarter 28 21 1/8 21 18 3/8
Third Quarter 28 3/8 25 3/8 24 1/4 20 1/2
Fourth Quarter 28 1/8 23 3/8 23 7/8 20
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On February 11, 1997, there were 479 registered common shareholders of record.
The Company has paid a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.075 per share
beginning with the fourth quarter of 1993. The declaration of future dividends
is within the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company and will
depend upon, among other things, business conditions, earnings and the financial
condition of the Company.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
(Dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995(4) 1994 1993(1) 1992
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING RESULTS
Net sales $ 397,656 $ 357,546 $ 333,988 $ 302,923 $ 279,434
Total revenues 400,354 360,082 335,880 304,692 281,300
Cost of sales 288,538 257,945 238,885 217,531 206,945
Selling, general and admin. expenses 44,620 38,953 37,772 33,456 27,993
Income from operations 67,196 63,184 59,223 53,705 46,362
Other income, (expenses) -- net(2) 1,302 499 (230) 16 19,110
Interest expense -- net 14,962 13,974 13,797 23,064 44,703
Income before items below 53,536 49,709 45,196 30,657 20,769
Provision for income taxes 20,986 19,685 18,509 12,974 8,664
Equity earnings 0 0 0 0 225
Income before cum. effect
of FAS 106(3) 32,550 30,024 26,687 17,683 12,330
Net income (loss) 32,550 30,024 26,687 17,683 (20,292)
Per-share data (including common share
equivalents):
Income before cumulative effect of
FAS 106(3) 2.12 1.97 1.78 1.18 .82
Net income (loss) 2.12 1.97 1.78 1.18 (1.35)
Dividends paid 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.075
OTHER INFORMATION
Depreciation and amortization $ 21,485 $ 18,158 $ 16,276 $ 14,678 $ 14,627
Capital expenditures 15,386 20,198 17,361 12,485 13,465
Employees (average) 4,110 3,870 3,463 3,058 2,792
BALANCE SHEET
Total assets $ 315,733 $ 321,815 $ 255,981 $ 249,014 $ 229,100
Working capital 61,298 74,795 41,263 38,645 51,533
Long-term debt 202,851 248,721 213,999 236,625 394,555
Shareholders' equity (18,447) (47,116) (73,073) (95,154) (259,916)
</TABLE>
1 1993 data consolidates the results of Libbey Canada beginning in June.
2 Principally divestiture gains in 1992.
3 Effective January 1, 1992, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for
Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions"; the cumulative
effect of the change was to decrease net income by $32.6 million in 1992.
4 1995 data consolidates the results of Syracuse China beginning October.
As a result of the initial public offering and recapitalization of the Company
in June 1993, the capital structure of Libbey and its interest and tax expense
are not comparable to that of Libbey as a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois.
Therefore, Libbey's historical net income or loss is not comparable to Libbey's
net income following the initial public offering.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA
- -------------------------
The following table presents certain results of operations data for Libbey for
the periods indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 1996 1995 1994
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $397,656 $357,546 $333,988
Gross profit 109,118 99,601 95,103
As a percentage of sales 27.4% 27.9% 28.5%
Income from operations 67,196 63,184 59,223
As a percentage of sales 16.9% 17.7% 17.7%
</TABLE>
Management is not aware of any events or uncertainties that are likely to have a
material impact on prospective results of operations or financial condition. The
Company historically has been able to adjust its prices to offset most of the
effect of inflation, which has not had a significant effect on its operations.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
COMPARISON OF 1996 WITH 1995
- ----------------------------
Net sales for 1996 of $397.7 million were 11.2% higher than the net sales of
$357.5 million reported in 1995. Contributing to the increase were greater sales
at the Company's Canadian operations; higher sales to foodservice markets in the
U.S.; significant increases in unit shipments to industrial customers and the
inclusion of sales of Syracuse China for twelve months in 1996 compared with
less than three months in 1995. Over one-half of the Company's sales increase is
attributable to the inclusion of sales of Syracuse China for a full year in
1996. The remainder of the increase is due to higher unit volume offsetting
lower average unit selling prices. Libbey's export sales increased slightly to
$26.9 million in 1996 from $26.0 million in 1995.
Gross profit increased 9.6% to $109.1 million in 1996 from $99.6 million in 1995
and declined as a percentage of sales to 27.4% from 27.9% over this same period.
Gross margins primarily were affected by product mix, with greater sales of
lower-margin items in the industrial and export markets and the inclusion of
Syracuse China. In addition, higher energy costs of approximately 30%,
principally due to increased prices, and increased compensation costs, including
the effects of the Company's new Goalsharing program, were factors.
Income from operations increased 6.3% to $67.2 million in 1996 from $63.2
million in 1995 and decreased as a percentage of net sales to 16.9% from 17.7%.
The income from operations margin in 1996 was adversely affected by a lower
gross profit margin and the inclusion of Syracuse China. Consultant fees
associated with the Company's re-engineering initiative totaled $1.0 million.
The Company expects to incur no material consultant expenditures relating to the
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re-engineering initiative in 1997. Management is targeting improvements in
Libbey's cost structure through the elimination of waste and redundancies and
more responsive customer service as a result of this initiative and expects
these and other benefits to generate savings in 1997. In addition, the Company
expects continued improvement in working capital utilization.
Net income increased 8.4% to $32.5 million in 1996 from $30.0 million in 1995.
The increase is principally attributable to higher revenues and operating
profits and a reduction in the Company's effective tax rate from 39.6% to 39.2%,
principally due to lower state income taxes, offset by increased interest
expense due to additional debt associated with the Syracuse China acquisition in
October 1995.
COMPARISON OF 1995 WITH 1994
- ----------------------------
Net sales for 1995 of $357.5 million were 7.1% higher than the net sales of
$334.0 million reported in 1994. Contributing to the increase were greater sales
at the Company's Canadian operations, higher sales to foodservice markets in the
U.S., significant increases in unit shipments to industrial customers and the
inclusion of sales of Syracuse China since October 10, 1995. A strong travel and
entertainment industry in the U.S., growth in the use of Libbey products by
dinnerware and candle companies and continued expansion of the Company's market
position in Canada were major contributors to the sales growth. These
improvements offset a decline in unit volume sold to retail channels of
distribution, particularly mass merchants, due to sluggish market conditions
generally experienced in the sale of consumer housewares in the U.S. The
popularity of candles packed in glass vessels along with the appeal of the
Company's production and servicing capabilities contributed to the growth in
industrial sales. Approximately one-third of the Company's sales increase is
attributable to the inclusion of sales of Syracuse China since the October 10,
1995 acquisition by Libbey. The remainder of the increase is primarily due to
higher average unit selling prices, with improved sales mix a major contributing
factor to the increase. Libbey's export sales decreased slightly to $26.0
million in 1995 from $26.7 million in 1994, principally due to promotional
glassware programs in 1994 associated with the World Cup Soccer Championships,
which were not expected to repeat.
Gross profit increased 4.7% to $99.6 million in 1995 from $95.1 million in 1994
and declined as a percentage of sales to 27.9% from 28.5% over this same period.
Higher prices for corrugated materials, increased group insurance and workers'
compensation costs and consultant fees and related expenses associated with the
re-engineering of the Company's manufacturing facilities were major contributors
to the gross profit margin decline. Gross profit margins also were negatively
affected by lower fixed cost absorption in the fourth quarter due to lower
production levels and a partial shutdown for approximately one week due to a
work stoppage at the Company's Toledo, Ohio facility. These costs more than
offset improved sales mix and the inclusion of the gross profits of Syracuse
China since October 10, 1995, the gross profit margin of which was higher than
the Company average.
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Income from operations increased 6.7% to $63.2 million in 1995 from $59.2
million in 1994 and remained constant as a percentage of net sales at 17.7%. The
income from operations margin in 1995 was adversely affected by lower gross
profit margins but was positively influenced by lower selling, general and
administrative costs. The reduced selling, general and administrative expenses
as a percentage of sales is due to lower marketing expenses due to certain
efficiencies and the timing of production of certain marketing materials. Lower
selling expenses are partially due to efficiencies in selling expenses and the
effect of lower sales in select markets. The Company's re-engineering
initiative, Project Alpha, involves analyzing and making changes to processes
involved in the development, manufacture and sale of the Company's products.
Approximately $2.3 million in expenses were associated with Project Alpha in
1995. Management is targeting improvements in Libbey's cost structure through
the elimination of waste and redundancies and more responsive customer service.
Net income increased 12.5% to $30.0 million in 1995 from $26.7 million in 1994.
The increase is principally attributable to higher income from operations,
slower growth in interest expense due to lower interest rates and a reduction in
the Company's effective tax rate to 39.6% from 41.0%, primarily as a result of
lower state taxes.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
- -------------------------------
Libbey's financial condition at year-end 1996 reflects the benefits of increased
operating cash flow and improved working capital management during the year. Net
cash provided by operating activities increased to $60.2 million in 1996 from
$29.1 million in 1995. The reduction in working capital is partially associated
with the impact of the Company's re-engineering initiative on inventories. Net
cash provided by operating activities in 1994 was $43.0 million. The reduction
in 1995 was due to higher working capital associated with higher sales, the
acquisition of Syracuse China and a change in disbursing certain customer
incentive payments. Inventories at December 31, 1996, were down 3.5% or $2.8
million lower than at December 31, 1995, principally due to the impact of the
Company's re-engineering initiative. Trade accounts receivable increased only
4.5% as compared with a sales increase of 11.2%, contributing to the Company's
improved working capital management.
Capital expenditures were $15.4 million in 1996 compared with $20.2 million in
1995, and included scheduled furnace and machine rebuilds and investment in
higher productivity machinery, including the continued conversion of certain
glass-forming machines to include proprietary computer controls and new
equipment to improve platter production at Syracuse China. In addition, the
Company incurred capitalized software expenditures of $4.4 million associated
with the procurement of new information systems company-wide. Capital
expenditures for 1997 are expected to be in the range of $23 to $25 million,
including $2 to $3 million of capital expenditures at the Company's Syracuse
China operation.
Libbey had total debt of $207.4 million at December 31, 1996, compared with
$248.7 million at December 31, 1995. The $41.3 million decrease is primarily
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attributable to the net cash provided from operations. Libbey had additional
capacity of $92.1 million at December 31, 1996, under the Bank Credit Agreement.
Libbey has entered into interest rate protection agreements with respect to
$150.0 million of debt under the Bank Credit Agreement. The average interest
rate for the Company's borrowings related to the interest rate protection
agreements is 5.89% with an average maturity of 2.0 years at December 31, 1996.
Of Libbey's outstanding indebtedness, $57.4 million is subject to fluctuating
interest rates at December 31, 1996. A change of one percentage point in such
rates would result in a change in interest expense of approximately $0.6 million
on an annual basis. The Company is not aware of any trends, demands, commitments
or uncertainties that will result or that are reasonably likely to result in a
material change in Libbey's liquidity. The Company believes that its cash from
operations and available borrowings under the Bank Credit Agreement will be
sufficient to fund its operating requirements, capital expenditures and all
other obligations (including debt service and dividends) throughout the
five-year term of the $300 million Bank Credit Agreement. The Company
anticipates refinancing the Bank Credit Agreement at or prior to the maturity
date of October 1999 to meet the Company's longer-term funding requirements.
On March 10, 1997, the Company announced that it had signed a letter of intent
to enter into a joint venture with Vitro S.A. with respect to its glass
tableware operations in Mexico and also purchase the business known as
WorldCrisa, presently owned by Vitro S.A. The announced purchase price is
approximately $100 million. The completion of the transaction is subject to the
performance of final due diligence, negotiation of definitive agreements,
approval of the boards of directors of the respective companies and compliance
with applicable governmental requirements. As a result of this proposed
transaction, the Company intends to amend the Bank Credit Agreement and increase
the maximum borrowings to finance the acquisition. The Company anticipates
completing the transaction in the second quarter of 1997.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Report of Independent Auditors 18
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 1996 and 1995 19
For the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994:
Consolidated Statements of Income 21
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity 22
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 23
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 24
Selected Quarterly Financial Data 37
</TABLE>
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Libbey Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Libbey Inc. as
of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of
income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1996. Our audits also included the financial statement
schedule listed in the Index at Item 14(a). These financial statements and
schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule 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, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Libbey Inc. at
December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the consolidated results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our
opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation
to the basic financial statements taken as whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.
Ernst & Young LLP
Toledo, Ohio
February 3, 1997,
except for Note 14,
as to which the date is
March 10, 1997
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LIBBEY INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 1996 1995
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 1,990 $ 2,095
Accounts receivable:
Trade, less allowances of $2,279 and $3,289 40,503 38,775
Other 1,551 1,582
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
42,054 40,357
Inventories:
Finished goods 67,503 69,987
Work in process 5,017 5,245
Raw materials 3,054 3,246
Operating supplies 807 714
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
76,381 79,192
Prepaid expenses 6,719 9,199
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total current assets 127,144 130,843
Other assets:
Repair parts inventories 6,090 5,528
Other assets 25,398 21,711
Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization
of $10,339 and $9,118 37,731 39,755
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
69,219 66,994
Property, plant and equipment at cost 225,518 220,675
Less accumulated depreciation 106,148 96,697
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net property, plant and equipment 119,370 123,978
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total assets $315,733 $321,815
==============================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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LIBBEY INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 1996 1995
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Notes payable $ 4,525 --
Accounts payable 22,506 $ 20,088
Salaries and wages 13,856 10,871
Accrued liabilities 23,102 22,792
Income taxes 1,857 2,297
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total current liabilities 65,846 56,048
Long-term debt 202,851 248,721
Deferred taxes and other liabilities 14,318 15,217
Nonpension retirement benefits 51,165 48,945
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares
authorized, 15,061,231 shares issued and outstanding
(15,023,500 in 1995) 151 150
Capital in excess of par value 191,909 191,226
Deficit (210,368) (238,407)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment (139) (85)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total shareholders' equity (18,447) (47,116)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $315,733 $321,815
==============================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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LIBBEY INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
(Dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts) 1996 1995 1994
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Net sales $397,656 $357,546 $333,988
Royalties and net technical assistance income 2,698 2,536 1,892
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total revenues 400,354 360,082 335,880
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales 288,538 257,945 238,885
Selling, general and administrative expenses 44,620 38,953 37,772
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
333,158 296,898 276,657
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income from operations 67,196 63,184 59,223
Other income (expense):
Interest expense--net (14,962) (13,974) (13,797)
Other--net 1,302 499 (230)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(13,660) (13,475) (14,027)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income before income taxes 53,536 49,709 45,196
Provision for income taxes 20,986 19,685 18,509
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income $32,550 $ 30,024 $26,687
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income per share (including common share equivalents) $2.12 $1.97 $1.78
========================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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LIBBEY INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts)
Cumulative
Foreign
Capital in Currency
Common Stock Excess of Translation
Shares Amount Par Value Deficit Adjustment Total
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance January 1, 1994 15,000,000 $ 150 $190,845 $(286,117) $ (32) $ (95,154)
Net income 26,687 26,687
Dividend--$.30 per share (4,500) (4,500)
Effect of exchange
rate fluctuation (106) (106)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance December 31, 1994 15,000,000 150 190,845 (263,930) (138) (73,073)
Net Income 30,024 30,024
Stock options exercised 23,500 381 381
Dividend--$.30 per share (4,501) (4,501)
Effect of exchange
rate fluctuation 53 53
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance December 31, 1995 15,023,500 150 191,226 (238,407) (85) (47,116)
Net income 32,550 32,550
Stock options exercised 37,731 1 683 684
Dividend -- $0.30 per share (4,511) (4,511)
Effect of exchange
rate fluctuation (54) (54)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance December 31, 1996 15,061,231 $ 151 $ 191,909 $(210,368) $ (139) $ (18,447)
======================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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LIBBEY INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1994
---- ---- ----
(Dollars in thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $ 32,550 $ 30,024 $ 26,687
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 21,485 18,158 16,276
Nonpension retirement benefit cost in excess of
payments 2,220 2,107 3,242
Deferred income taxes (913) (2,703) (4,592)
Other 535 3,965 287
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (1,786) (5,813) (5,132)
Inventories 2,731 (2,884) (1,234)
Prepaid expenses (573) (2,203) (254)
Other assets (4,800) (1,986) 521
Accounts payable 2,463 (869) 3,318
Accrued liabilities and other liabilities 6,301 (8,742) 3,837
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash provided by operating activities 60,213 29,054 42,956
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to property, plant and equipment (15,386) (20,198) (17,361)
Divestiture proceeds -- -- 3,154
Acquisition of Syracuse China assets -- (40,819) --
Other 170 -- --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash used in investing activities (15,216) (61,017) (14,207)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Bank credit facility:
Net bank activity (45,801) 34,478 (22,103)
Payment of finance fees -- -- (272)
Other net borrowings 4,525 -- --
Stock options exercised 684 381 --
Dividends (4,511) (4,501) (4,500)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (45,103) 30,358 (26,875)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash 1 -- (1)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Increase (decrease) in cash (105) (1,605) 1,873
Cash at beginning of year 2,095 3,700 1,827
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash at end of year $ 1,990 $ 2,095 $ 3,700
==========================================================================================
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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LIBBEY INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Libbey Inc. and
all wholly owned subsidiaries ("the Company").
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BUSINESS
- --------
The Company designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of high quality,
machine-made glass beverageware, other glass tableware and ceramic dinnerware to
a broad group of customers in the foodservice, retail, industrial and premium
areas. Most of the Company's sales are to customers in North America, although
international sales have grown significantly since 1988.
INVENTORY VALUATION
- -------------------
The Company uses the last-in, first-out (LIFO) cost method of inventory
valuation for substantially all manufacturing inventories. If inventories valued
on the LIFO method had been valued at standard or average costs, which
approximate current costs, inventories would be higher than reported by $10,978,
$9,211 and $8,851 at December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
GOODWILL
- --------
Goodwill, which resulted from the excess of purchase cost over net assets
acquired, is being amortized over 40 years. The Company periodically reviews
goodwill to assess recoverability generally based upon expectations of
nondiscounted cash flows and operating income.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
- -----------------------------
Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the estimated useful
lives of the assets, generally 3 to 10 years for equipment and furnishings and
20 to 40 years for buildings and improvements.
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STOCK OPTIONS
- -------------
The Company accounts for employee stock options in accordance with Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees."
INCOME TAXES
- ------------
Deferred income taxes are determined based on temporary differences between
financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured
using the tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are
expected to reverse.
ROYALTIES AND NET TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
- --------------------------------------
Royalties and net technical assistance income are accrued based on the terms of
the respective agreements, which typically specify that a percentage of the
licensee's sales be paid to the Company monthly, quarterly or semi-annually in
exchange for the Company's assistance with manufacturing and engineering and
support in functions such as marketing, sales and administration.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
- ----------------------------
The assets and liabilities of the foreign subsidiary are translated at current
exchange rates and any related translation adjustments are recorded directly in
shareholders' equity.
INCOME PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
- --------------------------------
Income per share of common stock is computed using the weighted average number
of shares of common stock outstanding at year-end including common share
equivalents (15,352,000 for 1996; 15,268,000 for 1995 and 15,000,000 for 1994).
3. ACQUISITION
On October 10, 1995, the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets and
liabilities of the business operated as Syracuse China from the Pfaltzgraff Co.,
The Pfaltzgraff Outlet Co., and Syracuse China Company of Canada Ltd. The
purchase price approximated $40.0 million and the acquisition has been recorded
using the purchase method of accounting. The excess of the aggregate purchase
price over the fair market value of net assets acquired of approximately $7.2
million was recognized as goodwill. The operating results of Syracuse China have
been included in the consolidated financial statements since the date of
acquisition.
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The following unaudited pro forma results of operations for 1995 assume the
acquisition occurred as of January 1, 1994 (in millions, except per-share
amounts):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ended December 31, 1995
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Net sales $381.0
Net income 30.8
Net income per share $ 2.02
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the
operating results that would have occurred had the Syracuse China acquisition
been consummated as of January 1, 1994, nor are they necessarily indicative of
future operating results.
4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Land $ 15,466 $ 15,466
Buildings 33,121 32,749
Machinery and equipment 165,334 158,593
Furniture and fixtures 10,215 7,984
Construction in progress 1,382 5,883
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
225,518 220,675
Less accumulated depreciation 106,148 96,697
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net property, plant and equipment $119,370 $123,978
================================================================================
</TABLE>
5. OTHER ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Other accrued liabilities include accruals for insurance of $7,887, $8,953 and
$7,744 and various customer incentive programs of $8,953, $8,257 and $12,164 at
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
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6. INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current:
Federal $ 16,567 $ 17,598 $ 19,658
Foreign 1,878 1,486 (455)
State and local 2,742 3,291 3,872
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21,187 22,375 23,075
Deferred:
Federal (644) (2,317) (4,742)
Foreign 385 203 1,086
State and local 58 (576) (910)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(201) (2,690) (4,566)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total:
Federal 15,923 15,281 14,916
Foreign 2,263 1,689 631
State and local 2,800 2,715 2,962
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 20,986 $ 19,685 $ 18,509
=======================================================================================
</TABLE>
The provision for income taxes was calculated based on the following components
of earnings before income taxes:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Domestic $ 46,101 $ 44,455 $ 43,208
Foreign 7,435 5,254 1,988
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 53,536 $49,709 $ 45,196
=======================================================================================
</TABLE>
A reconciliation from the statutory U. S. federal tax rate of 35% to the
consolidated effective tax rate is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Statutory U.S. Federal tax rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
Increase in rate due to:
State and local income taxes
net of related federal taxes 3.4 3.5 4.3
Amortization of goodwill 0.7 0.7 0.8
Other 0.1 0.4 0.9
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Consolidated effective tax rate 39.2% 39.6% 41.0%
==========================================================================================
</TABLE>
Income taxes paid in cash amounted to $18,727, $26,250 and $16,567 for the years
ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
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Significant components of the Company's deferred tax liabilities and assets are
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment $19,773 $19,936
Inventories 2,131 2,320
Pension 2,187 2,141
Other assets 4,690 4,524
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total deferred tax liabilities 28,781 28,921
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued nonpension retirement benefits 17,974 17,131
Other accrued liabilities 6,031 6,102
Receivables 733 1,101
Other 649 627
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total deferred tax assets 25,387 24,961
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net deferred tax liabilities $ 3,394 $ 3,960
==========================================================================
</TABLE>
Net deferred tax liabilities are included in the consolidated balance sheets as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Noncurrent deferred taxes $ 8,197 $ 9,117
Prepaid expenses (4,803) (5,157)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net deferred tax liabilities $ 3,394 $ 3,960
==========================================================================
</TABLE>
7. PENSION PLANS
The Company has pension plans covering substantially all employees. Benefits
generally are based on compensation for salaried employees and length of service
for hourly employees. The Company's policy is to fund pension plans such that
sufficient assets will be available to meet future benefit requirements.
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The funded status of the plans at December 31, 1996 and 1995 was as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations: 1996 1995
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Vested $ 114,680 $ 123,184
Nonvested 15,737 11,364
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accumulated benefit obligations 130,417 134,548
Effect of assumed benefit increases 13,265 12,881
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Projected benefit obligation 143,682 147,429
Plan assets at fair value 180,039 163,834
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plan assets in excess of projected
benefit obligation 36,357 16,405
Unrecognized prior service cost (15) (617)
Unrecognized net gain (29,035) (8,737)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prepaid pension cost $ 7,307 $ 7,051
============================================================================
</TABLE>
The actuarial present value of benefit obligations is based on a discount rate
of 8.0% in 1996 and 7.5% in 1995. The expected long-term rate of return on
assets is 10% in 1996 and 9% in 1995. Future benefits are assumed to increase in
a manner consistent with past experience. Plan assets include marketable equity
securities, government and corporate debt securities and commingled funds.
The components of the net pension expense are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Service cost (benefits earned during the period) $ 3,812 $ 2,967 $ 3,425
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 11,177 9,107 8,456
Return on plan assets (27,890) (27,754) 1,254
Net amortization and deferral 12,645 15,341 (12,462)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net pension cost (credit) $ (256) $ (339) $ 673
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
The Company also sponsors certain other employee retirement benefit plans which
in the aggregate resulted in an expense of $1,768, $1,142 and $1,090 in 1996,
1995 and 1994, respectively.
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8. NONPENSION RETIREMENT BENEFITS
The Company provides certain retiree health care and life insurance benefits
covering substantially all salaried and hourly employees. Employees are
generally eligible for benefits upon retirement and completion of a specified
number of years of creditable service. Benefits for most hourly retirees are
determined by collective bargaining. Under a cross-indemnity agreement,
Owens-Illinois assumed liability for the nonpension retirement benefits of
Company retirees who had retired as of the Initial Public Offering (IPO).
The provision for nonpension retirement benefit costs consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Service cost (benefits earned during the period) $ 1,463 $ 1,443 $ 1,851
Amortization (1,276) (1,133) (876)
Interest cost on nonpension retirement benefit obligation 2,484 2,663 2,498
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net nonpension retirement benefit cost $ 2,671 $ 2,973 $ 3,473
=============================================================================================
</TABLE>
The components of the accumulated nonpension retirement benefit obligation and
amounts accrued were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Retirees and dependents $ 6,163 $ 4,965
Active employees eligible for benefits 6,679 10,363
Active employees not eligible for benefits 19,750 26,097
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32,592 41,425
Unamortized prior service cost 7,200 8,100
Unrecognized net gain (loss) 11,373 (581)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accrued nonpension retirement benefits $51,165 $ 48,944
=================================================================================
</TABLE>
Assumed health care cost inflation is based on a rate of 8.8% for salaried
workers and 7.6% for hourly workers, declining ratably over four years to an
ultimate rate of 6%. A one percentage point increase in these rates would have
increased the accumulated nonpension retirement benefit obligation at December
31, 1996 by $4,816 and increased the net nonpension retirement benefit cost by
$694. A salary growth rate of 5.5% was used in 1996 and 1995. The assumed
discount rate used in determining the accumulated
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nonpension retirement benefit obligation was 8.0% for 1996 and 7.5% for 1995.
The Company continues to fund these nonpension retirement benefit obligations as
claims are incurred.
The Company provides retiree health care benefits to certain union hourly
employees through participation in a multiemployer retiree health care benefit
plan. Approximately $357 and $79 was charged to expense for the years ended
December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
9. LONG-TERM DEBT
The Company and its Canadian subsidiary have an unsecured agreement ("Bank
Credit Agreement" or "Agreement ") with a group of banks which provides for a
Revolving Credit and Swing Line Facility ("Facility") permitting borrowings up
to an aggregate total of $300 million, maturing October 1999. Swing Line
borrowings are limited to $15 million with interest calculated at the prime rate
minus the Commitment Fee Percentage. Revolving Credit borrowings bear interest
at the Company's option at either the prime rate minus the Commitment Fee
Percentage, or a Eurodollar rate plus the Applicable Eurodollar Margin. The
Commitment Fee Percentage and Applicable Eurodollar Margin will vary depending
on the Company's performance against certain financial ratios. The Commitment
Fee Percentage and the Applicable Eurodollar Margin were 1/4% and 3/8%,
respectively, at December 31, 1996. The Company may also elect to borrow up to a
maximum of $150 million under a Bid Rate loan alternative of the Facility at
floating rates of interest. The Company had $202.9 and $248.7 million
outstanding under the Facility at December 31, 1996 and 1995 respectively. The
Facility also provides for the issuance of $22 million of letters of credit,
with such usage applied against the $300 million limit. At December 31, 1996,
the Company had $5.1 million in letters of credit outstanding.
The Company has entered into Interest Rate Protection Agreements ("Rate
Agreements") with respect to $150 million of debt under its Bank Credit
Agreement as a means to manage its exposure to fluctuating interest rates. The
Rate Agreements effectively convert this portion of the Company's Bank Credit
Agreement borrowings from variable rate debt to a fixed rate basis, thus
reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future income. The average
interest rate for the Company's borrowings related to the Rate Agreements at
December 31, 1996 was 5.89% for an average remaining period of 2.0 years. The
remaining debt not covered by the Rate Agreements has fluctuating interest rates
with a weighted average rate of 5.65% at December 31, 1996.
The interest rate differential to be received or paid under the Rate Agreements
is being recognized over the life of the Rate Agreements as an adjustment to
interest expense. Should the counterparts to these Rate Agreements fail to
perform, the Company would no longer be protected from interest rate
fluctuations by these Rate Agreements. However, the Company does not anticipate
nonperformance by the counterparts.
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The Company must pay a commitment fee ("Commitment Fee Percentage") on the total
credit provided under the Bank Credit Agreement. No compensating balances are
required by the Agreement. The Agreement requires the maintenance of certain
financial ratios, restricts the incurrence of indebtedness and other contingent
financial obligations and restricts certain types of business activities and
investments.
Annual maturities for all the Company's long-term debt through 1999 are as
follows: 1996 through 1998 - none; 1999 - $202.9 million.
At December 31, 1996, the carrying value of the long-term debt approximates its
fair value based on the Company's current incremental borrowing rates. The fair
market value of the Company's Interest Rate Protection Agreements at December
31, 1996 was $1.5 million. The fair value of long-term debt is estimated based
on borrowing rates currently available to the Company for loans with similar
terms and maturities. The fair value of the Company's Interest Rate Protection
agreements is based on quotes from brokers for comparable contracts. The Company
does not expect to cancel these agreements, and expects them to expire as
originally contracted.
Interest expense - net includes interest income of $1, $227, and $163 for the
years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Interest paid in
cash amounted to $14,362, $14,713 and $13,092 for the years ended December 31,
1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
10. STOCK OPTIONS
The Company sponsors a stock option plan for key employees. The plan provides
for the granting of Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Options to purchase
1,800,000 shares of the Company's common stock to key employees at a price not
less than the fair market value on the date the option is granted.
Options become exercisable as determined at the date of grant by a committee of
the Board of Directors. Unless an earlier expiration date is set at the time of
the grant or results from termination of an optionee's employment or a merger,
consolidation, acquisition, liquidation or dissolution of the Company, Incentive
Stock Options expire ten years after the date of grant and Nonqualified Options
expire ten years and a day after date of grant.
The Company has elected to follow APB No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees," in accounting for employee stock options. The alternative fair value
accounting provided for under FASB No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation," requires use of option valuation models that were not developed
for use in valuing employee stock options. Under APB No. 25 no compensation
expense is
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recognized because the exercise price of the Company's employee stock
options equals the market price of the underlying stock at the date of grant.
In the opinion of management, the existing fair value models do not provide a
reliable measure of the value of employee stock options. The Black-Scholes
option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of
traded options which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable.
The Company's employee stock options have characteristics significantly
different from those of traded options. In addition, option valuation models
require highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price
volatility. Changes in these assumptions can materially affect the fair value
estimate.
Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is required by
Statement 123, which also requires that the information be determined as if the
Company has accounted for its employee stock options granted subsequent to
December 31, 1994 under the fair value method of that Statement. The fair value
for these options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes
option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for 1995
and 1996, risk-free interest rates of 5.1%; a dividend yield of 1.2%; volatility
factors of the expected market price of the Company's common stock of .27; and a
weighted-average expected life of the option of 7 years. The weighted average
fair value of options granted in 1996 and 1995 was $9.90 and $8.13,
respectively.
For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options
is amortized to expense over the options' vesting period. The Company's pro
forma information follows (in thousands, except for earnings per share
information):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Net Income:
Reported $ 32,550 $ 30,024
Pro forma 32,080 29,992
Earnings per share (including common share equivalents):
equivalents):
Reported $ 2.12 $ 1.97
Pro Forma 2.08 1.96
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
Pro forma effect on net income for 1996 and 1995 is not representative of the
pro forma effect on net income in future years because it does not take into
consideration pro forma compensation expense related to grants made prior to
1995.
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Stock option activity is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Weighted Average
Number of Shares Exercise Price Price Range Per Share
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
January 1, 1994
Outstanding 1,253,345 $13.03
Granted 62,800 16.67
-------------------------
December 31, 1994
Outstanding 1,316,145 13.20 $13.00--$14.25
Exercisable 501,338 13.03
Granted 138,450 22.75
Canceled 2,125 13.38
Exercised 23,500 13.00
-------------------------
December 31, 1995
Outstanding 1,428,970 14.13 $13.00-$23.00
Exercisable 753,627 13.15
Granted 141,050 26.51
Canceled 2,350 22.15
Exercised 37,731 13.00
-------------------------
December 31, 1996
Outstanding 1,529,939 15.29 $13.00--$26.875
Exercisable 1,025,683 13.62
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
The following information is as of December 31, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options with an
Options with an exercise exercise price of
price of $13.00 per share greater than
$13.00 per share
- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Options outstanding 1,130,124 399,815
Weighted average exercise price $13.00 $21.76
Remaining contractual life 6.5 8.7
Options exercisable 892,419 133,264
Weighted average exercise price $13.00 $17.75
- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
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11. SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS PLAN
In January 1995, the Company adopted a Shareholders' Rights Plan designed to
ensure that all of the Company's shareholders receive fair and equal treatment
in the event of any proposal to acquire control of the Company. Under the Plan,
the Company's Board of Directors declared a distribution of one right for each
outstanding common share of the Company. Each right will entitle shareholders to
buy 1/100th of a share of newly created Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock at an exercise price of $55 per right. The rights will not be exercisable
until a person acquires beneficial ownership of 20% of the Company's common
shares or makes a tender offer for at least 20% of its common shares. After the
time that a person acquires beneficial ownership of 20% of the Company's common
shares, the holders of the rights may be permitted to exercise such rights to
receive the Company's common shares having market value of twice the exercise
price. The rights are redeemable at $0.001 per right at any time before the
tenth day after a person has acquired 20% or more of the outstanding common
shares. The redemption period may be extended under certain circumstances. If at
any time after the rights become exercisable and not redeemed, the Company is
acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction in which the
Company is not the surviving party, the rights will entitle a holder to buy a
number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company having a market value
of twice the exercise price of each right.
12. TRANSACTIONS WITH OWENS-ILLINOIS
Prior to the IPO, the Company utilized certain Owens-Illinois corporate-wide
systems and services, the more significant of which related to computer
services, compensation and benefits administration, payroll processing, general
accounting services, auditing, income taxes and treasury services.
Owens-Illinois allocated costs to the Company on the basis of specific services
provided, to the extent practical, plus a general allocation based on a
percentage of sales dollars. The Company continues to receive certain services
from Owens-Illinois to support various Company computer systems and services
during the transition period. The cost of such services is based upon a service
agreement between the Company and Owens-Illinois. In the opinion of management,
such allocations and costs have been made or determined on a reasonable basis
and do not differ materially from the costs which would have been incurred had
the Company purchased such services from another third-party.
Charges from Owens-Illinois for services provided are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Administrative services -- $ 95 $ 323
Computer processing $ 1,987 1,847 2,113
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 1,987 $ 1,942 $ 2,436
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
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Amounts were charged to costs and expenses as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cost of sales $1,660 $ 1,636 $ 1,728
Selling, general and administrative expenses 327 306 708
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------
$1,987 $ 1,942 $ 2,436
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
13. OPERATING LEASES
Rental expense for all operating leases was $4,670, $4,462 and $4,382 for the
years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Contingent rental
expense was not significant in any period presented. Future minimum rentals
under operating leases are as follows: 1997--$4,573; 1998--$3,624; 1999--$2,615;
2000--$1,760; 2001--$1,322 and 2002 and thereafter--$1,271.
14. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On March 10, 1997, the Company announced that it had signed a letter of intent
to enter into a joint venture with Vitro S.A. with respect to its glass
tableware operations in Mexico and also purchase the business known as
WorldCrisa, presently owned by Vitro S.A. The announced purchase price is
approximately $100 million. The completion of the transaction is subject to the
performance of final due diligence, negotiation of definitive agreements,
approval of the boards of directors of the respective companies and compliance
with applicable governmental requirements. The Company anticipates completing
the transaction in the second quarter of 1997.
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SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
The following tables present selected quarterly financial data for the years
ended December 31, 1996 and 1995:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands,
except per-share data
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $84,001 $103,804 $94,888 $114,963
Cost of sales 64,026 73,838 66,376 84,298
Gross profit 19,975 29,966 28,512 30,665
Net income 3,941 8,702 9,975 9,932
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income per share
(including common share
equivalents) $0.26 $0.56 $0.65 $0.65
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<CAPTION>
1995 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dollars in thousands,
except per-share data
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $71,016 $84,006 $89,138 $113,386
Cost of sales 53,086 58,235 62,141 84,483
Gross profit 17,930 25,771 26,997 28,903
Net income 3,487 7,673 9,907 8,957
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income per share
(including common share
equivalents) $0.23 $0.51 $0.64 $0.59
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Information with respect to executive officers is set forth herein immediately
following Item 4 of Part I. Information with respect to non-officer directors is
included in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled "Election of Directors"
and such information is incorporated herein by this reference. The section in
the Proxy Statement entitled "General Information - Compliance with Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act" is also incorporated herein by this reference.
ITEMS 11. AND 13. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS
AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The sections entitled "Election of Directors - Compensation of Directors" and
"Executive Compensation" exclusive of the subsections entitled "Compensation
Committee Report" and "Performance Graph," which are included in the Proxy
Statement, are incorporated herein by this reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The section entitled "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management" which is included in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
this reference.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE AND REPORTS
ON FORM 8-K
a) Index of Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule Covered by
Report of Independent Auditors.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Report of Independent Auditors 18
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 1996 and 1995 19
For the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994:
Consolidated Statements of Income 21
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity 22
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 23
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 24
Selected Quarterly Financial Data 37
Financial statement schedule for the years ended December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994:
II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Consolidated) S-1
</TABLE>
All other schedules have been omitted since the required information is not
present or not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the
schedule or because the information required is included in the consolidated
financial statements or the accompanying notes.
The accompanying Exhibit Index is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.
The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated
by reference as part of this report.
b) Reports on Form 8-K
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
LIBBEY INC.
by: /s/ Kenneth G. Wilkes
---------------------------
Kenneth G. Wilkes
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
Date: March 29, 1997
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Libbey Inc. and in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
William A. Foley Director
Terry L. Wilkison Director
Peter C. McC. Howell Director
G. L. Moreau Director
R. I. Reynolds Director, Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer
By: /s/ Kenneth G. Wilkes
---------------------------------
Kenneth G. Wilkes
Attorney-In-Fact
/s/ John F. Meier
- ------------------------------
John F. Meier Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Kenneth G. Wilkes
- ------------------------------
Kenneth G. Wilkes Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer, (Principal Accounting
Officer)
Date: March 31, 1997
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
-------------------------------------
Financial Statement Schedule of Libbey Inc. for the years ended December 31,
1996, 1995, and 1994:
Page
----
II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Consolidated) S-1
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LIBBEY INC.
SCHEDULE II -- VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Consolidated)
Years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994
(Dollars in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Additions
Charged
Balance at (Credited) to
Beginning Costs and Other Deductions Balance at
Of Year Expenses (Note 1) (Note 2) End of Year
------- -------- -------- -------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Allowances for Losses and
Discounts on Receivables:
1996 $3,289 $ (206) $ 35 $839 $2,279
====== ====== ==== ==== ======
1995 $2,211 $1,203 $406 $531 $3,289
====== ====== ==== ==== ======
1994 $2,753 $ (210) $ 42 $374 $2,211
====== ====== ==== ==== ======
</TABLE>
(1) The amounts in "Other" represent recoveries of accounts previously charged
off as uncollectible and, in 1995, amounts established through purchase
price accounting for the acquisition of Syracuse China.
(2) Deductions from allowances for losses and discounts on receivables represent
uncollectible notes and accounts written off.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
-------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
S-K ITEM
601 NO. DOCUMENT
- ------- --------
<S> <C>
2.0 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of September 22, 1995 by and among The Pfaltzgraff Co.,
The Pfaltzgraff Outlet Co., Syracuse China Company of Canada Ltd., LG Acquisition Corp. and
Libbey Canada Inc., Acquisition of Syracuse China Company (filed Exhibit 2.0 with the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 22, 1995 and incorporated herein by
reference).
3.1 -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Libbey Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein
by reference).
3.2 -- Amended and Restated By-Laws of Libbey Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.1 -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Libbey Inc. (incorporated by reference herein as
Exhibit 3.1).
4.2 -- Amended and Restated By-Laws of Libbey Inc. (incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit
3.2).
4.3 -- Rights Agreement, dated January 5, 1995, between Libbey Inc. and The Bank of New York,
which includes the form of Certificate of Designations of the Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Libbey Inc. as Exhibit A, the form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and
the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares as Exhibit C, (filed as Exhibit 1 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 20, 1995 and incorporated
herein by reference).
</TABLE>
E-1
<PAGE> 48
EXHIBIT INDEX
-------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
S-K ITEM
601 NO. DOCUMENT
- ------- --------
<S> <C>
10.1 -- Credit Agreement dated as of June 24, 1993 among Libbey Glass Inc. and Libbey Canada Inc.,
the Lenders listed on the signature pages thereof, the Lenders named as managers for the
Lenders, The First National Bank of Chicago as Co-Agent and Bankers Trust Company as Agent
(filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2 -- Management Services Agreement dated as of June 24, 1993 between Owens-Illinois General Inc.
and Libbey Glass Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3 -- Tax Allocation and Indemnification Agreement dated as of May 18, 1993 by and among
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Owens-Illinois Group, Inc. and Libbey Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993 and
incorporated herein by reference).
*10.4 -- Pension and Savings Plan Agreement dated as of June 17, 1993 between Owens-Illinois, Inc.
and Libbey Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.5 -- Cross-Indemnity Agreement dated as of June 24, 1993 between Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Libbey
Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.6 -- Employment Agreements dated as of June 24, 1993 between Libbey Inc. and its then Executive
Officers (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT INDEX
-------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
S-K ITEM
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*10.6 (a) -- Employment Agreement dated as of August 1, 1993 between Libbey Inc. and Kenneth G. Wilkes
(filed as an Exhibit 10.6(a) to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.7 -- Libbey Inc. Stock Option Plan for Key Employees (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein
by reference).
*10.8 -- Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between Libbey Inc. and certain key employees
participating in the Libbey Inc. Stock Option Plan for Key Employees (filed as an Exhibit
10.8 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 and
incorporated herein by reference).
*10.9 -- Description of Libbey Inc. Senior Executive Life Insurance Plan (filed as an Exhibit 10.9
to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 and
incorporated herein by reference).
*10.10 -- Libbey Inc. Senior Management Incentive Plan (filed as an Exhibit 10.10 to Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 and incorporated herein by
reference).
*10.11 -- Libbey Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors (filed as an Exhibit 10.11 to
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 and
incorporated herein by reference).
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10.12 -- Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 27, 1994 among Libbey Glass Inc.
and Libbey Canada Inc. as Borrowers, the lenders listed therein, The Bank of Nova Scotia,
as Canadian lender, The Bank of New York, The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd., Chicago
Branch and Society National Bank as Lead Managers, The Bank of Nova Scotia, National
Westminster Bank USA, NationsBank of North Carolina, N.A. and The First National Bank of
Chicago, as Co-Agents and Bankers Trust Company, as Agent (filed as an Exhibit 10.12 to
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 and
incorporated herein by reference).
*10.13 -- Libbey Inc. Executive Savings Plan (filed as an Exhibit 10.13 to Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.14 -- The Amended and Restated Libbey Inc. Stock Option Plan for Key Employees (filed as an
Exhibit 10.14 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.15 -- Employment Agreement dated as of September 5, 1995 (effective October 10, 1995) between
Libbey Inc. and Charles S. Goodman (filed Exhibit 10.15 with the Company's Current Report
on form 8-K dated October 10, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.16 -- Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement between Libbey Inc. and Charles S. Goodman
under Amended and Restated Libbey Inc. Stock Option Plan for Key Employees (filed Exhibit
10.16 with the Company's current Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1995 and incorporated
herein by reference).
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10.17 -- Libbey Inc. Guarantee dated as of October 10, 1995 in favor of The Pfaltzgraff Co., The
Pfaltzgraff Outlet Co. and Syracuse China Company of Canada Ltd. guaranteeing certain
obligations of LG Acquisition Corp. and Libbey Canada Inc. under the Asset Purchase
Agreement for the Acquisition of Syracuse China (Exhibit 2.0) in the event certain
contingencies occur (filed Exhibit 10.17 with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated October 10, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.18 -- Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. Guarantee dated as of October 10, 1995 in favor of LG
Acquisition Corp. and Libbey Canada Inc. guaranteeing certain obligations of The
Pfaltzgraff Co., The Pfaltzgraff Outlet Co. and Syracuse China Company of Canada, Ltd.
under the Asset Purchase Agreement for the Acquisition of Syracuse China (Exhibit 2.0) in
the event certain contingencies occur (filed Exhibit 10.18 with the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.19 -- Letter Agreement dated as of October 10, 1995 by and between The Pfaltzgraff Co., The
Pfaltzgraff Outlet Co., Syracuse China Company of Canada Ltd., LG Acquisition Corp. and
Libbey Canada Inc. amending the Letter Agreement dated September 22, 1995 filed as part of
the Asset Purchase Agreement for the Acquisition of Syracuse China (Exhibit 2.0) (filed
Exhibit 10.19 with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1995 and
incorporated herein by reference).
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10.20 -- The First Amendment dated as of July 17, 1995 (filed Exhibit 10.20 with the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1995, File No. 1-12084 and incorporated herein
by reference) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 27, 1994
among Libbey Glass Inc. and Libbey Canada Inc. as Borrowers, the lenders listed therein,
The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Canadian lender, The Bank of New York, The Long-Term Credit
Bank of Japan, Ltd., Chicago Branch and Society National Bank as Lead Managers, The Bank of
Nova Scotia, National Westminster Bank USA, NationsBank of North Carolina, N.A. and the
First National Bank of Chicago, as Co-Agents and Bankers Trust Company, as Agent (filed as
Exhibit 10.12 to the Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1994 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.21 -- Employment Agreement dated as of April 1, 1996 between Libbey Inc. and John A. Zarb (filed
as Exhibit 10.21 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).
*10.22 -- The Amended and Restated Libbey Inc. Senior Management Incentive Plan (filed as an Exhibit
10.22 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996 and
incorporated herein by reference).
*10.23 -- First Amended and Restated Libbey Inc. Executive Savings Plan (filed herewith).
*10.24 -- Employment Agreement dated as of January 1, 1997 between Libbey Inc. and Timothy T. Paige
(filed herewith).
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13 -- 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1996. Except for the
information that is expressly incorporated herein by reference, this exhibit is furnished
for the information of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not deemed to be filed
as part of this report.
22 -- Subsidiaries of the Registrant (filed herewith).
23 -- Consent of Independent Auditors (filed herewith).
25 -- Power of Attorney (filed herewith).
27 -- Financial Data Schedule (filed herewith)
99 -- Safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1935 (filed
herewith).
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EXHIBIT 10.23
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIBBEY INC. EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
Effective August 18, 1994
Restated as of August 15, 1996
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIBBEY EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
In exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon and
reserved to the Board of Directors of Libbey Inc. under and by virtue of Section
8 of the Libbey Inc. Executive Savings Plan, the Board hereby amends and
restates said Plan, to read as set forth in the document attached hereto and
incorporated herein, entitled "Amended and Restated Libbey Inc. Executive
Savings Plan", herein called the "Amended and Restated Plan" and in such
document called the "Plan".
In no event shall the adoption of the Amended and Restated
Plan pursuant to this instrument cause any benefit under the Plan that is
accrued or treated as accrued to be less than such benefit immediately before
the adoption of this Amended and Restated Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board has caused the Amended and Restated Plan to be
executed effective August 15, 1996 by its duly authorized officer this ___ day
of August, 1996.
LIBBEY INC.
By__________________
Vice President
ATTEST:
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Assistant Secretary
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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIBBEY INC. EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this First Amended and Restated Libbey Inc.
Executive Savings Plan is to provide selected corporate officers and other
senior management employees of Libbey Inc. and certain companies
affiliated with it, to the extent any of such officers or employees are
restricted as to their participation in the Libbey Inc. Stock Purchase and
Retirement Savings Plan, as practicable with an equivalent benefit.
2. DEFINITIONS. As used herein:
2.1 "ACCOUNT" means a Deferral Account or Matching Account.
2.2 "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of Libbey.
2.3 "CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer of Libbey or any
other officer, employee, or committee of Libbey designated by said
Chief Executive Officer to whom any or all of this powers or duties
under the Plan may be delegated.
2.4 "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
2.5 "COMMITTEE" means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any
other committee of the Board to which administrative authority
with respect to the Plan may be delegated by the Board.
2.6 "COMPANY" means the corporate group of companies consisting of
Libbey and each corporation (or unincorporated business entity)
organized under the laws of any state in the United States of
America 50 percent or more of the voting shares (or other
ownership interests) of which are owned, directly or indirectly,
by Libbey.
2.7 "CURRENT COMPENSATION" means the "Compensation", aS defined in
SPARSP, paid to an executive during a year, without regard to
any limitations on the amount thereof imposed under Section
401(a)(17) of the Code.
2.8 "DEFERRAL ACCOUNT" means a deferred compensation memorandum account
established and maintained on the books of the Company to reflect
the value of an Executive's interest in the Plan attributable to
his Deferral Elections.
2.9 "DEFERRED COMPENSATION OPTIONS" means the designated options in
which Accounts are deemed to be invested.
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2.10 "DEFERRAL ELECTION" means an election made by an Executive pursuant
to Section 5.1 of the Plan.
2.11 "EXECUTIVE" means a corporate officer or other senior management
employee of the Company eligible to participate in the Plan under
Section 4 of the Plan.
2.12 "LIBBEY" means Libbey Inc., a Delaware corporation.
2.13 "MATCHING ACCOUNT" means a deferred compensation memorandum account
established and maintained on the books of the Company to reflect the
value of an executive's interest in the Plan attributable to the
Company's Matching Credits for his benefit.
2.14 "MATCHING CREDIT" means a credit by the Company to an Executive's
Matching Account under Section 5.3 of the Plan.
2.15 "PLAN" means this First Amended and Restated Libbey Inc. Executive
Savings Plan, also known as the Libbey Inc. Executive Savings Plan,
as from time to time in effect.
2.16 "SPARSP" means the Libbey Inc. Stock Purchase and Retirement Savings
Plan, as from time to time in effect.
3. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The
administrative powers of the Committee shall include the powers to
interpret the Plan and to exercise full and complete discretion to
adopt, modify, and/or rescind (or to authorize the CEO or one or more
other appropriate officers of Libbey to adopt, modify, and/or rescind)
any rules, determinations, policies, or procedures deemed necessary or
appropriate for the maintenance and administration of the Plan. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee's rules,
determinations, policies, and procedures under this Plan (including
without limitations any rules and procedures adopted under Section 5.2
hereof) may, but need not be, consistent with the provisions of, and
any comparable rules, determinations, policies, and procedures adopted
by the Company under, SPARSP. Any provision hereof to the contrary
notwithstanding, only the Committee or the Board may exercise any
discretionary and/or administrative authority under the Plan with
respect to the CEO's participation in the Plan, and neither the Board
nor the Committee may delegate any such authority to the CEO or to any
other officer, employee, or committee of Libbey (other than another
committee of the Board of which the CEO is not a voting member).
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4. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION.
Each corporate officer or other senior management employee of the
Company who is eligible to participate in SPARSP but whose
participation therein is restricted by reason of the limitations and/or
prohibitions imposed by:
(a) Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, as to the maximum amount
of his annual compensation that may be taken into account
under SPARSP;
(b) Section 401(k) of the Code, as to "excess contributions"
that may not be contributed or retained under SPARSP for
the benefit of "highly compensated employees";
(c) Section 402(g) of the Code, as to the maximum annual
"elective deferrals" that may be excluded from his gross
income with respect to contributions made on his behalf
under SPARSP; or
(d) Section 415 of the Code, as to the maximum "annual
addition" that may be made to an account for his benefit
under SPARSP,
or who is entirely excluded from current participation in SPARSP solely
because, as determined by the Committee or the CEO, his participation
therein would jeopardize the qualification of SPARSP under Section
401(a) of the Code, shall be eligible to participate in this Plan if,
and for so long as, he is selected to do so by the Committee or the
CEO. No member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company shall
be eligible to participate in the Plan, but a member of the Board who
is otherwise eligible to participate in the Plan shall not be
disqualified from such participation solely by reason of such Board
membership.
5. DEFERRAL ELECTIONS AND MATCHING CREDITS.
5.1 Each Executive eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 4
of the Plan may elect from time to time, by written notice to the
Secretary of the Company, given before the first day of any regular
Company pay period for salaried employees, to defer his receipt,
subject to the provisions of the Plan, of a specified part of his
Current Compensation earned in the next pay period and thereafter. The
amount of an Executive's Current Compensation to be deferred pursuant
to his Deferral Elections under this Plan shall not exceed, on an
annual basis, the excess of 19% of his Current Compensation over the
sum of his annual "Employee Pre-Tax Contributions" and "Employee
After-Tax Contributions" under (and as defined in) SPARSP.
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5.2 An Executive may elect prospectively by written notice to the
Secretary of the Company, to change the rate of or revoke his Deferral
Election with respect to his future Current Compensation at such times
and with such frequency as may be permitted pursuant to rules and
procedures of uniform application adopted by the Committee. Until so
changed or revoked, an Executive's Deferral Election shall remain in
effect with respect to all Current Compensation earned by the Executive
after the date thereof.
5.3 The Company shall post a Matching Credit to the Matching Account
of each Executive who has made a Deferral Election under Section 5.1
in an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of such Deferral
Election, up to a maximum annual Matching Credit equal to the Excess
of (a) three percent of the Executive's Current Compensation over (b)
the amount of the annual "Employer Matching Contribution" made on his
behalf under (and as defined in) SPARSP.
5.4 For purposes of Sections 5.1 and 5.3 of the Plan, an Executive who
is eligible to participate in SPARSP for all or any part of a year
shall be deemed conclusively to have made "Employee Pre-Tax
Contributions" under (and as defined in) SPARSP in the maximum amount
which is permitted to make thereunder for the period of such
eligibility.
6. ACCOUNTS.
6.1 All amounts deferred under the Plan shall be credited by the
Company, as of the date such amounts would otherwise be payable to the
Executive in the absence of a Deferral Election, to the Executive's
Deferral Accounts. All Matching Credits shall be posted concurrently
with the deferred amounts to which they relate. All such amounts so
credited to an Executive's Deferral and Matching Accounts until paid
and distributed in full, shall at the election of the Executive be
credited with earnings as if invested in one of the following, or a
combination thereof:
(a) Bond Option,
(b) Indexed Option, and
(c) Libbey Stock Option,
provided that the amounts deferred need not be invested in any
investment, but may remain unfunded, unsecured obligations of the
Company.
6.2 An Executive may, by written notice to the Secretary of the
Company, elect prospectively once each calendar quarter to change the
allocation of his Deferral and Matching Accounts between and among the
Deferred Compensation Options pursuant to rules and procedures of
uniform application adopted by the Committee.
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6.3 Amounts deemed to be credited to the Bond Option shall accrue
interest compounded monthly, at an annual rate equal from time to time
to the average annual yield on domestic corporate bonds of Moody's
A-rated companies (as most recently reported in the Survey of Current
Business published by the United States Department of Commerce or a
successor publication) or at such other rate as the Board may at any
time and from time to time designate prospectively.
6.4 Amounts deemed to be credited to the Indexed Option shall be
deemed invested in the Victory Stock Index Fund, or at such other fund
as the Board may at any time and from time to time designate
prospectively, at a price equal to the price at which said Indexed
Option is quoted in the WALL STREET JOURNAL mutual fund quotations on
the dates so invested. Distributions or transfers from the Indexed
Option shall be made at a price equal to the price at which said
Indexed Option is quoted in the WALL STREET JOURNAL mutual fund
quotations on the dates so distributed or transferred.
6.5 Amounts deemed to be credited to the Libbey Stock Option shall be
deemed invested in Libbey Stock at a price equal to the mean between
the highest and lowest prices at which said shares are traded on the
New York Stock exchange on the dates so invested. Deemed dividends will
be similarly invested. Distributions or transfers from the Libbey Stock
Option shall be made at a price equal to the mean between the highest
and lowest prices at which said shares are traded on the New York Stock
exchange on the dates so distributed or transferred.
6.6 The Company shall be under no duty to segregate or set aside any
amount credited to any Account from the general assets of the Company,
but the Board may, in its discretion, direct the establishment of any
trustees, insured, or other payment arrangement from which the
Company's obligations as to an Executive under the Plan may be paid. No
Executive, beneficiary, estate, or other person claiming through or
under an Executive shall have any legal or beneficial property interest
whatsoever in any assets of the Company or in any such payment
arrangement which may be established at the direction of the Board
except as may be expressly provided by such payment arrangement.
Neither the establishment of an Account nor the crediting of any
amounts thereto nor the establishment of any payment arrangement
(except as may be expressly provided by such payment arrangement) shall
be deemed to create a trust of any kind, any fiduciary relationship
between the Company and any person, or any collateral security for the
Company's obligations under the Plan. To the extent that an Executive
or any other person acquires a right to receive any payment from the
Company under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than that of
any unsecured general creditor of the Company. The Company shall
provide to each Executive who has
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made any Deferral Election, at least annually, a statement of his
Account balances.
7. PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES.
7.1 Each Executive shall at all times have a nonforfeitable, fully
vested interest in the amounts credited to his Deferral Account and
Matching Account.
7.2 The entire amount credited to an Executive's Accounts, including
earnings accrued to the date of payment, shall become payable upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Company by reason of
his death, total and permanent disability, normal or early retirement
pursuant to any retirement plan sponsored by the Company, or any other
reason. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3, amounts so payable
shall be paid to the Executive in cash in a lump sum as soon as
practicable after such termination of employment but in no event later
than March 31 of the following year.
7.3 in the event a distribution of an Executive's Accounts shall cause
the Company to lose a federal income tax deduction in the year of
distribution pursuant to section 162(m) of the Code, for the amount of
the distribution (or a portion thereof), the Committee reserves the
right to distribute for that year only the amount of the distribution
that will not subject the Company to the limitations under section
162(m) of the Code Any such amount not distributed in the initial year
of distribution shall be distributed by March 31 of the following year.
7.4 In the event of an Executive's death before his Accounts and any
earnings therein have been paid to him in full, the entire amount then
credited to his Accounts, including earnings accrued to the date of
payment, shall be paid in cash in a lump sum to the beneficiary or
beneficiaries named by him in a written designation filed with the
Company (or, in the absence of such a designation, to his estate). Such
payment shall be made as soon as practicable after such Executive's
death but in no event later than March 31 of the following year.
7.5 Before termination of employment, an Executive may request a
withdrawal from his Deferral Account of an amount sufficient to meet a
financial hardship that would justify a withdrawal of the same amount
from a "Employee Pre-Tax Contributions Account" under (and as defined
in) SPARSP. The Committee shall determine the existence of a bona fide
financial hardship based on non-discrimination procedures, taking into
account any then applicable rulings or regulations of the Internal
Revenue Service. The standards established by the Committee for
determining the
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existence of a financial hardship shall be uniformly applied to all
Executives who request such a withdrawal, and the Committee's
decision with respect to each such request shall be final. An approved
hardship withdrawal shall be paid to the Executive in cash as soon as
practicable after the approval.
8. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Board may at any time and
from time to time amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in
part; provided, however, that no such amendment, suspension, or
termination may, without the consent of each Executive affected
thereby, have any adverse retroactive effect on the rights or any
Executive (or any person claiming through or under him) under the
Plan unless required by applicable law.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
9.1 At the request of an Executive or on its own initiative, the
Committee may, at any time and in its sole and unlimited discretion,
accelerate the payment of any part of an Executive's Accounts.
9.2 Nothing in the Plan shall confer or any Executive or any other
employee of the Company any right to continue in the employ of the
Company or effect in any way the right of the Company to terminate any
such person's employment at any time.
9.3 Rights under the Plan shall not be assignable or transferable or
subject to encumbrance or charge of any nature, other than by
designation of beneficiary to take effect at death or, in the absence
of such designation, by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
9.4 The Plan shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
Company, each Executive, and every person claiming through or under an
Executive, and their respective heirs, successors, and assigns.
9.5 Deferral Elections under the Plan are intended to defer
Executives' recognition of income, for income tax purposes under the
Code, until their actual receipt of payments from their Accounts. The
Plan shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent
with such intent.
9.6 Words of the masculine gender include correlative words of the
feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and words denoting the
singular include the plural and vice versa.
9.7 This plan was initially effective August 18, 1994. This Plan as
restated shall be effective August 15, 1996.
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LIBBEY INC. EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
Restated Effective August 15, 1996
The following summarizes some of the major features of the Executive Savings
Plan. For the full terms and conditions of the ESP, you must refer to the Plan
document. You may also want to refer to your summary of the Libbey Inc. Stock
Purchase and Retirement Savings Plan, since the ESP is supplemental to the
SPARSP. The ESP is administered by, and in the discretion of, the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of Libbey Inc. The Board may amend, suspend
or terminate the ESP at any time, in its discretion.
1. The purpose of the ESP is to restore certain SPARSP benefits that have
become unavailable to corporate officers and other senior management
employees because of limitations imposed on the SPARSP and other
qualified plans by the Internal Revenue Code. These limits include
direct limitations on qualified plans contributions, the $150,000
compensation cap, and the restrictions on "excess contributions" by
"highly compensated" employees.
2. Once an eligible employee has reached the Internal Revenue Code limits
on annual pre-tax and after-tax employee contributions under the
SPARSP, he or she will be eligible to continue making similar
contributions under the ESP, up to the maximum (19% of current
compensation) that would be allowed by the SPARSP if there were no
Internal Revenue Code limits. All ESP contributions will be on a
pre-tax basis.
3. The Company will credit matching contributions under the ESP on the
same basis as matching contributions are made under the SPARSP. The
combination of ESP and SPARSP matching contributions will not exceed
SPARSP maximums, but again as if there were no Internal Revenue
Code limits. The Company's matching ESP credits will not be currently
taxable to the employee.
4. The ESP is an unfunded, unsecured nonqualified plan. Employee
and Company contributions will be credited to an account for
employee's benefit on the Company's books, but they will remain Company
assets. All amounts credited to an eligible employee's account until
paid and distributed in full, shall at the election of the employee be
credited with earnings as if invested in one of the following, or a
combination thereof:
(a) Bond Option,
(b) Indexed Option, and
(c) Libbey Stock Option.
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An employee may, by written notice to the Secretary of the Company,
elect prospectively once each calendar quarter to change the allocation
of his or her accounts between and among the above listed options.
5. A brief description of the investment options follows:
a. Amounts deemed to be credited to the Bond Option shall accrue
interest, compounded monthly, at an annual rate equal from
time to time to the average annual yield on domestic corporate
bonds of Moody's A-rated companies (as most recently reported
in the Survey of Current Business published by the United
States Department of Commerce or a successor publication) or
at such other rate as the Board may at any time and from time
to time designate prospectively.
b. Amounts deemed to be credited to the Indexed Option shall be
deemed invested in the Victory Stock Index Fund, or at such
other fund as the Board may at any time and from time to time
designate prospectively, at a price equal to the price at
which said Indexed Option is quoted in the WALL STREET JOURNAL
mutual fund quotations on the dates so invested. Distributions
or transfers from the Indexed Option shall be made at a price
equal to the price at which said Indexed Option is quoted in
the WALL STREET JOURNAL mutual fund quotations on the dates so
distributed or transferred.
c. Amounts deemed to be credited to the Libbey Stock Option
shall be deemed invested in Libbey Stock at a price equal to
the mean between the highest and lowest prices at which said
shares are traded on the New York Stock exchange on the
dates so invested. Deemed dividends will be similarly
invested. Distributions or transfers from the Libbey Stock
Option shall be made at a price equal to the mean between the
highest and lowest prices at which said shares are traded on
the New York Stock exchange on the dates so distributed or
transferred.
6. The entire balance credited to an eligible employee's ESP account will
always be 100% vested. ESP account balances will be paid to eligible
employees (or their beneficiaries) no later than March 31 of the year
following retirement, death, disability or other termination of
employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a distribution
of an employee's accounts shall cause the Company to lose a federal
income tax deduction in the year of distribution pursuant to the
$1,000,000 cap on tax deductible executive compensation, for the
amount of the distribution (or a portion thereof), the Committee
reserves the right to distribute for that
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year only the amount of the distribution that will not subject the
Company to the such limitations. Any such amount not distributed in
the initial year of distribution shall be distributed by March 31 of
the following year.
7. As is the case of the SPARSP, hardship distributions will be
permitted, but there are no ESP loan provisions. All ESP
distributions will be fully taxable. Rollovers to defer tax will not
be available.
8. Some of the Internal Revenue Code limits that affect eligibility for
the ESP may change from year to year. When an eligible employee's
SPARSP contributions are approaching an Internal Revenue Code limit,
the employee will be notified and given an ESP enrollment form on
which to specify his or her rate of ESP contributions for the
remainder of the year. The employee's rate of ESP contribution can be
changed prospectively as often as employee contributions can be
modified under the SPARSP.
If you have any questions concerning the Executive Savings Plan, please direct
them to Arthur Smith, at (419) 727-2111 or George Templin, at (419) 727-2555.
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is effective as of January 1,
1997, between LIBBEY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and TIMOTHY
T. PAIGE ("Employee").
RECITALS
A. The Company has agreed to employ Employee in the position and at the
base rate of pay set forth on Schedule 1.
B. The Company has further agreed to provide severance benefits to Employee
upon a termination of Employee's employment resulting from certain specified
events.
EVENTS
In consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged,
Employee and the Company hereby agree as follows:
1. SALARY AND POSITION. The base rate of pay and job title shown on
Schedule I are correct and in accordance with Employee's understanding.
2. AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT. Employee's employment with the Company is
not for any specified term and may be terminated by Employee or by the
Company at the time for any reason, with or without cause.
3. NO OTHER AGREEMENTS. Employee represents and warrant that there are no
written or oral agreements, understandings or assignments, compensation
(including compensation upon termination), benefits, or any other term or
condition of employment, except as specifically set forth herein and in Schedule
II attached hereto.
4. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the agreements listed in Schedule
II attached hereto constitute the complete agreement between Employee and the
company regarding any and all aspects of their employment relationship and
supersede any and all prior written or oral agreements, understandings or
commitments. Employee understands that no representative of the Company has been
authorized to enter into any agreement, understanding or commitment with
Employee which is inconsistent in any way with the terms of this Agreement.
5. PROHIBITION AGAINST AMENDMENT. Employee's base salary may be
modified by the Company at any time in its sole discretion. The retirement
and benefit plans set forth in Schedule II attached hereto with respect to
which Employee is entitled to participate in may be improved, reduced or
terminated by the Company at any time in its sole discretion;
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provided, however, that no vested or accrued benefit shall be adversely
affected. All terms set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation
the terms set forth in paragraph 2 hereof, may not be modified in any way
except by a written agreement signed by Employee and by an authorized
representative of the Company which expressly states that intention of the
parties to modify the terms of this Agreement.
6. SEVERANCE PAYMENT.
(a) Upon the termination of Employee's employment as a result of
Employee's electing to resign his employment without the consent of the Company
or electing to retire other than at the request of the Company, no payments
shall be required or made pursuant to this paragraph 6.
(b) Upon the termination of Employee's employment by the Company
for "Cause", no payments shall be required or made pursuant to this paragraph 6.
"Cause" shall mean Employee's financial dishonesty, fraud in the performance of
his duties, willful failure to perform assigned duties hereunder or the
commission of a felony.
(c) Upon the termination of Employee's employment by the Company
for any reason other than for Cause or disability, the Company shall continue
payment of Employee's annual base salary, at the rate then in effect on the date
of such termination, for a period of one year after such date of termination.
The Company shall give 30 days written notice of any such termination which
notice shall specify the date of termination.
(d) Upon the termination of Employee's employment as a result of
the death of Employee, the Company shall continue payment of Employee's annual
base salary, at the rate then in effect on the date of such termination, for a
period of one year after such date of termination; PROVIDED however that such
payments shall be offset by any survivor benefits, excluding life insurance
proceeds, received by Employee's spouse or other designed beneficiary under the
Company's plans, programs and policies paid in such one year period.
(e) Upon the termination of Employee's employment as a result of
his becoming unable to perform his duties due to a disability as established by
the award of long-term disability benefits under the Company's long-term
disability plan, the Company may terminate Employee's employment by giving
Employee 30 days written notice of its intention to terminate. In such event,
Company shall continue payment of the Employee's annual base salary, at the rate
then in effect on the date of such termination, for a period of one year after
such date of termination; PROVIDED, however, that such payments shall be offset
by any disability benefits, excluding disability insurance proceeds, received by
Employee, or his legal guardian, under the Company's plans, programs and
policies paid in such one year period.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
upon the termination of Employee's employment for any reason, voluntarily or
involuntarily, with or without Cause, Employee shall be entitled to the payments
provided for hereunder and such rights as he otherwise has under the Company's
restricted Stock Plan and the Company's Stock Option Plan in the circumstances
of his particular termination.
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7. Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not
to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
The Company: LIBBEY INC.
By:____________________________
Its:____________________________
Employee: _______________________________
Timothy T. Paige
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SCHEDULE I
Employee: Timothy T. Paige
Current Base Rate: $128,800.00 Annually
Job Title: Vice President, Human Resources
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SCHEDULE II
1. Annual Incentive Plan
2. Corporate Officers Insurance Plan
3. Deferred Compensation Plan (if and when adopted)
4. Financial Investment Counseling
5. Salary Retirement Plan
6. Savings Plan
7. Stock Option Plan
8. Supplemental Benefit Plan
9. Such other benefit plans and arrangements as the Company
provides, from time to time, to salaried employees
generally
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EXHIBIT 22
SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT
--------------------------
Syracuse China Company - Incorporated in Delaware
The Drummond Glass Company - Incorporated in Delaware
Libbey Canada Inc. - Incorporated in Ontario, Canada
Libbey Foreign Sales Corporation - Incorporated in Barbados
Libbey Glass Inc. - Incorporated in Delaware
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
-------------------------------
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 33-64726) of Libbey Inc. pertaining to the Libbey Inc. Stock Purchase
and Savings Program and the Libbey Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan and in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-98234) pertaining to the Libbey Inc.
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan For Key Employees and in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-19459) pertaining to the Libbey Inc. Long-Term
Savings Plan & Trust of our report dated February 3, 1997, except for Note 14,
as to which the date is March 10, 1997, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Libbey Inc., included in the Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996.
Ernst & Young LLP
Toledo, Ohio
March 28, 1997
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Exhibit 25
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each of the undersigned, being a
director of officer, or both, of LIBBEY INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby does constitute and appoint JOHN F. MEIER, RICHARD I.
REYNOLDS, ARTHUR H. SMITH and KENNETH G. WILKES, with full power to each of
them to act alone, as the true and lawful attorneys and agents of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution to each of said
attorneys, to execute, file or deliver any and all instruments and to do any
and all acts and things which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, deem
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereto, relating to annual reports on Form 10-K,
including specifically, but without limitation of the general authority hereby
granted, the power and authority to sign his or her name in the name and on
behalf of the Company or as a director or officer, or both, of the Company, as
indicated below opposite his or her signature to annual reports on Form 10-K or
any amendment or papers supplemental thereto; and each of the undersigned
hereby does fully ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any
of them, or the substitute of any of them, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of this 31st day of January, 1997.
/s/ John F. Meier Director, Chairman of the Board and
- ------------------------- Chief Executive Officer
John F. Meier
/s/ Richard I. Reynolds Director, Executive Vice President and Chief
- ------------------------- Operating Officer
Richard I. Reynolds
/s/ Terry L. Wilkison Director
- -------------------------
Terry L. Wilkison
/s/ Peter C. McC. Howell Director
- -------------------------
Peter C. McC. Howell
/s/ William A. Foley Director
- -------------------------
William A. Foley
/s/ Gary L. Moreau Director
- -------------------------
Gary L. Moreau
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EXHIBIT 99
SAFE HARBOR PROVISION OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
----------------------------------------------------------
REFORM ACT OF 1935
------------------
Libbey desires to take advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and has filed form 8-K under date of
August 6, 1996 in order to do so.
Libbey wishes to caution readers that the following important factors, among
others, could affect Libbey's actual results and could cause Libbey's actual
consolidated results to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, Libbey.
Important factors potentially affecting performance include devaluations and
other major currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, the inability to
achieve re-engineering related savings and profit improvements at targeted
levels, or within the intended time periods, inability to achieve target
efficiencies at Syracuse China, significant increases in interest rates and the
per unit costs of natural gas, corrugated packaging, and other purchased
materials, major slowdowns in the retail, travel or entertainment industries,
whether the Company completes any significant acquisition, and whether such
acquisitions can operate profitably.
