BANDAG INC
10-Q, 1999-05-14
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                                    FORM 10-Q
                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

(Mark One)
     [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
                              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1999

                                       OR

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

                 For the transition period ________ to ________


Commission file number 1-7007


                              BANDAG, INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Iowa                                     42-0802143
     (State of incorporation)              (I.R.S Employer Identification No.)


   2905 N HWY 61, Muscatine, Iowa                          52761-5886
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code:          319/262-1400


                                 Not Applicable
      (Former name, address, or fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 ___.

Indicate the number of shares  outstanding  of each of the  issuer's  classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Common Stock, $1 par value; 9,085,202 shares as of April 30, 1999.
Class A Common  Stock,  $1 par value;  10,781,844  shares as of April 30,  1999.
Class B Common Stock, $1 par value; 2,046,043 shares as of April 30, 1999.


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                      BANDAG, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                      INDEX

Part I : FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                    Page No.

  Item 1 - Financial Statements (Unaudited)
             Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings            3
             Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets                    4
             Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows          5
             Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements     6


  Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
             Condition and Results of Operations                      9



PART II : OTHER INFORMATION


  Item 6 - Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                          15

  Signatures                                                         16


EXHIBITS :

  Exhibit 27 - Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR filing only)           18

  Exhibit 27.1 -  Revised March 1998 Financial Data Schedule
                     (with EDGAR filing only)                        19


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                    BANDAG, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                  PART I
                           FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item l - Financial Statements:
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings


                                            Three Months Ended
                                                March 31,
In thousands, except per share data          1999      1998
                                          --------   ---------

Net sales                                  $224,138  $235,931
Other income                                  2,697     3,841
                                           --------  --------
                                            226,835   239,772

Cost of products sold                       135,198   145,184
Engineering, selling,
 administrative and other expenses           72,061    76,593
Interest expense                              2,564     2,381
                                           --------  --------
                                            209,823   224,158
                                           --------  --------
Earnings before income taxes                 17,012    15,614
Income taxes                                  6,975     6,464
                                           --------  --------
Net earnings                               $ 10,037  $  9,150
                                           ========  ========


Net earnings per share - Basic             $    .46  $   0.40
Net earnings per share - Diluted           $    .46  $   0.40
Comprehensive net (loss) earnings          $ (3,887) $ 10,645
Cash dividends per share                   $ 0.2850  $ 0.2750
Depreciation included in expense           $  9,648  $ 10,900
Goodwill amortization included
           in expense                      $  2,422  $  2,240
Weighted average shares outstanding:
           Basic                             21,903    22,784
           Diluted                           21,990    22,908



See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

In thousands                                     March 31,  December 31,
                                                    1999         1998
                                                  --------     --------
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents                         $ 53,766     $ 37,912
Investments                                          6,674        9,721
Accounts receivable - net                          190,902      217,299
Inventories:
  Finished products                                 95,395       96,889
  Materials & work-in-process                       21,802       14,845 
                                                  --------     --------
                                                   117,197      111,734
Other current assets                                59,255       62,458 
                                                  --------     --------
  Total current assets                             427,794      439,124
Property, plant, and equipment                     491,045      503,745
  Less accumulated depreciation & amortization    (288,721)    (290,699)
                                                  --------     --------
                                                   202,324      213,046
Intangible assets                                   74,998       75,539
Other assets                                        23,312       28,020
                                                  --------     --------
  Total assets                                    $728,428     $755,729 
                                                  ========     ========


LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Accounts payable                                  $ 29,917     $ 38,286
Income taxes payable                                15,222       13,704
Accrued employee compensation and benefits          24,610       27,498
Accrued marketing expenses                          32,655       37,044
Other accrued expenses                              46,242       46,880
Short-term notes payable and other liabilities       5,308       11,497 
                                                  --------     --------
  Total current liabilities                        153,954      174,909

Long-term debt and other obligations               110,030      109,757
Deferred income tax liabilities                      8,406        3,766

Stockholders' equity:
  Common stock; $1 par value;
   authorized - 21,500,000 shares;
   Issued and outstanding - 9,085,201 shares
     in 1999; 9,083,797 in 1998                      9,085        9,084
  Class A Common stock; $1 par value;
   authorized - 50,000,000 shares;
   Issued and outstanding - 10,781,844 shares
     in 1999; 10,824,974 in 1998                    10,782       10,825
  Class B Common stock; $1 par value;
   authorized - 8,500,000 shares;
   Issued and outstanding - 2,046,043 shares
     in 1999; 2,046,577 in 1998                      2,046        2,047
  Additional paid-in capital                         7,336        7,287
  Retained earnings                                454,933      452,274
  Equity adjustment from foreign currency
   translation                                     (28,144)     (14,220)
                                                  --------     --------
    Total equity                                   456,038      467,297 
                                                  --------     --------
    Total liabilities & stockholders' equity      $728,428     $755,729
                                                  ========     ========

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

In thousands                                         Three Months Ended
                                                          March 31,
                                                      1999         1998
                                                    --------     --------
Operating Activities
  Net earnings                                      $ 10,037     $  9,150
  Provision for depreciation and amortization         12,070       13,140
  Increase in operating assets and
     liabilities-net                                  18,511       13,790
                                                    --------     --------
   Net cash provided by operating activities          40,618       36,080
Investing Activities
  Additions to property, plant and equipment          (9,908)     (15,699)
  Purchases of investments                            (3,057)     (15,195)
  Maturities of investments                            6,104          503
  Payments for acquisitions of businesses             (1,698)        --
                                                    --------     --------
   Net cash used in investing activities              (8,559)     (30,391)
Financing Activities
  Principal payments on short-term notes payable
    and other liabilities                             (5,840)    (100,320)
  Cash dividends                                      (6,245)      (6,275)
  Purchases of Common Stock and
       Class A Common Stock                           (1,196)         -
                                                    --------     --------
   Net cash used in financing activities             (13,281)    (106,595)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
    cash equivalents                                  (2,924)        (439)
                                                    --------     --------
  Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents    15,854     (101,345)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year        37,912      196,400  
                                                    --------     --------
    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period      $ 53,766     $ 95,055
                                                    ========     ========



See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting  principles for interim financial information
and  with the  instructions  to Form  10-Q and  Article  10 of  Regulation  S-X.
Accordingly they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by
generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial  statements.  In
the opinion of  management,  all  adjustments  (consisting  of normal  recurring
accruals)  considered  necessary  for a fair  presentation  have been  included.
Operating  results for the three months ended March 31, 1999 are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending  December 31,
1999. For further  information,  refer to the consolidated  financial statements
and footnotes  thereto  included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1998.

Comprehensive Net Earnings
Comprehensive  net (loss)  earnings for the three month  periods ended March 31,
1999 and 1998 were as follows (in thousands):

                                               Three Months Ended
                                                   March 31,
                                                 1999       1998
                                                 ----       ----

Net earnings                                  $ 10,037   $  9,150
Other comprehensive income item:
      Foreign currency translation             (13,924)     1,495    
                                               -------     ------
Comprehensive net (loss) earnings             $ (3,887)  $ 10,645
                                               =======     ======

Tire Distribution Systems, Inc. Acquisitions and Operating Results
During the quarter ended March 31, 1999, Tire Distribution  Systems, Inc. (TDS),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandag,  Incorporated,  acquired 2 tire dealerships
for a total of $2,156,000 in cash and the  forgiveness  of certain  liabilities.
The accounts and  transactions of the acquired  businesses have been included in
consolidated financial statements from the respective dates of acquisition.  The
acquisitions  have had an  immaterial  effect  on the  consolidated  results  of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 1999.

TDS results for the three  month  periods  ended March 31, 1999 and 1998 were as
follows (in thousands):

                                        Three Months Ended March 31,
                                       Actual     Actual   Pro forma
                                         1999       1998       1998
                                         ----       ----       ----

Net sales                             $ 84,613   $ 79,650   $ 89,900
Goodwill amortization                    2,378      1,956      2,300
Loss before interest and income taxes   (1,896)    (1,058)    (2,000)
Intercompany sales from Traditional
    Business to TDS which have been
    eliminated in consolidation       $ 12,621   $ 12,359   $ 13,400

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Earnings Per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per
share (in thousands, except per share data):

                                         For the Three Months Ended
                                                March 31,
                                            1999          1998   
                                          -------       --------
Numerator:
       Net Earnings                        $10,037       $ 9,150

Denominator:
    Denominator for basic earnings
     per share-weighted-average shares      21,903        22,784
 
    Effect of dilutive securities:
        Non-vested restricted stock             42            32
        Stock options                           45            92
                                           -------       -------
    Dilutive potential common shares            87           124
                                           -------       -------

       Denominator for diluted earnings
        per share-weighted-average
        shares and dilutive potential
        common shares                       21,990        22,908
                                          ========       =======

Net Earnings Per Share:
       Basic                                $  .46        $ 0.40
                                            ======        ======
       Diluted                              $  .46        $ 0.40
                                            ======        ======


Computer Software Developed For or Obtained For Internal Use
In March 1998,  the AICPA issued SOP 98-1,  Accounting For the Costs of Computer
Software  Developed For or Obtained For Internal  Use. The Company  adopted this
SOP effective  January 1, 1999. The SOP requires the  capitalization  of certain
costs  incurred  after the date of adoption in  connection  with  developing  or
obtaining  software for internal use.  Previous to this SOP the Company expensed
such costs as incurred.  The adoption of this SOP did not have a material impact
on the financial  position or results of  operations  for the three months ended
March 31, 1999.



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Operating Segment Information
The Company has two operating  segments:  the Traditional  Business and TDS. The
Traditional Business manufactures precured tread rubber,  equipment and supplies
for retreading tires and operates on a worldwide basis. TDS operates  franchised
retreading  locations and commercial,  retail,  and wholesale outlets throughout
the  United  States for the sale and  maintenance  of new and  retread  tires to
principally commercial and industrial customers.

The Company  evaluates  performance  and allocates  resources based primarily on
profit  or loss  before  interest  and  income  taxes.  Intersegment  sales  and
transfers  between  the  Traditional  Business  and TDS are  recorded at a value
consistent with that to unaffiliated customers.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In thousands
                                                     Traditional Business
                      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31,           North America             Europe              Latin America                Asia        
                      --------------------   --------------------    ---------------------   --------------------
                         1999       1998        1999        1998       1999        1998         1999       1998  
<S>                  <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>      
Net sales to
    unaffiliated
    customers        $  86,294   $  94,995   $  24,082   $  24,836   $  22,927   $  29,698   $   6,222   $   6,752

Transfers between
    segments            15,742      15,695         280         305        --          --          --          --   

Operating earnings      14,911      15,513       3,246       2,433       4,121       4,547         895      (3,451)

Interest revenue          --          --          --          --          --          --          --          --   

Interest expense          --          --          --          --          --          --          --          --   

Corporate expenses        --          --          --          --          --          --          --          --   
                     ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------
Earnings before
    income taxes     $  14,911   $  15,513   $   3,246   $   2,433   $   4,121   $   4,547   $     895   $  (3,451)

<CAPTION>

                               TDS                    Corporate              Consolidated     
                      ---------------------     --------------------     -------------------- 
                         1999        1998          1999      1998           1999       1998    

<S>                  <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>      
Net sales to
    unaffiliated
    customers        $  84,613    $  79,650         --           --      $ 224,138    $ 235,931

Transfers between
    segments              --           --           --           --         16,022       16,000

Operating earnings      (1,896)      (1,058)        --           --         21,277       17,984

Interest revenue          --           --          1,524        2,442        1,524        2,442

Interest expense          --           --         (2,564)      (2,381)      (2,564)      (2,381)

Corporate expenses        --           --         (3,225)      (2,431)      (3,225)      (2,431)
                     ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Earnings before
    income taxes     $  (1,896)   $  (1,058)   $  (4,265)   $  (2,370)   $  17,012    $  15,614

</TABLE>


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

General

Results include both the Company's  Traditional  Business and Tire  Distribution
Systems, Inc. (TDS).

Consolidated  net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, were 5% lower than
the prior year period.  Traditional  Business net sales were 10% below the prior
year period.  Of this 10%  decrease,  approximately  4 percentage  points were a
result    of    the    lower     translated     value    of    the     Company's
foreign-currency-denominated  sales. The remaining  6-percentage-point  decrease
resulted from lower  equipment  sales and a 5% decline in retread  material unit
volume.  The  Traditional  Business  sales  decline was primarily due to intense
competitive pressures and industry  consolidation in the United States, which is
expected to continue throughout 1999. The decline in Traditional  Business sales
was  slightly  offset  by a 6%  increase  in TDS net sales  over the prior  year
period.  The  Company's  seasonal  sales  pattern,  which  is tied  to  trucking
activity,  was similar to the quarter in previous years in that it is seasonally
the slowest for both sales and earnings.  Both business  segments were similarly
affected.

Gross profit  margin for the  Company's  Traditional  Business  increased by 2.1
percentage  points over the prior year period due to lower raw material costs in
the U.S. and Mexico. In the U.S., raw material costs decreased 8% from the prior
year period.  Gross profit  margins in Europe and Brazil  remained  steady.  The
consolidated  gross profit margin  increased by 1.2  percentage  points over the
prior year period, a lower increase than seen in the Traditional Business due to
the inclusion of the TDS operations which operate at a lower gross margin.

Consolidated  operating and other  expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 1999
decreased  6% from the prior year  period.  Despite a decline in unit volume for
the quarter ended March 31, 1999,  consolidated  earnings  improved 10% from the
prior year period. The earnings  improvement is attributable to the 13% decrease
in operating and other expenses for the Traditional Business from the prior year
period. Earnings benefited from progress in efforts to return operating expenses
to a more traditional  level and the absence of a $4.4 million  transaction loss
on the Indonesian rupiah that existed in the first quarter of 1998. The improved
earnings resulted in diluted earnings per share of $.46 as of March 31, 1999, up
from $.40 in the prior year period.


TRADITIONAL BUSINESS

The Company's  Traditional  Business operations located in the United States and
Canada are integrated  and managed as one unit,  which is referred to internally
as North  America.  Net sales in North  America for the quarter  ended March 31,
1999 were 8% below the prior year period due to 4%

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lower retread material unit volume,  2% from the decline in equipment sales, and
2% attributable to product mix. The North American sales decline was also due to
intense competitive  pressures and industry  consolidation in the United States,
which is expected to continue  throughout 1999. Gross profit margin improved 2.8
percentage  points  over the prior  year  period  because of lower  average  raw
material  costs.  As a result of the lower sales,  earnings  before income taxes
decreased 4% from the prior year period.

The  Company's  operations  located  in Europe  principally  service  markets in
European  countries,  but also export to certain  other  countries in the Middle
East and Northern and Central Africa.  This collection of countries is under one
management  group and is referred to internally  as Europe.  Net sales in Europe
for the quarter ended March 31, 1999 declined 3% from the prior year period on a
retread  material  unit volume  decrease of 9% from the prior year  period.  The
6-percentage  point  spread  between  the net  sales  decrease  and the  retread
material unit volume decrease is due to a higher translated value of the Belgian
franc and an 8% increase in Belgian franc  denominated  equipment  sales.  Gross
profit  margin for the quarter  ended March 31, 1999  decreased  1.7  percentage
points  from the prior year  period due to a higher  level of  equipment  sales,
which carry a lower margin than retread  materials.  Operating  expenses for the
quarter  ended  March 31, 1999  decreased  14% from the prior year period due to
lower personnel related and marketing program costs.  Principally as a result of
the lower operating expenses, earnings before income taxes for the quarter ended
March 31, 1999 increased by 33% over the prior year period.

The Company's  exports from North America to markets in the  Caribbean,  Central
America and South America,  along with operations in Brazil,  Mexico,  Venezuela
and South Africa are combined under one management  group referred to internally
as Latin  America.  Net sales in Latin  America for the quarter  ended March 31,
1999  declined 23% from the prior year period on a retread  material unit volume
decrease of 4% from the prior year  period.  The decrease in net sales is mainly
due  to the  lower  translated  value  of  foreign  currency,  particularly  the
Brazilian  real.  The gross profit  margin for the quarter  ended March 31, 1999
increased  by 1.4  percentage  points over the prior year  period  mainly due to
lower raw material  costs in Mexico.  Operating  expenses for the quarter  ended
March 31,  1999  declined  4% from the prior  year  period  mainly  due to lower
marketing  program  costs in South  Africa and a decline in unit volume for U.S.
exports,  South  Africa,  and Mexico.  Principally  because of the lower  sales,
earnings  before  income taxes for the quarter March 31, 1999 were 9% below last
year.

The Company's  exports from North America to markets in Asian  countries,  along
with  operations  in New  Zealand,  Indonesia  and  Malaysia  and a licensee  in
Australia  are combined  under one  management  group  referred to internally as
Asia. Net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 1999 declined 8% in Asia on a 4%
increase in retread material unit volume.  The spread between the decline in net
sales and the increase in retread  material unit volume is due to lower exported
equipment sales, reduced new tire sales in New


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Zealand,  and the  lower  translated  value of  foreign  currencies.  Lower  raw
material  costs in Malaysia  were offset by the higher cost of imported  retread
materials  and lower  margins  on new tire sales in New  Zealand to leave  gross
profit  margin for the  quarter  ended  March 31,  1999 even with the prior year
period.  Operating  expenses  declined 52% from the prior year mainly due to the
restructuring  done in the prior year which reduced  personnel related costs for
the quarter ended March 31, 1999.  Principally  because of the absence of a $4.4
million  transaction  loss on the  Indonesian  rupiah that  existed in the first
quarter of 1998 and lower operating expenses,  earnings before income taxes were
126% above the prior year period.

TIRE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, INC.

Net sales were  $84,613,000  for the period ended March 31, 1999, an increase of
6% over the prior year period. On a "same store" basis, sales declined less than
2% from the prior year period. From an operating  perspective,  TDS continued to
make progress in  integrating  the  dealerships  it has acquired since 1997. TDS
operating  expenses  were down  slightly  on a pro forma  basis with much of the
decrease  attributable to reductions in  redundancies  across TDS as a result of
consolidation  from five dealers into three  divisions.  These  reductions  were
offset by additional operating expenses attributable to the acquisitions made in
1998  resulting  in a 15%  increase in  operating  expenses  over the prior year
period.  On a pro forma  basis,  earnings  before  interest  and taxes  remained
basically  unchanged  for the quarter  ended March 31, 1999 despite a decline in
sales of 6% from the 1998 pro forma results.

IMPACT OF YEAR 2000

The Company  operates with a combination  of purchased and  internally-developed
software  systems.  Many of the older  computer  systems were written  using two
digits  rather  than four to define  the  applicable  year.  As a result,  those
computer programs have time-sensitive  software that recognize a date using "00"
as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000. This could cause a system failure or
miscalculations causing disruptions of operations.  The Company will be required
to modify  or  replace  software  that is not Year  2000  compliant  so that its
computer  systems will  function  properly  with respect to dates related to the
Year 2000.

Purchased  software  systems account for a significant  portion of the Company's
global software environment,  especially for date-sensitive applications such as
payroll and accounts receivable. The Company has performed inventories in recent
years  to  identify  clearly  non-compliant  software  systems  and to  initiate
replacement activities.

The Company has completed its assessment of the Year 2000 issue in North America
and the Company  anticipates  finishing  its Year 2000  remediation  process for
mission  critical  mainframe and mid-range  applications by fourth quarter 1999,
although  work to address  cosmetic  changes  for  non-failure  date usage could
extend into first quarter 2000. Plans call for client-

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server  technology  to be compliant by third  quarter  1999,  communication  and
network-technology  to be compliant by third quarter 1999 and desktop technology
to be compliant by year-end 1999.  Required  changes  outside of the Information
Systems area should not be significant.

The installed base for the Company's  software outside of North America consists
primarily of purchased commercial  software,  or applications written after 1990
which  were  written  Year  2000  compliant.  The  assessment  process  has been
completed for all locations and plans call for identified  compliance  issues to
be addressed mid-year 1999.

The Company is shifting new software  development  efforts to the  client-server
platform,  and has so far been able to obtain sufficient resources in this area,
but mainframe  development resources remain in short supply and this will affect
development  on this  platform  into the Year 2000.  This delay has not, to this
point, significantly affected the Company's business initiatives.

The costs  related to the Year 2000 issue are  expected  to total  approximately
$14,400,000. To date, $8,100,000 of this amount has been spent and contracts and
purchase  orders have been  executed for an additional  $2,800,000.  The Company
expects  approximately 50% of total costs, which are for contracted services, to
be recorded as current expense and the remaining half of the costs, which are to
replace hardware and software and upgrade existing hardware, to be capitalized.

The Company  presently  believes that with a combination  of actions,  including
modification  of existing  software,  conversion to newer  versions of purchased
software and  replacement  with new  systems,  the Year 2000 issue will not pose
significant operational problems for its computer systems. On the other hand, if
such modifications and conversions are not made or are not completed on a timely
basis, the Year 2000 issue could have a material impact on the operations of the
Company.  In addition to remediation  actions,  the Company's  contingency plans
will be reviewed and updated to address Year 2000 risks.

During 1999,  the Company will continue to have formal  communications  with its
significant  suppliers and large  customers to determine the extent to which the
Company's  activities  would be  impacted  by those  third  parties'  failure to
remediate  their own Year 2000 issues.  However,  there can be no guarantee that
the systems of other  companies on which the Company relies will be corrected on
a timely basis and therefore have no adverse effect on the Company.

The Company has  assessed  its own  products to  determine if it has exposure to
contingencies  related to the Year 2000 issue and it believes any such  exposure
will not be material.



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Financial Condition:

Operating Activities.

Net cash provided by operating  activities for the quarter ended March 31, 1999,
was $4,538,000  more than the amount for the same period last year primarily due
to a decrease in accounts receivable offset by other working capital items.

Investing Activities.

The Company spent $9,908,000 on capital expenditures for the quarter ended March
31,  1999,  compared to  $15,699,000  spent for the same  period last year.  The
Company  typically funds its capital  expenditures from operating cash flow. The
Company spent $1,698,000 on tire dealership acquisitions in first quarter 1999.

The Company's  excess funds are invested in financial  instruments  with various
maturities,  but only instruments with an original maturity date of over 90 days
are  classified  as  investments  for  balance  sheet  purposes.  The  Company's
maturities of  investments  exceeded  purchases by  $3,047,000  during the three
months,  reducing total investments to approximately  $6,674,000 as of March 31,
1999.

Financing Activities.

Cash dividends totaled $6,245,000 for the first quarter,  compared to $6,275,000
for the same  periods  last year.  The Company  purchased  44,700  shares of its
outstanding  Common and Class A Common stock, at prevailing  market prices,  for
$1,196,000  during the three  months ended March 31, 1999.  Cash  dividends  and
stock purchases were funded from operational cash flows.

As of March 31, 1999,  the Company had  $103,000,000  in funds  available  under
unused lines of credit.


Forward-Looking Information - Safe Harbor Statement.

In  addition  to  historical  information,  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q
contains forward-looking statements regarding events and trends which may affect
the Company's future operating results and financial  position.  Such statements
are  identified  by the use of such words as "is  expected  to  continue,"  "the
Company anticipates," "are expected," "the Company expects," "it believes," "the
Company presently believes," or other words of similar import. Future operations
are subject to certain risks and  uncertainties  that could cause actual results
to differ  materially  from those reflected in the  forward-looking  statements.
Such  uncertainties  and risks include the  likelihood of increased  competitive
pressures and industry  consolidation  in the United States for the remainder of
1999,

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                      BANDAG, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES


and the timely  remediation of Year 2000 problems by the Company,  its suppliers
and its customers.

The cost of the Year 2000 issue and the date on which the  Company  believes  it
will complete Year 2000  modifications  are based on management's best estimates
which  are  based on  numerous  assumptions  of  future  events,  including  the
continued  availability  of  certain  resources,  third  party  plans  and other
factors.  There can be no guarantee  that these  estimates  will be achieved and
actual results could differ materially from those anticipated.  Specific factors
that might cause such material  differences include, but are not limited to, the
availability and cost of personnel trained in this area, the ability to purchase
Year 2000  systems,  the  ability to locate and correct  all  relevant  computer
codes,  the complexity of the Year 2000 Issue due to dispersed  operating  units
and geographic locations and similar uncertainties.

























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                      BANDAG, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES


                                     PART II
                                OTHER INFORMATION


Item 6 - Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

           (a)  Exhibits

                  27    Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR filing only)

                  27.1  Revised March 1998 Financial Data Schedule
                        (EDGAR filing only)

           (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

                A Current Report on Form 8-K was filed on February 19, 1999. The
                Current Report included unaudited condensed consolidated balance
                sheets for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997, unaudited
                condensed consolidated  statements of earnings for the three and
                twelve  month  periods   ended   December  31,  1998  and  1997,
                respectively, and unaudited condensed consolidated statements of
                cash flows for the twelve  months  ended  December  31, 1998 and
                1997.

                A Current  Report on Form 8-K was filed on April 21,  1999.  The
                Current Report included unaudited condensed consolidated balance
                sheets for the  quarter  ended March 31, 1999 and the year ended
                December 31, 1998, unaudited condensed  consolidated  statements
                of earnings for the three month periods ended March 31, 1999 and
                1998,   respectively,   and  unaudited  condensed   consolidated
                statements  of cash flows for the three  months  ended March 31,
                1999 and 1998.









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                      BANDAG, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES










                                   SIGNATURES

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


       BANDAG, INCORPORATED
          (Registrant)






Date:   May 14, 1999              \S\ Martin G. Carver           
                                  -------------------------------
                                  Martin G. Carver
                                  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer




Date:   May 14, 1999              \S\ Warren W. Heidbreder                    
                                  --------------------------------------------
                                  Warren W. Heidbreder
                                  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer










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                      BANDAG, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


     Exhibit
     Number                    Exhibit                         Page

       27        Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR filing only)    18

       27.1      Revised March 1998 Financial Data Schedule
                  (EDGAR filing only)                           19



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