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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 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 by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes          No X 

The number of common shares outstanding as of November 10, 2003: 5,784,494.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND DECEMBER 31, 2002

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND 2002

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND 2002

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

NOTE A – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates. However, in the opinion of management, these consolidated financial statements contain all estimates and adjustments required to fairly present the financial position, results of operations, and changes in cash flows for the interim periods. Operating results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2003. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s 10-K for 2002 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2002 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements.

NOTE B – SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Dollars in thousands)

Inventories

		September 30,				December 31,
		2003				2002
Finished goods		$	13,195			$	14,933
Work-in-process			1,608				1,249
Raw material			16,795				17,568
		$	31,598			$	33,750

Comprehensive income

The components of comprehensive income are as follows:

			Three months ended September 30								Nine months ended September 30,
			2003				2002				2003				2002
Net income (loss)			$	(510	)		$	(2,099	)		$	1,407			$	939
Other comprehensive income (loss):
	Foreign currency adjustment			744				(2,099	)			5,092				(2,619	)
Comprehensive income (loss)			$	234			$	(4,198	)		$	6,499			$	(1,680	)

Guarantees

Product warranty balance at December 31, 2002		$	142
Additions charged to Cost of products sold			—
Deductions			48
Product warranty balance at September 30, 2003		$	94

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The Company has certain indemnification clauses in its credit facility agreements, which are considered to be guarantees under the provisions of FIN 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others. The Company has not recorded any amounts related to such guarantees, as the fair values are immaterial. The maximum exposure under these guarantees cannot be determined by the Company because it is contingent upon certain future changes in governmental regulations and tax laws that could occur but cannot be predicted or anticipated.

Stock Options

As permitted under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, the Company applies the intrinsic value based method prescribed in APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, to account for stock options granted to employees to purchase common shares. Under this method, compensation expense is measured as the excess, if any, of the market price at the date of grant over the exercise price of the options. No compensation expense has been recorded because the exercise price is equal to market value at the date of grant.

SFAS 123 requires pro forma disclosure of the effect on net income and earnings per share when applying the fair value method of valuing stock-based compensation. For purposes of this pro forma disclosure, the estimated fair value of the options is recognized ratably over the vesting period.

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NOTE C – COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE

NOTE D – GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

The Company performed its annual impairment test for goodwill pursuant to SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, as of January 2003 and had determined that no adjustment to the carrying value of goodwill was required. The Company’s only intangible asset with an indefinite life is goodwill. The aggregate amortization expense for other intangibles with definite lives for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003 was $.1 million and $.3 million, respectively, and for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2002 was $.1 million and $.2 million, respectively. Amortization expense is estimated to be $.4 million annually for 2003, 2004 and 2005 and $.3 million for 2006 and 2007. The following table sets forth the carrying value and accumulated amortization of goodwill and intangibles by segment at September 30, 2003. The second table includes the changes in net goodwill by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2003.

			As of September 30, 2003
			Domestic				Foreign				Total
Amortized intangible assets, including effect of foreign currency translation
	Gross carrying amount — patents and other intangibles		$	4,947			$	74			$	5,021
	Accumulated amortization — patents and other intangibles			(1,279	)			(24	)			(1,303	)
	Total			3,668				50				3,718
Unamortized intangible assets, including effect of foreign currency translation
	Gross carrying amount — goodwill		$	1,152			$	1,201			$	2,353
	Accumulated amortization — goodwill			(504	)			(56	)			(560	)
	Total			648				1,145				1,793
Total amortized and unamortized intangible assets			$	4,316			$	1,195			$	5,511

						Goodwill
		December 31,				Activity and				September 30,
		2002				Earnouts				2003
Domestic		$	648			$	—			$	648
Foreign			953				192				1,145
Total		$	1,601			$	192			$	1,793

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NOTE E – NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. The Statement requires the current accrual of a legal obligation resulting from a contractual obligation, government mandate, or implied reliance on performance by a third party, for costs relating to retirements of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and /or normal operation of the asset. The Statement requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred, if it can be reasonably estimated, and a corresponding amount be included as a capitalized cost of the related asset. The capitalized amount will be depreciated over the assets’ useful life. The Statement also notes that long-lived assets with an undetermined future life would not require the recognition of a liability until sufficient information is available. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the financial statements.

In July 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. This Statement nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).” This Statement requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under Issue No. 94-3, a liability for exit costs was recognized at the date of the entity’s commitment to an exit plan. This Statement also establishes that fair value is the objective for initial measurement of the liability. The adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company.

During January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities an interpretation of ARB No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements (FIN 46). FIN 46 clarifies the accounting for certain entities in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The Company has adopted the applicable disclosure provisions of FIN 46 in the financial statements, although the accounting for variable interest entities is not required until the quarter ending December 31, 2003.

As part of its community reinvestment initiatives, the Company invests in qualified affordable housing projects as a limited partner. The Company receives affordable housing federal and state tax credits for these limited partnership investments. The Company’s maximum potential exposure to these partnerships is $.5 million, consisting of the limited partnership investments plus unfunded commitments. The Company is currently evaluating whether such investments should be consolidated in accordance with FIN 46.

Additionally, the Company has two equity investments in Japanese Companies. As indicated in Note I in the Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company sold its interest in one of the investments in October 2003, therefore, there is no related impact in accordance with FIN 46. However, the Company is currently evaluating whether or not the remaining equity joint venture should be consolidated in accordance with FIN 46. The Company has calculated a related maximum exposure of $3 million as of September 30, 2003 based on its recorded investment.

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 149). This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities under FASB Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. FAS 149 is generally effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The guidance is to be applied prospectively. The adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company.

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity (FAS 150). This Statement establishes standards for how financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity are classified and measured. This Statement requires that an issuer classify financial instruments as a liability or asset based on the requirements of the Statement, which may have been previously classified as equity.  FAS 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31,

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2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company.

NOTE F – BUSINESS SEGMENTS

			Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
Dollars in thousands			2003				2002				2003				2002
Net sales
	Domestic		$	23,878			$	23,499			$	68,439			$	75,747
	Foreign			15,595				18,088				46,215				54,702
Total net sales			$	39,473			$	41,587			$	114,654			$	130,449
Intersegment sales
	Domestic		$	(2	)		$	592			$	59			$	1,802
	Foreign			259				306				465				690
Total intersegment sales			$	257			$	898			$	524			$	2,492
Operating income (loss)
	Domestic		$	465			$	1,175			$	(4,075	)		$	4,458
	Foreign			1,402				(3,603	)			8,626				(2,319	)
				1,867				(2,428	)			4,551				2,139
Equity in net income (loss) of joint ventures				(59	)			122				157				325
Interest income
	Domestic			3				—				3				—
	Foreign			93				73				275				193
				96				73				278				193
Interest expense
	Domestic			2				66				69				219
	Foreign			92				96				263				318
				94				162				332				537
Other expense				40				50				121				150
Income (loss) before income taxes			$	1,770			$	(2,445	)		$	4,533			$	1,970

			September 30,				December 31,
			2003				2002
Identifiable assets
	Domestic		$	71,674			$	74,388
	Foreign			67,259				62,309
				138,933				136,697
	Corporate			8,302				8,087
Total assets			$	147,235			$	144,784

The domestic business segment operating loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 includes an expense, recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2003, for forgiveness of intercompany receivables related to the abandoned European data communications operations in the amount of $4.5 million from the foreign business segment, while the foreign business segment includes a similar amount as income related to this transaction. The foreign business segment operating loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2002 includes an expense of $4.7 million for business abandonment charges related to the European data communications operations.

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NOTE G – INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2003 is higher than the statutory rate principally because of the provision of additional deferred taxes at statutory rates on the undistributed earnings of one of its Japanese joint ventures. This additional deferred tax expense amounted to approximately $1.3 million. In accordance with the applicable tax laws in China, the Company is entitled to a preferential tax rate of 0% for the first two profit making years after utilization of any tax loss carryforwards, which may be carried forward for five years, and a 50% tax reduction for the succeeding three years beginning in 2003. The favorable aggregate tax and per share effect was $19,000, or less than $.01 per share, for the three-month period and $73,000, or $.01 per share, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003, while the favorable aggregate tax and per-share effect was $146,000, or $.03 per share, for the three-month period and $452,000, or $.08 per share, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2002.

NOTE H – BUSINESS ABANDONMENT CHARGES

During the third quarter of 2002, the Company recorded a charge to write-off certain assets and to record severance payments related to closing its data communications operations in Europe. This entailed winding down a manufacturing operation, closing five sales offices, terminating leases and reducing personnel by approximately 130. This action was taken as a result of the continuing decline in the global telecommunication and data communication markets and after failing to reach agreement on an acceptable selling price on product supplied to a significant foreign customer. The Company incurred a pre-tax charge of $4.7 million for these activities in the third quarter of 2002. Approximately $3.3 million of the charge was related to asset write-downs, of which $2.1 million of inventory write-offs were recorded in Cost of products sold and $1.2 million of write-offs related to receivables was included in Costs and expenses on the Statements of Consolidated Operations. The remaining $1.4 million of the charge, included in Cost of products sold and Costs and expenses, primarily relates to cash outlays for employee severance cost, cost of exiting leased facilities and termination of other contractual obligations. Approximately $.9 million of the latter category of expenses was expended as of September 30, 2003, and the remaining cash outlays are anticipated to be completed by March 31, 2004. Changes to estimates based on experience and events during the second quarter of 2003 required adjustments to be made for each accrual component, resulting in a reduction in Cost of products sold and Costs and expenses of approximately $.2 million. An analysis of the amount accrued in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2003 is as follows: