UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Commission file number 1-10879 |
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AMPHENOL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Delaware |
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22-2785165 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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358 Hall
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value |
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New York Stock Exchange, Inc. |
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(Title of each Class) |
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(Name of each Exchange on which Registered) |
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.
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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. ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as indicated in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
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The aggregate market value of Amphenol Corporation common stock, $.001 par value, held by non-affiliates was approximately $2,641 million based on the reported last sale price of such stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2004.
As of December 31, 2004 the total number of shares outstanding of registrant’s common stock was 87,891,533.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement, which is expected to be filed within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report, are incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 2004 ANNUAL REPORT
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AMPHENOL CORPORATION 2004 ANNUAL REPORT
Amphenol Corporation (“Amphenol” or the “Company”) is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, interconnect systems and coaxial and flat-ribbon cable. The Company was incorporated in 1987. Certain predecessor businesses, which now constitute part of the Company, have been in business since 1932. The primary end markets for the Company’s products are:
• communication systems for the converging technologies of voice, video and data communications;
• a broad range of industrial applications including factory automation and motion control systems, medical and industrial instrumentation, mass transportation and natural resource exploration, and automotive applications; and
• commercial and military aerospace applications.
The Company’s strategy is to provide its customers with comprehensive design capabilities, a broad selection of products and a high level of service on a worldwide basis while maintaining continuing programs of productivity improvement and cost control. For 2004, the Company reported net sales, operating income and net income of $1,530.4 million, $276.6 million and $163.3 million, respectively. The table below summarizes information regarding the Company’s primary markets and end applications for the Company’s products:
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Communications |
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50% |
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26% |
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24% |
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Primary End Applications |
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Voice • wireless handsets and personal communication devices • base stations and other wireless and telecommunications infrastructure • broadband
Video • broadband cable television
Data • cable modems • servers and storage systems • computers, personal computers • data networking equipment |
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Factory automation |
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Military and Commercial |
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The Company designs and manufactures connectors and interconnect systems which are used primarily to conduct electrical and optical signals for a wide range of sophisticated electronic applications. The Company believes, based primarily on published market research, that it is one of the largest connector manufacturers in the world. The Company has developed a broad range of connector and interconnect products for communications equipment applications including the converging voice, video and data communications markets. The Company is a leader in developing interconnect products for factory automation, machine tools, instrumentation and medical systems, mass transportation applications and automotive applications, including airbags, pretensioner seatbelts and other on board automotive electronics. In addition, the Company is the leading supplier of high performance, military-specification, circular environmental connectors that require superior performance and reliability under conditions of stress and in hostile environments. These conditions are frequently encountered in commercial and military aerospace applications and other demanding industrial applications such as oil exploration, medical instrumentation and off-road construction.
Industry analysts estimate that the worldwide market for interconnect products will grow approximately 5% in 2005. The Company believes that the worldwide industry for interconnect products and systems is highly fragmented with over 2,000 producers of connectors worldwide, of which the 10 largest, including Amphenol, accounted for a combined market share of approximately 50% in 2004. Industry analysts estimate that the total sales for the industry were approximately $35 billion in 2004.
The Company’s Times Fiber subsidiary is the world’s second largest producer of coaxial cable for the cable television market. The Company believes that its Times Fiber unit is one of the lowest cost producers of coaxial cable for cable television. The Company’s coaxial cable and connector products are used in cable television systems including full service cable television/telecommunication systems being installed by cable operators and telecommunication companies offering video, voice and data services. The Company is also a major supplier of coaxial cable to the developing international cable television market.
The Company is a global manufacturer employing advanced manufacturing processes. The Company manufactures and assembles its products at facilities in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. The Company sells its connector products through its own global sales force and independent manufacturers’ representatives to thousands of OEMs in approximately 60 countries throughout the world as well as through a global network of electronics distributors. The Company sells its cable products primarily to cable television operators and to telecommunication companies who have entered the broadband communications market. For the year 2004, approximately 48% of the Company’s net sales were in North America, 27% were in Europe and 25% were in Asia and other countries.
The Company implements its product development strategy through product design teams and collaboration arrangements with customers which result in the Company obtaining approved vendor status for its customers’ new products and programs. The Company seeks to have its products become widely accepted within the industry for similar applications and products manufactured by other potential customers, which the Company believes will provide additional sources of future revenue. By developing application specific products, the Company has decreased its exposure to standard products which generally experience greater pricing pressure. In addition to product design teams and customer collaboration arrangements, the Company uses key account managers to manage customer relationships on a global basis such that it can bring to bear its total resources to meet the worldwide needs of its multinational customers. The Company is also focused on making strategic acquisitions in certain markets to further broaden and enhance its product offerings and expand its global capabilities.
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The following table sets forth the dollar amounts of the Company’s net trade sales for its business segments. For a discussion of factors affecting changes in sales by business segment and additional segment financial data, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Note 7 in the Company’s “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.”
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Interconnect products and assemblies |
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1,333,838 |
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1,071,968 |
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892,309 |
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196,608 |
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167,536 |
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169,693 |
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1,530,446 |
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1,239,504 |
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Net trade sales by geographic area (1): |
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United States operations |
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674,302 |
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555,918 |
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856,144 |
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(1) Based on customer location to which product is shipped.
Interconnect Products and Assemblies. The Company produces a broad range of interconnect products and assemblies primarily for voice, video and data communication systems, commercial and military aerospace systems, automotive and mass transportation applications, and industrial and factory automation equipment. Interconnect products include connectors, which when attached to an electronic or fiber optic cable, a printed circuit board or other device, facilitate electronic or fiber optic transmission. Interconnect assemblies generally consist of a system of cable and connectors for linking electronic and fiber optic equipment. The Company designs and produces a broad range of connector and cable assembly products used in communication applications, such as: engineered cable assemblies used in base stations for wireless communication systems and internet networking equipment; smart card acceptor devices used in mobile GSM telephones, cable modems and other applications to facilitate reading data from smart cards; fiber optic couplers and connectors used in fiber optic signal transmission; input/output connectors and assemblies used for servers and data storage devices and linking personal computers and peripheral equipment; and sculptured flexible circuits used for integrating printed circuit boards in communication applications. The Company also designs and produces a broad range of radio frequency connector products used in telecommunications, computer and office equipment, instrumentation equipment, local area networks and automotive electronics. The Company’s radio frequency interconnect products and assemblies are also used in base stations, mobile communication devices and other components of cellular and personal communications networks.
The Company believes that it is the largest supplier of high performance, military-specification, circular environmental connectors. Such connectors require superior performance and reliability under conditions of stress and in hostile environments. High performance environmental connectors and interconnect systems are generally used to interconnect electronic and fiber optic systems in sophisticated aerospace, military, commercial and industrial equipment. These applications present demanding technological requirements in that the connectors are subject to rapid and severe temperature changes, vibration, humidity and nuclear radiation. Frequent applications of these connectors and interconnect systems include aircraft, guided missiles, radar, military vehicles, equipment for spacecraft, energy, medical instrumentation, geophysical applications and off-road construction equipment. The Company also designs and produces industrial interconnect products used in a variety of applications such as factory automation equipment, mass transportation applications including railroads and marine transportation; and automotive safety products including interconnect devices and systems used in automotive airbags, pretensioner seatbelts, antilock braking systems and other on board automotive electronic systems. The Company also designs and produces highly-engineered cable and backplane assemblies. Such assemblies are specially designed by the Company in conjunction with OEM customers for specific applications, primarily for computer, wired and wireless communication systems, office equipment and aerospace applications. The cable assemblies utilize the Company’s connector and cable products as well as components purchased from others.
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Cable Products. The Company designs, manufactures and markets coaxial cable primarily for use in the cable television industry. The Company manufactures two primary types of coaxial cable: semi-flexible, which has an aluminum tubular shield, and flexible, which has one or more braided metallic shields. Semi-flexible coaxial cable is used in the trunk and feeder distribution portion of cable television systems, and flexible cable (also known as drop cable) is used primarily for hookups from the feeder cable to the cable television subscriber’s residence. Flexible cable is also used in other communication applications. The Company has also developed a broad line of radio frequency connectors for coaxial cable and fiber optic interconnect components for full service cable television/telecommunication networks.
The rapid development in fiber optic technologies, digital compression (which allows several channels to be transmitted within the same bandwidth that a single analog channel requires) and other communication technologies, including the Company’s development of higher capacity coaxial cable, have resulted in technologies that enable cable television systems to provide channel capacity in excess of 500 channels. Such expanded channel capacity, along with other component additions, permit cable operators to offer full service networks with a variety of capabilities including near video-on-demand, pay-per-view special events, home shopping networks, interactive entertainment and education services, telephone services and high-speed access to data resources such as the Internet. With respect to expanded channel capacity systems, cable operators have generally adopted, and the Company believes that for the foreseeable future will continue to adopt, a cable system using both fiber optic cable and coaxial cable. Such systems combine the advantages of fiber optic cable in transmitting clear signals over a long distance without amplification, with the advantages of coaxial cable in ease of installation, low cost and compatibility with the receiving components of the customer’s communication devices. The Company believes that while system operators are likely to increase their use of fiber optic cable for the trunk and feeder portions of the cable systems, there will be an ongoing need for high capacity coaxial cable for the local distribution and street-to-the-home portions of the cable system. In addition, U.S. cable system designs are increasingly being employed in international markets where cable television penetration is generally lower than in the U.S. The Company believes the development of cable television systems in international markets presents an opportunity to increase sales of its coaxial cable products.
The Company is also a leading producer of flat-ribbon cable, a cable made of wires assembled side by side such that the finished cable is flat. Flat-ribbon cable is used to connect internal components in systems with space and component configuration limitations. The product is used in computer and office equipment components as well as in a variety of telecommunication applications.
The Company believes that its global presence is an important competitive advantage as it allows the Company to provide quality products on a timely and worldwide basis to its multinational customers. Approximately 56% of the Company’s sales for the year ended December 31, 2004 were outside the United States. Approximately 48% of such international sales were in Europe. The Company has manufacturing and assembly facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, and Estonia and sales offices in most European markets. The balance of the Company’s international activities are located in Asia, Canada, Latin America, Africa and Australia. Asian operations include manufacturing facilities in Japan, Taiwan, China, Korea, India and Malaysia. The Company’s international manufacturing and assembly facilities generally serve the respective local markets and coordinate product design and manufacturing responsibility with the Company’s other operations around the world. The Company has low cost manufacturing and assembly facilities in Mexico, China, India, Africa and Eastern Europe to serve regional and world markets.
The Company’s products are used in a wide variety of applications by numerous customers, the largest of which was less than 4% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 2004. The Company sells its products to over 10,000 customer locations worldwide. The Company’s products are sold both directly to OEMs, contract manufacturers, cable system operators, telecommunication companies and through manufacturers’ representatives and distributors. There has been a trend on the part of OEM customers to consolidate their lists of qualified suppliers to companies that have a global presence, can meet quality and delivery standards, have a broad product portfolio and design capability, and have competitive prices. The Company has focused its global resources to position itself to compete effectively in this environment. The Company has concentrated its efforts on service and productivity improvements including advanced computer aided design and manufacturing systems, statistical process controls and just-in-time inventory programs to increase product quality and shorten product delivery schedules. The Company’s strategy is to provide comprehensive design capabilities, a broad selection of products and a high level of service in the areas in which it competes. The Company has achieved a preferred supplier designation from many of its OEM customers.
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The Company’s sales to distributors represented approximately 21% of the Company’s 2004 sales. The Company’s recognized brand names, including “Amphenol,” “Times Fiber,” “Tuchel,” “Socapex,” “Sine,” “Spectra-Strip,” “Pyle-National,” “Matrix,” “Kai Jack” and others, together with the Company’s strong connector design-in position (products that are specified in customer drawings), enhance its ability to reach the secondary market through its network of distributors.
The Company employs advanced manufacturing processes including molding, stamping, plating, turning, extruding, die casting and assembly operations as well as proprietary process technology for flat-ribbon and coaxial cable production. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are generally vertically integrated operations from the initial design stage through final design and manufacturing. Outsourcing of certain fabrication processes is used when cost-effective. Substantially all of the Company’s manufacturing facilities are certified to the ISO9000 series of quality standards.
The Company employs a global manufacturing strategy to lower its production costs and to improve service to customers. The Company sources its products on a worldwide basis with manufacturing and assembly operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. To better serve high volume OEM customers, the Company has established just-in-time facilities near major customers.
The Company’s policy is to maintain strong cost controls in its manufacturing and assembly operations. The Company is continually evaluating and adjusting its expense levels and workforce to reflect current business conditions and maximize the return on capital investments.
The Company purchases a wide variety of raw materials for the manufacture of its products, including precious metals such as gold and silver used in plating, aluminum, brass, steel, copper and bimetallic products used for cable, contacts and connector shells; and plastic materials used for cable and connector bodies and inserts. Such raw materials are generally available throughout the world and are purchased locally from a variety of suppliers. The Company is not dependent upon any one source for raw materials, or if one source is used the Company attempts to protect itself through long-term supply agreements.
The Company’s research and development expense for the creation of new and improved products and processes was $32.5 million, $26.4 million and $24.2 million for 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The Company’s research and development activities focus on selected product areas and are performed by individual operating divisions. Generally, the operating divisions work closely with OEM customers to develop highly-engineered products and systems that meet customer needs. The Company focuses its research and development efforts primarily on those product areas that it believes have the potential for broad market applications and significant sales within a one-to-three year period.
The Company owns a number of active patents worldwide. The Company also regards its trademarks “Amphenol,” “Times Fiber,” “Tuchel,” “Socapex,” “Sine,” “Spectra-Strip,” “Pyle-National,” “Matrix,” “Kai Jack” and others to be of value in its businesses. The Company has exclusive rights in all its major markets to use these registered trademarks. While the Company considers its patents and trademarks to be valuable assets, the Company does not believe that its competitive position is dependent on patent or trademark protection or that its operations are dependent on any individual patent or trademark.
The Company encounters competition in substantially all areas of its business. The Company competes primarily on the basis of engineering, product quality, price, customer service and delivery time. Competitors include large, diversified companies, some of which have substantially greater assets and financial resources than the Company, as well as medium to small companies. In the area of coaxial cable for cable television, the Company believes that it and CommScope are the primary world providers of such cable; however, CommScope is larger than the Company in this market. In addition, the Company faces competition from other companies that have concentrated their efforts in one or more areas of the coaxial cable market.
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The Company estimates that its backlog of unfilled orders was $293 million and $262 million at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Orders typically fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on customer demands and general business conditions. Unfilled orders may be cancelled prior to shipment of goods. It is expected that all or a substantial portion of the backlog will be filled within the next 12 months. Significant elements of the Company’s business, such as sales to the cable television industry, distributors, the computer industry, and other commercial customers, generally have short lead times. Therefore, backlog may not be indicative of future demand.
As of December 31, 2004, the Company had approximately 16,100 full-time employees worldwide. Of these employees, approximately 10,700 were hourly employees and the remainder were salaried. The Company had a one week strike in October 1995 at its Sidney, New York facility relating to the renewal of the labor contract at that facility with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The Company has not had any other significant work stoppages in the past ten years. The Company believes that it has a good relationship with its unionized and non-unionized employees.
The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports are available, without charge, on the Company’s web site, www.amphenol.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed electronically with the SEC. Copies are also available without charge, from Amphenol Corporation, Investor Relations, 358 Hall Avenue, Wallingford, CT 06492.
Cautionary Statements for Purposes of Forward Looking Information
Statements made by the Company in written or oral form to various persons, including statements made in filings with the SEC, that are not strictly historical facts are “forward looking” statements. Such statements should be considered as subject to uncertainties that exist in the Company’s operations and business environment. The following includes some, but not all, of the factors or uncertainties that could cause the Company to fail to conform with expectations and predictions:
• A global economic slowdown in any one, or all, of the Company’s market segments.
• The effects of significant changes in monetary and fiscal policies in the U.S. and abroad including significant currency fluctuations and unforeseen inflationary pressures.
• Substantial and unforeseen price pressure on the Company’s products or significant cost increases that cannot be recovered through price increases or productivity improvements.
• Increased difficulties in obtaining a consistent supply of basic materials like steel, aluminum, copper, bimetallic products, gold or plastic resins at stable pricing levels.
• Unpredictable difficulties or delays in the development of new product programs.
• Significant changes in interest rates or in the availability of financing for the Company or certain of its customers.
• Rapid material escalation of the cost of regulatory compliance and litigation.
• Unexpected government policies and regulations affecting the Company or its significant customers.
• Unforeseen intergovernmental conflicts or actions, including but not limited to armed conflict and trade wars.
• Difficulties and unanticipated expense of assimilating newly-acquired businesses.
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• Any difficulties in obtaining or retaining the management and other human resource competencies that the Company needs to achieve its business objectives.
• The risks associated with any technological shifts away from the Company’s technologies and core competencies. For example, a technological shift away from the use of coaxial cable in cable television/telecommunication systems could have a substantial impact on the Company’s coaxial cable business.
• Unforeseen interruptions to the Company’s business with its largest customers, distributors and suppliers resulting from, but not limited to, strikes, financial instabilities, computer malfunctions or inventory excesses.
The Company’s fixed assets include certain plants and warehouses and a substantial quantity of machinery and equipment, most of which is general purpose machinery and equipment using tools and fixtures and in many instances having automatic control features and special adaptations. The Company’s plants, warehouses, machinery and equipment are in good operating condition, are well maintained, and substantially all of its facilities are in regular use. The Company considers the present level of fixed assets along with planned capital expenditures as suitable and adequate for operations in the current business environment. At December 31, 2004, the Company operated a total of 97 plants and warehouses of which (a) the locations in the U.S. had approximately 1.9 million square feet, of which 0.7 million square feet were leased; (b) the locations outside the U.S. had approximately 2.9 million square feet, of which 1.6 million square feet were leased; and (c) the square footage by segment was approximately 3.9 million square feet and 0.9 million square feet for interconnect products segment and cable products segment, respectively.
The Company believes that its facilities are suitable and adequate for the business conducted therein and are being appropriately utilized for their intended purposes. Utilization of the facilities varies based on demand for the products. The Company continuously reviews its anticipated requirements for facilities and, based on that review, may from time to time acquire or lease additional facilities and/or dispose of existing facilities.
The Company and its subsidiaries have been named as defendants in several legal actions in which various amounts are claimed arising from normal business activities. Although the amount of any ultimate liability with respect to such matters cannot be precisely determined, in the opinion of management, such matters are not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
Certain operations of the Company are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations which govern the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, as well as the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes. The Company believes that its operations are currently in substantial compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and that the costs of continuing compliance will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
Subsequent to the acquisition of Amphenol from Allied Signal Corporation (“Allied Signal”) in 1987 (Allied Signal merged with Honeywell International Inc. in December 1999 (“Honeywell”)), Amphenol and Honeywell have been named jointly and severally liable as potentially responsible parties in relation to several environmental cleanup sites. Amphenol and Honeywell have jointly consented to perform certain investigations and remedial and monitoring activities at two sites and they have been jointly ordered to perform work at another site. The costs incurred relating to these three sites are currently reimbursed by Honeywell based on an agreement (the “Honeywell Agreement”) entered into in connection with the acquisition in 1987. For sites covered by the Honeywell Agreement, to the extent that conditions or circumstances occurred or existed at the time of or prior to the acquisition, Honeywell is obligated to reimburse Amphenol 100% of such costs. Honeywell representatives continue to work closely with the Company in addressing the most significant environmental liabilities covered by the Honeywell Agreement. Management does not believe that the costs associated with resolution of these or any other environmental matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. The environmental investigation, remedial and monitoring activities identified by the Company, including those referred to above, are covered under the Honeywell Agreement.
Owners and occupiers of sites containing hazardous substances, as well as generators of hazardous substances, are subject to broad liability under various federal and state environmental laws and regulations, including expenditures for cleanup and monitoring costs and potential damages arising out of past disposal activities. Such liability in many cases may be imposed regardless of fault or the legality of the original disposal activity. The Company is currently performing monitoring activities at its manufacturing site in
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Sidney, New York. The Company is also performing design, cleanup, operations and maintenance and monitoring activities at three off-site disposal sites previously utilized by the Company’s Sidney facility and others, the “Richardson Hill” landfill, the “Route 8” landfill and the “Sidney Center” landfill. The Company and Honeywell have entered into an administrative consent order with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) and are presently performing remedial measures for “Richardson Hill”, which has been designated a “Superfund” site on the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. The administrative consent order requires the Company to complete the approved remedial measures and to continue to monitor the site. With respect to the second site, the “Route 8” landfill, the Company initiated a remediation program pursuant to a Consent Order with the New York Department of Environmental Protection and is continuing to monitor the results of those remediation efforts. In December 1995, the Company and Honeywell received a letter from the EPA demanding that the Company and Honeywell accept responsibility for the investigation and cleanup of the third site, Sidney Center landfill, another Superfund site. The Sidney Center landfill was a municipal landfill site utilized by the Company’s Sidney facility and other local towns and businesses. In 1996, the Company and Honeywell received a unilateral order from the EPA directing the Company and Honeywell to perform certain investigation, design and cleanup activities at the Sidney Center landfill site. The Company and Honeywell responded to the unilateral order by agreeing to undertake certain remedial design activities. In 1997, the EPA filed a lawsuit against the Company and Honeywell seeking reimbursement of past costs expended by the EPA in connection with activities at the Sidney Center landfill site and seeking to affix liability upon the Company and Honeywell for all additional costs to be incurred in connection with all further investigations, design and cleanup activities at the Sidney Center landfill site. The Company joined four local municipalities as co-defendants in the lawsuit. In 2001, the Company and Honeywell were ordered by the Court to pay the EPA approximately $3.5 million, net of contributions by the municipalities who had been joined as co-defendants in the lawsuit. Pursuant to that decision the Company and Honeywell are implementing the approved remedial measures for the Sidney Center landfill site. The municipalities who were joined in the lawsuit have agreed to monitor and maintain the caps installed at the Sidney Center landfill site as part of the approved remediation plan. The Company and Honeywell will be responsible for continuing groundwater monitoring at the site. The Company is also engaged in remediating or monitoring environmental conditions at certain of its other manufacturing facilities and has been named as a potentially responsible party for cleanup costs at other off-site disposal sites. All such environmental matters referred to in this paragraph are covered by the Honeywell Agreement.
Since 1987, the Company has not been identified nor has it been named as a potentially responsible party with respect to any other significant on-site or off-site hazardous waste matters. In addition, the Company believes that all of its manufacturing activities and disposal practices since 1987 have been in material compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations. Nonetheless, it is possible that the Company will be named as a potentially responsible party in the future with respect to additional Superfund or other sites. Although the Company is unable to predict with any reasonable certainty the extent of its ultimate liability with respect to any pending or future environmental matters, the Company believes, based upon all information currently known by management about the Company’s manufacturing activities, disposal practices and estimates of liability with respect to all known environmental matters, that any such liability will not be material to its financial condition or results of operations.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of our shareholders during the last quarter of the year ended December 31, 2004.
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On January 21, 2004, the Company announced a 2-for-1 stock split that was effective for stockholders of record as of March 17, 2004. The additional shares were distributed on March 29, 2004. The share information included herein reflects the effect of such stock split.
The Company affected the initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock in November 1991. The Company’s common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since that time under the symbol “APH.” The following table sets forth on a per share basis the high and low prices for the common stock for both 2004 and 2003 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
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As of January 31, 2005, there were 50 holders of record of the Company’s common stock. A significant number of outstanding shares of common stock are registered in the name of only one holder, which is a nominee of The Depository Trust Company, a securities depository for banks and brokerage firms. The Company believes that there are a significant number of beneficial owners of its common stock.
Since its initial public offering in 1991, the Company has not paid any dividends; however, on January 19, 2005, the Company announced that it will commence payment of a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $.03 per share. The Company expects the first dividend payment to be made on or about April 6, 2005 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2005. The Company intends to retain the remainder of its earnings to provide funds for the operation and expansion of the Company’s business, repurchase shares of its common stock and to repay outstanding indebtedness.
At December 31, 2003, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) owned 27.2% of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. During the third quarter of 2004, partnerships affiliated with KKR sold all their Class A common stock and, as such, owned none of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as of December 31, 2004. In 2004, 2003 and 2002, the Company paid KKR fees of $0.5 million, $0.9 million, and $1.0 million, respectively for management and consulting services.
The following table summarizes our equity compensation plan information as of December 31, 2004:
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Equity Compensation Plan Information |
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Plan category |
|
Number of securities to |
|
Weighted average |
|
Number of securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders |
|
7,012,208 |
|
$ |
21.22 |
|
1,788,370 |
|
|
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
Total |
|
7,012,208 |
|
$ |
21.22 |
|
1,788,370 |
|
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Purchases of Equity Securities
On March 4, 2004, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized an open-market stock repurchase program (the “Program”) of up to 2.0 million shares (on a post-split basis) of its common stock during the period ending December 31, 2005. On October 20, 2004 the Program was amended to increase the number of authorized shares to 5.0 million and to extend the expiration date until September 30, 2006. Approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock remain available for repurchase under the Program.
|
Period |
|
(a) Total Number of |
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(b) Average Price |
|
(c) Total Number |
|
(d) Maximum |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 1, 2004 to January 31, 2004 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 1, 2004 to February 29, 2004 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 1, 2004 to March 31, 2004 |
|
530,800 |
|
$ 30.47 |
|
530,800 |
|
4,469,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 1, 2004 to April 30, 2004 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 1, 2004 to May 31, 2004 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 1, 2004 to July 31, 2004 |
|
206,700 |
|
$ 29.39 |
|
737,500 |
|
4,262,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004 |
|
280,300 |
|
$ 29.38 |
|
1,017,800 |
|
3,982,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 1, 2004 to September 30, 2004 |
|
80,000 |
|
$ 29.93 |
|
1,097,800 |
|
3,902,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 1, 2004 to October 31, 2004 |
|
40,000 |
|
$ 33.83 |
|
1,137,800 |
|
3,862,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2004 to November 30, 2004 |
|
120,000 |
|
$ 36.40 |
|
1,257,800 |
|
3,742,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004 |
|
197,700 |
|
$ 35.62 |
|
1,455,500 |
|
3,544,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
1,455,500 |
|
$ 31.36 |
|
1,455,500 |
|
3,544,500 |
|
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
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|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
1,530,446 |
|
$ |
1,239,504 |
|
$ |
1,062,002 |
|
$ |
1,103,771 |
|
$ |
1,359,702 |
|
|
Net income |
|
163,311 |
|
103,990 |
(1) |
80,344 |
|
83,710 |
|
107,904 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per common share—Diluted |
|
1.82 |
|
1.18 |
(1) |
0.93 |
|
0.98 |
|
1.26 |
|
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Financial Position |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Working capital |
|
$ |
253,443 |
|
$ |
233,707 |
|
$ |
153,250 |
|
$ |
166,857 |
|
$ |
170,131 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
1,306,711 |
|
1,181,384 |
|
1,078,908 |
|
1,026,743 |
|
1,004,322 |
|
|||||
|
Long-term debt, including current portion |
|
449,053 |
|
542,959 |
|
644,248 |
|
720,319 |
|
728,346 |
|
|||||
|
Shareholders’ equity |
|
481,604 |
|
323,406 |
|
166,982 |
|
103,933 |
|
29,234 |
|
|||||
|
Weighted average shares outstanding— Diluted |
|
89,736,656 |
|
88,131,720 |
|
86,891,200 |
|
85,994,242 |
|
85,757,844 |
|
|||||
(1) Includes a one-time charge for expenses incurred in the early extinguishment of debt of $10,367, less tax benefit of $3,525, or $0.08 per share after taxes.
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|
|
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial |
The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 has been derived from and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this document.
Executive Overview
The Company is a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of interconnect and cable products. In 2004 approximately 56% of the Company’s sales were outside the U.S. The primary end markets for our products are:
• communication systems for the converging technologies of voice, video and data communications;
• a broad range of industrial applications including factory automation and motion control systems, medical and industrial instrumentation, mass transportation, natural resource exploration and automotive applications; and
• commercial and military aerospace applications.
The Company’s products are used in a wide variety of applications by numerous customers, the largest of which was less than 4% of net sales in 2004. The Company encounters competition in all of its markets and competes primarily on the basis of engineering, product quality, price, customer service and delivery time. There has been a trend on the part of OEM customers to consolidate their lists of qualified suppliers to companies that have a global presence, can meet quality and delivery standards, have a broad product portfolio and design capability, and have competitive prices. The Company has focused its global resources to position itself to compete effectively in this environment. The Company believes that its global presence is an important competitive advantage as it allows the Company to provide quality products on a timely and worldwide basis to its multinational customers.
The Company’s strategy is to provide comprehensive design capabilities, a broad selection of products and a high level of service in the areas in which it competes. The Company focuses its research and development efforts through close collaboration with its OEM customers to develop highly-engineered products that meet customer needs and have the potential for broad market applications and significant sales within a one-to-three year period. The Company is also focused on controlling costs. The Company does this by investing in modern manufacturing technologies, controlling purchasing processes and expanding into low cost labor areas.
The Company’s strategic objective is to further enhance its position in its served markets by pursuing the following success factors:
• Focus on customer needs
• Design and develop application-specific interconnect solutions
• Establish a strong global presence in resources and capabilities
• Preserve and foster a collaborative, entrepreneurial management structure
• Maintain a culture of controlling cost
• Pursue strategic acquisitions
For the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company reported net sales, operating income and net income of $1,530.4 million, $276.6 million and $163.3 million, respectively; up 23%, 35% and 57%, respectively, from 2003. Sales of interconnect products and assemblies and sales of cable products increased in each of the Company’s related major markets and geographic regions. Net income benefited from both the increase in operating income and reduced interest expense. Sales and profitability trends are discussed in detail in “Results of Operations” below. In addition, one strength of the Company is its ability to consistently generate cash. The Company uses cash generated from operations to fund capital expenditures and acquisitions, repurchase shares of its common stock and to reduce indebtedness. In 2004, the Company generated operating cash flow of $208.3 million of which $100.3 million was used to reduce debt.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth the components of net income as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated.
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|
Net sales |
|
100.0 |
% |
100.0 |
% |
100.0 |
% |
|
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation and amortization |
|
65.3 |
|
66.2 |
|
65.9 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
2.5 |
|
3.0 |
|
3.3 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expense |
|
14.1 |
|
14.3 |
|
14.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income |
|
18.1 |
|
16.5 |
|
16.4 |
|
|
Interest expense |
|
(1.5 |
) |
(2.4 |
) |
(4.3 |
) |
|
Other expenses, net |
|
(.4 |
) |
(.6 |
) |
(.5 |
) |
|
Expense for early extinguishment of debt |
|
— |
|
(.8 |
) |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes |
|
16.2 |
|
12.7 |
|
11.6 |
|
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
(5.5 |
) |
(4.3 |
) |
(4.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
10.7 |
% |
8.4 |
% |
7.6 |
% |
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2004 Compared to 2003
Net sales were $1,530.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2004 compared to $1,239.5 million for 2003 an increase of 23% in U.S. dollars and 20% in local currencies. Sales of interconnect products and assemblies increased 24% in U.S. dollars and 20% in local currencies compared to 2003 ($1,333.8 million in 2004 versus $1,072.0 million in 2003). Sales increased in all major geographic regions as a result of the continuing development of new application specific and value added products, economic improvement in some of the Company’s major end markets and the impact of acquisitions in 2004 and 2003 ($50.3 million). Sales increased in the Company’s major end markets including mobile communications, industrial, automotive, military/aerospace, and computer/data communications markets. The increase in sales in the mobile communications markets (approximately $105.7 million) is attributable primarily to increased demand on wireless infrastructure products in all regions, increased demand on mobile handset products in Asia and the impact of acquisitions during 2003 of companies in North America and China serving the wireless installation market. The increase in sales in the industrial market (approximately $49 million) reflects increased sales in North America and Europe. Automotive sales increased approximately $34 million primarily in Europe and to a lesser extent in North America, reflecting the increased use of safety and telematic applications in cars and as a result of acquisitions. The increase in military/aerospace sales (approximately $63.9 million) relates primarily to increased demand on military programs and avionics applications in North America and Europe. Sales to the computer and data communications related markets increased approximately $11.1 million reflecting increased sales in North America, Europe and Asia and the impact of acquisitions. Sales of cable products increased 17% compared to 2003 ($196.6 million in 2004 versus $167.5 million in 2003). Such increase is primarily due to increased sales in broadband cable television markets.
Geographically, sales in the U.S. in 2004 increased approximately 21% compared to 2003 ($674.3 million in 2004 versus $555.9 million in 2003); international sales for 2004 increased approximately 25% in U.S. dollars ($856.1 million in 2004 versus $683.6 million in 2003) and increased approximately 19% in local currency compared to 2003. The comparatively weak U.S. dollar in 2004 had the currency effect of increasing net sales by approximately $46.6 million when compared to foreign currency translation rates in 2003.
The gross profit margin as a percentage of net sales (including depreciation in cost of sales) increased to 32% in 2004 compared to 31% in 2003. An increase in margins was achieved in both the interconnect products and assemblies segment and the cable segment although the cable segment increase was partially offset by a continued increase in material costs. The operating margin for interconnect products and assemblies increased approximately 2% compared to the prior year. The increase is generally attributable to the continuing development of new higher margin application specific products, excellent operating leverage on incremental volume and aggressive programs of cost controls.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $215.0 million and $177.4 million in 2004 and 2003, respectively, and remained approximately 14.0% of sales in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Research and development expenditures increased approximately $6.1 million, commensurate with sales, reflecting increases in expenditures for new product development and represented approximately 2% of sales for both 2004 and 2003. Selling and marketing expenses remained approximately 7% of sales. Shipping expense, which relates primarily to sales of cable products to the broadband market, increased commensurate with sales for those products. Administrative expenses increased by approximately $11.8 million, due primarily to increases in costs relating to insurance, pensions, medical benefits and professional fees.
Interest expense was $22.5 million for 2004 compared to $29.5 million for 2003. The decrease is primarily attributable to lower interest rates including the effect of the refinancing completed in the second quarter of 2003 (see Liquidity and Capital Resources) and lower average debt levels. At current interest rates, interest expense for 2005 is expected to be approximately $19 million.
Expenses for early extinguishment of debt totaling $10.4 million in 2003, relate to the refinancing of the Company’s senior credit facilities. Such one-time expenses include the call premium related to the redemption of the Company’s Senior Subordinated Notes of $4.7 million, write-off of unamortized deferred debt issuance costs of $3.9 million and other related fees and expenses of $1.8 million.
Other expenses, net, for 2004 and 2003 were $6.7 million and $7.0 million, respectively. Other expenses, net, are comprised primarily of foreign currency transaction losses ($0.6 million in 2004 and $1.3 million in 2003), reflecting the relative weakness of the U.S. dollar in 2004 and 2003, program fees on sale of accounts receivable ($2.3 million in 2004 and $1.5 million in 2003), reflecting lower receivable fee rates in 2003, minority interests ($3.0 million in 2004 and $2.4 million in 2003) and agency and commitment fees on the Company’s credit facilities ($1.0 million in 2004 and $0.8 million in 2003). In addition, in 2003 the Company incurred $1.0 million in expenses relating to a secondary stock offering (for which the Company did not receive any proceeds). See Note 8 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for details of the components of other expenses, net.
The provision for income taxes was at an effective rate of 34.0% in 2004 and 2003.
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2003 Compared to 2002
Net sales were $1,239.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $1,062.0 million for 2002. Sales of interconnect products and assemblies increased 20% compared to 2002 ($1,072.0 million in 2003 versus $892.3 million in 2002). Sales increased in the Company’s major end markets including military/aerospace, mobile communications, industrial, automotive and computer/data communications markets. The increases occurred in all major geographic regions, with approximately one third of the increase attributable to the effect of currency translation, as detailed below. The remaining increase was attributable to the continuing development of new application specific and value added products, economic improvement in some of the Company’s major end markets and acquisitions in 2002 and 2003. The increase in military/aerospace sales (approximately $47 million) relates primarily to increased demand on military programs and avionics applications in North America and Europe, and an acquisition ($8 million). The increase in sales in the mobile communications markets (approximately $42 million) is attributable to the acquisition of companies in North America and China serving the network infrastructure market (approximately $18 million) and increases in Asia in sales of handset products. The increase in sales in the industrial market (approximately $36 million) reflects increases resulting from acquisitions in North America (approximately $16 million) and increased sales in Europe. Automotive sales increased approximately $33 million primarily in Europe and to a lesser extent in North America reflecting increased use of safety and telematic applications in cars. Sales to the computer and data communications related markets increased approximately $23 million; a cable assembly acquisition in North America contributed one-third of the increase and the remainder reflects increased sales in Europe and Asia. Sales of cable products decreased 1% compared to 2002 ($167.5 million in 2003 versus $169.7 million in 2002). Such decrease is generally attributable to continuing low levels of capital spending by U.S. and international cable television operators for cable system upgrades and expansion. The lower levels of spending are not expected to change significantly in the near term.
Geographically, sales in the U.S. in 2003 increased approximately 11% compared to 2002 ($555.9 million in 2003 versus $501.1 million in 2002); international sales for 2003 increased approximately 22% in U.S. dollars ($683.6 million in 2003 versus $560.9 million in 2002) and increased approximately 12% in local currency compared to 2002. The comparatively weak U.S. dollar in 2003 had the currency effect of increasing net sales by approximately $63.9 million when compared to foreign currency translation rates in 2002.
The gross profit margin as a percentage of net sales (including depreciation in cost of sales) remained constant at 31% for 2003 and 2002. An increase in margins in the interconnect products and assemblies segment was offset by a decline in margins in the cable products segment. The operating margin for interconnect products and assemblies increased approximately 2% compared to the prior year, the increase is generally attributable to the effects of higher sales volume and cost reduction activities relating to purchased materials and increased activity in low cost labor areas. The increase was offset by a decline in operating profit margins for cable products of approximately 6% compared to the prior year due primarily to higher material costs and change in product mix.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $177.4 million and $152.9 million in 2003 and 2002, respectively, and remained constant at approximately 14% of sales. Research and development expenditures increased approximately $2.2 million, reflecting increases in expenditures for new product development. Selling and marketing expenses remained constant at approximately 7% of sales. Shipping expense, which relates primarily to sales of cable products to the broadband market, remained stable, commensurate with sales for those products. Administrative expenses increased by approximately $6.9 million, due primarily to increases in costs relating to insurance, pensions and medical benefits.
Interest expense was $29.5 million for 2003 compared to $45.9 million for 2002. The decrease is primarily attributable to lower interest rates including the effect of the refinancing completed in the second quarter of 2003 (see Liquidity and Capital Resources) and lower average debt levels.
Expenses for early extinguishment of debt totaling $10.4 million in 2003, relate to the refinancing of the Company’s senior credit facilities. Such one-time expenses include the call premium related to the redemption of the Company’s Senior Subordinated Notes of $4.7 million, write-off of unamortized deferred debt issuance costs of $3.9 million and other related fees and expenses of $1.8 million.
Other expenses, net, for 2003 and 2002 was $7.0 million and $5.4 million, respectively. Other expenses, net, is comprised primarily of foreign currency transaction losses ($1.3 million in 2003 and $2.7 million in 2002), reflecting the relative weakness of the U.S. dollar in 2003 and 2002, program fees on sale of accounts receivable ($1.5 million in 2003 and $1.8 million in 2002), reflecting lower receivable fee rates in 2003, minority interests ($2.4 million in 2003 and $1.8 million in 2002) and agency and commitment fees on the Company’s credit facilities ($0.8 million in 2003 and $0.6 million in 2002). In addition, in 2003 the Company incurred $1.0 million in expenses relating to a secondary stock offering (for which the Company did not receive any proceeds), and in 2002 the Company realized $1.5 million of income relating to a license fee settlement. See Note 8 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for details of the components of other expenses, net.
The provision for income taxes for 2003 was at an effective rate of 34% compared to 34.5% in 2002.
17
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash provided by operating activities totaled $208.3 million, $170.0 million and $120.6 million for 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In 2004, the Company reclassified certain amounts in its 2003 and 2002 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow from financing activities to operating activities as a result of a determination that they had not been reported in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 95 “Statement of Cash Flows”. The amounts reclassified of $10.6 and ($11.0) million in 2003 and 2002, respectively, reflect a change in classification of the net change in the accounts receivables sold under the Company’s accounts receivable securitization agreement. As a result of these reclassifications, there was no impact on the Company’s net change in cash and short-term cash investments in 2003 and 2002. The net change during 2004 in accounts receivables sold under the Company’s accounts receivable securitization agreement which is included in operating activities is $6.2 million. The increase in cash from operating activities in 2004 compared to 2003 is primarily attributable to an increase in net income in addition to a larger reduction in the non-cash components of working capital compared to 2003, partially offset by a larger decrease in long-term liabilities resulting from a $20 million contribution to the Company's pension plan in 2004 (compared to a $10 million contribution in 2003). The increase in cash from operating activities in 2003 compared to 2002 is primarily attributable to an increase in net income and a larger reduction in the 2003 period in non-cash components of working capital.
The non - cash components of working capital decreased $14.1 million in 2004 due primarily to a $3.2 million increase in accounts payable, an increase of $15.7 million in accrued liabilities, an increase of $6.2 million in receivables sold and an increase of $28.5 million related to accrued income taxes, partially offset by a $26.0 million increase in accounts receivable due to higher sales levels and an operating addition of $14.5 million in inventory.
The non - cash components of working capital decreased $11.6 million in 2003 due primarily to a $20.8 million increase in accounts payable, an operating reduction of $4.6 million in inventory, an increase of $10.6 million in receivables sold, and an increase in accrued income taxes of $18.0 million partially offset by a $28.8 million increase in accounts receivable due to higher sales levels and a decrease of $7.7 million in accrued liabilities.
The non-cash components of working capital decreased $4.8 million in 2002 due primarily to a $12.9 million decrease in inventory as inventory levels were reduced in response to lower sales levels, a $6.2 million increase in accrued income taxes and a $3.7 million increase in accounts payable, partially offset by an $11 million decrease in receivables sold and a $6.5 million reduction in accrued liabilities.
In 2004, accounts receivable increased $41.7 million to $214.2 million, due to an increase in sales levels, $12.6 million from an acquired company, and a $9.3 million increase due to translation resulting from the comparatively weaker U.S. dollar at December 31, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003, partially offset by a $6.2 million increase in sales of receivables (further discussed below). Days sales outstanding, computed before sales of receivables, decreased to approximately 64 days from 66 days in 2003. Inventory increased $25.9 million to $247.3 million, primarily due to an increase of $6.7 million due to translation resulting from the comparatively weaker U.S. dollar at December 31, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003, and $4.7 million in inventory from an acquired company coupled with an operating addition of $14.5 million. Inventory turnover increased to 4.2x at December 31, 2004 from 3.9x at December 31, 2003. Deferred taxes and other assets decreased $0.3 million to $28.1 million reflecting the decrease in deferred taxes, the details of which are included in Note 3 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Goodwill increased $29.1 million to $545.4 million primarily as a result of an acquisition completed in the third quarter of 2004 as well as additional contingent consideration paid in 2004 relating to a prior year acquisition. Land and depreciable assets, net, increased $19.5 million to $197.8 million reflecting capital expenditures of $44.3 million, assets from acquisitions of approximately $6.8 million, an increase of $7.8 million due to translation resulting from the comparatively weaker U.S. dollar at December 31, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003, depreciation of $38.2 million and disposals of $1.2 million. Accounts payable and accrued salaries, wages and employee benefits increased $18.0 million and $7.4 million to $134.9 million and $38.5 million, respectively, due primarily to an increase in sales levels, liabilities assumed from acquired companies and a $0.8 million and $0.3 million increase, respectively, due to translation resulting from the comparatively weaker U.S. dollar at December 31, 2004 compared to December 31, 2003. Accrued income taxes increased $23.7 million due primarily to increased profits. Other accrued liabilities increased $5.3 million to $37.1 million relating primarily to an increase in liabilities for the purchase of acquired companies and accruals relating to higher sales volume.
In 2004, cash from operating activities of $208.3 million (including additional sales of receivables of $6.2 million) and proceeds from exercise of stock options and related tax benefits of $30.3 million were used primarily to fund capital expenditures of $44.3 million, acquisitions of $41.8 million, the purchase of treasury stock of $45.6 million, an increase in cash on hand of $6.6 million and for a net debt reduction of $100.3 million. For 2003, cash from operating activities of $170.0 million (including additional sales of receivables of $10.6 million), proceeds from the refinancing of $27.0 million and proceeds from exercise of stock options and related tax benefits of $35.9 million were used primarily to fund capital expenditures of $30.2 million, acquisitions of $51.1 million, an increase in cash on hand of $2.9 million and for a net debt reduction of $148.8 million.
During the second quarter 2003, the Company completed a refinancing of its senior credit facilities. During 2003 borrowings of $625.0 million under a new bank loan agreement (Bank Agreement), described below, were used to repay $439.5 million outstanding under the Company’s previous bank agreement, redeem all outstanding senior subordinated notes totaling $148.7 million (including the call premium of $4.7 million) and to pay other fees and expenses associated with the refinancing of $8.9 million. A prepayment of the new bank loan of $37.0 million was made in June with excess borrowing proceeds and cash flow from operations and additional prepayments of $89.0 million were made in the second half of 2003. The 2003 refinancing had the effect of extending the maturity of the Company’s debt coming due in 2003 through 2007. In November 2004, the Company amended the credit agreement. The primary effects of the amendment were to lower interest cost, and reduce limitations relative to additional indebtedness and restricted payments including repurchase of the Company’s common stock and dividends.
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The Company’s new Bank Agreement includes a Term Loan, consisting of a Tranche A and B, and a $125.0 million revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2004, the Tranche A had a balance of $13.0 million and matures in 2008, and the Tranche B had a balance of $400.0 million and matures over the period 2005 to 2010 with annual payments of $4 million and a balloon payment due at maturity. The revolving credit facility expires in 2008; availability under the facility at December 31, 2004 was $116.2 million, after a reduction of $8.8 million for outstanding letters of credit. The Company’s interest rate on loans under the new Bank Agreement is LIBOR plus 150 basis points. The Bank Agreement is secured by a first priority pledge of 100% of the capital stock of the Company’s direct domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the capital stock of direct material foreign subsidiaries, as defined in the Bank Agreement. In addition, if the Company’s credit rating as assigned by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s were to decline to BB- or Ba3, respectively, the Company would be required to perfect liens in favor of participants in the Bank Agreement in substantially all of the Company’s U.S.-based assets. At December 31, 2004, the Company’s credit rating from Standard and Poor’s was BB+ and from Moody’s was Ba1. The Bank Agreement requires that the Company satisfy certain financial covenants including an interest coverage ratio of higher than 3x (EBITDA divided by interest expense) and a leverage test (Debt divided by EBITDA) lower than 3.75x and 3.50x based on total debt and senior debt, respectively. At December 31, 2004, such ratios as defined in the Bank Agreement, were 12.91x, 1.65x and 1.65x, respectively. The Bank Agreement also includes limitations with respect to, among other things, indebtedness in excess of $50 million for capital leases, $450 million for general indebtedness and $200 million for acquisition indebtedness, of which approximately $6.9 million, $0 and $4.2, respectively, were outstanding at December 31, 2004, and restricted payments, including dividends on the Company’s Common Stock, in excess of 50% of consolidated cumulative net income plus $50 million, or approximately $170.6 million at December 31, 2004. In conjunction with entering into the new Bank Agreement the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements that fixed the Company’s LIBOR interest rate on $250.0 million and $50.0 million of floating rate bank debt at 2.44% and 3.01%, expiring in May 2006 and June 2006, respectively.
The Company’s primary ongoing cash requirements will be for operating and capital expenditures, product development activities, repurchase of its common stock, dividends and debt service. The Company’s debt service requirements consist primarily of principal and interest on bank borrowings. The Company’s primary sources of liquidity are internally generated cash flow, the Company’s revolving credit facility and the sale of receivables under the Company’s accounts receivable agreement. The Company expects that ongoing requirements for operating and capital expenditures, product development activities, repurchase of its common stock, dividends and debt service requirements will be funded from these sources; however, the Company’s sources of liquidity could be adversely affected by, among other things, a decrease in demand for the Company’s products, a deterioration in certain of the Company’s financial ratios or a deterioration in the quality of the Company’s accounts receivable.
The Company expects that capital expenditures in 2005 will be approximately $50 million. The Company’s required debt and capital lease amortization in 2005 is $16.9 million; the Company’s required cash interest payments for 2005, at current interest rates, are estimated at approximately $19 million. The Company may also use cash to fund part or all of the cost of future acquisitions. Since its initial public offering in 1991, the Company has not paid any dividends. However, on January 19, 2005, the Company announced that it will commence payment of a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $.03 per share. The Company expects the first dividend payment to be made on or about April 6, 2005 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2005. The Company intends to retain the remainder of its earnings to provide funds for the operation and expansion of the Company’s business, repurchase of its common stock and to repay outstanding indebtedness. Management believes that the Company’s working capital position, ability to generate strong cash flow from operations and access to credit markets will allow it to meet its obligations for the next twelve months and the foreseeable future.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement - Accounts Receivable Securitization
A subsidiary of the Company has an agreement with a financial institution whereby the subsidiary can sell an undivided interest of up to $85.0 million in a designated pool of qualified accounts receivable. The Company services, administers and collects the receivables on behalf of the purchaser. The agreement includes certain covenants and provides for various events of termination. The agreement expires in May 2007. At December 31, 2004, approximately $80.0 million ($73.8 million at December 31, 2003) of receivables were sold under the agreement and are therefore not reflected in the accounts receivable balance in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Environmental Matters
Subsequent to the acquisition of Amphenol from Allied Signal Corporation in 1987 (Allied Signal merged with Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) in December 1999, Amphenol and Honeywell have been named jointly and severally liable as potentially responsible parties in relation to several environmental cleanup sites. Amphenol and Honeywell have jointly consented to
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perform certain investigations and remedial and monitoring activities at two sites and they have been jointly ordered to perform work at another site. The costs incurred relating to these three sites are currently reimbursed by Honeywell based on an agreement entered into in connection with the acquisition in 1987. For sites covered by this agreement, to the extent that conditions or circumstances occurred or existed at the time of or prior to the acquisition, Honeywell is obligated to reimburse Amphenol 100% of such costs. Honeywell representatives work closely with the Company in addressing the most significant environmental liabilities covered by the Agreement. Management does not believe that the costs associated with resolution of these or any other environmental matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. The environmental investigation, remedial and monitoring activities identified by the Company, including those referred to above, are covered under the Honeywell Agreement.
Inflation and Costs
The cost of the Company’s products is influenced by the cost of a wide variety of raw materials, including precious metals such as gold and silver used in plating; aluminum, copper, brass and steel used for contacts, shells and cable; and plastic materials used in molding connector bodies, inserts and cable. In general, increases in the cost of raw materials, labor and services have been offset by price increases, productivity improvements and cost saving programs.
Risk Management
The Company has to a significant degree mitigated its exposure to currency risk in its business operations by manufacturing and procuring its products in the same country or region in which the products are sold so that costs reflect local economic conditions. In other cases involving U.S. export sales, raw materials are a significant component of product costs for the majority of such sales and raw material costs are generally dollar based on a worldwide scale, such as basic metals and petroleum-derived materials.
Stock Split
On January 21, 2004, the Company announced a 2-for-1 stock split that was effective for shareholders of record as of March 17, 2004. The additional shares were distributed on March 29, 2004. The share information included herein reflects the effect of such stock split.
Recent Accounting Changes
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard, No. 123R (“FAS 123R”) “Share-based payment”. FAS 123R applies to all transactions involving the issuance, by a company, of its own equity (stock, stock options, or other equity instruments) in exchange for goods or services, including employee services. FAS 123R requires entities to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for the stock-based compensation using the fair value of those stocks on the grant-date (with limited exceptions). This statement is effective for the first interim reporting period beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this statement will have on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, but does not anticipate the impact to be more than $2 million per quarter based on the options outstanding as of December 31, 2004.
In December 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act introduced a new prescription drug benefit under Medicare (“Medicare Part D”), as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a prescription drug benefit that is at a minimum actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. FASB Staff Position (“FSP”), 106-2, “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003,” was provided by the FASB to offer guidance on accounting and disclosure requirements for the Act. The Company does not believe the new Act will have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 151 (“FAS 151”), “Inventory Costs – an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4,” in an effort to conform U.S. accounting standards for inventories to International Accounting Standards. FAS 151 requires idle facility expenses, freight, handling costs and wasted material (spoilage) costs to be recognized as current period charges. It also requires that the allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the relevant production facilities. FAS 151 will be effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard but does not believe that it will have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pensions
The Company and its domestic subsidiaries have a defined benefit pension plan (“Plan”) covering substantially all U.S. employees. Plan benefits are generally based on years of service and compensation and are generally noncontributory. Certain foreign subsidiaries also have defined benefit plans covering their employees. The pension expense for all pension plans approximated $10.1 million, $6.5 million and $0.7 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and is calculated based upon a number of actuarial assumptions established on January 1 of the applicable year, including an expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets. In developing the expected long-term rate of return assumption for U.S. plans, we evaluated input from our actuaries and investment consultants as well as long-term inflation assumptions. Projected returns by such consultants are based on broad equity and bond indices. We also considered our historical fifteen-year compounded return of 10.1%, which has been in excess of these broad equity and bond benchmark indices. Our expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets is based on an asset allocation assumption of 60% with equity managers, with an expected long-term rate of return of 11%; 25% with fixed income managers, with an expected long-term rate of return of 6.75% and 15% with high yield bond managers, with an expected rate of return of 8.5%. As of December 31, 2004, our asset allocation was 65% with equity managers and 35% with fixed income managers, including high yield managers. We believe that our long-term asset allocation on average will approximate 60% with equity managers and 40% with fixed income managers. We regularly review our actual asset allocation and periodically rebalance our investments to our targeted allocation when considered appropriate. Based on this methodology the Company’s expected long-term rate of return assumption is 9.5% for both 2004 and 2003.
The discount rate used by the Company for valuing pension liabilities is based on a review of high quality corporate bond yields with maturities approximating the remaining life of the projected benefit obligations. The discount rate on this basis has decreased from 6.15% at December 31, 2003 to 5.75% at December 31, 2004. This will have the effect of increasing pension expense in 2005 by approximately $1.9 million. Although future changes to the discount rate are unknown, had the discount rate increased or decreased 50 basis points, the pension liability would have decreased $13.2 million or increased $14.5 million, respectively.
The Company made cash contributions to the U.S. pension plans of $20 million and $10 million in 2004 and 2003, respectively. The liability for accrued pension and post employment benefit obligations increased modestly in 2004 to $102.1 million from $100.3 million in 2003, due to the negative impact on accumulated liabilities of the reduction in the discount rate and the foreign currency translation effect for non-U.S. plans. The Company estimates that, based on current actuarial calculations, it will make a cash contribution to the pension plan in 2005 of approximately $10 million. Cash contributions in subsequent years will depend on a number of factors including the investment performance of Plan assets.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are adjusted as new information becomes available. The Company’s significant accounting policies are set forth below.
Revenue Recognition - Sales and related cost of sales are recognized upon shipment of products. Allowances for estimated uncollectible accounts, discounts, returns and allowances are provided based upon historical experience, current trends and specific information which indicates that an allowance is appropriate.
Inventories - Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost, which approximates average cost, or market. Provisions for slow moving and obsolete inventory are provided based on historical experience and product demand. Should future product demand change, existing inventory could become slow moving or obsolete and provisions would be increased accordingly.
Depreciable Assets - Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. The appropriateness and the recoverability of the carrying value of such assets are periodically reviewed taking into consideration current and expected business conditions. Historically, the Company has not had any significant impairments.
Goodwill - The Company performs its annual evaluation for the impairment of goodwill for the Company’s reporting units, in accordance with FAS No. 142, as of each June 30. Goodwill impairment for each reporting unit is evaluated using a two-step approach requiring the Company to determine the fair value of the reporting unit and compare that to the carrying value including goodwill. If the carrying value exceeded the fair value, the goodwill of the reporting unit would be potentially impaired and a second step of additional testing would be performed to measure the impairment loss. Historically, the Company has not had any impairments.
The significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Disclosures about contractual obligations and commitments
The following table summarizes the Company’s known obligations to make future payments pursuant to certain contracts as of December 31, 2004, as well as an estimate of the timing in which such obligations are expected to be satisfied:
|
Contractual Obligations |
|
Total |
|
Less than |
|
1-3 |
|
3-5 |
|
More than |
|
|||||
|
Long-term debt |
|
$ |
442,688 |
|
$ |
14,341 |
|
$ |
15,462 |
|
$ |
31,939 |
|
$ |
380,946 |
|
|
Capital lease obligations |
|
6,365 |
|
2,568 |
|
3,763 |
|
34 |
|
— |
|
|||||
|
Operating leases |
|
48,708 |
|
16,546 |
|
17,682 |
|
9,127 |
|
5,353 |
|
|||||
|
Purchase obligations |
|
76,537 |
|
74,589 |
|
1,402 |
|
546 |
|
— |
|
|||||
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
7,275 |
|
803 |
|
6,394 |
|
78 |
|
— |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total |
|
$ |
581,573 |
|
$ |
108,847 |
|
$ |
44,703 |
|
$ |
41,724 |
|
$ |
386,299 |
|
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
The Company, in the normal course of doing business, is exposed to the risks associated with foreign currency exchange rates and changes in interest rates.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
The Company conducts business in several international currencies through its worldwide operations, and as a result is subject to foreign exchange exposure due to changes in exchange rates of the various currencies. Changes in exchange rates can positively or negatively affect the Company’s sales, gross margins and retained earnings. The Company attempts to minimize currency exposure risk by producing its products in the same country or region in which the products are sold and thereby generating revenues and incurring expenses in the same currency and by managing its working capital although there can be no assurance that this approach will be successful, especially in the event of a significant and sudden decline in the value of any of the international currencies of the Company’s worldwide operations. The Company does not engage in purchasing forward exchange contracts for speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
Relative to interest rate risk, the Company completed a refinancing of its senior credit facilities during the second quarter 2003 as discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources above. In conjunction with the 2003 refinancing, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements that fixed the Company’s LIBOR interest rate on $250.0 million and $50.0 million of floating rate debt at 2.44% and 3.01%, expiring in May 2006 and June 2006, respectively. At December 31, 2004, the Company’s average LIBOR rate was 2.5%. A 10% change in the LIBOR interest rate at December 31, 2004 would have the effect of increasing or decreasing interest expense by approximately $0.3 million. The Company does not expect changes in interest rates to have a material effect on income or cash flows in 2005, although there can be no assurances that interest rates will not significantly change.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Amphenol Corporation
Wallingford, Connecticut
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Amphenol Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and other comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004. We also have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management Report on Internal Control in Item 9a, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, an opinion on management’s assessment, and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, management’s assessment that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
|
/s/ Deloitte and Touche LLP |
|
|
|
|
|
Hartford, Connecticut |
|
|
March 11, 2005 |
|
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Consolidated Statements of Income
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
1,530,446 |
|
$ |
1,239,504 |
|
$ |
1,062,002 |
|
|
Costs and expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation and amortization |
|
999,965 |
|
820,724 |
|
700,302 |
|
|||
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
|
38,829 |
|
37,007 |
|
34,825 |
|
|||
|
Selling, general and administrative expense |
|
215,008 |
|
177,353 |
|
152,928 |
|
|||
|
Operating income |
|
276,644 |
|
204,420 |
|
173,947 |
|
|||
|
Interest expense |
|
(22,540 |
) |
(29,505 |
) |
(45,930 |
) |
|||
|
Other expenses, net |
|
(6,663 |
) |
(6,987 |
) |
(5,355 |
) |
|||
|
Expense for early extinguishment of debt |
|
— |
|
(10,367 |
) |
— |
|
|||
|
Income before income taxes |
|
247,441 |
|
157,561 |
|
122,662 |
|
|||
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
(84,130 |
) |
(53,571 |
) |
(42,318 |
) |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income |
|
$ |
163,311 |
|
$ |
103,990 |
|
$ |
80,344 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income per common share – Basic |
|
$ |
1.86 |
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
$ |
0.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Average common shares outstanding – Basic |
|
88,023,082 |
|
86,100,688 |
|
84,891,698 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income per common share – Diluted |
|
$ |
1.82 |
|
$ |
1.18 |
|
$ |
0.93 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Average common shares outstanding - Diluted |
|
89,736,656 |
|
88,131,720 |
|
86,891,200 |
|
|||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Cash and short-term cash investments |
|
$ |
30,172 |
|
$ |
23,533 |
|
|
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $8,666 and $9,244, respectively |
|
214,158 |
|
172,488 |
|
||
|
Inventories: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Raw materials and supplies |
|
55,697 |
|
48,917 |
|
||
|
Work in process |
|
128,879 |
|
116,023 |
|
||
|
Finished goods |
|
62,727 |
|
56,445 |
|
||
|
|
|
247,303 |
|
221,385 |
|
||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
37,382 |
|
33,943 |
|
||
|
Total current assets |
|
529,015 |
|
451,349 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Land and depreciable assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Land |
|
14,120 |
|
13,948 |
|
||
|
Buildings |
|
109,525 |
|
104,614 |
|
||
|
Machinery and equipment |
|
423,363 |
|
387,173 |
|
||
|
|
|
547,008 |
|
505,735 |
|
||
|
Less accumulated depreciation |
|
(349,255 |
) |
(327,469 |
) |
||
|
|
|
197,753 |
|
178,266 |
|
||
|
Deferred debt issuance costs |
|
6,451 |
|
7,014 |
|
||
|
Goodwill |
|
545,411 |
|
516,335 |
|
||
|
Deferred taxes and other assets |
|
28,081 |
|
28,420 |
|
||
|
|
|
$ |
1,306,711 |
|
$ |
1,181,384 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Liabilities & Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
134,856 |
|
$ |
116,835 |
|
|
Accrued interest |
|
2,183 |
|
2,939 |
|
||
|
Accrued salaries, wages and employee benefits |
|
38,535 |
|
31,091 |
|
||
|
Accrued income taxes |
|
48,025 |
|
24,314 |
|
||
|
Other accrued expenses |
|
37,064 |
|
31,784 |
|
||
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
16,909 |
|
10,679 |
|
||
|
Total current liabilities |
|
277,572 |
|
217,642 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Long-term debt |
|
432,144 |
|
532,280 |
|
||
|
Accrued pension and post employment benefit obligations |
|
102,050 |
|
100,326 |
|
||
|
Other liabilities |
|
13,341 |
|
7,730 |
|
||
|
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Notes 2, 6 and 9) |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Shareholders’ Equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 87,891,533 and 87,685,526 shares outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively |
|
88 |
|
87 |
|
||
|
Additional paid-in capital (deficit) |
|
(207,504 |
) |
(238,167 |
) |
||
|
Accumulated earnings |
|
789,741 |
|
626,430 |
|
||
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(55,078 |
) |
(64,944 |
) |
||
|
Treasury stock, at cost; 1,455,500 shares at December 31, 2004 |
|
(45,643 |
) |
— |
|
||
|
Total shareholders’ equity |
|
481,604 |
|
323,406 |
|
||
|
|
|
$ |
1,306,711 |
|
$ |
1,181,384 |
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
25
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Other Comprehensive Income
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
Common |
|
Additional |
|
Comprehensive |
|
Accumulated |
|
Accumulated |
|
Treasury |
|
Total |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Balance December 31, 2001 |
|
$ |
84 |
|
$ |
(280,266 |
) |
|
|
$ |
442,096 |
|
$ |
(57,981 |
) |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
103,933 |
|
|
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
[80,344 |
] |
80,344 |
|
|
|
|
|
80,344 |
|
||||||
|
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
10,377 |
|
|
|
10,377 |
|
|
|
10,377 |
|
|||||||
|
Revaluation of interest rate derivatives |
|
|
|
|
|
8,837 |
|
|
|
8,837 |
|
|
|
8,837 |
|
|||||||
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
(42,452 |
) |
|
|
(42,452 |
) |
|
|
(42,452 |
) |
|||||||
|
Other comprehensive loss |
|
|
|
|
|
(23,238 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
[57,106 |
] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Deferred compensation |
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166 |
|
|||||||
|
Stock options exercised, including tax benefit |
|
2 |
|
5,775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,777 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Balance December 31, 2002 |
|
86 |
|
(274,325 |
) |
|
|
522,440 |
|
(81,219 |
) |
— |
|
166,982 |
|
|||||||
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
[103,990 |
] |
103,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
103,990 |
|
||||||
|
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
17,047 |
|
|
|
17,047 |
|
|
|
17,047 |
|
|||||||
|
Revaluation of interest rate derivatives |
|
|
|
|
|
(669 |
) |
|
|
(669 |
) |
|
|
(669 |
) |
|||||||
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
(103 |
) |
|
|
(103 |
) |
|
|
(103 |
) |
|||||||
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
16,275 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
[120,265 |
] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Deferred compensation |
|
|
|
240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
240 |
|
|||||||
|
Stock options exercised, including tax benefit |
|
1 |
|
35,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,919 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Balance December 31, 2003 |
|
87 |
|
(238,167 |
) |
|
|
626,430 |
|
(64,944 |
) |
— |
|
323,406 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
[163,311 |
] |
163,311 |
|
|
|
|
|
163,311 |
|
||||||
|
Other comprehensive income, net of tax: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
11,904 |
|
|
|
11,904 |
|
|
|
11,904 |
|
|||||||
|
Revaluation of interest rate derivatives |
|
|
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
|||||||
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
(4,154 |
) |
|
|
(4,154 |
) |
|
|
(4,154 |
) |
|||||||
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
9,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
[173,177 |
] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Purchase of treasury stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(45,643 |
) |
(45,643 |
) |
|||||||
|
Deferred compensation |
|
|
|
329 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
329 |
|
|||||||
|
Stock options exercised, including tax benefit |
|
1 |
|
30,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,335 |
|
|||||||
|
Balance December 31, 2004 |
|
$ |
88 |
|
$ |
(207,504 |
) |
|
|
$ |
789,741 |
|
$ |
(55,078 |
) |
$ |
(45,643 |
) |
$ |
481,604 |
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
26
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Net income |
|
$ |
163,311 |
|
$ |
103,990 |
|
$ |
80,344 |
|
|
|
Adjustments for cash from operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
38,829 |
|
37,007 |
|
34,825 |
|
||||
|
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs |
|
1,428 |
|
1,473 |
|
1,413 |
|
||||
|
Expense for early extinguishment of debt |
|
— |
|
10,367 |
|
— |
|
||||
|
Net change in: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Accounts receivable |
|
(26,016 |
) |
(28,799 |
) |
1,054 |
|
||||
|
Net change in receivables sold |
|
6,200 |
|
10,600 |
|
(11,000 |
) |
||||
|
Inventory |
|
(14,511 |
) |
4,647 |
|
12,897 |
|
||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
1,721 |
|
(3,420 |
) |
1,951 |
|
||||
|
Accounts payable |
|
3,240 |
|
20,776 |
|
3,701 |
|
||||
|
Accrued income taxes |
|
28,483 |
|
17,967 |
|
6,242 |
|
||||
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
15,731 |
|
(7,736 |
) |
(6,547 |
) |
||||
|
Accrued interest |
|
(740 |
) |
(2,429 |
) |
(3,530 |
) |
||||
|
Accrued pension and post employment benefits |
|
(12,929 |
) |
(5,804 |
) |
121 |
|
||||
|
Deferred taxes and other assets |
|
1,344 |
|
11,168 |
|
(625 |
) |
||||
|
Other |
|
2,160 |
|
197 |
|
(283 |
) |
||||
|
Cash flow provided by operations |
|
208,251 |
|
170,004 |
|
120,563 |
|
||||
|
Cash flow from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(44,341 |
) |
(30,196 |
) |
(18,816 |
) |
||||
|
Investments in acquisitions |
|
(41,661 |
) |
(51,101 |
) |
(33,796 |
) |
||||
|
Cash flow used by investing activities |
|
(86,002 |
) |
(81,297 |
) |
(52,612 |
) |
||||
|
Cash flow from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Net change in borrowings under revolving credit facilities |
|
(14,302 |
) |
1,751 |
|
(17,839 |
) |
||||
|
Decrease in borrowings under Bank Agreement |
|
(86,000 |
) |
(150,543 |
) |
(63,205 |
) |
||||
|
Retirement of debt: |
old Bank Agreement |
|
— |
|
(439,500 |
) |
— |
|
|||
|
|
senior subordinated notes |
|
— |
|
(148,740 |
) |
— |
|
|||
|
|
fees and expenses relating to refinancing |
|
— |
|
(9,720 |
) |
— |
|
|||
|
Borrowings under new Bank Agreement |
|
— |
|
625,000 |
|
— |
|
||||
|
Purchase of treasury stock |
|
(45,643 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|
||||
|
Proceeds from exercise of stock options including tax benefit |
|
30,335 |
|
35,919 |
|
5,777 |
|
||||
|
Cash flow used by financing activities |
|
(115,610 |
) |
(85,833 |
) |
(75,267 |
) |
||||
|
Net change in cash and short-term cash investments |
|
6,639 |
|
2,874 |
|
(7,316 |
) |
||||
|
Cash and short-term cash investments balance, beginning of period |
|
23,533 |
|
20,659 |
|
27,975 |
|
||||
|
Cash and short-term cash investments balance, end of period |
|
$ |
30,172 |
|
$ |
23,533 |
|
$ |
20,659 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Cash paid during the year for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Interest |
|
$ |
21,868 |
|
$ |
30,819 |
|
$ |
48,059 |
|
|
|
Income taxes paid, net of refunds |
|
43,660 |
|
21,996 |
|
34,061 |
|
||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
27
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 1-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Operations
Amphenol Corporation (“Amphenol” or the “Company”) is in two business segments which consist of manufacturing and selling interconnect products and assemblies, and manufacturing and selling cable products. The Company sells its products to customer locations worldwide.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Short-Term Cash Investments
Cash and short-term cash investments consist of cash and liquid investments with an original maturity of less than three months. The carrying amount approximates fair value of those instruments.
Sale of Receivables
A subsidiary of the Company has an agreement with a financial institution whereby the subsidiary can sell an undivided interest of up to $85,000 in a designated pool of qualified accounts receivable. The agreement expires in May 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, new receivables are added to the pool as collections reduce previously sold accounts receivable. The aggregate value of receivables transferred to the pool for the year 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $606,136, $538,093, and $541,834, respectively. At December 31, 2004 and 2003, $32,992 and $24,568, respectively, of accounts receivable were transferred to the subsidiary, but not purchased by the financial institution and are therefore included in the accounts receivable balance in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Due to the short-term nature of the accounts receivable, the fair value approximates the carrying value. The Company services, administers and collects the receivables on behalf of the purchaser. Program fees payable to the purchaser under this agreement are equivalent to rates afforded high quality commercial paper issuers plus certain administrative expenses and are included in other expenses, net, in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income. The agreement contains certain covenants and provides for various events of termination. At December 31, 2004 and 2003, approximately $80,000 and $73,800, respectively, of receivables were sold under the agreement and are therefore not reflected in the accounts receivable balance in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Reclassifications
In 2004, the Company reclassified certain amounts in its 2003 and 2002 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow from financing activities to operating activities as a result of a determination that they had not been reported in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 95 "Statement of Cash Flows". The amounts reclassified of $10.6 and ($11.0) million in 2003 and 2002, respectively, reflect a change in classification of the net change in the accounts receivables sold under the Company's accounts receivable securitization agreement. As a result of these reclassifications, there was no impact on the Company's net change in cash and short-term cash investments in 2003 and 2002.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost, which approximates average cost, or market. The principal components of cost included in inventories are materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead.
Depreciable Assets
Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost. Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment are
28
provided on a straight-line basis over the respective asset lives determined on a composite basis by asset group or on a specific item basis using the estimated useful lives of such assets which range from 3 to 12 years for machinery and equipment and 20 to 40 years for buildings. It is the Company’s policy to periodically review fixed asset lives.
Deferred Debt Issuance Costs
Deferred debt issuance costs are being amortized on the interest method over the term of the related debt and such amortization is included in interest expense.
Goodwill
The Company performs its annual evaluation for the impairment of goodwill for the Company’s reporting units, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 142 (“FAS 142”), as of each June 30. The Company has defined its reporting units as the operating segments within its two reportable business segments “Interconnect Products and Assemblies” and “Cable Products”, as the components of these operating segments have similar economic characteristics. Goodwill impairment for each reporting unit is evaluated using a two-step approach requiring the Company to determine the fair value of the reporting unit and compare that to the carrying value including goodwill. If the carrying value exceeded the fair value, the goodwill of the reporting unit would be potentially impaired and a second step of additional testing would be performed to measure the impairment loss. As of June 30, 2004, and for each previous year in which the impairment test has been performed, the fair market value of the Company’s reporting units exceeded the carrying value and therefore no impairment was recognized. In 2004, goodwill increased by $29,076 primarily as a result of one relatively minor acquisition with a total acquisition price of $33,586, less the fair value of net assets acquired of $13,980, payment of contingent consideration relating to previously acquired subsidiaries of $10,490 less other purchase price adjustments occurring during the year of $1,020. The increase in goodwill was related to the interconnect products and assemblies segment.
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s primary source of revenue is from product sales to its customers.
Revenue from sales of the Company’s products is recognized at the time the goods are delivered and title passes, provided the earning process is complete and revenue is measurable. Delivery is determined by the Company’s shipping terms, which are primarily FOB shipping point. Revenue is recorded at the net amount to be received after deductions for estimated discounts, allowances and returns. These estimates and reserves are determined and adjusted as needed based upon historical experience, contract terms and other related factors.
The shipping costs for the majority of the Company’s sales are paid directly by the Company’s customers. In the broadband communication market (approximately 12% of consolidated sales), the Company pays for shipping cost to the majority of its customers. Amounts billed to customers related to shipping costs are immaterial and are included in net sales. All shipping costs incurred to transport products to the customer, which are not reimbursed, are included in selling, general and administrative expense.
Retirement Pension Plans
Costs for retirement pension plans include current service costs and amortization of prior service costs over periods of up to thirty years. It is the Company’s policy to fund current pension costs taking into consideration minimum funding requirements and maximum tax deductible limitations. The expense of retiree medical benefit programs is recognized during the employees’ service with the Company as well as amortization of a transition obligation recognized on adoption of the accounting principle.
29
Stock Options
The Company applies APB Opinion 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations in accounting for stock options. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized for the Plans. Had compensation cost for stock options been determined based on the fair value of the option at date of grant consistent with the provisions of FAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” the Company’s net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income |
|
$ |
163,311 |
|
$ |
103,990 |
|
$ |
80,344 |
|
|
Less: Total stock based compensation expense determined under Black-Scholes option pricing model, net of related tax effects |
|
(4,714 |
) |
(5,148 |
) |
(6,559 |
) |
|||
|
Pro forma net income |
|
$ |
158,597 |
|
$ |
98,842 |
|
$ |
73,785 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Earnings Per Share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Basic-as reported |
|
$ |
1.86 |
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
$ |
0.95 |
|
|
Basic-pro forma |
|
$ |
1.80 |
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
$ |
0.87 |
|
|
Diluted-as reported |
|
$ |
1.82 |
|
$ |
1.18 |
|
$ |
0.93 |
|
|
Diluted-pro forma |
|
$ |
1.77 |
|
$ |
1.12 |
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
The fair value of stock options has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|
Risk free interest rate |
|
3.4 |
% |
3.2 |
% |
2.7 |
% |
|
Expected life |
|
5 years |
|
5 years |
|
5 years |
|
|
Expected volatility |
|
27.0 |
% |
30.0 |
% |
40.0 |
% |
|
Expected dividend yield |
|
0.0 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
The weighted-average fair values of options granted during 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $9.15, $6.50 and $8.54, respectively.
Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes are provided for revenue and expenses which are recognized in different periods for income tax and financial statement purposes. Deferred income taxes are not provided on undistributed earnings of foreign affiliated companies which are considered to be permanently invested. Deferred tax assets are regularly assessed for recoverability based on both historical and anticipated earnings levels and a valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that these amounts will not be recovered.
Foreign Currency Translation
The financial position and results of operations of the Company’s significant foreign subsidiaries are measured using local currency as the functional currency. Assets and liabilities of such subsidiaries have been translated at current exchange rates and related revenues and expenses have been translated at weighted average exchange rates. The aggregate effect of translation adjustments so calculated is included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within shareholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses are included in other expense, net.
30
Research and Development
Research and development expenses for the creation of new and improved products and processes were $32,459, $26,361, and $24,183, for the years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Environmental Obligations
The Company recognizes the potential cost for environmental remediation activities when assessments are made, remedial efforts are probable and related amounts can be reasonably estimated; potential insurance reimbursements are not recorded. The Company regularly assesses its environmental liabilities through reviews of contractual commitments, site assessments, feasibility studies and formal remedial design and action plans.
Net Income per Common Share
Basic income per common share is based on the net income for the period divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding. Diluted income per common share assumes the exercise of outstanding, dilutive stock options using the treasury stock method. On January 21, 2004, the Company announced a 2-for-1 stock split that was effective for shareholders of record as of March 17, 2004. The additional shares were distributed on March 29, 2004. The share information included herein has been restated to reflect the effect of such stock split.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Derivative financial instruments, which are periodically used by the Company in the management of its interest rate and foreign currency exposures, are accounted for on an accrual basis. Income and expense are recorded in the same category as that arising from the related asset or liability. For example, amounts to be paid or received under interest rate swap agreements are recognized as an increase or decrease of interest expense in the periods in which they accrue. The Company adopted FAS 133, as amended by FAS 138, beginning January 1, 2001. Adoption of this new accounting standard resulted in a cumulative after-tax gain of $291 in accumulated other comprehensive income as of that date. Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges resulting from changes in fair value are recorded in other comprehensive income, and subsequently reflected in net income in a manner that matches the timing of the actual income or expense of such instruments with the hedged transaction. At December 31, 2004, the Company had interest rate swap agreements that fix the Company’s LIBOR interest rate on $250,000 and $50,000 of floating rate bank debt at 2.44% and 3.01%, expiring in May 2006 and June 2006, respectively. These agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and accounted for as described above.
Recent Accounting Changes
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard, No. 123R (“FAS 123R”) “Share-based payment”. FAS 123R applies to all transactions involving the issuance, by a company, of its own equity (stock, stock options, or other equity instruments) in exchange for goods or services, including employee services. FAS 123R requires entities to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for the stock-based compensation using the fair value of those stocks on the grant date (with limited exceptions). This statement is effective for the first interim reporting period beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this statement will have on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, but does not anticipate the impact to be more than $2 million per quarter based on the options outstanding as of December 31, 2004.
In December 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act introduced a new prescription drug benefit under Medicare (“Medicare Part D”), as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a prescription drug benefit that is at a minimum actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) 106-2, “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003,” was provided by the FASB to offer guidance on accounting and disclosure requirements for the Act. The Company does not believe the new Act will have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 151 (“FAS 151”), “Inventory Costs – an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4,” in an effort to conform U.S. accounting standards for
31
inventories to International Accounting Standards. FAS 151 requires idle facility expenses, freight, handling costs and wasted material (spoilage) costs to be recognized as current period charges. It also requires that the allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the relevant production facilities. FAS 151 will be effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard but does not believe that it will have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Note 2—Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consists of the following:
|
|
|
Interest Rate at |
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 |
|
Maturity |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Bank Agreement: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Term Loan – Tranche A |
|
3.3 |
% |
2008 |
|
$ |
13,000 |
|
$ |
90,000 |
|
|
Term Loan – Tranche B |
|
4.0 |
% |
2005-2010 |
|
400,000 |
|
409,000 |
|
||
|
Notes payable to foreign banks and other debt |
|
0.5% to 9.5 |
% |
2004-2017 |
|
36,053 |
|
43,959 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
449,053 |
|
542,959 |
|
||
|
Less current portion |
|
|
|
|
|
16,909 |
|
10,679 |
|
||
|
Total long-term debt |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
432,144 |
|
$ |
532,280 |
|
In the second quarter of 2003, the Company completed a refinancing of its senior credit facilities and redeemed all of its outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes (“Notes”). The new Bank Agreement (“Bank Agreement”) consists of: (1) a $125,000 five-year Revolving Credit Facility that matures in 2008, (2) a $125,000 Tranche A Loan (December 31, 2004 balance $13,000) and (3) a $500,000 Tranche B Loan (December 31, 2004 balance $400,000). In November 2004, the Company amended the credit agreement. The primary effect of the amendment was to lower interest cost and reduce limitations relative to indebtedness and restricted payments including repurchase of the Company’s stock and dividends. At December 31, 2004, availability under the Revolving Credit Facility was $116,193, after a reduction of $8,807 for outstanding letters of credit. In connection with the 2003 refinancing, the Company incurred one-time expenses for the early extinguishment of debt of $10,367 (less tax effects of $3,525) or $.08 per share after tax. Such one-time expenses include the call premium on the Notes, write-off of unamortized deferred debt issuance costs and other related costs. The Company’s interest rate on borrowings under the Bank Agreement is LIBOR plus 150 basis points. The Company also pays certain annual agency and commitment fees. The Bank Agreement is secured by a first priority pledge of 100% of the capital stock of the Company’s direct domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the capital stock of direct material foreign subsidiaries, as defined in the Bank Agreement. In addition, if the Company’s credit rating as assigned by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s were to decline to BB- or Ba3, respectively, the Company would be required to perfect liens in favor of participants in the Bank Agreement in substantially all of the Company’s U.S. based assets. At December 31, 2004, the Company’s credit rating from Standard & Poor’s was BB+ and from Moody’s was Ba1. The Bank Agreement requires that the Company satisfy certain financial covenants including an interest coverage ratio (EBITDA divided by interest expense) of higher than 3X and a leverage ratio (Debt divided by EBITDA) lower than 3.75X and 3.50X based on total debt and senior debt, respectively; at December 31, 2004, such ratios as defined in the Bank Agreement were 12.91X, 1.65X and 1.65X, respectively. The Bank Agreement also includes limitations with respect to, among other things, (i) indebtedness in excess of $50,000 for capital leases, $450,000 for general indebtedness, $200,000 for acquisition indebtedness, (of which approximately $6,856, $0 and $4,196 were outstanding at December 31, 2004, respectively), (ii) restricted payments including dividends on the Company’s Common Stock in excess of 50% of consolidated cumulative net income subsequent to May 2003 plus $50 million, or approximately $170,560 at December 31, 2004, (iii) creating or incurring liens, (iv) making other investments, (v) acquiring or disposing of assets and (vi) capital expenditures.
In conjunction with the Bank Agreement, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements that fixed the Company’s LIBOR interest rate on $250,000 and $50,000 of floating rate bank debt at 2.44% and 3.01%, expiring in May 2006 and June 2006, respectively. While it is not the Company’s intention to terminate the interest rate swap agreements, the fair value of such agreements was estimated by obtaining quotes from brokers which represented the amounts that the Company would receive or pay if the agreements were terminated. The fair value indicated that termination of the agreements at December 31, 2004 would have resulted in a pre-tax gain of $2,396; such gain, net of tax, of $1,447 was recorded in other comprehensive income.
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The maturity of the Company’s long-term debt over each of the next five years ending December 31, is as follows: 2005 - $16,909; 2006 - $13,829; 2007 - $5,396; 2008 - $27,518; 2009 - $4,455; thereafter $380,946.
The Company estimates that the fair value of its long-term debt approximates book value.
Note 3—Income Taxes
The components of income before income taxes and the provision for income taxes are as follows:
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Income before taxes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
United States |
|
$ |
103,240 |
|
$ |
58,560 |
|
$ |
52,337 |
|
|
Foreign |
|
144,201 |
|
99,001 |
|
70,325 |
|
|||
|
|
|
$ |
247,441 |
|
$ |
157,561 |
|
$ |
122,662 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Current provision: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
United States |
|
$ |
47,596 |
|
$ |
24,483 |
|
$ |
23,448 |
|
|
Foreign |
|
31,411 |
|
17,176 |
|
17,185 |
|
|||
|
|
|
$ |
79,007 |
|
$ |
41,659 |
|
$ |
40,633 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Deferred provision: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
United States |
|
$ |
4,263 |
|
$ |
11,008 |
|
$ |
1,129 |
|
|
Foreign |
|
860 |
|
904 |
|
556 |
|
|||
|
|
|
5,123 |
|
11,912 |
|
1,685 |
|
|||
|
Total provision for income taxes |
|
$ |
84,130 |
|
$ |
53,571 |
|
$ |
42,318 |
|
At December 31, 2004, the Company had $7,863 of foreign tax loss carryforwards, of which $2,010 expire at various dates through 2009 and the balance can be carried forward indefinitely. A valuation allowance of $3,213 and $2,063 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, has been recorded which relates to the foreign net operating loss carryforwards and foreign tax credits. The net change in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets was an increase of $1,150 and $751 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. In 2004 the net change in the valuation allowance was related to foreign net operating loss and credit carryforwards. In 2003 the net change in the valuation allowance was related to foreign net operating loss carryforwards.
Differences between the U.S. statutory federal tax rate and the Company’s effective income tax rate are analyzed below:
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. statutory federal tax rate |
|
35.0 |
% |
35.0 |
% |
35.0 |
% |
|
State and local taxes |
|
1.5 |
|
1.6 |
|
2.3 |
|
|
Foreign earnings and dividends taxed at different rates |
|
(3.5 |
) |
(1.7 |
) |
(5.2 |
) |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
.5 |
|
.5 |
|
.2 |
|
|
Other |
|
.5 |
|
(1.4 |
) |
2.2 |
|
|
Effective tax rate |
|
34.0 |
% |
34.0 |
% |
34.5 |
% |
33
The Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities, excluding a valuation allowance, were comprised of the following:
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Deferred tax assets relating to: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Accrued liabilities and reserves |
|
$ |
3,428 |
|
$ |
5,657 |
|
|
Operating loss and tax credit carryforwards |
|
3,213 |
|
3,339 |
|
||
|
Pensions |
|
20,366 |
|
20,564 |
|
||
|
Employee benefits |
|
2,487 |
|
2,605 |
|
||
|
|
|
$ |
29,494 |
|
$ |
32,165 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Deferred tax liabilities relating to: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Depreciation |
|
$ |
8,282 |
|
$ |
8,001 |
|
The deferred tax asset relating to pension in the table above includes $39,410 and $36,483 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, relating to the Company’s additional minimum pension liability (Note 5).
On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act creates a temporary incentive for U.S. corporations to repatriate income earned abroad by providing an 85% dividends received deduction for certain dividends. The Company may elect to apply this provision to qualifying earnings repatriations in 2005. The Company has started an evaluation of the effects of the repatriation provision; however, the Company does not expect to be able to complete this evaluation until after Congress or the Treasury Department provide additional clarifying language on key elements of the provision. The Company expects to complete its evaluation of the effects of the repatriation provision within a reasonable period of time following the publication of the additional clarifying language. The range of possible amounts that the Company is considering for repatriation under the provision is between zero and $75 million. The related potential range of income tax is between zero and $6.2 million. The Act also provides a deduction for income from qualified domestic production activities, which will be phased in from 2005 through 2010. In return, the Act also provides for a two-year phase-out of the existing extra-territorial income exclusion (“ETI”) for foreign sales that was viewed to be inconsistent with trade protocols by the European Union. FSP 109-1 “Application of FASB Statement No. 109 to the Tax Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004” was provided by the FASB to offer guidance on accounting and disclosure requirements for the Act. The Company does not believe the Act will have a material impact on its effective tax rate.
The Company is subject to periodic audits of its various tax returns by government agencies; management does not believe that amounts, if any, which may be required to be paid by reason of such audits will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. The Company has recorded accruals for certain tax contingencies related to various state and local matters as of December 31, 2004.
Note 4—Shareholders’ Equity
In May 1997, the Company adopted the 1997 Option Plan, and in May 2000, adopted the 2000 Option Plan (“Plans”). The Plans authorize the granting of stock options by a committee of the Board of Directors. At December 31, 2004, the maximum number of shares of common stock available for the granting of stock options under the Plans was 1,558,370. Options granted under the Plans vest ratably over a period of five years and are exercisable over a period of ten years from the date of grant. In addition, shares issued in conjunction with the exercise of stock options are generally subject to Management Stockholder Agreements which, among other things, place restrictions on the sale or transfer of such shares. In 2004, the Company adopted the 2004 Stock Option Plan for Directors of Amphenol Corporation (the “Directors Plan”). The Directors Plan is administered by the Board of Directors. At December 31, 2004, the maximum number of shares of common stock available for the granting of stock options under the Directors Plan was 230,000. Options granted under the Directors Plan vest ratably over a period of three years and are exercisable over a period of ten years from the date of grant. In addition, shares issued in conjunction with the exercise of stock options are generally subject to Stockholder Agreements which, among other things, place restrictions on the sale or transfer of such shares.
34
Stock option activity for 2002, 2003 and 2004 was as follows:
|
|
|
Options |
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding at December 31, 2001 |
|
8,439,394 |
|
$ |
13.41 |
|
|
Options granted |
|
1,413,000 |
|
21.90 |
|
|
|
Options exercised |
|
(530,808 |
) |
7.09 |
|
|
|
Options cancelled |
|
(90,496 |
) |
18.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding at December 31, 2002 |
|
9,249,090 |
|
15.04 |
|
|
|
Options granted |
|
1,231,800 |
|
20.09 |
|
|
|
Options exercised |
|
(2,532,600 |
) |
8.11 |
|
|
|
Options cancelled |
|
(84,540 |
) |
21.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding at December 31, 2003 |
|
7,863,750 |
|
17.99 |
|
|
|
Options granted |
|
1,062,600 |
|
30.30 |
|
|
|
Options exercised |
|
(1,652,042 |
) |
11.50 |
|
|
|
Options cancelled |
|
(262,100 |
) |
22.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding at December 31, 2004 |
|
7,012,208 |
|
$ |
21.22 |
|
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
Options Outstanding |
|
Options Exercisable |
|
||||||||
|
Exercise Price |
|
Shares |
|
Average Price |
|
Remaining Term |
|
Shares |
|
Average Price |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
$6.50 |
|
498,700 |
|
$ |
6.50 |
|
2.38 |
|
498,700 |
|
$ |
6.50 |
|
|
7.50-15.00 |
|
494,380 |
|
9.41 |
|
4.26 |
|
494,380 |
|
9.41 |
|
||
|
12.50-15.00 |
|
210,200 |
|
14.50 |
|
3.30 |
|
210,200 |
|
14.50 |
|
||
|
15.50-20.10 |
|
1,113,425 |
|
20.07 |
|
8.27 |
|
205,025 |
|
20.07 |
|
||
|
20.11-25.00 |
|
3,644,903 |
|
22.97 |
|
6.24 |
|
2,166,743 |
|
23.40 |
|
||
|
27.50-35.00 |
|
1,050,600 |
|
30.24 |
|
9.23 |
|
21,600 |
|
29.05 |
|
||
|
|
|
7,012,208 |
|
$ |
21.22 |
|
6.51 |
|
3,596,648 |
|
$ |
18.39 |
|
At December 31, 2003, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) owned 27.2% of the Company’s Class A common stock. During the third quarter of 2004, partnerships affiliated with KKR sold all their Class A common stock and, as such owned none of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as of December 31, 2004. In 2004, 2003 and 2002, the Company paid KKR fees of $.5 million, $.9 million, and $1.0 million, respectively for management and consulting services.
35
Balances of related after-tax components comprising accumulated other comprehensive loss included in shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, are as follows:
|
|
|
Foreign |
|
Revaluation of |
|
Minimum |
|
Accumulated |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2001 |
|
$ |
(33,342 |
) |
$ |
(8,837 |
) |
$ |
(15,802 |
) |
$ |
(57,981 |
) |
|
Translation adjustments |
|
10,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,377 |
|
||||
|
Revaluation of interest rate derivatives, net of tax of $5,794 |
|
|
|
8,837 |
|
|
|
8,837 |
|
||||
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $25,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
(42,452 |
) |
(42,452 |
) |
||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2002 |
|
(22,965 |
) |
|
|
(58,254 |
) |
(81,219 |
) |
||||
|
Translation adjustments |
|
17,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
17,047 |
|
||||
|
Expiration of interest rate derivatives, net of tax of $439 |
|
|
|
(669 |
) |
|
|
(669 |
) |
||||
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $230 |
|
|
|
|
|
(103 |
) |
(103 |
) |
||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2003 |
|
(5,918 |
) |
(669 |
) |
(58,357 |
) |
(64,944 |
) |
||||
|
Translation adjustments |
|
11,904 |
|
|
|
|
|
11,904 |
|
||||
|
Revaluation of interest rate derivatives, net of tax of $1,388 |
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
||||
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $2,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
(4,154 |
) |
(4,154 |
) |
||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2004 |
|
$ |
5,986 |
|
$ |
1,447 |
|
$ |
(62,511 |
) |
$ |
(55,078 |
) |
Since its initial public offering in 1991, the Company has not paid any dividends, however on January 19, 2005 the Company announced that it will commence payment of a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $.03 per share. The Company expects the first dividend payment to be made on or about April 6, 2005 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2005. The Company intends to retain the remainder of its earnings to provide funds for the operation and expansion of the Company’s business, repurchase shares of its common stock and to repay outstanding indebtedness.
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Note 5—Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits
The Company and its domestic subsidiaries have a defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all U.S. employees. Plan benefits are generally based on years of service and compensation and are generally noncontributory. Certain foreign subsidiaries have defined benefit plans covering their employees. Certain U.S. employees not covered by the defined benefit plan are covered by defined contribution plans. The following is a summary of the Company’s defined benefit plans funded status as of the most recent actuarial valuations; for each year presented below accumulated benefits exceed assets:
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Change in benefit obligation: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Benefit obligation at beginning of year |
|
$ |
299,060 |
|
$ |
268,001 |
|
|
Service cost |
|
7,069 |
|
5,910 |
|
||
|
Interest cost |
|
17,649 |
|
16,894 |
|
||
|
Plan participants’ contributions |
|
453 |
|
342 |
|
||
|
Plan amendments |
|
5,247 |
|
— |
|
||
|
Actuarial loss |
|
18,915 |
|
18,046 |
|
||
|
Foreign exchange translation |
|
3,686 |
|
6,461 |
|
||
|
Benefits paid |
|
(17,034 |
) |
(16,594 |
) |
||
|
Benefit obligation at end of year |
|
335,045 |
|
299,060 |
|
||
|
Change in plan assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year |
|
188,209 |
|
156,079 |
|
||
|
Actual return on plan assets |
|
20,215 |
|
32,535 |
|
||
|
Employer contribution |
|
22,328 |
|
11,619 |
|
||
|
Plan participants’ contributions |
|
453 |
|
342 |
|
||
|
Foreign exchange translation |
|
2,239 |
|
3,111 |
|
||
|
Benefits paid |
|
(15,566 |
) |
(15,477 |
) |
||
|
Fair value of plan assets at end of year |
|
217,878 |
|
188,209 |
|
||
|
Excess of liabilities over assets |
|
(117,167 |
) |
(110,851 |
) |
||
|
Unrecognized net actuarial loss |
|
124,713 |
|
111,070 |
|
||
|
Unrecognized prior service cost |
|
11,290 |
|
7,104 |
|
||
|
Unrecognized transition obligation net |
|
(1,079 |
) |
(1,059 |
) |
||
|
Additional minimum pension liability |
|
(117,252 |
) |
(103,823 |
) |
||
|
Accrued benefit cost |
|
$ |
(99,495 |
) |
$ |
(97,559 |
) |
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Components of net pension expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Service cost |
|
$ |
7,069 |
|
$ |
5,910 |
|
$ |
5,116 |
|
|
Interest cost |
|
17,649 |
|
16,894 |
|
16,313 |
|
|||
|
Expected return on plan assets |
|
(20,152 |
) |
(19,702 |
) |
(22,281 |
) |
|||
|
Net amortization of actuarial losses |
|
5,537 |
|
3,418 |
|
1,575 |
|
|||
|
Net pension expense |
|
$ |
10,103 |
|
$ |
6,520 |
|
$ |
723 |
|
37
|
|
|
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine |
|
||||||
|
|
|
Pension Benefits |
|
Other Benefits |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
|
Discount rate |
|
5.75 |
% |
6.15 |
% |
5.75 |
% |
6.15 |
% |
|
Rate of compensation increase |
|
3.00 |
% |
3.00 |
% |
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net |
|
||||||
|
|
|
Pension Benefits |
|
Other Benefits |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
|
Discount rate |
|
6.15 |
% |
6.50 |
% |
6.15 |
% |
6.50 |
% |
|
Expected long-term return on assets |
|
9.50 |
% |
9.50 |
% |
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
|
Rate of compensation increase |
|
3.00 |
% |
3.00 |
% |
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
The pension expense for pension plans is calculated based upon a number of actuarial assumptions established on January 1 of the applicable year, detailed in the table above, including a weighted-average discount rate, rate of increase in future compensation levels and an expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets. The discount rate used by the Company for valuing pension liabilities is based on a review of high quality corporate bond yields with maturities approximating the remaining life of the projected benefit obligations. The discount rate on this basis has decreased from 6.15% at December 31, 2003 to 5.75% at December 31, 2004. This will have the effect of increasing pension expense in 2005 by approximately $1.9 million. Although future changes to the discount rate are unknown, had the discount rate increased or decreased 50 basis points, the pension liability would have decreased $13.2 million or increased $14.5 million, respectively. In developing our expected long-term rate of return assumption on plan assets which consist mainly of U.S. equity and debt securities, we evaluated input from our actuaries and investment consultants as well as long-term inflation assumptions. Projected returns by such consultants are based on broad equity and bond indices. We also considered our historical 15 year compound return of 10.1%, which has been in excess of these broad equity and bond benchmark indices. Our expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets is based on an asset allocation assumption of 60% with equity managers, with an expected long-term rate of 11%, 25% with fixed income managers, with an expected long-term rate of return of 6.75% and 15% with high yield bond managers, with an expected rate of return of 8.5%. At December 31, 2004, our asset allocation was 65% with equity managers and 35% with fixed income managers, including high yield managers. We believe that our long-term asset allocation on average will approximate 60% with equity managers and 40% with fixed income managers. We regularly review our actual asset allocation and periodically rebalance our investments to our targeted allocation when considered appropriate. Based on this methodology the Company’s expected long-term rate of return assumption is 9.5% in 2004 and 2003. The Company has also adopted an unfunded Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”), which provides for the payment of the portion of annual pension which cannot be paid from the retirement plan as a result of regulatory limitations on average compensation for purposes of the benefit computation. The largest non-U.S. pension plan, in accordance with local custom, is unfunded and had an accumulated benefit obligation of approximately $41,903 and $34,434 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Such obligation is included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and the tables above.
In accordance with the provisions of FAS No. 87, the Company has recognized a minimum pension liability at December 31, 2004 of $117,252 ($103,823 at December 31, 2003) for circumstances in which a pension plan’s accumulated benefit obligation exceeded the fair value of the plan’s assets and accrued pension liability. Such liability was partially offset by an intangible asset equal to the unrecognized prior service cost, with the net change of $3,837 ($103 at December 31, 2003), recorded as a reduction in shareholders’ equity, net of related deferred tax benefits.
The Company made a $20,000 voluntary cash contribution to the U.S. Pension Plan in 2004 and paid benefit payments of $13,978. The Company estimates that based on current actuarial calculations it will make a cash contribution to the U.S. Pension Plan in 2005 of $10,000. Cash contributions in subsequent years will depend on a number of factors including performance of plan assets.
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The Company maintains self-insurance programs for that portion of its health care and workers compensation costs not covered by insurance. The Company also provides certain health care and life insurance benefits to certain eligible retirees through postretirement benefit programs. The Company’s share of the cost of such plans for most participants is fixed, and any increase in the cost of such plans will be the responsibility of the retirees. The Company funds the benefit costs for such plans on a pay-as-you-go basis. Since the Company’s obligation for postretirement medical plans is fixed and since the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (“APBO”) and the net postretirement benefit expense are not material in relation to the Company’s financial condition or results of operations, we believe any change in medical costs from that estimated will not have a significant impact on the Company. The discount rate used in determining the APBO at December 31, 2004 and 2003 was 5.75% and 6.15%, respectively. Summary information on the Company’s postretirement medical plans is as follows:
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Change in benefit obligation: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Benefit obligation at beginning of year |
|
$ |
12,752 |
|
$ |
13,422 |
|
|
Service cost |
|
84 |
|
73 |
|
||
|
Interest cost |
|
776 |
|
799 |
|
||
|
Paid benefits and expenses |
|
(2,060 |
) |
(1,733 |
) |
||
|
Actuarial loss |
|
1,552 |
|
191 |
|
||
|
Benefit obligation at end of year |
|
$ |
13,104 |
|
$ |
12,752 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Funded status |
|
$ |
(13,104 |
) |
$ |
(12,752 |
) |
|
Unrecognized net actuarial loss |
|
10,052 |
|
9,426 |
|
||
|
Unrecognized transition obligation |
|
497 |
|
559 |
|
||
|
Accrued benefit cost |
|
$ |
(2,555 |
) |
$ |
(2,767 |
) |
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Components of net postretirement benefit cost: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Service cost |
|
$ |
84 |
|
$ |
73 |
|
$ |
71 |
|
|
Interest cost |
|
776 |
|
799 |
|
912 |
|
|||
|
Amortization of transition obligation |
|
62 |
|
62 |
|
62 |
|
|||
|
Net amortization of actuarial losses |
|
900 |
|
857 |
|
934 |
|
|||
|
Net postretirement benefit cost |
|
$ |
1,822 |
|
$ |
1,791 |
|
$ |
1,979 |
|
Note 6—Leases
At December 31, 2004, the Company was committed under operating leases which expire at various dates through 2010. Total rent expense under operating leases for the years 2004, 2003, and 2002 were $17,664, $18,650 and $16,007, respectively.
Minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:
|
2005 |
|
$ |
16,546 |
|
|
2006 |
|
10,748 |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
6,934 |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
5,205 |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
3,922 |
|
|
|
Beyond 2009 |
|
5,353 |
|
|
|
Total minimum obligation |
|
$ |
48,708 |
|
39
Note 7—Reportable Business Segments and International Operations
The Company has two reportable business segments: interconnect products and assemblies and cable products. The interconnect products and assemblies segment produces connectors and connector assemblies primarily for the communications, aerospace, industrial and automotive markets. The cable products segment produces coaxial and flat ribbon cable and related products primarily for communication markets, including cable television. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those for the Company as a whole and are described in Note 1 herein. The Company evaluates the performance of business units on, among other things, profit or loss from operations before interest expense, headquarters’ expense allocations, income taxes and nonrecurring gains and losses. The Company’s operating segments are an aggregation of business units that have similar production processes and products.
|
|
|
Interconnect products and |
|
Cable products |
|
Total |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
Net sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
—external |
|
$ |
1,333,838 |
|
$ |
1,071,968 |
|
$ |
892,309 |
|
$ |
196,608 |
|
$ |
167,536 |
|
$ |
169,693 |
|
$ |
1,530,446 |
|
$ |
1,239,504 |
|
$ |
1,062,002 |
|
|
—intersegment |
|
2,311 |
|
1,891 |
|
1,840 |
|
14,369 |
|
11,569 |
|
8,864 |
|
16,680 |
|
13,460 |
|
10,704 |
|
|||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
32,427 |
|
30,470 |
|
28,369 |
|
5,969 |
|
6,103 |
|
6,005 |
|
38,396 |
|
36,573 |
|
34,374 |
|
|||||||||
|
Segment operating income |
|
271,327 |
|
196,377 |
|
150,881 |
|
24,631 |
|
20,420 |
|
28,820 |
|
295,958 |
|
216,797 |
|
179,701 |
|
|||||||||
|
Segment assets |
|
605,645 |
|
512,923 |
|
436,682 |
|
74,634 |
|
78,076 |
|
80,898 |
|
680,279 |
|
590,999 |
|
517,580 |
|
|||||||||
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
43,152 |
|
28,992 |
|
16,645 |
|
1,700 |
|
1,065 |
|
2,171 |
|
44,852 |
|
30,057 |
|
18,816 |
|
|||||||||
Reconciliation of segment operating income to consolidated income before taxes:
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Segment operating income |
|
$ |
295,958 |
|
$ |
216,797 |
|
$ |
179,701 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Interest expense |
|
(22,540 |
) |
(29,505 |
) |
(45,930 |
) |
|||
|
Headquarters’ expense and other net expenses |
|
(25,977 |
) |
(19,364 |
) |
(11,109 |
) |
|||
|
Expense for early extinguishment of debt |
|
— |
|
(10,367 |
) |
— |
|
|||
|
Consolidated income before taxes |
|
$ |
247,441 |
|
$ |
157,561 |
|
$ |
122,662 |
|
Reconciliation of segment assets to consolidated total assets:
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Segment assets |
|
$ |
680,279 |
|
$ |
590,999 |
|
$ |
517,580 |
|
|
Goodwill |
|
545,411 |
|
516,335 |
|
486,841 |
|
|||
|
Other assets |
|
81,021 |
|
74,050 |
|
74,487 |
|
|||
|
Consolidated total assets |
|
$ |
1,306,711 |
|
$ |
1,181,384 |
|
$ |
1,078,908 |
|
40
Geographic information:
|
|
|
Net sales |
|
Land and |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
||||||
|
United States |
|
$ |
674,302 |
|
$ |
555,918 |
|
$ |
501,073 |
|
$ |
69,949 |
|
$ |
72,169 |
|
$ |
66,871 |
|
|
International |
|
856,144 |
|
683,586 |
|
560,929 |
|
127,804 |
|
106,097 |
|
93,819 |
|
||||||
|
Total |
|
$ |
1,530,446 |
|
$ |
1,239,504 |
|
$ |
1,062,002 |
|
$ |
197,753 |
|
$ |
178,266 |
|
$ |
160,690 |
|
Revenues by geographic area are based on customer location to which product is shipped.
Note 8—Other Expenses, net
Other income (expense) is comprised as follows:
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Foreign currency transaction losses |
|
$ |
(643 |
) |
$ |
(1,330 |
) |
$ |
(2,729 |
) |
|
Program fees on sale of accounts receivable |
|
(2,254 |
) |
(1,468 |
) |
(1,826 |
) |
|||
|
Minority interests |
|
(3,029 |
) |
(2,363 |
) |
(1,770 |
) |
|||
|
Agency and commitment fees |
|
(980 |
) |
(837 |
) |
(554 |
) |
|||
|
License fee settlement |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1,476 |
|
|||
|
Fees and expenses associated with secondary stock offering |
|
(185 |
) |
(950 |
) |
— |
|
|||
|
Other |
|
428 |
|
(39 |
) |
48 |
|
|||
|
|
|
$ |
(6,663 |
) |
$ |
(6,987 |
) |
$ |
(5,355 |
) |
Note 9—Commitments and Contingencies
In the course of pursuing its normal business activities, the Company is involved in various legal proceedings and claims. Management does not expect that amounts, if any, which may be required to be paid by reason of such proceedings or claims will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Certain operations of the Company are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations that govern the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, as well as the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes. The Company believes that its operations are currently in substantial compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and that the costs of continuing compliance will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
The Company is currently involved in the environmental cleanup of several sites for conditions that existed at the time Amphenol was acquired from Allied Signal Corporation in 1987 (Allied Signal merged with Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) in December 1999). Amphenol and Honeywell were named jointly and severally liable as potentially responsible parties in relation to such sites. Amphenol and Honeywell have jointly consented to perform certain investigations and remedial and monitoring activities at two sites and they have been jointly ordered to perform work at another site. The costs incurred relating to these three sites are reimbursed by Honeywell based on an agreement (the “Honeywell Agreement”) entered into in connection with the acquisition in 1987. For sites covered by the Honeywell Agreement, to the extent that conditions or circumstances occurred or existed at the time of or prior to the acquisition, Honeywell is obligated to reimburse Amphenol 100% of such costs. Honeywell representatives continue to work closely with the Company in addressing the most significant environmental liabilities covered by the Honeywell Agreement. Management does not believe that the costs associated with resolution of these or any other environmental matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. The environmental cleanup matters identified by the Company, including those referred to above, are covered under the Honeywell Agreement.
41
Note 10—Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
March 31 |
|
June 30 |
|
September 30 |
|
December 31 |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
355,261 |
|
$ |
387,119 |
|
$ |
384,103 |
|
$ |
403,963 |
|
|
|
Gross profit, including depreciation |
|
112,727 |
|
123,573 |
|
124,079 |
|
131,878 |
|
|||||
|
Operating income |
|
61,283 |
|
69,054 |
|
70,303 |
|
76,004 |
|
|||||
|
Net income |
|
35,658 |
|
40,367 |
|
41,646 |
|
45,640 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per share—Basic |
|
.41 |
|
.46 |
|
.47 |
|
.52 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per share—Diluted |
|
.40 |
|
.45 |
|
.47 |
|
.51 |
|
|||||
|
Stock price |
—High |
|
34.70 |
|
34.49 |
|
34.37 |
|
37.52 |
|
||||
|
|
—Low |
|
28.13 |
|
29.75 |
|
27.90 |
|
32.23 |
|
||||
|
2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
277,774 |
|
$ |
304,893 |
|
$ |
314,798 |
|
$ |
342,039 |
|
|
|
Gross profit, including depreciation |
|
86,442 |
|
92,256 |
|
97,117 |
|
106,474 |
|
|||||
|
Operating income |
|
45,171 |
|
49,259 |
|
52,372 |
|
57,618 |
|
|||||
|
Net income |
|
23,313 |
|
19,479 |
(1) |
28,212 |
|
32,986 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per share—Basic |
|
.28 |
|
.23 |
(1) |
.33 |
|
.38 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per share—Diluted |
|
.27 |
|
.22 |
(1) |
.32 |
|
.37 |
|
|||||
|
Stock price |
—High |
|
21.98 |
|
24.70 |
|
28.84 |
|
32.07 |
|
||||
|
|
—Low |
|
18.50 |
|
19.38 |
|
23.05 |
|
26.03 |
|
||||
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
255,976 |
|
$ |
270,865 |
|
$ |
268,115 |
|
$ |
267,046 |
|
|
|
Gross profit, including depreciation |
|
76,972 |
|
83,967 |
|
83,109 |
|
83,343 |
|
|||||
|
Operating income |
|
40,273 |
|
45,032 |
|
44,200 |
|
44,442 |
|
|||||
|
Net income |
|
17,193 |
|
20,003 |
|
20,666 |
|
22,482 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per share—Basic |
|
.21 |
|
.24 |
|
.25 |
|
.27 |
|
|||||
|
Net income per share—Diluted |
|
.20 |
|
.23 |
|
.24 |
|
.26 |
|
|||||
|
Stock price |
—High |
|
25.88 |
|
24.50 |
|
21.23 |
|
22.91 |
|
||||
|
|
—Low |
|
20.13 |
|
17.75 |
|
15.06 |
|
13.74 |
|
||||
(1) Includes a one-time charge for expenses incurred in the early extinguishment of debt of $10,367, less tax benefit of $3,525, or $0.08 per share after taxes.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Independent Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures within the 90 day period prior to the filing of this annual report, and based on their evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There were no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.
42
Management Report on Internal Control
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting based on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Framework. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2004.
Deloitte and Touche LLP has audited the Company’s evaluation of the internal control environment in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Those standards require that Deloitte and Touche LLP plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Deloitte and Touche LLP has issued an unqualified report stating the Company has maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004.
None.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Pursuant to Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information required by Item 10 with respect to the Directors of the Registrant is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Pursuant to Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information required by Item 10 with respect to the Executive Officers of the Registrant is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Information regarding the Company’s code of business conduct and ethics is available on the Company’s website, www.amphenol.com. In addition a copy may be requested by writing to the Company’s World Headquarters at:
358 Hall Avenue
P.O. Box 5030
Wallingford, CT 06492
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Pursuant to Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information required in Item 11 is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Pursuant to Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information required in Item 12 is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Pursuant to Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information required in Item 13 is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Pursuant to Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the information required in Item 14 is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1) Consolidated Financial Statements
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Amphenol Corporation
Wallingford, Connecticut
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Amphenol Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, and have issued our report thereon dated March 11, 2005; such consolidated financial statements and report are included elsewhere in the Form 10-K. Our audits also included the consolidated financial statement schedules of the Company listed in Item 15. These consolidated financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such consolidated financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
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SCHEDULE II
AMPHENOL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING
ACCOUNTS
For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002
(Dollars in thousands)
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1,618 |
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14 |
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8,666 |
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8,812 |
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1,837 |
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521 |
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9,244 |
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5,191 |
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3,691 |
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650 |
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(720 |
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8,812 |
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Town of Wallingford, State of Connecticut on the 11th day of March 2005.
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/s/ Martin H. Loeffler |
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Martin H. Loeffler |
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Chairman, Chief Executive |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and as of the date indicated below.
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/s/ Martin H. Loeffler |
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
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March 11, 2005 |
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Martin H. Loeffler |
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/s/ Diana G. Reardon |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial |
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Officer (Principal Financial Officer and |
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Director |
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Edward G. Jepsen |
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/s/ Andrew E. Lietz |
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Andrew E. Lietz |
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/s/ Stanley L. Clark |
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Stanley L. Clark |
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Dean H. Secord |
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March 11, 2005 |
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(a)(3) Listing of Exhibits
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2.1 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 23, 1997 between NXS Acquisition Corp. and Amphenol Corporation (incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 23, 1997).* |
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Amendment, dated as of April 9, 1997, to the Agreement and Plan of Merger between NXS Acquisition Corp. and Amphenol Corporation, dated as of January 23, 1997 (incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (registration No. 333-25195) filed on April 15, 1997).* |
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3.1 |
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Certificate of Merger, dated May 19, 1997 (including Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Amphenol Corporation) (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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3.2 |
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By-Laws of the Company as of May 19, 1997 — NXS Acquisition Corp. By-Laws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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3.3 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 24, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the April 28, 2000 Form 8-K).* |
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3.4 |
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Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 26, 20004 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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4.1 |
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Indenture between Amphenol Corporation and IBJ Schroeder Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee, dated as of May 15, 1997, relating to Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.1 |
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Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 19, 1997 among Amphenol Funding Corp., the Company, Pooled Accounts Receivable Capital Corporation and Nesbitt Burns Securities, Inc., as Agent (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.2 |
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Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of May 19, 1997 among the Originators named therein, Amphenol Funding Corp. and the Company (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.3 |
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Credit Agreement dated as of May 19, 1997 among the Company, Amphenol Holding UK, Limited, Amphenol Commercial and Industrial UK, Limited, the Lenders listed therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Syndication Agent, the Bank of New York, as Documentation Agent and Bankers Trust Company, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.4 |
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2001 Amphenol Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.5 |
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2002 Amphenol Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.6 |
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2003 Amphenol Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the December 31, 2002 10-K).* |
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10.7 |
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Pension Plan for Employees of Amphenol Corporation as amended and restated effective January 1, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.8 |
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Amphenol Corporation Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan formally adopted effective January 25, 1996 (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the 1996 10-K).* |
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10.9 |
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LPL Technologies Inc. and Affiliated Companies Employee Savings/401(k) Plan, dated and adopted January 23, 1990 (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the 1991 Registration Statement).* |
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10.10 |
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Management Agreement between the Company and Dr. Martin H. Loeffler, dated July 28, 1987 (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the 1987 Registration Statement).* |
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10.11 |
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Amphenol Corporation Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the December 31, 1997 10-K).* |
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10.12 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger among Amphenol Acquisition Corporation, Allied Corporation and the Company, dated April 1, 1987, and the Amendment thereto dated as of May 15, 1987 (filed as Exhibit 2 to the 1987 Registration Statement).* |
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Settlement Agreement among Allied Signal Inc., the Company and LPL Investment Group, Inc. dated November 28, 1988 (filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the 1991 Registration Statement).* |
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Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 19, 1997, among NXS Acquisition Corp., KKR 1996 Fund L.P., NXS Associates L.P., KKR Partners II, L.P. and NXS I, L.L.C. (filed as Exhibit 99.5 to Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, relating to the beneficial ownership of shares of the Company’s Common Stock by NXS I, L.L.C., KKR 1996 Fund, L.P., KKR Associates (1996) L.P., KKR 1996 GP LLC, KKR Partners II, L.P., KKR Associates L.P., NXS Associates L.P., KKR Associates (NXS) L.P., and KKR-NXS L.L.C. dated May 27, 1997).* |
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Management Stockholders’ Agreement entered into as of May 19, 1997 between the Company and Martin H. Loeffler (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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Management Stockholders’ Agreement entered into as of May 19, 1997 between the Company and Edward G. Jepsen (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.17 |
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Management Stockholders’ Agreement entered into as of May 19, 1997 between the Company and Timothy F. Cohane (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.18 |
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1997 Option Plan for Key Employees of Amphenol and Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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Amended 1997 Option Plan for Key Employees of Amphenol and Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the June 30, 1998 10-Q).* |
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10.20 |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Martin H. Loeffler May 19, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.21 |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Edward G. Jepsen dated as of May 19, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.22 |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Timothy F. Cohane dated as of May 19, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the June 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.23 |
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First Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 26, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the September 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 30, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10.27 to the June 30, 2000 10-Q).* |
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Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 28, 2001 (filed as Exhibit 10.27 to the September 30, 2001 10-Q).* |
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10.26 |
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Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 30, 2001 (filed as Exhibit 10.28 to the September 30, 2001 10-Q).* |
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10.27 |
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Canadian Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of September 26, 1997 among Amphenol Canada Corp., Amphenol Funding Corp. and Amphenol Corporation, individually and as the initial servicer (filed as Exhibit 10.21 to the September 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.28 |
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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 1997 among the Company, Amphenol Holding UK, Limited, Amphenol Commercial and Industrial UK, Limited, the Lenders listed therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Syndication Agent, the Bank of New York, as Documentation Agent and Bankers Trust Company, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (filed the September 30, 1997 10-Q).* |
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10.29 |
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First Amendment dated as of May 1, 1998 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 1997 among the Company, Amphenol Holding UK, Limited, Amphenol Commercial and Industrial UK, Limited, the Lenders listed therein, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Syndication Agent, the Bank of New York, as Documentation Agent and Bankers Trust Company, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 10.25 to the March 31, 1998 10-Q).* |
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10.30 |
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2000 Stock Purchase and Option Plan for Key Employees of Amphenol and Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the June 30, 2001 10-Q).* |
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10.31 |
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Management Stockholders’ Agreement entered into as of June 6, 2000 between the Company and Martin H. Loeffler (filed as Exhibit 10.31 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.32 |
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Management Stockholders’ Agreement entered into as of June 6, 2000 between the Company and Edward G. Jepsen (filed as Exhibit 10.32 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.33 |
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Management Stockholders’ Agreement entered into as of June 6, 2000 between the Company and Timothy F. Cohane (filed as Exhibit 10.33 to the December 31, 2002 10-K).* |
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10.34 |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Martin H. Loeffler dated as of June 6, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10.34 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.35 |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Edward G. Jepsen dated as of June 6, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10.35 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.36 |
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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Timothy F. Cohane dated as of June 6, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10.36 to the December 31, 2001 10-K).* |
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10.37 |
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Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 6, 2003, among Amphenol Corporation, the Lenders listed therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the September 30, 2003 10-Q).* |
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10.38 |
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Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 19, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.39 |
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Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 18, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.40 |
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Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 18, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.41 |
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First Amendment to Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of June 18, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.42 |
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The 2004 Amphenol Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the March 31, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.43 |
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First Amendment (2000-1) to the Amphenol Corporation Supplemental Employee Retirement plan (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the September 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.44 |
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Second Amendment (2004-1) to the Amphenol Corporation Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the September 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.45 |
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The 2004 Stock Option Plan for Directors of Amphenol Corporation (filed as Exhibit 10.44 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.46 |
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Amended 2000 Stock Purchase and Option Plan for Key Employees of Amphenol and Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the March 31, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.47 |
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Second Amended 2000 Stock Purchase and Option Plan for Key Employees of Amphenol and Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 10.35 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.48 |
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Credit Agreement dated as of May 6, 2003 among Amphenol Corporation, the Lenders listed therein, Fleet National Bank and Royal Bank of Canada, as Co-Documentation Agents, UBS Warburg LLC, as Syndication Agent and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (filed as an Exhibit to the Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2003)* |
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10.49 |
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The 2004 Amphenol Executive Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.45 to the June 30, 2004 10-Q).* |
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10.50 |
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Form of 1997 Management Stockholders’ Agreement ** |
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10.51 |
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Form of 1997 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement ** |
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10.52 |
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Form of 1997 Sale Participation Agreement ** |
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10.53 |
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Form of 2000 Management Stockholders’ Agreement ** |
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10.54 |
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Form of 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement ** |
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10.55 |
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Form of 2000 Sale Participation Agreement ** |
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Subsidiaries of the Company.** |
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.** |
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31.1 |
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Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14; as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** |
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31.2 |
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Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14; as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** |
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32.1 |
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Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** |
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32.2 |
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Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** |
* Incorporated herein by reference as stated.
** Filed herewith
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