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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005

OR

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 0-18050

PW EAGLE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

1550 Valley River Drive

Eugene, Oregon 97401

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (541) 343-0200

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding as of May 2, 2005 was:

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PW EAGLE, INC.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PW EAGLE, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations – Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PW EAGLE, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet – March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 (Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PW EAGLE, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (Unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PW EAGLE, INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to state fairly the financial position of PW Eagle, Inc. (the “Company”) at March 31, 2005 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company’s management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, it is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company included with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Certain reclassifications were made to the prior period financial statements to conform to the March 31, 2005 presentation. Such reclassifications have no effect on net income or stockholders’ equity as previously reported.

The following provides additional information concerning inventory (in thousands):

The following provides supplemental disclosure of significant non-cash investing and financing activities (in thousands):

On September 27, 2004, USPoly acquired the business of Uponor Aldyl Company, Inc. (UAC) from Uponor Corporation, a Finnish company (the UAC Acquisition). UAC is a leading extruder of polyethylene (PE) piping systems for natural gas with annual sales of $41 million in 2003. The business has facilities in Tulsa and Shawnee, Oklahoma. UAC’s business operations were combined with those of USPoly and the combined organization, re-named USPoly Company (USPoly) on September 27, 2004, is operated from UAC’s former headquarters in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The final purchase price for UAC was $18.6 million (including direct transaction costs of $1.0 million), composed of $13.9 million of cash, $2.1 million in the form of a note to Uponor Corporation, and $2.6 million which was subsequently paid to Uponor Corporation on March 11, 2004. In addition, USPoly incurred $0.6 million of deferred financing costs not included in the purchase price allocation below. Concurrent with this transaction, USPoly entered into a capital lease agreement for the Tulsa, Oklahoma manufacturing facility for $1.5 million.

The UAC Acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase business combination. The purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as follows (in millions):

Acquired intangible assets consist of technology and patents.

Proforma information has not been included due to the immaterial impact of the UAC Acquisition in relation to the consolidated results of operations of PW Eagle.

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The acquisition was financed with a draw under USPoly’s new Senior Credit Facility, additional subordinated debt and seller financing.

Current and long-term obligations at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 consisted of the following (in thousands):

PW Eagle and USPoly each have separate financing arrangements with each entity responsible for its own obligations without any guarantees or cross defaults.

Under current financing agreements, the Company is required to comply with certain restrictive financial ratios and covenants. Maintenance of these ratios and covenants is of particular concern given the uncertain economic climate in the United States and price stability of polyvinylchloride (PVC) pipe and PVC resin.

At December 31, 2004, USPoly was not in compliance with certain financial covenants of its Senior Credit Facility and Subordinated Debt Agreement. On March 10, 2005, the lenders waived all covenant violations and amended their Agreements such that we believe USPoly will be in compliance with the covenants in the future. In addition, the maximum borrowing under the USPoly Senior Credit Facility was increased from $10 million to $15 million, and interest rates on the revolving credit facility and term notes were generally increased by 0.5%.

Comprehensive income for the Company includes net income (loss), changes in fair market value of financial instruments designated as hedges of interest rate exposure and changes in fair market value of securities held for the non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was as follows (in thousands):

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:

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In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”), which replaces SFAS 123 and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”. SFAS 123R requires that the cost of all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values. That cost will be recognized as an expense over the vesting period of the award. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under SFAS 123 no longer will be an alternative to financial statement recognition. SFAS 123R is effective for most public companies, including PW Eagle, as of the first quarter of the Company’s first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005.

The Company has elected to continue to account for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method. Accordingly, no compensation expense has been recorded for the stock option plan. Had the Company used the fair value-based method of accounting to measure compensation expense for its stock option plan and charged compensation expense against income over the vesting periods, net income and the related basic and diluted per common share amounts would have been reduced to the following pro forma amounts (in thousands except per share amounts):

Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share assumes the exercise of stock options and warrants using the treasury stock method, if dilutive. The following tables reflect the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

The following table summarizes outstanding securities which are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because inclusion of these shares would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):

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Product warranties: The Company’s products are generally guaranteed against defects in material and workmanship for one year. The product warranty liability is reviewed regularly by management to insure the Company’s warranty allowance is adequate based on frequency and average cost of historical warranty claims activity. Management studies trends of warranty claim activity to improve pipe quality and pipe installation techniques to minimize future claims activity.

(in thousands)

Standby letters of credit: The Company is required to maintain standby letters of credit totaling $2.8 million. These letters of credit guarantee payment to third parties in the event the Company is unable to pay in a timely manner. Standby letters of credit reduce the funds available under the revolving credit facilities by $2.8 million. No amounts were drawn on these letters of credit as of March 31, 2005.

We are from time to time a party to various claims and litigation matters incidental to our normal course of business. We are not a party to any material litigation and are not aware of any threatened litigation that would have a material adverse effect on our business.

The Company manufactures and distributes PVC and PE pipe and fittings used for potable water and sewage transmission, turf and agricultural irrigation, natural gas transmission, water wells, fiber optic lines, electronic and telephone lines, and commercial and industrial plumbing. The PE segment operates under the name USPoly. We distribute our products throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, with a minimal amount of shipments to certain foreign countries. While there are similarities in technology and manufacturing processes utilized between the segments, differences exist in products and customer base, with the PVC segment focused on the water, irrigation and electrical products and customers, and the PE segment focused primarily on the natural gas distribution products and customers.

The Company changed its performance measurement for segment reporting on its annual report from EBITDA, which is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, minority interest and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate, to operating income in this Form 10-Q. EBITDA is not a financial measure that is in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

A summary of the Company’s business activities reported by its two business segments follows:

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At December 31, 2004, the Company had warrants outstanding to purchase 1,940,542 shares of common stock or Class B common stock at $0.01 per share. On January 28, 2005, certain warrant holders elected to make a cashless exercise of their warrants to purchase 597,090 shares of Class B common stock in exchange for 595,508 shares of Class B common stock. The share differential represents the effect of the cashless exercise in which, in lieu of paying the current exercise price in cash, the holder forfeits the right to receive a certain number of warrant shares having a fair market value equal to the warrant exercise price. The Class B common stock issued to the warrant holders is convertible, at the holders’ option, into shares of the Company’s common stock at a 1:1 ratio.

In addition, on March 11, 2005, the Company reached an agreement to issue 1,339,517 shares to the holder of a warrant with rights to purchase 1,343,452 shares of common stock. The exchange is conditioned on the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on Form S-3.

In the first quarter of 2005, USPoly issued $0.3 million in additional stock at a price of $1.10 per share. At December 31, 2004, PW Eagle owned approximately 75% of USPoly. Upon the completion of this transaction, the Company adjusted its investment interest in USPoly by $0.2 million to appropriately align the Company’s investment with its underlying 73% interest in USPoly. This adjustment was recorded as an increase to the Company’s additional paid-in capital with a corresponding increase to the Company’s Investment in USPoly account.

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PW EAGLE, INC.

Consolidated Results of Operations – Comparison Between Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

(in millions)

In the first quarter of 2005, margins in our PVC business segment, which represents 87% of our sales, were significantly better than the first quarter of 2004. While our volume declined somewhat from the very high levels of the 2004 first quarter, the 2005 first quarter levels reflected normal seasonality and, when combined with the improved margins, resulted in operating profit improvement of $11 million, compared to the same period last year. The profitable operations and effects of the refinancing completed in the fourth quarter of 2004 continued to improve our financial position.

Net sales for the first quarter of 2005 were $142.6 million, up $36.2 million, or 34% from $106.4 million in the same quarter last year. Approximately 41% of the increase in sales is due to the inclusion in 2005 of results from the UAC acquisition by USPoly on September 27, 2004. While overall volume of pounds sold is down by 6% in the first quarter of 2005 from the first quarter of 2004, average selling prices have risen due to the increasing cost of resin.

Gross profit as a percent of net sales increased to 16.2% in 2005 as compared to 9.7% in 2004, as selling prices increased faster than raw material costs, representing a continuing improvement from the turnaround in 2004.

Operating expenses were $15.1 million, an increase of $1.8 million, or 13.5% from $13.3 million in 2004. The increase in operating expenses is the result of increased costs of $2.0 million at USPoly due primarily to the UAC acquisition, and higher freight costs due to higher transportation rates. These increased costs were offset in part by a gain on the sale of land of $0.5 million and the fact that there are no restructuring costs in 2005 compared to $0.7 million in 2004.

Interest expense was $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2005, compared to $3.5 million in 2004, or an increase of $0.3 million. This increase resulted from higher debt levels at USPoly in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004, in which additional debt was incurred to finance the UAC acquisition, offset in part by the general reduction of interest rates for PW Eagle’s debt following the refinance that was completed in October of 2004. The refinance lowered outstanding subordinated debt, and replaced it with lower cost revolving debt.

The income tax provisions (benefit) for the quarters ending March 31, 2005 and 2004 were calculated based on management’s then-current estimates of the annual effective rate for the year, with an estimated effective tax rate of 38.3% for both periods presented.

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Results of Operations by Segment – Comparison Between Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

(in millions)

PVC Products

PVC sales increased 19.7% from $103.3 million in the first quarter of 2004 to $123.7 million in 2005. While volume shipped declined by 13% (2004 first quarter shipments were higher than normal), this was more than offset by rising selling prices. The average price per pound sold increased from $0.475 in the first quarter of 2004 to $0.657 in 2005. In addition, the spread of selling prices over raw material costs continued to increase in the first quarter of 2005. This higher spread resulted in better gross margins. Operating expenses remained constant in dollar amount in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004. Increasing freight and other expenses were offset by not incurring any restructuring charges in 2005, and by a gain on sale of land of $0.5 million in 2005. The result was an increase in operating income of $10.9 million, from a loss of $(2.9) million in the first quarter of 2004 to a profit of $8.0 million in the first quarter of 2005, or 6.5% of sales.

PE Products

PE sales increased $15.8 million, or 509.7%, from $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2004 to $18.9 million in 2005. Of this increase, the UAC business acquired in September 2004 accounted for $14.8 million, with the additional increase coming from the previous PE business. Operating expenses increased by $2.0 million due to the UAC acquisition and higher freight costs. The result was a break-even first quarter of 2005 with no operating income, compared to a small loss in the first quarter of 2004.

Changes in Financial Condition and Liquidity

Total assets of $242.2 million at March 31, 2005 represented a $31.4 million increase from the $210.8 million at December 31, 2004. This increase was primarily in current assets, with the increase in accounts receivable and inventory amounting to $34.2 million. Total capitalization at March 31, 2005 was $153.5 million, consisting of $137.9 million of debt and $15.6 million of equity, with equity increasing by $3.0 million from December 31, 2004. The increase in accounts receivable is due to increased sales volume in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the fourth quarter of 2004, and the increase in inventory is due to anticipated sales increases during the second quarter of 2005.

We had negative working capital of $(10.2) million at March 31, 2005, which is an improvement of $7.3 million from the negative working capital of $(17.5) million at December 31, 2004. This improvement is the result of our return to profitability in the first quarter of 2005, and the positive cash flow from operations of $2.9 million for the quarter ending March 31, 2005. The portion of our revolving credit facility collateralized by fixed assets was $20.3 million at March 31, 2005. Had this portion of current debt been converted to long-term loans consistent with the long-term collateral, our working capital would be positive by $10.1 million at March 31, 2005.

On March 10, 2005, USPoly amended its Senior Credit Facility. As a result of this amendment, the maximum borrowing under the revolving portion of the credit facility was increased to $15 million from $10 million, and interest rates were generally increased by 0.5%.

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In addition to the improvement in working capital, we had additional availability on our revolving credit facilities of $28.6 million at March 31, 2005. Management believes that, for the foreseeable future, the Company can fund requirements for working capital, capital expenditures and other obligations from cash generated from operations and borrowing from existing credit facilities.

Cash provided by operating activities was $2.9 million in the first quarter of 2005, compared to $(6.5) million of cash used in operating activities for the first quarter of 2004. The primary component in changes in operating activities was the $6.6 million change in net income.

Cash provided from investing activities provided $0.3 million compared to $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2005 and 2004, respectively. In the first quarter of 2005, we sold an excess partial of land adjacent to our Perris facility for $0.9 million. Investing activities in the first quarter of 2004 included the receipt of $2.3 million in proceeds relating to the 2003 sale of the Phoenix facility and an additional $1.6 million investment in WL Plastics.

Financing activities used $1.7 million, primarily advances under our revolving credit facility and repayment of long-term debt. In the first quarter of 2004, financing activities provided $6.4 million from our revolving credit facilities, a sale-leaseback transaction and new debt.

Issuance of Additional USPoly Stock

In January 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors approved USPoly entering into an agreement to issue additional common shares to new investors, directors, officers and employees thereby resulting in PW Eagle, Inc. no longer owning 100% of USPoly.

In the first quarter of 2005, USPoly issued $0.3 million in additional stock at a price of $1.10 per share. At December 31, 2004, PW Eagle owned approximately 75% of USPoly. Upon the completion of this transaction, the Company adjusted its investment interest in USPoly by $0.2 million to appropriately align the Company’s investment with its underlying 73% interest in USPoly. This adjustment was recorded as an increase to the Company’s additional paid-in capital with a corresponding increase to the Company’s Investment in USPoly account.

Future Outlook and Risks to Our Business

INFORMATION IN THIS OUTLOOK SECTION AND OTHER STATEMENTS IN THIS FORM 10-Q ARE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION – ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER

The statements contained above in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that are not strictly historical and the statements set forth in this Outlook section are forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect our expectations and beliefs as of May 6, 2005 and are based on information known to us and our assumptions as of that date. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown business risks and risks that we cannot control. As a result, our statements may not come true and our operating results may differ materially from our stated expectations and beliefs.

Some of our current beliefs and expectations are discussed below along with risk factors that impact our business and industry.

Forward-Looking Statements

We believe the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is closely correlated to the demand for PVC and PE pipe, and we recognize that our business is tied to economic cycles. GDP grew at an annual rate of 3.1% in the first quarter of 2005, as compared to 4.0% and 3.8% in the third and fourth quarters of 2004. Although GDP growth decreased in the first quarter of 2005, it remains at a moderate level. We believe GDP growth will remain at similar levels for the second quarter of 2005, resulting in stable demand for PVC and PE resin and pipe.

We believe that inventory levels at resin producers, pipe producers and distributors were at moderate levels at the end of the first quarter of 2005, making it likely that demand and supply of PVC and PE pipe and resin will remain in balance during the second quarter of 2005, providing moderate economic growth continues.

The production of PVC resin may be limited by the availability of chlorine and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), major raw material components of PVC resin. Chlorine and VCM capacity could be limited due to the closure of several manufacturing plants in the past and announced for 2005-2006. Announced capacity increases are not likely to have a significant impact until 2007. This combination of industry conditions leads us to believe that PVC resin supply should not exceed demand in 2005.

Demand for PVC resin was strong in 2004 and PVC resin producers implemented price increases totaling $0.15 per pound during the year. In light of relatively strong demand for PVC pipe, pipe producers implemented several pipe price increases in response to these resin price increases. PE resin producers implemented price increases of $0.14 to $0.20 per pound in 2004.

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PVC resin producers implemented increases of $0.02 per pound in both January and March 2005, and have announced increases of $0.01 per pound for both April and May 2005. Pipe producers have implemented and announced pipe price increases in response to these resin price increases. We believe these pipe price increases will allow us to maintain our margins.

Over time, we expect the demand for plastic pipe to grow as acceptance of plastic pipe over metal pipe continues and the overall economy continues to grow. Industry growth projections call for annual sales growth rates for PVC pipe of 3% or greater in 2005. The actual growth rate may be less than or greater than 3% based on short-term economic conditions. Our strategy has been, and continues to be, to concentrate growth initiatives in higher profit products and geographic regions.

We believe that the operational restructuring we began in the fourth quarter of 2003 and completed in the second quarter of 2004 has positioned the Company for improved future results by improving our manufacturing efficiency and reducing our selling, general and administrative costs. The refinancing we completed in 2004 will reduce our future interest charges.

Risk Factors

The pipe industry and our business are heavily dependent on the price and trend of PVC resin, our main raw material.

Our gross margin percentage is sensitive to raw material resin prices and the demand for PVC and PE pipe. Historically, when resin prices are rising or stable, our margins and sales volume have been higher. Conversely, when resin prices are falling, our sales volumes and margins have been lower. During 2004, PVC resin producers implemented PVC price increases totaling $0.15 per pound. These increases were driven by raw material and energy cost increases, combined with strong demand for PVC resin. In response to strong demand and relatively fixed current production capacity, PVC resin producers implemented a $0.02 per pound price increase for both January and March 2005. In addition, price increases of $.01 per pound in April 2005 and $0.01 per pound in May 2005 have been announced.

Our gross margin decreases when the supply of resin and pipe is greater than demand. Conversely, our gross margins improve when resin and pipe are in short supply. In April 2001, a major producer of PVC resin filed for bankruptcy and, during the first quarter of 2002 ceased operations at two manufacturing facilities. This resulted in a reduction of approximately 1.0 billion pounds of production capacity, or 5% of the North American industry capacity. Although two PVC producers have subsequently purchased these two facilities, only one of them has announced intentions to re-start a portion of its capacity in 2005. In December, 2004, a major PVC producer announced plans to build a PVC plant with annual capacity of 1.3 billion pounds together with integrated production of chlorine and VCM, with completion expected by the end of 2006 for the first phase and by the end of 2007 for the second phase. If these capacity increases result in industry capacity exceeding demand when they begin production, it could result in decreasing prices for PVC resin. In addition, we believe the production of PVC resin may be limited by the availability of chlorine, a major raw material component.

The demand for our products is directly affected by the growth and contraction of the Gross Domestic Product and economic conditions.

Due to the commodity nature of resin, pipe and the dynamic supply and demand factors worldwide, the markets for both resin and pipe have historically been very cyclical with significant fluctuations in prices and gross margins. Generally, after a period of rising or stable prices, capacity has increased to exceed demand with a resulting decrease in prices and gross margins. Over the last ten years, there have been consolidations in both markets, particularly with respect to PVC resin manufacturers. During the same period, the capacity of PVC resin producers has increased from just over 9 billion pounds to over 18 billion pounds today. In the last 10 years published PVC resin prices have fluctuated between $0.25 and $0.58 per pound. Currently resin prices are at historic highs.

While we expect the demand for PVC and PE pipe to continue to increase over the long term, we also expect that the industry will continue to be subject to cyclical fluctuations and times when supply will exceed demand, driving prices and margins down. These conditions could result from a general economic slowdown, either domestically or elsewhere in the world, or capacity increases in either the resin or pipe markets. General economic conditions both in the United States and abroad will continue to have a significant impact on our prices and gross margins.

We are dependent on suppliers of our raw materials. Our production or reputation could be seriously harmed if these suppliers were unable to timely meet our requirements on a cost effective basis.

Our PVC and PE products contain raw materials that are procured from a variety of suppliers. The cost, quality and availability of these raw materials, chief among them PVC and PE resin, are essential to the successful production and sale of our products. There are a limited number of suppliers for some of these raw materials. Alternative sources are not always available or may not be available on terms acceptable to us. For example, there are currently only five suppliers of PVC resin and four suppliers of PE resin in North America who are capable of providing us the material in an amount that would meet our requirements on terms acceptable to us. We believe our relationships with our raw material suppliers are good and currently have long-term agreements in place with several of our key suppliers. However, if our suppliers were unable or unwilling to meet our demand for raw materials on terms acceptable to us

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and if we are unable to obtain an alternative source or if the price for an alternative source is prohibitive, our ability to maintain timely and cost-effective production of our products will be seriously harmed.

We have a significant amount of outstanding debt and must continue to operate our business to meet our outstanding obligations.

At March 31, 2005, we were in full compliance with all debt covenants. PW Eagle completed a refinancing in the fourth quarter of 2004 and has new senior and subordinated debt facilities in place. On March 10, 2005, USPoly’s lenders amended their Agreements such that we believe USPoly will be in compliance with the covenants in the future. In addition, the maximum borrowing under the USPoly Senior Credit Facility was increased to $15 million.

We expect these new credit facilities to provide sufficient liquidity to operate our business and meet our obligations for the next several years. These conditions could change, however, if general economic conditions or other unforeseen events should cause a significant deterioration in our business results.

In the event of a default under our debt agreements, we would be required to either obtain a waiver from our lenders or amend our lending agreements. There is no assurance that our lenders would waive any future default or agree to any future amendments of our credit facilities and leases. If we failed to obtain a waiver or an amendment, we would be required to obtain new financing from alternative financial sources. There is no assurance that we could obtain new financing, and if we did, there is no assurance that we could obtain terms as favorable as our current credit facilities.

Interest rates affect our ability to finance our indebtedness and may adversely affect the demand for our products when higher rates slow the growth of our economy.

We have $76.8 million of variable interest rate debt at March 31, 2005. Accordingly, interest rate increases would further challenge our ability to pay the interest expense on our debt and fixed charges. In addition, an increase in interest rates could slow the growth of the economy and affect the demand for our products.

Other risk factors

In addition to the risk factors discussed above, our business is also affected by the following: (i) adverse weather conditions that result in a slow down in construction and the demand for our products; (ii) competition in the resin and pipe industry that puts pressure on the price of resin and pipe; and (iii) net operating loss utilization. We have not provided any valuation allowance associated with deferred tax assets of approximately $12.5 million at March 31, 2005. In addition, we have evaluated tax-reporting compliance relating to the past utilization of net operating loss carryforwards, and believe we have complied in all respects. A failure to meet the requirements could result in a loss or limitation of the utilization of carryforwards, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations in future periods.

Although the Company is highly cyclical in terms of its industry and operating profits, we believe that the Company will be profitable over its operating cycle, based on historical results and other analysis. This belief is largely based on a combination of 1) our participation as one of the PVC pipe industry leaders, 2) distribution centered on populated growth markets, 3) professional management dedicated to the PVC pipe industry, and 4) debt paydown and corresponding reduction in future financing costs. Our Company’s cyclical nature and corresponding operating results are significantly influenced by the overall US future economic cycles, which, in addition to driving demand for our products, also influence the cost of the primary raw material input, PVC resin. Generally, as PVC resin costs are rising during our operating cycles, our profitability associated with product shipments increases. These factors have been considered as part of our evaluation of the need for a valuation allowance associated with deferred tax assets. We will continue to monitor the need for a valuation allowance at each balance sheet date in 2005, to ensure the conclusions reached in 2004 are sustainable. Any change in this conclusion would result in a direct reduction of our reported results from operations and could result in significant reduction of our shareholders’ equity as of the date of the potential determination of the need for such a valuation allowance for financial reporting purposes.

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We are exposed to certain market risks on outstanding variable rate debt obligations totaling $76.8 million at March 31, 2005. Market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates. Market risk is estimated as the potential increase in interest expense resulting from a hypothetical one-half percent increase in interest rates and would result in an annual interest expense increase of approximately $0.4 million.

We do not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. We only enter into financial instruments to manage and reduce the impact of changes in interest on our Senior Credit Facility. On November 12, 2004, the Company entered into a fixed rate swap agreement for 50% of the fixed asset collateral portion of the new Senior Credit Facility. The total notional amount of the swap contracts decreases in proportion to the reduction in the fixed asset collateral portion of the credit facility, until the fixed rate agreement terminates in November of 2007. At March 31, 2005, these contracts had a notional amount of $10.9 million and a fair value of $0.1 million.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

We are from time to time a party to various claims and litigation matters incidental to our normal course of business. We are not a party to any material litigation and are not aware of any threatened litigation that would have a material adverse effect on our business.

None.

None.

None.

The description of USPoly’s amendment to its Senior Credit Facility under the heading “Change in Financial Conditions and Liquidity” in Item 2 is hereby incorporated by reference.

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EXHIBIT INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2005

PW EAGLE, INC.

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SIGNATURES

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

Dated: May 6, 2005

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