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

FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS
AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

OR

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

For the transition period from ___________to_____________

Commission file number 0-10436.


L. B. Foster Company 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
(Full title of the plan and the address of plan, if different from that of the issuer named below)


L. B. FOSTER COMPANY
415 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office)


 
 



 

 
Financial Statements and
Other Financial Information
 
L. B. Foster Company 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the Year Ended
December 31, 2009
With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 
 


L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Financial Statements
and Other Financial Information
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008,
and the Year Ended December 31, 2009
 
 
Contents
 
   
Financial Statements
 
   
   
Other Financial Information
 
   

 

 
 


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
The Plan Administrator
L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the L. B. Foster Company 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2009 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
 
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
 

 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 28, 2010
 
 

 
 
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
             
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
             
             
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Assets
           
Investments, at fair value
  $ 43,691,547     $ 34,699,901  
Participant loans
    1,076,722       824,223  
      44,768,269       35,524,124  
                 
Receivables:
               
Employer
    750,000       1,000,000  
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 45,518,269     $ 36,524,124  
                 
See accompanying notes.
               


 
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401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
       
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
       
Year Ended December 31, 2009
 
       
       
Additions
     
Investment income:
     
Interest and dividends
  $ 894,927  
Net realized/unrealized appreciation in investment fair value
    6,471,310  
Other
    2,399  
Total investment income
    7,368,636  
         
Contributions:
       
Employee
    2,017,962  
Employer
    1,564,743  
Rollover
    1,838  
Total contributions
    3,584,543  
      10,953,179  
         
Deductions
       
Benefit payments
    1,951,045  
Administrative expenses
    7,989  
      1,959,034  
         
Increase in net assets available for benefits
    8,994,145  
Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year
    36,524,124  
Net assets available for benefits, end of year
  $ 45,518,269  
         
See accompanying notes.
       

 

 

 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 
1. Description of Plan
 
Effective March 1, 2007, the Company merged the L. B. Foster Company Retirement Savings Plan into the L. B. Foster Company Voluntary Investment Plan. The consolidated plan became the L. B. Foster Company 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan. The following brief description of the L. B. Foster Company 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) is provided for general information purposes. Participants should refer to the summary plan description for more complete information.
 
 
General
 
The Plan is a defined contribution plan extended to all eligible employees of L. B. Foster Company (the Company) who have attained age 18. The L. B. Foster Investment Committee, appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company, collectively serves as the plan administrator. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) as amended.
 
 
Contributions
 
Contributions under the Plan are made by both the participants and the Company. A participant who elects to make pretax contributions of at least the maximum amount subject to company matching can also elect to make additional voluntary contributions on an after-tax basis. Participants may contribute up to 75% of their annual pretax compensation and up to 100% of their compensation on an after-tax basis, subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. There is no limit on aggregate pretax and after-tax contributions. Participant contributions and employer matching contributions are invested in accordance with participant elections. In the event that a participant does not make an investment election, contributions are invested in the Fidelity Freedom funds until such time as an election is made by the participant. The participant may transfer contributions defaulted to these funds into other investment options at the participant’s discretion.
 
The Plan includes a provision for an immediate company match. Participants receive a company match of 100% of the first 1% of their eligible compensation and 50% of the next 6% of their eligible compensation for a maximum company match of 4%. To be eligible for the Company’s matching contributions, participants must make pretax deferral contributions or Roth 401(k) after-tax deferral contributions. The Plan will match on the combined total of these contributions up to the matching limit.
 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
 
1. Description of Plan (continued)
 
The Company, upon resolution of the Board of Directors, may make a discretionary profit-sharing contribution of an amount out of, but not in excess of, the Company’s current or accumulated profits. Participants must have attained one year of service as of the last day of the plan year in order to be eligible for the discretionary profit-sharing contribution, if any, for that year. Discretionary profit-sharing contributions are directed into eligible participant accounts based on the participants’ investment elections at the time the contribution is made. Discretionary profit-sharing contributions of $750,000 and $1,000,000 were approved for 2009 and 2008, respectively. Prior to 2009, forfeitures of discretionary contributions were reallocated to the Plan’s remaining, eligible participants.  Beginning in 2009, forfeitures of discretionary contributions are allocated back to the Company. The Company’s matching contributions may be reduced by forfeitures that accumulate from terminations of participants with nonvested employer matching contributions. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company utilized forfeitures of $79,412 to offset company contributions. At December 31, 2009, no forfeitures were available to reduce future company contributions. At December 31, 2008, forfeitures of $25,259 were available to reduce future company contributions.
 
 
Vesting
 
A participant’s vested interest in the Plan on any date is equal to the sum of the values of (a) that portion of the participant’s account attributable to the participant’s contributions and (b) that portion of the participant’s account attributable to the Company’s contributions multiplied by the applicable vesting percentage plus or minus related earnings (losses). Participants are 100% vested in the Company’s contributions after two years of eligible service. Notwithstanding the above, a participant who terminates from the Plan by reason of retirement, disability, or death is fully vested in their participant account.
 
 
Distributions
 
Normal retirement age is 65. Early retirement age is 55, provided that the participant has at least five years of service. In addition, a participant may obtain an early retirement distribution prior to reaching age 55, provided that the participant will turn 55 in the year the distribution occurs and that the participant has at least five years of service.
 
As provided by the Plan, the distribution to which a participant is entitled by reason of normal, early, late, or disability retirement, death, or termination of employment may be made in the form of direct rollover, annuity, cash, or partly in cash and partly as an annuity. The amount of such distribution is equal to the participant’s vested account balance on the valuation date.
 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
 
1. Description of Plan (continued)
 
 
Withdrawals
 
Under the Plan, a participant may elect to withdraw voluntary, after-tax contributions made to the Plan prior to January 1, 1987. Such withdrawals are subject to a $1,000 minimum. In the event of extreme hardship and subject to certain restrictions and limitations, a participant may withdraw their vested interest in the portion of their account, subject to a $500 minimum, attributable to matching, fixed, and discretionary contributions, and related earnings. The Plan also allows for age 59½ in-service withdrawals of all or any portion of the participant’s vested account balance.
 
 
Participants’ Accounts
 
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s pretax and voluntary contributions, the participant’s allocable share of company contributions, and related earnings of the funds. Participants’ accounts may be invested in 10% increments into any of the mutual funds available under the Plan at the direction of the participant.
 
 
Loans
 
A participant may obtain a loan equal to the lesser of 50% of their vested account balance or $50,000. The loan proceeds are deducted from the participant’s account and are repaid by means of payroll deductions. Loans are required to be repaid within 60 months from the date on which the loan is originally granted and may be prepaid early without penalty. The repayment period for a loan that is obtained for purchasing a primary residence may be as long as 360 months. The loan carries a reasonable interest rate as determined by the Plan Sponsor. The interest rate is computed on the date the loan is requested and remains fixed for the full term of the loan.
 
 
Plan Termination
 
Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. Should the Plan be terminated, participants will become fully vested in their accounts, and the assets of the Plan would be distributed to the participants based on their individual account balances as determined under the plan provisions.
 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
 
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
 
Valuation of Investments
 
Mutual fund values are based on the underlying investments in securities. Mutual fund securities traded on security exchanges are valued at the latest quoted sales price. Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the plan year. Loans receivable from participants are valued at cost which approximates fair value.
 
Realized gain or loss includes recognized gains and losses on the sale of investments. Unrealized appreciation or depreciation represents changes in value from original cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is accrued as earned.
 
As described above, the assets of the Plan are concentrated in mutual funds consisting primarily of stocks and bonds. Realization of amounts disclosed as net assets available for benefits is dependent on the results of these markets.
 
 
Basis of Accounting
 
The financial statements of the Plan are maintained on the accrual basis. Contributions receivable are recorded among the available investment options based upon the participants’ aggregate investment allocations in effect at the end of the plan year.
 
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
 
Expenses
 
The Company, as provided by the Plan, pays expenses of the Plan. Expenses incurred to establish and maintain a loan are charged to the applicable participant.
 

 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 

 
3. Investments
 
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold, and held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:
 
         
Net Realized/
 
         
Unrealized
 
   
Fair Market
   
Appreciation
 
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
             
Fidelity Investments:
           
Equity Income Fund
  $ 1,708,560     $ 316,267  
Government Income Fund
    1,806,531       (91,723 )
Balanced Fund
    934,843       219,510  
Low Price Stock Fund
    1,596,012       445,515  
Small Cap Stock Fund
    1,205,975       375,511  
Value Fund
    159,294       41,248  
International Discovery Fund
    3,196,562       679,152  
Cap Appreciation Fund
    360,656       106,076  
Spartan Extended Market Index Fund
    463,520       134,817  
Spartan International Index Fund
    543,211       121,061  
Spartan 500 Index Fund
    2,684,753       514,227  
Freedom Income Fund
    144,834       14,609  
Freedom 2000
    3,094       347  
Freedom 2010
    1,397,180       214,079  
Freedom 2020
    1,593,849       406,350  
Freedom 2030
    1,635,426       360,046  
Freedom 2040
    633,105       147,877  
Freedom 2005
    54,550       8,678  
Freedom 2015
    1,130,324       105,467  
Freedom 2025
    520,045       124,745  
Freedom 2035
    64,323       14,126  
Freedom 2045
    266,048       57,371  
Freedom 2050
    195,483       48,427  
Retirement Government Money Market Fund
    4,354,707        
Mutual Shares Class A
    2,702,790       556,807  
Davis NY Venture Fund
    3,181,749       774,983  
Columbia Acorn Select Z Fund
    1,393,757       510,270  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    3,700,496       196,064  
PIMCO Real Return Institutional Fund
    110,296       817  
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Fund
    1,184,791       235,358  
L. B. Foster Company Stock Fund
    4,763,120       (166,772 )
L. B. Foster Company Stock Purchase Account
    1,663        
    $ 43,691,547     $ 6,471,310  
 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
 
3. Investments (continued)
 
The fair value of investments representing 5% or more of the Plan’s assets at December 31, 2009 and 2008, is as follows:
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Fidelity Investments:
           
International Discovery Fund
  $ 3,196,562     $ 2,368,277  
Retirement Government Money Market Fund
    4,354,707       5,248,912  
Spartan 500 Index Fund
    2,684,753       2,087,370  
Mutual Shares Class A
    2,702,790       2,178,339  
Davis NY Venture Fund
    3,181,749       2,363,059  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    3,700,496       2,315,093  
L. B. Foster Company Stock Fund
    4,763,120       5,138,570  

 
4. Income Tax Status
 
The Plan has not received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). However, the plan administrator believes that the Plan has been designed to comply with and is operating in accordance with the requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is exempt from taxation.
 
 
5. Transactions With Parties in Interest
 
Certain trustee, accounting, and administrative expenses relating to the maintenance of participant records and the Plan’s administration are absorbed by the Company.
 

 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 

 
6. Risks and Uncertainties
 
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
 
 
7. Fair Value Measurements
 
The Plan applies the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820), to its financial assets carried in the financial statements at fair value on a recurring basis. ASC 820 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy and requires categorization of assets measured at fair value into one of three levels based on the inputs used in the valuation. Assets are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels are defined as:
 
Level 1 – Observable inputs based on quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets.
 
Level 2 – Observable inputs, other than those included in Level 1, based on quoted prices for similar assets in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets in inactive markets.
 
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that reflect an entity’s own assumptions about the inputs a market participant would use in pricing the asset based on the best information available in the circumstances.
 
Investments included in the statements of net assets available for benefits in mutual funds totaling $38,926,764 and in the Company’s common stock funds of $4,764,783 are stated at fair value as of December 31, 2009. These investments are based upon daily unadjusted quoted prices and, therefore, are considered Level 1.
 
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L. B. Foster Company
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
 
7. Fair Value Measurements (continued)
 
Participant loans are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and are considered Level 3, and a summary of changes in the fair value for the year ended December 31, 2009, follows:
 
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 824,223  
Issuances
    587,135  
Repayments and distributions
    (334,636 )
Balance, end of year
  $ 1,076,722  


 
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Other Financial Information

 
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401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
               
EIN #25-1324733 Plan #201
 
 
 
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets
 
(Held at End of Year)
 
               
December 31, 2009
 
               
Identity of  Issue, Borrower,
   
Shares
   
Fair Market
 
Lessor, or Similar Party
Description of Investment
 
Held
   
Value
 
               
Fidelity Investments*:
             
Equity Income Fund
Equities
    43,653     $ 1,708,560  
Government Income Fund
Government obligations
    173,872       1,806,531  
Balanced Fund
Equities
    57,142       934,843  
Low Price Stock Fund
Equities
    49,969       1,596,012  
Small Cap Stock Fund
Equities
    75,657       1,205,975  
Value Fund
Equities
    2,798       159,294  
International Discovery Fund
Equities
    105,323       3,196,562  
Cap Appreciation Fund
Equities
    16,829       360,656  
Spartan Extended Market Index Fund
Index funds
    15,247       463,520  
Spartan International Index Fund
Index funds
    16,239       543,211  
Spartan 500 Index Fund
Index funds
    68,089       2,684,753  
Freedom Income Fund
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    13,486       144,834  
Freedom 2000
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    273       3,094  
Freedom 2010
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    111,685       1,397,180  
Freedom 2020
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    127,000       1,593,849  
Freedom 2030
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    131,996       1,635,426  
Freedom 2040
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    88,423       633,105  
Freedom 2005
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    5,439       54,550  
Freedom 2015
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    108,476       1,130,324  
Freedom 2025
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    50,052       520,045  
Freedom 2035
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    6,269       64,323  
Freedom 2045
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    31,411       266,048  
Freedom 2050
Equity funds, fixed income funds
    23,411       195,483  
Retirement Government Money
Government obligations,
               
Market Fund
money market securities
    4,354,707       4,354,707  
Mutual Shares Class A
Equities
    141,804       2,702,790  
Davis NY Venture Fund
Equities
    102,703       3,181,749  
Columbia Acorn Select Z Fund
Equities
    59,613       1,393,757  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
Fixed income securities
    342,639       3,700,496  
PIMCO Real Return Institutional Fund
Fixed income securities
    10,222       110,296  
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Fund
Equities
    51,179       1,184,791  
                38,926,764  
                   
 
L. B. Foster Company
 
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
 
                   
EIN #25-1324733 Plan #201
 
 
 
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets
 
(Held at End of Year) (continued)
 
                   
                   
                   
Identity of  Issue, Borrower,
   
Shares
   
Fair Market
 
Lessor, or Similar Party
Description of Investment
 
Held
   
Value
 
                   
L. B. Foster Company*:
Common stock
    159,783       4,763,120  
Stock Fund
Money market securities
          1,663  
Stock Purchase Account
              4,764,783  
                43,691,547  
                   
 
Participant loans, interest rates
               
Outstanding participant loans*
ranging from 4.25% to 10.50%,
         
 
various maturities ranging
               
 
from one to thirty years
            1,076,722  
              $ 44,768,269  
                   
*Party in interest
                 

 

 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 

 
Exhibit 23.1                      Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

 
 
 



 
SIGNATURES
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
L.B. Foster Company 401(k) And Profit Sharing Plan
(Name of Plan)
 

 
Date:  June 28, 2010
 
/s/ David J. Russo
David J. Russo
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer