SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-9887
OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 94-0506370
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
1000 S.W. BROADWAY
SUITE 2200
PORTLAND, OREGON 97205
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE) (ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (503) 223-9228
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:
Name of each exchange on
Title of each class which registered
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Common Stock, $.01 par value per share New York Stock Exchange
11% First Mortgage Notes due 2003 New York Stock Exchange
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:
None
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.[ X]
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
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State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates
of the registrant.
BASED ON LAST SALE, FEBRUARY 5, 2001: $86,352,293
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's
classes of stock as of January 31, 2000:
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE 25,776,804
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(TITLE OF CLASS) (NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING)
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Proxy statement for the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
held April 26, 2001 is incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.
OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS...............................................1
General..........................................1
Products.........................................3
Raw Materials and Semifinished Slabs ............5
Marketing and Customers..........................6
Competition and Other Market Factors.............7
Environmental Matters............................9
Labor Dispute...................................10
Employees.......................................11
2. PROPERTIES............................................12
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.....................................13
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS...13
Executive Officers of the Registrant............13
PART II
5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.....................14
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA...............................14
7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS...15
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT
MARKET RISK.....................................20
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA...........21
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE..........40
PART III
10. and 11. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION......................40
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
AND MANAGEMENT.................................40
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS........40
PART IV
14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE AND
REPORTS ON FORM 8-K............................41
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
GENERAL
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. ("Company" or "Registrant") was founded in 1926
by William G. Gilmore and was incorporated in California in 1928. The Company
reincorporated in Delaware in 1974. The Company changed its name in December
1987 from Gilmore Steel Corporation to Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.
During 2000, the Company and its subsidiaries operated two steel
minimills and seven finishing facilities in the western United States and
Canada. The Company manufactures and markets one of the broadest lines of
specialty and commodity steel products of any domestic minimill company. The
Company emphasizes the cost efficient production of higher margin specialty
steel products targeted at a diverse customer base located primarily west of the
Mississippi River, western Canada and the Pacific Rim. The Company's
manufacturing flexibility allows it to manage actively its product mix in
response to changes in customer demand and individual product cycles. In 1993,
the Company organized into two business units known as the Oregon Steel Division
and the CF&I Steel Division. In January 1998, the CF&I Steel Division was
renamed the Rocky Mountain Steel Mills ("RMSM") Division.
The Oregon Steel Division is centered on the Company's steel plate
minimill in Portland, Oregon ("Portland Mill"), which supplies steel for the
Company's steel plate and large diameter pipe finishing facilities. The Oregon
Steel Division's steel pipe mill in Napa, California ("Napa Pipe Mill") is a
large diameter steel pipe mill and fabrication facility. The Oregon Steel
Division also produces large diameter pipe and electric resistance welded
("ERW") pipe at its 60 percent owned pipe mill in Camrose, Alberta, Canada
("Camrose Pipe Mill").
The RMSM Division consists of steelmaking and finishing facilities of
CF&I Steel, L.P. ("CF&I") (dba Rocky Mountain Steel Mills) located in Pueblo,
Colorado ("Pueblo Mill"). The Company owns 87 percent of New CF&I, Inc. ("New
CF&I") which owns a 95.2 percent general partnership interest in CF&I. In
addition, the Company owns directly a 4.3 percent interest in CF&I. The Pueblo
Mill is a steel minimill which supplies steel for the Company's rail, rod and
bar, and seamless tubular finishing mills.
OREGON STEEL DIVISION
The Portland Mill is the only hot-rolled steel plate minimill in the
eleven western states and one of only two steel plate production facilities
operating in that region. The Portland Mill produces slab thicknesses of 6", 7"
and 8" and finished steel plate in widths up to 136".
During 1997, the Company completed the construction of a Steckel
Combination Mill ("Combination Mill"). The project included installation of
a new reheat furnace, a 4-high rolling mill with coiling furnaces, a vertical
edger, a down coiler, on-line accelerated cooling, hot leveling and shearing
equipment, extended roll lines, and a fully automated hydraulic gauge control
system.
The Combination Mill gives the Company the ability to produce steel plate
in commercially preferential dimensions and sizes, increases its manufacturing
flexibility and, as production increases, supplies substantially all the
Company's plate requirements for large diameter line pipe as well as coiled
plate for applications such as the smaller diameter ERW pipe manufactured at the
Camrose Pipe Mill. The Combination Mill produces discrete steel plate in widths
from 48" to 136" and in thicknesses from 3/16" to 8". Coiled plate can be
produced in widths of 48" to 120" (although widths beyond 96" are not
commercially viable), and in thicknesses that range from 0.09" to .75". With the
Combination Mill, the Company is in a position to produce all grades of discrete
steel plate and coiled plate for all of the Company's commodity and specialty
plate markets, including heat-treated applications.
The Napa Pipe Mill produces large diameter steel pipe of a quality
suitable for use in high pressure oil and gas transmission pipelines. The Napa
Pipe Mill can produce pipe with an outside diameter ranging from 16" to 42",
with wall thicknesses of up to 1-1/16" and in lengths of up to 80 feet,
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and can process two different sizes of pipe simultaneously in its two finishing
sections. Although the Portland Mill can supply substantially all of the Napa
Pipe Mill's specialty plate requirements, due to market conditions and other
considerations, the Napa Pipe Mill may purchase steel plate from third-party
suppliers.
The Company acquired a 60 percent interest in the Camrose Pipe Mill in
June 1992 from Stelco, Inc. ("Stelco"), a large Canadian steel producer. The
Camrose Pipe Mill has two pipe manufacturing mills, one a large diameter pipe
mill similar to the Napa Pipe Mill, and the other an ERW pipe mill which
produces steel pipe used by the oil and gas industry for drilling and
distribution. The large diameter pipe mill produces pipe in lengths of up to 80
feet with a diameter ranging from 20" to 42" with maximum wall thickness of up
to 3/4". The ERW mill produces pipe in sizes ranging from 4.5" to 16" in
diameter.
See Part I, Item 2, "Properties", for discussion of the operating
capacities of the Portland Mill, the Napa Pipe Mill and the Camrose Pipe Mill.
RMSM DIVISION
On March 3, 1993, New CF&I, a then wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company, acquired a 95.2 percent interest in CF&I, a then newly formed limited
partnership. The remaining 4.8 percent interest was owned by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC"). CF&I then purchased substantially all of the
steelmaking, fabricating, metals and railroad business assets of CF&I Steel
Corporation. In August of 1994, New CF&I sold a 10 percent equity interest in
New CF&I to subsidiaries of Nippon Steel Corporation ("Nippon"). In connection
with that sale, Nippon agreed to license to the Company a proprietary technology
for producing deep head-hardened ("DHH") rail products as well as to provide
certain production equipment to produce DHH rail. In November 1995, the Company
sold a 3 percent equity interest in New CF&I to two companies of the Nissho Iwai
Group ("Nissho Iwai"), a large Japanese trading company. In 1997, the Company
purchased the 4.8 percent interest in CF&I owned by the PBGC. In 1998, the
Company sold a 0.5 percent interest in CF&I to a subsidiary of Nippon.
As part of its strategy in acquiring the Pueblo Mill, the Company
anticipated making significant capital expenditures. Shortly after its
acquisition in 1993, the Company began a series of major capital improvements at
the Pueblo Mill designed to increase yields, improve productivity and quality
and expand the Company's ability to offer specialty rail, rod and bar products.
The primary components of the capital improvements at the Pueblo Mill are
outlined below.
STEELMAKING. The Company installed a ladle refining furnace and a vacuum
degassing facility and upgraded both continuous casters. During 1995, the
Company eliminated ingot casting and replaced it with more efficient continuous
casting methods that allow the Company to cast directly into blooms. These
improvements expanded the Pueblo Mill steelmaking capacity to 1.2 million tons.
ROD AND BAR MILL. At the time of its acquisition, the rod and bar mills
at the Pueblo Mill were relatively old and located in separate facilities which
resulted in significant inefficiencies as the Company shifted production between
them in response to market conditions. In 1995, the Company commenced operation
of a new combination rod and bar mill with a new reheat furnace and a high speed
rod train, capable of producing commodity and specialty grades of rod and bar
products. These improvements enable the Company to produce a wider range of high
margin specialty products, such as high-carbon rod, merchant bar and other
specialty bar products, and larger rod coil sizes, which the Company believes
are preferred by many of its customers.
RAIL MANUFACTURING. At the time of the Company's acquisition of the
Pueblo Mill, rails were produced by ingot casting using energy-intensive
processes with significant yield losses as the ingots were reheated, reduced to
blooms and then rolled into rails. Continuous casting has increased rail yields
and decreased rail manufacturing costs. In 1996, the Company invested in its
railmaking capacity, entered into the agreement with Nippon for the license for
the technology to produce DHH rail, and acquired the production equipment
necessary to produce the specialty rail. DHH rail is considered by the rail
industry to be longer lasting and of higher quality than rail produced using
conventional methods and, accordingly the DHH rail usually has a corresponding
higher average selling price. The Company believes it is able to meet the needs
of a broad array of rail customers with both traditional and DHH rail.
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SEAMLESS PIPE. Seamless pipe produced at the Pueblo Mill consists of
seamless casing, coupling stock and standard and line pipe. Seamless pipe casing
is used as a structural retainer for the walls of oil or gas wells. Standard and
line pipe are used to transport liquids and gasses both above and underground.
The Company's seamless pipe mill is equipped to produce the most widely used
sizes of seamless pipe (5-1/2" outside diameter through 10-3/4" outside
diameter) in all standard lengths. The Company's production capability includes
carbon and heat treated tubular products. The Company also sells semifinished
seamless pipe (referred to as green tubes) for processing and finishing by
others.
See Part I, Item 2, "Properties", for discussion of the operating
capacities of the Pueblo Mill.
PRODUCTS
OVERVIEW
The Company manufactures and markets one of the broadest lines of
specialty and commodity steel products of any domestic minimill company. Through
acquisitions and capital improvements, the Company has expanded its range of
finished products from two in 1991, discrete plate and large diameter welded
pipe, to eight currently by adding ERW pipe, rail, rod, bar, seamless pipe and
coiled plate. It has also expanded its primary selling region from the western
United States to national and international markets. (See Note 3 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements.)
The following chart identifies the Company's principal products and the
primary markets for those products.
PRODUCTS MARKETS
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OREGON STEEL DIVISION Specialty steel plate Steel service centers
Heavy equipment manufacturers
Railcar manufacturers
Pressure vessel manufacturers
Welded pipe mills
Commodity steel and coiled plate Steel service centers
Construction
Ship and barge manufacturers
Heavy equipment manufacturers
Large diameter steel pipe Oil and petroleum natural
gas transmission pipelines
Construction
Electric resistance welded (ERW) Oil and natural gas line pipe
pipe Construction
RMSM DIVISION Rail Rail transportation
Rod and Bar products Construction
Durable goods
Capital equipment
Seamless pipe Oil and petroleum producers
Semifinished Seamless tube mills
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The following table sets forth for the period indicated the tonnage
shipped and the Company's total shipments by product class:
TONS SHIPPED
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PRODUCT CLASS 2000 1999 1998
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Oregon Steel Division:
Specialty Steel Plate 363,000 300,200 282,500
Commodity Steel Plate 346,900 132,000 58,800
Coiled Plate 16,900 18,000 11,400
Large Diameter Steel Pipe 71,300 491,200 400,000
Electric Resistance Welded Pipe 73,400 28,400 56,100
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Total Oregon Steel Division 871,500 969,800 808,800
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RMSM Division:
Rail 314,700 299,000 401,400
Rod and Bar 395,100 407,600 354,500
Seamless Pipe (1) 10,400 19,600 68,900
Semifinished 36,800 8,700 36,900
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Total RMSM Division 757,000 734,900 861,700
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Total Company 1,628,500 1,704,700 1,670,500
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(1) The Company suspended operation at the seamless pipe mill in May 1999.
Operation of the mill resumed in October 2000.
OREGON STEEL DIVISION
STEEL PLATE. The Company's specialty grade and commodity steel plate is
produced at the Portland Mill on the Combination Mill. The Combination Mill
allows for the production of discrete plate widths up to 136" and coiled plate
up to 96" wide. The majority of steel plate is commonly produced and consumed in
standard widths and lengths, such as 96" x 240". Specialty steel plate consists
of hot-rolled carbon, high-strength-low-alloy, alloy and heat-treated steel
plate. Specialty steel plate has superior strength and performance
characteristics as compared to commodity steel plate and is typically made to
order for customers seeking specific properties, such as improved malleability,
hardness or abrasion resistance, impact resistance or toughness, higher strength
and ability to be more easily machined and welded. These improved properties are
achieved by chemically refining the steel by either adding or removing specific
elements, and by accurate temperature control while hot-rolling or heat-treating
the plate. Specialty steel plate is used to manufacture railroad cars, mobile
equipment, bridges and buildings, pressure vessels and machinery components.
Commodity steel plate is used in a variety of applications such as the
manufacture of storage tanks, machinery parts, ships and barges, and general
load bearing structures. Coiled plate is the feeder stock for the manufacture of
ERW pipe, welded tubing, spiral welded pipe, and for conversion into
cut-to-length plate.
The heat-treating process of quenching and tempering improves the
strength, toughness, and hardness of the steel. Quenched and tempered steel is
used extensively in the mining industry, the manufacture of heavy transportation
equipment, construction and logging equipment, and armored vehicles for the
military. In early 1994, the Company installed a hot leveler at the heat-treat
facility which flattens the steel plate following heat-treatment and ensures
that the steel plate will retain its desired shape after cooling. These
additions enable the Company to manufacture a superior hardened plate product.
LARGE DIAMETER STEEL PIPE. The Company manufactures large diameter,
double submerged arc-welded ("DSAW") steel pipe at its Napa and Camrose Pipe
Mills. Large diameter pipe is manufactured to demanding specifications and is
produced in sizes ranging from 16" to 42" in outside diameter with wall
thickness of up to 1 1/16" and in lengths of up to 80 feet. At the Napa Pipe
Mill the Company also offers customers several options, which include internal
linings, external coatings, double end pipe joining and full body ultrasonic
inspection. Ultrasonic inspection allows examination of the ends, long seam
welds and the entire pipe body for steelmaking or pipemaking defects and records
the results. The Company's large diameter pipe is used primarily in pressurized
underground or underwater oil and gas transmission pipelines where high quality
is absolutely necessary.
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The Company's ability to produce high-quality large diameter pipe was
enhanced by the installation of the vacuum degassing facility at the Portland
Mill in 1993. The vacuum degassing process reduces the hydrogen content of the
final product, which increases its resistance to hydrogen-induced cracking. The
vacuum degassing facility enables the Company to produce some of the highest
quality steel plate and line pipe steel and has been key to the Company's
ability to produce large diameter steel pipe for the international pipe market.
ERW PIPE. The Company produces smaller diameter ERW pipe at the Camrose
Pipe Mill. ERW pipe is produced in sizes ranging from approximately 4-1/2" to
16" outside diameter. The pipe is manufactured using coiled steel formed on a
high frequency ERW mill. The principal customers for this product are oil and
gas companies that use it for gathering lines to supply product to feed larger
pipeline systems.
RMSM DIVISION
RAIL. The Company produces conventional, premium and head-hardened rail
at its Pueblo Mill. The Pueblo Mill is the sole manufacturer of rail west of the
Mississippi River and one of only two rail manufacturers in the United States.
Rails are manufactured in the five most popular rail weights (115 lb/yard
through 136 lb/yard), in 39 and 80-foot lengths. The primary customers for the
Pueblo Mill's rail are the major western railroads. Rail is also sold directly
to rail contractors, transit districts and short-line railroads.
As part of its capital improvement program, the Company improved its rail
manufacturing facilities to include the production of in-line head-hardened
rail. In-line head-hardened rail is produced through a proprietary finishing
technology, known as deep head-hardened or DHH technology, licensed from Nippon
in connection with Nippon's investment in New CF&I. In 2000, the Company
produced approximately 122,500 tons of head-hardened product using the DHH
technology. The in-line DHH technology allows the Company to produce
head-hardened product up to the capacity of the rail facility. Rail produced
using the improved in-line technology is considered by many rail customers to be
longer lasting and of higher quality than rail produced with traditional
off-line techniques. During 1998 the Pueblo Mill completed a rail dock expansion
project which increased rail mill annual shipping capacity from 450,000 tons to
over 500,000 tons.
ROD AND BAR PRODUCTS. The Company's rod and bar mill located at the
Pueblo Mill is able to produce coils of up to 6,000 pounds. The improved steel
quality and finishing capabilities allow the Company to manufacture rods up to
1" in diameter, and to manufacture a variety of high-carbon rod products such as
those used for spring wire, wire rope, tire bead and tire cord. The Company
produces several sizes of coiled rebar in the most popular grades for the
reinforcement of concrete products.
SEAMLESS PIPE. The Company's seamless pipe mill at the Pueblo Mill
produces seamless casing, coupling stock and standard and line pipe. The primary
use of these products is in the transmission of oil and natural gas resources,
through either above ground or subterranean pipelines. The seamless mill
produces both carbon and heat-treated tubular products. The Company also
continues to market green tubes to other tubular mills for processing and
finishing.
RAW MATERIALS AND SEMIFINISHED SLABS
The Company's principal raw material for the steel minimills at the
Portland and Pueblo Mills is ferrous scrap metal derived from, among other
sources, junked automobiles, railroad cars and railroad track materials and
demolition scrap from obsolete structures, containers and machines. In addition,
direct-reduction iron ("DRI"), hot-briquetted iron ("HBI") and pig iron
(collectively "alternate metallics") can substitute for a limited portion of the
scrap used in minimill steel production, although the sources and availability
of alternate metallics are substantially more limited than those of scrap. The
purchase prices for scrap and alternate metallics are subject to market forces
largely beyond the control of the Company, and are impacted by demand from
domestic and foreign steel producers, freight costs, speculation by scrap
brokers and other conditions. The cost of scrap and alternate metallics to the
Company can vary significantly, and the Company's product prices often cannot be
adjusted, especially in the short-term, to recover the costs of increases in
scrap and alternate metallics prices.
The long-term demand for steel scrap and its importance to the domestic
steel industry may be expected to increase as steelmakers continue to expand
scrap-based electric arc furnace capacity;
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however, the Company believes that near-term supplies of steel scrap will
continue to be available in sufficient quantities at competitive prices. In
addition, while alternative metallics are not currently cost competitive with
steel scrap, a sustained increase in the price of steel scrap could result in
increased implementation of these alternative materials.
With the expanded plate finishing capability available to the Company
due to the Combination Mill beginning in 1998, along with market factors and
other considerations, the production of finished plate has exceeded the
steelmaking production of the Portland Mill. Beginning in 1999 and continuing
through 2000, the Company purchased material quantities of semifinished steel
slabs on the open market to offset this disparity. Such purchases are made on
the spot market, and are dependent upon slab availability. While prices on the
international slab market have been generally favorable and slab availability
has not been restricted, the slab market and pricing are subject to significant
volatility, and there is no assurance that slabs will be available at reasonable
prices in the future. The Company expects semifinished slab purchases to
represent approximately one-half of its production needs for finished plate in
2001.
MARKETING AND CUSTOMERS
Steel products are sold by the Company principally through its own sales
organizations, which have sales offices at various locations in the United
States and Canada and, as appropriate, through foreign sales agents. In addition
to selling to customers who consume steel products directly, the Company also
sells to intermediaries such as steel service centers, distributors, processors
and converters.
The sales force is organized both geographically and by product line.
The Company has separate sales forces for plate, coiled plate, DSAW pipe, ERW
pipe, and rod and bar, and rail products. Most of the Company's sales are
initiated by contacts between sales representatives and customers. Accordingly,
the Company does not incur substantial advertising or other promotional expenses
for the sale of its products. Except for contracts entered into from time to
time to supply rail and DSAW pipe to significant projects (see Part II, Item 7,
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operation"), the Company does not have any significant ongoing contracts with
customers and orders placed with the Company generally are cancelable by the
customer prior to production. Although no single customer or group of affiliated
customers represented more than 10 percent of the Company's sales revenues in
2000, during 1999, the Company had sales to a single customer, Alliance Pipeline
L.P., which accounted for nearly one-third of its total revenue for the year. It
is not expected that sales to one customer in 2001 will represent more than 10
percent of total sales.
The Company does not have a general policy permitting return of purchased
steel products except for product defects. The Company does not routinely offer
extended payment terms to its customers.
The demand for a majority of the Company's products is not generally
subject to significant seasonal trends. The Company's rail products are impacted
by seasonal demand, as dictated by the major railroads' procurement schedules.
Demand for oil country tubular goods ("OCTG"), which include both seamless pipe
and ERW pipe, can be subject to seasonal factors, particularly for sales to
Canadian customers. Overall demand for OCTG is subject to significant
fluctuations due to the volatility of oil and gas prices and North American
drilling activity as well as other factors including competition from imports.
The Company does not have material contracts with the United States government
and does not have any major supply contracts subject to renegotiation.
OREGON STEEL DIVISION
Customers for specialty steel are located throughout the United States,
but the Company is most competitive west of the Mississippi River, where
transportation costs are less of a factor. Typical customers include steel
service centers and equipment manufacturers. Typical end uses include pressure
vessels, construction and mining equipment, machine parts and military armor.
Most of the customers for the Company's commodity steel plate are located
in the western United States, primarily in the Pacific Northwest. The Company's
commodity steel plate is typically sold to steel service centers, fabricators
and equipment manufacturers. Service centers typically resell to other users
with or without additional processing such as cutting to a specific shape.
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Frequent end uses of commodity grade steel plate include the manufacture of rail
cars, storage tanks, machinery parts, bridges, barges and ships.
Large diameter steel pipe is marketed on a global basis, and sales
generally consist of a small number of large orders from natural gas pipeline
companies, public utilities and oil and gas producing companies. The Company
believes that the quality of its pipe enables it to compete effectively in
international as well as domestic markets. Domestically, the Company has
historically been most competitive in the steel pipe market west of the
Mississippi River. The Camrose Pipe Mill is most competitive in western
Canada. Sales of large diameter pipe generally involve the Company responding
to requests to submit bids.
The principal customers for ERW pipe produced at the Camrose Pipe Mill
are in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, where most of Canada's
natural gas and oil reserves are located. The Company believes its proximity to
these gas fields gives the Company a competitive advantage. Demand for ERW pipe
produced at the Camrose Pipe Mill is largely dependent on the level of
exploration and drilling activity in the gas fields of western Canada..
RMSM DIVISION
The primary customers for the Pueblo Mill's rail are the major western
railroads. Rail is also sold directly to rail distributors, transit districts
and short-line railroads. The Company believes its proximity to western and
central rail markets benefits the Company's marketing efforts.
The Company sells its bar products (primarily reinforcing bar) to
fabricators and distributors. The majority of these customers are located within
the mountain states of the United States.
The Company's wire rod products are sold primarily to wire drawers
ranging in location from the Midwest to the West Coast. The demand for wire rod
is dependent upon a wide variety of markets, including agricultural,
construction, capital equipment and the durable goods segments. The Company
entered the high carbon rod market during 1995 as a direct result of the
investment in the new rolling facility. Since that time, the Company's
participation in the higher margin, high carbon rod market has steadily
increased, to the point where it now represents nearly two-thirds of total rod
product shipments. Typical end uses of high carbon rod include spring wire, wire
rope, tire bead and tire cord.
The Company's seamless pipe is sold primarily through an exclusive
distribution agreement with another steel company. The distributor markets
seamless casing, along with its own product offerings, to a large number of oil
exploration and production companies. Sales of seamless pipe are made both
through the distributor and, on a limited basis, directly to companies outside
of the OCTG industry, such as construction companies. The market for the
Company's seamless pipe is primarily domestic. The demand for this product is
determined in large part by the number and drilling depths of the oil and gas
drilling rigs working in the United States.
COMPETITION AND OTHER MARKET FACTORS
The steel industry is cyclical in nature, and high levels of steel
imports, worldwide production overcapacity and other factors have adversely
affected the domestic steel industry in recent years. The Company also is
subject to industry trends and conditions, such as the presence or absence of
sustained economic growth and construction activity, currency exchange rates and
other factors. The Company is particularly sensitive to trends in the oil and
gas, construction, capital equipment, rail transportation and durable goods
segments, because these industries are significant markets for the Company's
products.
Competition within the steel industry is intense. The Company competes
primarily on the basis of product quality, price and responsiveness to customer
needs. Many of the Company's competitors are larger and have substantially
greater capital resources, more modern technology and lower labor and raw
material costs than the Company. Moreover, U.S. steel producers have
historically faced significant competition from foreign producers. The highly
competitive nature of the industry, combined with excess production capacity in
some products, results in significant sales pricing pressure for certain of the
Company's products.
OREGON STEEL DIVISION
The Company's principal domestic competitor in the specialty steel plate
market is Bethlehem Lukens Plate ("Bethlehem"), the largest plate producer in
North America. Bethlehem's considerable
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share of this market was created when Bethlehem Steel acquired Lukens Steel
in 1998. Bethlehem operates five plate mills located in Indiana and
Pennsylvania, with an estimated annual capacity in excess of 2 million tons.
Bethlehem aggressively markets to major national accounts in fabrication and
heavy-duty manufacturers as a single source supplier. Although not a major
competitor in the western states, U.S. Steel, located in Indiana, is the second
largest domestic specialty plate producer and does represent a significant
competitor in the Midwest.
The Company's principal domestic commodity plate competitor is Geneva
Steel ("Geneva"). Geneva operates an integrated steelmaking facility in Utah,
the only one west of the Mississippi, and has historically produced
approximately 1.8 million tons of commodity plate per year. Geneva recently
emerging from bankruptcy protection has made significant capital improvements to
its plate-making equipment, including its melt shop, adding a variable caster
and direct hot-rolling machinery. With a third plate mill expected to come on
line in the first quarter of 2001, IPSCO Inc. ("IPSCO") could become the leader
in the domestic plate market. IPSCO brought into production a green field 120"
Steckel mill in Iowa in 1998, with that mill operating to nearly the same
specifications as the Portland Mill. IPSCO also operates a smaller Steckel mill
in Saskatchewan Canada, and the soon to be completed Steckel mill in Mobile,
Alabama. IPSCO competes primarily in the Midwest commodity plate market, in
other selected target markets and in the coiled plate market throughout the U.S.
During the fourth quarter of 2000, Nucor Corporation completed construction of
and began selling plate from a one million-ton steel plate facility in Hertford
County, North Carolina, which is expected to alter the competitive landscape as
production increases.
Domestic steel producers also face significant competition from foreign
producers and have been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by unfairly
traded imports. Imports of finished steel products accounted for approximately
24 percent, 22 percent and 27 percent of the domestic market in 2000, 1999 and
1998, respectively. In November 2000, the U.S. International Trade Commission
("USITC"), in a sunset review of orders issued in 1992, upheld antidumping
duties against 11 countries, dropping only Canada from the earlier order.
Despite the USITC's various decisions regarding discrete plate, significant
imports continue to flow into the United States, both in commodity and specialty
plate products, and continue to have an impact on the Company's participation in
the domestic plate market.
The Company's principal domestic competitors in the large diameter steel
pipe market at this time are Berg Steel Pipe Corporation, located in Florida,
and SAW Pipe, located in Texas. International competitors consist primarily of
Japanese and European pipe producers. The principal Canadian competitor is IPSCO
with the pipe mills in Regina, Saskatchewan. Demand for the Company's pipe in
recent years is primarily a function of new construction of oil and gas
transportation pipelines and to a lesser extent maintenance and replacement of
existing pipelines. Construction of new pipelines domestically depends to
some degree on the level of oil and gas exploration and drilling activity.
The competition in the market for ERW pipe is based on availability,
price, product quality and responsiveness to customers. The need for this
product has a direct correlation to the drilling rig count in the United
States and Canada. Principal competitors in the ERW product in western Canada
are IPSCO and Prudential Steel Ltd., located in Calgary, Alberta.
RMSM DIVISION
The majority of current rail requirements in the United States are
replacement rails for existing rail lines. However, some new lines are being
constructed in heavy traffic areas of the United States. Imports have been a
significant factor in the domestic premium rail market in recent years. The
Company's capital expenditure program at the Pueblo Mill provided the rail
production facilities with continuous cast steel capability and in-line
head-hardening rail capabilities necessary to compete with other producers.
Pennsylvania Steel Technologies is the only other domestic rail producer.
The competition in bar products include a group of minimills that have a
geographical location close to the markets in or around the Rocky Mountains. The
Company's market for wire rod encompasses the western United States. Domestic
rod competitors include GS Technologies, North Star Steel, Cascade Steel Rolling
Mills, Keystone Steel and Wire and Northwestern Steel & Wire.
The Company's primary competitors in seamless pipe include a number of
domestic and foreign manufacturers. The Company has the flexibility to produce
relatively small volumes of specified
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products on short notice in response to customer requirements. Principal
domestic competitors include U.S. Steel Corporation, Lone Star Steel and North
Star Steel.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
The Company is subject to extensive United States and foreign federal,
state and local environmental laws and regulations concerning, among other
things, wastewater, air emissions, toxic use reduction and hazardous materials
disposal. The Portland and Pueblo Mills are classified in the same manner as
other similar steel mills in the industry as generating hazardous waste
materials because the melting operation of the electric arc furnace produces
dust that contains heavy metals. This dust, which constitutes the largest waste
stream generated at these facilities, must be managed in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations.
The Clean Air Act Amendments ("CAA") of 1990 imposed responsibilities on
many industrial sources of air emissions, including plants owned by the Company.
In addition, the monitoring and reporting requirements of the law have subjected
and will subject all companies with significant air emissions to increased
regulatory scrutiny. The Company submitted applications in 1995 to the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment ("CDPHE") for permits under Title V of the CAA for
the Portland and Pueblo Mills, respectively. A Title V permit was issued for the
Portland Mill and related operations in December 2000. The Title V permit for
the Pueblo Mill may be issued under conditions that would require the Company to
incur substantial future capital expenditures directed at reducing air
emissions; which are expected to be addressed by the improvements discussed
below.
It is unknown at present what the ultimate cost of adhering to the CAA
will be. The cost will depend on a number of site-specific factors. Regardless
of the outcome of the matters discussed below, the Company anticipates that it
will be required to make additional expenditures, and may potentially be
required to pay higher permitting fees to governmental agencies, as a result of
the law and future laws regulating air emissions.
The Company's future expenditures for installation of and improvements to
environmental control facilities, remediation of environmental conditions and
other similar matters are difficult to predict accurately. It is likely that the
Company will be subject to increasingly stringent environmental standards
including those under the CAA, the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1990, the storm
water permit program and toxic use reduction programs. It is also likely that
the Company will be required to make potentially significant expenditures
relating to environmental matters on an ongoing basis. Even though the Company
has established certain reserves for environmental remediation as described
below, there is no assurance regarding the remedial measures that might
eventually be required by environmental authorities or that additional
environmental hazards, necessitating further remedial expenditures, might not be
asserted by such authorities or private parties. Accordingly, the costs of
remedial measures may exceed the amounts reserved. There is no assurance that
expenditures of the nature described below, or that liabilities resulting from
hazardous substances located on the Company's property or used or generated in
the conduct of its business, or resulting from circumstances, actions,
proceedings or claims relating to environmental matters, will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial condition,
consolidated earnings or consolidated cash flows.
OREGON STEEL DIVISION
In May 2000, the Company entered into a Voluntary Clean-up Agreement with
the DEQ committing it to conduct an investigation of whether, and to what
extent, past or present operations at the Portland Mill might have affected
sediment quality in the Willamette River. The Company has begun preliminary
studies related to this investigation; however, no conclusive data have been
obtained. The Company has expended an immaterial amount to date; however, it
appears that further investigation, with associated costs, will be necessary to
complete the request. It is not presently possible to estimate the costs
associated with completion of this investigation.
In a related manner, in December 2000, the Company received a notice from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), identifying it, along with
many other entities, as a potentially responsible party ("PRP") under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act with
respect to contamination in a portion of the Willamette River that has been
designated as a Superfund site. As the Portland Mill is located downstream from
the portion of the
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river so designated, the Company has requested from the EPA
evidence with respect to the basis for the potential liability. It is not
presently possible to determine the costs associated with this designation, in
the event the Company is unable to demonstrate that it is not a PRP.
RMSM DIVISION
In connection with the acquisition of CF&I, the Company accrued a
liability of $36.7 million for environmental remediation related to the prior
owner's operations. The Company believed this amount was the best estimate from
a range of $23.1 million to $43.6 million. The Company's estimate of this
liability was based on two separate remediation investigations conducted by
independent environmental engineering consultants, and included costs for the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act facility investigation, a corrective
measures study, remedial action, and operation and maintenance associated with
the proposed remedial actions. In October 1995, CF&I and the CDPHE finalized a
postclosure permit for hazardous waste units at the Pueblo Mill. As part of the
postclosure permit requirements, CF&I must conduct a corrective action program
for the 82 solid waste management units at the facility and continue to address
projects on a prioritized corrective action schedule which is substantially
reflective of a straight-line rate of expenditure over 30 years. The State of
Colorado mandated that the schedule for corrective action could be accelerated
if new data indicated a greater threat existed to the environment than was
presently believed to exist. At December 31, 2000, the accrued liability was
$32.5 million, of which $30.9 million was classified as non-current in the
consolidated balance sheet.
The CDPHE inspected the Pueblo Mill in 1999 for possible environmental
violations, and in the fourth quarter of 1999 issued a Compliance Advisory
indicating that air quality regulations had been violated, which was followed by
the filing of a judicial enforcement action ("Action") in the first quarter of
2000. Although the Action was not quantified at that time, the result for the
Company could have been the levying of significant fines and penalties,
requirements to alter its operating practices, requirements to accelerate or
expand the capital expenditure program or a combination of any of the above.
During February 2001, the Company reached a settlement with the CDPHE. See Part
I, Item 3, "Legal Proceedings", for discussion of the terms of the settlement.
In a related matter, on April 27, 2000, the United Steel Workers of America
("Union") filed suit in U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, asserting that
the Company had violated the CAA at the Pueblo Mill for a period extending over
five years. The suit seeks damages and to compel the Company to incur
significant capital improvements or to alter its operating procedures so that
the Pueblo Mill would be in compliance with more stringent environmental
operating standards than the Company currently observes. The Company expects
that the impact of any adverse determination reached in this matter would be at
least partially mitigated as a result of actions taken as a result of the
agreement with the CDPHE noted above. In the opinion of management, the outcome
of this matter should not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated
financial condition of the Company.
LABOR DISPUTE
The labor contract at CF&I expired on September 30, 1997. After a brief
contract extension intended to help facilitate a possible agreement, on October
3, 1997, the Union initiated a strike at CF&I for approximately 1,000 bargaining
unit employees. The parties failed to reach final agreement on a new labor
contract due to differences on economic issues. As a result of contingency
planning, CF&I was able to avoid complete suspension of operations at the Pueblo
Mill by utilizing a combination of permanent replacement workers, striking
employees who returned to work, contractors and salaried employees.
On December 30, 1997, the Union called off the strike and made an
unconditional offer to return to work. At the time of this offer, only a few
vacancies existed at the Pueblo Mill. Since that time, vacancies have occurred
and have been filled by formerly striking employees. As of December 31, 2000,
approximately 530 formerly striking employees had either returned to work or had
declined CF&I's offer of equivalent work. At December 31, 2000, approximately
430 formerly striking workers remain unreinstated ("Unreinstated Employees").
On February 27, 1998 the Regional Director of the National Labor
Relations Board ("NLRB") Denver office issued a complaint against CF&I, alleging
violations of several provisions of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA").
CF&I not only denies the allegations, but rather believes that both the facts
and the law fully support its contention that the strike was economic in nature
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and that it was not obligated to displace the properly hired permanent
replacement employees. On August 17, 1998, a hearing on these allegations
commenced before an Administrative Law Judge ("Judge"). Testimony and other
evidence were presented at various sessions in the latter part of 1998 and early
1999, concluding on February 25, 1999. On May 17, 2000, the Judge rendered a
decision upholding certain allegations against CF&I. On August 2, 2000, CF&I
filed an appeal with the NLRB in Washington D.C. The ultimate determination of
the issues may require a ruling from the appropriate United States appellate
court.
In the event there is an adverse determination of these issues,
Unreinstated Employees could be entitled to back pay, including benefits, from
the date of the Union's unconditional offer to return to work through the date
of the adverse determination. The number of Unreinstated Employees entitled to
back pay would probably be limited to the number of past and present replacement
workers; however, the Union might assert that all Unreinstated Employees should
be entitled to back pay. Back pay is generally determined by the quarterly
earnings of those working less interim wages earned elsewhere by the
Unreinstated Employees. In addition to other considerations, each Unreinstated
Employee has a duty to take reasonable steps to mitigate the liability for back
pay by seeking employment elsewhere that has comparable working conditions and
compensation. A separate hearing concluded in February 2000, with the judge for
that hearing rendering a decision on August 7, 2000, that certain of the Union's
actions undertaken since the beginning of the strike did constitute misconduct
and violations of certain provisions of the NLRA. Given the inability to either
determine the extent the adverse and offsetting mitigating factors discussed
above will impact the liability or to quantify the financial impact of any of
these factors, it is not presently possible to estimate the liability if there
is ultimately an adverse determination.
During the strike by the Union at CF&I, 38 bargaining unit employees of
the Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company ("C&W"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New
CF&I, refused to report to work for an extended period of time, claiming that
concerns for their safety prevented them from crossing the picket line. The
bargaining unit employees of C&W were not on strike, and because the other C&W
employees reported to work without incident, C&W considered those employees to
have quit their employment and, accordingly, C&W declined to allow those
individuals to return to work. The various unions representing those individuals
filed claims with C&W asserting that the C&W had violated certain provisions of
the applicable collective bargaining agreement, the Federal Railroad Safety Act
("FRSA"), or the Railway Labor Act. In all of the claims, the unions demand
reinstatement of the former employees with their seniority intact, back pay and
benefits.
The United Transportation Union ("UTU"), representing thirty of the
former employees, asserted that their members were protected under the FRSA and
pursued their claim before the Public Law Board ("PLB"). A hearing was held in
November 1999, and the PLB, with one member dissenting, rendered an award on
January 8, 2001 against C&W, ordering the reinstatement of those claimants who
intend to return to work for C&W, at their prior seniority, with back pay and
benefits, net of interim wages earned elsewhere. On February 6, 2001, C&W filed
a petition for review of that award in the District Court for the District of
Colorado, and intends to pursue this matter through the appropriate United
States appellate court, if necessary. Given the inability to determine the
number of former employees who intend to return to work at C&W and the extent to
which the adverse and mitigating factors discussed above will impact the
liability for back pay and benefits, it is not presently possible to estimate
the liability if there is ultimately an adverse determination.
Of the remaining former C&W employees, the claims are either pending or
have been adjudicated in favor of C&W. For those matters that are still pending,
C&W intends to vigorously defend itself, and believe that it has meritorious
defenses against the outstanding claims. For those claims that have been decided
in its favor, there is no assurance that further appeals will not be pursued by
the claimant or the union. The outcome of such proceedings is inherently
uncertain, and it is not possible to estimate any potential settlement amount
that would result from adverse court or arbitral decisions.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2000, the Company had approximately 1,900 full-time
employees. Within the Oregon Steel Division, neither the employees of the
Portland Mill, the Napa Pipe Mill nor the corporate headquarters are represented
by a union. Approximately 80 employees at the Camrose
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Pipe Mill are members of the Canadian Autoworkers Union ("CAU"), and are
working under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expires in
2003. Approximately 680 employees of the RMSM Division work under collective
bargaining agreements with several unions, including the Union. The Company and
the Union have been unable to agree on terms for a new labor agreement. See
"Business-Labor Dispute".
The domestic employees of the Oregon Steel Division participate in the
Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP"). As of December 31, 2000, the ESOP owned
approximately 5 percent of the Company's outstanding common stock. At the
Board's discretion, common stock is contributed to the ESOP. The Company also
has profit participation plans for its employees, with the exception of
bargaining unit employees of Camrose, which permits eligible employees to share
in the pretax income of their operating unit. The Company may modify, amend or
terminate the plans, at any time, subject to the terms of various labor
agreements.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
OREGON STEEL DIVISION
The Portland Mill is located on approximately 143 acres owned by the
Company in the Rivergate Industrial Park in Portland, Oregon, near the
confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers. The operating facilities
principally consist of an electric arc furnace, ladle metallurgy station, vacuum
degasser, slab casting equipment and the Combination Mill, and along with its
administrative office building, occupy approximately 86 acres of the site. The
remaining 57 acres consist of two waterfront sites. The Company's heat-treating
facilities are located nearby on a 5-acre site owned by the Company.
The Company owns approximately 152 acres in Napa, California, with the
Napa Pipe Mill occupying approximately 92 of these acres. The Company also owns
a 325,000 square foot steel fabricating facility adjacent to the Napa Pipe Mill.
The fabricating facility is not currently operated by the Company, rather leased
to operators on a short-term basis, and consists of industrial buildings
containing equipment for the production and assembly of large steel products or
components.
Camrose owns the Camrose Pipe Mill, located on approximately 67 acres in
Camrose, Alberta, Canada, with the large diameter pipe mill and the ERW pipe
mill occupying approximately 4 acres and 3 acres, respectively, in addition to a
3,600 square foot office building on the site. The sales staff leases office
space in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The property, plant and equipment of Camrose,
and certain other assets, are collateral for the Camrose (CDN) $15 million
revolving credit facility (see Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
RMSM DIVISION
The Pueblo Mill is located in Pueblo, Colorado on approximately 570
acres. The operating facilities principally consist of two electric arc
furnaces, a ladle refining furnace and vacuum degassing system, two 6-strand
continuous round casters for producing semifinished steel, and three finishing
mills, a rail mill, a seamless pipe mill, and a rod and bar mill. In October
2000, the Company reopened the seamless pipe mill which had been idle since its
shutdown in May 1999.
At December 31, 2000, the Company had the following nominal capacities,
which are affected by product mix:
PRODUCTION PRODUCTION
CAPACITY IN 2000
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(TONS)
Portland Mill: Melting 840,000 620,300
Finishing 1,200,000 804,700
Napa Pipe Mill: Steel Pipe 400,000 64,500
Camrose Pipe Mill: Steel Pipe 325,000 79,300
Pueblo Mill: Melting 1,200,000 840,800
Finishing Mills (1) 1,200,000 740,300
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(1) Includes the production capacity and production in 2000 of 150,000 tons and
22,500 tons, respectively, of the seamless pipe mill.
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The 11% First Mortgage Notes ("Notes") are secured, in part, by a lien on
substantially all of the property, plant and equipment of the Company, exclusive
of Camrose. New CF&I and CF&I (collectively, the "Guarantors") have pledged
substantially all of their property, plant and equipment and certain other
assets as security for their guarantees of the Notes. (See Note 7 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements.)
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Part I, Item 1, "Business - Environmental Matters", for discussion of
(a) environmental investigation agreement entered into with the DEQ; (b) PRP
notification received from the EPA, and (c) lawsuit initiated by the Union
alleging violations of the CAA.
See Part I, Item 1, "Business - Labor Dispute", for the status of the
labor dispute at RMSM.
In February 2001, the Company reached a settlement with the CDPHE,
agreeing to pay $600,000 in penalties for alleged violations of the state's air
quality and opacity regulations (see Part I, Item 1, "Business - Environmental
Matters"), and committed $400,000 for as-yet unspecified environmental projects
within the Pueblo, Colorado community. In addition, the Company committed over
the next two years to alter its operating procedures and make capital
expenditures to install additional air pollution control equipment. The Company
expects these expenditures to total $15 million. The Company will also be
required to make on-going annual expenditures of approximately $200,000 for the
next two years to monitor progress towards achieving agreed upon operating
conditions, and for another two years after that period to monitor compliance
with the agreed upon operating conditions.
The Company is party to various claims, disputes, legal actions and other
proceedings involving contracts, employment and various other matters. In the
opinion of management, the outcome of these matters should not have a material
adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company.
The Company maintains insurance against various risks, including certain
types of tort liability arising from the sale of its products. The Company does
not maintain insurance against liability arising out of waste disposal, on-site
remediation of environmental contamination or earthquake damage to its Napa Mill
and related properties because of the high cost of such insurance coverage.
There is no assurance that the insurance coverage currently carried by the
Company will be available in the future at reasonable rates, if at all.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
No matters were voted upon during the fourth quarter of the year ended
December 31, 2000.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Officers are elected by the Board of Directors of the Company to serve
for a period ending with the next succeeding annual meeting of the Board of
Directors held immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders.
The name of each executive officer of the Company, age as of February 1,
2001 and position(s) and office(s) and all other positions and offices held by
each executive officer are as follows:
DATE ASSUMED
NAME AGE POSITION(S) PRESENT POSITION(S)
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Joe E. Corvin 56 President and January 2000
Chief Executive Officer
L. Ray Adams 50 Vice President, Finance March 1991
Chief Financial Officer
Treasurer and Secretary
Steven M. Rowan 55 Vice President, February 1992
Materials and Transportation
Jeff S. Stewart 39 Corporate Controller January 2000
Each of the executive officers named above has been employed by the
Company in an executive or managerial role for at least five years.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The Company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. At
December 31, 2000, the number of common stockholders of record was 919.
Information on quarterly dividends and common stock prices is shown on page 21
and incorporated herein by reference.
The Indenture under which the Company's Notes were issued contains
potential restrictions on new indebtedness and various types of disbursements,
including common stock dividends. One of the restrictions on cash dividends is
based on the Company's net income in relation to its fixed charges, as defined.
Under that restriction, there was no amount available for cash dividends at
December 31, 2000. (See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Part
II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources").
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE, TON AND PER TON AMOUNTS)
Income Statement Data:
Sales $ 636,470 $ 821,984 $ 892,583 $ 768,558 $ 772,815
Cost of sales 583,469 693,796 781,789 681,398 670,819
Settlement of litigation - (7,027) (7,037) - -
Loss (gain) on sale of assets (290) 501 (4,746) (2,228) -
Selling, general and administrative
expenses 51,486 55,992 56,189 51,749 44,857
Profit participation and other incentive
compensation 698 10,540 2,890 7,157 7,844
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Operating income 1,107 68,182 63,498 30,482 49,295
Interest expense (34,936) (35,027) (38,485) (10,216) (12,479)
Other income (expense), net 4,355 1,290 (484) 4,249 (458)
Minority interests (7) (1,475) (4,213) (5,898) (1,204)
Income tax benefit (expense) 11,216 (13,056) (8,387) (6,662) (11,407)
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Net income (loss) $ (18,265) $ 19,914 $ 11,929 $ 11,955 $ 23,747
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COMMON STOCK INFORMATION:
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per
share $(.69) $.76 $.45 $.45 $1.02
Cash dividends declared per share $.06 $.56 $.56 $.56 $.56
Weighted average common shares and
common equivalents outstanding 26,375 26,375 26,368 26,292 23,333
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT DECEMBER 31):
Working capital $ 108,753 $ 101,177 $ 34,427 $ 115,322 $ 120,996
Total assets 880,354 877,254 993,970 986,620 913,355
Current liabilities 126,748 101,660 252,516 147,496 114,729
Long-term debt 314,356 298,329 270,440 367,473 330,993
Total stockholders' equity 331,645 352,402 345,117 349,007 353,041
OTHER DATA:
Depreciation and amortization $ 46,506 $ 47,411 $ 45,164 $ 28,642 $ 29,025
Capital expenditures $ 16,684 $ 15,907 $ 27,754 $ 81,670 $ 156,538
Total tonnage sold:
Oregon Steel Division 871,500 969,800 808,800 567,000 607,600
RMSM Division 757,000 734,900 861,700 907,600 893,200
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Total tonnage sold 1,628,500 1,704,700 1,670,500 1,474,600 1,500,800
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Operating margin (1) 0.1% 7.5% 5.8% 3.7% 6.4%
Operating income per ton sold (1) $1 $36 $31 $19 $33
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(1) Excludes settlement of litigation and gains and losses on sale of assets.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following information contains forward-looking statements, which are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those projected.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general business
and economic conditions; competitive products and pricing, as well as
fluctuations in demand; the supply of imported steel and subsidies provided by
foreign governments to support steel companies domiciled in their countries;
potential equipment malfunction; work stoppages; plant construction and repair
delays; and failure of the Company to accurately predict the impact of lost
revenues associated with interruption of the Company's, its customers' or
suppliers' operations.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Oregon
Steel Mills, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Company"), which include wholly-owned
Camrose Pipe Corporation which wholly-owns Canadian National Steel Corp. which
in turn owns a 60 percent interest in Camrose Pipe Company ("Camrose"); and 87
percent owned New CF&I, Inc. ("New CF&I") which owns a 95.2 percent interest in
CF&I Steel, L.P. ("CF&I"). The Company also directly owns an additional 4.3
percent interest in CF&I. In January 1998, CF&I assumed the trade name Rocky
Mountain Steel Mills. All significant intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated.
The Company is organized into two business units known as the Oregon
Steel Division and the Rocky Mountain Steel Mills ("RMSM") Division. The Oregon
Steel Division is centered on the Company's steel plate minimill in Portland,
Oregon ("Portland Mill"). In addition to the Portland Mill, the Oregon Steel
Division includes the Company's large diameter pipe finishing facility in Napa,
California and the large diameter and electric resistance welded pipe facility
in Camrose, Alberta. The RMSM Division consists of the steelmaking and finishing
facilities of CF&I located in Pueblo, Colorado, as well as certain related
operations.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the percentage
of sales represented by selected income statement items and information
regarding selected balance sheet data:
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998
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INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
Sales 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of sales 91.6 84.4 87.6
Settlement of litigation - (.9) (.8)
Loss (gain) on sale of assets - .1 (.5)
Selling, general and administrative expenses 8.1 6.8 6.3
Profit participation and other incentive
compensation .1 1.3 .3
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Operating income .2 8.3 7.1
Interest expense (5.5) (4.2) (4.3)
Other income (expense), net .7 .1 (.1)
Minority interests - (.2) (.5)
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Pretax income (loss) (4.6) 4.0 2.2
Income tax benefit (expense) 1.7 (1.6) (.9)
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Net income (loss) (2.9)% 2.4% 1.3%
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BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT DECEMBER 31):
Current ratio 1.9:1 2.0:1 1.1:1
Total debt as a percent of capitalization 49.6% 46.6% 51.8%
Net book value per share $12.87 $13.67 $13.39
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The following table sets forth by division, for the periods indicated,
tonnage sold, revenues and average selling price per ton:
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998
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TOTAL TONNAGE SOLD:
Oregon Steel Division:
Plate and Coil 726,800 450,200 352,700
Welded Pipe 144,700 519,600 456,100
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Total Oregon Steel Division 871,500 969,800 808,800
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RMSM Division:
Rail 314,700 299,000 401,400
Rod and Bar 395,100 407,600 354,500
Seamless Pipe (1) 10,400 19,600 68,900
Semifinished 36,800 8,700 36,900
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Total RMSM Division 757,000 734,900 861,700
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Total Company 1,628,500 1,704,700 1,670,500
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REVENUES (IN THOUSANDS):
Oregon Steel Division $ 365,076 $569,822 $536,947
RMSM Division 271,394 252,162 355,636
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Total Company $ 636,470 $821,984 $892,583
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AVERAGE SELLING PRICE PER TON:
Oregon Steel Division $419 $588 $664
RMSM Division $358 $343 $413
Company Average $391 $482 $534
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(1) The Company suspended operation of the seamless pipe mill in May 1999.
Operations of the mill resumed in October 2000.
The Company's long range strategic plan emphasizes the commitment to
increase the Company's offering of specialty products, particularly in the
plate, rail and rod businesses, while seeking to minimize the impact of
individual product cycles on the Company's financial performance. To achieve
these goals, the Company is developing additional product offerings and
extending its market penetration from the western United States to a national
marketing presence.
The Company's operating results were negatively affected for 2000 by,
among other things, a lack of industry-wide demand for welded pipe products. As
a consequence, the Company shifted its sales and marketing efforts to specialty
and commodity steel plate products, which, while maintaining total overall
shipment levels near prior years, led to significant decreases in sales revenues
realized for 2000. The specialty and commodity plate markets have been impacted
by both new sources of domestic supply and continued imports from foreign
suppliers, which has adversely affected average selling prices for the Company's
plate products. High fixed costs motivate steel producers to maintain high
output levels even in the face of falling prices, thereby increasing further
downward pressures on selling prices. The domestic steel industry and the
Company's business are highly cyclical in nature and these factors and others
have adversely affected the profitability of the Company.
The Company expects pricing pressure to continue in most of its product
lines into the foreseeable future. While demand for the Company's plate and
large diameter pipe products is improving, pricing remains depressed. Rail
production is also expected to be down from the prior year due to customer
cutbacks in rail procurement. In addition, high natural gas prices are expected
to have a negative impact on the cost of production of the Company's steel mills
in the first quarter of 2001. As the year progresses, the Company expects to see
improved pricing and volume in plate, DSAW pipe and ERW pipe products and
declining natural gas costs. As a result, the Company anticipates that net
losses will continue in the first quarter, and expects to approach break even in
the second quarter of 2001 and achieve profitability in the second half of the
year. These results are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results
could differ materially.
The Company expects to ship approximately 1.8 million tons of product
during 2001. The Oregon Steel Division anticipates that it will ship more than
350,000 tons of welded pipe shipments and approximately 600,000 tons of plate
and coil products during 2001. If these levels are realized,
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welded pipe shipments will have increased significantly from the 144,700
tons shipped in 2000 due to the then weaker market conditions for large diameter
welded pipe. The RMSM Division anticipates that it will ship approximately
280,000 tons of rail in light of the railroads' procurement cutbacks and around
480,000 tons of rod, bar, and semifinished products. Strong demand for all OTCG
products, including seamless pipe, is envisioned for the entire 2001 year, and
the RMSM Division expects to ship at least 120,000 tons of seamless pipe during
the year.
COMPARISON OF 2000 TO 1999
SALES. Sales in 2000 of $636.5 million decreased $185.5 million, or 22.6
percent from sales of $822.0 million for 1999. Shipments were down 4.5 percent
at 1,628,500 tons for 2000 compared to 1,704,500 tons for 1999; however the
average selling price per ton declined $91 from $482 for 1999 to $391 for 2000.
The decrease in average selling price and total sales primarily resulted from
the shift in product mix from welded pipe products to plate and coil products
and declining average selling prices per ton for plate and welded pipe offset in
part by higher average selling prices achieved on rail, seamless pipe and rod
and bar products. Welded pipe and seamless pipe products combined accounted for
only 14.9 percent and 9.5 percent of sales revenue and product shipped,
respectively, for the year ended 2000, after accounting for 49.4 percent and
31.6 percent, respectively, for the year ended 1999.
For 2000, the Oregon Steel Division shipped 871,500 tons of plate, coil and
welded pipe products at an average selling price per ton of $419 compared to
969,800 tons with an average selling price per ton of $588 for 1999. The decline
in average selling price results primarily from the decrease in the percentage
of higher priced welded pipe products and a decrease in the average selling
price for both plate and welded pipe. The decreased shipments were the result of
the decrease in welded pipe shipments, which were negatively affected by the
completion of the Alliance Pipeline contract in 1999 and by a weak domestic
welded pipe market. The division's plate mill produced 804,700 tons of plate and
coil products during 2000 compared to 796,100 during 1999, however, for 2000,
the Company further processed only 9.7 percent of its production as welded pipe,
down from 43.4 percent of production during 1999.
The RMSM Division shipped 757,000 tons at an average selling price of $358
per ton for 2000 compared to 734,900 tons at an average selling price of $343
per ton for 1999. The increase in average selling price results primarily from
the shift in product mix to higher priced rail products from rod and bar
products and an increase in the average selling price for all of the Division's
product lines for 2000 as compared to 1999. Seamless pipe was particularly
affected, with the average selling price increasing by $230 per ton as compared
to the period one year ago. The seamless pipe mill restarted operations in
October 2000 after being idled in May 1999, in response to the market
opportunities created by the recent activity in oil and gas drilling in the
western United States and Canada.
GROSS PROFITS. Gross profit was $53 million, or 8.4 percent for 2000
compared to $128.2 million, or 15.6 percent for 1999. The $75.2 million decrease
in gross profit was primarily due to the reduction in welded pipe shipments for
2000, driven by a lack of market demand, which led to decreases in both volume
of shipments and average selling price per ton for welded pipe. Also, the
average gross profit per ton for the Company's plate products was reduced due to
declining average selling prices for 2000 as compared to 1999. Offsetting these
decreases was improved average margins for the Company's rod and bar products,
as the Company was able to sell a greater percentage of specialty rod products
for 2000 as compared to 1999. The effect of restarting the seamless mill also
mitigated the decrease in gross profit, as the seamless mill was reopened with
minimal start-up costs in 2000, as opposed to the significant shutdown and
severance costs incurred in 1999 when operation of the mill was suspended.
SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION. The Company recorded a $7.0 million gain for 1999
from litigation settlements with various graphite electrode suppliers.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. Selling, general and administrative
("SG&A") expenses at $51.5 million for 2000 decreased by 8.0 percent from $56.0
million for 1999, primarily due to decreased shipping costs and reduced costs
resulting from a reduction in workforce at the Napa Pipe Mill. SG&A expenses
increased as a percentage of sales to 8.1 percent for 2000 from 6.8 percent for
1999, primarily due to the decrease in sales revenue exceeding the corresponding
declines in volume of product shipped.
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PROFIT PARTICIPATION. Profit participation plan expense was $698,000 for
2000 compared to $10.5 million for 1999. The decrease in 2000 reflects the
negative operating results of the Oregon Steel Division in 2000.
INTEREST EXPENSE. Total interest expense for 2000 was unchanged from 1999
at $35.0 million; however, the interest cost before capitalized interest was
lower at $35.8 million for 2000 as compared to $36.0 million for 1999. The lower
interest cost is primarily the result of a reduction in average outstanding debt
principal for 2000 as compared to 1999, but was partially offset by an increase
in the Company's average borrowing rate.
INCOME TAX EXPENSE. The Company's effective benefit rate for state and
federal taxes for 2000 was 38.0 percent as compared to an income tax rate of
39.6 percent for 1999.
COMPARISON OF 1999 TO 1998
SALES. Sales for 1999 of $822.0 million decreased 7.9 percent from sales of
$892.6 million for 1998. Shipments were up slightly at 1,704,700 tons for 1999
as compared to 1,670,500 tons for 1998. The average selling price for 1999 was
$482 per ton versus $534 per ton for 1998. The decrease in consolidated average
selling price was a result of reduced average selling prices for plate, coil,
rod and rail, and decreased shipments of rail and seamless pipe as a percentage
of total shipments.
The Oregon Steel Division shipped 969,800 tons of plate, coil and welded
pipe products at an average selling price per ton of $588 for 1999 compared to
808,800 tons with an average selling price per ton of $664 for 1998. The
increased shipments were the result of a 27.6 percent increase in plate and coil
shipments and a 13.9 percent increase in pipe shipments. The decline in average
selling price of 11.4 percent results primarily from the decline in prices for
plate products, the decrease in the percentage of higher priced welded pipe
products and a decrease in the Canadian welded pipe products' average selling
price. The average selling price for plate declined 21 percent for 1999
primarily due to the high levels of imported steel plate. See Part I "Business -
Competition and Other Market Factors". The division's plate mill produced
796,100 tons of plate and coil products during 1999 compared to 630,500 during
1998.
The RMSM Division shipped 734,900 tons at an average selling price per ton
of $343 for 1999 compared to 861,700 tons with an average selling price per ton
of $413 for 1998. The 14.7 percent decline in total shipments for 1999 is the
result of reduced rail, seamless pipe and semi-finished product shipments
partially offset by increased rod and bar shipments. In May of 1999, the
division suspended its seamless pipe operations due to poor market conditions.
Lower rail shipments for 1999 were the result of reduced domestic demand for
rail products.
GROSS PROFITS. Gross profit was 15.6 percent for 1999 compared to 12.4
percent for 1998. Gross profit was favorably affected by higher shipments of
welded pipe products and lower manufacturing costs for plate and welded pipe
products, due in part to improved production from the Combination Mill. The
favorable costs for plate and welded pipe products were partially offset by the
lower average selling prices noted previously, by losses in the seamless pipe
business for 1999, and by the subsequent shutdown and severance costs incurred
in the temporary closure of the seamless pipe mill.
SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION. The Company recorded a $7.0 million gain for 1999
from litigation settlements with various graphite electrode suppliers. A
settlement of similar claims totaled $7.0 million for 1998.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. Selling, general and administrative
expenses at $56.0 million for 1999 remained essentially unchanged from $56.2
million for 1998, but increased as a percentage of sales to 6.8 percent in 1999
from 6.3 percent in 1998. The percentage increase was primarily due to the
decrease in sales revenue exceeding the corresponding declines in volume of
product shipped.
PROFIT PARTICIPATION. Profit participation plan expense was $10.5 million
in 1999 compared to $2.9 million in 1998. The increase in 1999 reflects the
increased operating profitability of the Oregon Steel Division in 1999.
INTEREST EXPENSE. Total interest expense for 1999 was $35.0 million
compared to $38.5 million in 1998, and the interest cost before capitalized
interest was decreased at $36.0 million for 1999 as
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compared to $39.7 million for 1998. The lower interest cost is primarily the
result of a net reduction in debt principal for 1999.
INCOME TAX EXPENSE. The Company's effective income tax rate for state and
federal taxes was 39.6 percent for 1999 compared to 41.3 percent for 1998. The
effective income tax rate for 1998 varied from the combined state and federal
statutory rate due to the expiration of certain state tax credits and an
establishment of a $3.1 million valuation allowance for state tax credit
carryforwards.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash flow used in operations for 2000 was $3.0 million as compared to cash
flow provided by operations of $98.6 million in 1999. The major items affecting
the $101.6 million change in cash flows were the net loss in 2000 versus net
income for 1999 ($38.2 million), the non-cash benefit recorded associated with
deferred taxes for 2000 ($19.7 million), and an increase in net receivables in
2000 versus a decrease in 1999 ($33.3 million).
Net working capital at December 31, 2000 increased $7.6 million compared
to December 31, 1999, reflecting a $32.7 million increase in current assets
offset by a $25.1 million increase in current liabilities. The increase in
current assets was primarily due to increased accounts receivable and
inventories, $28.6 million and $12.4 million, respectively, related to the
increase in sales at RMSM in the fourth quarter. The increase in current
liabilities was primarily due to an increase in accounts payable of $23.6
million which resulted from the increase in inventories.
The Company has $228.3 million principal amount of First Mortgage Notes
("Notes"), due 2003, payable to outside parties, which bear interest at 11
percent. The Guarantors guarantee the Notes. The Notes and the guarantees are
secured by a lien on substantially all the property, plant and equipment and
certain other assets of the Company (exclusive of Camrose) and the Guarantors.
The collateral does not include, among other things, accounts receivable and
inventory. The Indenture under which the Notes were issued contains potential
restrictions on new indebtedness and various types of disbursements, including
dividends, based on the Company's net income in relation to its fixed charges,
as defined. Under these restrictions, there was no amount available for cash
dividends at December 31, 2000.
On December 1, 2000, the Company entered into a $125 million Revolving
Credit Facility ("Credit Agreement"), which expires on April 30, 2003. The
Guarantors guarantee the Credit Agreement. The amount available is the lesser of
$125 million or the sum of the product of the Company's eligible domestic
accounts receivable and inventory balances and specified advance rates. The
Credit Agreement and guarantees are secured by these assets in addition to a
shared certificate of certain equity and intercompany interests of the Company.
At the Company's election, interest on the Credit Agreement is based on either
the Eurodollar rate plus a margin of 2.75 percent, or the prime rate plus a
margin of .5 percent. As of December 31, 2000, the average interest rate for the
Credit Agreement was 9.65 percent. The unused line fees are .38 percent of the
difference from $125 million and the amount outstanding, including letters of
credit. The Credit Agreement contains various restrictive covenants including
minimum consolidated tangible net worth, minimum earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization coverage ratio, maximum annual capital
expenditures, limitations on stockholder dividends and limitations on incurring
new or additional debt obligations other than borrowings provided by the Credit
Agreement. The Company cannot issue cash dividends without prior approval from
the lenders. There is a fee payable in the event the Credit Agreement is
terminated prior to April 30, 2003, decreasing after each subsequent anniversary
of the Credit Agreement's obligation. At December 31, 2000, the outstanding
balance on the Credit Agreement was $69.8 million.
The Company is able to draw up to $15 million of the borrowings available
under the Credit Agreement to support issuance of letters of credit and similar
contracts. At December 31, 2000, $9.1 million was restricted under outstanding
letters of credit.
CF&I incurred $67.5 million in term debt in 1993 as part of the purchase
price of certain assets, principally the Pueblo, Colorado steelmaking and
finishing facilities, from CF&I Steel Corporation. This debt is without
stated collateral and is payable over ten years, bearing interest at 9.5
percent. As of December 31, 2000, the outstanding balance on the debt was $23.2
million, of which $14.5 million was classified as long-term.
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Camrose maintains a (CDN) $15 million revolving credit facility with a
Canadian bank, the proceeds of which may be used for working capital and general
corporate purposes. The facility is collateralized by substantially all of the
assets of Camrose, and borrowings under this facility are limited to an amount
equal to the sum of the product of specified advance rates and Camrose's
eligible trade accounts receivable and inventories. The facility expires
September 12, 2002. At the Company's election, interest is payable based on
either the bank's Canadian dollar prime rate, the bank's U.S. dollar prime rate,
or LIBOR. As of December 31, 2000, the interest rate of this facility was 7.5
percent. Annual commitment fees are .25 percent of the unused portion of the
credit line. There was $1.8 million outstanding at December 31, 2000.
During 2000 the Company expended approximately $6.7 million (exclusive of
capitalized interest) on the capital projects at the RMSM Division and $9.2
million (exclusive of capitalized interest) on capital projects at the Oregon
Steel Division. For 2001, the RMSM Division and the Oregon Steel Division have
budgeted (exclusive of capitalized interest) approximately $10 million and
$8 million, respectively, for capital projects at the manufacturing
facilities.
Despite the unfavorable operating results for 2000, the Company has been
able to fulfill its needs for working capital and capital expenditures, due in
part on its ability to secure adequate financing arrangements. The Company
expects that operations will continue for 2001, with the realization of assets,
and discharge of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company
believes that its prospective needs for working capital and capital expenditures
will be met from cash flows generated by operations and borrowings pursuant to
the Credit Agreement. If operations are not consistent with management's
plans, there is no assurance that the amounts from these sources will be
sufficient for such purposes. In that event, or for other reasons, the Company
may be required to seek alternative financing arrangements. There is no
assurance that such sources of financing will be available if required or, if
available, will be on terms satisfactory to the Company. The Company's level of
indebtedness presents other risks to investors, including the possibility that
the Company and its subsidiaries may be unable to generate cash sufficient to
pay the principal of and interest on their indebtedness when due. The Company is
currently in compliance with the restrictive debt covenants applicable to its
financing arrangements; however, in the event the Company is unable to comply
with any of these covenants in the future, the holders of such indebtedness may
be able to declare all indebtedness owing to them to be due and payable
immediately, and to proceed against their collateral, if applicable. These
actions would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
See Part II, Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements".
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Company has entered into certain market-risk-sensitive financial
instruments for other than trading purposes, principally short-term debt and
long-term debt.
The following discussion of market risks necessarily makes forward looking
statements. There can be no assurance that actual changes in market conditions
and rates and fair values will not differ materially from those used in the
sensitivity and fair value calculations discussed. Factors which may cause
actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: greater
than 10 percent changes in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates,
changes in income or cash flows requiring significant changes in the use of debt
instruments or the cash flows associated with them, or changes in commodity
market conditions affecting availability of materials in ways not predicted by
the Company.
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INTEREST RATE RISK
Sensitivity analysis was used to determine the potential impact that
market risk exposure may have on the fair values of the Company's financial
instruments, including debt and cash equivalents. The Company has assessed the
potential risk of loss in fair values from hypothetical changes in interest
rates by determining the effect on the present value of the future cash flows
related to those market sensitive instruments. The discount rates used for such
present value computations were selected based on market interest rates in
effect at December 31, 2000, plus or minus 10 percent.
A 10 percent decrease in interest rates with all other variables held
constant would result in an increase in the fair value of the Company's
financial instruments by $10.8 million. A 10 percent increase in interest rates
with all other variables held constant would result in a decrease in the fair
value of the Company's financial instruments by $10.0 million. There would not
be a material effect on consolidated earnings or consolidated cash flows from
those changes alone.
FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK
In general, the Company uses a single functional currency for all
receipts, payments and other settlements at its facilities. Occasionally,
transactions will be denominated in another currency and a foreign currency
forward exchange contract is used to hedge currency gains and losses; however,
at December 31, 2000, the Company did not have any open forward contracts.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA - UNAUDITED
2000 1999
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4TH 3RD 2ND 1ST 4TH 3RD 2ND 1ST
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(IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
Sales $153.1 $156.7 $161.8 $164.9 $187.1 $205.9 $189.3 $239.7
Operating income (loss) 1.7 8.0 .9 (9.5) 6.6 21.4 15.9 24.3
Net income (loss) (4.1) (.4) (3.0) (10.8) (2.0) 8.3 5.2 8.4
Basic and diluted net income
(loss) per share $(.15) $(.02) $(.11) $(.41) $(.07) $.31 $.20 $.32
Dividends declared per
common share $ - $.02 $.02 $.02 $ .14 $.14 $.14 $.14
Common stock price per share
range:
High $2.38 $3.63 $4.00 $8.50 $11.13 $14.25 $17.00 $14.50
Low 1.00 1.88 1.63 3.38 6.25 10.31 10.38 9.13
Average shares and
equivalents outstanding 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.4
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the index
appearing under Item 14(a)(ii) on page 41 present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. and its
subsidiaries at December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial
statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 14(a)(iii) on page
41 presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein
when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.
These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the
responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
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 the opinion expressed above.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Portland, Oregon
January 25, 2001
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OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998
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ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,370 $ 9,270 $ 9,044
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance
for doubtful accounts of $1,528, $1,994
and $1,148 91,149 62,547 67,254
Inventories 129,801 117,315 190,457
Deferred tax asset 7,266 9,245 13,593
Other 3,915 4,460 6,595
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Total current assets 235,501 202,837 286,943
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Property, plant and equipment:
Land and improvements 29,869 29,383 28,811
Buildings 50,549 50,426 49,387
Machinery and equipment 778,921 766,416 757,470
Construction in progress 14,607 18,817 16,329
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873,946 865,042 851,997
Accumulated depreciation (290,071) (251,679) (207,566)
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583,875 613,363 644,431
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Cost in excess of net assets acquired, net 33,452 34,636 35,508
Other assets 27,526 26,418 27,088
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$880,354 $877,254 $ 993,970
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LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt $ 8,625 $ 7,861 $ 7,164
Short-term debt -- -- 93,700
Accounts payable 82,014 58,451 106,084
Accrued expenses 36,109 35,348 45,568
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Total current liabilities 126,748 101,660 252,516
Long-term debt 314,356 298,329 270,440
Deferred employee benefits 22,630 21,530 20,427
Environmental liability 32,577 32,645 32,765
Deferred income taxes 22,627 38,186 36,415
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518,938 492,350 612,563
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Minority interests 29,771 32,502 36,290
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Contingencies (Note 13)
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Capital stock:
Preferred stock, par value $.01 per share;
1,000 shares authorized; none issued
Common stock, par value $.01 per share; 30,000 shares
authorized; 25,777, 25,777 and 25,693 shares issued
and outstanding 258 258 258
Additional paid-in capital 227,584 227,584 227,584
Retained earnings 111,146 130,958 125,479
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Cumulative foreign currency translation
Adjustment (7,343) (6,398) (8,204)
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331,645 352,402 345,117
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$880,354 $877,254 $993,970
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
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OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998
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Sales $ 636,470 $ 821,984 $ 892,583
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Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales 583,469 693,796 781,789
Settlement of litigation -- (7,027) (7,037)
Loss (gain) on sale of assets (290) 501 (4,746)
Selling, general and administrative 51,486 55,992 56,189
Profit participation 698 10,540 2,890
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635,363 753,802 829,085
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Operating income 1,107 68,182 63,498
Other income (expense):
Interest and dividend income 1,230 210 361
Interest expense (34,936) (35,027) (38,485)
Minority interests (7) (1,475) (4,213)
Other, net 3,125 1,080 (845)
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Income (loss) before income taxes (29,481) 32,970 20,316
Income tax benefit (expense) 11,216 (13,056) (8,387)
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NET INCOME (LOSS) $ (18,265) $ 19,914 $ 11,929
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BASIC AND DILUTED NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE $(.69) $.76 $.45
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
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OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
ACCUMULATED
ADDITIONAL OTHER
COMMON STOCK
----------------------- PAID-IN RETAINED COMPREHENSIVE
SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL EARNINGS INCOME TOTAL
------ ------ ---------- -------- ------------- ---------
BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1997 25,693 $257 $226,085 $127,984 $(5,319) $349,007
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Net income 11,929 11,929
Foreign currency translation
adjustment (2,885) (2,885)
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Comprehensive income 9,044
Issuance to employee stock
ownership plan 84 1 1,499 1,500
Dividends paid ($.56 per share) (14,434) (14,434)
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BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1998 25,777 258 227,584 125,479 (8,204) 345,117
------ ---- -------- -------- ------- --------
Net income 19,914 19,914
Foreign currency translation
adjustment 1,806 1,806
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Comprehensive income 21,720
Dividends paid ($.56 per share) (14,435) (14,435)
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BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1999 25,777 258 227,584 130,958 (6,398) 352,402
------ ---- -------- -------- ------- --------
Net loss (18,265) (18,265)
Foreign currency translation
adjustment (945) (945)
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Comprehensive loss (19,210)
Dividends paid ($.06 per share) (1,547) (1,547)
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BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 2000 25,777 $258 $227,584 $111,146 $(7,343) $331,645
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
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OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) $(18,265) $ 19,914 $ 11,929
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 46,506 47,411 45,164
Deferred income taxes (13,580) 6,119 5,156
Loss (gain) on sale of assets and investments (2,537) 501 (3,344)
Minority interests' share of income 7 1,475 4,213
Other, net (22) (120) 4,774
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable (28,602) 4,707 14,821
Inventories (12,486) 73,142 (49,856)
Income taxes 102 1,087 5,674
Operating liabilities 25,322 (56,782) 14,190
Other 544 1,125 947
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NET CASH PROVIDED (USED BY) OPERATING ACTIVITIES (2,967) 98,579 53,668
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property, plant and equipment (16,684) (15,908) (27,754)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant
and equipment 2,951 - 5,022
Other, net (783) 722 (1,069)
-------- -------- --------
NET CASH USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES (14,516) (15,186) (23,801)
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net borrowings (repayments) under Canadian
bank revolving loan facility 1,689 (4,431) (707)
Proceeds from bank debt 304,536 382,520 408,500
Payments on bank and long-term debt (282,661) (443,364) (410,973)
Dividends paid (1,547) (14,435) (14,434)
Repurchase of Bonds (6,750) - -
Minority share of subsidiary's distribution (2,739) (5,263) (3,107)
--------- -------- --------
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY) FINANCING ACTIVITIES 12,528 (84,973) (20,721)
--------- -------- --------
Effects of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash (945) 1,806 (672)
--------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (5,900) 226 8,474
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 9,270 9,044 570
--------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 3,370 $ 9,270 $ 9,044
========= ======== ========
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for:
Interest $33,394 $ 36,091 $ 37,905
Income taxes $ 5,112 $ 5,321 $ 1,303
See Note 5 for additional supplemental cash flow disclosures.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
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OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Company") manufactures various
specialty and commodity steel products with operations in the United States and
Canada. The principal markets for the Company's products are steel service
centers, steel fabricators, railroads, oil and gas producers and distributors
and other industrial concerns. The Company's products are primarily marketed in
the United States west of the Mississippi River and western Canada. The Company
also markets products outside North America.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include all wholly-owned and those
majority-owned subsidiaries over which the Company exerts management control.
Non-controlled majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates that are 20 percent
to 50 percent owned are accounted for using the equity method. Material
wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company are Camrose Pipe
Corporation ("CPC"), which through ownership in another corporation holds
60 percent interest in Camrose Pipe Company ("Camrose"), and 87 percent owned
New CF&I, Inc. ("New CF&I") which owns a 95.2 percent interest in CF&I Steel,
L.P. ("CF&I"). The Company also owns directly an additional 4.3 percent
interest in CF&I. In January 1998, CF&I assumed the trade name of Rocky
Mountain Steel Mills ("RMSM"). All significant intercompany transactions and
account balances have been eliminated.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents include short-term securities that have an
original maturity date of 90 days or less.
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to
concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents
and trade receivables. The Company places its cash in high credit quality
investments and limits the amount of credit exposure by any one financial
institution. At times, cash balances may be in excess of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation insurance limit. Management believes that risk of loss on
the Company's trade receivables is reduced by ongoing credit evaluation of
customer financial condition and requirements for collateral, such as letters of
credit and bank guarantees.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of average cost or market.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, including capitalized
interest during construction of $794,000, $941,000, and $1.2 million in 2000,
1999 and 1998, respectively. Depreciation is determined using principally the
straight-line method and the units of production method over the estimated
useful lives of the assets. The estimated useful lives of most of the Company's
operating machinery and equipment are from 20 to 30 years. Maintenance and
repairs are expensed as incurred and costs of improvements are capitalized. Upon
disposal, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and
gains or losses are reflected in earnings.
COSTS IN EXCESS OF NET ASSETS ACQUIRED
The costs in excess of net assets acquired by CF&I and CPC are being
amortized on a straight-line basis over 40 years. Accumulated amortization was
$8.0 million, $7.0 million and $5.9 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. The carrying value of costs in excess of net assets acquired will
be reviewed and charged to earnings if the facts and circumstances suggest that
the assets may be impaired.
INCOME TAXES
Deferred income taxes reflect the differences between the financial
reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities at year end based on enacted
tax laws and statutory tax rates. Tax credits are recognized as a reduction of
income tax expense in the year the credit arises.
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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to reduce its
exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Gains and losses on
these contracts are deferred and recognized in income as part of the related
transaction.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
Assets and liabilities subject to foreign currency fluctuations are
translated at the period-end rate of exchange with related unrealized gains or
losses on the balance sheet date reflected in stockholders' equity. Income and
expenses are translated at the average exchange rate for the period.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes revenues when title passes, the earnings process is
substantially complete and the collection of the proceeds from the exchange is
reasonably assured, which generally occurs upon shipment of the Company's
products.
Sales revenues for 2000 include $2.8 million earned on the resale of
electricity back to the Company's utility provider.
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share was as follows at
December 31:
2000 1999 1998
-------- ------- -------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding 25,777 25,777 25,770
Shares of common stock to be issued March 2003 598 598 598
-------- ------- -------
26,375 26,375 26,368
======== ======= =======
Net income (loss) $(18,265) $19,914 $11,929
========= ======= =======
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share $(.69) $.76 $.45
======== ======= =======
SEGMENT REPORTING
In 1998, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information". In accordance with the criteria of SFAS 131, the Company operates
in a single reportable segment, which is the steel industry. Within this
segment, the Company operates and manages two divisions, Oregon Steel Division
and RMSM Division, which are organized by geographic region.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain reclassifications have been made in prior years to conform to the
current year presentation. Such reclassifications do not affect results of
operations as previously reported.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
The adoption of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities" issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on
June 15, 1998, is not expected to have a significant effect on the Company's
results of operations or its financial position. See disclosures regarding
Financial Instruments above and in Note 8.
In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial
Statements", as amended by SAB 101A and SAB 101B, which was required to be
adopted by the Company by the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31,
2000. SAB No. 101 codifies the SEC's views regarding the recognition of
revenues. The Company adopted SAB No. 101, effective January 1, 2000; however,
the impact on the Company's consolidated financial position and consolidated
results of operations was immaterial.
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3. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Geographical information was as follows:
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Revenues from External Customers:
United States $592,170 $729,883 $709,239
Canada 44,300 92,101 183,344
-------- -------- --------
$636,470 $821,984 $892,583
======== ======== ========
Assets:
United States $843,737 $837,320 $935,873
Canada 36,617 39,934 58,097
-------- -------- --------
$880,354 $877,254 $993,970
======== ======== ========
Revenues attributed to Canada are earned by Camrose, which is domiciled
there. Revenues attributed to other countries are insignificant.
4. INVENTORIES
Inventories were as follows at December 31:
2000 1999 1998
------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Raw materials $10,189 $ 14,383 $ 16,842
Semifinished product 49,816 46,819 93,747
Finished product 43,415 35,536 60,290
Stores and operating supplies 26,381 20,577 19,578
-------- -------- --------
Total inventory $129,801 $117,315 $190,457
======== ======== ========
5. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
At December 31, 1998, the Company acquired property, plant and equipment
for $12.9 million which was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
The Company has recorded as a change to stockholders' equity the issuance
of common stock to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan in 1998 and foreign
currency translation adjustments in each of the three years, which are noncash
transactions.
6. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accounts payable include book overdrafts of $5.5 million at December 31,
1999 and retainage from construction projects of $3.2 million at December 31,
1998.
7. DEBT, FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS, AND LIQUIDITY
Debt balances were as follows at December 31:
2000 1999 1998
------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
11% First Mortgage Notes ("Notes") 228,250 $235,000 $235,000
Revolving credit facility 69,756 40,020 93,700
CF&I acquisition term loan 23,161 31,023 38,187
Camrose revolving bank loan 1,814 147 4,417
-------- -------- --------
322,981 306,190 371,304
Less current maturities and short-term debt 8,625 7,861 100,864
-------- -------- --------
Non-current maturity of long-term debt $314,356 $298,329 $270,440
======== ======== ========
The Company has $228.3 million principal amount of Notes, due 2003, payable
to outside parties. New CF&I, Inc. and CF&I (collectively, "Guarantors")
guarantee the Notes. The Notes and the guarantees are secured by a lien on
substantially all the domestic property, plant and equipment and certain other
assets of the Company and the Guarantors. The collateral for the Notes and the
guarantees does not include, among other things, inventory and accounts
receivable. The Indenture under which the Notes were issued contains potential
restrictions on new indebtedness and vari-
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ous types of disbursements, including dividends, based on the Company's net
income in relation to its fixed charges, as defined. Under these restrictions,
there was no amount available for cash dividends at December 31, 2000.
On December 1, 2000, the Company entered into a $125 million revolving
credit facility ("Credit Agreement"), which expires April 30, 2003. The
Guarantors guarantee the Credit Agreement. The amount available is the lesser of
$125 million and the sum of the product of the Company's eligible domestic
accounts receivable and inventory balances and specified advance rates. The
Credit Agreement and guarantees are secured by these assets in addition to a
shared certificate of certain equity and intercompany interest of the Company.
At the Company's election, interest on the Credit Agreement is based either on
the Eurodollar rate plus a margin of 2.75 percent, or the prime rate plus a
margin of .5 percent. As of December 31, 2000, the average interest rate for the
Credit Agreement was 9.65 percent. The annual unused line fees are .38 percent
of the difference from $125 million and the amount outstanding, including
letters of credit. The Credit Agreement contains various restrictive covenants
including minimum consolidated tangible net worth, minimum earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") coverage ratio,
maximum annual capital expenditures, limitations on stockholder dividends and
limitations on incurring new or additional debt obligations other than
borrowings provided by the Credit Agreement. The Company cannot issue cash
dividends without prior approval from the lenders. There is a fee payable in the
event the Credit Agreement is terminated prior to April 30, 2003, decreasing
after each subsequent anniversary of the Credit Agreement's obligation.
CF&I incurred $67.5 million in term debt in 1993 as part of the purchase
price of certain assets, principally a steel mill located in Pueblo, Colorado,
("Pueblo Mill") of CF&I Steel Corporation ("CF&I Steel"). This debt is without
stated collateral and is payable over ten years with interest at 9.5 percent.
Camrose maintains a (CDN) $15 million revolving credit facility with a
Canadian bank, the proceeds of which may be used for working capital and general
corporate purposes. The facility is collateralized by substantially all of the
assets of Camrose, and borrowings under this facility are limited to the sum of
the products of the specified advance rates and Camrose's eligible trade
accounts receivable and inventories. The facility expires September 12, 2002. At
the Company's election, interest is payable based on either the bank's Canadian
dollar prime rate, the bank's U.S. dollar prime rate, or LIBOR. As of December
31, 2000, the interest rate of this facility was 7.5 percent. Annual commitment
fees are .25 percent of the unused portion of the credit line.
As of December 31, 2000, principal payments on debt are due as follows (in
thousands):
2001 $ 8,625
2002 11,278
2003 303,078
--------
$322,981
========
The Company is able to draw up to $15 million of the borrowings available
under the Credit Agreement to support issuance of letters of credit and similar
contracts. At December 31, 2000, $9.1 million was restricted under outstanding
letters of credit.
The Company experienced a net loss and negative cash flows from operations
for the year ended December 31, 2000. Despite the unfavorable operating results
for 2000, the Company has been able to fulfill its needs for working capital and
capital expenditures, due in part to its ability to maintain adequate financing
arrangements. The Company expects that operations will continue for 2001, with
the realization of assets, and discharge of liabilities in the ordinary course
of business. The Company believes that its prospective needs for working capital
and capital expenditures will be met from cash flows generated by operations and
borrowings pursuant to the Credit Agreement. If operations are not consistent
with management's plans, there is no assurance that the amounts from these
sources will be sufficient for such purposes. In that event, or for other
reasons, the Company may be required to seek alternative financing arrangements.
There is no assurance that such sources of financing will be available if
required or, if available, will be on terms satisfactory to the Company.
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8. FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments were as
follows as of December 31:
2000 1999 1998
--------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------
CARRYING FAIR CARRYING FAIR CARRYING FAIR
AMOUNT VALUE AMOUNT VALUE AMOUNT VALUE
------------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------ ---------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,370 $ 3,370 $ 9,270 $ 9,270 $ 9,044 $ 9,044
Short-term debt - - - - 93,700 93,700
Long-term debt, including
current portion 322,981 250,120 306,190 313,068 277,604 282,818
The carrying amounts of cash or cash equivalents and short-term debt
approximate fair value due to their short maturity. The fair value of long-term
debt, including current portion, is estimated based on quoted market prices or
by discounting future cash flows based on the Company's incremental borrowing
rate for similar types of borrowing arrangements.
The Company uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to reduce its
exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Such contracts are
typically short-term in duration and relate to specific transactions. At
December 31, 2000, the Company had no open forward exchange contracts.
9. INCOME TAXES
The income tax benefit (expense) consisted of the following:
2000 1999 1998
-------- --------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Current:
Federal $ (67) $ (4,478) $ 806
State (167) (375) (95)
Foreign (2,131) (2,188) (654)
------- -------- -------
(2,365) (7,041) 57
------- -------- -------
Deferred:
Federal 10,911 (6,918) (5,373)
State 641 (91) (2,459)
Foreign 2,029 994 (612)
------- -------- -------
13,581 (6,015) (8,444)
------- -------- -------
Income tax benefit (expense) $11,216 $(13,056) $(8,387)
======= ======== =======
A reconciliation of the statutory benefit (tax) rate to the effective
benefit (tax) rate on income before income taxes is as follows:
2000 1999 1998
-------- --------- --------
U.S. statutory income benefit (tax) rate 35.0% (35.0)% (35.0)%
Deduction for dividends to ESOP participants 0.0 0.9 1.8
State taxes, net 1.7 (0.9) (11.8)
Foreign sales corporation benefit 0.9 0.8 4.7
Foreign tax in excess of U.S. rate 0.0 (8.4) (.5)
Other, net 0.4 3.0 (.5)
----- -----
38.0% (39.6)% (41.3)%
===== ====== ======
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The current and noncurrent components of the net deferred tax assets and
liabilities as of December 31 were as follows:
2000 1999 1998
--------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Net current deferred tax asset:
Assets
Inventories $ 1,864 $ 3,496 $ 4,584
Accrued expenses 3,065 4,976 5,807
Foreign tax credit 562 - 3,754
Net operating loss carryforward - - 1,789
Other 2,082 813 507
-------- -------- --------
7,573 9,285 16,441
Liabilities
Other 307 40 2,848
-------- -------- --------
Net current deferred tax asset $ 7,266 $ 9,245 $ 13,593
======== ======== ========
Net noncurrent deferred income tax liability:
Assets
Postretirement benefits other than pensions $ 2,516 $ 2,684 $ 2,238
State tax credits 5,829 5,882 5,719
Alternative minimum tax credit 17,923 20,299 15,561
Environmental liability 12,417 12,473 12,791
Net operating loss carryforward 73,615 48,890 40,117
Other 10,808 5,018 6,562
-------- ----- --------
123,108 95,246 82,988
Valuation allowance (3,105) (3,282) (3,105)
-------- -------- --------
120,003 91,964 79,883
-------- ------- --------
Liabilities
Property, plant and equipment 130,428 119,729 104,054
Cost in excess of net assets acquired 9,987 10,301 10,917
Other 2,215 120 1,327
-------- -------- --------
142,630 130,150 116,298
-------- -------- --------
Net noncurrent deferred income tax liability $ 22,627 $ 38,186 $ 36,415
======== ======== ========
At December 31, 2000, the Company has state tax credits of $5.8 million,
expiring 2001 through 2012, which are available to reduce future income taxes
payable.
At December 31, 2000, the Company has $180.4 million in federal net
operating loss carryforwards expiring in 2012 through 2020. In addition, the
Company has $197.0 million in state net operating loss carryforwards expiring in
2009 through 2015.
The Company maintained a valuation allowance of $3.1 million, $3.3 million
and $3.1 million at December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively, for state
tax credit carryforwards. Management believes that it is more likely than not
that future taxable income will not be sufficient to realize the full benefit of
the state tax credit carryforwards. No valuation allowance has been established
for net operating loss carryforwards.
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10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
UNITED STATES PENSION PLANS
The Company has noncontributory defined benefit retirement plans covering
all of its eligible domestic employees. The plans provide benefits based on
participants' years of service and compensation. The Company funds at least the
minimum annual contribution required by ERISA.
The following table sets forth the funded status of the plans and the
amounts recognized in the Company's consolidated balance sheets at December 31:
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Change in benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at January 1 $ 62,775 $ 64,525 $ 52,566
Service cost 3,123 3,474 3,100
Interest cost 4,599 4,266 3,617
Actuarial loss (gain) (2,709) (6,835) 4,407
Early retirement benefits -- -- 2,528
Benefits paid (2,789) (2,655) (1,693)
-------- -------- --------
Projected benefit obligation at December 31 64,999 62,775 64,525
-------- -------- --------
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at January 1 67,951 59,932 49,877
Actual return (loss) on plan assets (3,077) 8,847 9,559
Company contribution -- 1,827 2,189
Benefits paid (2,789) (2,655) (1,693)
-------- -------- --------
Fair value of plan assets at December 31 62,085 67,951 59,932
-------- -------- --------
Projected benefit obligation less than (in excess of) plan assets (2,914) 5,176 (4,593)
Unrecognized net gain (4,409) (10,788) (57)
Unrecognized prior service cost 266 386 506
Unrecognized net transition obligation, amortized through 2001 73 149 225
-------- -------- --------
Pension liability recognized in consolidated balance sheet $ (6,984) $ (5,077) $ (3,919)
======== ======== ========
Net pension cost was $1.9 million, $3.0 million, and $5.0 million for the
years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. During 1998 the
Company offered a voluntary early retirement package to certain management
employees at CF&I. As a result, the projected benefit obligation and the net
pension cost were increased by $2.5 million in 1998.
Plan assets are invested in common stock and bond funds (81 percent),
marketable fixed income securities (18 percent) and insurance company contracts
(1 percent) at December 31, 2000. The plans do not invest in the stock of the
Company.
CANADIAN PENSION PLANS
The Company has noncontributory defined benefit retirement plans covering
all of its eligible Camrose employees. The plans provide benefits based on
participants' years of service and compensation.
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The following table sets forth the funded status and the amounts recognized
at December 31:
2000 1999 1998
---------- --------- ---------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Change in benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at January 1 $ 10,863 $ 10,310 $ 9,616
Service cost 464 573 541
Interest cost 834 727 706
Actuarial loss (gain) 55 (530) 295
Benefits paid (432) (243) (126)
Foreign currency exchange rate change (106) 26 (722)
-------- -------- --------
Projected benefit obligation at December 31 11,678 10,863 10,310
-------- -------- --------
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at January 1 12,229 11,340 11,045
Actual return on plan assets 1,903 397 734
Company contribution 530 705 482
Benefits paid (432) (243) (126)
Foreign currency exchange rate change (128) 30 (795)
-------- -------- --------
Fair value of plan assets at December 31 14,102 12,229 11,340
-------- -------- --------
Plan assets in excess of projected benefit obligation 2,424 1,366 1,030
Unrecognized net loss (gain) (58) 754 718
-------- -------- --------
Pension asset recognized in consolidated balance sheet $ 2,366 $ 2,120 $ 1,748
======== ======== ========
Net pension cost was $284,000, $334,000 and $280,000 for the years ended
December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, respectively.
The following table sets forth the significant actuarial assumptions for
the United States and Canadian pension plans:
2000 1999 1998
------ ------ ------
Discount rate 7.5% 7.5% 6.8%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels:
United States Plans 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%
Canadian Plan 5.0% 5.0% 4.0%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 8.5% 8.5% 8.5%
POSTRETIREMENT HEALTH CARE AND LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS
The Company provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for
substantially all of its retired employees. Employees are generally eligible for
benefits upon retirement after completion of a specified number of years of
service. The benefit plans are unfunded.
Net postretirement benefit cost was $2.5 million, $2.1 million, and $1.8
million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. The
discount rate used in determining the accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation was 7.5 percent, 7.5 percent, and 6.8 percent for 2000, 1999 and
1998, respectively.
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The following table sets forth the unfunded status and the amounts
recognized at December 31:
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- ----
(IN THOUSANDS)
Change in benefit obligation:
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at January 1 $ 20,814 $ 18,661 $ 17,372
Service cost 473 461 411
Interest cost 1,515 1,231 1,181
Actuarial loss 786 850 399
Benefits paid (916) (824) (852)
Plan amendments - 430 273
Foreign currency exchange rate change - 5 (123)
-------- -------- --------
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at
December 31 22,672 20,814 18,661
-------- -------- --------
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets (22,672) (20,814) (18,661)
Unrecognized net (gain) loss 1,289 520 (351)
Unrecognized transition obligation 4,110 4,518 4,926
Unrecognized prior service cost 636 711 315
-------- -------- --------
Postretirement liability recognized
in consolidated balance sheet $(16,637) $(15,065) $(13,771)
======== ======== ========
The assumed health care cost trend rates used in measuring the accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation for the United States and Canadian plans were
10.0 percent and 9.0 percent, respectively, for 2001 and assumed to gradually
decline to 4.5 percent in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In subsequent years, the
health care trend rates for both countries are assumed to remain constant at 4.5
percent. A one-percentage-point change in the assumed health care cost trend
rates would have the following effect:
1 PERCENTAGE POINT CHANGE
-------------------------
INCREASE DECREASE
-------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation $1,112 $(862)
Service and interest costs 129 (99)
OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company has an unfunded supplemental retirement plan designed to
maintain benefits for all nonunion domestic employees at the plan formula level.
The amount expensed for this plan in 2000, 1999 and 1998 was $318,000, $285,000
and $297,000, respectively.
The Company has an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") noncontributory
qualified stock bonus plan for eligible domestic employees. Contributions to the
plan are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors and are in the form of
newly issued shares of the Company's common stock. Shares are allocated to
eligible employees' accounts based on annual compensation. At December 31, 2000,
the ESOP held 1.2 million shares of Company common stock. Dividends on shares
held by the ESOP are paid to eligible employees.
The Company has profit participation plans under which it distributes
quarterly to eligible employees 12 percent to 20 percent, depending on operating
unit, of its pretax income after adjustments for certain nonoperating items.
Each eligible employee receives a share of the distribution based upon the
employee's base compensation in relation to the total base compensation of all
eligible employees of the operating unit. The Company may modify, amend or
terminate the plans, at any time, subject to the terms of various labor
agreements.
The Company has qualified Thrift (401(k)) plans for eligible domestic
employees under which the Company matches 25 or 50 percent, depending on
location, of the first 4 or 6 percent of the participants' deferred
compensation. Company contribution expense in 2000, 1999 and 1998 was $1.3
million, $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively.
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11. MAJOR CUSTOMERS
Sales to a single customer, related to a significant pipeline contract,
were $269.3 million for 1999.
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
STELCO, INC.
Camrose purchases steel coil and plate under a steel supply agreement with
Stelco, Inc. ("Stelco") a 40 percent owner of Camrose. Transactions under the
agreement are at negotiated market prices. The following table summarizes the
transactions between Camrose and Stelco:
2000 1999 1998
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Sales to Stelco $ 228 $ 217 $ 435
Purchases from Stelco 35,640 25,529 24,000
Accounts receivable from Stelco at December 31 - 207 108
Accounts payable to Stelco at December 31 5,484 1,633 911
Under the acquisition agreement for Camrose, either the Company or Stelco
may initiate a buy-sell procedure pursuant to which the initiating party
establishes a price for Camrose and the other party must either sell its
interest at that price or purchase the initiating party's interest at that
price.
13. CONTINGENCIES
ENVIRONMENTAL
All material environmental remediation liabilities, which are probable and
estimable, are recorded in the financial statements based on current
technologies and current environmental standards at the time of evaluation.
Adjustments are made when additional information is available that suggests
different remediation methods or periods may be required and affect the total
cost. The best estimate of the probable cost within a range is recorded;
however, if there is no best estimate, the low end of the range is recorded and
the range is disclosed.
In May 2000, the Company entered into a Voluntary Clean-up Agreement with
the DEQ committing it to conduct an investigation of whether, and to what
extent, past or present operations at the Company's steel mill site located in
Portland, Oregon ("Portland Mill") might have affected sediment quality in the
Willamette River. The Company has begun preliminary studies related to this
investigation, however, no conclusive data have been obtained. The Company has
expended an insignificant amount to date; however, it appears that further
investigation, with associated costs, will be necessary to complete the request.
It is not presently possible to estimate the costs associated with completion of
this investigation.
In a related manner, in December 2000, the Company received a notice from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), identifying it, along with
many other entities, as a potentially responsible party ("PRP") under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act with
respect to contamination in a portion of the Willamette River that has been
designated as a Superfund site. As the Portland Mill is located downstream from
the portion of the river so designated, the Company has requested from the EPA
evidence with respect to the basis for the potential liability. It is not
presently possible to determine the costs associated with this designation, in
the event the Company is unable to demonstrate that it is not a PRP.
In connection with the acquisition of CF&I, the Company accrued a liability
of $36.7 million for environmental remediation related to the prior owner's
operations. The Company believed this amount was the best estimate from a range
of $23.1 million to $43.6 million. The Company's estimate of this liability was
based on two separate remediation investigations conducted by independent
environmental engineering consultants, and included costs for the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act facility investigation, a corrective measures
study, remedial action, and operation and maintenance associated with the
proposed remedial actions. In October 1995, CF&I and the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment ("CDPHE") finalized a postclosure permit for
hazardous waste units at the Pueblo Mill. As part of the postclosure permit
requirements, CF&I
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must conduct a corrective action program for the 82 solid waste management
units at the facility and continue to address projects on a prioritized
corrective action schedule which is substantially reflective of a straight-line
rate of expenditure over 30 years. The State of Colorado mandated that the
schedule for corrective action could be accelerated if new data indicated a
greater threat existed to the environment than was presently believed to exist.
At December 31, 2000, the accrued liability was $32.5 million, of which $30.9
million was classified as non-current in the consolidated balance sheet.
The CDPHE inspected the Pueblo Mill in 1999 for possible environmental
violations, and in the fourth quarter of 1999 issued a Compliance Advisory
indicating that air quality regulations had been violated, which was followed by
the filing of a judicial enforcement action ("Action") in the first quarter of
2000. Although the Action was not quantified at that time, the result for the
Company could have been the levying of significant fines and penalties,
requirements to alter its operating practices, requirements to accelerate or
expand the capital expenditure program or a combination of any of the above. At
December 31, 2000, the Company had recorded as a charge to earnings $550,000 as
its best estimate of the liability associated with the CDPHE inspection.
In a related matter, on April 27, 2000, the United Steel Workers of America
("Union") filed suit in U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, asserting that
the Company had violated the CAA at the Pueblo Mill for a period extending over
five years. The suit seeks damages and to compel the Company to incur
significant capital improvements or alter its operating procedures so that the
Pueblo Mill would be in compliance with more stringent environmental standards
than the Company currently is operating under. The Company expects that the
impact of any adverse determination reached in this matter would be at least
partially mitigated as a result of actions taken as a result of a potential
agreement with the CDPHE discussed above. In the opinion of management, the
outcome of this matter should not have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial conditions of the Company.
LABOR DISPUTE
The labor contract at CF&I expired on September 30, 1997. After a brief
contract extension intended to help facilitate a possible agreement, on October
3, 1997 the Union initiated a strike at CF&I for approximately 1,000 bargaining
unit employees. The parties failed to reach final agreement on a new labor
contract due to differences on economic issues. As a result of contingency
planning, CF&I was able to avoid complete suspension of operations at the Pueblo
Mill by utilizing a combination of permanent replacement workers, striking
employees who returned to work, contractors and salaried employees.
On December 30, 1997 the Union called off the strike and made an
unconditional offer to return to work. At the time of this offer, only a few
vacancies existed at the Pueblo Mill. Since that time, vacancies have occurred
and have been filled by formerly striking employees. As of December 31, 2000,
approximately 530 formerly striking employees had either returned to work or had
declined CF&I's offer of equivalent work. At December 31, 2000, approximately
430 formerly striking workers remain unreinstated ("Unreinstated Employees").
On February 27, 1998 the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations
Board ("NLRB") Denver office issued a complaint against CF&I, alleging
violations of several provisions of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA").
CF&I not only denies the allegations, but rather believes that both the facts
and the law fully support its contention that the strike was economic in nature
and that it was not obligated to displace the properly hired permanent
replacement employees. On August 17, 1998, a hearing on these allegations
commenced before an Administrative Law Judge ("Judge"). Testimony and other
evidence were presented at various sessions in the latter part of 1998 and early
1999, concluding on February 25, 1999. On May 17, 2000, the Judge rendered a
decision upholding certain allegations against CF&I. On August 2, 2000, CF&I
filed an appeal with the NLRB in Washington D.C. The ultimate determination of
the issues may require a ruling from the appropriate United States appellate
court.
In the event there is an adverse determination of these issues,
Unreinstated Employees could be entitled to back pay, including benefits, from
the date of the Union's unconditional offer to return to work through the date
of the adverse determination. The number of Unreinstated Employees entitled to
back pay would probably be limited to the number of past and present replacement
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workers; however, the Union might assert that all Unreinstated Employees should
be entitled to back pay. Back pay is generally determined by the quarterly
earnings of those working less interim wages earned elsewhere by the
Unreinstated Employees. In addition to other considerations, each Unreinstated
Employee has a duty to take reasonable steps to mitigate the liability for back
pay by seeking employment elsewhere that has comparable working conditions and
compensation. A separate hearing concluded in February 2000 with the judge for
that hearing rendering a decision on August 7, 2000 that certain of the Union's
actions undertaken since the beginning of the strike did constitute misconduct
and violations of certain provisions of the NLRA. Given the inability to either
determine the extent the adverse and offsetting mitigating factors discussed
above will impact the liability or to quantify the financial impact of any of
these factors, it is not presently possible to estimate the liability if there
is ultimately an adverse determination.
During the strike by the Union at CF&I, 38 bargaining unit employees of the
Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company ("C&W"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New
CF&I refused to report to work for an extended period of time, claiming that
concerns for their safety prevented them from crossing the picket line. The
bargaining unit employees of C&W were not on strike, and because the other C&W
employees reported to work without incident, C&W considered those employees to
have quit their employment and, accordingly, C&W declined to allow those
individuals to return to work. The various unions representing those individuals
filed claims with C&W asserting that the C&W had violated certain provisions of
the applicable collective bargaining agreement, the Federal Railroad Safety Act
("FRSA"), or the Railway Labor Act. In all claims, the unions demand
reinstatement of the former employees with their seniority intact, back pay and
benefits.
The United Transportation Union ("UTU") representing thirty of the former
employees asserted that their members were protected under the FRSA and pursued
their claim before the Public Law Board ("PLB"). A hearing was held in November
1999, and the PLB, with one member dissenting, rendered an award on January 8,
2001 against C&W, ordering the reinstatement of those claimants who intend to
return to work for C&W, at their prior seniority, with back pay and benefits,
net of interim wages earned elsewhere. On February 6, 2001, C&W filed a petition
for review of that award in the District Court for the District of Colorado, and
intends to pursue this matter through the appropriate United States appellate
court, if necessary. Given the inability to determine the number of former
employees who intend to return to work at C&W and the extent to which the
adverse and mitigating factors discussed above will impact the liability for
back pay and benefits, it is not presently possible to estimate the liability if
there is ultimately an adverse determination.
Of the remaining former C&W employees, the claims are either pending or
have been adjudicated in favor of C&W. For those matters that are still pending,
C&W intends to vigorously defend itself, and believes that it has meritorious
defenses against the outstanding claims. For those claims that have been decided
in its favor, there is no assurance that further appeals will not be pursued by
the claimant or his union. The outcome of such proceedings is inherently
uncertain, and it is not possible to estimate any potential settlement amount
that would result from adverse court or arbitral decisions.
CONTRACTS WITH KEY EMPLOYEES
The Company has agreements with certain officers which provide for
severance compensation in the event their employment with the Company is
terminated subsequent to a defined change in control of the Company.
OTHER CONTINGENCIES
The Company is party to various claims, disputes, legal actions and other
proceedings involving contracts, employment and various other matters. In the
opinion of management, the outcome of these matters would not have a material
adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company.
14. CAPITAL STOCK
COMMON STOCK
In connection with the 1993 acquisition of the assets of CF&I, the Company
agreed to issue 598,400 shares of its common stock in March 2003 to specified
creditors of CF&I Steel. At the date of acquisition, the stock was valued at
$11.2 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
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STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
The Company issued preferred stock purchase rights ("Rights") to its common
stockholders. The Rights generally become exercisable after a person or group
announces a tender offer that would result in that person or group owning 15
percent or more of the Company's common stock. In that event, a holder will be
entitled to buy from the Company a unit consisting of one one-thousandth of a
share of participating preferred stock of the Company at a purchase price of
$42. The Rights also become exercisable after a person or group acquires 15
percent or more of the Company's outstanding common stock. In that event, each
Right, excluding those held by the acquirer, would become exercisable for
preferred stock of the Company having a market value equal to twice the exercise
price of the Right. Alternatively, if the Company is acquired in a merger or
other business combination, each Right, excluding those held by the acquirer,
would be exercisable for common stock of the acquirer having a market value
equal to twice the exercise price of the Right. The Company may redeem the
Rights prior to a change in control at a price of $.001 per Right. The Rights
Plan will expire December 22, 2009 if not exercised prior to that date.
STOCK OPTIONS
On October 26, 2000, the Company granted 188,500 shares of stock options
with an exercise price of $1.94 per common share to certain senior management
employees under the provisions of the Company's nonqualified stock option plan.
One-half of the options granted vest immediately, and the remaining one-half
vest ratably under a three-year schedule. The options expire October 25, 2010,
subject to the holder's continued employment with the Company. At December 31,
2000, all of the shares granted are outstanding.
The Company accounts for the stock options consistent with Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and
related interpretations. If the Company had accounted for the options in a
manner consistent with SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation",
estimating the fair value of the options at grant date using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model and a risk free rate of 5.6 percent, a weighted-average
expected life of 7 years and expected volatility of 25 percent, the resulting
compensation costs would be insignificant. The impact of SFAS No. 123 under
these assumptions would be immaterial to the Company's consolidated financial
position, consolidated net loss or net loss per share for 2000.
15. SALES OF SUBSIDIARY'S COMMON STOCK
In 1994, New CF&I sold a 10 percent equity interest to a subsidiary of
Nippon Steel Corporation ("Nippon"). In connection with the sale, New CF&I and
the Company entered into a stockholders' agreement with Nippon pursuant to which
Nippon was granted a right to sell all, but not less than all, of its equity
interest in New CF&I back to New CF&I at the then fair market value in certain
circumstances. Those circumstances include, among other things, a change of
control, as defined, in New CF&I, certain changes involving the composition of
the board of directors of New CF&I, and the occurrence of certain other events
that are within the control of New CF&I or the Company. The Company also agreed
not to transfer voting control of New CF&I to a nonaffiliate except in those
circumstances where Nippon is offered the opportunity to sell its interest in
New CF&I to the transferee at the same per share price obtained by the Company.
New CF&I retains a right of first refusal in the event that Nippon desires to
transfer its interest in New CF&I to a nonaffiliate. During 1995, the Company
sold a 3 percent equity interest in New CF&I to the Nissho Iwai Group under
substantially the same terms and conditions of the Nippon transaction. The
Company believes that it is not probable that the conditions that would permit a
subsidiary stock redemption will occur.
16. UNUSUAL AND NONRECURRING ITEMS
SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION
Operating income for 1999 and 1998 includes a $7.0 million gain in each
year from a settlement of outstanding litigated claims with certain graphite
electrode suppliers.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None
PART III
ITEMS 10. AND 11. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT AND
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
In addition to the information under the caption "Executive Officers of the
Registrant" in "Part I, Item 4" of this Report, the information required by
these Items is incorporated by reference from the material under the headings
"Nomination and Election of Class A Directors", "Directors' Compensation,
Meetings and Standing Committees", "Executive Compensation", "Option Grants in
Last Fiscal Year", "Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and FY-End
Option Values", "Defined Benefit Retirement Plans", "Employment Contracts and
Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements", "Board
Compensation, Personnel and Succession Planning Committee Report on Executive
Compensation", and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" of
the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is
incorporated herein by reference, which will be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
The Registrant elected Messrs. James E. Declusin and Harry L. Demorest
to its Board of Directors on October 26, 2000 and January 25, 2001,
respectively.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the
material under the caption "Principal Stockholders" in the Company's Proxy
Statement for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the
material under the captions "Nomination and Election of Class A Directors",
"Executive Compensation", "Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year", "Aggregated
Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and FY-End Option Values", and "Employment
Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements" in
the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE AND REPORTS
ON FORM 8-K
PAGE
(a) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
(i) Report of Independent Accountants - 2000, 1999 and1998 ....... 22
(ii) Consolidated Financial Statements:
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998........ 23
Statements of Income for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2000................... 24
Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for
each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2000....................................... 25
Statements of Cash Flows for each of three years
in the period ended December 31, 2000..................... 26
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................. 27
(iii) Financial Statement Schedule for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2000:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts............. 42
(iv) Exhibits: Reference is made to the list on page 42 of the
exhibits filed with this report.
(b) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K:
No reports on Form 8-K were required to be filed by the
Registrant during the fourth quarter of the year ended
December 31, 2000.
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OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
(IN THOUSANDS)
COLUMN A COLUMN C
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COLUMN B COLUMN E
-------- ADDITIONS ----------
BALANCE AT CHARGED TO CHARGED COLUMN D BALANCE AT
BEGINNING COSTS AND TO OTHER ---------- END OF
CLASSIFICATION OF PERIOD EXPENSES ACCOUNTS DEDUCTIONS PERIOD
-------------- ---------- --------- -------- ---------- ----------
2000
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Allowance for doubtful accounts $1,994 $ 441 $ - $ (907) $1,528
Valuation allowance for impairment
of non-current deferred income
tax assets 3,282 - - (177) 3,105
1999
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Allowance for doubtful accounts $1,148 $ 1,007 $ - $ (161) $1,994
Valuation allowance for impairment
of non-current deferred income
tax assets 3,105 177 - - 3,282
1998
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Allowance for doubtful accounts $1,374 $ 290 $ - $ (516) $1,148
Valuation allowance for impairment
of non-current deferred income
tax assets - 3,105 - - 3,105
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LIST OF EXHIBITS*
2.0 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of January 2, 1992, by and
between Camrose Pipe Company (a partnership) and Stelco Inc.
(Filed as exhibit 2.0 to Form 8-K dated June 30, 1992 and
incorporated by reference herein.)
2.1 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of March 3, 1993, among CF&I
Steel Corporation, Denver Metals Company, Albuquerque Metals
Company, CF&I Fabricators of Colorado, Inc., CF&I Fabricators
of Utah, Inc., Pueblo Railroad Service Company, Pueblo Metals
Company, Colorado & Utah Land Company, the Colorado and
Wyoming Railway Company, William J. Westmark as trustee for the
estate of The Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company, CF&I
Steel, L.P., New CF&I, Inc. and Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. (Filed
as exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K dated March 3, 1993, and
incorporated by reference herein.)
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended. (Filed as exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-K dated December 31,
1999, and incorporated by reference herein.)
3.2 Bylaws of the Company as amended through July 29, 1999. (Filed
as exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-Q dated September 30, 1999, and
incorporated by reference herein.)
4.1 Specimen Common Stock Certificate. (Filed as exhibit 4.1 to
Form S-1 Registration Statement 33-38379 and incorporated by
reference herein.)
4.2 Indenture dated as of June 1, 1996 among Oregon Steel Mills,
Inc., as Issuer, Chemical Bank (now Chase Manhattan Bank),
as Trustee, and New CF&I, Inc. and CF&I Steel, LP, as
Guarantors, with respect to 11% First Mortgage Notes due 2003.
(Filed as exhibit 4.1 to Form 10-Q dated June 30, 1996, and
incorporated by reference herein.)
4.3 Form of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents and Leases and
Security Agreement. (Filed as exhibit 4.2 to Amendment #1
to Form S-3 Registration Statement 333-02355 and incorporated
by reference herein.)
4.4 Form of Security Agreement. (Filed as exhibit 4.3 to
Amendment #1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement 333-02355 and
incorporated by reference herein.)
4.5 Form of Intercreditor Agreement. (Filed as exhibit 4.4 to
Amendment #1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement 333-02355
and incorporated by reference herein.)
10.1** Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its
directors. (Filed as exhibit 10.6 to Form S-1 Registration
Statement 33-20407 and incorporated by reference herein.)
10.2** Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and
its executive officers. (Filed on exhibit 10.7 to Form
S-1 Registration Statement 33-20407 and incorporated by
reference herein.)
10.3 Agreement for Electric Power Service between registrant and
Portland General Electric Company. (Filed as exhibit
10.20 to Form S-1 Registration Statement 33-20407 and
incorporated by reference herein.)
10.4** Key employee contract for Thomas B. Boklund. (Filed as exhibit
10.1 to Form 10-Q dated June 30, 2000, and incorporated by
reference herein.)
10.5** Form of Key Employee Contract between the Company and its
executive officers. (Filed as exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-Q
dated September 30, 2000, and incorporated by reference
herein.)
10.6** Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant between the Company and
its executive officers. (Filed as exhibit 10.3 to Form
10-Q dated September 30, 2000, and incorporated by reference
herein.)
10.7*** Credit agreement dated as of December 1, 2000 among Oregon
Steel Mills, Inc. as the Borrower, New CF&I, Inc. and CF&I
Steel, L.P. as Guarantors, and various financial institutions,
as Lenders, and the Agent for the Lenders. Portions of
this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential
treatment request.
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10.8 Rights Agreement between Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, LLC (now Mellon Investor
Services, LLC), as Rights Agent. (Filed as Exhibit 1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (SEC Reg.
No. 1-9987) and incorporated by reference herein.)
10.9 Summary of Rights to Purchase Participating Preferred Stock.
(Filed as exhibit 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A (SEC Reg. No. 1-9987) and incorporated by reference
herein.)
10.10 Form of Rights Certificate and Election to Purchase. (Filed as
exhibit 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
8-A (SEC Reg. No. 1-9987) and incorporated by reference
herein.)
10.11** Directors' Retirement Plan. (Filed as exhibit 10.10 to Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and incorporated by
reference herein.)
10.12** Annual Incentive Plan for certain of the Company's management
employees.
21.0 Subsidiaries of registrant.
23.0 Consent of Independent Accountants - PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP.
99.0 Partnership Agreement dated as of January 2, 1992, by and
between Camrose Pipe Corporation and Stelcam Holding,
Inc. (Filed as exhibit 28.0 to Form 8-K dated June 30, 1992,
and incorporated by reference herein.)
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* The Company will furnish to stockholders a copy of the exhibit upon payment
of $.35 per page to cover the expense of furnishing such copies. Requests
should be directed to Vicki A. Tagliafico, Director of Communications and
Planning, Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., PO Box 5368, Portland, Oregon 97228.
** Management contract or compensatory plan.
*** Certain Exhibits and Schedules to this Exhibit are omitted. A list of
omitted Exhibits is provided in the Exhibit and the Registrant agrees to
furnish to the Commission as a supplement a copy of any omitted Exhibits
or Schedules upon request.
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SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR FORM 10-K
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC.
(Registrant)
By /s/ Joe E. Corvin
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Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Oregon
Steel Mills, Inc. and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Joe E. Corvin President, Chief Executive March 1, 2001
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(Joe E. Corvin) Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ L. Ray Adams Vice President Finance, March 1, 2001
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(L. Ray Adams) Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Jeff S. Stewart Corporate Controller March 1, 2001
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(Jeff S. Stewart) (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Thomas B. Boklund Chairman of the Board March 1, 2001
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(Thomas B. Boklund) and Director
Director March 1, 2001
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(James E. Declusin)
Director March 1, 2001
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(Harry L. Demorest)
/s/ V. Neil Fulton Director March 1, 2001
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(V. Neil Fulton)
/s/ Robert W. Keener Director March 1, 2001
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(Robert W. Keener)
/s/ Stephen P. Reynolds Director March 1, 2001
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(Stephen P. Reynolds)
/s/ John A. Sproul Director March 1, 2001
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(John A. Sproul)
/s/ William Swindells Director March 1, 2001
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(William Swindells)