Missouri
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1-10596
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43-1554045
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(State
or Other
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
|
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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9900A
Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri
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63124-1186
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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ITEM
9.01 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
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|
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
No. Description
of Exhibit
|
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99.1
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Press
Release dated May 4, 2010
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ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC.
|
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Dated: May
4, 2010
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By: /s/
G.E. Muenster
|
G.E.
Muenster
|
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Executive Vice President
and
|
|
Chief Financial
Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No. Description of
Exhibit
|
|
99.1 Press Release dated May 4, 2010 |
For
more information contact:
|
For media
inquiries:
|
Kate
Lowrey
|
David P.
Garino
|
Director,
Investor Relations
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(314)
982-0551
|
ESCO
Technologies Inc.
|
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(314)
213-7277
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·
|
Net
sales were $129.3 million ($242.0 million
year-to-date);
|
·
|
EPS
was $0.22 per share ($0.24 per share
year-to-date);
|
·
|
Entered
orders were $218.6 million ($357 million year-to-date), representing
record quarterly order volume, and resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of
1.7x; and
|
·
|
Backlog
increased $89.3 million (27 percent) to an all-time high of $414.4
million.
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·
|
Aclara
RF AMI gas product orders with PG&E were $19.1 million, bringing
total PG&E gas project orders to 4.1 million units and $226 million,
representing the entire quantity of units expected in the original
contract.
|
·
|
Aclara
RF AMI water orders for the New York City Water project were $22.4
million, bringing total NYC water orders to $57.4 million cumulative to
date.
|
·
|
Aclara
RF AMI water orders with San Francisco Public Utilities were $13
million.
|
·
|
Aclara
PLS AMI orders were $55.2 million, including $36.7 million from COOPs,
$11.0 million from international customers and $7.5 million from
IOUs.
|
·
|
Test
segment orders were $52.2 million, including an order for two large RF
shielded enclosures worth over $14
million.
|
·
|
Aclara
RF AMI water contract with Toho Water Authority in Florida, with orders
under the contract expected to total $9
million.
|
·
|
Aclara
RF AMI water contract with the City of Toronto, with orders under the
contract expected to total $34
million.
|
ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||
Three
Months
Ended
March
31, 2010
|
Three
Months
Ended
March
31, 2009
|
|||||||
Net
Sales
|
$ | 129,281 | 154,156 | |||||
Cost
and Expenses:
|
||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
79,399 | 92,226 | ||||||
SG&A
|
36,809 | 38,237 | ||||||
Amortization
of intangible assets
|
2,887 | 4,985 | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
755 | 1,756 | ||||||
Other
expenses (income), net
|
288 | 357 | ||||||
Total
costs and expenses
|
120,138 | 137,561 | ||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
9,143 | 16,595 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
3,177 | 5,990 | ||||||
Net
earnings from continuing operations
|
5,966 | 10,605 | ||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax
benefit
of $101
|
- | (177 | ) | |||||
Loss
on sale from discontinued operations, net
of
tax benefit of $905
|
- | (32 | ) | |||||
Net
loss from discontinued operations
|
- | (209 | ) | |||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 5,966 | 10,396 | |||||
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
0.23 | 0.41 | ||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
- | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 0.23 | 0.40 | |||||
Diluted
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
0.22 | 0.40 | ||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
- | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 0.22 | 0.39 | |||||
Average
common shares O/S:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
26,440 | 26,177 | ||||||
Diluted
|
26,702 | 26,470 |
ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||
Six
Months
Ended
March
31, 2010
|
Six
Months
Ended
March
31, 2009
|
|||||||
Net
Sales
|
$ | 241,986 | 301,513 | |||||
Cost
and Expenses:
|
||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
146,835 | 184,842 | ||||||
SG&A
|
76,017 | 77,519 | ||||||
Amortization
of intangible assets
|
5,771 | 9,587 | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
2,237 | 4,374 | ||||||
Other
expenses (income), net
|
1,311 | 244 | ||||||
Total
costs and expenses
|
232,171 | 276,566 | ||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
9,815 | 24,947 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
3,412 | 8,502 | ||||||
Net
earnings from continuing operations
|
6,403 | 16,445 | ||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax
benefit
of $112
|
- | (197 | ) | |||||
Loss
on sale from discontinued operations, net
of
tax benefit of $905
|
- | (32 | ) | |||||
Net
loss from discontinued operations
|
- | (229 | ) | |||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 6,403 | 16,216 | |||||
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
0.24 | 0.63 | ||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
- | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 0.24 | 0.62 | |||||
Diluted
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
0.24 | 0.62 | ||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
- | (0.01 | ) | |||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 0.24 | 0.61 | |||||
Average
common shares O/S:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
26,432 | 26,143 | ||||||
Diluted
|
26,705 | 26,444 |
ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Business Segment Information
(Unaudited)
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended
March
31,
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Sales
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility
Solutions Group
|
$ | 72,009 | 94,065 | 133,232 | 182,266 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test
|
31,580 | 33,713 | 58,567 | 69,202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Filtration
|
25,692 | 26,378 | 50,187 | 50,045 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Totals
|
$ | 129,281 | 154,156 | 241,986 | 301,513 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EBIT
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility
Solutions Group
|
$ | 10,621 | 16,138 | 15,191 | 26,693 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test
|
2,096 | 3,748 | 2,796 | 6,982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Filtration
|
2,989 | 4,227 | 5,347 | 7,090 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
|
(5,808 | ) | (1 | ) | (5,762 | ) | (2 | ) | (11,282 | ) | (3 | ) | (11,444 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated
EBIT
|
9,898 | 18,351 | 12,052 | 29,321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less:
Interest expense
|
(755 | ) | (1,756 | ) | (2,237 | ) | (4,374 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
$ | 9,143 | 16,595 | 9,815 | 24,947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note:Depreciation
and amortization expense was $5.6 million and $7.2 million for the
quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $11.2 million
and $15.1 million for the six-month periods ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
|
(1) Includes
$1.2 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets.
(2) Includes
$1.2 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets.
(3) Includes
$2.3 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets.
(4) Includes
$2.4 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets.
|
ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||
March
31,
2010
|
September
30,
2009
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 22,925 | 44,630 | |||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
94,432 | 108,620 | ||||||
Costs
and estimated earnings on
long-term
contracts
|
6,378 | 10,758 | ||||||
Inventories
|
89,302 | 82,020 | ||||||
Current
portion of deferred tax assets
|
21,594 | 20,417 | ||||||
Other
current assets
|
20,068 | 13,750 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
254,699 | 280,195 | ||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
70,422 | 69,543 | ||||||
Goodwill
|
330,326 | 330,719 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
219,518 | 221,600 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
21,887 | 21,630 | ||||||
$ | 896,852 | 923,687 | ||||||
Liabilities and Shareholders’
Equity
|
||||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$ | 50,000 | 50,000 | |||||
Accounts
payable
|
29,051 | 47,218 | ||||||
Current
portion of deferred revenue
|
21,645 | 20,215 | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
45,830 | 46,552 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
146,526 | 163,985 | ||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
78,326 | 78,471 | ||||||
Other
liabilities
|
31,505 | 33,424 | ||||||
Long-term
debt
|
120,363 | 130,467 | ||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
520,132 | 517,340 | ||||||
$ | 896,852 | 923,687 |
ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2010
|
||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 6,403 | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net earnings to net cash
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
11,157 | |||
Stock
compensation expense
|
1,900 | |||
Changes
in current assets and liabilities
|
(15,158 | ) | ||
Effect
of deferred taxes
|
(1,322 | ) | ||
Pension
contributions
|
(968 | ) | ||
Other
|
829 | |||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
2,841 | |||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||
Additions
to capitalized software
|
(4,095 | ) | ||
Capital
expenditures
|
(7,074 | ) | ||
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
(11,169 | ) | ||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||
Proceeds
from long-term debt
|
8,000 | |||
Principal
payments on long-term debt
|
(18,104 | ) | ||
Dividends
paid
|
(2,115 | ) | ||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
412 | |||
Other
|
655 | |||
Net
cash used by financing activities
|
(11,152 | ) | ||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(2,225 | ) | ||
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(21,705 | ) | ||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
44,630 | |||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$ | 22,925 |
ESCO
TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Other
Selected Financial Data
(Unaudited)
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Backlog And Entered Orders – Q2 FY
2010
|
Utility
Solutions
|
Test
|
Filtration
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Beginning
Backlog – 12/31/09
|
$ | 145,464 | 64,325 | 115,295 | 325,084 | |||||||||||
Entered
Orders
|
141,005 | 52,206 | 25,348 | 218,559 | ||||||||||||
Sales
|
(72,009 | ) | (31,580 | ) | (25,692 | ) | (129,281 | ) | ||||||||
Ending
Backlog – 3/31/10
|
$ | 214,460 | 84,951 | 114,951 | 414,362 | |||||||||||
Backlog And Entered Orders – YTD Q2 FY
2010
|
Utility
Solutions
|
Test
|
Filtration
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Beginning
Backlog – 9/30/09
|
$ | 132,376 | 54,240 | 112,755 | 299,371 | |||||||||||
Entered
Orders
|
215,316 | 89,277 | 52,384 | 356,977 | ||||||||||||
Sales
|
(133,232 | ) | (58,567 | ) | (50,187 | ) | (241,986 | ) | ||||||||
Ending
Backlog – 3/31/10
|
214,460 | 84,950 | 114,952 | 414,362 |