Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 23, 2009

 

 

Eagle Materials Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-12984   75-2520779

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas   75219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (214) 432-2000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed from last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 23, 2009, Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Eagle”), announced its results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. A copy of Eagle’s earnings press release announcing these results is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99.1

  Earnings Press Release dated July 23, 2009 issued by Eagle Materials Inc. (announcing quarterly operating results)


SIGNATURES

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

 

EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By:  

/s/ William R. Devlin

  William R. Devlin
  Vice President – Controller

Date: July 23, 2009


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99.1

  Earnings Press Release dated July 23, 2009 issued by Eagle Materials Inc. (announcing quarterly operating results)
Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

 

  Contact at (214) 432-2000
  Steven R. Rowley
  President & CEO
 

 

Craig Kesler

  Vice President – Investor Relations
      
  News For Immediate Release

EAGLE MATERIALS INC. REPORTS

FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS

(Dallas, TX July 23, 2009): Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP) today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 ended June 30, 2009. Notable items for the quarter included:

 

   

Earnings per diluted share of $0.27, up 50% compared to $0.18 per diluted share in the fiscal 2009 first quarter

 

   

Net earnings of $11.9 million, up 52% compared with the fiscal 2009 first quarter

 

   

Revenues of $127.9 million, down 28% compared with the fiscal 2009 first quarter

 

   

Generated $19.8 million in cash from operations during the quarter

U.S. construction activity continued to contract during the quarter. Weak residential construction activity and waning commercial construction put downward pressure on cement and wallboard sales volumes. Industry cement and wallboard shipments for the quarter were each down approximately 30% compared to the same period in the prior year. Cement industry production capacity utilization rates were approximately 80% during the quarter and wallboard industry production capacity utilization rates remained near 50% during the quarter. Despite the difficult economic climate, the decline in sales volumes was offset by lower operating costs across nearly all of our businesses and lower financing costs associated with lower borrowing levels during this year’s first quarter.

GYPSUM WALLBOARD AND PAPERBOARD

Gypsum Wallboard and Paperboard revenues for the first quarter totaled $70.3 million, a 30% decrease from the $100.9 million for the same quarter a year ago. Gypsum Wallboard and Paperboard’s first quarter operating earnings were $8.4 million compared to an operating loss of $2.2 million for the same quarter last year. Lower energy, transportation and raw materials costs combined with higher gypsum wallboard sales prices were the primary drivers of the quarterly earnings improvement. The average gypsum wallboard net sales price for this fiscal year’s first quarter was $100.00 per MSF, 12% greater than the $89.27 per MSF for the same quarter last year. Gypsum wallboard sales volume of 445 million square feet (MMSF) for the quarter decreased 31% from the prior year’s first quarter.

CEMENT, CONCRETE AND AGGREGATES

Cement revenues, including joint venture and intersegment revenues, for the first quarter totaled $62.1 million, 28% less than the $86.3 million for the same quarter a year ago. Operating earnings from Cement declined 25% to $17.1 million for the first quarter this year from $22.6 million for the same quarter last year. The earnings decline was due primarily to lower sales prices and sales


volumes. Cement sales volumes for the first quarter were 652,000 tons, 22% below the 835,000 tons for the same quarter last year. Eagle’s purchased cement sales volumes for the quarter declined to approximately 27,000 tons, or 4% of total sales volume, versus approximately 167,000 tons in the prior year’s first quarter. The average net sales price for this fiscal year’s first quarter was $88.86 per ton, 9% less than the record $97.52 per ton for the same quarter last year.

Revenues from Concrete and Aggregates were $14.6 million for this year’s first quarter, 23% less than the $18.9 million for the first quarter a year ago. Concrete and Aggregates reported a $1.5 million operating profit for this year’s first quarter, down 29% from the same quarter last year, due primarily to lower sales volumes and sales prices for both products. Concrete sales volume declined 11% for the first quarter this year to 157,000 cubic yards from 177,000 cubic yards for the same quarter last year. Our Concrete quarterly average net sales price of $68.43 per cubic yard for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 was 8% lower than the $74.29 per cubic yard for the first quarter a year ago. Our Aggregates operation reported sales volume of 577,000 tons for the current quarter, 28% less than the 798,000 tons reported in the first quarter last year. Our Aggregates quarterly average net sales price was $6.71 per ton during the first quarter and was 8% below last year’s first quarter Aggregates average net sales price.

DETAILS OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

We conduct one of our cement plant operations through a 50/50 joint venture, Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP (the “Joint Venture”). We utilize the equity method of accounting for our 50% interest in the Joint Venture. For segment reporting purposes only, we proportionately consolidate our 50% share of the Joint Venture’s revenues and operating earnings, which is consistent with the way management organizes the segments within the Company for making operating decisions and assessing performance.

In addition, for segment reporting purposes, we report intersegment revenues as a part of a segment’s total revenues. Intersegment sales are eliminated on the income statement. Refer to Attachment 3 for a reconciliation of the amounts referred to above.

ABOUT EAGLE MATERIALS INC.

Eagle Materials Inc., a member of the S&P 600 Index, is a Dallas-based company that manufactures and distributes Cement, Gypsum Wallboard, Recycled Paperboard and Concrete and Aggregates.

 

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Eagle’s senior management will conduct a conference call to discuss the financial results, forward-looking information and other matters at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time) on Thursday, July 23, 2009. The conference call will be webcast simultaneously on the Eagle Web site http://www.eaglematerials.com. A replay of the webcast and the presentation will be archived on that site for one year. For more information, contact Eagle at (214) 432-2000.

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Forward-Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the context of the statement and generally arise when the Company is discussing its beliefs, estimates or expectations. These statements are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance but instead represent only the Company’s belief at the time the statements were made regarding future events which are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors many of which are outside the Company’s control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. The principal risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s actual performance include the following: the cyclical and seasonal nature of the Company’s business; public infrastructure expenditures; adverse weather conditions; availability of raw materials; changes in energy costs including, without limitation, natural gas and oil; changes in the cost and availability of transportation; unexpected operational difficulties; inability to timely execute announced capacity expansions; governmental regulation and changes in governmental and public policy (including, without limitation, climate change regulation); changes in economic conditions specific to any one or more of the Company’s markets; competition; announced increases in capacity in the gypsum wallboard and cement industries; changes in the demand for residential housing construction or commercial construction; general economic conditions; and interest rates. For example, increases in interest rates, decreases in demand for construction materials or increases in the cost of energy (including, without limitation, natural gas and oil) could affect the revenues and operating earnings of our operations. In addition, changes in national or regional economic conditions and levels of infrastructure and construction spending could also adversely affect the Company’s result of operations. These and other factors are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. This report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements made herein are made as of the date hereof, and the risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations expressed herein will increase with the passage of time. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or changes in the Company’s expectations.

Steven R. Rowley

President and Chief Executive Officer

Craig Kesler

Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development

Attachment 1    Summary of Consolidated Earnings

Attachment 2    Revenues and Earnings by Lines of Business (Quarter)

Attachment 3    Sales Volume, Net Sales Prices and Intersegment and Cement Revenues

Attachment 4    Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

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Eagle Materials Inc.

Attachment 1

Eagle Materials Inc.

Summary of Consolidated Earnings

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Quarter Ended June 30,  
     2009    2008    Change  

Revenues

   $ 127,892    $ 176,803    -28

Earnings Before Income Taxes

   $ 17,193    $ 10,932    +57

Net Earnings

   $ 11,920    $ 7,830    +52

Earnings Per Share:

        

- Basic

   $ 0.27    $ 0.18    +50

- Diluted

   $ 0.27    $ 0.18    +50

Average Shares Outstanding:

        

- Basic

     43,581,646      43,421,927    0

- Diluted

     43,996,589      43,885,288    0

 

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Eagle Materials Inc.

Attachment 2

Eagle Materials Inc.

Revenues and Earnings by Lines of Business

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Quarter Ended June 30,  
     2009     2008     Change  

Revenues*

      

Gypsum Wallboard and Paperboard:

      

Gypsum Wallboard

   $ 56,922      $ 81,398      -30

Gypsum Paperboard

     13,395        19,530      -31
                  
     70,317        100,928      -30
     55     57  

Cement (Wholly Owned)

     43,187        56,764      -24
     34     32  

Concrete & Aggregates

     14,301        18,711      -24
     11     11  

Other, net

     87        400      -78
     0     0  
                  

Total

   $ 127,892      $ 176,803      -28
     100     100  
                  

Operating Earnings

      

Gypsum Wallboard and Paperboard:

      

Gypsum Wallboard

   $ 3,408      $ (5,388   N/A   

Gypsum Paperboard

     5,033        3,213      +57
                  
   $ 8,441      $ (2,175   N/A   
     31     -10  

Cement:

      

Wholly Owned

     9,780        14,754      -34

Joint Venture

     7,301        7,886      -7
                  
     17,081        22,640      -25
     63     99  

Concrete & Aggregates

     1,510        2,113      -29
     6     9  

Other, net

     87        400      -78
     0     2  
                  

Total Operating Earnings

     27,119        22,978      +18
     100     100  

Corporate General Expenses

     (4,293     (4,055  

Interest Expense, net

     (5,633     (7,991  
                  

Earnings Before Income Taxes

   $ 17,193      $ 10,932      +57
                  

 

* Net of Intersegment and Joint Venture Revenues listed on Attachment 3.

N/A – Not Applicable

 

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Eagle Materials Inc.

Attachment 3

Eagle Materials Inc.

Sales Volume, Net Sales Prices and Intersegment and Cement Revenues

(unaudited)

 

     Sales Volume  
     Quarter Ended
June 30,
 
     2009    2008    Change  

Gypsum Wallboard (MMSF’s)

     445      646    -31

Paperboard (M Tons):

        

Internal

     18      25    -28

External

     38      42    -10
                
     56      67    -16

Cement (M Tons):

        

Wholly Owned

     465      556    -16

Joint Venture

     187      279    -33
                
     652      835    -22

Concrete (M Cubic Yards)

     157      177    -11

Aggregates (M Tons)

     577      798    -28
     Average Net Sales Price *  
     Quarter Ended
June 30,
 
     2009    2008    Change  

Gypsum Wallboard (MSF)

   $ 100.00    $ 89.27    +12

Paperboard (Ton)

   $ 400.04    $ 498.59    -20

Cement (Ton)

   $ 88.86    $ 97.52    -9

Concrete (Cubic Yard)

   $ 68.43    $ 74.29    -8

Aggregates (Ton)

   $ 6.71    $ 7.27    -8

 

* Net of freight and delivery costs billed to customers.

 

     Intersegment and
Cement Revenues

($ in thousands)
     Quarter Ended
June 30,
     2009    2008

Intersegment Revenues:

     

Cement

   $ 1,592    $ 1,916

Paperboard

     9,141      14,270

Concrete and Aggregates

     309      225
             
   $ 11,042    $ 16,411
             

Cement Revenues:

     

Wholly Owned

   $ 43,187    $ 56,764

Joint Venture

     17,321      27,629
             
   $ 60,508    $ 84,393
             

 

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Eagle Materials Inc.

Attachment 4

Eagle Materials Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     June 30,     March 31,
2009*
 
     2009     2008    

ASSETS

      

Current Assets –

      

Cash and Cash Equivalents

   $ 1,039      $ 14,519      $ 17,798   

Accounts and Notes Receivable, net

     56,892        72,350        44,261   

Inventories

     104,383        103,972        107,063   

Prepaid and Other Assets

     5,105        3,855        6,161   
                        

Total Current Assets

     167,419        194,696        175,283   
                        

Property, Plant and Equipment –

     1,092,181        1,087,375        1,089,610   

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

     (432,194     (386,558     (419,669
                        

Property, Plant and Equipment, net

     659,987        700,817        669,941   

Investments in Joint Venture

     38,072        38,981        39,521   

Notes Receivable

     6,000        7,100        6,301   

Goodwill and Intangibles

     152,653        153,290        152,812   

Other Assets

     23,446        22,946        22,810   
                        
   $ 1,047,577      $ 1,117,830      $ 1,066,668   
                        

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

      

Current Liabilities –

      

Accounts Payable

   $ 23,967      $ 53,091      $ 19,645   

Federal Income Taxes Payable

     7,033        2,890        —     

Accrued Liabilities

     37,386        45,068        44,604   
                        

Total Current Liabilities

     68,386        101,049        64,249   
                        

Long-term Liabilities

     97,903        85,134        97,104   

Bank Credit Facility

     25,000        10,000        55,000   

Senior Notes

     300,000        400,000        300,000   

Deferred Income Taxes

     119,473        115,314        122,488   

Stockholders’ Equity –

      

Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.01; Authorized 5,000,000 Shares; None Issued

     —          —          —     

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01; Authorized 100,000,000 Shares; Issued and Outstanding 43,601,281; 43,487,373 and 43,589,775 Shares, respectively.

     436        435        436   

Capital in Excess of Par Value

     12,595        1,512        11,166   

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses

     (6,040     (1,368     (6,040

Retained Earnings

     429,824        405,754        422,265   
                        

Total Stockholders’ Equity

     436,815        406,333        427,827   
                        
   $ 1,047,577      $ 1,117,830      $ 1,066,668   
                        

 

* From audited financial statements.

 

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