-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, M13vj91We18JmNglLhmFadenVGLzPakfwkEiAkqOY9O4V54NbjE/RSAIL4QMSk8/ gwg21SL4v7YaUAS6R/1E+Q== 0001193125-07-122866.txt : 20070525 0001193125-07-122866.hdr.sgml : 20070525 20070524212618 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-122866 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 13 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070524 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REXNORD LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000843762 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3560] IRS NUMBER: 341545944 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-25967-01 FILM NUMBER: 07878535 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4701 W GREENFIELD AVE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53214 BUSINESS PHONE: 4146433000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4701 GREENFIELD AVE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53214 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REXNORD CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RBS GLOBAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001213336 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3560] IRS NUMBER: 010752045 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-102428-08 FILM NUMBER: 07878536 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4701 GREENFIELD AVE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53214 BUSINESS PHONE: 4146433000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4701 GREENFIELD AVE CITY: MILAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53214 10-K 1 d10k.htm FORM 10-K Form 10-K
Table of Contents

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


FORM 10-K

 


FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark one)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from             to             

Commission file number: 333-102428

 


 

RBS Global, Inc.   Rexnord LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)   (Formerly Rexnord Corporation)
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Delaware   Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
01-0752045   04-3722228
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4701 West Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin   53214
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (414) 643-3000

 


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    

Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.    

Yes  ¨    No  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  ¨

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 is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    

Yes  ¨    No   x

As March 31, 2007, none of the common stock of either registrant was held by non-affiliates of the registrant. As of such date there was no public market for either registrant’s securities.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each corporate issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2007

RBS Global, Inc. Common Stock, $.01 par value per share   1,000 shares

 



Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Part I

Item 1.

   Business    2

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    14

Item 1B.

   Unresolved Staff Comments    20

Item 2.

   Properties    20

Item 3.

   Legal Proceedings    22

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    25
Part II   

Item 5.

   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities    25

Item 6.

   Selected Financial Data    26

Item 7.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    28

Item 7A.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    40

Item 8.

   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    40

Item 9.

   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    82

Item 9A.

   Controls and Procedures    82

Item 9B.

   Other Information    82
Part III   

Item 10.

   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant    83

Item 11.

   Executive Compensation    84

Item 12.

   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters    101

Item 13.

   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions    102

Item 14.

   Principal Accountant Fees and Services    104
Part IV   

Item 15.

   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules    104
   Signatures    109

 

1


Table of Contents

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

RBS Global, Inc. (RBS Global), a Delaware corporation, is the parent company of Rexnord LLC (a Delaware limited liability company), a holding company, which owns several domestic and foreign subsidiaries. RBS Global was formed by certain affiliates of our prior equity sponsor and incorporated in Delaware on November 4, 2002. On May 24, 2006, RBS Global entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which affiliates of the private equity firm Apollo Management, L.P. (“Apollo”) and certain members of management agreed to purchase the Company from private equity firm The Carlyle Group, the predecessor equity sponsor, through the merger of Chase Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of an Apollo affiliate, with and into the Company (the “Merger”). On July 21, 2006 (the “Merger Date”), the Merger occurred and the Company became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Chase Acquisition, Inc. Chase Acquisition, Inc. is 100% owned by our ultimate parent company Rexnord Holdings, Inc (“Rexnord Holdings”).

The consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include the accounts of RBS Global and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise noted, references to the Company, Rexnord, we, us and our, refer to RBS Global, and its subsidiary Rexnord LLC and its subsidiaries. Throughout this Form 10-K, we will also refer to the financial statements of RBS Global, Inc. and subsidiaries prior to the Merger Date collectively as the “Predecessor” for comparative purposes.

Our fiscal year is the year ending March 31 of the corresponding calendar year. For example, our fiscal year 2007, or fiscal 2007, means the period from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007. This report includes references to financial data for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, which combines our results from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 with the Predecessor results for the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006. This combined financial information is the result of merely adding the predecessor and successor results and does not include any pro forma assumptions or adjustments.

On February 7, 2007 we acquired the plumbing products business (“Zurn”) of Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. from an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P. for a cash purchase price of $942.5 million, including transaction costs (the Zurn acquisition). The acquisition of Zurn establishes the Water Management platform within Rexnord. We believe Zurn is a leader in the multi-billion dollar non-residential construction and replacement market for plumbing fixtures and fittings. It designs and manufactures plumbing products used in commercial and industrial construction, renovation and facilities maintenance markets in North America. The results of operations of Zurn are included from February 8, 2007 through March 31, 2007.

We make available free of charge, on or through our Internet website, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

The address of our principal executive office is 4701 W. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214. Our phone number is (414) 643-3000. Our Internet website address is www.rexnord.com.

Our Company

We believe we are a leading diversified, multi-platform industrial company strategically well positioned within the markets and industries we serve. With the completion of the Zurn acquisition on February 7, 2007, our business is comprised of two strategic platforms: (i) our existing Power Transmission (PT) platform and (ii) a new Water Management (WM) platform based on the acquired Zurn operations. We believe that we have the broadest portfolio of highly engineered, mission and project critical PT products in the industrial and aerospace end markets. Our PT products include gears, couplings, industrial bearings, flattop, aerospace bearings and seals, special components and industrial chain. With the Zurn acquisition, our Water Management platform is a leader in the multi-billion dollar, specification-driven, non-residential construction market for water management products. The Zurn acquisition added specification drainage, PEX, water control and commercial brass products to our highly engineered product portfolio.

We are led by an experienced, high-caliber management team that employs a proven operating system, Rexnord Business System, or RBS, modeled after the Danaher Business System, to drive performance at every level of the organization. We operate 29 PT manufacturing and four PT repair facilities located around the world and 18 WM manufacturing and warehouse facilities in North America. As of March 31, 2007, we had approximately 7,100 employees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, we generated net sales of $1,255.7 million and a net loss of $36.7 million.

We sell our PT products in a diverse group of attractive end-market industries, which include aerospace, agri-farm, air handling, cement and aggregates, chemicals, construction equipment, energy, food and beverages, forest and wood products, marine, material and package handling, mining, natural resource extraction and petrochemical. The Zurn acquisition and the creation of our Water Management platform further diversified our end-market mix by providing us with a presence in the commercial and institutional construction, civil and public water works markets. Sales to our largest customer, Motion Industries Inc., accounted for approximately 10.7%, 11.8% and 9.0% of our total net sales for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

2


Table of Contents

Key Strategic Platforms:

Power Transmission (PT)

We believe we have the broadest product portfolio in the PT industry. Our PT products are highly engineered and, we believe, are critical components in the machinery or plant in which they operate. These products include gears, couplings, industrial bearings, flattop, aerospace bearings and seals, special components and industrial chain. Through the Falk acquisition in May 2005, we increased our market penetration and expanded our product portfolio in gears and couplings.

Over the past century, we have established long-term relationships with original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and end users serving a wide variety of industries. As a result of incorporating our components into their products, sales to OEMs and end users have created a significant installed base for our products, which are consumed in use and have a relatively predictable replacement cycle. This replacement dynamic drives recurring aftermarket sales, which we estimate have historically accounted for approximately 60% of our North American PT sales. These aftermarket sales in turn create a recurring revenue stream from our extensive distribution network, consisting of over 400 distributors nationwide that operate through 1,900 branches.

We sell our PT products to a diverse group of end-market industries, including aerospace, agri-farm, air handling, cement and aggregates, chemicals, construction equipment, energy, food and beverages, forest and wood products, marine, material and package handling, mining, natural resource extraction and petrochemical. We believe we have been able to maintain leadership positions within these markets as a result of our extensive offering of quality products, positive brand perception, highly engineered product lines, extensive specification work, market experience and focus on customer satisfaction. In addition, we serve industry-leading customers across all of our markets. Our end-market and customer diversification, coupled with high aftermarket revenues, help reduce our exposure to any specific industry.

Most of our products are critical components in large scale manufacturing processes, where the cost of component failure and resulting downtime is high. We believe our reputation for superior quality products and our ability to meet lead times as short as one day are highly valued by our customers, as demonstrated by their strong preference to replace their worn Rexnord products with new Rexnord products. Our customers’ preference to replace “like-for-like” products, combined with our significant installed base, enables us to achieve premium pricing, generates a source of recurring revenue and provides us a competitive advantage. Our products are marketed globally under brands such as Rex®, Falk® and Link-Belt®, using both direct and indirect channels. We believe the majority of our products are purchased by customers as part of their regular maintenance budgets and do not represent significant capital expenditures.

Our key PT product offerings include:

Gears

We are a leading manufacturer of gear drives and large gear sets for the heavy duty industrial market, with the number one position in the North American market for parallel shaft, right angle, and inline drives along with mill gear sets. Gear drives and gear sets reduce the output speed and increase the torque from an electronic motor or engine to the level required to drive a particular piece of equipment. Our gear drives, service and gear sets are used in a number of heavy duty industries. These primary industries include the natural resource extraction, steel, pulp and paper, chemical, forest and wood products. We manufacture a wide range of heavy duty, medium and light duty gear drives used for bulk material handling, mixing, pumping and general gearing applications. We also operate a gear service and repair business through our Product Service group (Prager™ and Falk Renew®). We believe we are the number one provider of gear repair, replacement parts and onsite services in the US. Generally, our gear drives and gear sets have an average replacement cycle of 5 to 20 years. We estimate that our aftermarket sales of gears comprise half of our overall gear sales. Our gear products are manufactured in our facilities in Wisconsin, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Australia, Canada, China and Germany. Our gear products are sold under the Falk™, Rex®, Link-Belt®, Stephan™ and Prager™ brand names. We categorize our gear products and services as follows.

 

   

Heavy duty gear drives. Heavy duty gear drives are generally sold in either parallel shaft or right angle configurations with torque ratings up to 15 million inch pounds. Heavy duty gear drives are typically used to power bulk material handling and conveying systems in the cement, coal and mining industries, as well as crushing, mixing, hoisting and marine applications.

 

   

Medium and light duty gear drives. Medium and light duty gear drives perform the same function as heavy duty gear drives, but with a maximum torque rating of 3 million inch pounds, and are typically used in medium and light duty material handling, mixing and pumping applications. Products include speed reducers, gearmotors, shaft mounts and mixer drives. We also buy and resell a range of private label products including worm drives, gearmotors and backstops.

 

   

General gearing. General gearing includes ring gears and pinions used in the hard rock mining, cement and power generation industries for large crushing and milling applications such as ball mills, SAG mills and cement kilns. Other products include outside heavy section castings (i.e., automotive die blocks) and large contract manufacturing.

 

   

Gear service and Repair. Falk Renew and Prager are our gearbox service and repair companies, servicing the largest installed base of geared products in the Americas. The service repair business is operated from facilities in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.

 

3


Table of Contents

Market. We believe we are the leading producer of gears in North America, and we sell our gear products to a variety of customers within numerous end markets. Market competition in the heavy duty gear industry is based primarily on quality, lead times, reputation for quality and cost. We estimate the global gear market to be approximately $4.5 billion. The global market is both competitive and fragmented, with a few significant competitors and none that dominate.

Couplings

Couplings are primarily used in high-speed, high torque applications and are the interface between two shafts that permit power to be transmitted from one shaft to the other. Our couplings are sold to a variety of end markets, including the petrochemical and refining, wood processing, chemical, power generation and natural resources industries. We estimate that our aftermarket sales of couplings comprise half of our overall coupling sales. Our couplings are manufactured in our facilities in Alabama, Nebraska, Texas, Wisconsin, France and Germany.

Couplings are comprised of the grid, flexible disc, elastomeric and gear product lines and are sold under the Steelflex®, Thomas®, Omega®, Rex® Viva®, Wrapflex®, Lifelign®, True Torque® and Addax® brand names.

 

   

Grid. Grid couplings are lubricated couplings that offer simpler initial installation than gear couplings and the ability to replace in place. Our grid couplings are sold under the Steelflex® brand.

 

   

Flexible disc. Flexible disc couplings are non-lubricated, metal flexing couplings that are used for the transmission of torque and the accommodation of shaft misalignment. Our flexible disc couplings are sold under the Thomas®, Freedom™ and ModulFlex® brands.

 

   

Elastomeric. Elastomeric couplings are flexible couplings ideal for use in industrial applications such as pumps, compressors, blowers, mixers and many other drive applications and are marketed under the Rex Omega®, Rex® Viva® and Wrapflex® brands.

 

   

Gear. Gear couplings are lubricated couplings that are typically more torque dense than other coupling types. Our gear couplings are sold under the Lifelign® brand.

Market. The global couplings market is estimated at approximately $1 billion in annual sales and generally follows the investment cycles of the industries it supplies. We sell our couplings to a variety of customers in several end markets, including the petrochemical and refining, wood processing, chemical, power generation and natural resources industries. Global demand for couplings is split approximately equally among North America, Europe and the rest of the world. The couplings market is split between dry couplings and wet couplings and is fragmented, with numerous manufacturers.

Industrial Bearings

Industrial bearings are components that support, guide and reduce the friction of motion between fixed and moving machine parts. These products are primarily sold for use in mining, aggregate, forest and wood products, construction equipment, and agricultural equipment industries. Industrial bearings are sold either mounted or unmounted. We primarily produce mounted bearings, which are offered in a variety of specialized housings to suit specific industrial applications, and generally command higher margins than unmounted bearings. Bearings have an average replacement cycle of 3 to 5 years. We estimate that our aftermarket sales of industrial bearings products comprise more than half of our overall industrial bearings sales. We manufacture our industrial bearings products in our facilities in Indiana, Tennessee, Michigan and Illinois. Our primary industrial bearings products include:

 

   

Spherical Roller Bearings. Self-aligning and self-contained spherical roller bearings provide high capacity for heavy-duty and high-precision applications. They are used extensively on earth-moving equipment, vibrating screens, steel mill and paper mill equipment, embossing rolls, printing presses, and torque converters.

 

   

Ball Bearings. Ball bearings provide a versatility of application arrangements for carrying shafts with radial or combination radial and thrust loads. They are designed for general purpose industrial machinery, conveyors, chain and belt drives, fans and blowers, power transmission, and many other applications.

 

   

Cylindrical Roller Bearings. Metric series cylindrical roller bearings are manufactured to ABMA boundary dimensions. These bearings require minimum space and provide maximum rate capacity. Various configurations including separable inner and outer ring combinations offer ample application flexibility.

 

   

Filament and Sleeve Bearings. Filament bearings, sold under the Duralon® brand name, are self-lubricating bearings that feature a woven Teflon® fabric liner and can withstand demanding loads and speeds. Rigid sleeve bearings provide compact and reliable usage in applications where continuous operation and uninterrupted service are required. Because bearing material wears gradually, sudden breakdowns and costly maintenance are minimized. Sleeve bearings can handle a wide variety of applications such as log decks, sewage treatment equipment, furnaces and ovens, and fans and blowers.

 

4


Table of Contents

Market. We believe we are one of the leading producers of mounted bearings in North America. We sell our industrial bearings products to a variety of customers within numerous end markets. Market competition in the bearings industry is based primarily on cost, quality, on-time delivery and market access.

Flattop

Our flattop chain is a highly engineered conveyor chain that provides a smooth continuous conveying surface that is critical to high-speed operations such as those used to transport cans and bottles in beverage-filling operations, and is primarily sold to the food and beverage, consumer products and parts processing industries. Flattop chain products generally need to be replaced every 4 to 5 years on average. We manufacture our flattop chain products in our manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin, Italy and the Netherlands. Our primary flattop chain products include:

 

   

TableTop® chain. We believe we are the leading manufacturer of unit link flattop chain, which we market as our TableTop® chain. Although unit link flattop chain was originally available only in metal, today we ship more plastic chain than metal as metal unit link flattop chain has been gradually replaced with plastic chain. We believe that we maintain the industry’s largest product portfolio of both plastic and metal unit link flattop chain.

 

   

MatTop® chain. MatTop® chain is our brand of modular chain that is made completely of plastic. Modular chain has an inherent advantage over competing products such as rubber belt and roller conveyors due to its more precise functioning, lower maintenance requirements and corrosion resistance. Modular chain applications have gradually expanded to include beverage and unit handling, and we have positioned ourselves as one of the top suppliers of modular chain to the food and beverages and other unit handling industries.

 

   

Conveyor components. We manufacture a full range of conveyor components that are sold in conjunction with our TableTop® and MatTop® chain products. These products, which include levelers and guide rails, enable us to offer a complete package of conveying and conveyor components.

Market. We market our flattop chain products directly to end users and market and sell these products to both OEMs and distributors. The flattop chain market has experienced and continues to undergo a shift towards plastic. We believe this trend towards plastic will continue in the flattop chain market as more food and beverages companies begin to replace their older conveyor lines and as container production continues to move away from the use of returnable glass bottles that have traditionally been conveyed on stainless steel chain. This trend has not yet significantly affected the European flattop chain market, however, as European manufacturers and processors have a propensity to use metal chains that conform to standardized designs. In addition, we believe there will be other additional growth opportunities as rubber belt and roller conveyor are replaced by newer technologies.

Aerospace Bearings and Seals

We supply our aerospace bearings and seals to the commercial aircraft, military aircraft and regional jet end markets for use in door systems, engine accessories, engine controls, engine mounts, flight control systems, gearboxes, landing gear and rotor pitch controls. The majority of our sales are to engine and airframe OEMs that specify our PT products for their aircraft platforms. Our aerospace bearings and seals products consist of rolling element airframe bearings sold under the Shafer® brand, slotted-entry and split-ball sliding bearings sold under the PSI® brand name and aerospace seals that are sold under the Cartriseal® brand name, which are primarily sold for use in both aerospace and industrial applications. Our aerospace bearings and seals products are manufactured in our facilities in Illinois and California and are supported by a direct sales organization, aerospace agents and distributors.

 

   

Rolling element airframe bearings (Shafer® bearing). We believe we are a leading supplier of rolling element airframe bearings. We also provide technical service, product development and testing and have achieved a strong position in the high performance oscillating bearing market. Shafer® roller bearings provide low friction, high load carrying capabilities and internal self-alignment and are used in landing gear, flight control systems and door systems.

 

   

Slotted-entry and split-ball sliding bearings (PSI® bearing). We believe we are a leading supplier of slotted-entry and split-ball sliding bearings. Slotted-entry bearings are utilized because of their reduced weight, smaller size and design flexibility and are used primarily in landing gears, flight control systems and engine mounts. Split-ball sliding bearings are used for their unidirectional axial load capabilities, additional total bearing area, high capacity and greater stiffness and are found in secondary control systems, such as slats and flaps, as well as applications such as landing gear retract actuators and fixed-end flight control actuators. We also manufacture split-race bearings, used in landing gears where high load and stiffness are required, which provide equal axial load capabilities in either direction, allowing more total bearing area, capacity and ease of installation and replacement.

 

   

Aerospace seals (Cartriseal®). We manufacture aerospace seals, turbine gearbox and accessory equipment seals and small turbine mainshaft seals and refrigeration compressor seals. We also manufacture contacting face seals and non-contacting, or lift off, face seals, circumferential seals and specialty seals used in gas turbine engines, gearboxes, auxiliary power units, accessory equipment, refrigeration compressors, industrial turbines and compressors.

 

5


Table of Contents

Market. The aerospace components industry is highly fragmented and consists of many small, specialized companies and a limited number of larger, well-capitalized companies. We compete in product-specific markets that we estimate have historically been under $100 million in revenues. These relatively small markets are subject to stringent regulatory approvals, quality requirements and certification processes.

Special Components

Our special components products are comprised of three primary product lines: electric motor brakes, miniature PT components and security devices for utility companies. These products are manufactured by our three stand-alone niche businesses: Stearns, W.M. Berg and Highfield.

 

   

Stearns. Stearns is a manufacturer of electric motor brakes, switches and clutches. These products are used in a wide variety of applications where safety or protection of people or equipment is required.

 

   

W.M. Berg. W.M. Berg offers a complete line of miniature precision rotary and linear motion control devices in addition to a highly diverse product line consisting of gears, idlers, bearings, sprockets, cams, belts and couplings.

 

   

Highfield. Highfield manufactures a broad range of utility company barrel lock and key systems, security hardware, specialty tools, metal-formed sealing devices and safety valves. Its business is divided into four separate product groups, including security, oil valves, impellers and gas safety valves.

Market. Stearns’ products are used in a diverse range of applications, including steel mills, oil field equipment, pulp processing equipment, large textile machines, rubber mills, metal forming machinery and dock and pier handling equipment. W.M. Berg sells its products to a variety of markets, including semiconductor, telecommunications, medical equipment, robotics, instrumentation, office equipment, production tooling, digital imaging and printing, aerospace and automated vending. Highfield’s products are sold to a variety of markets, including electric, gas, water, telecommunications, utilities and plumbing and heating.

Stearns has a network of over 900 distributor branches servicing customers in numerous industries, including material handling, cranes, servomotors and actuators, conveyors and single-phase motor manufacturers. Approximately 80% of W.M. Berg’s sales are made to OEMs with the remaining sales generally going through distributors. For fiscal 2007, the majority of Highfield’s sales were made to wholesalers, utilities and installers.

We compete against a wide variety of niche manufacturers in each of our respective markets. The competition is generally local or regional in nature.

Industrial Chain

Our industrial chain products are manufactured in our facilities in Wisconsin, Germany, China and Brazil. These products are used in various applications in numerous industries, including food and food processing, beverage and container, mining, construction and agricultural equipment, hydrocarbon processing and cement and metals processing. Our primary industrial chain products include:

 

   

Engineered steel chain. Our engineered steel chain products, which are sold under the Link-Belt® and Rexnord® brand names, are designed and manufactured to meet the demands of customers’ specific applications. These products are used in many applications including cement elevators, construction and mining equipment and conveyors, and they are supplied to the cement and aggregate, energy, food and beverage, and forest and wood products industries.

 

   

Roller chain. In the United States, roller chain is a product that is generally produced according to an American National Standards Institute specification. As a result, roller chain has largely become a standardized or commoditized product, with very little differentiation between product manufactured in North America and low-cost imports from China and India. Largely because this product is late in its product life cycle, we no longer manufacture roller chain. However, because of the strength of our brands, we are able to maintain a level of sales to certain market segments at premium pricing with outsourced brand-labeled chain. Our roller chain product line, which is marketed under the Rexnord® and Link-Belt® brand names, is supplied to a variety of industries primarily for conveyor and mechanical drive applications.

Market. We market and sell our industrial chain products directly to OEMs, end users, and through industrial distributors. The roller chain market is principally comprised of commodity products, manufactured to industry standard specifications that are available from numerous sources. We believe we have a leading position in the North American market for engineered steel chain.

 

6


Table of Contents

Water Management (WM)

We believe our Water Management platform is one of the leading suppliers of professional grade specification plumbing products serving the commercial, institutional, civil and public water works construction markets. Zurn’s products are project-critical, high value-add and typically are a low percentage of overall project cost. We believe the combination of these features creates a high level of end-user loyalty. We also believe Zurn has one of the leading market shares in the majority of its product lines. Zurn’s end markets are principally specification-driven, and many of its product lines require stringent, third-party approvals prior to commercialization.

Over the last 106 years, Zurn has established itself as a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of highly engineered water management products for the multi-billion dollar commercial and institutional construction, civil and public water works markets and, to a lesser extent, the residential construction and remodeling markets. Zurn has an extensive network of approximately 400 independent sales representatives across approximately 120 sales agencies in North America who work with local engineers, contractors, builders and architects to specify, or “spec-in,” Zurn’s products for use in construction projects. Once Zurn’s products are specified, these products will generally be used in future project designs. These specifications, combined with Zurn’s ability to innovate, engineer and deliver products and systems that save time and money for engineers, contractors, builders and architects, result in growing demand for Zurn products.

Zurn’s products are marketed through its widely recognized brand names, including ZURN®, WILKINS®, AQUAFLUSH®, AQUASENSE®, AQUAVANTAGE®, ZURN ONE SYSTEMS®, ECOVANTAGE®, AQUASPEC® and Zurn PEX. Through the strength of these brands and the ability to leverage the breadth of the product line, Zurn has maintained its leadership position in the industry.

Our key WM product offerings include:

Specification Drainage

Specification drainage products are used to control storm water, process water and potable water in various commercial, industrial, civil and irrigation applications. This product line includes point drains (such as roof drains and floor drains), linear drainage systems, interceptors, hydrants, fixture carrier systems, chemical drainage systems and light commercial drainage products.

Our specification drainage products include:

 

   

Point Drains. Roof and floor drains, sold under the ZURN® brand name, are installed in various applications to control storm water or process water. These drains range in size from 2” to 12” in thousands of different configurations, including many specialty drains, and are designed for specific applications in roof and floor construction in commercial office buildings, schools, manufacturing facilities, restaurants, parking garages, stadiums and most any other facility where control of water is required. All of our point drain products have various options that allow the engineer to configure and specify the right drain for the specific application. Included in this product line are many labor-saving devices that are designed to make the installation of the drains much faster and easier for the contractor.

 

   

Linear Drainage Systems. Linear drainage systems are sold under the Flo-Thru® brand and are designed to control large amounts of water in outdoor applications such as shipping ports, airports, commercial buildings and highways. Our linear drains are manufactured from various materials including stainless steel, fiberglass and high density polyethylene and range from 2 to 10 feet in length and from 4” to 26” in width. Our Hi-Cap high capacity drains are 80” long with throat dimensions from 12” to 23” wide. Hi-Cap drains are used primarily in roadside drainage applications. We also manufacture specialty linear drainage products designed for applications such as fountains, football fields and running tracks.

 

   

Interceptors. We offer a complete line of grease, solids and oil interceptors, which are designed to prevent harmful or undesirable substances from entering wastewater control systems. Grease interceptors are used primarily in restraints to keep grease from entering wastewater systems and creating damaging clogs. Solid interceptors are used in various applications to remove any type of solid from the waste stream, including hair, lint and sand. Oil interceptors are used in applications such as filling stations, where oil could otherwise potentially mix with storm water or waste water.

 

   

Hydrants. We manufacture a complete line of hydrants, which provide potable water sources in various locations throughout commercial and industrial facilities. Our hydrants are designed to be installed on the exterior of facilities and will prevent freezing of water lines in cold climates. Various configurations of the hydrants, including wall hydrants, ground hydrants, post hydrants and yard hydrants, are manufactured with hose connections of various sizes, depending on the desired water flow rate.

 

   

Fixture Carrier Systems. Zurn fixture carrier systems are the mechanisms by which toilets, urinals and lavatories are retained to the wall. These products are manufactured from steel and cast iron for standard duty, heavy duty, extra heavy duty and bariatric applications, with load ratings ranging from 300 to 1,000 pounds.

 

 

 

Chemical Drainage Systems. Zurn’s chemical drainage systems include the pipe and fittings required to handle corrosive waste streams from pharmaceutical, food processing and laboratory facilities. These products are manufactured from polypropylene and PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) and in sizes from 1 1/2” to 4” in diameter, with special fabrications of up to 10” in diameter.

 

7


Table of Contents
   

Light Commercial. Zurn’s light commercial product line offers a complete selection of PVC (poly-vinyl-chloride), ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), brass and cast iron drainage products to wholesalers serving the light commercial and residential end user. Our light commercial offerings include many non-specification variations of our other specification drainage products described above.

PEX

PEX is our product line manufactured out of cross-linked polyethylene into tubing. PEX is essentially polyethylene (PE) material (a thermoplastic that consists of a series of ethylene hydrocarbon chains) which has undergone a chemical or physical reaction that causes the molecular structure of the PE chains to link together. This reaction creates a three dimensional structure which has superior resistance to high temperature and pressure. Properly manufactured PEX tubing demonstrates superior characteristics at elevated temperatures and pressures (as compared to uncross-linked polyethylene) in the areas of tensile strength, resistance to deformation, resistance to corrosion and mineral build-up, creep resistance, abrasion resistance, impact strength and chemical resistance. This makes PEX a perfect product for high temperature and pressure fluid distribution piping.

Our PEX products include complete lines of pipe, fittings, valves and installation tools for both potable water and radiant heating systems. These systems are engineered in our facilities in Commerce, Texas, Elkhart, Indiana and Erie, Pennsylvania, to meet stringent NSF requirements.

Our PEX products include:

 

 

 

PEX Plumbing Systems. Our PEX plumbing line includes brass and polymer insert and crimp fittings, a proprietary line of crimp rings, valves and manifolds and PEX tube in sizes from 1/4” to 1 1/4” in diameter. These plumbing systems are used by residential and commercial builders in place of traditional copper piping systems.

 

   

PEX Radiant Heating Systems. Our PEX radiant heating line includes the manifolds, control valves, fittings and PEX tube necessary to install a radiant heating system. Radiant heating systems, in which PEX tube is installed in the floor to transfer heat from circulated hot water into a building, are used in place of traditional forced air heating systems.

Water Control

Our water control products are sold under the Wilkins brand name and encompass a wide variety of valves, including backflow preventers, fire system valves, pressure reducing valves and thermostatic mixing valves. These products are designed to meet the stringent requirements of independent test labs, such as the Foundation for Cross Connection Control and Hydraulic Research at the University of Southern California (“USC”) and the National Sanitation Foundation (“NSF”), and are sold into the commercial and industrial construction end markets as well as the fire protection, waterworks and irrigation end markets.

Our water control products include:

 

   

Backflow Preventers. We offer a complete line of backflow prevention valves, which are designed to protect potable water systems from cross-connection with contaminated liquids, gases or other unsafe substances by stopping the unwanted reverse flow of water. Our backflow preventers accommodate a range of pipe sizes from 1/4” to 12” and cover a wide variety of specific applications in the plumbing, irrigation, municipal, fire protection and industrial end-markets. All backflow preventers are highly engineered and specified to exceed rigorous industry approvals and standards.

 

   

Fire System Valves. Zurn provides control valves for commercial fire hose and fire sprinkler systems under the Pressure-Tru and Wilkins brand names. These products are designed to regulate the pressure of water in fire prevention systems in high-rise buildings, as well as opening and closing flow in pipe sizes standard to the industry.

 

   

Relief Valves. Wilkins relief valves are designed to lower water pressure to safe and manageable levels for commercial, residential, industrial and irrigation applications in a wide variety of pipe sizes. These valves also promote water conservation. Inlet pressures as high as 400 psi are accommodated with both direct acting and pilot operated valves.

 

   

Thermostatic Mixing Valves. Zurn’s Aqua-Guard valves thermostatically balance the hot and cold water mix in commercial and residential hot water and hydronic heating systems. The valves provide protection against hot water scalding, help prevent the growth of bacteria in hot water systems and promote energy conservation.

Commercial Brass

Zurn’s commercial brass products include manual and sensor operated flush valves marketed under the AQUAFLUSH®, AQUASENSE® and AQUAVANTAGE® brand names and heavy duty commercial faucets marketed under the AQUASPEC® brand name. Innovative water conserving fixtures are marketed under the ECOVANTAGE® and Zurn One® brand names. These products are commonly used in office buildings, schools, hospitals, airports, sports facilities, convention centers, shopping malls, restaurants and industrial production buildings. The Zurn One Systems® integrates commercial brass and fixtures into complete, easily customizable plumbing systems, and thus provide a valuable time- and cost-saving means of delivering commercial and institutional bathroom fixtures.

 

8


Table of Contents

Our Industries

Through our two strategic platforms, we manufacture and distribute highly engineered, mission critical products to the power transmission and water management industries. These industries span a broad and diverse array of commercial and industrial end markets with fundamental long-term growth characteristics.

Power Transmission Industry

According to Industrial Market Information, Inc., the domestic PT industry accounts for approximately $84 billion in sales per year. Of this overall estimated PT industry, the relevant domestic market for our current product offerings is approximately $5 billion, which includes all product categories in all industries in which we currently compete. The PT industry is fragmented with most participants having limited product lines and serving specific geographic markets. While there are numerous competitors with limited product offerings, there are only a few national and international competitors of a size comparable to us, including the Emerson Power Transmission division of Emerson Electric and the Dodge Manufacturing division of Baldor Electric. The industry’s customer base is broadly diversified across many sectors of the economy. We believe that growth in the PT industry is closely tied to overall growth in industrial production, which we believe to have significant long-term growth fundamentals.

PT products are generally critical components in the machinery or plant in which they operate, yet they typically represent only a fraction of an end user’s total production cost. However, because the costs associated with product failure to the end user can be substantial, we believe end users in most of the markets we serve focus on products with superior quality, reliability and availability, rather than considering price alone, when making a purchasing decision. We believe that the key to success in our industry is to develop a reputation for quality and reliability, as well as an extensive distribution network to maintain attractive margins on products and gain market share.

The PT industry is also characterized by the need for significant start-up capital expenditures, experience with sophisticated engineering requirements, the ability to produce a broad number of niche products with very little lead time and long-standing customer relationships. In addition, we believe there is an industry trend of customers increasingly consolidating their vendor bases, which we expect should allow suppliers with broader product offerings to capture additional market share. We believe entry into our markets by competitors with lower labor costs, including foreign competitors, will be limited due to the fact that we manufacture highly specialized niche products that are mission critical components in large scale manufacturing processes, where the cost of component failure and resulting downtime is high.

Water Management Industry

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. nonresidential construction expenditures were approximately $586.0 billion in 2006. We estimate that the relevant market within nonresidential construction for Zurn’s current product offerings is approximately $4.0 billion. We believe the segment in which Zurn participates is relatively fragmented and that most competitors offer limited product lines. Although Zurn competes against numerous competitors with limited products or scale, one competitor, Watts Water Technologies, competes with Zurn across several lines on a nationwide basis. Zurn also competes against Sloan Valve Company in flush valves, Uponor (formerly Wirsbo) in PEX piping and Geberit in commercial faucets.

We believe the segment of the water management industry in which Zurn competes is closely tied to growth in commercial and industrial construction, which we believe to have significant long-term growth fundamentals. Historically, the commercial and institutional construction industry has been more stable and less vulnerable to down-cycles than the residential construction industry. Compared to residential construction cycles, downturns in commercial and institutional construction have been shorter and less severe, and upturns have lasted longer and had higher peaks.

Water management products tend to be project-critical and high value-add and typically are a low percentage of overall project cost. We believe the combination of these features creates a high level of end-user loyalty. Demand for these products is influenced by regulatory, building and plumbing code requirements. Many water management products must be tested and approved by USC or NSF before they may be sold. In addition, many of these products must meet detailed specifications set by water management engineers, contractors, builders and architects. As a result, these products are highly engineered to meet these precise specifications and stringent regulatory requirements.

The industry’s specification-driven end markets require manufacturers to work closely with engineers, contractors, builders and architects in local markets across the United States, to design specific applications on a project-by-project basis. Accordingly, flexibility in design and product innovation is critical to compete effectively. Also important are relationships with local engineers, contractors, builders and architects who specify or “spec-in” products for use in construction projects. Companies with a strong network of such relationships have a competitive advantage, in that once an engineer, contractor, builder or architect has specified a company’s product with satisfactory results, he or she will generally continue to use that company’s products in future projects.

 

9


Table of Contents

Acquisitions

The Zurn Acquisition

On February 7, 2007 we acquired Zurn from an affiliate of Apollo for a cash purchase price of $942.5 million, including transaction costs. The purchase price was financed through an equity investment by Apollo and its affiliates of approximately $282.0 million and debt financing of approximately $669.3 million. This acquisition created a new strategic water management platform for the Company. Zurn is a leader in the multi-billion dollar non-residential construction and replacement market for plumbing fixtures and fittings. It designs and manufactures plumbing products used in commercial and industrial construction, renovation and facilities maintenance markets in North America, and holds a leading market position across most of its businesses. Zurn is included in our results of operations from February 8, 2007 through March 31, 2007.

The Apollo Transaction

On July 21, 2006, certain affiliates of Apollo and certain members of management purchased the Company from The Carlyle Group for approximately $1.825 billion, excluding transaction fees, through the merger of Chase Merger Sub, Inc., an entity formed and controlled by Apollo, with and into RBS Global, Inc. (the “Merger”). The Merger was financed with (i) $485.0 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014, (ii) $300.0 million of 11.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016, (iii) $645.7 million of borrowings under new senior secured credit facilities (consisting of a seven-year $610.0 million term loan facility and $35.7 million of borrowings under a six-year $150.0 million revolving credit facility) and (iv) $475.0 million of equity contributions (consisting of a $438.0 million cash contribution from Apollo and $37.0 million of rollover stock and stock options held by management participants). The proceeds from the Apollo cash contribution and the new financing arrangements, net of related debt issuance costs, were used to (i) purchase the Company from its then existing shareholders for $1,018.4 million, including transaction costs; (ii) repay all outstanding borrowings under our previously existing credit agreement as of the Merger Date, including accrued interest; (iii) repurchase substantially all $225.0 million of our 10.125% senior subordinated notes outstanding as of the Merger Date pursuant to a tender offer, including accrued interest and tender premium; and (iv) pay certain seller-related transaction costs.

The Merger has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, resulted in a new basis of accounting for the Company. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values, which are preliminary and based upon currently available information. The Company is still in the process of finalizing third-party appraisals of the acquired property, plant and equipment and certain identifiable intangible assets. In addition, management is still finalizing its strategic assessment of the business, which may give rise to additional purchase liabilities. Accordingly, final adjustments to the purchase price allocation may be required. The Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocation within one year from the date of the Merger.

The Falk Acquisition

On May 16, 2005, we acquired the Falk Corporation (“Falk”) from Hamilton Sundstrand, a division of United Technologies Corporation, for $301.3 million ($306.2 million purchase price including related expenses, net of cash acquired of $4.9 million) and the assumption of certain liabilities. Falk is a manufacturer of gears and lubricated couplings and is a recognized leader in the gear and coupling markets. The Falk acquisition significantly enhanced our position as a leading manufacturer of highly engineered PT products. By combining our leadership positions in flattop chain, industrial bearings, non-lubricated couplings and industrial chain with Falk’s complementary leadership positions in gears and lubricated couplings, as well as a growing gear repair business, the Falk acquisition resulted in a comprehensive, market-leading product portfolio that we believe to be one of the broadest in the PT industry. Falk is included in our results of operations from May 16, 2005.

Customers

Power Transmission Customers

Our PT components are either incorporated into products sold by OEMs or sold to end users through industrial distributors as aftermarket products. With over 1,900 distributor locations worldwide, we have one of the most extensive distribution networks in the industry. One of our industrial distributors accounted for 10.7%, 11.8% and 9.0% of net sales during the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Rather than serving as passive conduits for delivery of product, our industrial distributors participate in the overall competitive dynamic in the PT industry. Industrial distributors play a role in determining which of our PT products are stocked at their distributor centers and branch locations and, consequently, are most readily accessible to aftermarket buyers, and the price at which these products are sold.

We market our PT products both to OEMs and directly to end users to cultivate an end-user preference for our PT products. We believe this customer preference is important in differentiating our PT products from our competitors’ products and preserves our ability to influence distributors to recommend Rexnord products to OEMs and end users. In some instances, we have established a relationship with the end user such that we, the end user, and the end user’s preferred distributor enter into a trilateral agreement whereby the distributor will purchase our PT products and stock them for the end user. We believe our extensive product portfolio positions us to benefit from the trend towards rationalizaing suppliers by industrial distributors.

 

10


Table of Contents

Our PT products are moving, wearing components that are consumed in use and require regular replacement. This gives rise to an on-going aftermarket opportunity.

Water Management Customers

Our WM products are branded under the Zurn tradename and distributed through independent sales representatives; wholesalers such as Ferguson, Hughes, and Hajoca; home centers such as The Home Depot and Lowe’s; and industry-specific distributors in the food service, industrial, janitorial and sanitation industries. Independent sales representatives work with wholesalers to assess and meet the needs of building contractors. They also combine knowledge of Zurn’s products, installation and delivery with knowledge of the local markets to provide contractors with value added service. We use several hundred independent sales representatives nationwide, along with a network of approximately 70 third-party warehouses, to provide its customers with 24-hour service and quick response times.

In addition to our domestic WM manufacturing facilities, we have maintained a global network of independent sources that manufacture high quality, lower cost component parts for our commercial and institutional products. These sources fabricate parts to our specifications using our proprietary designs, which enables us to focus on product engineering, assembly, testing and quality control. By closely monitoring these sources and through extensive product testing, we are able to maintain product quality and be a low-cost producer of commercial and institutional products.

Product Development

In both of our PT and WM platforms, we have demonstrated a commitment to developing technologically advanced products within the industries we serve. In the PT platform, we had 148 active U.S. patents and 572 foreign patents as of March 31, 2007. In addition, we thoroughly test our PT products to ensure their quality, understand their wear characteristics and improve their performance. These practices have enabled us, together with our customers, to develop reliable and functional PT solutions. In our WM platform, we had 27 and 43 active U.S. and foreign patents, respectively as of March 31, 2007. Product innovation is crucial in the commercial and institutional plumbing products markets because new products must continually be developed to meet specifications and regulatory demands. Zurn’s plumbing products are known in the industry for such innovation.

The majority of our new product development begins with discussions and feedback from our customers. We have a team of approximately 200 engineers and technical employees who are organized by product line. Each of our product lines has technical staff responsible for product development and application support. If the product engineers require additional support or specialty expertise, they can call upon additional engineers and resources from Rexnord Technical Services. Rexnord Technical Services is a group comprised of approximately 30 specialists that offers testing capability and support during the development process to all of our product lines. Our existing pipeline and continued investment in new product development are expected to drive revenue growth as we address key customer needs.

Rexnord Business System

The goal of RBS is to deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction through the elimination of unnecessary costs or waste from every business process. This operational excellence initiative has been and will continue to be implemented at all operating levels in order to reduce lead times and improve cash flow. RBS is based on three basic tenets: People, Plan and Process, and focuses on the development of industry-leading talent, a rigorous strategic planning process and deployment of a lean process necessary to achieve the strategic plan. Implementation of RBS is focused on accelerating growth, improving quality and delivery and reducing costs. RBS encompasses a lean enterprise strategy, the goals of which include improvement of inventory management, customer delivery, plant utilization and a lower cost structure.

Suppliers and Raw Materials

The principal materials used in our PT manufacturing processes are commodities available from numerous sources. The key metal materials used in our manufacturing processes include: sheet, plate and bar steel, castings, forgings and a variety of components. The key non-metal materials used include high-performance engineered plastic. We believe there is a readily available supply of materials in sufficient quantity from a variety of sources. We have not experienced any significant shortage of our key materials and have not historically engaged in hedging transactions for commodity supplies.

We generally purchase our materials on the open market. However, in certain situations we have found it advantageous to enter into contracts for certain large commodity purchases. Although currently we are not a party to any unconditional purchase obligations, including take-or-pay contracts or through-put contracts, in the past, these contracts generally have had one- to five-year terms and have contained competitive and benchmarking clauses to ensure competitive pricing.

 

11


Table of Contents

Within our WM platform, we purchase a broad range of materials and components throughout the world in connection with our manufacturing activities. Major raw materials and components include bar steel, brass, castings, copper, forgings, high-performance engineered plastic, plate steel, resin, sheet plastic and zinc. Our policy is to maintain alternate sources of supply for our important materials and components wherever possible. Historically, we have been able to successfully apply this policy, and consequently are not dependent on a single source for any raw material or component. The materials and components required for our WM manufacturing operations have been readily available, and we do not foresee any significant shortages.

Backlog

Our backlog of unshipped PT orders was $405.0 million and $307.0 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Our WM segment operates with minimal backlog based upon the nature of the markets and customers it serves and currently has a backlog of unshipped orders of approximately $19.0 million as of March 31, 2007, which is comparable to where it historically has been.

Geographic Areas

For financial information about geographic areas, see Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-K.

Seasonality

We do not experience significant seasonality of demand for our PT products, although sales generally are slightly higher during our fourth fiscal quarter as our customers spend against recently approved capital budgets and perform maintenance and repairs in advance of spring and summer activity. Our end markets also do not experience significant seasonality of demand.

Demand for our WM products is primarily driven by non-residential construction activity, remodeling and home starts. Accordingly, many external factors affect our WM business, including weather and the impact of the broader economy on our end markets. Weather is an important variable as it significantly impacts construction. Spring and summer months in the United States and Europe represent the main construction season for new housing starts and remodeling, as well as increased construction in the commercial and institutional markets. As a result, sales generally decrease slightly in the third and fourth fiscal quarters as compared to the first two quarters of the fiscal year. The autumn and winter months generally impede construction and installation activity.

Employees

As of March 31, 2007, we had approximately 7,100 employees, of whom approximately 5,100 were employed in the United States. Approximately 13.4% of our North American employees are represented by labor unions. The seven U.S. collective bargaining agreements to which we are a party will expire in May 2008, August 2008, February 2009, December 2009, August 2010, September 2010 and October 2010, respectively. Additionally, approximately 15.8% of our workforce is employed in Europe, where trade union membership is common. We believe we have a satisfactory relationship with our employees, including those represented by labor unions.

Environmental Matters

Our operations and facilities are subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations related to pollution and the protection of the environment, health and safety, including those governing, among other things, emissions to air, discharges to water, the generation, handling, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes and other materials, and the remediation of contaminated sites. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs to maintain or achieve compliance with these requirements. We believe that our business, operations and facilities are being operated in material compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. However, the operation of manufacturing plants entails risks in these areas, and a failure by us to comply with applicable environmental laws, regulations or the permits required for our operations, could result in civil or criminal fines, penalties, enforcement actions, third party claims for property damage and personal injury, requirements to clean up property or to pay for the capital or operating costs of cleanup, regulatory or judicial orders enjoining or curtailing operations or requiring corrective measures, including the installation of pollution control equipment or remedial actions. Moreover, if applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, become more stringent in the future, we could incur capital or operating costs beyond those currently anticipated.

Some environmental laws and regulations, including the federal Superfund law, impose liability to investigate and remediate contamination on present and former owners and operators of facilities and sites, and on potentially responsible parties, or PRPs, for sites to which such parties may have sent waste for disposal. Such liability can be imposed without regard to fault and, under certain circumstances, may be joint and several resulting in one PRP being held responsible for the entire obligation. Liability may also include damages to natural resources. We are currently conducting investigations and/or cleanup of known or potential contamination at several of our current or former facilities, and have been named as a PRP at several third party Superfund sites. See “Legal Proceedings—Power Transmission” for a discussion regarding our Downers Grove, Illinois facility and the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site. The discovery of additional contamination, or the imposition of more stringent cleanup requirements, could require us to make

 

12


Table of Contents

significant expenditures in excess of current reserves and/or available indemnification. In addition, we occasionally evaluate various alternatives with respect to our facilities, including possible dispositions or closures. Investigations undertaken in connection with these activities may lead to discoveries of contamination that must be remediated, and closures of facilities may trigger remediation requirements that are not applicable to operating facilities. We also may face liability for alleged personal injury or property damage due to exposure to hazardous substances used or disposed of by us, that may be contained within our current or former products, or that are present in the soil or ground water at our current or former facilities.

Zurn is investigating and/or remediating known or potential contamination at a number of present and former operating or disposal sites, including closure or post-closure obligations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA, and it has been named as a PRP at a number of sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA or comparable state statutes. The discovery of additional contamination or the imposition of more stringent cleanup requirements could require Zurn to make significant expenditures in excess of current reserves and/or available insurance coverage. Zurn also may face liability for alleged personal injury or property damage claims due to exposure to hazardous substances used or disposed of by Zurn, that may be contained within its current or former products, or that are present in the soil or ground water at its current or former facilities.

 

13


Table of Contents

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

We have identified the following material risks to our business. The risks described below are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or those we currently view to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. If any of the following risks materialize, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our business.

We are a highly leveraged company. Our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to make scheduled payments on our debt will depend on a range of economic, competitive and business factors, many of which are outside our control. Our business may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to meet our debt service and other obligations, and currently anticipated cost savings and operating improvements may not be realized on schedule, or at all. If we are unable to meet our expenses and debt service and other obligations, we may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity, sell assets or raise equity. We may not be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, sell assets or raise equity on commercially reasonable terms or at all, which could cause us to default on our obligations and impair our liquidity. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our debt obligations, or to refinance our obligations on commercially reasonable terms, would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our substantial indebtedness could also have other important consequences with respect to our ability to manage our business successfully, including the following:

 

   

it may limit our ability to borrow money for our working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, strategic initiatives or other purposes;

 

   

it may make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness, and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants and borrowing conditions, could result in an event of default under the indentures governing our senior notes, senior subordinated notes and our other indebtedness;

 

   

a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations will be dedicated to the repayment of our indebtedness and so will not be available for other purposes;

 

   

it may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our operations or business;

 

   

we will be more highly leveraged than some of our competitors, which may place us at a competitive disadvantage;

 

   

it may make us more vulnerable to downturns in our business or the economy;

 

   

it may restrict us from making strategic acquisitions, introducing new technologies or exploiting business opportunities; and

 

   

it may limit, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants in our indebtedness, among other things, our ability to borrow additional funds or dispose of assets.

Furthermore, our interest expense could increase if interest rates increase because a portion of the debt under our senior secured credit facilities is unhedged variable-rate debt. Also, we may still incur significantly more debt, which could intensify the risks described above.

The markets in which we sell our products are highly competitive.

We operate in highly fragmented markets within the PT industry. As a result, we compete against numerous different companies. Some of our competitors have achieved substantially more market penetration in certain of the markets in which we operate, and some of our competitors have greater financial and other resources than we do. Competition in our business lines is based on a number of considerations including product performance, cost of transportation in the distribution of our PT products, brand reputation, quality of client service and support, product availability and price. Additionally, some of our larger, more sophisticated customers are attempting to reduce the number of vendors from which they purchase in order to increase their efficiency. If we are not selected to become one of these preferred providers, we may lose access to certain sections of the end markets in which we compete. Our customers increasingly demand a broad product range and we must continue to develop our expertise in order to manufacture and market these products successfully. To remain competitive, we will need to invest continuously in manufacturing, customer service and support, marketing and our distribution networks. We may also have to adjust the prices of some of our PT products to stay competitive. We cannot assure you that we will have sufficient resources to continue to make these investments or that we will maintain our competitive position within each of the markets we serve.

 

14


Table of Contents

Within the WM platform, we compete against both large international and national rivals, as well as many regional competitors. Some of our competitors have greater resources than we do. Significant competition in any of our given markets can result in substantial pressure on its pricing and profit margins, thereby adversely affecting its financial results. As a result of pricing pressures, we may in the future experience reductions in profit margins. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to maintain or increase the current market share of its products successfully in the future.

Our business depends upon general economic conditions and other market factors beyond our control, and we serve customers in cyclical industries. As a result, our operating results could be negatively affected during economic downturns.

Our financial performance depends, in large part, on conditions in the markets that we serve and in the U.S. and global economies generally. Some of the industries we serve are highly cyclical, such as the aerospace, energy and industrial equipment industries. While we are currently experiencing an upturn in the economic environment, it is uncertain how long this upturn will continue. We have undertaken cost reduction programs as well as diversified the end markets served to mitigate the effect of a downturn in economic conditions; however, such programs may be unsuccessful in the event a downturn occurs. Any sustained weakness in demand or downturn or uncertainty in the economy generally would reduce our sales and profitability.

The demand in the water management industry is influenced by new construction activity and the level of repair and remodeling activity. The level of new construction and repair and remodeling activity is affected by a number of factors beyond our control, including the overall strength of the U.S. economy (including confidence in the U.S. economy by our customers), the strength of the residential and commercial real estate markets, institutional building activity, the age of existing housing stock, unemployment rates and interest rates. Any declines in commercial, institutional or residential construction starts or demand for replacement building and home improvement products may adversely impact us, and there can be no assurance that any such adverse effects would not be material and would not continue for a prolonged period of time.

Increases in the cost of our raw materials, in particular bar steel, brass, castings, copper, forgings, high-performance engineered plastic, plate steel, resin, sheet steel and zinc, or the loss of a substantial number of our suppliers could adversely affect our financial health.

We depend on third parties for the raw materials used in our manufacturing processes. We generally purchase our raw materials on the open market on a purchase order basis. In the past, these contracts generally have had one-to-five year terms and have contained competitive and benchmarking clauses intended to ensure competitive pricing. While we currently maintain alternative sources for raw materials, our business is subject to the risk of price fluctuations and delays in the delivery of our raw materials. Any such price fluctuations or delays, if material, could harm our profitability or operations. In addition, the loss of a substantial number of suppliers could result in material cost increases or reduce our production capacity. We are also significantly affected by the cost of natural gas used for fuel and the cost of electricity. Natural gas and electricity prices have historically been volatile, particularly in California where we have a significant manufacturing presence.

We do not typically enter into hedge transactions to reduce our exposure to price risks and cannot assure you that we would be successful in passing on any attendant costs if these risks were to materialize. In addition, if we are unable to continue to purchase our required quantities of raw materials on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or if we are unable to maintain or enter into our purchasing contracts for our larger commodities, our business operations could be disrupted and our profitability could be adversely impacted.

We rely on independent distributors. Termination of one or more of our relationships with any of those independent distributors or an increase in the distributors’ sales of our competitors’ products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

In addition to our own direct sales force, we depend on the services of independent distributors to sell our PT products and provide service and aftermarket support to our customers. We rely on an extensive distribution network, with over 1,900 distributor locations nationwide. Rather than serving as passive conduits for delivery of product, our industrial distributors are active participants in the overall competitive dynamic in the PT industry. Industrial distributors play a significant role in determining which of our PT products are stocked at the branch locations, and hence are most readily accessible to aftermarket buyers, and the price at which these products are sold. Almost all of the distributors with whom we transact business offer competitors’ products and services to our customers. In addition, the distribution agreements we have are typically cancelable by the distributor after a short notice period. The loss of one of our key distributors or of a substantial number of our other distributors or an increase in the distributors’ sales of our competitors’ products to our customers could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. Within WM, we depend on a network of several hundred independent sales representatives and approximately 70 third-party warehouses to distribute its products and is subject to similar risks.

 

15


Table of Contents

We are subject to risks associated with changing technology and manufacturing techniques, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage.

The successful implementation of our business strategy requires us to continuously evolve our existing products and introduce new products to meet customers’ needs in the industries we serve and want to serve. Our products are characterized by stringent performance and specification requirements that mandate a high degree of manufacturing and engineering expertise. If we fail to meet these requirements, our business could be at risk. We believe that our customers rigorously evaluate their suppliers on the basis of a number of factors, including product quality, price competitiveness, technical and manufacturing expertise, development and product design capability, new product innovation, reliability and timeliness of delivery, operational flexibility, customer service and overall management. Our success will depend on our ability to continue to meet our customers’ changing specifications with respect to these criteria. We cannot assure you that we will be able to address technological advances or introduce new products that may be necessary to remain competitive within our businesses. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that we can adequately protect any of our own technological developments to produce a sustainable competitive advantage.

If we lose certain of our key sales, marketing or engineering personnel, our business may be adversely affected.

Our success depends on our ability to recruit, retain and motivate highly-skilled sales, marketing and engineering personnel. Competition for these persons in our industry is intense, and we may not be able to successfully recruit, train or retain qualified personnel. If we fail to retain and recruit the necessary personnel, our business and our ability to obtain new customers, develop new products and provide acceptable levels of customer service could suffer. In addition, we cannot assure you that these individuals will stay with us. If any of these key personnel were to leave our company, it could be difficult to replace them, and our business could be harmed.

We may incur significant costs for environmental compliance and/or to address liabilities under environmental laws and regulations.

Our operations and facilities are subject to extensive laws and regulations related to pollution and the protection of the environment, health and safety, including those governing, among other things, emissions to air, discharges to water, the generation, handling, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes and other materials, and the remediation of contaminated sites. A failure by us to comply with applicable requirements or the permits required for our operations could result in civil or criminal fines, penalties, enforcement actions, third party claims for property damage and personal injury, requirements to clean up property or to pay for the costs of cleanup or regulatory or judicial orders enjoining or curtailing operations or requiring corrective measures, including the installation of pollution control equipment or remedial actions. Moreover, if applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, become more stringent in the future, we could incur capital or operating costs beyond those currently anticipated.

Some environmental laws and regulations, including the federal Superfund law, impose requirements to investigate and remediate contamination on present and former owners and operators of facilities and sites, and on potentially responsible parties, or PRPs, for sites to which such parties may have sent waste for disposal. Such liability can be imposed without regard to fault and, under certain circumstances, may be joint and several, resulting in one PRP being held responsible for the entire obligation. Liability may also include damages to natural resources. We are currently conducting investigations and/or cleanup of known or potential contamination at several of our current and former facilities, and have been named as a PRP at several third party Superfund sites. The discovery of additional contamination at these sites, or the imposition of more stringent cleanup requirements, could require significant expenditures by us in excess of our current reserves. In addition, we occasionally evaluate various alternatives with respect to our facilities, including possible dispositions or closures. Investigations undertaken in connection with these activities may lead to discoveries of contamination that must be remediated, and closures of facilities may trigger remediation requirements that are not currently applicable to our operating facilities. We may also face liability for alleged personal injury or property damage due to exposure to hazardous substances used or disposed of by us, that may be contained within our current or former products, or that are present in the soil or groundwater at our current or former facilities. Significant costs could be incurred in connection with such liabilities.

We believe that, subject to various terms and conditions, we have certain indemnification protection from Invensys plc (“Invensys”) with respect to certain environmental liabilities that may have occurred prior to the acquisition by Carlyle (the “Carlyle acquisition”) of the capital stock of 16 entities comprising the Rexnord Group of Invensys, including certain liabilities associated with our Downers Grove, Illinois facility and with personal injury claims for alleged exposure to hazardous materials. We also believe that, subject to various terms and conditions, we have certain indemnification protection from Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, or Hamilton Sundstrand, with respect to certain environmental liabilities that may have arisen from events occurring at Falk facilities prior to the Falk acquisition, including certain liabilities associated with personal injury claims for alleged exposure to hazardous materials. If Invensys or Hamilton Sundstrand becomes unable to, or otherwise does not, comply with their respective indemnity obligations, or if certain contamination or other liability for which we are obligated is not subject to such indemnities or historic insurance coverage, we could incur significant unanticipated costs. As a result, it is possible that we will not be able to recover pursuant to these indemnities a substantial portion, if any, of the costs that we may incur.

Zurn is investigating and remediating contamination at a number of present and former operating or disposal sites and it has been named as a PRP at a number of Superfund sites pursuant to CERCLA or comparable state statutes. Zurn’s actual costs to clean up

 

16


Table of Contents

these sites may exceed its current estimates due to factors beyond its control, such as the discovery of presently unknown environmental conditions, the imposition of more stringent cleanup standards, disputes with insurers or the insolvency of other responsible parties at the sites at which it is involved.

We are not yet able to determine the full effect of the accident at our Canal Street facility on our financial condition or operations.

On December 6, 2006, we experienced an explosion at our primary gear manufacturing facility (“Canal Street”), in which three employees lost their lives and approximately 45 employees were injured. The explosion destroyed approximately 80,000 square feet of warehouse, storage and non-production buildings, and damaged portions of other production areas. The Canal Street facility manufactures portions of our gear product line and, to a lesser extent, our coupling product line. Our core production capabilities were substantially unaffected by the accident.

To date, we have not experienced any material customer losses or order cancellations as a result of our temporary inability to produce and deliver products from Canal Street. As of March 31, 2007, shipments have recommenced and all Canal Street employees have been recalled and are working at the facility in their pre-accident roles and/or assisting in the restoration process. While as of March 31, 2007, the majority of our production capability has been regained, the full extent of the damage and the impact on future production and sales is not yet fully determinable. We may experience a delay, and as a result a potential decline, in our gear products shipments, and to a lesser extent in coupling shipments, due to this temporary loss of production capacity in this facility. A prolonged delay could lead to a loss of customers for these products, and possibly for some of our other products. We may experience difficulties in procuring replacement machinery and tooling for equipment that was damaged in the explosion, and we therefore cannot assure you when the facility will be operating at full capacity. Due to a possible delay in obtaining component parts with long lead times, we also cannot assure you as to when the facility will return to shipping product in the same volumes as prior to the accident.

There also can be no assurance that our insurance coverage will cover all of our losses from this incident, or that we will not have to engage in protracted litigation to recover under our insurance policies. Even if the insurance carriers acknowledge broad coverage, the facility reconstruction and insurance claim process may take an extended period of time to complete. In addition, we may face workers’ compensation, personal injury, or other tort claims for injury or property damage allegedly caused by the incident. It is also possible that we may be subject to civil penalties. We may not be successful in defending such claims, and the resulting liability could be substantial and may not be fully covered by insurance. As a result of the foregoing and other matters relating to or resulting from this event, there can be no assurance as to the long term effect this incident will have on us or our financial condition.

We are subject to numerous asbestos claims.

We are a co-defendant in approximately 5,200 personal injury lawsuits involving approximately 46,200 plaintiffs pending as of March 31, 2007, in various courts in the United States primarily related to alleged exposure to asbestos contained in industrial boilers formerly manufactured by a segment of Zurn. Our potential liability for asbestos-related claims currently pending against us as well as the claims expected to be filed through 2016 is estimated at approximately $136.0 million, of which $102.0 million is expected to be paid by 2016. These claims are handled by our insurers pursuant to a coordinated defense strategy and, to date, all defense and settlement costs have been paid by our insurers. In the event any such carriers become insolvent in the future, or the actual number or value of asbestos-related claims differs materially from our existing estimates, we could incur material costs that could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Weather could adversely affect the demand for WM’s products and decrease its net sales.

Demand for our WM products is primarily driven by commercial, institutional and residential construction activity. Weather is an important variable affecting its financial performance as it significantly impacts construction activity. Spring and summer months in the United States and Europe represent the main construction seasons. Adverse weather conditions, such as prolonged periods of cold or rain, blizzards, hurricanes and other severe weather patterns, could delay or halt construction and remodeling activity. For example, an unusually severe winter can lead to reduced construction activity and magnify the seasonal decline in Zurn’s net sales and earnings during the winter months. In addition, a prolonged winter season can delay construction and remodeling plans and hamper the seasonal increase in its net sales and earnings during the spring months.

Our international operations are subject to uncertainties, which could adversely affect our operating results.

Our business is subject to certain risks associated with doing business internationally. Accordingly, our future results could be harmed by a variety of factors, including:

 

   

fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly fluctuations in the Euro against the U.S. dollar;

 

   

exchange controls;

 

   

compliance with U.S. Department of Commerce export controls;

 

   

tariffs or other trade protection measures and import or export licensing requirements;

 

17


Table of Contents
   

changes in tax laws;

 

   

interest rates;

 

   

changes in regulatory requirements;

 

   

differing labor regulations;

 

   

requirements relating to withholding taxes on remittances and other payments by subsidiaries;

 

   

restrictions on our ability to own or operate subsidiaries, make investments or acquire new businesses in these jurisdictions;

 

   

restrictions on our ability to repatriate dividends from our subsidiaries; and

 

   

exposure to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

As we continue to expand our business globally, our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international operations. However, any of these factors could materially and adversely affect our international operations and, consequently, our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to make necessary capital expenditures.

We periodically make capital investments to, among other things, maintain and upgrade our facilities and enhance our products’ processes. As we grow our businesses, we may have to incur significant capital expenditures. We believe that we will be able to fund these expenditures through cash flow from operations and borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities. However, our senior secured credit facilities, the indentures governing our senior notes and the indenture governing our senior subordinated notes contain limitations that could affect our ability to fund our future capital expenditures and other capital requirements. We cannot assure you that we will have, or be able to obtain, adequate funds to make all necessary capital expenditures when required, or that the amount of future capital expenditures will not be materially in excess of our anticipated or current expenditures. If we are unable to make necessary capital expenditures, our product line may become dated, our productivity may be decreased and the quality of our products may be adversely affected, which, in turn, could reduce our sales and profitability.

We rely on intellectual property that may be misappropriated or subject to claims of infringement.

We attempt to protect our intellectual property rights through a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret protection, as well as licensing agreements and third-party nondisclosure and assignment agreements. We cannot assure you that any of our applications for protection of our intellectual property rights will be approved or that others will not infringe on or challenge our intellectual property rights. We also rely on unpatented proprietary technology. It is possible that others will independently develop the same or similar technology or otherwise obtain access to our unpatented technology. To protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information, we require employees, consultants and advisors to enter into confidentiality agreements. We cannot assure you that these agreements will provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use, misappropriation or disclosure. If we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of our technologies, our ability to sustain margins on some or all of our products may be affected, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, in the ordinary course of our operations, from time to time we pursue and are pursued in potential litigation relating to the protection of certain intellectual property rights, including some of our more profitable products, such as flattop chain. An adverse ruling in any such litigation could have a material and adverse affect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Similar risk also applies to Zurn’s U.S. and foreign patents, patent applications, registered trademarks and other proprietary rights, which we believe are important to its success, potential growth and competitive position.

We could face potential product liability claims relating to products we manufacture or distribute.

We may be subject to product liability claims in the event that the use of our products, or the exposure to our products or their raw materials is alleged to have resulted in injury or other adverse effects. We currently maintain product liability insurance coverage, but we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such insurance on acceptable terms in the future, if at all, or that any such insurance will provide adequate coverage against potential claims. Product liability claims can be expensive to defend and can divert the attention of management and other personnel for long periods of time, regardless of the ultimate outcome. An unsuccessful product liability defense could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, our business depends on the strong brand reputation we have developed. In the event that this reputation is damaged as a result of a product liability claim, we may face difficulty in maintaining our pricing positions and market share with respect to some of our products, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

18


Table of Contents

We, our customers and our shippers have unionized employees that may stage work stoppages, which could seriously impact the profitability of our business.

As of March 31, 2007, we had approximately 7,100 employees, of whom approximately 5,100 were employed in the United States. Approximately 13.4% of our North American employees are represented by labor unions. The seven U.S. collective bargaining agreements to which we are a party will expire in May 2008, August 2008, February 2009, December 2009, August 2010, September 2010 and October 2010, respectively. Additionally, approximately 15.8% of our workforce is employed in Europe, where trade union membership is common. Although we believe that our relations with our employees are currently satisfactory, if our unionized workers were to engage in a strike, work stoppage or other slowdown in the future, we could experience a significant disruption of our operations, which could interfere with our ability to deliver products on a timely basis and could have other negative effects, such as decreased productivity and increased labor costs. Such negative effects could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, if a greater percentage of our workforce becomes unionized, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. Many of our direct and indirect customers have unionized workforces. Strikes, work stoppages or slowdowns experienced by these customers or their suppliers could result in slowdowns or closures of assembly plants where our products are used. In addition, organizations responsible for shipping our products may be impacted by occasional strikes staged by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters or Teamsters Union. Any interruption in the delivery of our products could reduce demand for our products and could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Although we expect the Zurn acquisition to be beneficial, its expected benefits may not be realized, in the time frame anticipated or at all, because of integration and other challenges.

Achieving the expected benefits of the Zurn acquisition will depend on the timely and efficient integration of Zurn’s technology, operations, business culture and personnel into our Company. The integration may not be completed as quickly as expected, and if we fail to effectively integrate the companies or the integration takes longer than expected, we may not achieve the expected benefits of the acquisition. The challenges involved in this integration include, among others:

 

   

potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of management;

 

   

unexpected loss of key employees or customers of Zurn;

 

   

conforming Zurn’s standards, processes, procedures and controls with our operations;

 

   

coordinating new product and process development;

 

   

hiring additional management and other critical personnel; and

 

   

increasing the scope, geographic diversity and complexity of our operations.

The Zurn acquisition may not be successfully received by our or Zurn’s customers, distributors or suppliers. In addition, we may encounter unforeseen obstacles or costs in the integration of the Zurn acquisition. Furthermore, the presence of one or more material liabilities of the Zurn business that were unknown to us at the time of acquisition may have a material adverse effect on our business.

We may be unable to successfully realize all of the intended benefits from our past acquisitions, and we may be unable to identify or realize the intended benefits of other potential acquisition candidates.

We acquired Falk on May 16, 2005 and, although we believe that the integration of Falk into our business is substantially complete, we may be unable to realize all of the intended benefits of this acquisition. As part of our business strategy, we will also evaluate other potential acquisitions, some of which could be material, and engage in discussions with acquisition candidates. We cannot assure you that suitable acquisition candidates will be identified and acquired in the future, that the financing of any such acquisition will be available on satisfactory terms, that we will be able to complete any such acquisition or that we will be able to accomplish our strategic objectives as a result of any such acquisition. Nor can we assure you that our acquisition strategies will be successfully received by customers or achieve their intended benefits. Often acquisitions are undertaken to improve the operating results of either or both of the acquiror and the acquired company and we cannot assure you that we will be successful in this regard. We will encounter various risks in acquiring other companies, including the possible inability to integrate an acquired business into our operations, diversion of management’s attention and unanticipated problems or liabilities, some or all of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our future required cash contributions to our pension plans may increase.

Congress recently passed legislation (which was signed into law by President Bush) to reform funding requirements for underfunded pension plans. The legislation, among other things, increases the percentage funding target from 90% to 100% and requires the use of a more current mortality table in the calculation of minimum yearly funding requirements. Our future required cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plans may increase based on the funding reform provisions that were enacted into law. In addition, if the performance of assets in our pension plans does not meet our expectations, if the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or PBGC, requires additional contributions to such plans as a result of the recent acquisitions, or if other actuarial assumptions are modified, our future required cash contributions could increase. Any such increases could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

19


Table of Contents

The need to make these cash contributions may reduce the cash available to meet our other obligations, including our debt obligations with respect to our Senior Secured Credit Facility, our Senior Notes and our Senior Secured Notes, or to meet the needs of our business. In addition, the PBGC may terminate our defined benefit pension plans under limited circumstances, including in the event the PBGC concludes that its risk may increase unreasonably if such plans continue. In the event a plan is terminated for any reason while it is underfunded, we could be required to make an immediate payment to the PBGC of all or a substantial portion of such plan’s underfunding, as calculated by the PBGC based on its own assumptions (which might result in a larger pension obligation than that based on the assumptions we have used to fund such plan), and the PBGC could assert a lien on material amounts of our assets.

Our historical financial information is not comparable to our current financial condition and results of operations because of our use of purchase accounting in connection with the Zurn, Apollo and Falk acquisitions and due to the different basis of accounting used by Invensys and its affiliates prior to the Carlyle acquisition.

It may be difficult for you to compare both our historical and future results. The Falk acquisition was accounted for utilizing purchase accounting, which resulted in a new valuation for the assets and liabilities of Falk to their fair values. This new basis of accounting began on the date of the consummation of the Falk acquisition. The Apollo acquisition also was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, causing our assets and liabilities to be revalued to their fair values on the closing date of the Apollo acquisition. The allocation of the excess purchase price over the book value of the net assets acquired in the Apollo acquisition was based, in part, on preliminary information which will continue to be subject to adjustment upon obtaining complete valuation information.

In addition, as a result of the Carlyle acquisition, we were subject to a different basis of accounting after November 25, 2002. Accordingly, our historical operating results for periods prior to such date may be of limited use in evaluating our historical performance and comparing it to other periods.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

Within PT we have 29 manufacturing and four repair facilities, 22 of which are located in North America, six in Europe, one in Australia, one in South America and three in Asia. With the exception of one plant located in Downers Grove, Illinois, each of our facilities is dedicated to the manufacture of a single product line. All of our facilities listed below are suitable for their respective operations and provide sufficient capacity to meet reasonably foreseeable production requirements.

 

20


Table of Contents

We own and lease our PT facilities throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. Listed below are the locations of our principal PT manufacturing and repair facilities:

 

Facility Location

  

Product

   Size
(square feet)
   Owned
Leased

North America

        

Auburn, AL

   Coupling    130,000    Leased

Benton Harbor, MI

   Industrial Bearings    30,000    Leased

Bridgeport, CT

   Special Components    31,000    Owned

Clinton, TN

   Industrial Bearings    180,000    Owned

Cudahy, WI

   Special Components    100,000    Leased

Deer Park, TX

   Gear Repair    31,000    Leased

Downers Grove, IL

   Industrial Bearings and Aerospace    248,000    Owned

Grafton, WI

   Flattop    95,000    Owned

Horsham, PA

   Gear    80,000    Leased

Indianapolis, IN

   Industrial Bearings    527,000    Owned

Lincoln, NE

   Coupling    54,000    Leased

East Rockaway, NY

   Special Components    20,000    Owned

East Rockaway, NY

   Special Components    20,000    Leased

Milwaukee, WI

   Gear    1,100,000    Owned

New Berlin, WI

   Gear Repair    44,000    Leased

New Berlin, WI

   Coupling    54,000    Owned

New Orleans, LA

   Gear Repair    75,000    Leased

Simi Valley, CA

   Aerospace    37,000    Leased

Stuarts Draft, VA

   Gear    93,000    Owned

Toronto, Canada

   Gear Repair    30,000    Leased

West Milwaukee, WI

   Industrial Chain    370,000    Owned

Wheeling, IL

   Aerospace    83,000    Owned

Europe

        

Betzdorf, Germany

   Industrial Chain    179,000    Owned

Corregio, Italy

   Flattop    79,000    Owned

Dortmund, Germany

   Coupling    36,000    Owned

Gravenzande, Netherlands

   Flattop    117,000    Leased

Hamelin, Germany

   Gear    374,000    Leased

Raon L’etape, France

   Coupling    217,000    Owned

South America

        

Sao Leopoldo, Brazil

   Industrial Chain    77,000    Owned

Australia

        

Newcastle, Australia

   Gear    43,000    Owned

Asia

        

Changzhou, China

   Gear    206,000    Owned

Shanghai, China

   Gear    40,000    Leased

Shanghai, China

   Industrial Chain    161,000    Leased

 

21


Table of Contents

Our Water Management facilities are principally located in the U.S. and Canada, as set forth below:

 

Facility Location

  

Use

  

Size

(square fee)

  

Owned

Leased

Canada

        

Mississauga, Ontario

   Manufacturing/Warehouse    27,878    Leased

United States

        

Abilene, Texas

   Warehouse    176,650    Owned

Bensalem, Pennsylvania

   Warehouse/Office    40,000    Leased

Commerce, Texas

   Manufacturing/Distribution    175,000    Owned

Dallas, Texas

   Warehouse/Office    55,020    Leased

Elkhart, Indiana

   Manufacturing/Distribution    110,000    Owned

Erie, Pennsylvania

   Manufacturing/Office/Distribution    210,562    Leased

Erie, Pennsylvania

   Manufacturing/Office    110,000    Owned

Falconer, New York

   Manufacturing/Warehouse/Distribution    151,520    Leased

Fresno, California

   Warehouse/Office    50,000    Leased

Gardena, California

   Office/Warehouse/Distribution    73,987    Owned

Harborcreek, Pennsylvania

   Warehouse/Office    100,000    Leased

Hayward, California

   Warehouse/Office    23,640    Leased

Norcross, Georgia

   Warehouse/Office    96,000    Leased

Northwood, Ohio

   Warehouse    17,920    Leased

Paso Robles, California

   Manufacturing/Office    158,000    Owned

Sacramento, California

   Warehouse    16,000    Leased

Sanford, North Carolina

   Assembly/Office    78,000    Owned

In addition, we lease sales office space in Taipei, R.O.C. and an engineering and sourcing center in Zhuhai, China. We also currently lease approximately 15,134 square feet of office space that had previously been the Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. corporate headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida.

We believe our PT and Water Management properties are sufficient for our current and future needs.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Legal Proceedings—Power Transmission

Our PT entities are involved in various unresolved legal actions, administrative proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of our business involving, among other things, product liability, commercial, employment, workers’ compensation, intellectual property claims and environmental matters. We establish reserves in a manner that is consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for costs associated with such matters when liability is probable and those costs are capable of being reasonably estimated. Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved legal actions or the range of possible loss or recovery, based upon current information, we believe the eventual outcome of these unresolved legal actions either individually, or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

In connection with the Carlyle acquisition, Invensys has provided us with indemnification against certain contingent liabilities, including certain pre-closing environmental liabilities. We believe that, pursuant to such indemnity obligations, Invensys is obligated to defend and indemnify us with respect to the matters described below relating to the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site and to various asbestos claims. The indemnity obligations relating to the matters described below are not subject to any time limitations and are subject to an overall dollar cap equal to the purchase price, which is an amount in excess of $900.0 million. The following paragraphs summarize the most significant actions and proceedings:

 

   

In 2002, we were named as a PRP, together with at least ten other companies, at the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois (the Site), by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or USEPA, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, or IEPA. Our Downers Grove property is situated within the Ellsworth Industrial Complex. The USEPA and IEPA allege there have been one or more releases or threatened releases of chlorinated solvents and other hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, allegedly including but not limited to a release or threatened release on or from our property, at the Site. The relief sought by the USEPA and IEPA includes

 

22


Table of Contents

further investigation and potential remediation of the Site. In support of the USEPA and IEPA, in July 2004 the Illinois Attorney General filed a lawsuit (State of Illinois v. Precision et al.) in the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois against us and the other PRP companies seeking an injunction, the provision of potable water to approximately 800 homes, further investigation of the alleged contamination, reimbursement of certain costs incurred by the state and assessment of a monetary penalty. In August 2003, several PRPs, including us, entered into an Administrative Order by Consent, or AOC, with the USEPA, IEPA and State of Illinois et al. that required the PRPs to pay $4.275 million to fund the hook-up of about 800 homes to municipal water and to undertake continuing investigation of the Site. We agreed to pay $306,500 of that fund under an interim allocation. The AOC is expected to resolve a significant portion of the State of Illinois lawsuit. Subsequently, we were notified by the USEPA that an expanded Site investigation will be required. Our allocated share of future costs related to the site, including for investigation and/or remediation, could be significant.

 

   

We are also a defendant in a pending lawsuit alleging personal injury stemming from contamination that allegedly, in whole or in part, originated from the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site. The lawsuit entitled Jana Bendik v. Precision Brand Products et al. v. Rexnord Corporation et al. was filed in April 2004 by an individual plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and seeks monetary relief. Two other suits allegedly related to the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site were recently settled: Kevin Pote, et al. v. Ames Supply Co. et al. was filed in December 2004 by an individual plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The complaint sought compensatory and punitive damages recoverable under the Illinois Wrongful Death and Survival Statute and the costs of the suit. A sealed, global settlement of all claims was reached with all Pote defendants in March, 2007. Muniz et al. v. Rexnord Corporation et al., was a class action filed in April 2004 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A global settlement was reached in late 2006 with the plaintiffs in the Muniz matter. The Muniz settlement covers past and future costs related to property damage incurred by the plaintiffs as well as certain damages for injuries, but does not release defendants from any potential future claims for non-property damages. The settlement amounts originally allocated to, and paid by, us are subject to further reallocation through a binding arbitration process. The ultimate outcome of the Ellsworth investigation and related litigation cannot presently be determined; however, we believe we have meritorious defenses to these matters. Pursuant to its indemnity obligation, Invensys is defending us in these matters and has paid 100% of our related costs to date. To provide additional protection, we have sued our insurance companies for a declaration of coverage as to these matters.

 

   

We have been named as a defendant in over 630 lawsuits (with approximately 6,800 claimants) pending in state or federal court in numerous jurisdictions relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in certain brakes and clutches previously manufactured by our Stearns division. Invensys and FMC, the prior owner of the Stearns business, have paid 100% of the costs to date related to the Stearns lawsuits. Similarly, our Prager subsidiary has been named as a defendant in two pending multi-defendant lawsuits relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in a product allegedly manufactured by Prager. There are approximately 3,600 claimants in the Prager lawsuits. The ultimate outcome of these lawsuits cannot presently be determined. To date, Invensys has paid 100% of the costs related to the Prager lawsuits, and we believe that we also have insurance coverage for our legal defense costs related to such suits.

 

   

The Kimberly St. Cin, Individually and as surviving spouse of Robert St. Cin, decedent v. The Falk Corporation, et al., wrongful death claim against Falk was settled and such settlement approved by the court on October 23, 2006. Our settlement contribution was within reserves previously established by us.

In connection with the Falk acquisition, Hamilton Sundstrand has provided us with indemnification against certain contingent liabilities, including coverage for certain pre-closing environmental liabilities. We believe that, pursuant to such indemnity obligations, Hamilton Sundstrand is obligated to defend and indemnify us with respect to the asbestos claims described below, and that, with respect to these claims, such indemnity obligations are not subject to any time or dollar limitations. The following paragraph summarizes the most significant actions and proceedings for which Hamilton Sundstrand has accepted responsibility:

 

   

Falk is a defendant in over 140 lawsuits pending in state or federal court in numerous jurisdictions relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in certain clutches and drives previously manufactured by Falk. There are approximately 4,100 claimants in these suits. The ultimate outcome of these lawsuits cannot presently be determined. Hamilton Sundstrand is defending Falk in these lawsuits pursuant to its indemnity obligations and has paid 100% of the costs to date.

In addition to the foregoing litigation, Falk is a defendant in other lawsuits. As with the matters described above, it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved legal actions. However, based upon current information we believe the eventual outcome of these unresolved legal actions will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

Legal Proceedings—Water Management

Our Water Management group entities are party to legal proceedings that we believe to be either ordinary, routine litigation incidental to the business of present and former operations or immaterial to its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

23


Table of Contents

As of March 31, 2007, we and an average of 80 other unrelated companies were defendants in approximately 5,200 asbestos related lawsuits representing approximately 46,200 claims. The suits allege damages in an aggregate amount of approximately $11.8 billion against all defendants. Plaintiffs’ claims against us allege personal injuries caused by exposure to asbestos used primarily in industrial boilers formerly manufactured by a segment of Zurn. Zurn did not manufacture asbestos or asbestos components. Instead, Zurn purchased them from suppliers. These claims are being handled pursuant to a defense strategy funded by our insurers.

We use an independent economic consulting firm with substantial experience in asbestos liability valuations to assist in the estimation of Zurn’s potential asbestos liability. Based on this firm's analysis, we currently estimate that Zurn’s potential liability for asbestos claims pending against it and for claims estimated to be filed through 2016 is approximately $136.0 million, of which we expect to pay approximately $102.0 million through 2016 on such claims, with the balance of the estimated liability being paid in subsequent years. However, there are inherent uncertainties involved in estimating the number of future asbestos claims, future settlement costs, and the effectiveness of our defense strategies and settlement initiatives. As a result, our actual liability could differ from our estimate described herein. Further, while our current asbestos liability is based on an estimate of claims through 2016, such liability may continue beyond 2016, and such liability could be substantial.

We estimate that our available insurance to cover our potential asbestos liability as of March 31, 2007, is approximately $287.0 million, and we believe that all current claims are covered by this insurance. However, principally as a result of the past insolvency of certain of our insurance carriers, certain coverage gaps will exist if and after our other carriers have paid the first $211.0 million of aggregate liabilities. In order for the next $51.0 million of insurance coverage from solvent carriers to apply, we estimate that we would need to satisfy $14.0 million of asbestos claims. Layered within the final $25.0 million of the total $287.0 million of coverage, we estimate that we would need to satisfy an additional $80 million of asbestos claims. If we are required to pay any such amounts, we could pursue recovery against the insolvent carriers, but it is not currently possible to determine the likelihood or amount of any such recoveries, if any.

As of March 31, 2007, we recorded a receivable from our insurance carriers of $136.0 million, which corresponds to the amount of our potential asbestos liability that is covered by available insurance and is currently determined to be probable of recovery. However, there is no assurance that $287.0 million of insurance coverage will ultimately be available or that Zurn’s asbestos liabilities will not ultimately exceed $287.0 million. Factors that could cause a decrease in the amount of available coverage include changes in law governing the policies, potential disputes with the carriers on the scope of coverage, and insolvencies of one or more of our carriers.

Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved legal actions, based upon current information we believe that the eventual outcome of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

 

24


Table of Contents

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2007.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Market Information

No established public trading market for RBS Global, Inc. common stock or Rexnord LLC membership units currently exists.

Dividends

RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC did not pay dividends during the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 on their common stock or membership interests, and it is our current policy to retain earnings to repay debt and finance our operations. In addition, our senior credit facility and outstanding notes significantly restrict the payment of dividends on our common stock and membership interests.

Holders

As of May 24, 2007, the common stock of RBS Global, Inc. was wholly owned by our indirect parent company Rexnord Holdings. RBS Global, Inc. is the sole member of Rexnord.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” located elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

No securities were sold during the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2007.

 

25


Table of Contents

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

The following table of selected historical financial information is based on our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This data should be read in conjunction with Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. The Statement of Operations, Other Data and Balance Sheet Data are derived from our audited financial statements. These financial statements do not include the accounts of Rexnord Holdings, the indirect parent company of RBS Global, Inc.

 

(dollars in millions)

  

Period from

July 22, 2006

through March 31,

2007 (1)

    Predecessor (3)     Predecessor
Basis of
Accounting (3)
 
    

Period from

April 1,2006

through July 21,

2006

   

Year ended
March 31,

2006 (2)

   

Year ended
March 31,

2005

   

Year ended
March 31,

2004

   

Period from
November 25,
2002 through
March 31,

2003

   

Period from

April 1, 2002

through
November 24,

2002

 
Statement of Operations:               

Net Sales

   $ 921.5     $ 334.2     $ 1,081.4     $ 811.0     $ 712.8     $ 252.5     $ 469.3  

Cost of Sales (4)

     628.2       237.7       742.3       555.8       485.4       162.1       310.5  
                                                        

Gross Profit

     293.3       96.5       339.1       255.2       227.4       90.4       158.8  

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

     159.3       63.1       187.8       153.6       148.1       52.9       103.1  

Restructuring and Other Similar Costs

     —         —         31.1       7.3       2.6       —         7.5  

Curtailment Gain

     —         —         —         —         (6.6 )     —         —    

Gain on Canal Street Accident, net

     (6.0 )     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Transaction-Related Costs

     —         62.7       —         —         —         —         —    

Income from Litigation Settlement

     —         —         —         —         —         —         (2.3 )

Amortization of Intangible Assets

     26.9       5.0       15.7       13.8       13.9       4.6       1.1  
                                                        

Income (Loss) from Operations

     113.1       (34.3 )     104.5       80.5       69.4       32.9       49.4  

Non-Operating Income (Expense):

              

Interest Expense, net

     (105.0 )     (21.0 )     (61.5 )     (44.0 )     (45.4 )     (16.3 )     (13.0 )

Other Income (Expense), net

     5.7       (0.4 )     (3.8 )     (0.7 )     (1.1 )     (0.5 )     (0.1 )
                                                        

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

     13.8       (55.7 )     39.2       35.8       22.9       16.1       36.3  

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     10.9       (16.1 )     16.3       14.2       8.7       6.5       16.0  
                                                        

Net Income (Loss)

   $ 2.9     $ (39.6 )   $ 22.9     $ 21.6     $ 14.2     $ 9.6     $ 20.3  
                                                        
Other Data:               

EBITDA (5)

   $ 181.8     $ (15.7 )   $ 159.4     $ 125.2     $ 113.7     $ 47.2     $ 73.5  

Net Cash Provided By (Used For):

              

Operating Activities

     62.7       (4.4 )     91.9       67.4       45.0       51.1       (27.0 )

Investing Activities

     (1,925.5 )     (15.7 )     (336.1 )     (19.3 )     (30.7 )     (920.0 )     (11.2 )

Financing Activities

     1,907.6       8.2       240.6       (42.0 )     (31.2 )     906.3       16.4  

Depreciation and Amortization of Intangible Assets

     63.0       19.0       58.7       45.4       45.4       14.8       24.2  

Capital Expenditures

     28.0       11.7       37.1       25.7       22.1       6.9       11.8  

 

          Predecessor
      March 31,

(dollars in millions)

   2007 (1)    2006 (2)    2005    2004    2003

Balance Sheet Data:

              

Cash

   $ 56.1    $ 22.5    $ 26.3    $ 21.8    $ 37.2

Working Capital (6)

     371.6      159.2      118.9      117.6      135.8

Total Assets

     3,773.2      1,608.1      1,277.4      1,299.1      1,314.2

Total Debt (7)

     2,046.9      753.7      506.7      550.8      580.5

Stockholders' Equity

     699.6      441.1      424.7      399.1      375.0

(1) Consolidated financial data as of March 31, 2007 and for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 reflects the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the Zurn acquisition on February 7, 2007. As a result, the comparability of the operating results for the periods presented is affected by the revaluation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of both the Apollo and Zurn acquisitions.
(2) Consolidated financial data as of and for the year ended March 31, 2006 reflects the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the Falk acquisition. The comparability of the operating results for the periods presented is affected by the revaluation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of the Falk acquisition.
(3) Consolidated financial data for all periods subsequent to July 21, 2006 (the date of the Apollo acquisition) reflects the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as a result of that transaction. Consolidated financial data for all periods subsequent to November 25, 2002 (the date of the Carlyle acquisition) reflect the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the Carlyle acquisition. The comparability of the operating results for the periods presented is

 

26


Table of Contents

affected by the revaluation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of the Apollo and Carlyle acquisitions. The financial data for periods prior to November 25, 2002 have a different basis of accounting and are presented for informational purposes and consist of the combined historical financial data of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Invensys and its affiliates that were acquired by our indirect wholly owned subsidiary, RBS Acquisition Corporation, in the Carlyle acquisition (Predecessor Basis of Accounting), and similarly for periods prior to the Apollo acquisition.

(4) Due to rising raw material costs and changes to manufacturing processes in fiscal 2005, the Company re-evaluated its process for capitalizing overhead costs into inventory. As a result, the Company revised certain estimates related to the capitalization of overhead variances which reduced cost of sales by $7.0 million in fiscal 2005.
(5) EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is presented because management believes it is an important supplemental measure of performance and it is frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. Other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA differently. EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because EBITDA is calculated before recurring cash charges, including interest expense and taxes, and is not adjusted for capital expenditures or other recurring cash requirements of the business, it should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to invest in the growth of the business. A reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA is as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)

  

Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007 (1)

   Predecessor    Predecessor Basis
of Accounting (3)
      Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006 (2)
   Year ended
March 31,
2005
   Year ended
March 31,
2004
   Period from
November 25,
2002 through
March 31,
2003
   Period from
April 1, 2002
through
November 24,
2002

Net Income (Loss)

   $ 2.9    $ (39.6 )   $ 22.9    $ 21.6    $ 14.2    $ 9.6    $ 20.3

Interest Expense, net

     105.0      21.0       61.5      44.0      45.4      16.3      13.0

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     10.9      (16.1 )     16.3      14.2      8.7      6.5      16.0

Depreciation and Amortization

     63.0      19.0       58.7      45.4      45.4      14.8      24.2
                                                 

EBITDA

   $ 181.8    $ (15.7 )   $ 159.4    $ 125.2    $ 113.7    $ 47.2    $ 73.5
                                                 

EBITDA for the fiscal period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 includes a $6.0 million gain on Canal Street accident, other income of $5.7 million and a $20.0 million “last-in, first-out,” or LIFO, benefit. EBITDA for the fiscal period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 includes $62.7 million of transaction related costs, other expense of $0.4 million and a $1.2 million LIFO charge. EBITDA for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 includes $31.1 million of restructuring charges, a $0.7 million charge to write-off excess and obsolete inventory related to certain consolidation and integration activities, other expenses of $3.8 million and a $3.0 million LIFO charge. EBITDA for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 includes $7.3 million of restructuring charges, a $1.6 million charge related to the write-off of excess and obsolete inventory that was on-hand on the date that the Carlyle Acquisition was consummated for which no reserves were established in purchase accounting, other expenses of $0.7 million and a $2.0 million LIFO charge. EBITDA for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 includes $2.6 million of restructuring charges, a $6.6 million curtailment gain related to our pension and postretirement plans, other expenses of $1.1 million and a $0.4 million LIFO benefit. EBITDA for the period from November 25, 2002 through March 31, 2003 includes other expenses of $0.5 million and a $0.3 million LIFO benefit. EBITDA for the period from April 1, 2002 through November 24, 2002 includes $7.5 million of restructuring charges, other expenses of $0.1 million, $2.3 million of income from a litigation settlement, losses of $0.7 million related to the operating results of the Hansen P4 product line which was retained by our former parent company, Invensys plc, and excludes $1.6 million of pro forma expenses related to costs that the Company would have expected to incur had the Company operated as a separate legal entity from Invensys prior to November 25, 2002.

(6) Represents total current assets less total current liabilities.
(7) Total debt represents long-term debt plus the current portion of long-term debt.

 

27


Table of Contents

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion of results of operations and financial condition covers periods prior to the consummation of both the Zurn and Apollo acquisitions. Our financial performance includes: (i) Zurn from February 8, 2007 through March 31, 2007 and (ii) the impact of the Apollo transaction from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007. Accordingly, the discussion and analysis of historical periods does not fully reflect the significant impact that both the Zurn and Apollo transactions have, and will have on us,

including significantly increased liquidity requirements. You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations together with Item 6, Selected Financial Data and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. Our fiscal year is the year ending March 31 of the corresponding calendar year. For example, our fiscal year 2007, or fiscal 2007, means the period from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007.

General

We believe we are a leading diversified, multi-platform industrial company strategically well positioned within the markets and industries we serve. With the completion of the Zurn acquisition, our business is comprised of two strategic platforms: (i) our existing PT platform and (ii) a new Water Management platform based on the acquired Zurn operations. We believe that we have the broadest portfolio of highly engineered, mission and project critical PT products in the industrial and aerospace end markets, including gears, couplings, industrial bearings, flattop, aerospace bearings and seals, special components and industrial chain. Our PT products are used in the plants and equipment of companies in diverse end-market industries, including aerospace, cement and aggregates, construction, energy, food and beverages and forest and wood products. Our PT products are either incorporated into products sold by OEMs or sold to end users through industrial distributors as aftermarket products. We have a significant installed base of PT products consisting primarily of components that are consumed in use and that have a predictable replacement cycle. With the Zurn acquisition, our Water Management platform is a leader in the multi-billion dollar, specification-driven, non-residential construction market for plumbing fixtures and fittings. Although our results of operations are dependent on general economic conditions, our significant installed base generates aftermarket sales that partially mitigate the impact of economic downturns on our results of operations. Due to the similarity of our products, historically we have not experienced significant changes in gross margins due to changes in sales product mix or sales channel mix.

The Zurn Acquisition

On February 7, 2007, we acquired Zurn from an affiliate of Apollo for a cash purchase price of $942.5 million, including transaction costs. The purchase price was financed through an equity investment by Apollo and its affiliates of approximately $282.0 million and debt financing of approximately $669.3 million, consisting of (i) $319.3 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014 (including a bond issue premium of $9.3 million), (ii) $150.0 million of 8.875% senior notes due 2016 and (iii) $200.0 million of borrowings under existing senior secured credit facilities. This acquisition created a new strategic water management platform for the Company. Zurn is a leader in the multi-billion dollar non-residential construction and replacement market for plumbing fixtures and fittings. It designs and manufactures plumbing products used in commercial and industrial construction, renovation and facilities maintenance markets in North America, and holds a leading market position across most of its businesses.

The acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values, which are preliminary and based upon currently available information. We are still in the process of finalizing third-party appraisals of the acquired property, plant and equipment and certain identifiable intangible assets. Accordingly, final adjustments to the purchase price allocation may be required. We expect to finalize the purchase price allocation within one year from the date of the acquisition.

The Company’s results and financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 include Zurn for the period from February 8, 2007 through March 31, 2007.

The Apollo Acquisition and Related Financing

On July 21, 2006, certain affiliates of Apollo purchased the Company from The Carlyle Group and management for approximately $1.825 billion, excluding transaction fees, through the merger of Chase Merger Sub, Inc., an entity formed and controlled by Apollo, with and into RBS Global, Inc. (the “Merger”). The Merger was financed with (i) $485.0 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014, (ii) $300.0 million of 11.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016, (iii) $645.7 million of borrowings under new senior secured credit facilities (consisting of a seven-year $610.0 million term loan facility and $35.7 million of borrowings under a six-year $150.0 million revolving credit facility) and (iv) $475.0 million of equity contributions (consisting of a $438.0 million cash contribution from Apollo and $37.0 million of rollover stock and stock options held by management participants). The proceeds from the Apollo cash contribution and the new financing arrangements, net of related debt issuance costs, were used to (i) purchase the Company from its then existing shareholders for $1,018.4 million, including transaction costs; (ii) repay all outstanding borrowings under our previously existing Credit Agreement as of the Merger Date, including accrued interest; (iii) repurchase substantially all of our $225.0 million of 10.125% senior subordinated notes outstanding as of the Merger Date pursuant to a tender offer, including accrued interest and tender premium; and (iv) pay certain seller-related transaction costs.

The Merger has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, resulted in a new basis of accounting for us. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values which are preliminary and based upon currently available information. We are still in the process of finalizing third-party appraisals of the acquired property, plant and equipment and certain identifiable intangible assets. In addition, we are still finalizing our strategic assessment of our business which may give rise to additional purchase liabilities. Accordingly, final adjustments to the purchase price allocation may be required. We expect to finalize the purchase price allocation within one year from the date of the Merger.

 

28


Table of Contents

The Falk Acquisition

On May 16, 2005, the Company acquired The Falk Corporation (“Falk”) from Hamilton Sundstrand, a division of United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”), for $301.3 million ($306.2 purchase price including transaction related expenses, net of cash acquired of $4.9 million) and the assumption of certain liabilities. The acquisition of Falk was funded by a $312.0 million term loan and was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. During fiscal 2006, the preliminary allocation of the Falk purchase price to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed resulted in the recording of $95.3 million of goodwill. Final purchase accounting adjustments were recorded in fiscal 2007, resulting in an additional $1.0 million of goodwill.

Canal Street Facility Accident

On December 6, 2006, the Company experienced an explosion at its primary gear manufacturing facility (“Canal Street”), in which three employees lost their lives and approximately 45 employees were injured. Canal Street is comprised of over 1.1 million square feet among several buildings, and employed approximately 750 associates prior to the accident. The accident resulted from a leak in an underground pipe related to a backup propane gas system that was being tested. The explosion destroyed approximately 80,000 square feet of warehouse, storage and non-production buildings, and damaged portions of other production areas. The Canal Street facility manufactures portions of the Company’s gear product line and, to a lesser extent, the Company’s coupling product line. The Company’s core production capabilities were substantially unaffected by the accident.

For the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the Company has recorded the following (gains)/losses related to this incident (in millions):

 

Insurance deductibles

      $ 1.0  

Professional services

        1.8  

Clean-up and restoration expenses

        18.3  

Non-cash asset impairments:

     

Inventories

   $ 7.1   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     2.6   
         

Subtotal asset impairments

        9.7  

Less property and casualty insurance recoveries

        (27.0 )

Other

        0.2  
           

Subtotal prior to business interruption insurance recoveries

        4.0  

Less business interruption insurance recoveries

        (10.0 )
           

Gain on Canal Street facility accident, net

      $ (6.0 )
           

The Company has substantial property, casualty, liability, workers’ compensation and business interruption insurance. Management believes that the limits of coverage will be in excess of the losses incurred. The property, casualty and business interruption liability insurance provides coverage of up to $2.0 billion per incident. The aggregate amount of deductibles under all insurance coverage is $1.0 million. The accident affected production and shipments from the Canal Street facility, creating a business interruption that we estimate adversely impacted fiscal 2007 sales by approximately $39.0 to $48.0 million. While difficult to determine, the Company estimates that income from operations was adversely impacted by approximately $16.0 to $22.0 million in fiscal 2007 as a result of the accident and the associated reduction in sales. Through March 31, 2007, the Company has received cash advances from its insurance carriers totaling $37.0 million of which $27.0 million has been allocated to recoveries under property and casualty insurance policies and $10.0 million of recoveries which have been allocated to recoveries under business interruption insurance policies. The net impact on operations recorded as a result of insurance proceeds and the incurrence of expenses, impairment of assets and clean-up and restoration costs results in a $6.0 million gain currently recognized in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company is actively working with its insurance carriers to determine further recoverable amounts and timing of the insurance proceeds recoverable under its property, casualty and business interruption coverage. The Company has only recorded insurance recoveries to the extent received as of March 31, 2007. Additional recoveries are expected to become recordable under GAAP in subsequent periods.

Canal Street Update

To date the Company has not experienced any material customer losses or order cancellations as a result of its temporary inability to produce and deliver products from Canal Street. Management does not believe that there will be any long-term negative implications to the Company’s gear product line as a result of the accident. The Company has not experienced, and does not expect to experience, any material adverse impact to liquidity, cash or its leverage profile as a result of the accident.

 

29


Table of Contents

The Company has recommenced shipments and production at Canal Street. As of March 31, 2007 all Canal Street employees have been recalled and are working at the facility in their roles prior to the accident and/or assisting in the restoration process. Shipments and production at Canal Street continue to increase, and management estimates that the Company will be able to reach pre-accident shipment levels from the Canal Street facility during the first half of its fiscal 2008.

Recovery Under Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (“CDSOA”)

The U.S. government has eight antidumping duty orders in effect against certain foreign producers of ball bearings exported from six countries, tapered roller bearings from China and spherical plain bearings from France. The foreign producers of the ball bearing orders are located in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The Company is a producer of ball bearing products in the United States. The CDSOA provides for distribution of monies collected by Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) from antidumping cases to qualifying producers, on a pro rata basis, where the domestic producers have continued to invest their technology, equipment and people in products that were the subject of the anti-dumping orders. As a result of providing relevant information to CBP regarding calendar 2006 and prior years’ manufacturing, personnel and development costs, the Company received $8.8 million, its pro rata share of the total CDSOA distribution, during the third quarter of fiscal 2007. This recovery was recorded within other income (expense) on the consolidated statement of operations.

In February 2006, U.S. Legislation was enacted that will end CDSOA distributions for imports covered by anti-dumping duty orders entering the U.S. after September 30, 2007. Because monies will continue to be collected by CBP until September 30, 2007 and for prior year entries, the Company may receive some additional distributions beyond fiscal 2007; however, the Company can not reasonably estimate the amount of CDSOA distributions it will receive in future years, if any.

Financial Statement Presentation

The following paragraphs provide a brief description of certain items and accounting policies that appear in our financial statements and general factors that impact these items.

As described above, the Apollo acquisition occurred on July 21, 2006, and created a new basis of accounting for RBS Global. In this management’s discussion and analysis, our results from July 22, 2006, through March 31, 2007 are combined with Predecessor results for the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, with the result being referred to as fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. GAAP does not allow for such a combination of predecessor and successor financial results; however, we believe the combined results provide information that is useful in evaluating our financial performance. The combined financial information is the result of merely adding the predecessor and successor results and does not include any pro forma assumptions or adjustments.

Net Sales. Net sales represent gross sales less deductions taken for sales returns and allowances and incentive rebate programs.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales includes all costs of manufacturing required to bring a product to a ready for sale condition. Such costs include direct and indirect materials, direct and indirect labor costs, including fringe benefits, supplies, utilities, depreciation, insurance, pension and postretirement benefits, information technology costs and other manufacturing related costs.

The largest component of our cost of sales is cost of materials, which represented approximately 37% of net sales in fiscal 2007. The principal materials used in our PT manufacturing processes are commodities that are available from numerous sources and include sheet, plate and bar steel, castings, forgings, high-performance engineered plastics and a wide variety of other components. Within WM, we purchase a broad range of materials and components throughout the world in connection with our manufacturing activities. Major raw materials and components include bar steel, brass, castings, copper, forgings, high-performance engineered plastic, plate steel, resin, sheet plastic and zinc. We have a strategic sourcing program to significantly reduce the number of direct and indirect suppliers we use and to lower the cost of purchased materials.

The next largest component of our cost of sales is direct and indirect labor, which represented approximately 20% of net sales in fiscal 2007. Direct and indirect labor and related fringe benefit costs are susceptible to inflationary trends.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily includes sales and marketing, finance and administration, engineering and technical services and distribution. Our major cost elements include salary and wages, fringe benefits, pension and postretirement benefits, insurance, depreciation, advertising, travel and information technology costs.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying our critical accounting policies have a significant impact on the results we report in our consolidated financial statements. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an on-going basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our experience and assumptions form the basis for our judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other

 

30


Table of Contents

sources. Actual results may vary from what we anticipate and different assumptions or estimates about the future could change our reported results. Within the context of these critical accounting policies, we are not currently aware of any reasonably likely event that would result in materially different amounts being reported.

We believe the following accounting policies are the most critical to us in that they are important to our financial statements and they require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue recognition. Sales are recorded upon transfer of title of product, which occurs upon shipment to the customer. Because we enter into sales rebate programs with some of our customers, which require us to make rebate payments to them from time to time, we estimate amounts due under these sales rebate programs at the time of shipment. Net sales relating to any particular shipment are based upon the amount invoiced for the shipped goods less estimated future rebate payments and sales returns. These rebates are primarily volume-based and are estimated based upon our historical experience. Revisions to these estimates are recorded in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known to us. The value of returned goods during fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 was less than 0.9% of net sales in each such year. Other than our standard product warranty, there are no post-shipment obligations.

Inventory. We value inventories at the lower of cost or market. Cost of certain domestic inventories are determined on a last-in, first-out (LIFO) basis. Cost of the remaining domestic inventories and all foreign inventories are determined on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis. The valuation of inventories includes variable and fixed overhead costs and requires management estimates to determine the amount of overhead variances to capitalize into inventories. We capitalize overhead variances into inventories based on estimates of related cost drivers, which are generally either raw material purchases or standard labor. Due to changes in our manufacturing processes, we re-evaluated these estimates in fiscal 2005 to ensure we were valuing our inventories at actual cost. As a result, we revised certain of these estimates which increased inventories and reduced cost of sales by $7.0 million in fiscal 2005.

In some cases we have determined a certain portion of our inventories are excess or obsolete. In those cases, we write down the value of those inventories to their net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required. The total write-down of inventories charged to expense was $4.9 million, $4.9 million, and $3.1 million during fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Impairment of intangible assets and tangible fixed assets. Our intangible assets and tangible fixed assets are held at historical cost, net of depreciation and amortization, less any provision for impairment. Tangible fixed assets are depreciated to their residual values on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:

 

Land

   No depreciation

Buildings and improvements

   13 to 50 years

Machinery and equipment

   3 to 13 years

Hardware and software

   2 to 5 years

An impairment review of intangible or tangible fixed assets is performed if an indicator of impairment, such as an operating loss or cash outflow from operating activities or a significant adverse change in the business or market place, exists. Estimates of future cash flows used to test the asset for impairment are based on current operating projections extended to the useful life of the asset group and are, by their nature, subjective.

Our recorded goodwill is not amortized but is tested annually for impairment using a discounted cash flow analysis. As of March 31, 2007, there was no impairment recorded for any reporting unit.

The Company expects to recognize amortization expense on the intangible assets subject to amortization of $45.0 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, $44.7 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, $44.6 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, $44.6 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 and $44.5 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.

Retirement benefits. We have significant pension and post-retirement benefit income and expense and assets/liabilities that are developed from actuarial valuations. These valuations include key assumptions regarding discount rates, expected return on plan assets, mortality rates, merit and promotion increases and the current health care cost trend rate. We consider current market conditions in selecting these assumptions. Changes in the related pension and post-retirement benefit income/costs or assets/liabilities may occur in the future due to changes in the assumptions and changes in asset values.

Future changes in the assumptions underlying our pension valuations, including those that arise as a result of declines in equity markets and interest rates, could result in reductions in pension income, which could negatively affect our consolidated results of operations in future periods.

 

31


Table of Contents

As of March 31, 2007, we had pension plans with a combined projected benefit obligation of $583.4 million compared to plan assets of $620.6 million. While our combined domestic pension plans are over-funded, approximately $41.9 million of the above projected benefit obligation is from plans of our German subsidiaries where such plans are typically not funded.

The obligation for postretirement benefits other than pension also is actuarially determined and is affected by assumptions including the discount rate and expected future increase in per capita costs of covered postretirement health care benefits. Changes in the discount rate and differences between actual and assumed per capita health care costs may affect the recorded amount of the expense in future periods.

Income taxes. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and establish a valuation allowance based on historical losses, projected future taxable income and the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences. As a result of this review, we have established a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets relating to foreign loss carryforwards and a partial valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets relating to certain state net operating loss and foreign tax credit carryforwards.

Commitments and Contingencies. We are subject to proceedings, lawsuits and other claims related to environmental, labor, product and other matters. We are required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes to these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. We determine the amount of reserves needed, if any, for each individual issue based on our professional knowledge and experience and discussions with legal counsel. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments in each matter, the ultimate resolution of each matter or changes in approach, such as a change in settlement strategy, in dealing with these matters.

Through recent acquisitions, we have assumed presently recorded and potential future liabilities relating to product liability, environmental and other claims. We have recorded reserves for claims related to these obligations when appropriate and, on certain occasions, have obtained the assistance of an independent actuary in the determination of those reserves. If actual experience deviates from our estimates, we may need to record adjustments to these liabilities in future periods.

Warranty Reserves. Reserves are recorded on our consolidated balance sheets to reflect our contractual liabilities relating to warranty commitments to our customers. We provide warranty coverage of various lengths and terms to our customers depending on standard offerings and negotiated contractual agreements. We record an estimate for warranty expense at the time of sale based on historical warranty return rates and repair costs. Should future warranty experience differ materially from our historical experience, we may be required to record additional warranty reserves which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in the period in which these additional reserves are required.

Environmental Liabilities. We accrue an estimated liability for each environmental matter when the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss associated with such unfavorable outcome is reasonably estimable. We presume that a matter is probable of an unfavorable outcome if (a) litigation has commenced or a claim has been asserted or if commencement of litigation or assertion of a claim is probable and (b) if we are somehow associated with the site. In addition, if the reporting entity has been named as a Potentially Responsible Party (“PRP”), an unfavorable outcome is presumed.

Estimating environmental remediation liabilities involves an array of issues at any point in time. In the early stages of the process, cost estimates can be difficult to derive because of uncertainties about a variety of factors. For this reason, estimates developed in the early stages of remediation can vary significantly; and, in many cases, early estimates later require significant revision. The following are some of the factors that are integral to developing cost estimates:

 

   

The extent and types of hazardous substances at a site;

 

   

The range of technologies that can be used for remediation;

 

   

Evolving standards of what constitutes acceptable remediation; and

 

   

The number and financial condition of other PRPs and the extent of their responsibility for the remediation.

An estimate of the range of an environmental remediation liability typically is derived by combining estimates of various components of the liability, which themselves are likely to be ranges. At the early stages of the remediation process, particular components of the overall liability may not be reasonably estimable. This fact does not preclude our recognition of a liability. Rather, the components of the liability that can be reasonably estimated are viewed as a surrogate for the minimum in the range of our overall liability. Estimated legal and consulting fees are included as a component of our overall liability.

Asbestos Claims and Insurance for Asbestos Claims. As noted in Item 3, Legal Proceedings, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have recorded a liability for pending and potential future asbestos claims, as well as a receivable for insurance coverage of such liability. The valuation of our potential asbestos liability, which was performed this year by an independent economic consulting firm with substantial experience in asbestos liability valuations, was based on the number and severity of future asbestos claims, future settlement costs, and the effectiveness of Zurn’s defense strategies and settlement initiatives.

 

32


Table of Contents

The present estimate of our asbestos liability assumes (i) its continuous vigorous defense strategy will remain effective; (ii) new asbestos claims filed annually against it will decline modestly through 2016; (iii) the values by disease will remain consistent with past experience and (iv) its insurers will continue to pay defense costs without eroding the coverage amounts of its insurance policies. Our potential asbestos liability could be adversely affected by changes in law and other factors beyond its control. Further, while our current asbestos liability is based on an estimate of claims through 2016, such liability may continue beyond 2016, and such liability could be substantial.

We estimate that our available insurance to cover our potential asbestos liability as of the end of fiscal 2007 is greater than its potential asbestos liability. This conclusion was reached after considering our experience in asbestos litigation, the insurance payments made to date by our insurance carriers, existing insurance policies, the industry ratings of the insurers and the advice of insurance coverage counsel with respect to applicable insurance coverage law relating to the terms and conditions of those policies. We used these same considerations when evaluating the recoverability of our receivable for insurance coverage of potential asbestos claims.

Results of Operations

 

    

Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007

    Predecessor     Combined     Predecessor  
       Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2007
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005
 

Net sales

   $ 921.5     $ 334.2     $ 1,255.7     $ 1,081.4     $ 811.0  

Gross profit

     293.3       96.5       389.8       339.1       255.2  

% of net sales

     31.8 %     28.9 %     31.0 %     31.4 %     31.5 %

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     159.3       63.1       222.4       187.8       153.6  

Restructuring and other similar costs

     —         —         —         31.1       7.3  

Gain on Canal Street accident, net

     (6.0 )     —         (6.0 )     —         —    

Transaction-related costs

     —         62.7       62.7       —         —    

Amortization of intangible assets

     26.9       5.0       31.9       15.7       13.8  
                                        

Income (loss) from operations

     113.1       (34.3 )     78.8       104.5       80.5  

% of net sales

     12.3 %     (10.3 )%     6.3 %     9.7 %     9.9 %

Non-operating income (expense):

          

Interest expense, net

     (105.0 )     (21.0 )     (126.0 )     (61.5 )     (44.0 )

Other income (expense), net

     5.7       (0.4 )     5.3       (3.8 )     (0.7 )
                                        

Income (loss) before income taxes

     13.8       (55.7 )     (41.9 )     39.2       35.8  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     10.9       (16.1 )     (5.2 )     16.3       14.2  
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 2.9     $ (39.6 )   $ (36.7 )   $ 22.9     $ 21.6  
                                        

Year Ended March 31, 2007 Compared with the Year Ended March 31, 2006

Net Sales. Net sales in fiscal 2007 were $1,255.7 million, an increase of $174.3 million, or 16.1%, from fiscal 2006 net sales of $1,081.4 million. Approximately $25.2 million of the year over year increase was due to the inclusion of the Falk acquisition for all of fiscal 2007 compared to approximately 10.5 months in fiscal 2006. Additionally, the Zurn acquisition added $69.5 million of sales from the date of acquisition through March 31, 2007. The remaining sales increase of $79.6 million was driven primarily by strength in our power transmission products end markets of natural resource extraction, metals processing, infrastructure expansion (mining, cement, aggregates) and strong demand for our aerospace products. Foreign currency fluctuations favorably impacted sales by approximately $18.8 million during fiscal 2007, as the Euro and Canadian Dollar strengthened against the U.S. Dollar. The Canal Street accident affected production and shipments from the Canal Street facility, creating a business interruption that we estimate adversely impacted sales in fiscal 2007 by approximately $39.0 to $48.0 million.

Gross Profit. Gross profit grew 15.0% in fiscal 2007 to $389.8 million, or 31.0% of net sales, from $339.1 million, or 31.4% of net sales in fiscal 2006. The increase in gross profit in fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006 was primarily driven by the incremental sales volume year over year. Our gross profit in fiscal 2007 includes $25.0 million of incremental unfavorable expenses from selling inventories that were adjusted to fair value in purchase accounting as a result of the Apollo and Zurn acquisitions, partially offset by

 

33


Table of Contents

$18.8 million of LIFO income recorded in fiscal 2007. The net of these fair value and LIFO adjustments adversely affected gross profit margins by a combined 50 basis points in fiscal 2007. In fiscal 2006, we recorded $3.0 million of LIFO expense that adversely affected gross profit margins by 28 basis points. The remaining decline in gross margin % in fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006 was driven by decreased leverage on fixed costs as a result of lost margins due to the Canal Street accident.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”). SG&A expenses increased by $34.6 million, or 18.4%, in fiscal 2007 to $222.4 million as compared to $187.8 million in fiscal 2006. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A expenses grew to 17.7% in fiscal 2007 compared to 17.4% in fiscal 2006. The increase in SG&A expenses as a percent of sales is due primarily to the impact of the Canal Street accident and resulting lower sales in fiscal 2007 as a result of the business interruption. In SG&A dollars, the Zurn and Falk acquisitions account for approximately $15.0 of the year-over-year increase in SG&A expense. Excluding acquisitions, SG&A increased as a result of the following: higher stock option expense of $5.1 million due to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, $5.3 million of higher depreciation expense and $2.8 million of unfavorable currency impact due to the strengthening of the Euro and Canadian Dollar. The remaining increase in SG&A was driven by higher compensation costs as compared to the prior year, offset by a one-time $3.1 million benefit recorded in fiscal 2007 as a result of the change in the Company’s vacation policy.

Restructuring and Other Similar Costs. The Company has recorded no restructuring or other similar costs in fiscal 2007. We expensed $31.1 million of restructuring and other similar costs in fiscal 2006, including $6.9 million of non-cash asset impairments, related to plans we initiated in fiscal 2006 to restructure certain manufacturing operations and reduce headcount at certain locations. The non-cash asset impairments related to the closure of our flattop plant in Puerto Rico and a decision to outsource certain portions of our industrial chain manufacturing operations. We also incurred $16.5 million of plant consolidation and integration costs consisting primarily of (i) the closure of our coupling plant in Warren, Pennsylvania, (ii) the closure of our flattop plant in Puerto Rico and (iii) Falk integration costs, including the continuation of certain Falk plant consolidation efforts that had been initiated prior to the Falk acquisition. All of these consolidation and integration actions were substantially complete as of March 31, 2006. The remaining $7.7 million of restructuring and other similar costs in fiscal 2006 relate primarily to severance, relocation and recruiting expenses for certain headcount reduction and management realignment initiatives.

Gain on Canal Street accident, net We have recorded a gain of $6.0 million through March 31, 2007 as a result of the accident at our Canal Street facility on December 6, 2006. The gain is a result of recording expenses and asset impairments related to the accident, offset by cash advances from its insurance carriers totaling $37.0 million. The net impact on operations recorded as a result of the receipt of the insurance proceeds and the incurrence of expenses, impairment of assets and clean-up and restoration costs results in a $6.0 million gain recognized in the consolidated statement of operations in fiscal 2007.

 

Insurance deductibles

      $ 1.0  

Professional services

        1.8  

Clean-up and restoration expenses

        18.3  

Non-cash asset impairments:

     

Inventories

   $ 7.1   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     2.6   
         

Subtotal asset impairments

        9.7  

Less property and casualty insurance recoveries

        (27.0 )

Other

        0.2  
           

Subtotal prior to business interruption insurance recoveries

        4.0  

Less business interruption insurance recoveries

        (10.0 )
           

Gain on Canal Street facility accident, net

      $ (6.0 )
           

Transaction-Related Costs. We expensed $62.7 million of Apollo transaction-related costs in fiscal 2007. These costs consisted of (i) $19.1 million of seller-related expenses, including investment banking fees, outside attorney fees, and other third-party fees; (ii) $23.1 million of bond tender premium related to the $225.0 million of senior subordinated notes, substantially all of which were repurchased in connection with the Merger; and (iii) a non-cash charge of $20.5 million to write-off the remaining net book value of previously-capitalized financing fees related to the term loans and senior subordinated notes that we repaid/repurchased in connection with the Merger. There were no transaction-related costs recorded in fiscal 2006.

Amortization of Intangible Assets. We amortize the cost of our intangible assets, which include patents, customer relationships (including distribution network), a covenant not to compete and software. Amortization of these intangible assets amounted to $31.9 million in fiscal 2007 and $15.7 million in fiscal 2006. The increase between years is due to the amortization of intangible assets resulting from the Apollo and Zurn acquisitions.

 

34


Table of Contents

Interest Expense, net. Interest expense, net was $126.0 million in fiscal 2007 compared to $61.5 million in fiscal 2006. As a result of the Apollo transaction and the recent acquisition of Zurn, we have increased our overall indebtedness, and a larger portion of that debt consists of senior notes, which have higher interest rates than our term loans.

Other Income (Expense), net. Other income, net was $5.3 million for fiscal 2007 and includes $1.4 million of foreign currency transaction losses, $2.0 million of management fee expenses, and $0.1 million of other expenses offset by an $8.8 million CDSOA recovery. Other expense, net for fiscal 2006 was $3.8 million and consists of management fees of $2.0 million, attorney fees related to the refinancing of our credit agreement of $1.0 million, losses on the sale of plant, property and equipment of $0.4 million and foreign currency transaction losses of $0.4 million.

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes. The income tax benefit in fiscal 2007 was $5.2 million or an effective tax rate benefit of 12.4%. The benefit recorded is lower than the statutory rate primarily as a result of certain transaction and merger related expenses being deemed non-deductible for federal and state income tax purposes. The fiscal 2006 effective income tax rate was 41.6% due to certain one-time non-deductible expenses and higher foreign-related tax expense, offset in part by the realization of certain state and local income tax benefits. See Note 16 of the consolidated financial statements for more information on income taxes.

Net Income (Loss). The net loss recorded in fiscal 2007 was $36.7 million as compared to $22.9 million of net income in the prior year due to the factors described above.

Year Ended March 31, 2006 Compared with the Year Ended March 31, 2005

Net Sales. Net sales in fiscal 2006 were $1,081.4 million, an increase of $270.4 million or 33.3%, over fiscal 2005’s net sales of $811.0 million. The increase in net sales was due to the Falk acquisition and continued solid performance in our industrial products end markets of forest products, energy, construction equipment, natural resource extraction, metals processing and infrastructure expansion (mining, cement, aggregates), as well as strong demand for our aerospace products. The net impact of foreign currency fluctuations on fiscal 2006 net sales was not significant.

Gross Profit. Gross profit grew 32.9% in fiscal 2006 to $339.1 million, or 31.4% of net sales, from $255.2 million, or 31.5% of net sales in fiscal 2005 as a result of the Falk Acquisition as well as the net impact of Rexnord Business System driven productivity and cost reductions offset by historically lower gross margin of the acquired Falk business. Our fiscal 2006 gross profit margins also include a $0.7 million charge in fiscal 2006 to write-off certain excess and obsolete inventories in connection with plant consolidation and integration activities. Our fiscal 2005 gross profit margins include (i) a $7.0 million benefit due to a change in estimate regarding the capitalization of certain overhead variances into inventory, and (ii) a $1.6 million one-time charge to write-off certain excess and obsolete inventory that was on-hand at the date of the Carlyle Acquisition for which no reserves were established in purchase accounting.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A expenses increased by $34.2 million, or 22.3%, in fiscal 2006 to $187.8 million as compared to $153.6 million in fiscal 2005. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A expenses declined to 17.4% in fiscal 2006 compared to 18.9% in fiscal 2005. The reduction in SG&A expenses as a percent of sales was due to better operating leverage resulting from our Falk integration efforts as well as a continued focus on reducing costs and gaining efficiencies in our selling and administrative functions. The $34.2 million increase in SG&A expense in fiscal 2006 was primarily due to the Falk Acquisition.

Restructuring and Other Similar Costs. We expensed $31.1 million of restructuring and other similar costs in fiscal 2006, primarily relating to Falk integration and plant closure activities, including $6.9 million of non-cash asset impairments. The non-cash asset impairments related to the closure of our Flattop plant in Puerto Rico and a decision to outsource certain portions of our Industrial Chain manufacturing operations. We also incurred $16.5 million of Falk integration and plant closure costs consisting primarily of (i) the closure of our Coupling plant in Warren, Pennsylvania, (ii) the closure of our Flattop plant in Puerto Rico, and (iii) Falk integration costs, including the continuation of certain Falk plant consolidation efforts that had been initiated prior to our acquisition of Falk. All of these consolidation and integration actions were substantially complete as of March 31, 2006. The remaining $7.7 million of restructuring and other similar costs in fiscal 2006 relate primarily to severance, relocation and recruiting expenses for certain headcount reduction and management realignment initiatives.

During fiscal 2005, we expensed $7.3 million of restructuring and other similar costs related primarily to severance, recruiting and relocation costs incurred as part of our effort to realign management and upgrade talent.

Amortization of Intangible Assets. We amortize the cost of our intangible assets which include patents, customer relationships (including distribution network), a covenant not to compete and software. Amortization of these intangible assets amounted to $15.7 million in fiscal 2006 and $13.8 million in fiscal 2005. The increase between years was due to amortization of the acquired Falk intangible assets.

Interest Expense, net. Interest expense, net was $61.5 million in fiscal 2006 compared to $44.0 million in fiscal 2005. The $17.5 million increase in our net interest expense between years was attributable primarily to interest on the additional $312.0 million term loan used to fund the Falk acquisition and to higher interest rates year over year on our variable-rate term debt.

 

35


Table of Contents

Other Expense, net. Other expense, net for fiscal 2006 consisted of management fees of $2.0 million, attorney fees related to the refinancing of our credit agreement of $1.0 million, losses on the sale of plant, property and equipment of $0.4 million and exchange losses of $0.4 million. Other expense, net for fiscal 2005 consisted of gains on the sales of plant, property and equipment of $2.1 million, exchange losses of $0.8 million and management fees of $2.0 million.

Provision for Income Taxes. The effective income tax rate for fiscal 2006 of 41.6% is up slightly from our fiscal 2005 effective income tax rate of 39.7% due to certain one-time non-deductible expenses and higher foreign-related tax expense, offset in part by the realization of certain state and local income tax benefits.

Net Income. Net income in fiscal 2006 was $22.9 million as compared to $21.6 million in the prior year due to the factors described above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary source of liquidity is available cash, cash flow from operations and borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility. As of March 31, 2007, we had $56.1 million of cash and approximately $116.4 million of additional borrowings available to us under our revolving credit facility (there were no borrowings outstanding under the facility, however, $33.6 million of the facility was utilized in connection with outstanding letters of credit). Our revolving credit facility is available to fund our working capital requirements, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes.

As of March 31, 2007 we had $2,046.9 million of total indebtedness outstanding as follows (in millions):

 

     Total Debt at
March 31,
2007
   Short-term
Debt and
Current
Maturities of
Long-Term
Debt
   Long-term
Portion

Term loans

   $ 787.5    $ —      $ 787.5

9.50% Senior notes due 2014

     804.2      —        804.2

8.875% Senior notes due 2016

     150.0      —        150.0

11.75% Senior subordinated notes due 2016

     300.0      —        300.0

10.125% Senior subordinated notes due 2012

     0.3      —        0.3

Other

     4.9      2.2      2.7
                    

Total Debt

   $ 2,046.9    $ 2.2    $ 2,044.7
                    

In connection with the Apollo acquisition, all borrowings under our previous credit agreement and substantially all of the $225.0 million of outstanding 10.125% senior subordinated notes were repaid or repurchased on July 21, 2006. The acquisition was financed in part with (i) the issuance of 2014 and the senior subordinated notes and (ii) $645.7 million of borrowings under senior secured credit facilities (consisting of a seven-year $610.0 million term loan facility and $35.7 million of borrowings under a six-year $150.0 million revolving credit facility). Subsequent to the Apollo acquisition, we financed the Zurn acquisition with an additional $200.0 of borrowings under our senior secured term loan facility and by issuing an additional $319.3 million of 2014 senior notes (includes $9.3 million of bond premium) and $150.0 million of 2016 senior notes.

As of March 31, 2007, the Company’s borrowings under the term loan credit facility were apportioned between two primary tranches: a $610.0 million term loan B1 facility and a $200.0 million term loan B2 facility as described above, of which $590.0 million and $197.5 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2007 under the term loan B1 and B2, respectively. Borrowings under the $610.0 million term loan B1 facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.50% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.50% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). Borrowings under the $200.0 million term loan B2 facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.25% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.50% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). The weighted averaged interest rate on our outstanding term loans at March 31, 2007 was 7.78%. Borrowings under our $150.0 million revolving credit facility accrue interest, at our option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.25% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.25% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). In August 2006, we entered into an interest rate collar and an interest rate swap to hedge the variability in future cash flows associated with a portion of our variable-rate term loans.

 

36


Table of Contents

The new senior secured credit facilities limit our maximum senior secured bank leverage ratio to 4.25 to 1.00 beginning with the fiscal quarter ended December 30, 2006. The senior secured bank leverage ratio was 2.37 to 1.00 at March 31, 2007. We expect to be in compliance with this financial covenant for the foreseeable future.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of principal on our indebtedness, or to pay interest on, or to refinance, our indebtedness, including our existing notes, or to fund planned capital expenditures, will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This is subject to general economic, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2007 was $58.3 million compared to $91.9 million in fiscal 2006 and $67.4 million in fiscal 2005. The $33.6 million reduction in cash flow from operations in fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006 was driven primarily by lower income from operations of $25.7 million between fiscal years as a result of $62.7 million of transaction costs associated with the Apollo acquisition. Increases in trade working capital (receivables, inventories and trade payables) used $3.3 million of cash in fiscal 2007 to support the $174.3 million dollar year over year sales increase. The increase in cash from operations of $24.5 million in fiscal 2006 as compared to fiscal 2005 was primarily due to a $24.0 million increase in income from operations. Increases in trade working capital (receivables, inventories and trade payables) to support our year over year sales growth used only $4.1 million of operating cash flows in fiscal 2006 as we continue to focus on cash collections and effectively managing accounts payable.

Cash used for investing activities in fiscal 2007 was $1,941.2 million, an increase of $1,605.1 million compared to fiscal 2006. The year over year increase in cash used in investing activities was driven by a combination of the $1,018.4 million paid for the Apollo acquisition, the $880.1 million of paid for the Zurn acquisition and the $5.9 million paid for the DaLong acquisition compared to fiscal 2006, which included $301.3 million paid for the Falk Acquisition. Capital expenditures and proceeds from dispositions of property, plant and equipment, combined, were comparable between fiscal 2007 and 2006 and were $36.8 million and $34.8 million, respectively. The increase in cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2006 of $336.1 million compared to $19.3 million in fiscal 2005 was driven by the $301.3 million paid for the Falk acquisition as wells as capital expenditures of $37.1 million in fiscal 2006 compared to $25.7 million in fiscal 2005.

Cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2007 was a source of $1,915.8 million compared to a source of $240.6 million in fiscal 2006. The increase in fiscal 2007 was driven by $1.6 million of cash proceeds from the issuance of common stock, $720.2 million of capital contributions and the issuance of debt to facilitate both the Apollo and Zurn acquisitions of $2,116.9 million offset by the repayment of long-term debt of $824.8 million (including $765.7 million on or prior to the Merger Date and $59.1 million subsequent to the Merger Date). During fiscal 2007, we also paid $75.0 million of financing fees and $23.1 million of bond tender premiums.

Cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2006 included $312 million of additional term loans issued in May 2005 under our credit agreement. The proceeds from those term loans, net of $7.6 million of financing fees paid, were used to fund the Falk acquisition. Our strong performance allowed us to repay $65.0 million of debt during fiscal 2006, including $63.0 million of principal of the term loans. We also received $1.2 million of cash proceeds from the issuance of common stock during fiscal 2006.

Cash used for financing activities in fiscal 2005 was $42.0 million and consisted of repayment of debt of $44.2 million, offset by proceeds from the exercise of stock options and other common stock activity of $2.2 million.

Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2007, we had no material long-term purchase obligations. Payments of interest associated with our current revolving credit facility obligations have been omitted from the table below because they are predominantly based on varying market interest rates and varying debt balances. As of March, 31, 2007 there were no outstanding obligations under the revolving credit facility.

 

37


Table of Contents
          Payments Due by Period

(in millions)

   Total    Less than
1 Year
   1-3 Years    3-5 Years    More than
5 Years

Term loan B facilities

     787.5      —        5.3      16.2      766.0

Senior subordinated notes due 2012

     0.3      —        —        0.3      —  

Senior notes due 2014 (1)

     795.0      —        —        —        795.0

Senior notes due 2016

     150.0      —        —        —        150.0

Senior subordinated notes due 2016

     300.0      —        —        —        300.0

Other long-term debt

     4.9      2.2      1.4      0.8      0.5

Interest on long-term debt obligations (2)

     1,018.0      185.8      371.2      369.1      91.9

Operating lease obligations

     44.9      10.0      15.2      8.8      10.9
                                  

Totals

   $ 3,100.6    $ 198.0    $ 393.1    $ 395.2    $ 2,114.3
                                  

(1) Excludes unamortized premium of $9.2 million received from the issuance of the additional 2014 notes.
(2) Based on long-term debt obligations outstanding as of March 31, 2007.

We also have long-term obligations related to our pension and postretirement benefit plans which are discussed in detail in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements. The pension plans cover most of our employees and provide for monthly pension payments to eligible employees upon retirement. Other postretirement benefits consist of a retiree medical plan that covers a portion of employees in the United States that meet certain age and service requirements and other postretirement benefits for employees at certain foreign locations. See “Risk Factors—Our future required cash contributions to our pension plans may increase.”

 

38


Table of Contents

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or obligations (including contingent obligations), that would have a material effect on our financial results.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk during the normal course of business from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The exposure to these risks is managed through a combination of normal operating and financing activities and derivative financial instruments in the form of forward exchange contracts to cover known foreign exchange transactions.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Our exposure to foreign currency exchange rates relates primarily to our foreign operations. For our foreign operations, exchange rates impact the U.S. Dollar value of our reported earnings, our investments in the subsidiaries and the intercompany transactions with the subsidiaries. See “Risk Factors—Our international operations are subject to uncertainties, which could adversely affect our operating results.”

Approximately 29% of our sales occur outside of the United States, with approximately 19% generated from our European operations that use the Euro as their functional currency. As a result, fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies against the U.S. Dollar, particularly the Euro, may have a material impact on our reported results. Revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollars at the end of the fiscal period using the average exchange rates in effect during the period. Consequently, as the value of the U.S. Dollar changes relative to the currencies of our major markets, our reported results vary.

Fluctuations in currency exchange rates also impact the U.S. Dollar amount of our stockholders’ equity. The assets and liabilities of our non-U.S. subsidiaries are translated into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rates in effect at the end of the fiscal period.

As we continue to expand our business globally, our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international operations. However, any of these factors could adversely affect our international operations and, consequently, our operating results.

Interest Rate Risk

We utilize a combination of short-term and long-term debt to finance our operations and are exposed to interest rate risk on these debt obligations.

As of March 31, 2007, the Company’s borrowings under the term loan credit facility were apportioned between two primary tranches: a $610.0 million term loan B1 facility and a $200.0 million term loan B2 facility, Borrowings under the $610.0 million term loan B1 facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.50% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.50% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). Borrowings under the $200.0 million term loan B2 facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.25% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.50% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). The weighted averaged interest rate on our outstanding term loans at March 31, 2007 was 7.78%. Borrowings under our $150.0 million revolving credit facility accrue interest, at our option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.25% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.25% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). In August 2006, we entered into an interest rate collar and an interest rate swap to hedge the variability in future cash flows associated with a portion of our variable-rate term loans. The interest rate collar provides an interest rate floor of 4.0% plus the applicable margin and an interest rate cap of 6.065% plus the applicable margin on $262.0 million of our variable-rate term loans, while the interest rate swap converts $68.0 million of our variable-rate term loans to a fixed interest rate of 5.14% plus the applicable margin. Both the interest rate collar and the interest rate swap became effective on October 20, 2006 and have a maturity of three years. Our results of operations would likely be affected by changes in market interest rates on the un-hedged portion of these variable-rate obligations. An increase in the interest rate of 1.00% on our variable rate debt would increase our interest cost by approximately $6.4 million on an annual basis.

The senior notes and the senior subordinated notes are fixed rate long-term debt obligations. The potential loss in fair value on such fixed-rate debt obligations from a 10% increase in market interest rates would not be material to the overall fair value of the debt.

 

39


Table of Contents

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS 159”), which permits all entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value on specified election dates. The associated unrealized gains and losses on the items for which the fair value option has been elected shall be reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently reviewing the requirements of SFAS 159 to determine the impact on its financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB released SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R) (“SFAS 158”). Under the new standard, companies must recognize a net liability or asset to report the funded status of their defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans on their balance sheets. We will be required to adopt the recognition and disclosure provisions of SFAS 158 as of March 31, 2008. We are currently reviewing the requirements of SFAS 158 to determine the impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, creates a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently reviewing the requirements of SFAS 157 to determine the impact on its financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued the revised SFAS No. 123, Share Based Payment (“SFAS 123(R)”). SFAS 123(R) requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. Generally, compensation cost is measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. In addition, liability awards are remeasured each reporting period. Compensation cost is recognized over the requisite service period, generally as the awards vest. As a nonpublic entity that previously used the minimum value method for pro forma disclosure purposes under SFAS 123, we adopted SFAS 123(R) using the prospective transition method of adoption on April 1, 2006. Accordingly, the provisions of SFAS 123(R) have been applied prospectively to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after the adoption date.

FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), was issued in July 2006. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. It also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. We are required to adopt FIN 48 as of April 1, 2007 and are currently reviewing the requirements of FIN 48 to determine the impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Cautionary Statement on Forward Looking Statements

The foregoing Management’s Discussion and Analysis as well as other portions of this Annual Report on Form 10-K include forward-looking statements. Statements that describe future expectations, including revenue and earnings projections, plans, results or strategies, are considered forward-looking. The statements that are not purely historical should be considered forward-looking statements. Often they can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “forecasts,” and the like. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Factors that could affect actual results include, among other things, the risks set forth under Item 1A, Risk Factors, of this Form 10-K. These factors should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances or to update publicly the risk factors which the Company believes may affect the forward-looking statements except as may be required in subsequent documents filed with the SEC.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

The information with respect to the Company’s market risk is contained under the caption “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

The consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K include the accounts of RBS Global, Inc. and subsidiaries subsequent to the Merger (collectively, “the Company”). The financial statements of RBS Global, Inc. and subsidiaries prior to the Merger (collectively, the “Predecessor”) are presented for comparative purposes.

 

40


Table of Contents

Index to Financial Statements

RBS Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Financial Statements

For the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007

and April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the

years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005

 

Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  42

Consolidated Balance Sheets

  43

Consolidated Statements of Operations

  44

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

  45

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  46

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

  47

 

41


Table of Contents

Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of RBS Global, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of RBS Global, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of March 31, 2007 and the Predecessor Company as of March 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the period from July 22, 2006 to March 31, 2007, and of the Predecessor Company for the period from April 1, 2006 to July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company at March 31, 2007 and the Predecessor Company at March 31, 2006, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from July 22, 2006 to March 31, 2007, and of the Predecessor Company for the period from April 1, 2006 to July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for stock-based compensation effective April 1, 2006.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

May 18, 2007

 

42


Table of Contents

RBS Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In Millions, except share amounts)

 

          Predecessor (Note 1)
             March 31,        
2007
  

March 31,

2006

Assets

     

Current assets:

     

Cash

   $ 56.1    $ 22.5

Receivables, net

     254.4      177.4

Inventories, net

     384.3      191.9

Other current assets

     26.3      22.2
             

Total current assets

     721.1      414.0

Property, plant and equipment, net

     437.1      348.9

Intangible assets, net

     987.7      141.1

Goodwill

     1,294.2      670.4

Insurance for asbestos claims

     136.0      —  

Pension assets

     114.6      —  

Other assets

     82.5      33.7
             

Total assets

   $ 3,773.2    $ 1,608.1
             

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

     

Current liabilities:

     

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ 2.2    $ 1.9

Trade payables

     154.4      119.3

Income taxes payable

     3.5      3.9

Deferred income taxes

     16.9      7.0

Compensation and benefits

     52.9      44.9

Current portion of pension obligations

     9.4      20.8

Current portion of postretirement benefit obligations

     4.9      5.1

Interest payable

     30.5      13.5

Other current liabilities

     74.8      38.4
             

Total current liabilities

     349.5      254.8

Long-term debt

     2,044.7      751.8

Pension obligations

     68.8      61.6

Postretirement benefit obligations

     52.3      31.1

Deferred income taxes

     381.3      40.2

Reserve for asbestos claims

     136.0      —  

Other liabilities

     41.0      27.5
             

Total liabilities

     3,073.6      1,167.0

Stockholders’ equity:

     

Common stock, $0.01 par value; at March 31, 2007, 100,000 shares were authorized and 1,000 shares were issued and outstanding; at March 31, 2006, 5,000,000 shares were authorized and 3,623,809 shares were issued and outstanding

     0.1      0.1

Additional paid in capital

     693.3      363.4

Retained earnings

     2.9      68.3

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     3.3      9.3
             

Total stockholders’ equity

     699.6      441.1
             

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 3,773.2    $ 1,608.1
             

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

43


Table of Contents

RBS Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In Millions)

 

    

Period from

July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007

    Predecessor (Note 1)  
       Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005
 

Net sales

   $ 921.5     $ 334.2     $ 1,081.4     $ 811.0  

Cost of sales

     628.2       237.7       742.3       555.8  
                                

Gross profit

     293.3       96.5       339.1       255.2  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     159.3       63.1       187.8       153.6  

Gain on Canal Street accident, net

     (6.0 )     —         —         —    

Restructuring and other similar costs

     —         —         31.1       7.3  

Transaction-related costs

     —         62.7       —         —    

Amortization of intangible assets

     26.9       5.0       15.7       13.8  
                                

Income (loss) from operations

     113.1       (34.3 )     104.5       80.5  

Non-operating income (expense):

        

Interest expense, net

     (105.0 )     (21.0 )     (61.5 )     (44.0 )

Other income (expense), net

     5.7       (0.4 )     (3.8 )     (0.7 )
                                

Income (loss) before income taxes

     13.8       (55.7 )     39.2       35.8  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     10.9       (16.1 )     16.3       14.2  
                                

Net income (loss)

   $ 2.9     $ (39.6 )   $ 22.9     $ 21.6  
                                

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

44


Table of Contents

RBS Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(In Millions)

 

     Common
Stock
    Additional
Paid-In
Capital
    Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 

Balance at March 31, 2004 (Predecessor)

   $ 0.1     $ 359.4     $ 23.8     $ 15.8     $ 399.1  

Comprehensive Income:

          

Net income

     —         —         21.6       —         21.6  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     —         —         —         2.2       2.2  

Additional minimum pension liability, net of $0.3 income tax benefit

     —         —         —         (0.4 )     (0.4 )
                

Total comprehensive income

             23.4  

Issuance of common stock

     —         2.2       —         —         2.2  
                                        

Balance at March 31, 2005 (Predecessor)

     0.1       361.6       45.4       17.6       424.7  

Comprehensive Income:

          

Net income

     —         —         22.9       —         22.9  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     —         —         —         (3.3 )     (3.3 )

Additional minimum pension liability, net of $3.2 income tax benefit

     —         —         —         (5.0 )     (5.0 )
                

Total comprehensive income

             14.6  

Issuance of common stock

     —         1.2       —         —         1.2  

Other common stock activity

     —         0.6       —         —         0.6  
                                        

Balance at March 31, 2006 (Predecessor)

     0.1       363.4       68.3       9.3       441.1  

Comprehensive Income:

          

Net loss

     —         —         (39.6 )     —         (39.6 )

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     —         —         —         3.1       3.1  
                

Total comprehensive loss

             (36.5 )

Stock options exercised, including tax benefit

     —         10.7       —         —         10.7  
                                        

Balance at July 21, 2006 (Predecessor)

     0.1       374.1       28.7       12.4       415.3  

Acquisition of RBS Global, Inc.

     (0.1 )     (374.1 )     (28.7 )     (12.4 )     (415.3 )

Issuance of common stock

     0.1       1.5           1.6  

Contribution of equity

     —         680.8       —         —         680.8  

Comprehensive Income:

          

Net income

     —         —         2.9       —         2.9  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     —         —         —         4.2       4.2  

Unrealized loss on interest rate derivatives, net of $0.4 income tax benefit

     —         —         —         (0.7 )     (0.7 )

Additional minimum pension liability, net of $0.1 income tax benefit

     —         —         —         (0.2 )     (0.2 )
                

Total comprehensive income

             6.2  

Stock options exercised, including tax benefit

     —         5.9       —         —         5.9  

Stock-based compensation expense

     —         5.1       —         —         5.1  
                                        

Balance at March 31, 2007

   $ 0.1     $ 693.3     $ 2.9     $ 3.3     $ 699.6  
                                        

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

45


Table of Contents

RBS Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In Millions)

 

    

Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007

    Predecessor (Note 1)  
       Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005
 

Operating activities

        

Net income (loss)

   $ 2.9     $ (39.6 )   $ 22.9     $ 21.6  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used for) operating activities:

        

Depreciation

     36.1       14.0       43.0       31.6  

Amortization of intangible assets

     26.9       5.0       15.7       13.8  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     5.0       1.1       3.7       3.6  

Deferred income taxes

     12.4       (17.0 )     3.1       8.8  

Loss (gain) on dispositions of property, plant and equipment

     1.3       (1.3 )     0.4       (2.1 )

Non-cash write-off of deferred financing fees

     —         20.5       —         —    

Other non-cash charges

     3.2       —         6.9       —    

Stock-based compensation expense

     5.1       —         —         —    

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Receivables

     (20.0 )     12.4       (15.1 )     (4.6 )

Inventories

     15.7       (18.1 )     (14.7 )     9.5  

Other assets

     (0.6 )     (1.3 )     (2.1 )     (3.6 )

Accounts payable

     23.9       (17.2 )     25.7       3.8  

Accrued transaction fees

     (18.6 )     18.6       —         —    

Accruals and other

     (30.6 )     18.5       2.4       (15.0 )
                                

Cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     62.7       (4.4 )     91.9       67.4  

Investing activities

        

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     (28.0 )     (11.7 )     (37.1 )     (25.7 )

Proceeds from dispositions of property, plant and equipment

     1.3       1.6       2.3       6.4  

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (1,898.8 )     (5.6 )     (301.3 )     —    
                                

Cash used for investing activities

     (1,925.5 )     (15.7 )     (336.1 )     (19.3 )

Financing activities

        

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     2,100.0       16.9       312.0       —    

Repayments of long-term debt

     (816.3 )     (8.5 )     (65.0 )     (44.2 )

Payment of financing fees

     (74.8 )     (0.2 )     (7.6 )     —    

Payment of tender premium

     (23.1 )     —         —         —    

Capital contributions

     720.2       —         —         —    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     1.6       —         1.2       2.2  
                                

Cash provided by financing activities

     1,907.6       8.2       240.6       (42.0 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     0.5       0.2       (0.2 )     (1.6 )
                                

Increase (decrease) in cash

     45.3       (11.7 )     (3.8 )     4.5  

Cash at beginning of period

     10.8       22.5       26.3       21.8  
                                

Cash at end of period

   $ 56.1     $ 10.8     $ 22.5     $ 26.3  
                                

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

46


Table of Contents

RBS Global, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2007

1. Basis of Presentation and Description of Business

The Company

As further discussed in Note 3, on July 21, 2006 (the “Merger Date”), certain affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P. (“Apollo”) purchased the Company from The Carlyle Group and management. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of RBS Global, Inc. and subsidiaries subsequent to the Merger Date (collectively, “the Company”). These financial statements do not include the accounts of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. (“Rexnord Holdings”), the indirect parent company of RBS Global, Inc. The financial statements of RBS Global, Inc. and subsidiaries prior to the Merger Date (collectively, the “Predecessor”) are presented for comparative purposes.

The Company is a manufacturer of precision motion technology products whose portfolio includes gears, industrial bearings, flattop chain and modular conveyor belts, couplings, aerospace bearings and seals, industrial chain and special components. The products are either incorporated into products sold by original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) or sold to end-users through industrial distributors as aftermarket products.

As a result of our recent acquisition of the Zurn Water Management business of Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. (see Note 3), the Company is also a leading supplier of professional grade specification drainage, PEX piping, water control and commercial brass products, serving the commercial and institutional construction, civil and public water works markets.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the fiscal 2007 presentation.

Revenue Recognition

Net sales are recorded upon transfer of title of product, which occurs upon shipment to the customer. The Company estimates amounts due and records accruals for sales rebates to certain distributors at the time of shipment. Net sales relating to any particular shipment are based upon the amount invoiced for the shipped goods less estimated future rebate payments and sales returns, which are based upon the Company’s historical experience. Revisions to these estimates are recorded in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known. The value of returned goods during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was less than 0.9% of net sales. Other than a standard product warranty, there are no post-shipment obligations.

The Company classifies shipping and handling fees billed to customers as net sales and the corresponding costs are classified as cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations.

Compensated Absences

In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company changed its domestic vacation policy for certain employees so that vacation pay is earned ratably throughout the year and must be used by year-end. The accrual for compensated absences was reduced by $6.7 million in the third quarter to eliminate vacation pay no longer required to be accrued or paid under the current policy.

Share Based Payments

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued the revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, Share Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. Generally, compensation cost is measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. In addition, liability awards are re-measured each reporting period. Compensation cost is recognized over the requisite service period, generally as the awards vest. As a nonpublic entity that previously used the minimum value method for pro forma disclosure purposes under SFAS No. 123, the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using

 

47


Table of Contents

the prospective transition method of adoption on April 1, 2006. Accordingly, the provisions of SFAS 123(R) are applied prospectively to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after the adoption date. See further discussion of the Company’s stock option plans in Note 14.

Receivables

Receivables are stated net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $7.4 million at March 31, 2007 and $5.2 million at March 31, 2006. On a regular basis, the Company evaluates its receivables and establishes the allowance for doubtful accounts based on a combination of specific customer circumstances and historical write-off experience. Credit is extended to customers based upon an evaluation of their financial position. Generally, advance payment is not required. Credit losses are provided for in the consolidated financial statements and consistently have been within management’s expectations.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Market is determined based on estimated net realizable values. Approximately 82% of the Company’s total inventories as of March 31, 2007 and 72% of the Company’s total inventories as of March 31, 2006 were valued using the “last-in, first-out” (LIFO) method. All remaining inventories are valued using the “first-in, first-out” (FIFO) method. Due to rising raw material costs and changes to manufacturing processes in fiscal 2005, the Company re-evaluated its process for capitalizing overhead costs into inventory. As a result, the Company revised certain estimates related to the capitalization of overhead variances which increased inventories and reduced cost of sales by approximately $7.0 million in fiscal 2005.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over 13 to 50 years for buildings and improvements, 3 to 13 years for machinery and equipment and 2 to 5 years for hardware and software. Estimated residual values on machinery and equipment are used in computing depreciation expense. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist of acquired trademarks and tradenames, customer relationships (including distribution network), patents and acquired software. The customer relationships, patents and acquired software are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of 10 to 15 years, 2 to 14 years and one year, respectively. Goodwill, trademarks and tradenames have indefinite lives and are not amortized but are tested annually for impairment using a discounted cash flow analysis.

Deferred Financing Costs

Other assets at March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006 include deferred financing costs of $69.8 million and $21.6 million, respectively, net of accumulated amortization of $5.0 million and $11.7 million, respectively. These costs were incurred to obtain long-term financing and are being amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the related debt.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and amortizable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the long-lived asset may not be recoverable. Long-lived assets held for use are reviewed for impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or group of assets to the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by such asset over its remaining useful life. If the long-lived asset or group of assets is considered to be impaired, an impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset or group of assets exceeds its fair value. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

 

48


Table of Contents

Product Warranty

The Company offers warranties on the sales of certain of its products and records an accrual for estimated future claims. Such accruals are based upon historical experience and management’s estimate of the level of future claims. The following table presents changes in the Company’s product warranty liability (in millions):

 

    

Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007

    Predecessor  
       Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005
 

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 3.1     $ 2.7     $ 0.9     $ 1.1  

Acquired obligations

     1.1       0.3       1.7       —    

Charged to operations

     0.7       0.4       1.4       1.1  

Claims settled

     (0.7 )     (0.3 )     (1.3 )     (1.3 )
                                

Balance at end of period

   $ 4.2     $ 3.1     $ 2.7     $ 0.9  
                                

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

At March 31, 2007, accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consisted of $4.2 million of foreign currency translation adjustments, $(0.7) million of unrealized losses on derivative contracts, net of tax and $(0.2) million of additional minimum pension liability, net of tax. At March 31, 2006, accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consisted of $14.7 million of foreign currency translation adjustments and $(5.4) million of additional minimum pension liability, net of tax.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate exposure related to receivables and payables denominated in foreign currencies. These derivative contracts did not qualify as hedges of future cash flows and, accordingly, were adjusted to fair value at March 31, 2007 and 2006, with the gain or loss included in other non-operating income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations. For each of the periods presented, the gain or loss recognized on these contracts was not material.

In August 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate collar and an interest rate swap to hedge the variability in future cash flows associated with a portion of the Company’s variable-rate term loans. The interest rate collar provides an interest rate floor of 4.0% plus the applicable margin and an interest rate cap of 6.065% plus the applicable margin on $262.0 million of the Company’s variable-rate term loans, while the interest rate swap converts $68.0 million of the Company’s variable-rate term loans to a fixed interest rate of 5.14% plus the applicable margin. Both the interest rate collar and the interest rate swap became effective on October 20, 2006 and have a maturity of three years. These interest rate derivatives have been accounted for as effective cash flow hedges in accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended. The fair value of these interest rate derivatives totaled $1.1 million at March 31, 2007 and has been recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as an other long-term liability with a corresponding decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax.

Foreign Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries operating outside of the United States with a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates at the end of the respective period. Revenues and expenses of such entities are translated at average exchange rates in effect during the respective period. Foreign currency translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Currency transaction gains and losses are included in other non-operating income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations and totaled $(0.3) million, $(1.1) million, $(0.4) million and $(0.8) million for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are charged to selling, general and administrative expenses as incurred and amounted to $4.8 million, $1.4 million, $3.9 million and $3.6 million for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

49


Table of Contents

Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs are charged to selling, general and administrative expenses as incurred and amounted to $4.9 million, $1.9 million, $6.2 million and $4.4 million for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Significant Customer

The Company’s Power Transmission group has a customer, Motion Industries Inc. (an industrial distributor), that accounted for 10.4%, 11.4%, 11.8% and 9.0% of net sales during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Receivables related to this industrial distributor at March 31, 2007 and 2006 were $12.2 million and $10.8 million, respectively.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of cash, receivables, payables and accrued liabilities approximated fair value at March 31, 2007 and 2006 due to the short-term nature of those instruments. The carrying value of long-term debt approximated fair value based on market interest rates as of March 31, 2007 and 2006.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS 159”), which permits all entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value on specified election dates. The associated unrealized gains and losses on the items for which the fair value option has been elected shall be reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently reviewing the requirements of SFAS 159 to determine the impact on its financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB released SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R) (“SFAS 158”). Under the new standard, companies must recognize a net liability or asset to report the funded status of their defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans on their balance sheets. The Company will be required to adopt the recognition and disclosure provisions of SFAS 158 as of March 31, 2008. The Company is currently reviewing the requirements of SFAS 158 to determine the impact on its financial position or results of operations.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, creates a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently reviewing the requirements of SFAS 157 to determine the impact on its financial statements.

FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), was issued in July 2006. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. It also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The Company is required to adopt FIN 48 as of April 1, 2007 and is currently reviewing the requirements of FIN 48 to determine the impact on its financial position or results of operations.

3. Acquisitions

The Zurn Acquisition

On February 7, 2007, the Company acquired the water management business (“Zurn”) of Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. from an affiliate of Apollo for a cash purchase price of $942.5 million, including transaction costs and additional deferred financing fees. The purchase price was financed through an equity investment by Apollo and its affiliates of approximately $282.0 million and debt financing of approximately $669.3 million, consisting of (i) $319.3 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014 (including a bond issue premium of $9.3 million), (ii) $150.0 million of 8.875% senior notes due 2016 and (iii) $200.0 million of borrowings under existing senior secured credit facilities. This acquisition created a new strategic water management platform for the Company.

The acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values which are preliminary and based upon

 

50


Table of Contents

currently available information. The Company is still in the process of finalizing third-party appraisals of the acquired property, plant and equipment and certain identifiable intangible assets, as well as the tax effects of the related temporary differences. Accordingly, final adjustments to the purchase price allocation may be required. The Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocation within one year from the date of the acquisition.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities of Zurn at the date of acquisition (in millions):

 

Cash

   $ 55.9  

Receivables

     61.3  

Inventories

     170.9  

Other current assets

     3.0  

Property, plant and equipment

     46.8  

Intangible assets

     454.1  

Goodwill

     342.5  

Other assets

     256.3  
        

Total assets acquired

     1,390.8  

Accounts payable

     (22.7 )

Accrued liabilities

     (245.9 )

Deferred taxes

     (186.2 )
        

Net assets acquired

   $ 936.0  
        

The $454.1 million of acquired intangible assets consist primarily of tradenames, customer relationships and patents. The acquired customer relationships and patents are being amortized over their estimated useful lives (15 years for customer relationships and 5 to 10 years for patents). The acquired tradenames have an indefinite life and are not being amortized but are tested annually for impairment. Most of the acquired goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The Company’s results of operations for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 only include Zurn for the period from February 8, 2007 through March 31, 2007.

The Apollo Acquisition and Related Financing

On July 21, 2006 , certain affiliates of Apollo purchased the Company from The Carlyle Group and management for approximately $1.825 billion, excluding transaction fees, through the merger of Chase Merger Sub, Inc., an entity formed and controlled by Apollo, with and into RBS Global, Inc. (the “Merger”). The Merger was financed with (i) $485.0 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014, (ii) $300.0 million of 11.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016, (iii) $645.7 million of borrowings under new senior secured credit facilities (consisting of a seven-year $610.0 million term loan facility and $35.7 million of borrowings under a six-year $150.0 million revolving credit facility) and (iv) $475.0 million of equity contributions (consisting of a $438.0 million cash contribution from Apollo and $37.0 million of rollover stock and stock options held by management participants). The proceeds from the Apollo cash contribution and the new financing arrangements, net of related debt issuance costs, were used to (i) purchase the Company from its then existing shareholders for $1,018.4 million, including transaction costs; (ii) repay all outstanding borrowings under the Company’s previously existing credit agreement as of the Merger Date, including accrued interest; (iii) repurchase substantially all of the Company’s $225.0 million of 10.125% senior subordinated notes outstanding as of the Merger Date pursuant to a tender offer, including accrued interest and tender premium; and (iv) pay certain seller-related transaction costs.

The Merger has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, resulted in a new basis of accounting for the Company. The purchase price was allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values, which are preliminary and based upon currently available information. The Company is still in the process of

 

51


Table of Contents

finalizing third-party appraisals of the acquired property, plant and equipment and certain identifiable intangible assets. In addition, management is still finalizing its strategic assessment of the business, which may give rise to additional purchase liabilities. Accordingly, final adjustments to the purchase price allocation may be required. The Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocation within one year from the date of the Merger.

 

52


Table of Contents

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the Company’s assets and assumed liabilities at the date of acquisition (in millions):

 

Cash

   $ 11.3  

Receivables

     161.3  

Inventories

     233.5  

Other current assets

     23.3  

Property, plant and equipment

     399.2  

Intangible assets

     560.5  

Goodwill

     949.7  

Other assets

     53.9  
        

Total assets acquired

     2,392.7  

Accounts payable

     (110.7 )

Accrued liabilities

     (243.4 )

Deferred taxes

     (204.2 )

Debt

     (1,435.7 )
        

Net assets acquired

   $ 398.7  
        

The $398.7 million of net assets acquired consists of Apollo’s $438.0 million cash contribution and $3.8 million of carryover basis in rollover stock, net of a $43.1 million deemed cash dividend to the selling shareholders that was required to be recognized by Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 88-16, Basis in Leveraged Buyout Transactions, due to the increased leverage of the Company.

The $560.5 million of acquired intangible assets consist primarily of tradenames, customer relationships, patents, a covenant not to compete and acquired software. The acquired customer relationships, patents, covenant not to compete and software are being amortized over their useful lives (10 years for customer relationships, 2 to 14 years for patents, 4 months for the covenant not to compete and one year for software). The acquired tradenames have an indefinite life and are not being amortized but are tested annually for impairment. Most of the acquired goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Acquisition of Dalong Chain Company

On July 11, 2006, the Company acquired Dalong Chain Company (“Dalong”) located in China for $5.9 million in cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities. The acquisition was financed primarily with existing cash and was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. This acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company’s fiscal 2007 consolidated results of operations.

Acquisition of The Falk Corporation

On May 16, 2005, the Company acquired The Falk Corporation (“Falk”) from Hamilton Sundstrand, a division of United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”), for $301.3 million ($306.2 million purchase price including transaction related expenses, net of cash acquired of $4.9 million) and the assumption of certain liabilities. The acquisition of Falk was funded by a $312.0 million term loan and was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. During fiscal 2006, the preliminary allocation of the Falk purchase price to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed resulted in the recording of $95.3 million of goodwill. Final purchase accounting adjustments of $1.4 million and $(0.4) million for the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 and April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, respectively, resulted in an additional $1.0 million of goodwill being recorded in fiscal 2007.

 

53


Table of Contents

The following table sets forth the unaudited pro forma financial information for the Company as if the Falk, Apollo, and Zurn Acquisition (and the related issuance of debt) had occurred as of the beginning of fiscal year 2006 (in millions):

 

     Year ended  
     March 31,
2007
    March 31,
2006
 

Net sales

   $ 1,646.8     $ 1,494.7  

Net loss

   $ (15.2 )   $ (42.7 )

4. Canal Street Facility Accident

On December 6, 2006, the Company experienced an explosion at its primary gear manufacturing facility (“Canal Street”), in which three employees lost their lives and approximately 45 employees were injured. Canal Street is comprised of over 1.1 million square feet among several buildings, and employed approximately 750 associates prior to the accident. The accident resulted from a leak in an underground pipe related to a backup propane gas system that was being tested. The explosion destroyed approximately 80,000 square feet of warehouse, storage and non-production buildings, and damaged portions of other production areas. The Canal Street facility manufactures portions of the Company’s gear product line and, to a lesser extent, the Company’s coupling product line. The Company’s core production capabilities were substantially unaffected by the accident.

For the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the Company has recorded the following (gains)/losses related to this incident (in millions):

 

Insurance deductibles

      $ 1.0  

Professional services

        1.8  

Clean-up and restoration expenses

        18.3  

Non-cash asset impairments:

     

Inventories

   $ 7.1   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     2.6   
         

Subtotal asset impairments

        9.7  

Less property and casualty insurance recoveries

        (27.0 )

Other

        0.2  
           

Subtotal prior to business interruption insurance recoveries

        4.0  

Less business interruption insurance recoveries

        (10.0 )
           

Gain on Canal Street facility accident, net

      $ (6.0 )
           

The Company has substantial property, casualty, liability, workers’ compensation and business interruption insurance. Management believes that the limits of coverage will be in excess of the losses incurred. The property, casualty and business interruption liability insurance provides coverage of up to $2.0 billion per incident. The aggregate amount of deductibles under all insurance coverage is $1.0 million. Through March 31, 2007, the Company has received cash advances from its insurance carriers totaling $37.0 million of which $27.0 million has been allocated to recoveries under property and casualty insurance policies and $10.0 million of recoveries which have been allocated to recoveries under business interruption insurance policies. The net impact on operations recorded as a result of insurance proceeds and the incurrence of expenses, impairment of assets and clean-up and restoration costs results in a $6.0 million gain currently recognized in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company is actively working with its insurance carriers to determine further recoverable amounts and timing of the insurance proceeds recoverable under its property, casualty and business interruption coverage. The Company has only recorded insurance recoveries to the extent received as of March 31, 2007. Additional recoveries are expected to become recordable under GAAP in subsequent periods.

5. Restructuring and Other Similar Costs

The Company did not incur any restructuring expense in fiscal 2007. Restructuring and other similar costs totaled $31.8 million for fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and relate to plans the Company initiated to restructure certain manufacturing operations and reduce headcount at certain locations, including the continuation of certain Falk plant consolidation activity that had been initiated prior to the Company’s acquisition of Falk.

 

54


Table of Contents

Restructuring and other similar costs are summarized as follows (in millions):

 

     Predecessor
     Year ended
March 31,
2006
   Year ended
March 31,
2005

Consolidation and integration costs

   $ 16.5    $ —  

Severance, recruiting and relocation costs

     7.7      7.3
             

Subtotal

     24.2      7.3

Non-cash fixed asset impairments

     6.9      —  

Excess and obsolete inventory (charged to cost of sales)

     0.7      1.6
             

Total restructuring and other similar costs

   $ 31.8    $ 8.9
             

Consolidation and Integration Costs

Consolidation and integration costs in fiscal 2006 consist primarily of (i) the closure of the Company’s Coupling plant in Warren, Pennsylvania, (ii) the closure of the Company’s Flattop plant in Puerto Rico, and (iii) Falk integration costs, including the continuation of certain Falk plant consolidation efforts that had been initiated prior to the Falk Acquisition. All of these consolidation and integration actions are complete as of March 31, 2007.

Severance, Recruiting and Relocation Costs

Severance, recruiting and relocation costs relate to certain headcount reduction and management realignment initiatives. Costs for the year ended March 31, 2006 included $6.3 million of severance, $0.6 million of relocation expenses and $0.8 million of recruiting expenses. Costs for the year ended March 31, 2005 included $4.2 million of severance, $1.9 million of relocation expenses and $1.2 million of recruiting expenses.

Non-cash Fixed Asset Impairments

Non-cash fixed asset impairments in fiscal 2006 relate primarily to the Company’s decision to close the FlatTop plant in Puerto Rico and the decision to outsource certain portions of the Company’s Industrial Chain manufacturing operations.

Excess and Obsolete Inventory

The Company recorded a charge of $0.7 million in fiscal 2006 to write-off certain excess and obsolete inventory in connection with plant consolidation and integration activities. In fiscal 2005, the Company recorded a charge of $1.6 million to write-off certain excess and obsolete inventory that was on-hand at the date of the Carlyle Acquisition for which no reserves were established in purchase accounting. These charges are included in cost of sales in the consolidated statement of operations.

 

55


Table of Contents

Restructuring Accrual Cash Analysis

An analysis of the restructuring accrual is summarized as follows (in millions):

 

           Predecessor  
     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
    Period from
April 1,
2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
 

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 1.3     $ 2.5     $ 2.3  

Restructuring and other similar costs charged to operations

     —         —         24.2  

Cash payments

     (1.1 )     (1.2 )     (24.0 )
                        

Balance at end of period

   $ 0.2     $ 1.3     $ 2.5  
                        

6. Transaction-Related Costs

The Company expensed the following transaction-related costs in connection with the Merger (in millions):

 

     Predecessor
    

Period from
April 1, 2006
through

July 21, 2006

Seller-related expenses

   $ 19.1

Bond tender premium

     23.1

Write-off deferred financing fees

     20.5
      
   $ 62.7
      

Seller-related expenses consist of investment banking fees, outside attorney fees, and other third-party fees. The bond tender premium relates to the Company’s $225.0 million of senior subordinated notes, substantially all of which were repurchased in connection with the Merger. The Company also incurred a non-cash charge of $20.5 million to write-off the remaining net book value of previously-capitalized financing fees related to the Company’s term loans and senior subordinated notes that were repaid/repurchased in connection with the Merger.

7. Recovery Under Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (“CDSOA”)

The U.S. government has eight antidumping duty orders in effect against certain foreign producers of ball bearings exported from six countries, tapered roller bearings from China and spherical plain bearings from France. The foreign producers of the ball bearing orders are located in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The Company is a producer of ball bearing products in the United States. The CDSOA provides for distribution of monies collected by Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) from antidumping cases to qualifying producers, on a pro rata basis, where the domestic producers have continued to invest their technology, equipment and people in products that were the subject of the anti-dumping orders. As a result of providing relevant information to CBP regarding calendar 2006 and prior years’ manufacturing, personnel and development costs, the Company received $8.8 million, its pro rata share of the total CDSOA distribution, during the third quarter of fiscal 2007, which is included in other income (expense), net on the consolidated statement of operations.

In February 2006, U.S. Legislation was enacted that will end CDSOA distributions for imports covered by anti-dumping duty orders entering the U.S. after September 30, 2007. Because monies will continue to be collected by CBP until September 30, 2007 and for prior year entries, the Company may receive some additional distributions beyond fiscal 2007; however, the Company can not reasonably estimate the amount of CDSOA distributions it will receive in future years, if any.

 

56


Table of Contents

8. Inventories

The major classes of inventories are summarized as follows (in millions):

 

          Predecessor  
     March 31,
2007
   March 31,
2006
 

Finished goods

   $ 255.2    $ 111.6  

Work in process

     62.9      45.6  

Raw materials

     46.4      36.1  
               

Inventories at FIFO cost

     364.5      193.3  

Adjustment to state inventories at LIFO cost

     19.8      (1.4 )
               
   $ 384.3    $ 191.9  
               

The Company adjusted inventories to fair value in connection with the Merger, which increased inventories by approximately $19.6 million as of July 21, 2006. Approximately $17.2 million of this purchase accounting adjustment relates to inventories that were subsequently sold during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007; however, the sale of those inventories also resulted in approximately $12.1 million of additional LIFO income during that same period. As a result, on a LIFO basis approximately $12.1 million of the initial purchase accounting adjustment remains in our inventories at March 31, 2007.

As a result of the Zurn acquisition, the Company acquired approximately $170.9 million of inventory on February 7, 2007. This inventory balance includes $26.8 million of purchase accounting adjustments to record inventory at its fair value at the acquisition date. On a LIFO basis, as of March 31, 2007, this entire purchase accounting adjustment remains in ending inventory.

9. Property, Plant & Equipment

Property, plant and equipment is summarized as follows (in millions):

 

           Predecessor  
     March 31,
2007
    March 31,
2006
 

Land

   $ 34.8     $ 16.0  

Buildings and improvements

     123.5       80.1  

Machinery and equipment

     300.1       319.0  

Hardware and software

     15.4       16.8  
                
     473.8       431.9  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (36.7 )     (83.0 )
                
   $ 437.1     $ 348.9  
                

10. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill totaled $1,294.2 million and $670.4 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Goodwill at March 31, 2007 is directly attributed to the acquisitions described in Note 3.

 

57


Table of Contents

Intangible assets are summarized as follows (dollars in millions):

 

                     Predecessor  
     March 31, 2007    March 31, 2006  
     Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Weighted
Average
Useful Life
   Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 

Intangible assets subject to amortization:

             

Covenant not to compete

   $ 4.0    $ (4.0 )   4 Months    $ 45.0    $ (37.5 )

Patents

     52.1      (2.0 )   10 Years      22.2      (5.8 )

Customer relationships (including distribution network)

     454.4      (20.6 )   12 Years      24.0      (4.2 )

Software

     0.5      (0.3 )   1 Year      1.2      (0.5 )

Intangible asset not subject to amortization – trademarks and tradenames

     503.6      —            96.7      —    
                                 
   $ 1,014.6    $ (26.9 )      $ 189.1    $ (48.0 )
                                 

The Company expects to recognize amortization expense on the intangible assets subject to amortization of $45.0 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, $44.7 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, $44.6 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, $44.6 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 and $44.5 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.

11. Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities are summarized as follows (in millions):

 

          Predecessor
     March 31,
2007
   March 31,
2006

Taxes, other than income taxes

   $ 4.4    $ 4.4

Sales rebates

     19.0      8.5

Severance obligations

     2.4      3.2

Customer advances

     19.3      7.2

Product warranty

     4.2      2.7

Other

     25.5      12.4
             
   $ 74.8    $ 38.4
             

12. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt is summarized as follows (in millions):

 

          Predecessor
     March 31,
2007
   March 31,
2006

Term loans

   $ 787.5    $ 524.0

9.50% Senior notes due 2014 (1)

     804.2      —  

8.875% Senior notes due 2016

     150.0      —  

11.75% Senior subordinated notes due 2016

     300.0      —  

10.125% Senior subordinated notes due 2012

     0.3      225.0

Other

     4.9      4.7
             

Total

     2,046.9      753.7

Less current portion

     2.2      1.9
             

Long-term debt

   $ 2,044.7    $ 751.8
             
(1) Includes an unamortized bond issue premium of $9.2 million at March 31, 2007.

 

58


Table of Contents

In connection with the Merger on July 21, 2006, all borrowings under the Company’s previous credit agreement and substantially all of the $225.0 million of 10.125% senior subordinated notes were repaid or repurchased on July 21, 2006. The Merger was financed in part with (i) $485.0 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014, (ii) $300.0 million of 11.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016, and (iii) $645.7 million of borrowings under new senior secured credit facilities (consisting of a seven-year $610.0 million term loan facility and $35.7 million of borrowings under a six-year $150.0 million revolving credit facility).

On February 7, 2007, the Company completed its acquisition of the Zurn water management business. This acquisition was funded partially with debt financing of $669.3 million, consisting of (i) $319.3 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2014 (which includes a bond issue premium of $9.3 million), (ii) $150.0 million of 8.875% senior notes due 2016 and (iii) $200.0 million of incremental borrowings under the Company’s existing term loan credit facilities.

As of March 31, 2007, the Company’s borrowings under the term loan credit facility were apportioned between two primary tranches: a $610.0 million term loan B1 facility and a $200.0 million term loan B2 facility as described above. Borrowings under the $610.0 million term loan B1 facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.50% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.50% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). Borrowings under the $200.0 million term loan B2 facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.25% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.50% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). The outstanding principal balances of the term loan B1 and B2 credit facilities at March 31, 2007 were $590.0 million and $197.5 million, respectively. The weighted averaged interest rate on the Company’s outstanding term loans at March 31, 2007 was 7.78%.

Borrowings under the Company’s new $150.0 million revolving credit facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, at the following rates per annum: (i) 2.25% plus the Eurodollar Rate, or (ii) 1.25% plus the Base Rate (which is defined as the higher of the Federal funds rate plus 0.5% or the Prime rate). There were no outstanding borrowings on the revolver as of March 31, 2007. Additionally, $33.6 million of the revolving credit facility was considered utilized in connection with outstanding letters of credit at March 31, 2007.

The senior notes and senior subordinated notes are unsecured obligations of the Company. The senior subordinated notes are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior indebtedness. The Company’s senior secured credit facilities limit the Company’s maximum senior secured bank leverage ratio to 4.25 to 1.00. As of March 31, 2007, the senior secured bank leverage ratio was 2.37 to 1.00.

At March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had additional debt of $4.9 million and $4.7 million, respectively, comprised primarily of borrowings at various foreign subsidiaries.

Future maturities of debt are as follows, excluding the unamortized bond issue premium of $9.2 million (in millions):

 

Year ending March 31:

  

2008

   $ 2.2

2009

     0.6

2010

     6.2

2011

     8.5

2012

     8.8

Thereafter

     2,011.4
      
   $ 2,037.7
      

Cash interest paid for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the period from April 1, 2006 thorough July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $70.9 million, $32.2 million, $53.1 million and $41.1 million, respectively.

13. Leases

The Company leases manufacturing and warehouse facilities and data processing and other equipment under non-cancelable operating leases which expire at various dates through 2021. Rent expense totaled $7.1 million, $2.2 million, $7.7 million and $6.0 million for the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Future minimum rental payments for operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year are as follows (in millions):

 

Year ending March 31:

  

2008

   $ 10.0

2009

     8.4

2010

     6.8

2011

     5.2

2012

     3.6

Thereafter

     10.9
      
   $ 44.9
      

 

59


Table of Contents

14. Stock Options

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued the revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, Share Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. Generally, compensation cost is measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. In addition, liability awards are re-measured each reporting period. Compensation cost is recognized over the requisite service period, generally as the awards vest. As a nonpublic entity that previously used the minimum value method for pro forma disclosure purposes under SFAS 123, the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the prospective transition method of adoption on April 1, 2006. Accordingly, the provisions of SFAS 123(R) are applied prospectively to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after the adoption date. The Company’s outstanding stock options as of the adoption date continued to be accounted for under the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations through July 21, 2006, the date of the Apollo transaction discussed in Note 3. The Company did not grant, repurchase, or significantly modify any stock options from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006. In connection with the Apollo transaction, all previously outstanding stock options became fully vested and were either cashed out or rolled into fully-vested stock options of Rexnord Holdings. On July 22, 2006, a total of 577,945 of stock options were rolled over, each with an exercise price of $7.13. As of March 31, 2007, 574,222 of these rollover stock options remain outstanding.

In connection with the Apollo transaction, the Board of Directors of Rexnord Holdings also adopted, and stockholders approved, the 2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. (the “Option Plan”). Persons eligible to receive options under the Option Plan include officers, employees or directors of Rexnord Holdings or any of its subsidiaries and certain consultants and advisors to Rexnord Holdings or any of its subsidiaries. The maximum number of shares of Rexnord Holdings common stock that may be issued or transferred pursuant to options under the Option Plan equals 2,700,000. On July 22, 2006, 1,434,937 stock options were granted under the Option Plan. Through March 31, 2007, 44,585 additional options were granted and 32,299 previously outstanding options were forfeited, resulting in 1,447,223 outstanding options as of March 31, 2007. All of the options granted under the Option Plan had an initial exercise price of $47.50, the estimated fair value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant, and the term of each option is ten years. On March 2, 2007, Rexnord Holdings declared a dividend to shareholders and holders of rollover stock options in the amount of $27.56 per share/option. As a result of this transaction, the exercise price of the options previously granted under the Option Plan was amended to $19.94 per option. Approximately 50% of the options granted vest ratably over five years from the date of grant; the remaining fifty percent of the options are eligible to vest based on the Company’s achievement of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) targets and debt repayment targets for fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

The fair value of each option granted under the Option Plan was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model that uses the following assumptions: expected volatility of 28% based on the expected volatilities of publicly-traded companies within the Company’s industry; an expected term of 7.5 years based on the midpoint between when the options vest and when they expire; the risk free interest rate (4.5% to 5.1%) based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the date of grant; and expected dividends of zero. The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted under the Option Plan between July 22, 2006 and March 31, 2007 was $20.68. As of March 31, 2007, there was $24.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options granted under the Option Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 4.2 years.

 

60


Table of Contents

Information relative to stock options is as follows:

 

                Predecessor
     Period from July 22, 2006 through
March 31, 2007
   Period from April 1, 2006 through
July 21, 2006
   Year ended March 31, 2006    Year ended March 31, 2005
     Shares    

Weighted

Avg. Exercise
Price

   Shares    

Weighted

Avg. Exercise
Price

   Shares     Weighted
Avg. Exercise
Price
   Shares     Weighted
Avg. Exercise
Price

Number of shares under option:

                   

Outstanding at beginning of year

   —       $ —      374,515     $ 113.96    304,005     $ 100.00    279,895     $ 100.00

Granted

   2,057,467 (2)     16.34    —         —      104,568       150.00    67,253       100.00

Exercised

   —         —      (372,017 )(1)     114.05    (1,778 )     100.00    (19,427 )     100.00

Canceled

   (36,022 )     18.62    (2,498 )     100.00    (32,280 )     100.00    (23,716 )     100.00
                                                   

Outstanding at end of period

   2,021,445 (3)   $ 16.30    —       $ —      374,515     $ 113.96    304,005     $ 100.00
                                                   

Exercisable at end of period

   574,222 (3)   $ 7.13    —       $ —      148,448     $ 107.04    79,009     $ 100.00
                                                   

(1) As a result of the Apollo Transaction, all outstanding options at July 21, 2006 became fully vested and were exercised.
(2) Includes 577,945 of rollover options.
(3) The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2007 is 9.3 years.

15. Retirement Benefits

The Company sponsors pension and other postretirement benefit plans for certain of their employees. The pension plans cover most of the Company’s employees and provide for monthly pension payments to eligible employees upon retirement. Pension benefits for salaried employees generally are based on years of credited service and average earnings. Pension benefits for hourly employees generally are based on specified benefit amounts and years of service. The Company’s policy is to fund its pension obligations in conformity with the funding requirements under applicable laws and governmental regulations. Other postretirement benefits consist of a retiree medical plan that covers a portion of employees in the United States that meet certain age and service requirements.

The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows (in millions):

 

           Predecessor  
     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
    Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005
 

Pension Benefits:

        

Service cost

   $ 2.0     $ 0.6     $ 2.0     $ 3.3  

Interest cost

     12.3       3.9       13.3       13.4  

Expected return on plan assets

     (14.4 )     (3.9 )     (12.1 )     (10.9 )

Curtailment gain

     (0.4 )     —         —         —    

Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)

     —         0.1       (0.7 )     —    
                                

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ (0.5 )   $ 0.7     $ 2.5     $ 5.8  
                                

Other Postretirement Benefits:

        

Service cost

   $ 0.3     $ 0.1     $ 0.4     $ 0.6  

Interest cost

     2.1       0.8       2.8       2.6  

Amortization:

        

Prior service cost

     —         (0.1 )     (0.3 )     (0.3 )

Actuarial losses

     —         0.4       0.9       0.1  
                                

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 2.4     $ 1.2     $ 3.8     $ 3.0  
                                

The Company made contributions to its U.S. qualified pension plan trusts of $5.4 million and $8.0 million during the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 and from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, respectively. For the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, the Company made contributions of $13.0 million to its U.S. qualified pension plan trusts.

 

61


Table of Contents

Benefit obligations, plan assets, funded status and net liability information are summarized as follows (in millions):

 

     Pension Benefits     Other Postretirement Benefits  
           Predecessor           Predecessor  
     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
   

Period from
April 1, 2006
through

July 21,

2006

    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
   

Period from
April 1, 2006
through

July 21,
2006

    Year ended
March 31,
2006
 

Benefit obligation at beginning of period

   $ (241.3 )   $ (249.8 )   $ (237.5 )   $ (47.9 )   $ (50.4 )   $ (48.5 )

Service cost

     (2.0 )     (0.6 )     (2.0 )     (0.3 )     (0.1 )     (0.4 )

Interest cost

     (12.3 )     (3.9 )     (13.3 )     (2.1 )     (0.8 )     (2.8 )

Actuarial gains (losses)

     4.8       7.8       (9.8 )     3.6       1.9       (4.0 )

Plan amendments

     (4.6 )     —         —         —         —         —    

Benefits paid

     9.6       7.0       13.0       5.1       3.0       8.9  

Curtailment gain

     0.4       —         —         —         —         —    

Acquisitions

     (335.5 )     —         (3.2 )     (10.4 )     —         —    

Plan participant contributions

     —         —         —         (2.5 )     (1.5 )     (3.6 )

Translation adjustment

     (2.5 )     (1.8 )     3.0       —         —         —    
                                                

Benefit obligation at end of period

   $ (583.4 )   $ (241.3 )   $ (249.8 )   $ (54.5 )   $ (47.9 )   $ (50.4 )
                                                

Plan assets at beginning of period

   $ 164.8     $ 155.8     $ 141.3     $ —       $ —       $ —    

Actual return on plan assets

     15.0       4.6       9.9       —         —         —    

Contributions

     6.4       11.2       14.8       5.1       3.0       8.9  

Benefits paid

     (9.6 )     (7.0 )     (13.0 )     (5.1 )     (3.0 )     (8.9 )

Acquisitions

     444.1       —         2.8       —         —         —    

Translation adjustment

     (0.1 )     0.2       —         —         —         —    
                                                

Plan assets at end of period

   $ 620.6     $ 164.8     $ 155.8     $ —       $ —       $ —    
                                                

Funded status of plans

   $ 37.2     $ (76.5 )   $ (94.0 )   $ (54.5 )   $ (47.9 )   $ (50.4 )

Unrecognized prior service cost

     2.8       —         —         (0.2 )     (3.3 )     (3.4 )

Unrecognized net actuarial (gains) losses

     (2.9 )     10.9       18.2       (2.5 )     15.3       17.6  

Contributions after measurement date

     0.6       —         2.3       —         —         —    
                                                

Net amount recognized

   $ 37.7     $ (65.6 )   $ (73.5 )   $ (57.2 )   $ (35.9 )   $ (36.2 )
                                                

Recorded in:

                                    

Long-term assets

   $ 114.6     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    

Intangible asset (1)

     1.0       —         —         —         —         —    

Current liabilities

     (9.4 )     (21.0 )     (20.8 )     (4.9 )     (5.1 )     (5.1 )

Long-term liabilities

     (68.8 )     (47.8 )     (61.6 )     (52.3 )     (30.8 )     (31.1 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     0.3       3.2       8.9       —         —         —    
                                                
   $ 37.7     $ (65.6 )   $ (73.5 )   $ (57.2 )   $ (35.9 )   $ (36.2 )
                                                

(1) Included within “Other assets” on the consolidated balance sheet.

The Company uses an actuarial measurement date of December 31 to measure its pension benefit obligations and March 31 to measure its other postretirement obligations. The following table presents significant assumptions used to determine benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost (in weighted-average percentages):

 

     Pension Benefits     Other Postretirement Benefits
           Predecessor           Predecessor
     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
    Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    March 31,
2006
    March 31,
2005
    Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
    Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    March 31,
2006
    March 31,
2005

Benefit Obligations:

                

Discount rate

   5.87 %   5.73 %   5.54 %   5.78 %   6.00 %   6.00 %   5.75 %   6.00

Rate of
compensation
increase

   3.41 %   3.34 %   3.34 %   3.31 %   n/a     n/a     n/a     n/a

Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

                

Discount rate

   5.73 %   5.54 %   5.78 %   6.07 %   6.00 %   5.75 %   6.00 %   6.25

Rate of compensation increase

   3.33 %   3.35 %   3.31 %   3.49 %   n/a     n/a     n/a     n/a

Expected return on plan assets

   8.25 %   8.44 %   8.46 %   8.50 %   n/a     n/a     n/a     n/a

In evaluating the expected return on plan assets, consideration was given to historical long-term rates of return on plan assets, and input from the Company’s pension fund consultant on asset class return expectations, long-term inflation and current market conditions.

The Company’s weighted-average investment allocations as of March 31, 2007 and 2006, are presented in the following table.

 

62


Table of Contents

Allocations between equity and fixed income securities are maintained within a 5% tolerance of the target allocation established by the investment committee of each plan. The Company’s defined benefit pension investment policy recognizes the long-term nature of pension liabilities, the benefits of diversification across asset classes and the effects of inflation. The diversified portfolio is designed to maximize investment returns consistent with levels of investment risk that are prudent and reasonable. All assets are managed externally according to guidelines established individually with investment managers and the Company’s investment consultant. The manager guidelines prohibit the use of any type of investment derivative without the prior approval of the investment committee. Portfolio risk is controlled by having managers comply with their established guidelines, including establishing the maximum size of any single holding in their portfolios and by using managers with different investment styles. The Company periodically undertakes asset and liability modeling studies to determine the appropriateness of the investments. The portfolio included holdings of domestic, international, and private equities, global high quality and high yield fixed income, and short-term interest bearing deposits. No equity securities of the Company are held in the portfolio.

 

     Plan Assets  
           Predecessor  
     March 31,
2007
    March 31,
2006
 

Equity securities

   62 %   70 %

Debt securities

   20 %   29 %

Other

   18 %   1 %

The Company expects to contribute approximately $9.4 million during fiscal 2008 to its defined benefit plans and $4.9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans.

Expected benefit payments to be paid in each of the next five fiscal years and in the aggregate for the five fiscal years thereafter are as follows (in millions):

 

Year Ending March 31:

   Pension
Benefits
   Other
Postretirement
Benefits

2008

   $ 33.4    $ 4.9

2009

     33.7      4.6

2010

     33.9      4.3

2011

     34.3      4.5

2012

     34.6      4.3

2013 - 2017

     179.6      22.4

Pension Plans That Are Not Fully Funded

At March 31, 2007, the projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for the pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of the fair value of plan assets were $255.3 million, $245.4 million and $180.9 million, respectively. At March 31, 2006, the projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for the pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of the fair value of plan assets were $247.6 million, $236.8 million and $153.6 million, respectively.

Other Postretirement Benefits

The Company’s domestic retiree medical program provides for prescription drug benefits. On December 8, 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the Act) was signed into law. The Act introduced a prescription drug benefit under Medicare (Medicare Part D). In May 2004, the FASB issued Staff Position No. 106-2 (FSP 106-2), which provides accounting guidance to employers that offer prescription drug benefits under retiree healthcare benefit plans to Medicare eligible retirees. FSP 106-2 requires that the benefit attributable to past service be accounted for as an actuarial gain and the benefit related to current service be reported as a reduction in service cost. The adoption of FSP 106-2 reduced the Company’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at March 31, 2005 by approximately $2.6 million.

The other postretirement benefit obligation was determined using an assumed health care cost trend rate of 9% in fiscal 2008 grading down to 5% in fiscal 2012 and thereafter. The discount rate, compensation rate increase and health care cost trend rate assumptions are determined as of the measurement date.

Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on amounts reported for the retiree medical plans. A one-percentage point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effect (in millions):

 

63


Table of Contents
     One Percentage Point Increase    One Percentage Point Decrease  
     Year ended March 31,    Year ended March 31,  
     2007    2006    2005    2007     2006     2005  

Increase (decrease) in total of service and interest cost components

   $ 0.3    $ 0.2    $ 0.2    $ (0.2 )   $ (0.2 )   $ (0.2 )

Increase (decrease) in postretirement benefit obligation

   $ 3.2    $ 3.5    $ 3.0    $ (2.7 )   $ (3.0 )   $ (2.6 )

Multi-Employer and Government-sponsored Plans

The Company participates in certain multi-employer and government-sponsored plans for eligible employees. Expense related to these plans was $0.1 million, $0.1 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million for the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Defined Contribution Savings Plans

The Company sponsors certain defined-contribution savings plans for eligible employees. Expense related to these plans was $7.6 million, $3.0 million, $9.8 million and $5.9 million for the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

16. Income Taxes

The components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes are as follows (in millions):

 

     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
   Predecessor
        Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005

Current:

         

United States

   $ —      $ —       $ —       $ —  

Non-United States

     2.8      1.6       10.6       4.2

State and local

     1.2      —         2.6       1.2
                             

Total current

     4.0      1.6       13.2       5.4

Deferred:

         

United States

     2.4      (16.3 )     9.9       6.8

Non-United States

     3.7      (0.1 )     (1.4 )     —  

State and local

     0.8      (1.3 )     (5.4 )     2.0
                             

Total deferred

     6.9      (17.7 )     3.1       8.8
                             

Provision for income taxes

   $ 10.9    $ (16.1 )   $ 16.3     $ 14.2
                             

 

64


Table of Contents

The provision (benefit) for income taxes was calculated based upon the following components of income (loss) before income taxes (in millions):

 

     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
   Predecessor
        Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
   Year ended
March 31,
2005

United States

   $ 1.4    $ (64.8 )   $ 37.0    $ 28.3

Non-United States

     12.4      9.1       2.2      7.5
                            

Income (loss) before income taxes

   $ 13.8    $ (55.7 )   $ 39.2    $ 35.8
                            

Deferred income taxes consist of the tax effects of the following temporary differences (in millions):

 

     March 31,
2007
    Predecessor  
       March 31,
2006
 

Deferred tax assets:

    

Compensation and retirement benefits

   $ —       $ 24.7  

US federal and state tax operating loss carryforwards

     91.2       6.2  

Foreign tax credit carryforwards

     29.6       23.9  

Foreign net operating loss carryforwards

     44.3       37.9  

Other

     10.6       1.4  
                
     175.7       94.1  

Valuation allowance

     (84.0 )     (44.0 )
                

Total deferred assets

     91.7       50.1  

Deferred tax liabilities:

    

Property, plant and equipment

     74.8       48.3  

Compensation and retirement benefits

     9.5       —    

Inventories

     35.4       11.0  

Intangible assets and goodwill

     370.2       38.0  
                

Total deferred tax liabilities

     489.9       97.3  
                

Net deferred tax liabilities

   $ 398.2     $ 47.2  
                

These deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified in the consolidated balance sheet based on the balance sheet classification of the related assets and liabilities.

Management believes it is more likely than not that current and long-term deferred tax assets will be realized through the reduction of future taxable income. Significant factors considered by management in this determination include the historical operating results of the Predecessor and the expectation of future earnings, including anticipated reversals of future taxable temporary differences. A valuation allowance was established at March 31, 2007 and 2006 for deferred tax assets related to state net operating loss carryforwards, foreign net operating loss carryforwards and foreign tax credit carryforwards for which utilization is uncertain. The carryforward period for the foreign tax credit is ten years. The carryforward periods for the state net operating losses range from five to twenty years. Certain foreign net operating loss carryforwards are subject to a five year expiration period, and the carryforward period for the remaining foreign net operating losses is indefinite.

 

65


Table of Contents

The provision (benefit) for income taxes differs from the United States statutory income tax rate due to the following items (in millions):

 

     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007
    Predecessor  
       Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2006
    Year ended
March 31,
2005
 

Provision (benefit) for income taxes at U.S. statutory income tax rate

   $ 4.8     $ (19.5 )   $ 13.7     $ 12.5  

State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit

     1.2       (0.8 )     (1.8 )     2.1  

Net effects of foreign tax rates and credits

     4.1       0.7       2.8       (1.6 )

Foreign net operating losses for which tax benefit was not provided

     0.9       0.6       1.8       1.4  

Nondeductible transaction related costs

     —         2.8       —         —    

Other

     (0.1 )     0.1       (0.2 )     (0.2 )
                                

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

   $ 10.9     $ (16.1 )   $ 16.3     $ 14.2  
                                

No provision has been made for United States income taxes related to approximately $18.3 million of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries considered to be permanently reinvested. It is not practicable to determine the income tax liability, if any, which would be payable if such earnings were not permanently reinvested.

The Company’s United States federal income tax return for fiscal 2002 is currently under examination. Management believes adequate provision for income taxes payable of the Company has been made for all fiscal years through 2007. The Company has been indemnified for all tax obligations related to tax years ending prior to and including November 25, 2002, by Invensys (in connection with the sale of the Predecessor to The Carlyle Group on November 25, 2002).

In conjunction with the Zurn acquisition, the Company assumed certain tax liabilities and contingencies of Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. A federal tax audit was completed for Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. for the fiscal years ended September 30, 1998 through 2002. At the conclusion of this audit, an appeal was filed with the IRS in September 2005 regarding various issues identified during the audit upon which agreement could not be reached. To date, final settlement has not been concluded. Adequate reserves have been recorded to cover any assessment if the appeals are rejected.

Cash paid for income taxes to governmental tax authorities during the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007, from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, and the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $3.6 million, $1.1 million, $10.5 million and $7.1 million, respectively.

17. Related Party Transactions

RBS Global, Inc. had a management services agreement with TC Group, L.L.C., (The Carlyle Group) for advisory and consulting services related to corporate management, finance, product strategy, investment, acquisitions and other matters relating to the business of the Predecessor. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid $0.5 million, plus out of pocket expenses during the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, and $2.0 million per year, plus out of pocket expenses for both fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005. This agreement terminated July 21, 2006 when The Carlyle Group sold the Company to Apollo.

RBS Global, Inc. has a management services agreement, effective July 22, 2006, with Apollo for advisory and consulting services related to corporate management, finance, product strategy, investment, acquisitions and other matters relating to the business of the Company. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid $1.4 million plus out of pocket expenses during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007. This agreement will remain in effect until such time as Apollo or its affiliates collectively own less than 10% of the equity interest of the Company, or such earlier time as the Company and Apollo may mutually agree.

In connection with the Apollo acquisition, we entered into a management consulting agreement (the “Cypress agreement”) with Mr. Sherman and two entities controlled by Mr. Sherman, Cypress Group, LLC (“Cypress”) and Cypress Industrial Holdings, LLC (“Cypress Industrial” and, collectively with Mr. Sherman and Cypress, “Consultant”). Pursuant to the Cypress agreement, Consultant provides certain consulting services to us, Mr. Sherman serves as the non-executive Chairman of the boards of directors of Rexnord and Rexnord Holdings, and Consultant receives an annual consulting fee of $250,000 and reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Under the terms of the Cypress agreement, we paid $172,500 plus out of pocket expenses during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007; $77,500 plus out of pocket expenses for the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006; and $250,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses for fiscal 2006. Mr. Sherman also received non-qualified stock options.

Transaction costs

The Company paid a total of $0.6 million to The Carlyle Group and $21.3 million to Apollo for investment banking and other transaction related services as part of the purchase of the Company by Apollo. These payments have been accounted for as transaction fees and are included in the total cost of the Apollo Acquisition as discussed in Note 3.

The Company paid a total of $9.0 million to Apollo and $1.8 million to the Cypress Group LLC for investment banking and other transaction related services as part of the Zurn Acquisition. These payments have been accounted for as transaction fees and are included in the total cost of the Zurn Acquisition as discussed in Note 3.

 

66


Table of Contents

During the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 , the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 and the year ended March 31, 2006, the Company expensed approximately $2.5 million, $0.5 million, and $1.5 million, respectively, of consulting services provided by an entity that is controlled by certain minority shareholders of the Company.

18. Commitments and Contingencies

Power Transmission (“PT”)

The Company’s PT entities are involved in various unresolved legal actions, administrative proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of its business involving, among other things, product liability, commercial, employment, workers’ compensation, intellectual property claims and environmental matters. The Company establishes reserves in a manner that is consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for costs associated with such matters when liability is probable and those costs are capable of being reasonably estimated. Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved legal actions or the range of possible loss or recovery, based upon current information, management believes the eventual outcome of these unresolved legal actions either individually, or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

In connection with the Carlyle acquisition in November 2002, Invensys PLC has provided the Company with indemnification against certain contingent liabilities, including certain pre-closing environmental liabilities. The Company believes that, pursuant to such indemnity obligations, Invensys is obligated to defend and indemnify the Company with respect to the matters described below relating to the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site and to various asbestos claims. The indemnity obligations relating to the matters described below are not subject to any time limitations and are subject to an overall dollar cap equal to the purchase price, which is an amount in excess of $900 million. The following paragraphs summarize the most significant actions and proceedings:

 

   

In 2002, the Company was named as a Potentially Responsible Party (“PRP”), together with at least ten other companies, at the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois (the Site), by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or USEPA, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, or IEPA. The Company’s Downers Grove property is situated within the Ellsworth Industrial Complex. The USEPA and IEPA allege there have been one or more releases or threatened releases of chlorinated solvents and other hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, allegedly including but not limited to a release or threatened release on or from our property, at the Site. The relief sought by the USEPA and IEPA includes further investigation and potential remediation of the Site. In support of the USEPA and IEPA, in July 2004 the Illinois Attorney General filed a lawsuit (State of Illinois v. Precision et al.) in the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois against the Company and the other PRP companies seeking an injunction, the provision of potable water to approximately 800 homes, further investigation of the alleged contamination, reimbursement of certain costs incurred by the state and assessment of a monetary penalty. In August 2003, several PRPs, including the Company, entered into an Administrative Order by Consent, or AOC, with the USEPA, IEPA and State of Illinois et al. that required the PRPs to pay $4.275 million to fund the hook-up of about 800 homes to municipal water and to undertake continuing investigation of the Site. The Company agreed to pay $306,500 of that fund under an interim allocation. The AOC is expected to resolve a significant portion of the State of Illinois lawsuit. Subsequently, the Company was notified by the USEPA that an expanded Site investigation will be required. The Company’s allocated share of future costs related to the site, including for investigation and/or remediation, could be significant.

 

   

The Company is also a defendant in a pending lawsuit alleging personal injury stemming from contamination that allegedly, in whole or in part, originated from the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site. The lawsuit entitled Jana Bendik v. Precision Brand Products et al. v. Rexnord Corporation et al. was filed in April 2004 by an individual plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and seeks monetary relief. Two other suits allegedly related to the Ellsworth Industrial Park Site were recently settled: Kevin Pote, et al. v. Ames Supply Co. et al. was filed in December 2004 by an individual plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The complaint sought compensatory and punitive damages recoverable under the Illinois Wrongful Death and Survival Statute and the costs of the suit. A sealed, global settlement of all claims was reached with all Pote defendants in March, 2007. Muniz et al. v. Rexnord Corporation et al., was a class action filed in April 2004 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A global settlement was reached in late 2006 with the plaintiffs in the Muniz matter. The Muniz settlement covers past and future costs related to property damage incurred by the plaintiffs as well as certain damages for injuries, but does not release defendants from any potential future claims for non-property damages. The settlement amounts originally allocated to, and paid by, the Company are subject to further reallocation through a binding arbitration process. The ultimate outcome of the Ellsworth investigation and related litigation cannot presently be determined; however, management believes the Company has meritorious defenses to these matters. Pursuant to its indemnity obligation, Invensys is defending the Company in these matters and has paid 100% of the related costs to date. To provide additional protection, the Company has sued its insurance companies for a declaration of coverage as to these matters.

 

67


Table of Contents
   

The Company has been named as a defendant in over 630 lawsuits (with approximately 6,800 claimants) pending in state or federal court in numerous jurisdictions relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in certain brakes and clutches previously manufactured by the Company’s Stearns division. Invensys and FMC, the prior owner of the Stearns business, have paid 100% of the costs to date related to the Stearns lawsuits. Similarly, the Company’s Prager subsidiary has been named as a defendant in two pending multi-defendant lawsuits relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in a product allegedly manufactured by Prager. There are approximately 3,600 claimants in the Prager lawsuits. The ultimate outcome of these lawsuits cannot presently be determined. To date, Invensys has paid 100% of the costs related to the Prager lawsuits, and the Company believes that it also has insurance coverage for its legal defense costs related to such suits.

 

   

The Kimberly St. Cin, Individually and as surviving spouse of Robert St. Cin, decedent v. The Falk Corporation, et al., wrongful death claim against Falk was settled and such settlement approved by the court on October 23, 2006. The settlement contribution was within reserves previously established by the Company.

In connection with the Falk acquisition, Hamilton Sundstrand has provided the Company with indemnification against certain contingent liabilities, including coverage for certain pre-closing environmental liabilities. The Company believes that, pursuant to such indemnity obligations, Hamilton Sundstrand is obligated to defend and indemnify the Company with respect to the asbestos claims described below, and that, with respect to these claims, such indemnity obligations are not subject to any time or dollar limitations. The following paragraph summarizes the most significant actions and proceedings for which Hamilton Sundstrand has accepted responsibility:

 

   

Falk is a defendant in over 140 lawsuits pending in state or federal court in numerous jurisdictions relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in certain clutches and drives previously manufactured by Falk. There are approximately 4,100 claimants in these suits. The ultimate outcome of these lawsuits cannot presently be determined. Hamilton Sundstrand is defending Falk in these lawsuits pursuant to its indemnity obligations and has paid 100% of the costs to date.

In addition to the foregoing litigation, Falk is a defendant in other lawsuits. As with the matters described above, it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved legal actions. However, based upon current information management believes the eventual outcome of these unresolved legal actions will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

Water Management

The Company’s Water Management entities are party to legal proceedings that the Company believes to be either ordinary, routine litigation incidental to the business of present and former operations or immaterial to its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

As of March 31, 2007, the Company and an average of 80 other unrelated companies were defendants in approximately 5,200 asbestos related lawsuits representing approximately 46,200 claims. The suits allege damages in an aggregate amount of approximately $11.8 billion against all defendants. Plaintiffs’ claims against Zurn allege personal injuries caused by exposure to asbestos used primarily in industrial boilers formerly manufactured by a segment of Zurn. Zurn did not manufacture asbestos or asbestos components. Instead, Zurn purchased them from suppliers. These claims are being handled pursuant to a defense strategy funded by Zurn’s insurers.

The Company uses an independent economic consulting firm with substantial experience in asbestos liability valuations to assist in the estimation of Zurn’s potential asbestos liability. Based on this firm's analysis, the Company currently estimates that Zurn’s potential liability for asbestos claims pending against it and for claims estimated to be filed through 2016 is approximately $136.0 million, of which the Company expects to pay approximately $102.0 million through 2016 on such claims, with the balance of the estimated liability being paid in subsequent years. However, there are inherent uncertainties involved in estimating the number of future asbestos claims, future settlement costs, and the effectiveness of the Company’s defense strategies and settlement initiatives. As a result, the Company’s actual liability could differ from the Company’s estimate described herein. Further, while the Company’s current asbestos liability is based on an estimate of claims through 2016, such liability may continue beyond 2016, and such liability could be substantial.

Management estimates that its available insurance to cover its potential asbestos liability as of March 31, 2007, is approximately $287.0 million, and believes that all current claims are covered by this insurance. However, principally as a result of the past insolvency of certain of the Company’s insurance carriers, certain coverage gaps will exist if and after the Company’s other carriers have paid the first $211.0 million of aggregate liabilities. In order for the next $51.0 million of insurance coverage from solvent carriers to apply, management estimates that it would need to satisfy $14.0 million of asbestos claims. Layered within the final $25.0 million of the total $287.0 million of coverage, management estimates that it would need to satisfy an additional $80 million of asbestos claims. If required to pay any such amounts, the Company could pursue recovery against the insolvent carriers, but it is not currently possible to determine the likelihood or amount of any such recoveries, if any.

 

68


Table of Contents

As of March 31, 2007, the Company recorded a receivable from its insurance carriers of $136 million, which corresponds to the amount of its potential asbestos liability that is covered by available insurance and is currently determined to be probable of recovery. However, there is no assurance that $287.0 million of insurance coverage will ultimately be available or that Zurn’s asbestos liabilities will not ultimately exceed $287.0 million. Factors that could cause a decrease in the amount of available coverage include changes in law governing the policies, potential disputes with the carriers on the scope of coverage, and insolvencies of one or more of the Company’s carriers.

Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved legal actions, based upon current information management believes that the eventual outcome of said actions will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

19. Business Segment Information

The results of operations are reported in two business segments, consisting of the Power Transmission segment and the Water Management segment. The Power Transmission segment manufactures gears, couplings, industrial bearings, flattop chain and modular conveyer belts, special components, industrial chain and aerospace bearings and seals. This segment serves a diverse group of end market industries, including aerospace, aggregates and cement, air handling, construction equipment, chemicals, energy, food and beverage, forest and wood products, mining, material and package handling, marine, natural resource extraction and petrochemical. The Water Management segment manufactures professional grade drainage, water control, commercial brass and PEX piping products for the commercial and institutional construction, renovation and facilities maintenance markets.

The financial information of the Company’s segments is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision makers in determining resource allocation and assessing performance and is periodically reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors. Management evaluates the performance of each business segment based on its operating results. The same accounting policies are used throughout the organization (see Note 2).

 

69


Table of Contents

Business Segment Information (Continued)

(in millions)

 

     Power
Transmission
    Water
Management
    Total  

Net Sales

      

2007(1)

   $ 852.0     $ 69.5     $ 921.5  

2007(2)

     334.2       —         334.2  

2006

     1,081.4       —         1,081.4  

2005

     811.0       —         811.0  

Income (Loss) from Operations

      

2007(1)

   $ 102.8     $ 10.3     $ 113.1  

2007(2)

     (34.3 )     —         (34.3 )

2006

     104.5       —         104.5  

2005

     80.5       —         80.5  

Restructuring and Other Charges Included in Income (Loss) from Operations

      

2007(1)

   $ —       $ —       $ —    

2007(2)

     62.7       —         62.7  

2006

     31.1       —         31.1  

2005

     7.3       —         7.3  

Interest Expense, net

      

2007(1)

   $ 105.2     $ (0.2 )   $ 105.0  

2007(2)

     21.0       —         21.0  

2006

     61.5       —         61.5  

2005

     44.0       —         44.0  

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

      

2007(1)

   $ 9.1     $ 1.8     $ 10.9  

2007(2)

     (16.1 )     —         (16.1 )

2006

     16.3       —         16.3  

2005

     14.2       —         14.2  

Depreciation and Amortization

      

2007(1)

   $ 59.4     $ 3.6     $ 63.0  

2007(2)

     19.0       —         19.0  

2006

     58.7       —         58.7  

2005

     45.4       —         45.4  

Capital Expenditures

      

2007(1)

   $ 27.6     $ 0.4     $ 28.0  

2007(2)

     11.7       —         11.7  

2006

     37.1       —         37.1  

2005

     25.7       —         25.7  

(1) Represents the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007.
(2) Represents the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006.

 

70


Table of Contents

Net sales to third parties and long-lived assets by geographic region are as follows (in millions):

 

     Net Sales    Long-lived Assets
    

Period from
July 22, 2006
through
March 31,
2007

   Predecessor         Predecessor
        Period from
April 1, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
   Year ended
March 31,
2006
   Year ended
March 31,
2005
   March 31,
2007
   March 31,
2006
   March 31,
2005

Net Sales

                    

United States

   $ 654.0    $ 235.8    $ 771.3    $ 528.9    $ 2,435.7    $ 905.8    $ 704.1

Europe

     169.0      65.1      202.7      201.2      258.5      240.1      239.3

Rest of World

     98.5      33.3      107.4      80.9      24.8      14.5      6.9
                                                
   $ 921.5    $ 334.2    $ 1,081.4    $ 811.0    $ 2,719.0    $ 1,160.4    $ 950.3
                                                

Net sales to third parties are attributed to the geographic regions based on the country in which the shipment originates. Amounts attributed to the geographic regions for long-lived assets are based on the location of the entity that holds such assets.

20. Guarantor Subsidiaries

The following schedules present condensed consolidating financial information of the Company as of March 31, 2007 and for the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 for (a) RBS Global, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Rexnord LLC (formerly Rexnord Corporation), which together are co-issuers (the “Issuers”) of the senior notes and senior subordinated notes issued on July 21, 2006 in connection with the Merger; (b) on a combined basis, the domestic subsidiaries of the Company, all of which are wholly-owned by the Issuers (collectively, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”); and (d) on a combined basis, the foreign subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). Separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented because their guarantees of the senior notes and senior subordinated notes are full, unconditional and joint and several, and the Company believes separate financial statements and other disclosures regarding the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not material to investors.

The following schedules also present condensed consolidating financial information of the Predecessor as of March 31, 2006 and for the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006 as well as for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 for (a) RBS Global, Inc., the Parent company; (b) Rexnord LLC (formerly Rexnord Corporation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RBS Global, Inc. and the issuer of the prior senior subordinated notes, substantially all of which were repurchased on July 21, 2006 in connection with the Merger; (c) on a combined basis, the domestic subsidiaries of the Predecessor, all of which were wholly-owned by the Issuers (collectively, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”); and (d) on a combined basis, the foreign subsidiaries of the Predecessor (collectively, the “non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). Separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented because their guarantees of the prior senior subordinated notes were full and unconditional and joint and several, and the Company believes separate financial statements and other disclosures regarding the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not material to investors.

 

71


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

March 31, 2007

(in millions)

 

     Issuers     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated

Assets

           

Current assets:

           

Cash

   $ —       $ 32.2    $ 23.9     $ —       $ 56.1

Receivables, net

     —         183.6      70.8       —         254.4

Inventories, net

     —         318.3      66.0       —         384.3

Other current assets

     —         12.8      13.5       —         26.3
                                     

Total current assets

     —         546.9      174.2       —         721.1

Receivable from (payable to) affiliates, net

     86.8       27.2      (114.0 )     —         —  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     —         340.0      97.1       —         437.1

Intangible assets, net

     —         944.8      42.9       —         987.7

Goodwill

     —         1,130.5      163.7       —         1,294.2

Investment in:

           

Guarantor subsidiaries

     1,876.6       —        —         (1,876.6 )     —  

Non-guarantor subsidiaries

     —         633.6      —         (633.6 )     —  

Insurance for asbestos claims

     —         136.0      —         —         136.0

Pension assets

     —         114.6      —         —         114.6

Other assets

     69.9       10.2      2.4       —         82.5
                                     

Total assets

   $ 2,033.3     $ 3,883.8    $ 366.3     $ (2,510.2 )   $ 3,773.2
                                     

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

           

Current liabilities:

           

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ —       $ 0.4    $ 1.8     $ —       $ 2.2

Trade payables

     —         106.5      47.9       —         154.4

Income taxes payable

     (1.1 )     1.3      3.3       —         3.5

Deferred income taxes

     10.5       5.8      0.6       —         16.9

Compensation and benefits

     —         36.2      16.7       —         52.9

Current portion of pension obligation

     —         8.6      0.8       —         9.4

Current portion of postretirement obligation

     —         4.9      —         —         4.9

Interest payable

     30.4       0.1      —         —         30.5

Other current liabilities

     0.1       62.6      12.1       —         74.8
                                     

Total current liabilities

     39.9       226.4      83.2       —         349.5

Long-term debt

     2,042.0       0.8      1.9       —         2,044.7

Note (receivable from) payable to affiliates, net

     (927.9 )     1,356.7      (428.8 )     —         —  

Pension obligations

     —         27.4      41.4       —         68.8

Postretirement benefit obligations

     —         52.3      —         —         52.3

Deferred income taxes

     164.5       192.6      24.2       —         381.3

Reserve for asbestos claims

     —         136.0      —         —         136.0

Other liabilities

     15.2       15.0      10.8       —         41.0
                                     

Total liabilities

     1,333.7       2,007.2      (267.3 )     —         3,073.6

Stockholders’ equity

     699.6       1,876.6      633.6       (2,510.2 )     699.6
                                     

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 2,033.3     $ 3,883.8    $ 366.3     $ (2,510.2 )   $ 3,773.2
                                     

 

72


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

Predecessor

March 31, 2006

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuers     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Assets

             

Current assets:

             

Cash

   $ —       $ —       $ 13.3    $ 9.2     $ —       $ 22.5  

Receivables, net

     —         —         115.4      62.0       —         177.4  

Inventories, net

     —         —         140.9      51.0       —         191.9  

Other current assets

     —         —         10.8      11.4       —         22.2  
                                               

Total current assets

     —         —         280.4      133.6       —         414.0  

Receivable from (payable to) affiliates, net

     —         86.8       28.8      (115.6 )     —         —    

Property, plant and equipment, net

     —         —         280.2      68.7       —         348.9  

Intangible assets, net

     —         —         132.7      8.4       —         141.1  

Goodwill

     —         28.1       465.0      177.3       —         670.4  

Investment in:

             

Guarantor subsidiaries

     442.1       739.4       —        —         (1,181.5 )     —    

Non-guarantor subsidiaries

     —         —         137.5      —         (137.5 )     —    

Other assets

     —         21.6       9.9      2.2       —         33.7  
                                               

Total assets

   $ 442.1     $ 875.9     $ 1,334.5    $ 274.6     $ (1,319.0 )   $ 1,608.1  
                                               

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

             

Current liabilities:

             

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ —       $ —       $ 0.1    $ 1.8     $ —       $ 1.9  

Trade payables

     —         —         81.8      37.5       —         119.3  

Income taxes payable

     (1.3 )     (11.3 )     13.8      2.7       —         3.9  

Deferred income taxes

     (0.4 )     —         7.9      (0.5 )     —         7.0  

Compensation and benefits

     —         —         32.5      12.4       —         44.9  

Current portion of pension obligation

     —         —         20.8      —         —         20.8  

Current portion of postretirement obligation

     —         —         5.1      —         —         5.1  

Interest payable

     —         13.3       —        0.2       —         13.5  

Other current liabilities

     —         (0.1 )     29.0      9.5       —         38.4  
                                               

Total current liabilities

     (1.7 )     1.9       191.0      63.6       —         254.8  

Long-term debt

     —         749.0       0.7      2.1       —         751.8  

Note payable to (receivable from) affiliates, net

     2.7       (317.1 )     294.2      20.2       —         (0.0 )

Pension obligations

     —         —         23.5      38.1       —         61.6  

Postretirement benefit obligations

     —         —         31.1      —         —         31.1  

Deferred income taxes

     —         —         36.0      4.2       —         40.2  

Other liabilities

     —         —         18.6      8.9       —         27.5  
                                               

Total liabilities

     1.0       433.8       595.1      137.1       —         1,167.0  

Stockholders’ equity

     441.1       442.1       739.4      137.5       (1,319.0 )     441.1  
                                               

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 442.1     $ 875.9     $ 1,334.5    $ 274.6     $ (1,319.0 )   $ 1,608.1  
                                               

 

73


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

Predecessor

Period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007

(in millions)

 

     Issuers     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net sales

   $ —       $ 695.3     $ 276.4     $ (50.2 )   $ 921.5  

Cost of sales

     —         477.2       201.2       (50.2 )     628.2  
                                        

Gross profit

     —         218.1       75.2       —         293.3  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     —         116.6       42.7       —         159.3  

Gain on Canal Street accident, net

     —         (6.0 )     —         —         (6.0 )

Amortization of intangible assets

     —         26.7       0.2       —         26.9  
                                        

Income from operations

     —         80.8       32.3       —         113.1  

Nonoperating income (expense):

          

Interest expense:

          

To third parties

     (105.5 )     0.6       (0.1 )     —         (105.0 )

To affiliates

     26.5       (21.6 )     (4.9 )     —         —    

Other, net

     (2.2 )     20.4       (12.5 )     —         5.7  
                                        

(Loss) income before income taxes

     (81.2 )     80.2       14.8       —         13.8  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

     (4.0 )     8.3       6.6       —         10.9  
                                        

(Loss) income before equity in earnings of subsidiaries

     (77.2 )     71.9       8.2       —         2.9  

Equity in earnings of subsidiaries

     80.1       8.2       —         (88.3 )     —    
                                        

Net income

   $ 2.9     $ 80.1     $ 8.2     $ (88.3 )   $ 2.9  
                                        

 

74


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

Predecessor

Period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuer     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net sales

   $ —       $ —       $ 253.1     $ 100.8     $ (19.7 )   $ 334.2  

Cost of sales

     —         —         183.6       73.8       (19.7 )     237.7  
                                                

Gross profit

     —         —         69.5       27.0       —         96.5  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     0.2       —         44.7       18.2       —         63.1  

Transaction related costs

     —         43.6       19.1       —         —         62.7  

Amortization of intangible assets

     —         —         5.0       —         —         5.0  
                                                

Income (loss) from operations

     (0.2 )     (43.6 )     0.7       8.8       —         (34.3 )

Nonoperating income (expense):

            

Interest expense:

            

To third parties

     —         (20.0 )     (0.1 )     (0.9 )     —         (21.0 )

To affiliates

     —         34.3       (31.6 )     (2.7 )     —         —    

Other, net

     (0.6 )     —         2.9       (2.7 )     —         (0.4 )
                                                

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (0.8 )     (29.3 )     (28.1 )     2.5       —         (55.7 )

Provision (benefit ) for income taxes

     (0.3 )     (10.3 )     (7.0 )     1.5       —         (16.1 )
                                                

Income (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries

     (0.5 )     (19.0 )     (21.1 )     1.0       —         (39.6 )

Equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries

     (39.1 )     (20.1 )     1.0       —         58.2       —    
                                                

Net income (loss)

   $ (39.6 )   $ (39.1 )   $ (20.1 )   $ 1.0     $ 58.2     $ (39.6 )
                                                

 

75


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

Predecessor

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuer     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net sales

   $ —       $ —       $ 818.4     $ 316.6     $ (53.6 )   $ 1,081.4  

Cost of sales

     —         —         563.2       232.7       (53.6 )     742.3  
                                                

Gross profit

     —         —         255.2       83.9       —         339.1  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     0.7       0.1       131.6       55.4       —         187.8  

Restructuring and other similar costs

     —         —         23.6       7.5       —         31.1  

Amortization of intangible assets

     —         —         15.6       0.1       —         15.7  
                                                

Income (loss) from operations

     (0.7 )     (0.10 )     84.4       20.9       —         104.5  

Nonoperating income (expense):

            

Interest expense:

            

To third parties

     —         (60.1 )     (0.4 )     (1.0 )     —         (61.5 )

To affiliates

     —         20.2       (11.5 )     (8.7 )     —         —    

Other, net

     (2.0 )     5.8       1.4       (9.0 )     —         (3.8 )
                                                

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (2.7 )     (34.2 )     73.9       2.2       —         39.2  

Provision (benefit ) for income taxes

     (0.9 )     (7.5 )     15.5       9.2       —         16.3  
                                                

Income (loss) before equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries

     (1.8 )     (26.7 )     58.4       (7.0 )     —         22.9  

Equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries

     24.7       51.4       (7.0 )     —         (69.1 )     —    
                                                

Net income (loss)

   $ 22.9     $ 24.7     $ 51.4     $ (7.0 )   $ (69.1 )   $ 22.9  
                                                

 

76


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

Predecessor

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuer     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Net sales

   $ —       $ —       $ 571.1     $ 290.1     $ (50.2 )   $ 811.0  

Cost of sales

     —         —         389.5       216.5       (50.2 )     555.8  
                                                

Gross profit

     —         —         181.6       73.6       —         255.2  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     0.2       0.1       98.5       54.8       —         153.6  

Restructuring and other similar costs

     —         —         5.2       2.1       —         7.3  

Amortization of intangible assets

     —         —         13.6       0.2       —         13.8  
                                                

Income (loss) from operations

     (0.2 )     (0.10 )     64.3       16.5       —         80.5  

Nonoperating income (expense):

            

Interest expense:

            

To third parties

     —         (42.3 )     (0.1 )     (1.6 )     —         (44.0 )

To affiliates

     —         7.1       2.6       (9.7 )     —         —    

Other, net

     (2.0 )     —         (1.0 )     2.3       —         (0.7 )
                                                

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (2.2 )     (35.3 )     65.8       7.5       —         35.8  

Provision (benefit ) for income taxes

     (0.7 )     (13.3 )     24.0       4.2       —         14.2  
                                                

Income (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries

     (1.5 )     (22.0 )     41.8       3.3       —         21.6  

Equity in earnings of subsidiaries

     23.1       45.1       3.3       —         (71.5 )     —    
                                                

Net income

   $ 21.6     $ 23.1     $ 45.1     $ 3.3     $ (71.5 )   $ 21.6  
                                                

 

77


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007

(in millions)

 

     Issuers     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Operating activities

          

Net income

   $ 2.9     $ 80.1     $ 8.2     $ (88.3 )   $ 2.9  

Noncash adjustments

     99.6       108.4       10.5       (88.3 )     90.0  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, including intercompany activity

     (111.9 )     73.0       8.7       —         (30.2 )
                                        

Cash (used for) provided by operating activities

     (9.4 )     44.7       27.4       —         62.7  

Investing activities

          

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     —         (18.8 )     (9.2 )     —         (28.0 )

Proceeds from dispositions of property, plant and equipment

     —         1.3       —         —         1.3  

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (1,898.5 )     (0.3 )     —         —         (1,898.8 )
                                        

Cash used for investing activities

     (1,898.5 )     (17.8 )     (9.2 )     —         (1,925.5 )

Financing activities

          

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     2,100.0       —         —         —         2,100.0  

Repayments of long-term debt

     (816.0 )     (0.2 )     (0.1 )     —         (816.3 )

Payment of financing fees

     (74.8 )     —         —         —         (74.8 )

Payment of tender premium

     (23.1 )     —         —         —         (23.1 )

Capital contributions

     720.2       —         —         —         720.2  

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     1.6       —         —         —         1.6  
                                        

Cash provided by (used for) financing activities

     1,907.9       (0.2 )     (0.1 )     —         1,907.6  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     —         —         0.5       —         0.5  
                                        

Increase in cash

     —         26.7       18.6       —         45.3  

Cash at beginning of period

     —         5.5       5.3       —         10.8  
                                        

Cash at end of period

   $ —       $ 32.2     $ 23.9     $ —       $ 56.1  
                                        

 

78


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Predecessor

Period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuer     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Operating activities

            

Net income (loss)

   $ (39.6 )   $ (39.1 )   $ (20.1 )   $ 1.0     $ 58.2     $ (39.6 )

Noncash adjustments

     50.1       41.7       (14.5 )     3.2       (58.2 )     22.3  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, including intercompany activity

     (10.5 )     (10.8 )     40.3       (6.1 )     —         12.9  
                                                

Cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     —         (8.2 )     5.7       (1.9 )     —         (4.4 )

Investing activities

            

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     —         —         (9.5 )     (2.2 )     —         (11.7 )

Proceeds from dispositions of property, plant and equipment

     —         —         1.6       —         —         1.6  

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     —         —         (5.6 )     —         —         (5.6 )
                                                

Cash used for investing activities

     —         —         (13.5 )     (2.2 )     —         (15.7 )

Financing activities

            

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     —         16.9       —         —         —         16.9  

Repayments of long-term debt

     —         (8.5 )     —         —         —         (8.5 )

Payment of financing fees

     —         (0.2 )     —         —         —         (0.2 )
                                                

Cash provided by financing activities

     —         8.2       —         —         —         8.2  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     —         —         —         0.2       —         0.2  
                                                

Increase (decrease) in cash

     —         —         (7.8 )     (3.9 )     —         (11.7 )

Cash at beginning of period

     —         —         13.3       9.2       —         22.5  
                                                

Cash at end of period

   $ —       $ —       $ 5.5     $ 5.3     $ —       $ 10.8  
                                                

 

79


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Predecessor

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuer     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Operating activities

            

Net income (loss)

   $ 22.9     $ 24.7     $ 51.4     $ (7.0 )   $ (69.1 )   $ 22.9  

Noncash adjustments

     (25.1 )     (48.3 )     65.3       11.8       69.1       72.8  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     1.0       83.5       (91.3 )     3.0       —         (3.8 )
                                                

Cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     (1.2 )     59.9       25.4       7.8       —         91.9  

Investing activities

            

Acquisition of Falk, net of cash acquired

     —         (301.3 )     —         —         —         (301.3 )

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     —         —         (28.9 )     (8.2 )     —         (37.1 )

Proceeds from dispositions of fixed assets

     —         —         0.9       1.4       —         2.3  
                                                

Cash used for investing activities

     —         (301.3 )     (28.0 )     (6.8 )     —         (336.1 )

Financing activities

            

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     —         312.0       —         —         —         312.0  

Repayments of long-term debt

     —         (63.0 )     —         (2.0 )     —         (65.0 )

Payment of financing fees

     —         (7.6 )     —         —         —         (7.6 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     1.2       —         —         —         —         1.2  
                                                

Cash provided by (used for) financing activities

     1.2       241.4       —         (2.0 )     —         240.6  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     —         —         —         (0.2 )     —         (0.2 )
                                                

Decrease in cash

     —         —         (2.6 )     (1.2 )     —         (3.8 )

Cash at beginning of period

     —         —         15.9       10.4       —         26.3  
                                                

Cash at end of period

   $ —       $ —       $ 13.3     $ 9.2     $ —       $ 22.5  
                                                

 

80


Table of Contents

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Predecessor

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005

(in millions)

 

     Parent     Issuer     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Operating activities

            

Net income

   $ 21.6     $ 23.1     $ 45.1     $ 3.3     $ (71.5 )   $ 21.6  

Noncash adjustments

     (23.1 )     (41.3 )     39.3       9.3       71.5       55.7  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     (0.7 )     63.2       (63.4 )     (9.0 )     —         (9.9 )
                                                

Cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     (2.2 )     45.0       21.0       3.6       —         67.4  

Investing activities

            

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     —         —         (19.3 )     (6.4 )     —         (25.7 )

Proceeds from dispositions of fixed assets

     —         —         5.4       1.0       —         6.4  
                                                

Cash used for investing activities

     —         —         (13.9 )     (5.4 )     —         (19.3 )

Financing activities

            

Net borrowings (repayments) of long-term debt

     —         (45.0 )     (0.3 )     1.1       —         (44.2 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     2.2       —         —         —         —         2.2  
                                                

Cash provided by (used for) financing activities

     2.2       (45.0 )     (0.3 )     1.1       —         (42.0 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     —         —         —         (1.6 )     —         (1.6 )
                                                

Increase (decrease) in cash

     —         —         6.8       (2.3 )     —         4.5  

Cash at beginning of period

     —         —         9.1       12.7       —         21.8  
                                                

Cash at end of period

   $ —       $ —       $ 15.9     $ 10.4     $ —       $ 26.3  
                                                

 

81


Table of Contents

21. Quarterly Results of Operations (unaudited)

(in millions)

 

      Predecessor     Period from
July 22, 2006
through
September 30,
2006
   Third     Fourth     

Fiscal Year 2007:

   First     Period from
July 3, 2006
through
July 21,
2006
           

Net sales

   $ 288.4     $ 45.8     $ 252.3    $ 283.1     $ 386.1   

Gross profit

     89.7       6.8       84.0      84.1       125.2   

Net income (loss)

     (2.8 )     (36.8 )     0.4      (4.5 )     7.0   
      Predecessor

Fiscal Year 2006:

   First           Second    Third     Fourth    Total

Net sales

   $ 239.9       $ 273.3    $ 264.5     $ 303.7    $ 1,081.4

Gross profit

     71.3         86.8      82.0       99.0      339.1

Net income

     4.9         7.7      0.6       9.7      22.9

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the period covered by this report.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation discussed above that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

This annual report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

 

82


Table of Contents

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.

The following table sets forth information concerning our directors and executive officers as of the date of this Form 10-K:

 

Name

  

Age

  

Position(s)

George M. Sherman    65    Chairman of the Board of RBS Global and Rexnord LLC
Robert A. Hitt    49    President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of RBS Global and Rexnord LLC
George C. Moore    52    Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of RBS Global and Rexnord LLC and Director of Rexnord LLC
Alex P. Marini    60    President and Chief Executive Officer, Water Management Group
Laurence M. Berg    41    Director, RBS Global
Peter P. Copses    48    Director, RBS Global
Damian Giangiacomo    30    Director, RBS Global
Praveen R. Jeyarajah    39    Director, RBS Global
Steven Martinez    36    Director, RBS Global

George M. Sherman has been Chairman of our board of directors since 2002. Mr. Sherman also served as the Chairman of Campbell Soup from August 2001 to November 2004, and currently serves as the chairman of Jacuzzi Brands. Prior to his appointment with Campbell Soup, Mr. Sherman was the Chief Executive Officer at Danaher Corporation, a manufacturer of process/environmental controls and tools and components, from 1990 to May 2001. Prior to joining Danaher, he was Executive Vice President at Black and Decker Corporation.

Robert A. Hitt became our President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2001 and was elected as one of our directors in connection with the Carlyle acquisition in 2002. Prior to the Carlyle acquisition, Mr. Hitt had been the Chief Operating Officer of Invensys Industrial Components and Systems Division since April 2002, Division Chief Executive of Invensys Automation Systems Division from April 2001 to March 2002 and Division Chief Executive of Invensys Industrial Drive Systems Division from October 2000 to March 2001. Mr. Hitt joined Siebe/Invensys in 1994, where he held various positions, including President of Climate Controls, from June 1997 to October 2000, and prior to June 1997, General Manager of Appliance Controls.

George C. Moore became our Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer in September 2006. Prior to joining the Company Mr. Moore had been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maytag, a manufacturer of major appliances and household products, since 2003. Prior to that Mr. Moore served as Group Vice President of Finance at Danaher Corporation, where he was employed since 1993.

Alex P. Marini became President and Chief Executive Officer of our Water Management Group upon consummation of the Zurn acquisition. Previously, Mr. Marini was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jacuzzi since August 2006, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Jacuzzi from August 2005 to August 2006 and the President of Zurn from 1996 to August 2006. He joined Zurn in 1969 and held a variety of financial positions, including Vice President and Group Controller. He was promoted to Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Administration in 1984, and in 1987 was named President of Wilkins, a Zurn division, a position he held until becoming President of Zurn.

Laurence M. Berg became a member of our board of directors in July 2006 upon consummation of the Apollo acquisition. Mr. Berg is a Senior Partner of Apollo Management, L.P. and its investment affiliates, where he has worked since 1992. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Berg was a member of the Mergers and Acquisition Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Berg is also a director of Educate, Goodman Global, Jacuzzi Brands, Do Something, and Connections Academy.

Peter P. Copses became a member of our board of directors in July 2006 upon the consummation of the Apollo acquisition. Mr. Copses is a Founding Partner of Apollo Management, L.P. and its investment affiliates, where he has worked since 1990. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Copses was an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert, and subsequently at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities, primarily concentrating on the structuring, financing and negotiation of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Copses is also a director of Rent-A-Center, Inc., and Linens ‘n Things, Inc.

 

83


Table of Contents

Damian J. Giangiacomo became a member of our board of directors in October 2006. Mr. Giangiacomo is a principal at Apollo Management, L.P., where he has been employed since July 2000. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Giangiacomo was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Giangiacomo is also a director of Linens N’ Things and Jacuzzi Brands.

Praveen R. Jeyarajah was first elected as one of our directors in connection with the Carlyle Acquisition in 2002 and served in that capacity until the Apollo acquisition. Mr. Jeyarajah was reappointed as a director in October 2006, and also serves as a director of Jacuzzi Brands. Mr. Jeyarajah is a Managing Director at Cypress Group, LLC. Prior to joining Cypress Group, he was a Managing Director of Carlyle from 2001 to 2006. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Jeyarajah was with Saratoga Partners from 1996 to 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Jeyarajah worked at Dillon, Read & Co., Inc.

Steven Martinez became a member of our board of directors in July 2006 upon the consummation of the Apollo acquisition. Mr. Martinez is a Partner at Apollo Management, L.P. Prior to joining Apollo in 2000, he worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. and Bain and Company. Mr. Martinez also serves as a director of Oceana Cruises, Jacuzzi Brands, Goodman Global Holdings, Inc. and Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

Boards of Directors

RBS Global’s board of directors has an audit committee and a compensation committee. However, through Apollo’s control of a majority of the common stock of Rexnord Holdings, it has the power to control Rexnord Holdings’ and our affairs and policies, including the election of Rexnord Holdings’ and our directors and the appointment of Rexnord Holdings’ and our management.

Audit Committee. The duties and responsibilities of the audit committee include recommending the appointment or termination of the engagement of independent accountants, otherwise overseeing the independent auditor relationship and reviewing significant accounting policies and controls. The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs, Martinez (Chair), Giangiacomo and Jeyarajah.

Compensation Committee. The duties and responsibilities of the compensation committee include reviewing and approving the compensation of officers and directors, except that the compensation of officers serving on any such committee will be determined by the full board of directors. The members of the Compensation Committee are Messrs, Berg, Giangiacomo, Jeyarajah and Martinez (Chair) and Sherman.

Our board of directors has not evaluated whether any member of the Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert”, as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K because all of the members of our board of directors who serve on our audit committee were appointed by our 100% stockholder.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a written code of ethics, referred to as the Rexnord Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, applicable to all directors, officers and employees, which includes provisions relating to accounting and financial matters applicable to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer and controller. The Rexnord Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our corporate website at www.rexnord.com. If we make any substantive amendments to, or grant any waivers from, the code of ethics for any director or officer, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our corporate website or in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Overview

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Committee”) is principally responsible for determining the executive compensation programs for the Company, with the exception of the award of equity based compensation, which is determined by the Compensation Committee of Rexnord Holdings, Inc., our indirect 100% parent (“Holdings”), as these awards cover equity securities of Holdings. The Committee, in consultation with the Compensation Committee of Holdings (the “Holdings Compensation Committee”), has the authority to approve all matters regarding executive compensation, including salaries, bonuses, cash incentives, equity incentives and benefit programs. The members of the Committee are Messrs. Martinez (Chair), Berg, Giangiacomo, Jeyarajah and Sherman. The Holdings Compensation Committee is currently comprised of the same individuals.

The Committee, with input from the Holdings Compensation Committee and the boards of directors of Holdings and the Company, oversees our executive compensation agreements, plans and policies. The Committee seeks to ensure that the compensation and benefits provided to executives are reasonable, fair, competitive and aligned with the long and short term goals of Holdings’ Board of Directors. Based upon these criteria, the Committee, in consultation with the Holdings Compensation Committee, sets the principles and strategies that guide the design of our executive compensation program. Throughout this discussion, we refer to the executives named in the Summary Compensation Table under this Item 11 as the “Named Executive Officers.”

 

84


Table of Contents

General Compensation Philosophy and Objectives of Executive Compensation Programs

The foundation of our executive compensation programs is to reward our executives for achieving specific annual and long-term strategic goals of the Company and to align each executive’s interest with that of our owners. We believe that rewarding executives for superior levels of achievement will result in significant long-term value creation for the Company and its owners. As a result, we believe that the compensation packages we provide to executives, including the Named Executive Officers, must include both cash-based and equity-based elements that reward performance. The Committee, with input from the Chief Executive Officer, evaluates the performance of our executives and their compensation packages to ensure that we maintain our ability to retain highly talented key employees and attract new talent, as needed, to successfully grow and lead the organization.

We have created a “pay for performance” culture that places an emphasis on value creation and subjects a substantial portion of each executive’s incentive compensation to risk depending on the performance of the Company. As such, the Committee bases its executive compensation decisions on the following philosophy:

 

   

The compensation program should support the business by establishing an emphasis on critical short-term objectives and long-term strategy;

 

   

Each executive’s total compensation should correlate to their relative contribution to the Company;

 

   

A significant portion of each executive’s total compensation should be based on the achievement of performance goals and objectives; and

 

   

Executives should be rewarded for superior performance through annual cash-based incentives and, if appropriate, the grant of equity-based awards.

Our executive compensation program is designed to focus our executives on critical business goals that translate into long-term value creation. As a result, we believe that a substantial portion of our executives’ compensation should be variable and based on overall corporate financial performance. Another element of our executive compensation program is designed to reward annual improvement in personal objectives, with target performance areas determined for each executive officer by our Chief Executive Officer (or by the Committee, in the case of our Chief Executive Officer). We refer to these target performance areas as annual improvement priorities (“AIPs”).

Setting Executive Compensation and the Role of Our Executive Officers in Compensation Decisions

The Committee annually reviews and approves all compensation decisions related to our officers, including those for our Named Executive Officers. Prior to making its annual compensation determinations for each executive officer (other than that of the Chief Executive Officer), one or more members of the Committee work together with the Chief Executive Officer to review the performance of the Company and, if applicable, the respective business group, the role of each executive in the various aspects of that performance, and the executive’s level of achievement of his or her AIPs. Based on this review, the Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations to the Committee as to the compensation of all executives other than himself. The Committee will consider these recommendations and use its discretion and judgment in accepting or modifying these recommendation in making its final determinations.

The Committee has not retained a compensation consultant to review our executive compensation policies and procedures, although the Committee may from time to time obtain compensation studies to determine the relative strengths and weaknesses of our compensation packages.

2007 Executive Compensation Components

We compensate our executives though a variety of forms of cash and non-cash compensation. Our compensation program includes:

 

   

Cash compensation

 

   

base salaries

 

   

annual performance based awards

 

   

discretionary bonuses

 

   

special signing bonus

 

   

Long-term equity incentive awards

 

   

Retirement benefits

 

   

Severance benefits

 

85


Table of Contents

The principal components of our executive compensation program for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 are discussed below.

Base Salary. Base salaries are set to recognize the experience, skills, knowledge and responsibilities required of the executives in their respective roles. Available market or comparable salary data is also used. Our executives’ base salaries are generally set at or slightly above the midpoint of the base salary for each position of other comparable companies, as reported to the Company by Mercer. The Committee reviews base salaries annually and makes adjustments from time to time to realign salaries with market levels after taking into account individual responsibilities, performance and experience. Our existing employment agreements do not provide for mandatory minimum annual salary increases above the base salary amounts set forth in the employment agreements.

Annual Performance Based Awards. Cash incentives for our executive officers are principally awarded through our Management Incentive Plan, except for the cash incentive for Mr. Hitt for fiscal 2007, which is to be awarded under the Executive Bonus Plan, and the cash incentive for Mr. Marini for fiscal 2007, which is payable under the terms of his employment agreement. The terms of the Executive Bonus Plan for Mr. Hitt are the same as the terms of our Management Incentive Plan and therefore, for purposes of this discussion, we refer to both the Executive Bonus Plan and the Management Incentive Plan as the “MIP.”

The MIP is designed to provide our key officers with appropriate incentives to achieve and exceed key annual business objectives by providing performance-based cash compensation in addition to their annual base salary. Under the terms of the MIP, participants are eligible to earn cash bonuses based upon the achievement by the Company of the financial targets established by the Committee and by the achievement of each executive’s AIPs. Each participant’s target bonus amount is based upon a specified percentage of the participant’s annual salary. Each participant is entitled to his target bonus amount if 100% of the specified performance targets (“Base Targets”) are achieved. The target bonus amount for Messrs. Hitt and Moore are 75% and 50% of salary, respectively.

Base Targets under the MIP are comprised of financial performance metrics, which are similar for each executive officer, and the individual AIPs. For the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years, the financial performance metrics are based upon EBITDA and debt reduction targets. These metrics are substantially the same as those that are established for the bonus system of our other management personnel and salaried employees. The Committee, with input from the Holdings Compensation Committee, sets the financial performance metrics. The Committee is responsible for setting the AIPs for our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Executive Officer sets the AIPs for each of the other executive officers participating in the plan. The Committee's intention in setting the Base Targets for fiscal 2007 and 2008 was that the Company would have to perform at a high level and create a certain level of value for its owners for any annual incentive to be paid and that it would require an exceptional level of performance to attain or exceed the target level.

Aggregate bonuses under the plan are weighted to include both financial metrics as well as the AIP performance. For 2007, 80% of the aggregate bonus is paid in accordance with the percentage of the EBITDA and debt repayment targets actually achieved, weighted evenly, and 20% of the aggregate bonus is paid in accordance with the achievement of the respective executive’s AIPs (although the Committee has the discretion to modify the personal performance percentage to 0%—40% of base salary). For a minimum bonus to be triggered under the financial performance metrics, the Company must reach at least 90% of the respective metric. For a minimum bonus to be triggered under the AIP metric, the Company must achieve at least 70% of the base targets. There is no maximum bonus opportunity payable with respect to the financial performance based portion of the bonus, and as a result, as the Company achieves a greater percentage of its target financial performance metrics, the percentage of base salary used to determine the participant’s performance based portion of the bonus for the year increases.

The financial metrics used in the Base Targets are based upon certain revenue, expense, cash flow, growth rate and other assumptions about the future business of the Company. Accordingly, the plan provides that in the event the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that an adjustment to the Base Targets is appropriate to maintain eligibility or prevent dilution or enlargement of the economic benefits intended to be made available under the MIP, including as a result of an acquisition or divestiture, the Committee can adjust the financial targets in good faith and in any manner as it may deem equitable.

In accordance with the terms of Mr. Marini’s employment agreement, for the period between February 7, 2007 (the date his employment commenced with the Company) and March 31, 2007, Mr. Marini is eligible to receive a pro-rata bonus payment equal to the bonus that he would have received under the Jacuzzi Annual Performance Incentive Plan as it was in effect immediately prior to the Zurn acquisition. As is the case with the MIP, the Company believes that providing Mr. Marini with a bonus opportunity that is dependent on the performance of Zurn provides appropriate incentives to achieve and exceed key business objectives.

 

86


Table of Contents

The table set forth below titled “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” provides information regarding aggregate threshold, target and maximum amounts that would be payable to the named Executive Officers under the MIP for the five year period comprised of our fiscal years ended March 31, 2007 through March 31, 2011 for Messrs, Hitt and Moore, and for March 31, 2008 through March 31, 2011 for Mr. Marini. The actual bonus amounts for the Named Executive Officers have not yet been determined.

The Committee expects to review the performance of the Company and the Named Executive Officers with respect to the pre-established performance goals for fiscal 2007 in the near future and approve incentive award payments based on that review. The amounts of these payments will be included in a subsequent filing by the Company with the SEC following final determination.

Discretionary Bonuses. In addition to annual incentive awards under the MIP, the Committee has the discretion to award additional performance-based compensation to our executives if the Committee determines that a particular executive has exceeded the objectives and/or goals established for such executive or made a unique contribution to the Company during the year. The Committee did not award any discretionary bonus awards for fiscal 2007.

Special Signing Bonus. The Company established the Special Signing Bonus Plan (the “Signing Bonus Plan”) effective July 21, 2006 to provide for the award of a cash bonus to certain employees, directors, consultants and other service providers of the Company and its subsidiaries who agreed to provide services to the Company following the date of its adoption (which was the date of the July 2006 Apollo acquisition). Mr. Hitt is the only Named Executive Officer who is a participant in the Signing Bonus Plan. Bonuses are payable to participants upon the earliest to occur of: (i) a change in control of the Company, (ii) the separation from service of the participant or (iii) a date specified for each participant.

Long Term Equity Incentive Awards. The Holdings Compensation Committee may, from time to time, approve the grant of equity awards to our Named Executive Officers and other officers, employees, directors and consultants. The Committee and the Holdings Compensation Committee believe that equity-based awards play an important role in creating incentives for our executives to maximize Company performance and align the interests of our executives with those of our owners. These equity awards are generally subject to time-based and performance based vesting requirements. Time-based awards function as a retention incentive, while performance-based awards encourage executives to maximize Company performance and create value for our equity owners. Equity awards are generally provided through grants of stock options to purchase shares of Holding’s common stock under the 2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. (the “Option Plan”).

Among other things, the Holdings Compensation Committee decides which of our executives, employees, directors or consultants shall receive awards under the Option Plan, the exercise price, vesting terms and such other terms or conditions as the Holdings Compensation Committee may determine, in their sole discretion, provided such terms are consistent with the provisions of the Option Plan. With respect to options granted to our Named Executive Officers, 50% of the options granted to each officer under the Option Plan vest on a pro-rata basis over five years, subject to continued employment. The other 50% vest annually over five years subject to the Company meeting certain specified annual and cumulative performance targets, which currently include both annual and cumulative EBITDA and debt repayment targets. As was the case under the MIP, the Holdings Compensation Committee’s intention in setting the performance vesting targets for the options was that the Company would have to perform at a high level and create a certain level of value for its owners for any portion of the performance based options to vest. The number of options to be vested with respect to the Company's fiscal 2007 financial performance will be determined at the approximately the same time as the annual performance based awards for fiscal 2007 are determined and will be reported in a subsequent SEC filing.

As is customary in incentive plans such as the Option Plan, the performance targets established for awards are subject to adjustment appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the economic benefits intended to be made available under the awards, including as a result of an acquisition or divestiture.

During the 2007 fiscal year, the Holdings Compensation Committee granted stock options to Mr. Hitt and Mr. Andrzejewski in connection with the Company’s July 2006 acquisition by Apollo and to Mr. Moore in connection with the commencement of his employment with the Company. Subsequent to the fiscal year end, the Holdings Compensation Committee granted options to Mr. Marini pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement and also made additional grants to other executive officers and non-executive personnel, including a grant of options to Messrs. Hitt and Moore. The corresponding number of stock options granted to our Named Executive Officers and the material terms of these options as of the end of our 2007 fiscal year are described below under “Description of Plan-Based Awards-Stock Options.”

We do not have any program, plan or practice in place for selecting grant dates for awards under the Option Plan in coordination with the release of material non-public information. The Holdings Compensation Committee is not prohibited from granting options at times when they are in possession of material non-public information. However, no inside information was taken into account in determining the number of options previously awarded or the exercise price for those awards, and we did not “time” the release of any material non-public information to affect the value of those awards.

        Retirement Benefits. Each of our continuing Named Executive Officers participates in qualified defined-benefit and/or defined-contribution retirement plans maintained by the Company on substantially the same terms as our other participating employees. The Company adopted the Rexnord Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") on January 1, 2004 to provide participants with deferred compensation opportunities. Mr. Hitt, Mr. Jansen and Mr. Andrzejewski are the only participants in the SERP. Under the

 

87


Table of Contents

plan, during the term of each participant’s active employment with the Company, each participant’s account is credited annually as of each December 31 with a percentage of his compensation and account balances are credited at an annual interest rate of 6.75%. Account balances become payable upon a termination of employment.

Under the terms of Mr. Marini’s employment agreement with the Company, Mr. Marini is entitled to receive a monthly supplemental retirement benefit commencing upon his retirement, so long as his employment is not terminated for "cause." The amount of the monthly supplemental retirement benefit is determined as of Mr. Marini's retirement date and is an amount necessary to provide Mr. Marini with a monthly 60% joint and survivor annuity during Mr. Marini's life after his retirement equal to the positive difference, if any, between $20,000 less his "existing retirement benefit” (as defined in the employment agreement). If Mr. Marini voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company for any reason other than a termination for "good reason", death or disability, he must give the Company 6 months notice of his termination order to receive the supplemental retirement benefit. If he does not give the Company the 6 months notice, Mr. Marini will be required to pay the Company an amount equal to his then current base salary. The Company believes that the benefits provided to Mr. Marini recognize the substantial past and expected future contributions to the Company (including his prior service with Zurn).

Severance Benefits. We have entered into separate employment agreements with Messrs. Hitt and Marini that, among other things, provide that the executive would be entitled to certain severance benefits in the event of a termination of employment during the term of the respective agreement if such termination is: (i) initiated by us without cause or (ii) initiated by the respective officer for good reason (each as defined in the respective agreements). The Committee has determined that it is appropriate to provide these executives with severance benefits under these circumstances in light of their positions with the Company and as part of their overall compensation package. We believe that a termination by the executive for good reason (or constructive termination) is conceptually the same as an actual termination by the Company without cause; therefore, we believe it is appropriate to provide severance benefits following such a constructive termination of the executive’s employment.

Mr. Moore is covered under a corporate severance policy that applies to our employees whose employment is involuntarily terminated under various conditions described in the plan document. The severance policy is intended to cover employees who are not entitled to severance benefits under an employment agreement. We believe that it is appropriate to provide severance benefits to employees whose employment terminates in these circumstances and that doing so helps us to attract and retain highly qualified employees.

Additional information concerning potential payments that may be made to the Named Executive Officers in connection with their termination of employment or a change in control is presented in “Potential Payments Upon a Termination or Change in Control” below.

Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits. The Company provides the Named Executive Officers with perquisites and other personal benefits that the Company and the Company's Compensation Committee believe are reasonable, competitive and consistent with the overall compensation program. The Committee periodically reviews the perquisites and other benefits provided to the Named Executive Officers. In particular, Messrs. Hitt and Moore receive travel reimbursement in connection with travel to and from their respective principal residences, which are located out-of-state, and housing reimbursement in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

88


Table of Contents

Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation(1)

The Company's Compensation Committee has certain duties and powers as described in its charter. The Company's Compensation Committee is currently composed of the five non-employee directors named at the end of this report. The Company's Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the disclosures contained in the above Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Based upon this review and discussion, the Company's Compensation Committee recommended to the Company's Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Steven Martinez (Chair)

Laurence M. Berg

Damian Giangiacomo

Praveen Jeyarajah

George M. Sherman

 


1

Unless specifically stated otherwise, this report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference and shall not constitute soliciting material or otherwise be considered filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Messrs. Berg, Giangiacomo and Martinez, whose names appear on the Compensation Committee Report above, became Compensation Committee members immediately following the Apollo acquisition in July 2006. Each of these directors are partners of Apollo Management, L.P., the controlling stockholder of Holdings. In fiscal 2007 the Company entered into several significant transactions with Apollo and its affiliates, including aggregate payments of $30.3 million in connection with the Apollo and Zurn acquisitions, and the payment of an annual consulting fee, currently set at $2.0 million per year, to Apollo or one of its affiliates. In fiscal 2007 the Company also paid approximately $2.0 million in consulting fees to an entity affiliated with Mr. George Sherman, who is the Chairman of the Board of the Company and Holdings, including the $250,000 listed for Mr. Sherman in the “Director Compensation” table. Mr. Jeyarajah, whose name also appears on the above Compensation Committee Report, is a Managing Director of Cypress. None of our executive officers served as a director or a member of a compensation committee (or other committee serving an equivalent function) of any other entity, the executive officers of which served as a director or member of our Compensation Committee during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.

 

89


Table of Contents

Summary Compensation Table

The following table presents information about the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our other executive officer, and two former executive officers, whom we refer to as our Named Executive Officers, for the year ended March 31, 2007.

 

Name and Principal Position

   Year   

Salary

($)

  

Bonus

($)

  

Stock
Awards

($)

  

Option
Awards

($)1

  

Non-Equity
Incentive

Plan
Compensation

($)2

  

Change in
Pension Value
and

Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings

($)3

   All Other
Compensation
($)4
   Total ($)
(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)    (g)    (h)    (i)    (j)

Robert A. Hitt,

President and Chief Executive Officer

   2007    $ 558,942    —      —      $ 807,844    $ 617,716    $ 3,510    $ 1,025,811    3,013,823

George C. Moore,

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer5

   2007      215,384    —      —        101,529      —        —        32,862    349,775

Alex P. Marini,

President and Chief Executive Officer, Water Management Group6

   2007      75,000    —      —        —        —        1,309,766      6,621    1,391,387

Thomas J. Jansen7

   2007      261,373    —      —        —        234,877      5,106      161,942    663,298

Michael N. Andrzejewski8

   2007      132,683    —      —        —        131,802      3,831      46,172    314,488

(1) The amounts in column (f) reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, in accordance with SFAS 123(R). Assumptions used in the calculation of this amount are included in Note 14 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included herewith. Excludes options to purchase 11,535 shares granted under the Option Plan to Mr. Andrzejewski but forfeited upon his retirement, for which the Company will record no expense pursuant to SFAS 123(R). Equity based awards are denominated in shares of common stock of our indirect parent, Rexnord Holdings, Inc.
(2) The amounts in column (g) represents the amount paid under the Company's Executive Bonus Plan to Mr. Hitt for fiscal 2006 performance and amounts paid under the Management Incentive Plan to Messrs. Jansen and Andrzejewski for fiscal 2006 performance. In addition to such amounts, Messrs. Hitt, Moore and Marini are eligible to receive a performance based bonus with respect to the 2007 fiscal year covered by the Summary Compensation Table. However, these bonus amounts have not yet been determined, and such amounts will be included in a subsequent filing by the Company following final determination.
(3) The amounts in column (h) for Messrs. Hitt, Jansen and Andrzejewski represent the sum of the actuarial increase in the present value of each of their benefits under our Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan plus interest on deferred compensation account balances under the SERP considered under SEC rules to be at above-market rates in the following amounts: for Mr. Hitt, $2,170 actuarial increase in pension value and $1,340 interest; for Mr. Jansen, $4,380 actuarial increase in pension value and $726 interest; and for Mr. Andrzejewski, $3,400 actuarial increase in pension value and $431 interest. The change in the actuarial present value of the accrued pension benefit is based on the difference of the present value of the accrued benefit as of the December 31, 2006 measurement date (used for financial statement reporting purposes) and the present value of the accrued benefit as of the December 31, 2005 measurement date (used for financial statement reporting purposes). The amount in column (h) for Mr. Marini represents the actuarial present value, calculated as of February 7, 2007 (the date his employment with the Company commenced), of the supplemental retirement benefit Mr. Marini is entitled to receive from the Company pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement. This amount was determined using the same actuarial assumptions applied for financial reporting purposes for the December 31, 2006 measurement date. Mr. Marini is also a participant under the Jacuzzi Brands Inc. Master Pension Plan, which was merged into the Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan as of April 13, 2007. See “Pension Benefit Table” below for a description of the supplemental retirement benefit and the aggregate pension benefits to which he is entitled under the Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan.
(4) For Mr. Hitt, column (i) includes a 401(k) matching contribution of $16,195, a 401(k) personal retirement account ("PRA") contribution of $6,600, a contribution of $825,594 to the Signing Bonus Plan, a contribution of $100,294 to the SERP, a temporary housing benefit of $24,752, commuting reimbursements of $28,213, an auto benefit of $3,677 and tax gross-ups in the aggregate of $20,486. For Mr. Moore, amounts include a 401(k) matching contribution of $1,846, a PRA contribution of $3,692, a temporary housing benefit of $5,607, commuting reimbursements of $12,907, an auto benefit of $6,023 and aggregate tax

 

90


Table of Contents

gross-ups of $2,787. For Mr. Marini, column (i) includes club dues of $921, an auto benefit of $261, a 401(k) matching contribution of $5,035 and aggregate tax gross-ups of $414. For Mr. Jansen, amounts include a 401(k) matching contribution of $5,600, a PRA contribution of $6,600, a contribution of $45,893 to the SERP, an auto benefit of $6,983, club dues of $8,152 and aggregate tax gross-ups of $6,953, and a severance payment of $81,761, which represents the cash severance and benefits paid to him as of March 31, 2007 under his Change in Control Severance Agreement with the Company (see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” below for a description of Mr. Jansen’s separation agreement with the Company). For Mr. Andrzejewski, amounts include a 401(k) matching contribution of $5,696, a PRA contribution of $6,600, a contribution of $24,691 to the SERP and an auto benefit of $9,185.

(5) Mr. Moore’s date of hire was September 5, 2006.
(6) Mr. Marini, who was employed by Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. prior to the Zurn acquisition, joined the Company on February 7, 2007, the date of the Zurn acquisition. All amounts reflect compensation paid or payable by the Company for the period beginning on that date and running through fiscal year end.
(7) Mr. Jansen retired from the Company on January 21, 2007.
(8) Mr. Andrzejewski retired from the Company on November 4, 2006.

Employment Agreements. The Company has entered into employment agreements with Messrs. Hitt and Marini.

The agreement for Mr. Hitt was effective as of July 21, 2006 and provides for a five-year term, subject to automatic extension for successive one-year periods thereafter unless either party delivers notice within specified notice periods. Mr. Hitt’s initial annual salary, which may be increased by our board of directors, is $575,000, and he is eligible to receive an incentive compensation bonus under the terms of our Management Incentive Plan. The employment agreement with Mr. Marini, which was effective as of February 7, 2007, provides for an initial term of employment through August 31, 2008, subject to automatic extensions for successive one-year periods thereafter unless either party delivers notice within specified notice periods. Under the agreement, Mr. Marini’s annual base salary is $500,000, which may be increased by the Company’s Chairman or Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Marini is eligible to receive a discretionary bonus under the Company’s annual bonus plan established for each fiscal year commencing with fiscal 2008 with an annual cash target bonus opportunity for each fiscal year equal to 100% of his base salary. Mr. Marini is also entitled to receive a pro-rata bonus for the period commencing on the effective date of his employment agreement and ending on March 31, 2007. The amount of this bonus has not yet been determined. Each of the employment agreements for Mr. Hitt and Mr. Marini provide for severance payments and benefits upon a termination of employment. See the discussion following the “Pension Benefit Table” below for a description of the terms of Mr. Marini’s supplemental pension benefit.

Severance Payments to Mr. Jansen. Mr. Jansen became entitled to severance benefits upon his termination of employment with the Company on January 21, 2007 pursuant to the terms of his Change in Control Severance Agreement with the Company. See “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” below for a description of the material terms of these payments and benefits.

 

91


Table of Contents

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table presents information about grants of plan-based awards made to our Named Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Equity awards are denominated in shares of common stock of our indirect parent, Rexnord Holdings, Inc.

 

Name

  Grant Date  

Estimated Future

Payouts Under

Non-Equity Incentive Plan

Awards1

 

Estimated Future

Payouts Under

Equity Incentive Plan

Awards

 

All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of Shares
of Stock
or Units

(#)

 

All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options

(#)2

  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
   

Closing
Market
Price
on
Grant
Date

($)

 
   

Thresh-

old3

($)

 

Target

($)4

  Maximum
($)5
 

Thresh-

old

(#)6

  Target
(#)7
 

Maxi-mum

(#)8

       
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)   (e)   (f)   (g)   (h)   (i)   (j)   (k)     (l)  
Robert A. Hitt   07/21/06   —     $ 2,156,250   —     5,768   115,353   115,353   —     115,353   $ 19.94 9       9  
  07/21/06   —       —     —     —     —     —     —     115,791   $ 7.13 10  
George C. Moore   10/25/06   —     $ 900,000   —     865   17,303   17,303   —     17,303   $ 19.94 9       9  
Alex P. Marini   02/07/07   —     $ 2,000,000   —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    
Thomas J. Jansen11   —     —       —     —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    
Michael N. Andrzejewski11   —     —       —     —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

(1) For Messrs. Hitt and Moore, amounts reflect target cash incentive awards under the Management Incentive Plan for the 2007-2011 fiscal years. For Mr. Marini amounts reflect target cash incentive awards under the Management Incentive Plan for the 2008-2011 fiscal years.
(2) Represents the portion (50%) of the options granted to each Named Executive Officer under the Option Plan not subject to performance based vesting. These options vest in equal portions on the first five anniversaries of the grant date based upon continued employment.
(3) There is no minimum amount payable under the Company's Management Incentive Plan.
(4) Represents the amount payable under the Company's Management Incentive Plan if 100% of the performance and AIP measures are met for the 2007-2011 fiscal years for Messrs. Hitt and Moore and for the 2008-2011 fiscal years for Mr. Marini, assuming each executive's current annual salary, excluding any additional discretionary bonus which could be paid under the plan.
(5) The Management Incentive Plan does not set a limit on the maximum bonus opportunity payable with respect to the financial performance based portion of the bonus formula. Instead, the plan provides that the percentage of the participant’s base bonus (defined above) used to determine the participant’s financial performance based portion of the bonus for the fiscal year will increase incrementally as the level of achievement increases.
(6) Represents the minimum number of option shares that would vest under the Option Plan if the lowest performance threshold for vesting is satisfied.

 

92


Table of Contents
(7) Represents the number of option shares that would vest under the Option Plan if 100% of the target performance for each metric under the plan is satisfied.
(8) Represents the maximum number of options that could vest under the Option Plan.
(9) On the grant date both the exercise price and the deemed fair market value were $47.50. On March 2, 2007 Holdings declared a special dividend of $27.56 per share to the holders of its common stock, and on the dividend record date the fair market value per share of Holdings common stock was reduced to reflect a corresponding deduction. Based on this reduced fair market value, the Committee, in accordance with its adjustment authority under the terms of the Option Plan, adjusted the exercise price of all of the outstanding options under the Option Plan, including those held by our Named Executive Officers, by reducing the per share exercise price to $19.94, the deemed fair market value following the special dividend.
(10) Represents options to purchase common stock of RBS Global held by Mr. Hitt which were converted into the right to purchase 115,791 shares of Holdings at a price per share of $7.13 at the time of the July 2006 Apollo acquisition. The options are 100% vested and exercisable. The $7.13 exercise price reflects the price on an as-converted basis determined to maintain the aggregate spread on the option.
(11) Mr. Andrzejewski forfeited his plan based awards as a result of his retirement from the Company prior to the completion of the 2007 fiscal year.

Narrative to Grants of Plan Based Awards

As described under “Elements of 2007 Executive Compensation Annual Performance-Based Awards,” the Management Incentive Plan provides for cash based payments based on three criteria: the achievement of personal goals, referred to as “annual improvement priorities” or AIPs, the achievement of minimum annual EBITDA targets and the reduction of the Company’s debt by predetermined minimum levels. Mr. Marini is entitled to participate in the MIP beginning with our fiscal 2008.

Under the Option Plan, the vesting criteria for 50% of all options granted to our Named Executive Officers under the Option Plan is based upon annual and cumulative EBITDA and debt reduction targets over a five year period (the other 50% of such options vest in five equal amounts based on continued employment with the Company, subject to accelerated vesting or other modifications, as determined by the Committee). As is customary in incentive plans such as the Option Plan, the performance targets established for awards are subject to adjustment appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the economic benefits intended to be made available under the awards, including as a result of an acquisition or divestiture.

 

93


Table of Contents

Outstanding Equity Awards

The following table presents information about outstanding and unexercised options held by our Named Executive Officers at March 31, 2007. Equity awards are denominated in shares of common stock of our indirect parent, Rexnord Holdings, Inc. None of our Named Executive Officers held stock awards at any time during fiscal 2007.

 

     Option Awards

Name

  

Number of Securities

Underlying Unexercised
Options

(#)

Exercisable1

  

Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options

(#)

Unexercisable2

  

Equity Incentive Plan
Awards: Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Unearned
Options3

(#)

  

Option Exercise
Price

($)

   Option Expiration
Date4
(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)

Robert A. Hitt

   115,791
—  
   —  
115,353
   —  
115,353
   $
$
7.13
19.94
   07/21/16
07/21/16

George C. Moore

   —      17,303    17,303    $ 19.94    10/25/16

Alex P. Marini

   —      —      —        —      —  

Thomas J. Jansen

   —      —      —        —      —  

Michael N. Andrzejewski

   —      —      —        —      —  

(1) Represents options to purchase common stock of RBS Global held by Mr. Hitt which were converted into the right to purchase 115,791 shares of Holdings at a price per share of $7.13 in connection with the Apollo acquisition (“Roll-Over Options”).
(2) Represents 50% of the aggregate options granted to the Named Executive Officer under the Option Plan, which options vest based on continued employment in equal annual amounts on the first five anniversaries of the July 21, 2006 grant date for Mr. Hitt's options and the October 25, 2006 grant date for Mr. Moore’s options.
(3) Represents 50% of the aggregate options granted to the Named Executive Officer under the Option Plan, which options are subject to performance based vesting over five years subject to the Company meeting certain specific performance targets in each of the fiscal years 2007 though 2011, which include both annual and cumulative EBITDA and debt reduction targets. As of the date of this filing no determination had been made by the Holdings Compensation Committee as to the number of options which would be deemed to have vested based upon the Company's financial performance for fiscal 2007.
(4) The option expiration date shown in column (f) above is the normal expiration date, and the latest date that the options may be exercised. The options may terminate earlier upon a termination of employment or in connection with a change in control of the Company.

Narrative to the Outstanding Equity Awards

Outstanding options currently consist of Roll-Over Options granted to Mr. Hitt in connection with the Apollo acquisition and incentive based options granted to Messrs. Hitt and Moore pursuant to the Option Plan. In both cases the options represent the right to purchase shares of common stock of Holdings, our indirect parent.

On March 2, 2007, Holdings declared a special dividend of $27.56 per share with respect to its common stock. In connection with the special dividend, Mr. Hitt received a payment of $3,191,200, which represented the per-share dividend amount multiplied by the number of shares of Holding’s common stock that were subject to Mr. Hitt’s Roll-Over Options. Additionally, and as described under footnote 9 to the “Grants of Plan Based Awards” table, the Committee adjusted the exercise price of all of the outstanding options under the Option Plan, including those held by our Named Executive Officers, by reducing the per share exercise price from $47.50 to $19.94, the deemed fair market value of the common stock following the special dividend payment.

The options granted under the Option Plan may become fully vested if there is a change in control of the Company or if Holdings experiences certain liquidity events.

 

94


Table of Contents

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

The following table provides information regarding exercises of option awards by our Named Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. None of our Named Executive Officers held stock awards at any time during fiscal 2007.

 

     Option Awards

Name

  

Number of

Shares

Acquired

on Exercise

(#)1

  

Value Realized

on Exercise

($)

(a)    (b)    (c)

Robert A. Hitt

   45,396    $ 7,673,364

George C. Moore

   —        —  

Alex P. Marini

   —        —  

Thomas J. Jansen

   39,076      6,587,025

Michael N. Andrzejewski

   14,654      2,470,219

1

Represents options to purchase shares of RBS Global common stock held prior to the July 2006 Apollo acquisition that were cashed out in connection with the closing of that transaction. Such amount excludes options to purchase common stock of RBS Global held by Mr. Hitt which were converted into the right to purchase 115,791 shares of Holdings at a price per share of $7.13 at the time of the Apollo acquisition.

 

95


Table of Contents

Pension Benefits

The following table presents information regarding the present value of accumulated benefits that may become payable to each of the Named Executive Officers under our qualified and nonqualified defined-benefit pension plans as of March 31, 2007.

 

Name

  

Plan Name

  

Number of Years
Credited Service

(#)

  

Present

Value of
Accumulated
Benefit

($)1

  

Payments During
Last Fiscal Year

($)

(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)
Robert A. Hitt    Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan    8.25    $ 109,311    —  
George C. Moore       —        —      —  
Alex P. Marini2   

Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan

Supplemental Pension Benefit (Employment Agreement)

   35     
 
890,152
1,309,722
   —  
—  
Thomas J. Jansen    Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan    8.25      131,661    —  
Michael N. Andrzejewski    Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan    8.25      117,749    —  

(1) The amounts in column (d) represent the actuarial present value of each Named Executive Officer’s accumulated pension benefit under the Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan as of the December 31, 2006 measurement date used for financial statement reporting purposes and, for Mr. Marini, the supplemental pension benefit under his employment agreement as of February 7, 2007 (the date his employment with the Company commenced). Participants in the Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan are assumed to retire at age 65, the plan’s earliest termination date with unreduced benefits. For a description of the material assumptions used to calculate the present value of accumulated benefits shown above, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Retirement Benefits” and Note 15 (Retirement Benefits).
(2) Mr. Marini was a participant in the Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. Master Pension Plan, which was merged into the Rexnord Non-Union Plan effective April 13, 2007. Mr. Marini’s employment with the Company commenced on February 7, 2007. Accordingly, the number of years of credited service represents former service with Jacuzzi Bands, Inc. and its affiliates.

Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan. Each of our Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Moore participates in the Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan. Benefit payments under this plan are generally based on final average annual compensation—including overtime pay, incentive compensation and certain other forms of compensation reportable as wages taxable for federal income tax purposes, but excluding severance payments, amounts attributable to our equity plans and any taxable fringe benefits—for the five years within the final ten years of employment prior to termination that produce the highest average. The plan’s benefits formula also integrates benefit formulas from prior plans of our former parent and Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. in which certain participants may have been entitled to participate. Benefits are generally payable as a life annuity for unmarried participants and on a 50% joint and survivor basis for married participants. The full retirement benefit is payable to participants who retire on or after age 65, and a reduced early retirement benefit is available to participants who retire on or after age 55 with 10 years of service. No offsets are made for the value of any social security benefits earned. During our 2004 fiscal year the Company froze credited service as of March 31, 2004. As such, no additional benefits are accruing under this plan. Mr. Hitt is eligible for increases in final average pay through 2014.

Supplemental Pension Benefits for Mr. Marini. Under the terms of Mr. Marini’s employment agreement with the Company that became effective February 7, 2007 in connection with the Zurn acquisition (the “Marini Employment Agreement”) Mr. Marini is entitled to receive a monthly supplemental retirement benefit in the form of a 60% joint and survivor annuity commencing upon his retirement, so long as his employment is not terminated for “cause.” The amount of the monthly supplemental retirement benefit is determined as of Mr. Marini’s retirement date and is an amount necessary to provide Mr. Marini with a monthly 60% joint and survivor annuity during Mr. Marini’s life after his retirement equal to the positive difference, if any, between $20,000 less his “existing retirement benefit.” Mr. Marini’s “existing retirement benefit” is equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate monthly benefit that he is entitled to receive under all of the tax qualified and non-tax qualified pension plans covering Mr. Marini during his employment with the Company and its affiliates and (2) the value of the lump sum payment he received under certain supplemental pension plans maintained by JBI upon the sale of JBI to affiliates of Apollo on February 7, 2007, assuming for purposes of the calculation that the amount was not paid until his retirement and was paid in the form of a 60% joint and survivor annuity rather than in a lump sum. Regardless of the form in which the existing retirement benefits would be paid under the terms of the applicable plan, for purposes of the calculation under the agreement, each benefit is determined assuming that the benefit is payable in the form of a 60% joint and survivor annuity determined using the actuarial assumptions that are used under the Company’s tax qualified defined benefit plan at the time of Mr. Marini’s retirement. If Mr. Marini voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company for any reason other than

 

96


Table of Contents

a termination for “good reason”, death or disability, he must give the Company 6 months notice of his termination order to receive the supplemental retirement benefit. If he does not give the Company the 6 months notice, Mr. Marini will be required to pay the Company an amount equal to his then current base salary.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

The following table presents information on contributions to, earnings accrued under and distributions from our nonqualified defined contribution and other nonqualified deferred compensation plans during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.

 

Name

  

Executive
Contributions in Last
FY

($)

  

Registrant
Contributions in Last
FY

($)1

  

Aggregate Earnings
in Last FY

($)

  

Aggregate
Withdrawals/

Distributions

($)

  

Aggregate Balance

at Last FYE

($)

(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)

Robert A. Hitt

   —      $ 925,888    $ 12,559      —      $ 1,137,066

George C. Moore

   —        —        —        —        —  

Alex P. Marini

   —        —        —        —        —  

Thomas J. Jansen

   —        45,893      7,664    $ 154,430      —  

Michael N. Andrzejewski

   —        26,190      4,042      94,058      —  

(1) All amounts listed are included in column (h) of the Summary Compensation Table. For Mr. Hitt, represents a contribution of $825,594 under the Special Signing Bonus Plan and a contribution of $100,294 under the SERP. For Messrs. Jansen and Andrzejewski, represents a contribution under the SERP of $45,893 and $26,190, respectively.

Narrative to the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table

Mr. Hitt is a participant in the Rexnord Special Signing Bonus Plan (the “Signing Bonus Plan”). The Company established the Signing Bonus Plan effective July 21, 2006 to provide for an award of a cash bonus to certain employees, directors, consultants and other service providers of the Company and its subsidiaries who agreed to provide services to the Company following the date of its adoption (which was the date of the July 2006 Apollo acquisition). Bonuses become payable to participants upon the earliest to occur of: (i) a change in control of the Company, (ii) the participant’s separation from service or (iii) a date specified in the participant’s plan participation letter. Bonus amounts are not credited with interest or other earnings.

Messrs. Hitt, Jansen and Andrzejewski are the sole participants in the Rexnord Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) that the Company adopted on January 1, 2003. Under the SERP, on the date the plan was adopted, each participant was credited with a specified amount to his account and during the term of each participant’s active employment with the Company thereafter, each participant’s account is credited annually as of each December 31 with a percentage of his compensation - 8.48% for Mr. Hitt, 7.97% for Mr. Jansen and 7.75% for Mr. Andrzejewski. Account balances are also credited with earnings at an annual interest rate of 6.75%. Participants are credited with a pro-rata contribution amount and interest in the year that the participant’s employment terminates. Benefits become payable upon a termination of employment, and as such, benefits for Messrs. Jansen and Andrzejewski became payable upon the termination of their employment during fiscal 2007. A “rabbi-trust” has been established to fund benefit obligations under the SERP.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control

As described above in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Severance Benefits”, the employment agreements of Mr. Hitt and Mr. Marini include provisions regarding certain payments to be made in the event of termination by the Company or by the executive.

Under the terms of the employment agreement for Mr. Hitt, upon termination of employment either by us without cause or by Mr. Hitt for good reason, he will be entitled to an amount equal to his stated annual base salary for a period of eighteen months and, during such severance period, continued coverage under all of our group health benefit plans in which he and any of his dependents were

 

97


Table of Contents

entitled to participate immediately prior to termination. In addition to the foregoing, the employment agreement also provides that in the event of a termination within 18 months of a change in control (as defined in the payments and benefits agreement) by the Company without cause, or by Mr. Hitt for good reason, Mr. Hitt is also entitled to receive an amount equal to the annual bonus he would have received in the performance period in effect at the time of termination, plus 18 months of the premium amount of the basic life insurance coverage then in place for him. Mr. Hitt is prohibited from competing with us during the term of his employment and for a period of twenty four months following termination of his employment.

Under the terms of the employment agreement for Mr. Marini, in the event Mr. Marini voluntarily retires from the Company, he will be entitled to receive certain annuity benefits (described above under “Pension Benefits”), provided he gives the Company at least six months’ notice of his intention to retire, and retiree medical coverage under our retiree medical plan in effect, if any, upon his termination. If Mr. Marini’s employment is terminated on or before August 31, 2008 either by us without cause, by Mr. Marini for good reason (in each case as defined in the agreement), or because we do not extend his employment term, subject to the execution of a release of claims, he will be entitled to receive 24 monthly payments equal to his then-monthly rate of base salary and a lump sum payment equal to two times his annual target bonus amount. If a termination occurs for either of these reasons after August 31, 2008, he will be entitled to receive 12 monthly payments equal to his then-monthly rate of base salary and a lump sum payment equal to his annual target bonus amount. Additionally, if such termination occurs prior to August 31, 2008 Mr. Marini will also be entitled to continued coverage under all of our group health benefit plans in which he and any of his dependents were entitled to participate immediately prior to termination for a period of two years, or for a period of one year if such termination occurs thereafter. In either case, he will also be entitled to receive his minimum pension amount, as calculated pursuant to the agreement, retiree medical benefits for him and his spouse pursuant to the terms of the Company’s retiree medical plan covering the senior executives of the Company at the time of such termination, 12 months of accelerated vesting of his then-unvested options and any amounts then owed to Mr. Marini under the applicable benefit plans in which he is a participant, which are to be paid in accordance with the terms of such plans. Subject to certain limitations, under the agreement Mr. Marini is prohibited from competing with us or soliciting our employees, customers, suppliers or certain other persons during the term of his employment and for a period of 24 months following termination of his employment.

The following table presents the dollar value of the maximum severance benefits to which each executive would have been entitled under their respective employment agreements had a qualifying termination of employment occurred on March 31, 2007.

 

Name

  

Triggering Event

   Cash
Severance
    Continued
Benefits

Robert A. Hitt

   Term. Without Cause or Resign for Good Reason    $ 862,500     $ 23,211
   Change in Control and Term. Without Cause or Resign for Good Reason within 18 months    $ 1,293,750 (1)   $ 24,815

Alex P. Marini

   Term. Without Cause or Resign for Good Reason    $ 2,000,000     $ 33,882

(1) Assumes Mr. Hitt's bonus for the year of termination equaled his target bonus of 75% of fiscal 2007 base salary.

Upon a termination of employment, Mr. Hitt would also be entitled to a distribution of the amount then credited to his account under the SERP of $298,913. In addition, upon a termination of employment or a change in control, we would have distributed to Mr. Hitt the $825,594 credited to his account under the Special Signing Bonus Plan. Upon a termination of employment, Mr. Marini would also be entitled to his minimum supplemental pension benefit as described under “Pension Plan Table” above. Additionally, in the event of a change-in-control, the Option Plan permits the Committee to take one of a series of actions, including causing outstanding option grants to be subject to accelerated vesting or repurchase by the Company.

Mr. Moore is covered under a corporate severance policy that applies to our employees whose employment is involuntarily terminated under various conditions described in the plan document. The severance policy is intended to cover employees who are not entitled to severance benefits under an employment agreement.

Mr. Jansen became entitled to severance benefits upon his termination of his employment with the Company on January 21, 2007 pursuant to the terms of his Change in Control Severance Agreement with the Company. This agreement provided Mr. Jansen with (1) severance pay in an amount equal to 12 months of his base salary payable over 12 months in accordance with the Company’s

 

98


Table of Contents

customary payroll practices, (2) the bonus that the Mr. Jansen would have received if he remained employed through the end of the bonus performance period in which his employment terminated, (3) during the 12 month period following his termination, or until Mr. Jansen is covered by the plan of another employer, continued coverage under the Company’s group medical and dental benefit plan and (4) payments equal to 12 months of the premium cost for life insurance coverage (excluding supplemental life insurance coverage) under the Company’s life insurance plan in effect immediately prior to Mr. Jansen’s date of termination. No severance was paid in connection with the termination of Mr. Andrzejewski's employment on November 4, 2006. In accordance with their respective prior elections, final SERP distributions in the amounts of $154,430 and $94,058 were paid to Messrs. Jansen and Andrzejewski, respectively.

 

99


Table of Contents

Director Compensation

The table below summarizes the compensation we paid to persons who were non-employee directors of the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.

 

Name

  

Fees Earned
or

Paid in

Cash

($)

  

Stock

Awards

($)

  

Option

Awards

($)1

  

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

($)

  

Change in

Pension

Value and

Nonqualified

Deferred

Compensation

Earnings

($)

  

All Other

Compensation

($)

  

Total

($)

(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)    (g)    (h)

George M. Sherman

     —      —      $ 2,019,610    —      —      $ 250,000    $ 2,269,610

Laurence M. Berg

   $ 36,000    —        12,064    —      —        —        48,064

Peter P. Copses

     36,000    —        12,064    —      —        —        48,064

Damian Giangiacomo

     36,000    —        5,829    —      —        —        41,829

Steven Martinez

     36,000    —        12,064    —      —        —        48,064

Praveen Jeyarajah(2)

     —      —        —      —      —        —        —  

Bruce E. Rosenblum(3)

     —      —        —      —      —        —        —  

Jerome H. Powell(3)

     —      —        —      —      —        —        —  

(1) The amounts in column (d) reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, in accordance with SFAS 123(R), based on options granted under the Option Plan to purchase 576,765 shares of Holdings’ common stock for Mr. Sherman and options to granted under the Option Plan purchase 4,211 shares of Holdings’ common stock for Messrs. Berg, Copses, Giangiacomo and Martinez, respectively. Assumptions used in the calculation of this amount are included in Note 14 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included herewith.
(2) Service as a director initially terminated in July 2006 in connection with the Apollo acquisition. Mr. Jeyarajah was reappointed to the Board in October 2006.
(3) Service as a director terminated in July 2006 in connection with the Apollo acquisition.

 

100


Table of Contents

Narrative to Directors’ Compensation Table

We pay our non-employee directors (excluding Messrs. Sherman and Jeyarajah) an annual cash retainer of $40,000, paid quarterly after each fiscal quarter of service, and a fee of $2,000 for each board and committee meeting attended in person. Fifty percent of the meeting fee is paid for board and committee meetings attended by teleconference. Directors who are also employees of the Company receive no additional compensation for their service as Directors. Directors are eligible to receive equity-based awards from time to time on a discretionary basis. On July 21, 2006, upon consummation of the Apollo acquisition Messrs. Berg, Copses and Martinez received options to purchase 4,211 shares of Holdings' common stock pursuant to the Option Plan. On November 28, 2006, Mr. Giangiacomo received options to purchase 4,211 shares of Holdings' common stock pursuant to the Option Plan upon his appointment to the Board. Each option has a 10 year term and becomes fully vested upon the one year anniversary of the date of grant.

On July 22, 2006, we entered into the Cypress agreement, as described above. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Consultant receives an annual consulting fee of $250,000. Mr. Sherman also received a grant of options to purchase 576,765 shares of Holdings’ common stock pursuant to the Option Plan. 50% of the options granted to Mr. Sherman vest based on continued service in equal annual amounts on the first five anniversaries of the July 21, 2006 grant date and the remaining 50% of the options granted to Mr. Sherman are subject to performance based vesting over five years, subject to the Company meeting certain specific performance targets in each of the fiscal years 2007 though 2011, which include both annual and cumulative EBITDA and debt reduction targets. Mr. Sherman also is entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable travel and other expenses incurred in connection with our business. Upon termination of the agreement, we must pay Mr. Sherman a pro rata portion of his consulting fee earned but not previously paid.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

RBS Global and Rexnord LLC are 100% owned (indirectly through Chase Acquisition) by Rexnord Holdings. The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Holding’s common stock, as of March 31, 2007, and shows the number of shares and percentage owned by each person known to beneficially own more than 5% of the common stock of Rexnord Holdings, each of our named executive officers currently with the Company; each member of the Board of Directors of RBS Global and Rexnord LLC; and all of our executive officers and members of our Boards of Directors as a group.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Shares     Ownership Percentage  

Apollo(1)

   9,222,014     97.5 %

George M. Sherman(2)

   421,053     4.4 %

Laurence M. Berg

   —       *  

Peter P. Copses

   —       *  

Damian J. Giangiacomo

   —       *  

Praveen R. Jeyarajah

   12,631     *  

Steven Martinez

   —       *  

Robert A. Hitt(3)

   115,791     1.2 %

Thomas J. Jansen

   —       —    

Michael N. Andrzejewski

   —       —    

George C. Moore

   21,052     *  
            

Directors and Named Executive Officers as a Group

   570,527 (4)   5.8 %

* Indicates less than one percent.

(1)

Each of the persons affiliated with Apollo who is also a partner or senior partner of Apollo may be deemed a beneficial owner of the shares owned by Apollo due to his or her status as an affiliate of Apollo. Each such person disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares in which he or she does not have a pecuniary interest. The address of each such person and Apollo is c/o Apollo Management, L.P., 9 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.

 

101


Table of Contents
(2) Includes options to purchase 221,012 shares held by Cypress Group LLC, over which Mr. Sherman has sole voting and dispositive power.
(3) Includes options to purchase 115,791 shares held by Mr. Hitt.
(4) Includes options to purchase 336,803 shares.

The amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed a beneficial owner of securities as to which he has no economic interest. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes above, each of the beneficial owners has, to our knowledge, sole voting and investment power with respect to the indicated shares of common stock.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 2007, the number of securities outstanding under our equity compensation plan, the Stock Option Plan of RBS Global, Inc., the weighted-average exercise price of such securities and the number of securities available for grant under these plans:

 

Plan Category

  

Number of

securities to be

issued upon

exercise of

outstanding

options, warrants

and rights

  

Weighted-average

exercise price of

outstanding

options, warrants

and rights

  

Number of securities

remaining available for

future issuance under

equity compensation

plans (excluding

securities reflected in

the first column)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

   374,515    $ 113.96    95,544

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

   —        —      —  

Total

   374,515    $ 113.96    95,544

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

RBS Global, Inc. had a management services agreement with TC Group, L.L.C., (The Carlyle Group) for advisory and consulting services related to corporate management, finance, product strategy, investment, acquisitions and other matters relating to the business of the Company. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid $0.5 million, plus out of pocket expenses during the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, and $2.0 million per year, plus out of pocket expenses for both fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005. This agreement terminated July 21, 2006 when The Carlyle Group sold the Company to Apollo.

RBS Global, Inc. has a management services agreement, effective July 22, 2006, with Apollo for advisory and consulting services related to corporate management, finance, product strategy, investment, acquisitions and other matters relating to the business of the Company. Under the terms of the indenture and the indentures governing our other notes, we are permitted to pay to Apollo an annual monitoring fee of up to the greater of $2.5 million or 1.5% of our EBITDA. At the time of the closing of the Apollo acquisition, Apollo elected to receive a $2.0 million annual monitoring fee. We have also agreed to indemnify Apollo and its affiliates and their directors, officers and representatives for losses relating to the services contemplated by the transaction fee and management agreements and the engagement of affiliates of Apollo pursuant to, and the performance by them of the services contemplated by, these agreements. Under the terms of the aforementioned agreement, the Company paid $1.4 million plus out of pocket expenses during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007. This agreement will remain in effect until such time as Apollo or its affiliates collectively own less than 10% of the equity interest of the Company, or such earlier time as the Company and Apollo may mutually agree.

In connection with the Apollo acquisition, Rexnord Holdings, Apollo and certain other stockholders of Rexnord Holdings entered into stockholders’ agreements. The stockholders’ agreements provide for, among other things, restrictions on the transferability of each such person’s equity ownership in Rexnord Holdings, tag-along rights, drag-along rights, piggyback registration rights, repurchase rights by Rexnord Holdings in certain circumstances and certain restrictions on each management stockholder’s ability to compete with or solicit our employees or customers.

 

102


Table of Contents

We make cash payments to Chase Acquisition to enable it to pay any (i) Federal, state or local income taxes to the extent that such income taxes are directly attributable to our and our subsidiaries’ income, (ii) franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain Chase Acquisition’s legal existence and (iii) corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and salaries or other compensation of employees who perform services for both Chase Acquisition and us.

In connection with the Apollo acquisition, we entered into the Cypress agreement with Consultant. Pursuant to the Cypress agreement, Consultant provides certain consulting services to us, Mr. Sherman serves as the non-executive Chairman of the boards of directors of Rexnord and Rexnord Holdings, and Consultant receives an annual consulting fee of $250,000 and reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, Mr. Sherman received non-qualified stock options. Under the terms of the Cypress agreement, we paid $172,500 plus out of pocket expenses during the period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007; $77,500 plus out of pocket expenses for the period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006; and $250,000 plus out of pocket expenses for fiscal 2006.

Transaction Fees

The Company paid a total of $0.6 million to The Carlyle Group and $21.3 million to Apollo for investment banking and other transaction related services as part of the purchase of the Company by Apollo on July 21, 2006.

The Company also paid a total of $9.0 million to Apollo and $1.8 million to Cypress for investment banking and other transaction related services as part of the Zurn Acquisition on February 7, 2007.

Director Independence

The board of directors has not made a determination as to whether each director is “independent” because all of the members of our board have been appointed by our 100% stockholder. The Company has no securities listed for trading on a national securities exchange or in an automated inter-dealer quotation system of a national securities association, which has requirements that a majority of its board of directors be independent. The Company does not believe any of its directors would be considered independent under the New York Stock Exchange’s definition of independence.

 

103


Table of Contents

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Audit Fees

The aggregate audit fees billed, including reimbursement of actual expenses, by Ernst & Young for professional services rendered for the reviews of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and for the audit of our financial statements and consents for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 were $2,851,000 and $1,496,000, respectively.

Audit-Related Fees

Ernst & Young billed us $2,000 for audit-related services provided during fiscal 2007 for other consultation services not associated with the audit process. Ernst & Young billed us $15,000 for audit-related services provided during fiscal 2006 for other consultation services not associated with the audit process.

Tax Fees

The aggregate tax fees billed by Ernst & Young for tax services rendered to us during fiscal 2007 and 2006 were $313,000 and $356,000, respectively. The tax services rendered to us by Ernst & Young were for domestic tax compliance, foreign tax compliance and tax consulting.

All Other Fees

Ernst & Young billed us $770,000 for consulting services provided during fiscal 2006. These services related primarily to market studies provided by Investor Group Services, an affiliate of Ernst & Young.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

All the services described above were approved by RBS Global, Inc.’s audit committee in advance of the services being rendered.

The Audit Committee is responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work performed by the independent auditors. The Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit (including audit related) services and permitted non-audit services provided by the independent auditors in accordance with the pre-approval policies and procedures established by the Audit Committee.

The Audit Committee annually approves the scope and fee estimates for the quarterly reviews, year-end audit, statutory audits and tax work to be performed by the Company’s independent auditors for the next fiscal year. With respect to other permitted services, management defines and presents specific projects and categories of service for which the advance approval of the Audit Committee is requested. The Audit Committee pre-approves specific engagements, projects and categories of services on a fiscal year basis, subject to individual project thresholds and annual thresholds. In assessing requests for services by the independent auditor, the Audit Committee considers whether such services are consistent with the auditor’s independence, whether the independent auditor is likely to provide the most effective and efficient service based upon their familiarity with the Company, and whether the service could enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality. In making its recommendation to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our auditor for the current fiscal year, the Audit Committee has considered whether the non-audit services provided by them are compatible with maintaining their independence. At each Audit Committee meeting, the Executive VP Finance reports to the Audit Committee regarding the aggregate fees for which the independent auditor has been engaged for such engagements, projects and categories of services compared to the approved amounts.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) (1) Financial Statements

The Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 hereof are for the periods from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007 and April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006, and for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 and consist of the following:

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

104


Table of Contents

(a) (2) Financial Statement Schedules.

The Financial Statement Schedules of the Company appended hereto for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 consist of the following:

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

 

Description

   Balance at
Beginning
of Year
   Additions    Deductions (1)     Balance
at End
of Year
      Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
   Acquired
Obligations
   Charged
to Other
Accounts
    

Fiscal Year 2005:

                

Valuation allowance for trade and notes receivable

   $ 3.6    $ 1.1    $ —      $ 0.2    $ (1.7 )   $ 3.2

Valuation allowance for excess and obsolete inventory

     9.1      3.1      —        1.6      (3.2 )     10.6

Valuation allowance for income taxes

     28.0      8.6      —        —        (0.8 )     35.8

Fiscal Year 2006:

                

Valuation allowance for trade and notes receivable

     3.2      2.0      —        1.2      (1.2 )     5.2

Valuation allowance for excess and obsolete inventory

     10.6      4.9      —        2.1      (3.4 )     14.2

Valuation allowance for income taxes

     35.8      12.9      —        —        (4.7 )     44.0

Fiscal Year 2007:

                

Period from April 1, 2006 through July 21, 2006:

                

Valuation allowance for trade and notes receivable

     5.2      0.4      0.3      0.1      (0.2 )     5.8

Valuation allowance for excess and obsolete inventory

     14.2      1.3      —        0.1      (1.5 )     14.1

Valuation allowance for income taxes

     44.0      3.6      —        —        (0.3 )     47.3

Period from July 22, 2006 through March 31, 2007:

                

Valuation allowance for trade and notes receivable

     5.8      1.7      0.8      0.1      (1.0 )     7.4

Valuation allowance for excess and obsolete inventory

     14.1      3.6      2.0      0.3      (1.7 )     18.3

Valuation allowance for income taxes

     47.3      9.4      15.7      11.9      (0.3 )     84.0

(1) Uncollectible amounts, dispositions charged against the reserve and utilization of net operating losses.

All other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or because the information required is included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

(a) (3)  Exhibits.

See (b) below

 

(b) Exhibits.

 

105


Table of Contents

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

2.1

  

(1)    Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Chase Acquisition I, Inc., Chase Merger Sub, Inc., RBS Global, Inc. and TC Group, L.L.C, dated as of May 24, 2006. The Registrants agree to furnish supplementally a copy of the schedules omitted from this Exhibit 2.1 to the Commission upon request.

2.2

  

(2)    Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2006, between RBS Global, Inc. and Jupiter Acquisition, LLC.

2.3

  

(3)    Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of September 27, 2002, by and among RBS Acquisition Corporation, Invensys plc, BTR Inc., BTR (European Holdings) BV, BTR Industries GmbH, Dunlop Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH, Brook Hansen Inc., Invensys France SAS, Invensys Holdings Ltd., Hansen Transmissions International Ltd., Hawker Siddeley Management Ltd. and BTR Finance BV. The registrants agree to furnish supplementally a copy of the schedules omitted from this Exhibit 2.3 to the Commission upon request.

2.4

  

(4)    Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of April 5, 2005, by and among Rexnord Corporation, Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and The Falk Corporation. The registrants agree to furnish supplementally a copy of the schedules omitted from this Exhibit 2.4 to the Commission upon request.

3.1

  

(5)    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RBS Global, Inc.

3.2

  

(5)    Certificate of Formation of Rexnord LLC.

3.3

  

(6)    Certificate of Incorporation of Falk Service Corporation.

3.4

  

(3)    Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of Prager Incorporated.

3.5

  

(3)    Certificate of Incorporation of PT Components Inc.

3.6

  

(3)    Certificate of Incorporation of RBS Acquisition Corporation.

3.7

  

(3)    Certificate of Formation of RBS China Holdings, L.L.C.

3.8

  

(5)    Certificate of Formation of Rexnord Industries, LLC.

3.9

  

(3)    Certificate of Incorporation of Rexnord International Inc.

3.10

  

(3)    Certificate of Incorporation of W.M. Berg Inc.

3.11

  

Certificate of Formation of Zurn Industries, LLC

3.12

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of OEP, Inc.

3.13

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of OEI, Inc.

3.14

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Krikles, Inc.

3.15

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Krikles Europe U.S.A. Inc.

3.16

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Krikles Canada U.S.A. Inc.

3.17

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurco, Inc.

3.18

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurn (Cayman Islands), Inc.

3.19

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurn PEX, Inc.

3.20

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of USI Atlantic Corp.

3.21

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Environmental Energy Company

3.22

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of HL Capital Corp.

3.23

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurnacq of California, Inc.

3.24

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurn Constructors, Inc.

3.25

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Gary Concrete Products, Inc.

3.26

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Sanitary-Dash Manufacturing Co. Inc.

3.27

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurn EPC Services, Inc.

3.28

  

(5)    Certificate of Incorporation of Zurn Industries, Inc.

3.29

  

(5)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of RBS Global, Inc.

3.30

  

(5)    Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rexnord LLC.

3.31

  

(6)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of The Falk Service Corporation.

3.32

  

(3)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Prager Incorporated.

3.33

  

(7)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of PT Components Inc.

3.34

  

(3)    By-Laws of RBS Acquisition Corporation.

3.35

  

(3)    Limited Liability Company Agreement of RBS China Holdings, L.L.C.

3.36

  

(5)    Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rexnord Industries, LLC.

3.37

  

(7)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Rexnord International Inc.

3.38

  

(7)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of W.M. Berg Inc.

3.39

  

Limited Liability Company Agreement of Zurn Industries, LLC

3.40

  

(5)    By-Laws of OEP, Inc.

3.41

  

(5)    By-Laws of OEI, Inc.

3.42

  

(5)    By-Laws of Krikles, Inc.

 

106


Table of Contents
3.43   

(5)    By-Laws of Krikles Europe U.S.A. Inc.

3.44   

(5)    By-Laws of Krikles Canada U.S.A. Inc.

3.45   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurco, Inc.

3.46   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurn (Cayman Islands), Inc.

3.47   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurn PEX, Inc.

3.48   

(5)    By-Laws of USI Atlantic Corp.

3.49   

(5)    By-Laws of Environmental Energy Company

3.50   

(5)    By-Laws of HL Capital Corp.

3.51   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurnacq of California, Inc.

3.52   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurn Constructors, Inc.

3.53   

(5)    By-Laws of Gary Concrete Products, Inc.

3.54   

(5)    By-Laws of Sanitary-Dash Manufacturing Co. Inc.

3.55   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurn EPC Services, Inc.

3.56   

(5)    By-Laws of Zurn Industries, Inc.

4.1   

(5)    Senior Note Indenture with respect to the 8  7/8% Senior Notes due 2016, among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of February 7, 2007.

4.2   

(5)    First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 8 7/8 % Senior Notes due 2016, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the Guarantors listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of February 7, 2007.

4.3   

Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 8 7/8 % Senior Notes due 2016, by and among Zurn Industries, LLC, RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of April 1, 2007.

4.4   

(5)    Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the 8 7/8 % Senior Notes due 2016, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the subsidiaries listed therein and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Lehman Brothers Inc., dated February 7, 2007.

4.5   

(9)    Form of Unrestricted Global Note evidencing the 8  7/8% Senior Notes due 2016.

4.6   

(1)    Senior Note Indenture with respect to the 9  1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, among Chase Merger Sub, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of July 21, 2006.

4.7   

(1)    First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 9  1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord Corporation, the Guarantors listed therein, Chase Merger Sub, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of July 21, 2006.

4.8   

(5)    Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 9  1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the Guarantors listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of February 7, 2007.

4.9   

Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 9 1/2 % Senior Notes due 2014, by and among Zurn Industries, LLC, RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of April 1, 2007.

4.10   

(1)    Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the 9  1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, by and among Chase Merger Sub, Inc., RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord Corporation, the subsidiaries listed therein and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., dated July 21, 2006.

4.11   

(5)    Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Additional 9  1/2% Senior Notes due 2014, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the subsidiaries listed therein and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Lehman Brothers Inc., dated February 7, 2007.

4.12   

(5)    Form of Unrestricted Global Note evidencing the 9  1/2% Senior Notes due 2014.

4.13   

(1)    Senior Subordinated Note Indenture with respect to the 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, among Chase Merger Sub, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of July 21, 2006.

4.14   

(1)    First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 11  3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord Corporation, the Guarantors listed therein, Chase Merger Sub, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of July 21, 2006.

4.15   

(5)    Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 11  3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the Guarantors listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of February 7, 2007.

4.16   

Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 11  3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, by and among Zurn Industries, LLC, RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of April 1, 2007.

4.17   

(1)    Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the 11  3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, by and among Chase Merger Sub, Inc., RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord Corporation, the subsidiaries listed therein and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., dated July 21, 2006.

4.18   

(5)    Form of Unrestricted Global Note evidencing the 11  3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016.

4.19   

(3)    Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, with respect to the 10  1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among Rexnord LLC, the Guarantors listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of dated as of November 25, 2002.

4.20   

(3)    First Supplemental Indenture, with respect to the 10  1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the Guarantors listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of dated as of November 22, 2002.

 

107


Table of Contents
4.21   

(10)  Second Supplemental Indenture, with respect to the 10  1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, the Guarantors listed therein and Wells Fargo Bank, dated as of dated as of June 19, 2006.

10.1   

(1)    Employment Agreement between Rexnord LLC and Robert A. Hitt, dated July 21, 2006.*

10.2   

(1)    Management Consulting Agreement among Rexnord Corporation, George M. Sherman, Cypress Group, LLC and Cypress Industrial Holdings, LLC., dated July 21, 2006.*

10.3   

(1)    Management Consulting Agreement by and between Rexnord Holdings, Inc. and Apollo Management VI, L.P., dated July 21, 2006.*

10.4   

(1)    Stockholders’ Agreement of Rexnord Holdings, Inc., Rexnord Acquisition Holdings I, LLC, Rexnord Acquisition Holdings II, LLC and certain other stockholders, dated July 21, 2006.

10.5   

(1)    Stockholders’ Agreement of Rexnord Holdings, Inc., Rexnord Acquisition Holdings I, LLC, Rexnord Acquisition Holdings II, LLC, Cypress Industrial Holdings, LLC and George M. Sherman, dated July 21, 2006.

10.6   

(1)    Form of Special Signing Bonus Plan Participation Letter.*

10.7   

Form of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. 2006 Stock Option Plan, as amended.*

10.8   

Form of Executive Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.*

10.9   

(1)    Form of Consultant Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.*

10.10   

(1)    Form of Director Non-Qualified Stock Option Grant.*

10.11   

(3)    Form of Rexnord Non-Union Pension Plan.*

10.12   

(3)    Form of Rexnord Supplemental Pension Plan.*

10.13   

(3)    Form of Rexnord Corporation Executive Bonus Plan.*

10.14   

(1)    Credit Agreement among Chase Acquisition I, Inc., Chase Merger Sub, Inc., Rexnord Corporation, the lenders party thereto, Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as syndication agent, and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., as co-documentation Agents, dated as of July 21, 2006.

10.15   

(8)    Incremental Facility Amendment, dated as of February 7, 2007, to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 21, 2006, among Chase Acquisition I, Inc., RBS Global, Inc., Rexnord LLC, Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and the Lenders listed.

10.16   

Employment Agreement between Rexnord LLC and Alex P. Marini, dated as of February 7, 2007.*

21.1   

List of Subsidiaries of the registrants.

31.1   

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

31.2   

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

32.1   

Management Certification


(1) Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K/A filed by the registrants on July 27, 2006.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q filed by the registrants on November 8, 2006.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Form S-4 Registration Statement (SEC File No. 33-10242) filed by the registrants
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by the registrants on May 19, 2005.
(5) Incorporated by reference to the S-4 Registration Statement (SEC File No. 33-140040) filed by the registrants.
(6) Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q filed by the registrants on August 10, 2005.
(7) Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K filed by the registrants on June 15, 2005.
(8) Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q filed by the registrants on February 13, 2007.
(9) Incorporated by reference to the S-4 Registration Statement (SEC File No. 33-141121) filed by the registrants.
(10) Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by the registrants on June 19, 2006.
* Denotes management plan or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

108


Table of Contents

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Co-Registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

RBS GLOBAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ ROBERT A. HITT

Name:   Robert A. Hitt
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 24, 2007

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Co-Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ ROBERT. A. HITT

   President, Chief Executive Officer   May 24, 2007
Robert A. Hitt    (Principal Executive Officer) and Director  

/s/ GEORGE C. MOORE

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   May 24, 2007
George C. Moore    (Principal Financial Officer)  

/s/ TODD A. ADAMS

   Vice President, Controller and Treasurer   May 24, 2007
Todd A. Adams    (Principal Accounting Officer)  

/s/ GEORGE M. SHERMAN

   Chairman of the Board   May 24, 2007
George M. Sherman     

/s/ LAURENCE M. BERG

   Director   May 24, 2007
Laurence M. Berg     

/s/ PETER P. COPSES

   Director   May 24, 2007
Peter P. Copses     

/s/ DAMIAN GIANGIACOMO

   Director   May 24, 2007
Damian Giangiacomo     

/s/ PRAVEEN R. JEYARAJAH

   Director   May 24, 2007
Praveen R. Jeyarajah     

/s/ STEVEN MARTINEZ

   Director   May 24, 2007
Steven Martinez     

Supplemental Information to be Furnished with Reports Filed Pursuant to Section 15(d)

of the Act by Registrants Which Have Not Registered Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Act

RBS Global, Inc. is not required to nor does it intend to furnish an Annual Report or a

Proxy Statement to security holders for its 2007 fiscal year.

 

109


Table of Contents

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Co-Registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

REXNORD LLC
By:  

/s/ ROBERT A. HITT

Name:   Robert A. Hitt
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 24, 2007

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Co-Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ ROBERT. A. HITT

   President and Chief Executive Officer   May 24, 2007
Robert A. Hitt    (Principal Executive Officer)  

/s/ GEORGE C. MOORE

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   May 24, 2007
George C. Moore    (Principal Financial Officer)  

/s/ TODD A. ADAMS

   Vice President, Controller and Treasurer   May 24, 2007
Todd A. Adams    (Prinicipal Accounting Officer)  

/s/ GEORGE M. SHERMAN

   Chairman of the Board   May 24, 2007
George M. Sherman     

Supplemental Information to be Furnished with Reports Filed Pursuant to Section 15(d)

of the Act by Registrants Which Have Not Registered Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Act

RBS Global, Inc. is not required to nor does it intend to furnish an Annual Report or a

Proxy Statement to security holders for its 2007 fiscal year.

 

110

EX-3.11 2 dex311.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC Certificate of Formation of Zurn Industries, LLC

Exhibit 3.11

ZURN INDUSTRIES, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION

FROM A CORPORATION TO A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-214 OF THE

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT

1. The name of the corporation immediately prior to the effective time of this Certificate of Conversion is Zurn Industries, Inc.

2. The date on which the original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State is March 5, 2007.

3. The name of the limited liability company into which the corporation is hereby being converted is Zurn Industries, LLC.

4. The effective time and date of this Certificate of Conversion shall be as of 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2007.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Conversion as of the 29th day of March, 2007.

 

ZURN INDUSTRIES, INC.  
By:  

/s/ George C. Moore

 
  George C. Moore  
  Executive Vice President &  
  Chief Financial Officer  
EX-3.39 3 dex339.htm LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement of Zurn Industries, LLC

Exhibit 3.39

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC

Dated as of

APRIL 1, 2007


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

        Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS   1
            Act   1
            Agreement   1
            Board or Board of Directors   1
            Cash from Operations   1
            Code   1
            Company   1
            Converting Entity   2
            Director   2
            Member   2
            Person   2
            Reserves   2
            Transfer   2
ARTICLE II FORMATION; NAME; PURPOSES   2
            2.1     Formation   2
2.2     Intent   2
2.3     Name   2
2.4     Purpose   2
2.5     Powers   2
2.6     Registered Agent and Registered Office   2
2.7     Principal Place of Business   3
2.8     Term   3
2.9     Membership Interest   3
2.10   Tax Classification   3
ARTICLE III CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS   4
3.1     Initial Capital Contribution   4
3.2     Additional Capital Contributions   4
3.3     No Interest Earned on Company Capital   4
3.4     Advances from the Member   4
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS   4
4.1     Distributions   4
4.2     Limitations Upon Distributions   4


ARTICLE V ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS   5
ARTICLE VI TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST AND WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBER   5
            6.1     Certificate of Membership Interest   5
6.2     Assignment and Transfer of Membership Interest   5
6.3     Withdrawal   5
ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT   6
7.1     Management   6
7.2     Limitation of Authority of Board of Directors   6
7.3     Duties of the Directors   6
7.4     Board of Directors   6
7.5     Officers   7
7.6     Liability and Indemnification   9
7.7     Fiscal Year; Method of Accounting; Elections   9
ARTICLE VIII LIABILITY OF MEMBER   9
ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION   10
9.1     Events Causing Dissolution   10
9.2     Procedure for Winding Up and Dissolution   10
9.3     Filing of Certificate of Cancellation   10
ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS   10
10.1     Notifications   10
10.2     Assurances   11
10.3     Complete Agreement   11
10.4     Applicable Law   11
10.5     Section Titles   11
10.6     Binding Provisions   11
10.7     Construction   11
10.8     Separability of Provisions   11
10.9     Counterparts   11
10.10   UCC Article 8   11


LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF

ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC

THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT is made as of the 1st day of April, 2007 by and between Rexnord-Zurn Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Zurn Industries, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

RECITALS:

A. The Member has converted its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zurn Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to a Delaware limited liability company in accordance with the provisions of Section 266 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Section 18-214 of the Act; and

B. The parties are entering into this Agreement to set forth the provisions for the governance and operation of such limited liability company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

In addition to the other definitions contained in this Agreement, the following terms as used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings assigned to them:

Act. Del. Code Ann. Title 6, Sections 18-101 to 18-1109, as amended from time to time.

Agreement. This Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Board or Board of Directors. The board appointed by the Member pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.4(a) of this Agreement.

Cash from Operations. All cash receipts of the Company, minus all cash expenditures of the Company, including without limitation principal payments on indebtedness of the Company.

Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any corresponding or succeeding law.

Company. The Delaware limited liability company organized pursuant to this Agreement and the Act.

Converting Entity. Zurn Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.


Conversion. The statutory conversion of the Converting Entity from its status as a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company in accordance with the provisions of Section 266 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the provisions of Section 18-214 of the Act.

Director. A member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Member. Rexnord-Zurn Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Person. Any natural person, general partnership, limited partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability company, joint venture, trust, business trust, cooperative, estate, association, corporation or any other legal or commercial entity, including without limitation, a foreign trust or any foreign business organization, and heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of each Person where the context so permits.

Reserves. Reserves means amounts set aside by the Company as determined by the Board of Directors to pay for such known, contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company as may be necessary or appropriate for the protection of the Company.

Transfer. With respect to any interest in the Company, as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary assignment, sale or other transfer or disposition of such interest, including any pledge, or the granting of a security interest, lien or other encumbrance in or against, any interest in the Company, and as a verb, voluntarily or involuntarily to assign, sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of such interest.

ARTICLE II

FORMATION; NAME; PURPOSES

2.1 Formation. The Member has converted the Converting Entity to a Delaware limited liability company pursuant to the Act by causing a Certificate of Conversion and a Certificate of Formation of the Company to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Company and all equity ownership interests in the Company will be governed by this Agreement and, except as modified by this Agreement, by the Act.

2.2 Intent. The parties hereto intend that the Company, as an entity with a single owner, shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the Member for federal income tax purposes.

2.3 Name. The name of the Company shall be “Zurn Industries, LLC.”

2.4 Purpose. The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in any lawful business or activity permitted under the Act.

2.5 Powers. The Company shall have the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary and convenient to carry out its business, to the fullest extent provided by the Act.

2.6 Registered Agent and Registered Office. The registered agent of the Company in Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company and the street address of its registered office is

 

- 2 -


Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The registered agent of the Company and its registered office may be changed in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

2.7 Principal Place of Business. The Company’s principal place of business shall be located at 1801 Pittsburgh Avenue, Erie, PA 16502-1916. The Company’s principal place of business may be changed from time to time by the Member or the Board of Directors.

2.8 Term. The term of the Company commenced on March 5, 2007, which was the effective date of incorporation of the Converting Entity, and shall be perpetual or until the Company is dissolved in accordance with Article IX of this Agreement.

2.9 Membership Interest. The equity ownership interest in the Company is designated as the “Membership Interest.” The Membership Interest is personal property and the owner of the Membership Interest has no claim to specific property of the Company. The Membership Interest is subject to the limitations on Transfer set forth in Sections 2.10(a), 6.2 and 6.3 hereof. Except as contemplated by Article V hereof, it is the intent of the Member and the Company that there be only one member of the Company at any time and that the Membership Interest be the only interest in the Company outstanding at any time. In the event of a Transfer of the Membership Interest permitted by Section 6.2 or Section 6.3 below, references in this Agreement to the Member will thereafter be deemed to refer to the succeeding owner of the Membership Interest.

2.10 Tax Classification. It is the Member’s express intention that, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-2 and 301.7701-3 and corresponding provisions of applicable state tax laws (and any successor provisions), the Company be disregarded as an entity separate from the Member for all income and franchise tax purposes. To that end:

(a) The Member and the Company will take no action that would terminate the Company’s eligibility to be a disregarded entity (“Contrary Action”) (for example, any Issuance of Additional Interest (as defined below in Article V) or any Transfer of the Membership Interest that results in the Company having more than one Member, or any action that would cause the Company to become an association taxable as a corporation within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-2(b)(2)) absent a written statement of consent by the Member to act in contravention of such intentions. Any Contrary Action taken by the Member or the Company that is not accompanied by a written statement of consent by the Member to proceed notwithstanding the conflict between the Contrary Action and the intentions expressed in this Section 2.10(a) shall be null and void, and of no force or effect whatsoever. The Company shall not record on its books any purported Issuance of Additional Interest or any purported Transfer of the Membership Interest that is a Contrary Action not permitted under this Agreement after taking into account the provisions of this Section 2.10(a) and Article V, Section 6.2 and Section 6.3 of this Agreement.

(b) For any period that the Company is disregarded, all of the Company’s items of income, gain, deduction, loss, and credit, will be included directly in the federal (and applicable state) income and franchise tax returns of the Member as if the Company were a branch or division of the Member.

 

- 3 -


ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS

3.1 Initial Capital Contribution. The Member has exchanged its stock certificate which previously represented all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Converting Entity for the sole Membership Interest of the Company (the “Initial Capital Contribution”). Only the owner of the Membership Interest has the right to recover this Initial Capital Contribution.

3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. The Member shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make additional capital contributions to the Company at such times and in such amounts as the Member may decide from time to time (“Additional Capital Contributions”). As the holder of the Membership Interest, the Member is the only Person that has the right to make Additional Capital Contributions, and that has the right to recover any Additional Capital Contributions. Any Additional Capital Contribution made by the Member will not be in exchange for additional membership interests in the Company or any other consideration issued by the Company.

3.3 No Interest Earned on Company Capital. No interest will be paid by the Company on the Initial Capital Contribution or any Additional Capital Contribution.

3.4 Advances from the Member. The Member shall have no obligation to make loans or advances to the Company, but may do so in its discretion on such terms and conditions as it and the Board of Directors of the Company deem appropriate. Any advance other than the Initial Capital Contribution or Additional Capital Contributions made by the Member or any other Person to the Company will not be deemed a capital contribution to, or be reflected on the balance of, any capital account of the Company. The amount of any such advance will instead create indebtedness owing by the Company to the Member or such other Person and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, will be repaid as soon as practicable to the Member or such other Person. Any distribution relating to an advance other than the Initial Capital Contribution or Additional Capital Contributions made by the Member or any other Person to the Company will constitute a repayment of such advance, and any excess distribution will not create a deemed equity interest in the Company.

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

4.1 Distributions. Except for distributions upon liquidation of the Company (which are governed by Section 9.2), Cash from Operations for each fiscal year of the Company, less Reserves, shall be distributed to the Member at such times as the Board of Directors shall determine.

4.2 Limitations Upon Distributions. No distribution shall be declared or made if, after giving effect to the distribution, the Company would be unable to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business or if the fair market value of the total assets of the Company would be less than the sum of all liabilities of the Company, excluding liabilities to the Member on account of its Initial Capital Contribution and Additional Capital Contributions.

 

- 4 -


ARTICLE V

ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS

The Company may cause the Company to have more than one member by issuing a membership interest to a Person other than the Member (“Issuance of Additional Interest”) only if the Member executes a written statement of consent to the Issuance of Additional Interest stating that the Member consents to the Issuance of Additional Interest. In connection with any Issuance of Additional Interest in accordance with this Article V, this Agreement shall be superseded by a limited liability company agreement approved by the Member and entered into by all members, including each additional member, and the Company. Any purported Issuance of Additional Interest effected other than in accordance with this Article V will be treated in accordance with Section 2.10(a) hereof.

ARTICLE VI

TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST AND WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBER

6.1 Certificate of Membership Interest. The Membership Interest may be evidenced by a certificate in a form approved by the Board of Directors. Such certificate shall contain a restrictive legend prohibiting any transferability thereof without the express compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and may be amended from time to time.

6.2 Assignment and Transfer of Membership Interest. Absent a written statement of consent by the Member to Transfer the Membership Interest other than in accordance with this Section 6.2, the Member shall not Transfer the Membership Interest to any Person except in a Transfer of the entire Membership Interest to another corporation or other legal entity in a Transfer to which Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is applicable, and pursuant to which the transferee becomes or remains the sole owner of the Membership Interest and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the limitations on the Transfer of the Membership Interest set forth herein. Any permitted Transfer under this Section 6.2 shall, in all cases, be accompanied by a Transfer to the transferee of all rights of the Company in respect of any outstanding indebtedness owing by the Company to the Member. Any purported Transfer not permitted under this Section 6 will be treated in accordance with Section 2.10(a) hereof.

6.3 Withdrawal. The Member may withdraw or resign from the Company only in connection with a Transfer to a successor member that is the transferee of both the entire Membership Interest and any indebtedness owed to the Member in accordance with Section 2.10 hereof and this Article VI regardless of any provision of the Act to the contrary.

ARTICLE VII

MANAGEMENT

7.1 Management. The Member shall appoint a Board of Directors to manage the business and affairs of the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Act. Except as provided in Section 7.2, the Board of Directors shall, to fullest extent permitted by the Act, have full and complete authority, power and discretion to direct, manage and control

 

- 5 -


the business, affairs and properties of the Company, to make all decisions regarding such matters and to perform any and all acts and to engage in any and all activities necessary, customary or incident to the management of the Company’s business, affairs and properties.

7.2 Limitation of Authority of Board of Directors. Notwithstanding Section 7.1 hereof, the Board of Directors shall not have the authority to do any of the following without the consent of the Member:

(a) engage in any act in contravention of this Agreement or the Act;

(b) confess a judgment against the Company in connection with any threatened or pending legal action;

(c) possess any Company asset or assign the rights of the Company in any Company property for other than a Company purpose;

(d) sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

(e) amend this Agreement; or

(f) dissolve the Company except in accordance with Section 9.1 hereof.

7.3 Duties of the Directors. The Directors shall use reasonable efforts and devote such time as they, in their reasonable judgment, deem necessary to carry out the business and activities of the Company, and shall promptly take all action that the Member, in its reasonable judgment deems necessary or appropriate for the organization and continuance of the Company and the protection of the Company’s assets.

7.4 Board of Directors.

(a) Appointment of Directors. The directors of the Converting Entity at the time of the Conversion shall continue to serve as the Directors of the Company until their respective successors shall be duly appointed by the Member. All Directors shall serve at the pleasure of the Member. The Member may increase or decrease the number of Directors serving on the Board from time to time, in its sole discretion; provided, however, that there shall at all times be at least one Director serving on the Board. All appointments made by the Member to the Board shall be reflected by a written resolution filed as part of the Company’s records.

(b) Removal; Resignation. A Director may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by the Member. A Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Company. Any resignation shall take effect at the time of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified in such notice. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

(c) Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors, for any purpose, may be called by any one Director or by the President appointed by the Board pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof. The individual or individuals calling the meeting may designate any place either within or outside of the State of Delaware as the place of the meeting before any meeting of the Board of Directors. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the Company’s principal place of business. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and the general

 

- 6 -


purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than three (3) nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting; provided, however, that if all of the Directors shall meet at any time and place, either within or outside of the State of Delaware, and consent to the holding of the meeting at such time and place, such meeting shall be valid without call or notice, and at such meeting any lawful action may be taken.

(d) Quorum; Voting. A majority of the Directors, by number, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days without further notice. If a quorum is present, a vote of the majority of the Directors present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

(e) Action by Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the Directors, and such written consents shall be delivered for inclusion in the minutes or for filing with the Company records. Consents may be executed in counterparts.

(f) Meeting by Telephone or Other Communication Technology. Any or all Directors may participate in a meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, telephone or other means of communication by which either: (i) all participating Directors may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting, or (ii) all communication during the meeting is immediately transmitted to each participating Director, and each participating Director is able to immediately send messages to all other participating Directors. If a meeting of the Board of Directors will be conducted through the use of any means described herein, all participating Directors shall be informed that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. A Director participating in a meeting by any means described herein is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

7.5 Officers.

(a) Appointment of Officers. The officers of the Converting Entity at the time of the Conversion shall continue to serve as the officers of the Company, holding respectively the same offices as they did in the Converting Entity, and shall serve until their respective successors shall be duly appointed by the Board of Directors. Officers of the Company shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The officers of the Company may include a Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. At the discretion of the Board, the Company may also have other officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.5. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

(b) Removal; Resignation. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board or by such other officer, if any, upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Company. Any resignation shall take effect at the time of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

- 7 -


(c) Vacancies. Any vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause shall be filled by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer may make temporary appointments to a vacant office pending action by the Board.

(d) Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive officer, subject to the control and direction of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board, to appoint such agents and employees of the Company as he or she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall have authority to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the Company, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, leases and all other agreements, documents and instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the Company’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by the Board.

(e) President. The President of the Company, subject to the control and direction of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, shall in general supervise and control all of the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company. The President shall assist the Chief Executive Officer in the discharge of supervisory, managerial and executive duties and functions. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer or in the event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so acting shall have all the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be designated by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.

(f) Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President, or in the event of the President’s death, inability or refusal to act, or in the event for any reason it shall be impracticable for the President to act personally, a Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their appointment) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions on the President. Any Vice President may sign, with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certificates representing membership interests in the Company, if the issuance thereof shall have been authorized by the Board; and shall perform such other duties and have such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him or her by the President or the Board. The execution of any agreement, document or instrument of the Company by any Vice President shall be conclusive evidence, as to third parties, of the Vice President’s authority to act in the stead of the President.

(g) Secretary. The Secretary shall: (i) keep (or cause to be kept) regular minutes of all meetings of the Board and all resolutions adopted by action of the Member or the Board in one or more books provided for that purpose; (ii) use his or her best efforts to ensure that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or as required by law; (iii) be custodian of the records of the Company; (iv) sign with the President, or a Vice President, certificates representing interests in the Company, if the issuance thereof shall have been authorized by the Board; and (v) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board.

 

- 8 -


(h) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (i) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company; (ii) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Company from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Company in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected by the Company; and (iii) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board.

(i) Additional Officers. The Board may appoint such additional officers as, in its discretion, it may consider appropriate, each of whom shall hold office for such period and have such authority and perform such duties as are provided for in this Agreement or as the Board may from time to time determine.

7.6 Liability and Indemnification.

(a) Neither the Member (nor any officer or director thereof), nor any Director or officer of the Company, shall be liable, responsible, or accountable, in damages or otherwise, to the Company for any act performed by such Person within the scope of the authority conferred on the Person by this Agreement, except for fraud, negligence, intentional misconduct, or an intentional breach of this Agreement or any employment agreement.

(b) The Member (and its officers and directors), and each Director and officer of the Company shall be indemnified against any losses, judgments, liabilities, expenses and amounts paid in settlement of any claims sustained by such Person in connection with any action or inaction taken in good faith and believed by such Person to be in the best interest of the Company, and further provided that such action or inaction does not constitute fraud, negligence, intentional misconduct or intentional breach of this Agreement or any employment agreement. Company funds shall be advanced to such Person for legal expenses and other costs incurred by such Person as a result of any legal action for which indemnification by the Company is claimed by such Person if: (i) the legal action relates to the performance of duties or services on behalf of the Company and (ii) such Person undertakes to repay the advanced funds to the Company in cases in which it is found by any court of competent jurisdiction not to be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the Act. Any indemnity under this Section 7.6(b) shall be paid from, and only to the extent of, the Company’s property, and the Member shall have no personal liability on account thereof.

7.7 Fiscal Year; Method of Accounting; Elections. The Company’s fiscal year for both tax and financial reporting purposes shall end on March 31 each year, which is the same fiscal year used by the Member. Unless otherwise required by the Code, the method of accounting shall be the accrual method for both tax and financial reporting purposes.

ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY OF MEMBER

The Member shall have no liability for the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company except as expressly provided by the Act.

 

- 9 -


ARTICLE IX

DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

9.1 Events Causing Dissolution. Upon the occurrence of any one of the following events, the Company shall be immediately dissolved:

(a) The affirmative determination of the Member to dissolve the Company;

(b) The happening of any event which makes it unlawful for the Company’s business to be conducted; or

(c) The entry of a decree of dissolution under Sections 18-801(5), -802 of the Act.

9.2 Procedure for Winding Up and Dissolution. Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Board of Directors shall wind up the affairs of the Company and sell or otherwise dispose all of the Company’s property for cash to the extent practicable. The Board or any Person designated by the Board shall determine the time, manner and terms of any sale or sales of the Company’s property pursuant to such liquidation, giving due regard to the activities and condition of the relevant market and general, financial and economic conditions. Following the winding up of the Company, and subject to the right of the Board to set up such Reserves it may deem necessary for any known, contingent or unforeseen expenses, liabilities or obligations of the Company, the cash and other assets of the Company shall be applied first to the payment of all debts and liabilities of the Company, including any Member loans (which for such purpose shall be treated the same as all other Company liabilities) and to the payment of all expenses of liquidation, and the remainder shall be distributed to the Member. Any funds constituting Reserves shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.2 to the extent such funds remain after a reasonable passage of time as determined by the Board.

9.3 Filing of Certificate of Cancellation. If the Company is dissolved, the Member or its designee shall promptly cause a Certificate of Cancellation to be executed and delivered for filing.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

10.1 Notifications. Any notice, demand, consent, election, offer, approval, request, or other communication (collectively, a “notice”) required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and either delivered personally, sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or sent by recognized overnight delivery service. Each notice to the Member or to a Director shall be addressed by the Member or the Director, as the case may be, at the Member’s or Director’s last known address on the records of the Company. A notice to the Company shall be addressed to the Company’s principal office. A notice delivered personally will be deemed given and received only when acknowledged in writing by the person to whom it is delivered. A notice sent by mail will be deemed given and received two (2) business days after it is mailed. A notice sent by recognized overnight delivery service will be deemed given and received when received or refused. Any party may designate, by notice to all of the others, substitute addresses or addressees for notices; and, thereafter, notices are to be directed to those substitute addresses or addressees.

 

- 10 -


10.2 Assurances. Each party hereto shall execute all such certificates and other documents and shall do all such filing, recording, publishing and other acts as the Member or the Board reasonably deems appropriate to comply with the requirements of law for the formation and operation of the Company and to comply with any laws, rules, and regulations relating to the acquisition, operation or holding of the property of the Company.

10.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement among the parties. It supersedes all prior written and oral statements, including any prior representation, statement, condition or warranty. Except as provided herein, this Agreement may not be amended without the written consent of all of the parties hereto.

10.4 Applicable Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement shall be governed by the internal law, not the law of conflicts, of the State of Delaware.

10.5 Section Titles. The headings herein are inserted as a matter of convenience only, and do not define, limit, or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of the provisions hereof.

10.6 Binding Provisions. This Agreement is binding upon, and inures to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal and legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns.

10.7 Construction. Common nouns and pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural, as the identity of the Person may in the context require. References to Sections herein include all subsections which are contained in the Section referred to. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed in favor of or against any party hereto by reason of the extent to which any such party or its counsel participated in the drafting thereof.

10.8 Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable; and if, for any reason, any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid and contrary to any existing or future law, such invalidity shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid.

10.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, constitute one and the same document. The signature of any party to any counterpart shall be deemed a signature to, and may be appended to, any other counterpart.

10.10 UCC Article 8. The Company hereby irrevocably elects that all membership interests in the Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Each certificate evidencing membership interests in the Company shall bear a legend reading substantially as follows: “This certificate evidences an interest in Zurn Industries, LLC and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.” No change to this provision shall be effective until all outstanding certificates have been surrendered for cancellation and any new certificates thereafter issued shall not bear the foregoing legend.

 

- 11 -


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

REXNORD-ZURN HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ George C. Moore

  George C. Moore
  Executive Vice President &
  Chief Financial Officer
ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
By:  

REXNORD-ZURN HOLDINGS, INC., its

sole member

  By:  

/s/ George C. Moore

    George C. Moore
    Executive Vice President &
    Chief Financial Officer

 

- 12 -

EX-4.3 4 dex43.htm SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH RESPECT TO THE 8 7/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016 Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2016

Exhibit 4.3

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of April 1, 2007, among ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Zurn LLC”), an indirect subsidiary of RBS GLOBAL, INC. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), REXNORD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (“Rexnord” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Issuers and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of February 7, 2007, providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ 8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000;

WHEREAS, Zurn Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Zurn Industries”), executed that certain First Supplemental Indenture dated February 7, 2007, pursuant to which it unconditionally guaranteed the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Zurn Industries merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zurn Delaware Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Zurn DE”), which was incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating Zurn Industries in the State of Delaware, said merger being permitted pursuant to Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Zurn DE has converted to a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware known as Zurn Industries, LLC (“Zurn LLC”);

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture permits the Company to allow a Guarantor to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to any Person provided, among other things, such Person expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee;

WHEREAS, Zurn LLC is willing to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture to ensure compliance with Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture with respect to Zurn DE’s conversion; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and Zurn LLC are authorized to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture;

 

1


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Zurn LLC, the Issuers and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Second Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Guarantee shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Second Supplemental Indenture refer to this Second Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Assumption of Obligations. Zurn LLC hereby expressly assumes all the obligations of Zurn DE (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Zurn Industries with and into Zurn DE) under the Indenture and the Guarantee of Zurn DE (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Zurn Industries with and into Zurn DE).

3. Notices. All notices or other communications to Zurn LLC shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Second Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

 

2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:   George C. Moore
Title:   Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
RBS GLOBAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:   George C. Moore
Title:   Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
REXNORD, LLC
By:  

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:   George C. Moore
Title:   Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

3

EX-4.9 5 dex49.htm THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Third Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.9

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Third Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of April 1, 2007, among ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Zurn LLC”), an indirect subsidiary of RBS GLOBAL, INC. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), REXNORD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, f/k/a REXNORD CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Rexnord” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Issuers and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of July 21, 2006, providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Securities”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $485,000,000;

WHEREAS, Zurn Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Zurn Industries”), executed that certain Second Supplemental Indenture dated February 7, 2007, pursuant to which it unconditionally guaranteed the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Zurn Industries merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zurn Delaware Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Zurn DE”), which was incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating Zurn Industries in the State of Delaware, said merger being permitted pursuant to Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Zurn DE has converted to a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware known as Zurn Industries, LLC (“Zurn LLC”);

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture permits the Company to allow a Guarantor to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to any Person provided, among other things, such Person expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee;

WHEREAS, Zurn LLC is willing to execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture to ensure compliance with Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture with respect to Zurn DE’s conversion; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and Zurn LLC are authorized to execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture;


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Zurn LLC, the Issuers and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Third Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Guarantee shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Third Supplemental Indenture refer to this Third Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Assumption of Obligations. Zurn LLC hereby expressly assumes all the obligations of Zurn DE (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Zurn Industries with and into Zurn DE) under the Indenture and the Guarantee of Zurn DE (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Zurn Industries with and into Zurn DE).

3. Notices. All notices or other communications to Zurn LLC shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Third Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

 

2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC

By:

 

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:

  George C. Moore

Title:

  Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
RBS GLOBAL, INC.

By:

 

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:

  George C. Moore

Title:

  Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
REXNORD, LLC

By:

 

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:

  George C. Moore

Title:

  Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

3

EX-4.16 6 dex416.htm THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Third Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.16

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Third Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of April 1, 2007, among ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Zurn LLC”), an indirect subsidiary of RBS GLOBAL, INC. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), REXNORD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, f/k/a REXNORD CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Rexnord” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Issuers and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of July 21, 2006, providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000;

WHEREAS, Zurn Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Zurn Industries”), executed that certain Second Supplemental Indenture dated February 7, 2007, pursuant to which it unconditionally guaranteed the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Zurn Industries merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zurn Delaware Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Zurn DE”), which was incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating Zurn Industries in the State of Delaware, said merger being permitted pursuant to Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Zurn DE has converted to a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware known as Zurn Industries, LLC (“Zurn LLC”);

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture permits the Company to allow a Guarantor to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to any Person provided, among other things, such Person expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee;

WHEREAS, Zurn LLC is willing to execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture to ensure compliance with Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture with respect to Zurn DE’s conversion; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuers and Zurn LLC are authorized to execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture;

 

1


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Zurn LLC, the Issuers and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Third Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Guarantee shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Third Supplemental Indenture refer to this Third Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Assumption of Obligations. Zurn LLC hereby expressly assumes all the obligations of Zurn DE (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Zurn Industries with and into Zurn DE) under the Indenture and the Guarantee of Zurn DE (as the surviving corporation of the merger of Zurn Industries with and into Zurn DE).

3. Notices. All notices or other communications to Zurn LLC shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Third Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

 

2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC

By:

 

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:

  George C. Moore

Title:

 

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

RBS GLOBAL, INC.

By:

 

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:

  George C. Moore

Title:

 

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

REXNORD, LLC

By:

 

/s/ George C. Moore

Name:

  George C. Moore

Title:

 

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

3

EX-10.7 7 dex107.htm FORM OF REXNORD HOLDINGS, INC. 2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN Form of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. 2006 Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 10.7

This plan was amended effective April 19, 2007. The following is an accurate compilation of the plan as amended on that date.

2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN

OF

REXNORD HOLDINGS, INC.

Rexnord Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, hereby adopts this 2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. The purposes of the Plan are as follows:

(1) To further the growth, development and financial success of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined herein), by providing additional incentives to employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries who have been or will be given responsibility for the management or administration of the Company’s or one of its Subsidiaries’ business affairs, by providing a means through which they can purchase Common Stock, thereby benefiting directly from the growth, development and financial success of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(2) To enable the Company and its Subsidiaries to obtain and retain the services of the type of professional, technical and managerial employees, consultants and directors considered essential to the long-range success of the Company and its Subsidiaries by providing and offering them an opportunity to purchase Common Stock upon exercise of Options, including, in the case of employees, Options that are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code (as defined herein).

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, “control” shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

CEO” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Closing Date” shall mean July 21, 2006.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

1


Committee” shall mean the Committee appointed as provided in Section 6.1.

Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Company” shall mean Rexnord Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation. In addition, “Company” shall mean any corporation assuming, or issuing new employee stock options in substitution for, Incentive Stock Options outstanding under the Plan in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies.

Consultant” shall mean any Person who has entered into a consulting agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Corporate Event” shall mean, as determined by the Committee (or by the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) in its sole discretion, any transaction or event described in Section 7.1(a) or any unusual or nonrecurring transaction or event affecting the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or the financial statements of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles.

Director” shall mean a member of the Board.

Eligible Representative” for an Optionee shall mean such Optionee’s personal representative or such other Person as is empowered under the deceased Optionee’s will or the then applicable laws of descent and distribution to represent the Optionee hereunder.

Employee” shall mean any employee (as defined in accordance with the regulations and revenue rulings then applicable under Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, whether such employee is so employed at the time the Plan is adopted or becomes so employed subsequent to the adoption of the Plan.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option which qualifies under Section 422 of the Code and is designated as an Incentive Stock Option by the Committee.

Liquidity Event” shall mean:

 

  (a) Approval by stockholders of the Company (or, if no stockholder approval is required, by the Board alone) of the complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than in the context of a Business Combination (as defined below) that does not constitute a Liquidity Event under paragraph (c) below;

 

  (b)

The acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for purposes of this paragraph (b),

 

2


 

the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Liquidity Event; (A) any acquisition directly from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates or a successor, (D) any acquisition by any entity pursuant to a Business Combination, (E) any acquisition by a Person who is the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and/or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities on the Closing Date (or an Affiliate, heir or descendant of such Person) or (F) any acquisition by the Principal Stockholder(s) or one of its (their) Affiliated investment funds; or

 

  (c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets directly or through one or more subsidiaries (a “Parent”)), and (2) no Person (excluding any individual or entity described in clauses (C), (E) or (F) of paragraph (b) above) beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such entity, except to the extent that the ownership in excess of 50% existed prior to the Business Combination;

provided, however, that an underwritten public offering of the securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall in no event constitute a Liquidity Event for purposes of the Plan.

Merger Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 24, 2006, by and among Chase Acquisition I, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Chase Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, RBS Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and TC Group, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.

Non-Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option which is not an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code and shall include an Option which is designated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option by the Committee.

 

3


Officer” shall mean an officer of the Company, as defined in Rule 16a-l(f) under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended in the future.

Option” shall mean an option granted under the Plan to purchase Common Stock. “Options” include both Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options.

Optionee” shall mean an Employee, Consultant or Non-Employee Director to whom an Option is granted under the Plan.

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

Plan” shall mean this 2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc., as it may be amended from time to time.

Principal Stockholder(s)” shall mean Apollo Management VI, L.P. or any of its Affiliated investment funds to which (a) Apollo Management VI, L.P. or any other Person transfers Common Stock, or (b) the Company issues Common Stock.

Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the Company.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Stockholders’ Agreement” shall mean, with respect to an Optionee, that certain agreement by and among the Optionee, the Company and the other stockholders of the Company party thereto, which contains certain restrictions and limitations applicable to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon Option exercise (and to other shares of Common Stock, if any, held by the Optionee during the term of such agreement). If an Optionee is not a party to a Stockholders’ Agreement at the time of exercise of the Option (or any portion thereof), the exercise of the Option shall be subject to the condition that the Optionee enter into a Stockholders’ Agreement with the Company.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which 50% or more of the voting power of the equity securities or equity interests sufficient to elect at least a majority of its Board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there is no such voting power, 50% or more of the equity securities or equity interests) is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

Termination of Consultancy” shall mean the time when the Optionee’s consulting relationship with the Company and all of its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason. The Board, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to a Termination of Consultancy.

Termination of Directorship” shall mean the time when an Optionee who is a Non-Employee Director ceases to be a Director for any reason, including but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, failure to be elected or appointed, death or retirement. The Board, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to a Termination of Directorship.

 

4


Termination of Employment” shall mean the time when the employee-employer relationship between an Optionee and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason, with or without cause, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death or retirement, but excluding a termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to a Termination of Employment, including, but not by way of limitation, the question of whether a Termination of Employment resulted from a discharge for good cause, and all questions of whether a particular leave of absence constitutes a Termination of Employment; provided, however, that, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, a leave of absence shall constitute a Termination of Employment if, and to the extent that, such leave of absence interrupts employment for the purposes of Section 422(a)(2) of the Code and the then applicable regulations and revenue rulings under Section 442(a)(2) of the Code.

ARTICLE II.

SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN

Section 2.1 Shares Subject To Plan

The shares of stock subject to Options shall be shares of Common Stock. Subject to Section 7.1, the aggregate number of such shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of Options is 2,700,000.

Section 2.2 Unexercised Options

If any Option (or portion thereof) expires or is canceled without having been fully exercised, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Option (or portion thereof) but as to which such Option was not exercised prior to its expiration or cancellation may again be optioned hereunder, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1.

ARTICLE III.

GRANTING OF OPTIONS

Section 3.1 Eligibility

Any Employee, Non-Employee Director and Consultant shall be eligible to be granted Options, except as provided in Section 3.2.

Section 3.2 Qualification Of Incentive Stock Options

No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Person who is not an Employee.

Section 3.3 Granting Of Options To Employees Or Consultants

(a) The Committee shall from time to time:

(i) Select from among the Employees or Consultants (including those to whom Options have been previously granted under the Plan) such of them as in its opinion should be granted Options;

 

5


(ii) Determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to such Options granted to such Employees or Consultants, and determine whether such Options are to be Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options; and

(iii) Determine the terms and conditions of such Options (provided such terms and conditions are consistent with the Plan).

(b) Upon the selection of an Employee or Consultant to be granted an Option pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the Committee shall instruct the Secretary or another authorized officer of the Company to issue such Option and may impose such conditions on the grant of such Option as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Committee may require as a condition to the grant of an Option to an Employee or Consultant that the Employee or Consultant surrender for cancellation some or all of the unexercised Options which have been previously granted to such Employee or Consultant. An Option the grant of which is conditioned upon such surrender may have an Option price lower or higher than the Option price of the surrendered Option, may cover the same or a lesser or greater number of shares of Common Stock as the surrendered Option, may contain such other terms as the Committee deems appropriate and shall be exercisable in accordance with its terms, without regard to the number of shares of Common Stock, price, period of exercisability or any other term or condition of the surrendered Option.

Section 3.4 Granting Of Option To Non-Employee Directors

(a) The Board shall from time to time:

(i) Select from among the Non-Employee Directors (including those to whom Options have previously been granted under the Plan) such of them as in its opinion should be granted Options;

(ii) Determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to such Options granted to such selected Non-Employee Directors; and

(iii) Determine the terms and conditions of such Options (provided such terms and conditions are consistent with the Plan); provided, however, that all Options granted to Non-Employee Directors shall be Non-Qualified Stock Options.

(b) Upon the selection of a Non-Employee Director to be granted an Option pursuant to Section 3.4(a), the Board shall instruct the Secretary or another authorized officer of the Company to issue such Option and may impose such conditions on the grant of such Option as it deems appropriate. Without limiting

 

6


the generality of the preceding sentence, the Board may require as a condition to the grant of an Option to a Non-Employee Director that the Non-Employee Director surrender for cancellation some or all of the unexercised Options which have been previously granted to such Non-Employee Director. An Option the grant of which is conditioned upon such surrender may have an Option price lower or higher than the Option price of the surrendered Option, may cover the same or a lesser or greater number of shares of Common Stock as the surrendered Option, may contain such other terms as the Board deems appropriate (provided such terms and conditions are consistent with the Plan) and shall be exercisable in accordance with its terms, without regard to the number of shares of Common Stock, price, period of exercisability or any other term or condition of the surrendered Option.

ARTICLE IV.

TERMS OF OPTIONS

Section 4.1 Stock Option Agreement

Each Option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option Agreement, which shall be executed by the Optionee and an authorized Officer of the Company and which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) shall determine (provided such terms and conditions are consistent with the Plan). In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Stock Option Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern. Stock Option Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall contain such terms and conditions as may be necessary to qualify such Options as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code.

Section 4.2 Exercisability Of Options

(a) Each Option shall become exercisable according to the terms of the applicable Stock Option Agreement; provided, however, that by a resolution adopted after an Option is granted the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may, on such terms and conditions as it may determine to be appropriate, accelerate the time at which such Option or any portion thereof may be exercised.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Option Agreement, no portion of an Option which is unexercisable at Termination of Employment, Termination of Directorship or Termination of Consultancy, as applicable, shall thereafter become exercisable.

(c) To the extent that the aggregate fair market value of stock with respect to which “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but without regard to Section 422(d) of the Code) are exercisable for the first time by an Optionee during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other incentive stock option plans of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof) exceeds $100,000, such options shall be treated and taxable as Non-Qualified Stock Options. The

 

7


rule set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied by taking options into account in the order in which they were granted, and the stock issued upon exercise of options shall designate whether such stock was acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option. For purposes of these rules, the fair market value of stock shall be determined as of the date of grant of the Option granted with respect to such stock and in the manner set forth in Section 4.3(b).

Section 4.3 Option Price

(a) The price of the Common Stock subject to each Option shall be set by the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors); provided, however, that the price per share of Common Stock shall be not less than 100% of the fair market value of such shares on the date such Option is granted (determined as set forth in Section 4.3(b)); and, that, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, in the case of an individual then owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the price per share of Common Stock shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of such shares on the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted (determined as set forth in Section 4.3(b)).

(b) For purposes of the Plan, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as of a given date shall be:

(i) if the Common Stock is listed on one or more National Securities Exchanges (within the meaning of the Exchange Act), each share of Common Stock shall be valued at the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the principal exchange on which such shares are then trading, or, if no sales of Common Stock were made on such exchange on that date, the closing price of a share of Common Stock for the next preceding day on which sales of Common Stock were made on the exchange;

(ii) if the Common Stock is not traded on a National Securities Exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system and the Common Stock is listed as a National Market Issue under the NASD National Market System, each share of Common Stock shall be valued at the last sales price per share of Common Stock on such date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system, or, if no sales of Common Stock were reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system on that date, the last price of a share of Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system for the next preceding day on which sales of Common Stock were reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or

(iii) if the Common Stock is not publicly traded on a National Securities Exchange and is not quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the fair market value of the Common Stock shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.

 

8


Section 4.4 Expiration Of Options

No Option may be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the following events:

(a) The expiration of ten years from the date the Option was granted; or

(b) With respect to an Incentive Stock Option in the case of an Optionee owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code), at the time the Incentive Stock Option was granted, more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, the expiration of five years from the date the Incentive Stock Option was granted.

ARTICLE V.

EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

Section 5.1 Person Eligible To Exercise

During the lifetime of the Optionee, only the Optionee may exercise an Option (or any portion thereof) granted to the Optionee; provided, however, that the Optionee’s Eligible Representative may exercise the Optionee’s Option during the period of the Optionee’s disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) notwithstanding that an Option so exercised may not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. After the death of the Optionee, any exercisable portion of an Option may, prior to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under the Plan or the applicable Stock Option Agreement, be exercised by the Optionee’s Eligible Representative.

Section 5.2 Partial Exercise

At any time and from time to time prior to the time when the Option becomes unexercisable under the Plan or the applicable Stock Option Agreement, the exercisable portion of an Option may be exercised in whole or in part; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares and the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may, by the terms of the Option, require any partial exercise to exceed a specified minimum number of shares of Common Stock.

Section 5.3 Manner Of Exercise

An exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be exercised solely by delivery to the Secretary of all of the following prior to the time when such Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under the Plan or the applicable Stock Option Agreement:

(a) Notice in writing signed by the Optionee or the Optionee’s Eligible Representative, stating that such Option or portion is exercised, and specifically stating the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised;

 

9


(b) A copy of a Joinder to the Stockholders’ Agreement designated by the Company (in the form attached to such Stockholders’ Agreement) signed by the Optionee or Eligible Representative, as applicable;

(c) Full payment (in cash or by personal, certified or bank cashier check) for the shares of Common Stock with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or

(i) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options to Non-Employee Directors), (A) shares of Common Stock owned by the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the Company; or (B) except with respect to Incentive Stock Options, shares of the Common Stock issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, with a fair market value (as determined under Section 4.3(b)) on the date of Option exercise equal to the aggregate Option price of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or

(ii) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors), any combination of the consideration listed in this Section 5.3(c);

(d) The payment to the Company (in cash or by personal, certified or bank cashier check or by any other means of payment approved by the Committee and set forth in Section 5.3(c)) of all amounts necessary to satisfy any and all federal, state and local tax withholding requirements arising in connection with the exercise of the Option or otherwise;

(e) Such representations and documents as the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable federal or state securities laws or regulations. The Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may, in its sole discretion, also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates and issuing stop-transfer orders to transfer agents and registrars; and

(f) In the event that the Option or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 5.1 by any Person or Persons other than the Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such Person or Persons to exercise the Option or portion thereof.

Section 5.4 Conditions To Issuance Of Stock Certificates

The shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of an Option, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or issued shares of Common Stock which have then been reacquired by the Company. A

 

10


certificate of shares of Common Stock will be delivered to the Optionee at the Company’s principal place of business within thirty days of receipt by the Company of the written notice and payment, unless an earlier date is agreed upon. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of any Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) The admission of such shares of Common Stock to listing on any and all stock exchanges on which such class of stock is then listed;

(b) The completion of any registration or other qualification of such shares of Common Stock under any state or federal law or under the rulings or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental regulatory body, which the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) shall, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or advisable;

(c) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(d) The payment to the Company of all amounts which it is required to withhold under federal, state or local law in connection with the exercise of the Option or otherwise.

Section 5.5 Rights As Stockholders

The holder of an Option shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of any part of an Option unless and until such holder has signed a Joinder to the Stockholders’ Agreement designated by the Company (in the form attached to such Stockholders’ Agreement) and certificates representing such shares of Common Stock have been issued by the Company to such holder.

Section 5.6 Transfer Restrictions

Shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions of a Stockholders’ Agreement. In addition, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors), in its sole discretion, may impose further restrictions on the transferability of the shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of an Option as it deems appropriate. Any such restriction shall be set forth in the respective Stock Option Agreement and may be referred to on the certificates evidencing such shares of Common Stock. The Committee may require the Employee to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares of Common Stock, acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, within two years from the date of granting such Option or one year after the transfer of such shares of Common Stock to such Employee. The Committee may direct that the certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option refer to such requirement.

 

11


ARTICLE VI.

ADMINISTRATION

Section 6.1 Committee

The Committee shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Committee hereunder or under any Stock Option Agreement may be taken by the Board.

Section 6.2 Delegation By Committee

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate all rights, powers and duties of the Committee under the Plan (except those granted pursuant to Sections 3.3, 4.3, 5.3(c), 5.3(e), 5.6 and Article VII) to the CEO pursuant to a written instrument signed by each member of the Committee.

Section 6.3 Duties And Powers Of CEO And The Committee

It shall be the duty of the Committee (or, if administrative authority is delegated by the Committee to the CEO pursuant to Section 6.2, the CEO, subject to the approval of the Committee) to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions, and the Committee (or, if administrative authority is delegated by the Committee to the CEO pursuant to Section 6.2, the CEO, subject to the approval of the Committee) shall have the power to interpret the Plan and the Options and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the full Board, acting by a majority of its members in office, shall conduct the general administration of the Plan with respect to Options granted to Non-Employee Directors. Any such interpretations and rules in regard to Incentive Stock Options shall be consistent with the terms and conditions applicable to “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. All determinations and decisions made by the Committee (or, if administrative authority is delegated to the CEO pursuant to Section 6.2, by the CEO and approved by the Committee) under any provision of the Plan or of any Option granted thereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons.

Section 6.4 Compensation, Professional Assistance, Good Faith Actions

The members of the Committee shall receive such compensation for their services hereunder as may be determined by the Board. All expenses and liabilities incurred by the members of the Committee or the Board in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee or the Board may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons. The Committee, the Company and its Officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the CEO, the Committee and the Board, in good faith shall be final and binding upon all Optionees, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Board or the CEO shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Options, and all members of the Board shall be indemnified by the Company in respect to any such action, determination or interpretation.

 

12


ARTICLE VII.

OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 7.1 Changes In Common Stock; Disposition Of Assets And Corporate Events.

(a) Subject to Section 7.1(d), (x) in the event that the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, liquidation, dissolution, or sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including, but not limited to, a Liquidity Event), or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event, in the Committee’s sole discretion (or in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors, the Board’s sole discretion), affects the Common Stock or the value thereof, or (y) in the event of the issuance of securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or interim holding companies, in addition to the securities of any such entities outstanding as of the Closing Date, that would dilute (on a fully diluted basis) the equity interests of Optionees under the Plan in the Company and its Subsidiaries to a greater degree than any such issuance would dilute (on a fully diluted basis) the equity interests of the Principal Stockholder(s) and its (their) Affiliated investment funds, taken as a whole, in the Company and its Subsidiaries (taking into account any consideration received with respect to such securities), then the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) shall, in such manner and at such time, and, for an event described in clause (x) above, to such extent as it deems appropriate and equitable in the circumstances, adjust any or all of the following so as to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to an Option:

(i) The number and kind of shares (or other securities or property) with respect to which Options may be granted under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Section 2.1 on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued);

(ii) The number and kind of shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Options;

(iii) The exercise price with respect to any Option; and

(iv) The financial or other “targets” specified in a Stock Option Agreement for determining the exercisability of Options.

 

13


(b) Subject to Section 7.1(d) and the terms of outstanding Options, upon the occurrence of a Corporate Event, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors), in its sole discretion, is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) determines that such action is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any Option under the Plan, to facilitate such Corporate Event or to give effect to such changes in laws, regulations or principles:

(i) In its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may provide, either by the terms of the applicable Stock Option Agreement or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such Corporate Event and either automatically or upon the Optionee’s request, for either the purchase of any such Option for an amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the amount that could have been attained upon the exercise of the vested portion of such Option (and such additional portion of the Option as the Board or Committee may determine) immediately prior to the occurrence of such transaction or event, or the replacement of such vested (and/or other) portion of such Option with other rights or property selected by the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) in its sole discretion;

(ii) In its sole discretion, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may provide, either by the terms of the applicable Stock Option Agreement or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such Corporate Event, that the Option (or any portion thereof) cannot be exercised after such event;

(iii) In its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may provide, either by the terms of the applicable Stock Option Agreement or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such Corporate Event, that for a specified period of time prior to such Corporate Event, such Option shall be exercisable as to all shares of Common Stock covered thereby or a specified portion of such shares of Common Stock, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in (A) Section 4.2; or (B) the provisions of the applicable Stock Option Agreement;

(iv) In its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may provide, either by the terms of the applicable Stock Option Agreement or by action taken prior to the

 

14


occurrence of such Corporate Event, that upon such Corporate Event, such Option (or any portion thereof) be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and the exercise price subject to such Option; and

(v) In its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may make adjustments in the number and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Options (or any portion thereof) and/or in the terms and conditions of (including the exercise price), and the criteria included in, outstanding Options and Options which may be granted in the future.

(c) Subject to Section 7.1(d), the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) may, in its sole discretion, include such further provisions and limitations in any Stock Option Agreement as it may deem equitable and in the best interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(d) With respect to Incentive Stock Options, no adjustment or action described in this Section 7.1 or in any other provision of the Plan shall be authorized or permitted to be taken or implemented to the extent that such adjustment or action would cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code or any successor provisions thereto, unless the Committee determines that the Plan and/or the Options are not to comply with Section 422(b)(1) of the Code.

Section 7.2 Options Not Transferable

No Option or interest or right therein or part thereof shall be encumbered by any debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee or the Optionee’s successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law, by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7.2 shall prevent transfers of the Option to the Company or by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.

Section 7.3 Amendment, Suspension Or Termination Of The Plan

The Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board or the Committee in a written instrument. However, without stockholder approval within 12 months before or after such action no action of the Board or the Committee may, except as provided in Section 7.1, increase any limit imposed in Section 2.1 on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be

 

15


issued on exercise of Options, reduce the minimum Option price requirements of Section 4.3(a), or extend the limit imposed in this Section 7.3 on the period during which Options may be granted. Except as provided by Section 7.1, neither the amendment, suspension nor termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the holder of the Option, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted. No Option may be granted during any period of suspension nor after termination of the Plan, and in no event may any Option be granted under the Plan after the expiration of ten years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

Section 7.4 Effect Of Plan Upon Other Option And Compensation Plans

The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (a) to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for directors, consultants or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; or (b) to grant or assume options other than under the Plan in connection with any proper purpose, including, but not by way of limitation, the grant or assumption of options in connection with the acquisition by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any Person.

Section 7.5 Approval Of Plan By Board and Stockholders

This Plan is effective as of July 21, 2006 pursuant to the approval of this Plan by the Board and the Company’s stockholders on such date.

Section 7.6 Titles

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.

Section 7.7 Conformity to Laws Generally

The Plan, the granting and vesting of Options under the Plan, and the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (including but not limited to state and federal securities laws, federal margin requirements and, to the extent applicable as the Company’s state of incorporation, the laws of the state of Delaware) and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. The person acquiring any securities under this Plan will, if requested by the Corporation, provide such assurances and representations to the Corporation as the Administrator may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal and accounting requirements.

Section 7.8 Conformity To Securities Laws

The Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder to the extent the Company or any Optionee is subject to the provisions thereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall

 

16


be administered, and Options shall be granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and Options granted hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

Section 7.9 Governing Law

To the extent not preempted by federal law, the Plan shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the state of New York, without regard to conflicts of law provisions that would give effect to the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 7.10 Severability

In the event any portion of the Plan or any action taken pursuant thereto shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provisions had not been included, and the illegal or invalid action shall be null and void.

Section 7.11 Amendment of Stock Option Agreements

The Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors) at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more existing Stock Option Agreements by agreement or resolution; provided, however, that the rights of an Optionee under a Stock Option Agreement shall not be adversely impaired without the Optionee’s written consent. The Company shall provide an Optionee with notice and a copy of any amendment made to such Optionee’s existing Stock Option Agreement.

 

17


I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. on July 21, 2006.

Executed on this 21st day of July, 2006.

 

REXNORD HOLDINGS, INC.
 

/s/ Thomas J. Jansen

Name:   Thomas J. Jansen
Title:  

Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

 

18

EX-10.8 8 dex108.htm FORM OF EXECUTIVE NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT Form of Executive Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

Exhibit 10.8

[Non-Employee Director Form]

This form of agreement was amended effective April 19, 2007. The following is an accurate compilation of the agreement as amended on that date.

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

OF

REXNORD HOLDINGS, INC.

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [            ] is made by and between Rexnord Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [            ], a non-employee director of the Company (as defined herein) (the “Optionee”)

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the 2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. (as may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, in consideration for the Optionee’s agreement to serve as a member of the Board, the Board has determined that it would be to the advantage and best interest of the Company and its stockholders to grant the Optionee the Non-Qualified Stock Option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), provided for herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Plan. The singular pronoun shall include the plural, where the context so indicates.

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF OPTION

Section 2.1 Grant of Option

In consideration of the Optionee’s service as a member of the Board, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, on the date hereof the Company irrevocably grants to the Optionee the Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate of [            ] shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement.


Section 2.2 Option Subject to Plan

The Option granted hereunder is subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, including without limitation, Article V and Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.10 thereof.

Section 2.3 Option Price

The purchase price of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Option shall be $[            ] per share (without commission or other charge).

ARTICLE III

EXERCISABILITY

Section 3.1 Exercisability

The Option shall be vested as to 100% of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto on the date hereof.

Section 3.2 Expiration of Option

The Option may not be exercised to any extent by any Person after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option was granted.

Section 3.3 Partial Exercise

Any portion of the Option or the entire Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof expires; provided, however, that each partial exercise shall be for not less than 100 shares of Common Stock and shall be for whole shares of Common Stock only.

Section 3.4 Exercise of Option

The exercise of the Option shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, including without limitation, the provisions of Article V of the Plan, which, among other things, require that the Optionee (or, in the event of the Optionee’s death or disability, the Optionee’s Eligible Representative) deliver an executed copy of a Joinder to the Stockholders’ Agreement designated by the Company (in the form attached to such Stockholders’ Agreement) to the Secretary as a condition to the exercise of the Option.

ARTICLE IV

OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 4.1 Optionee’s Service as a Director

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the service of the Company or any of its affiliates (whether as a director or otherwise).


Section 4.2 Shares Subject to Plan and Stockholder Agreement

The Optionee acknowledges that any shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Option are subject to the terms of the Plan and the Stockholders’ Agreement, including without limitation, the restrictions set forth in Section 5.6 of the Plan.

Section 4.3 Construction

This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under the laws of the state of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions that would give effect to the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 4.4 Conformity to Securities Laws

The Optionee acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, Rule 16b-3. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Option is granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

Section 4.5 Entire Agreement

The parties hereto acknowledge that this Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and supersede all prior written or oral agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof. The obligations imposed by this Agreement are severable and should be construed independently of each other. The invalidity of one provision shall not affect the validity of any other provision. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, or as applied to any circumstances, under the laws of any jurisdiction which may govern for such purpose, then such provision shall be deemed, to the extent allowed by the laws of such jurisdiction, to be modified or restricted to the extent and in the manner necessary to render the same valid and enforceable, either generally or as applied to such circumstance, or shall be deemed exercised from this Agreement, as the case may require, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, as if such provision had been originally incorporated herein as so modified or restricted, or as if such provision had not been originally incorporated herein, as the case may be.


Section 4.6 Amendment

The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of this Agreement, provided, however, that the rights of the Optionee shall not be adversely impaired without the Optionee’s written consent. The Company shall provide the Optionee with notice and a copy of any amendment made to this Agreement

Section 4.7 Arbitration; Waiver of Jury Trial

Any dispute or controversy arising under, out of, or in connection with or in relation to this Agreement or the Plan shall be finally determined and settled by arbitration in New York, New York in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Within 20 days of the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, the arbitrator shall prepare written findings of fact and conclusions of law. It is mutually agreed that the written decision of the arbitrator shall be valid, binding, final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the parties hereto agree that the arbitrator shall not be empowered to award punitive damages against any party to such arbitration. To the extent permitted by law, the arbitrator’s fees and expenses will be borne equally by each party. In the event that an action is brought to enforce the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan pursuant to this Section 4.7, each party shall pay its own attorney’s fees and expenses regardless of whether in the opinion of the court or arbitrator deciding such action there is a prevailing party. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL, INCLUDING TRIAL BY JURY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLAN OR THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 4.8 Notices

All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party hereto shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by telecopy, by nationally-recognized overnight courier, or by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by the addressee to the addressor:

(i) if to the Company, to:

Rexnord Holdings, Inc.

4701 Greenfield Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53214

Attention: Patty Whaley

with copies to:

Rexnord Holdings, Inc.

c/o Apollo Management, L.P.

10250 Constellation Blvd, Suite 2900

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Fax: (310) 843-1933

Attention: Larry Berg


and

Rexnord Holdings, Inc.

c/o Apollo Management, L.P.

9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Fax: (212) 515-3288

Attention: Steven Martinez

and

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Times Square Tower

7 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Fax: (212) 326-2061

Attention: John M. Scott, Esq.

(ii) if to the Optionee, to the Optionee’s home address on file with the Company.

Section 4.9 Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, including via facsimile transmission, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

[Signature Page to Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto as of the day, month and year first set forth above.

 

THE COMPANY:  

Rexnord Holdings, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 
THE OPTIONEE:  

Signature:

 

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

 
Optionee’s Address:  

 

 

 

 
Optionee’s Taxpayer Identification Number:  

 

 
EX-10.16 9 dex1016.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN REXNORD LLC AND ALEX P. MARINI Employment Agreement between Rexnord LLC and Alex P. Marini

Exhibit 10.16

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), entered into as of the 7th day of February, 2007, by and between Rexnord LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation, with its principal office at 4701 Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214 (the “Company”), and Alex P. Marini (the “Executive”) shall be effective immediately following, and subject to the Closing (within the meaning of the Merger Agreement, as defined below) (the date of such Closing, the “Effective Date”).

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. (“Jacuzzi”), Jupiter Acquisition, LLC (“Parent”) and Jupiter Merger Sub (“Merger Sub”), Inc. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 11, 2006, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub shall merge with and into Jacuzzi (the “Merger”), and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent;

WHEREAS, RBS Global Inc. and Parent entered into a Purchase Agreement dated as of October 11, 2006 pursuant to which, at the time of the Merger, the Company will acquire the outstanding equity interests of Jacuzzi, as a result of which Jacuzzi will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (collectively with the Merger, the “Transactions”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Executive and the Company wish to enter into this new employment agreement and to supersede the amended and restated employment agreement dated as of October 10, 2006, by and between Jacuzzi and the Executive (the “Prior Employment Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, this Agreement shall be effective immediately following the Closing on the Effective Date and shall supersede the Prior Employment Agreement in its entirety; provided that, in the event the Merger Agreement shall terminate and the Closing shall not occur, this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect and the Prior Agreement shall remain in effect.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. Term of Employment. Except for earlier termination as provided in Section 7 hereof, the initial term of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on August 31, 2008 (the “Initial Term”). Subject to Section 7 hereof, at the conclusion of the Initial Term and on each subsequent anniversary of the conclusion of the Initial Term the period of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional term of one (1) year (each such period, collectively with the Initial Term and all prior such periods, the “Employment Term”) unless the Company or the Executive gives written notice to the other at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-applicable Employment Term of the termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder at the end of such then-applicable Employment Term.


2. Positions.

(a) The Executive shall serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Water Management operating division of the Company (“Water Management”). The Executive shall report directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (or similar governing body of the Company) (the “Board”) until such time as the Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) instructs the Executive to report directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”), from and after such time the Executive shall report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

(b) During the Employment Term, the Executive shall have such duties and authorities usually vested in the offices of chief executive officer and president of a operating division of the size and nature of Water Management and such other powers and duties commensurate with his positions as the Chairman or the CEO may assign from time to time, subject to the reasonable directives of the Chairman or the CEO, as applicable, and the corporate policies of the Company as they are in effect from time to time throughout the Employment Term (including, without limitation, the Company’s business conduct and ethics policies, as they may change from time to time).

(c) During the Employment Term, the Executive shall devote all of his business time and efforts to the performance of his duties hereunder; provided, however, that the Executive shall be allowed, to the extent that such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, to manage his passive personal interests and to serve on civic or charitable boards or committees, and subject to the next sentence, serve on corporate boards of directors. The Executive may serve on corporate boards of directors only if approved in advance by the Board (which approval may be withdrawn at any time) and shall not serve on any corporate board of directors if such service would be inconsistent with his fiduciary responsibilities to the Company. Nothing herein shall preclude the Executive from serving on the board of directors of Bath Acquisition Corporation (“Bath”) and the Company hereby agrees that the Executive’s service on the board of directors of Bath shall not be deemed to be a violation of the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions of Section 10 given the current scope and business activities of those entities.

(d) During the Employment Term, the Executive’s principal place of employment for the Company shall be in Erie, Pennsylvania. However, the parties acknowledge and agree that, in the course of the Executive performing his duties hereunder, he will be required to travel from time to time on Company business and to Company facilities.

3. Base Salary. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall receive a base salary at the annual rate of $500,000. Base salary shall be payable in accordance with the usual payroll practices of the Company. The Executive’s base salary may be increased, but not decreased, from time to time by the Chairman or CEO, as appropriate, and shall be subject to annual review by the Chairman or CEO, as appropriate, during the Employment Term, with the first such annual review to be conducted with respect to the fiscal year that commences on April 1, 2008. The base salary as determined as aforesaid from time to time shall constitute “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

2


4. Incentive Compensation.

(a) Bonus. For the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2007 and for each whole fiscal year of the Company thereafter that occurs during the Employment Term, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan to be established by the Company with respect to such fiscal year. The Executive’s annual cash target bonus opportunity for each such fiscal year under such bonus plan shall be equal to 100% of the Executive’s Base Salary for that fiscal year (“Target Bonus”), with the Executive’s actual bonus for that fiscal year to be determined by the Board (or a committee thereof) under the bonus plan for that fiscal year in light of the Company’s and the Executive’s performance for that fiscal year. For the period between the Effective Date and March 31, 2007, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a pro-rata bonus payment equal to that which he would have received under the Jacuzzi Annual Performance Incentive Plan as in effect immediately prior to Effective Date.

(b) Other Compensation. The Company may award to the Executive such other bonuses and compensation as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable.

(c) Stock Options. Effective on the date of the first Board meeting that occurs following the Effective Date, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Effective Date, the Executive shall be granted a non-qualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase 205,244 shares of the common stock of Rexnord Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Rexnord”), at a per share exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of Rexnord common stock as established by the Board of Directors of Rexnord for purposes of stock options granted by Rexnord on such date. The Option shall be granted under, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the 2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc. and the form of non-qualified stock option agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B, respectively.

5. Employee Benefits and Vacation.

(a) During the period of the Employment Term that commences on the Effective Date and ends on the first anniversary thereof, the Company will provide the Executive with such additional benefits as may be required in order to provide the Executive with a consistent aggregate value of benefits as contemplated by Section 7.01(a) of the Merger Agreement. During the period of the Employment Term after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all pension, long-term incentive compensation, retirement, savings, welfare and other employee benefit plans and arrangements and fringe benefits and perquisites generally maintained by the Company from time to time for the benefit of its senior executive officers, in each case in accordance with their respective terms as in effect from time to time.

(b) During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be entitled to vacation each year in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time, but in no event less than four (4) weeks paid vacation per calendar year. The Executive shall also be entitled to such periods of paid sick leave as is customarily provided by the Company to its senior executive employees.

 

3


(c) If the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates due to his retirement from the Company and so long as such retirement is not in connection with a termination pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof (such a retirement, a “Qualifying Retirement”) and further subject to the following provisions of this Section 5(c), the Executive shall be provided with a supplemental retirement benefit payable in the form of a 60% J&S Annuity. For purposes of this Agreement, a “60% J&S Annuity” means an annuity payable each month for the life of the Executive, commencing in the month following the Executive’s Qualifying Retirement, with a survivor annuity payable monthly for the life of the person (if any) legally married to the Executive (the Executive’s “spouse”) at the time of the Executive’s Qualifying Retirement which commences with the month following the month in which the Executive dies (if such spouse is then still living) and which is 60% of the amount of such annuity payable during the life of the Executive. The amount of such 60% J&S Annuity shall be the amount necessary to produce a monthly 60% J&S Annuity benefit during the Executive’s life after such annuity commences equal to the positive difference (if any) between (i) $20,000 less (ii) the Existing Retirement Benefit. For this purpose, the “Existing Retirement Benefit” equals the sum of the Monthly Offset Amount (defined below) and the Actual Retirement Plan Benefit (defined below). The “Monthly Offset Amount” shall mean the monthly benefit amount that is obtained if the aggregate benefit that was paid (or is payable or to be paid, as the case may be) to Executive under the Jacuzzi Brands Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and the Zurn Supplemental Pension Plan is assumed to have not been paid (or to be paid in any other form) and is instead assumed to be paid in the form of a 60% J&S Annuity with a monthly benefit payment commencing with the month following a Qualifying Retirement by the Executive and actuarially calculated using the Actuarial Assumptions. For purposes of clarity, to the extent any benefit under any such plan is actually paid prior to the month in which the Executive’s Qualifying Retirement occurs, the amount of such benefit taken into consideration for purposes of calculating the Monthly Offset Amount shall be actuarially increased (applying the Actuarial Assumptions) for the period of time from the date of actual payment of such benefits through the month in which the Qualifying Retirement occurs. For purposes of this Agreement, “Actuarial Assumptions” means the actuarial factors applied under the Qualified Plan with respect to benefit calculations for retirements during the month of the Qualifying Retirement by Executive. For this purpose “Qualified Plan” means the Company’s defined benefit pension plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (if multiple such plans are then maintained or sponsored by the Company, the Plan in which the Company’s executive officers generally participate shall be the relevant plan for this purpose). The “Actual Retirement Plan Benefit” shall mean the monthly benefit amount that is obtained if the aggregate benefit that was paid (or is payable or to be paid, as the case may be) to the Executive under any and all other qualified or non-qualified pension plans covering the Executive during his employment with Company and its affiliates, Jacuzzi and/or Zurn Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, is assumed to have not been paid (or to be paid in any other form) and is instead assumed to be paid in the form of a 60% J&S Annuity with a monthly benefit payment commencing with the month following a Qualifying Retirement by Executive and actuarially calculated using the Actuarial Assumptions. In the event that the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company for any reason other than Termination for Good Reason, death or Disability, the Executive shall only be entitled to receive his benefits under this Section 5(c) if the Executive gives the Company at least six months prior written notice of such termination. In the event that Executive does not timely give the

 

4


Company such written notice, the Executive shall be obligated to pay the Company an amount equal to his then current annual Base Salary, determined at the time Executive’s employment by the Company terminates, which shall be paid in full by the Executive or, if the Company does not receive such payment within five (5) business days following the date Executive’s employment by the Company terminates, may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, be withheld by the Company from any and all amounts otherwise due and owing to the Executive from the Company (pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise).

(d) If the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates due to his retirement from the Company and so long as such retirement is not in connection with a termination pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof, the Executive and his spouse shall be receive retiree medical benefits pursuant to the terms of the Company’s retiree medical plan covering the senior executives of the Company at the time of such termination, provided however, if such retiree medical benefits, or related terms, are modified or terminated for retired participants in such plan, (or its successor or replacement plan), such modification or termination shall also apply to the Executive and his covered dependents.

6. Business Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Executive for the travel, entertainment and other business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of his duties hereunder, in accordance with the Company’s policies as in effect from time to time.

7. Termination.

(a) The employment of Executive and the Employment Term shall terminate as provided in Section 1 hereof or, if earlier, upon the earliest to occur of any of the following events:

(i) the death of Executive;

(ii) the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company due to Executive’s Disability (as defined below) pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof;

(iii) the termination of Executive’s employment by the Executive for Good Reason (as defined below) pursuant to Section 7(c) hereof;

(iv) the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause (as defined below) pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof;

(v) the termination of employment by Executive without Good Reason upon sixty (60) days prior written notice pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof; or

(vi) the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean by reason of the same or related physical or mental illness or incapacity, the Executive is unable to carry out his material duties pursuant to this Agreement for more than six (6) months in any twelve (12) month period.

 

5


For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean a determination by the Chairman or CEO, based on the information then known to it, of: (i) Executive’s refusal or willful failure to perform his duties; (ii) Executive’s willful misconduct or gross negligence with regard to the Company or its affiliates or their business, assets or employees (including, without limitation, Executive’s fraud, embezzlement or other act of dishonesty with regard to the Company or its affiliates); (iii) Executive’s willful misconduct which has a material adverse impact on the Company or its affiliates, whether economic, or reputation wise or otherwise, as determined by the Chairman or CEO; (iv) Executive’s conviction of, or pleading nolo contendere (or entering a similar plea) to, a felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; (v) Executive’s refusal or willful failure to follow the lawful written direction of the Chairman or CEO; (vi) Executive’s breach of a fiduciary duty owed to the Company or its affiliates, including but not limited to Section 11 hereof; (vii) the representations or warranties in Section 16(k) hereof prove false; or (vii) any other breach by Executive of this Agreement that remains uncured for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is given to Executive.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence, without Executive’s express written consent of any of the following circumstances: (i) any material demotion of Executive from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Water Management (except in connection with the termination of Executive’s employment for Cause or due to Disability or as a result of Executive’s death, or temporarily as a result of Executive’s illness or other absence); (ii) a failure by the Company to pay Executive’s Base Salary or incentive compensation in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 hereof that remains uncured for thirty (30) days after written notice hereof is given to the Company; (iii) a relocation of the Executive’s office location to a location more than thirty-five (35) miles from Executive’s then current office location; or (iv) a breach by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) Disability. If Executive incurs a Disability, the Company may terminate Executive’s employment for Disability, upon thirty (30) days written notice by a Notice of Disability Termination, at any time thereafter during such twelve (12) month period while Executive is unable to carry out his duties as a result of the same or related physical or mental illness or incapacity. Such termination shall not be effective if Executive returns to the full time performance of his material duties within such thirty (30) day period.

(c) Termination for Good Reason. A Termination for Good Reason means a termination by Executive by written notice given within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the Good Reason event, unless such circumstances are fully corrected prior to the date of termination specified in the Notice of Termination for Good Reason. A Notice of Termination for Good Reason shall mean a notice that shall indicate the specific Good Reason event relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for Termination for Good Reason. The failure by Executive to set forth in the Notice of Termination for Good Reason any facts or circumstances which contribute to the showing of Good Reason shall not waive any right of Executive hereunder or preclude Executive from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing his rights hereunder. The Notice of Termination for Good Reason shall provide for a date of termination not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days after the date such Notice of Termination for Good Reason is given.

 

6


(d) Cause. Subject to the notification provisions of this Section 7(d), Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause. A Notice of Termination for Cause shall mean a notice that shall indicate the specific basis for Cause relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances which provide for a basis for Termination for Cause. The date of termination for a Termination for Cause shall be the date indicated in the Notice of Termination for Cause. Any purported Termination for Cause which finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to have been based on the grounds set forth in this Agreement or not to have followed the procedures set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed a termination by the Company without Cause.

(e) Other Terminations. The Executive’s employment by the Company shall be at will. Accordingly, the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time (with or without notice), for reasons other than Cause or for no reason. Subject to Section 5(c) above, the Executive may terminate his employment with the Company at any time upon sixty (60) days prior written notice.

8. Consequences of Termination of Employment.

(a) Death, Disability, Voluntary Resignation without Good Reason, for Cause, Nonextension of the Employment Term by Executive. If Executive’s employment and the Employment Term are terminated by reason of (i) Executive’s death or Disability, (ii) as a result of a notice of nonextension of the Employment Term by Executive, (iii) by the Company for Cause or (iv) by Executive without Good Reason, the Employment Term under this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to Executive or Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement except for: (i) any Base Salary earned but unpaid through the date of termination, any earned but unpaid bonus, any accrued but unused vacation pay payable pursuant to the Company’s policies, and any unreimbursed business expenses payable pursuant to Section 7 (collectively “Accrued Amounts”) (which, amounts shall, in the event of Executive’s death, be promptly paid in a lump sum to Executive’s estate) and (ii) any other amounts or benefits owing to Executive under the then applicable employee benefit plans, long-term incentive plans or equity plans and programs of the Company and its affiliates which shall be paid in accordance with such plans and programs, including, if applicable, the Minimum Pension in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 5(c) above (provided proper written notice is given by Executive in accordance with Section 5(c) above).

(b) Termination by Executive for Good Reason, or Termination by the Company without Cause. If Executive’s employment and the Employment Term are terminated (i) by the Executive for Good Reason or (ii) by the Company without Cause (and other than for Disability) or as a result of a notice of nonextension of the Employment Term by the Company, the Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Amounts, and shall, subject to Sections 9(b), 9(c), 10, 11 and 12 hereof, be entitled to receive:

(A) If such termination occurs on or before August 31, 2008, equal monthly payments in an amount equal to his then monthly rate of Base Salary (determined based on a minimum annual salary rate of $500,000), for a period of twenty four (24) months commencing with the month following the month in which the Executive’s employment by the Company terminates; and if such termination occurs after August 31, 2008, equal

 

7


monthly payments in an amount equal to his then monthly rate of Base Salary (determined based on a minimum annual salary rate of $500,000), for a period of twelve (12) months commencing with the month following the month in which the Executive’s employment by the Company terminates;

(B) If such termination occurs on or before August 31, 2008, a lump sum cash payment equal to the product of the Executive’s Target Bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs multiplied by two (2); and if such termination occurs after August 31, 2008, a lump sum cash payment equal to the Executive’s Target Bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs;

(C) Any other amounts or benefits owing to the Executive under the then applicable employee benefit, long term incentive or equity plans and programs of the Company which shall be paid in accordance with such plans and programs;

(D) Accelerated vesting of the then-unvested portion of the Option (if any) that would have otherwise become vested in accordance with its terms after the date the Executive’s employment by the Company terminates (had such termination not occurred) and on or before the one year anniversary of the date of such termination;

(E) Payment of Executive’s and his dependents’ premiums for health and medical insurance coverage, which provides substantially similar benefits as was being provided to Executive on the day prior to the termination of Executive’s employment, for two (2) years following Executive’s date of termination; provided, however, if such termination occurs after August 31, 2008, such period of payment of premiums for health and medical insurance coverage shall be a period of twelve (12) months instead of twenty four (24) months; and

(F) The minimum pension subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(c).

9.(a) No Mitigation; No Set-Off. In the event of any termination of employment under Section 8, Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against any amounts due Executive under this Agreement on account of any remuneration attributable to any subsequent employment that Executive may obtain. Any amounts due under Section 8 are in the nature of severance payments and are not in the nature of a penalty. Such amounts are inclusive, and in lieu of any, amounts payable under any other salary continuation or cash severance arrangement of the Company and to the extent paid or provided under any other such arrangement shall be offset from the amount due hereunder.

(a) Release. Executive agrees that, as a condition to receiving the payments and benefits provided under Section 8(b) hereunder he will execute and deliver a release of all claims of any kind whatsoever against the Company, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and shareholders in the then standard form being used by the Company for senior executives (but without release of the right of indemnification hereunder or under the Company’s By-laws or rights under benefit or equity plans that by their terms are intended to survive termination of his employment). Notwithstanding anything else contained herein to the contrary, the Company

 

8


shall have no obligation to the Executive pursuant to Section 8(b) (or otherwise to pay the Minimum Pension) unless and until such release has been received by the Company, fully executed by the Executive, and such release has become irrevocable by Executive in accordance with all applicable law.

(b) Resignation. Upon any termination of employment, Executive hereby resigns as an officer and director of the Company, any subsidiary and any affiliate and as a fiduciary of any benefit plan of any of the foregoing. Executive shall promptly execute any further documentation thereof as requested by the Company and, if the Executive is to receive any payments from the Company (including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 8 above), execution of such further documentation shall be a condition thereof.

10. Competition.

(a) Executive shall not, at any time during the Employment Term and for 24 months following the termination of Executive’s employment, directly or indirectly engage in, have any equity interest in, or manage or operate any person, firm, corporation, partnership or business (whether as director, officer, employee, agent, representative, partner, security holder, consultant or otherwise) that engages in any business which competes with any business of the Company or any entity owned by the Company anywhere in the world (a “Competing Company”); provided, however, that the Executive shall be permitted to acquire a passive stock or equity interest a Competing Company provided the stock or other equity interest acquired is not more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding interest in such business; and provided further that a business that does not directly compete with the Company but is affiliated with an individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization or entity that does compete with the Company shall not itself be considered a Competing Company so long as not more than one-third of the aggregate gross revenues, and not more than one-third of the aggregate net income, of such business and its affiliates (in each case, on a consolidated basis for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the Executive becomes involved with such business) is derived from businesses that are competitive with any business of the Company.

(b) During the Employment Term and for 24 months following the termination of the Executive’s employment, the Executive will not, and will not permit any of his affiliates to, directly or indirectly, (i) recruit or otherwise solicit or induce (or attempt to recruit or otherwise solicit or induce) any employee of Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries to leave the employ of Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between Rexnord, the Company and any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any employee thereof, on the other hand, (ii) hire any person or entity who is or any time was an employee of Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries until six (6) months after such individual’s employment relationship with Rexnord, the Company and any of its subsidiaries has ended, or (iii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee or other business relation of Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries to cease doing business with Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or business relation, on the one hand, and Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it will not constitute a breach of the provisions of this Section 10(b) if an affiliate of the Executive that is not a majority owned subsidiary of the entity which then employs the

 

9


Executive (or with respect to which the Executive is otherwise affiliated) engages in actions prohibited by clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) provided that the Executive is not directly or indirectly involved in the solicitation or negotiation of or otherwise involved in the taking of such action. In addition, general advertising not specifically targeted at the above persons and entities shall not constitute a breach of this Section 10(b).

(c) In the event terms of this Section 10 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of its being too extensive in any other respect, it will be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable, over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable, or to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable, all as determined by such court in such action.

(d) The Executive acknowledges that, in the course of his employment with the Company and/or its affiliates and their predecessors, he has become familiar, or will become familiar, with the Company’s and its affiliates’ and their predecessors’ trade secrets and with other confidential information concerning the Company, its affiliates and their respective predecessors and that his services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and its affiliates. The Executive agrees that the provisions of Sections 10(a) and 10(b) are reasonable in light of such facts and circumstances. Furthermore, the Executive understands that the foregoing restrictions may limit his ability to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company and any of its affiliates, but he nevertheless believes that he has received and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits as an employee of the Company and as otherwise provided hereunder or as described in the recitals hereto to clearly justify such restrictions which, in any event (given his education, skills and ability), the Executive does not believe would prevent him from otherwise earning a living. The Executive has carefully considered the nature and extent of the restrictions placed upon him by this Agreement, and hereby acknowledges and agrees that the same are reasonable in time and territory and do not confer a benefit upon the Company disproportionate to the detriment of the Executive.

11. Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information.

(a) Except as reasonably required in the faithful performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 11(c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, information with respect to Rexnord’s, the Company’s and any of its subsidiaries’ operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment, or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of Rexnord, the Company and its subsidiaries (and any successor or assignee thereof).

 

10


(b) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning Rexnord’s, the Company’s and any of its subsidiaries’ customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products or processes. The Executive shall be permitted to retain his rolodex, address books and other similar personal items, provided that such personal items do not contain any confidential or proprietary information of Rexnord, the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(c) The Executive may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought and shall assist such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.

12. Inventions. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the business of Rexnord, the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Executive may discover, invent or originate during the Employment Term, and for a period of 12 months thereafter, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of the Company (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of Rexnord, the Company and its subsidiaries, as applicable. Executive shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company’s rights therein. The Executive hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect Rexnord’s, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ rights to any Inventions.

13. Injunctive Relief. It is recognized and acknowledged by the Executive that a breach of the covenants contained in Section 10, 11 or 12 will cause irreparable damage to Rexnord, the Company and its subsidiaries and its goodwill, the exact amount of which will be difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, Executive agrees that, in the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in Section 10, 11 or 12, in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the Company will be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief. Furthermore, in the event of breach of the covenants contained in Section 10, 11 or 12 by the Executive, while he is receiving amounts under Section 8 hereof, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any future amounts pursuant to Section 8 hereof (including, without limitation, any remaining payments pursuant to the Minimum Pension provisions of Section 5(c).

14. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Executive to the extent provided in the Certificate of Formation and By-Laws of the Company for any action

 

11


or inaction of Executive while serving as an officer and director of the Company or as an officer or director of any other subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or as a fiduciary of any benefit plan. The Company shall cover Executive under directors and officers liability insurance both during and, while potential liability exists, after the Employment Term in the same amount and to the same extent as the Company covers its other officers and directors.

15. Legal and Other Fees and Expenses. To the extent permitted by law, all reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Executive in evaluating and negotiating the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be promptly paid on behalf of, or reimbursed, to the Executive by the Company; provided that in no event shall the Company’s aggregate payment and reimbursement obligation pursuant to this sentence exceed $50,000. In the event that a claim for payment or benefits under this Agreement is disputed, the Company shall pay all reasonable attorney, accountant and other professional fees and reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in pursuing such claim, provided the Executive is successful with regard to a material portion of his claim.

16. Miscellaneous.

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania without reference to principles of conflict of laws.

(b) Entire Agreement/Amendments. This Agreement and the instruments contemplated herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company from and after the Effective Date and supersedes any prior agreements between the Company and the Executive with respect thereto, including without limitation the Prior Employment Agreement; provided, however, that any rights the Executive may have to a 280G tax gross-up payment under Section 12 of the Prior Agreement that arise in connection with a change in control of Jacuzzi that occurred on or prior to February 7, 2007, and any rights the Executive may have for indemnification and directors and officer’s insurance coverage under Section 11 of the Prior Agreement with respect to any action or inaction of the Executive prior to the Effective Date shall continue notwithstanding this Agreement. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein and therein. This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

(c) No Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. Any such waiver must be in writing and signed by the Executive or an authorized officer of the Company, as the case may be.

(d) Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by Executive. This Agreement shall be assignable by the Company only to an entity which is owned, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part by the Company or by any successor to the Company or an acquirer of all or substantial all of the assets of the Company, provided such entity or acquirer

 

12


promptly assumes all of the obligations hereunder of the Company in a writing delivered to Executive and otherwise complies with the provisions hereof with regard to such assumption. Upon such assignment and assumption, all references to the Company herein shall be to the assignee entity or acquirer, as the case may be.

(e) Successors; Binding Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees legatees and permitted assignees of the parties hereto. In the event of the Executive’s death while receiving amounts payable pursuant to Section 8(b) hereof, any remaining amounts shall be paid to Executive’s estate.

(f) Communications. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party hereto shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by telecopy, by nationally-recognized overnight courier, or by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by the addressee to the addressor:

(i) if to the Company, to:

Rexnord, LLC

4701 Greenfield Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53214

Attention: Patricia Whaley

with copies to:

Rexnord Holdings, Inc.

c/o Apollo Management, L.P.

10250 Constellation Blvd, Suite 2900

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Fax: (310) 843-1933

Attention: Laurence Berg

and

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Times Square Tower

7 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Fax: (212) 326-2061

Attention: John M. Scott, Esq.

(ii) if to Executive, to Executive’s home address on file with the Company.

(g) Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any and all amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes, and any other withholdings, as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

13


(h) Survivorship. The respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment to the extent necessary to the agreed preservation of such rights and obligations.

(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

(j) Headings. The headings of the sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

(k) Executive’s Representation. The Executive represents and warrants to the Company that there is no legal impediment to him entering into, or performing his obligations under this Agreement and neither entering into this Agreement nor performing his service hereunder will violate any agreement to which he is a party or any other legal restriction. The Executive further represents and warrants that in performing his duties hereunder he will not use or disclose any confidential information of any prior employer or other person or entity.

(l) Section 409A.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (“Code Section 409A”), the Executive shall not be entitled to any payments upon a termination of his employment until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after his termination of employment for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive following a termination of his employment that are not so paid by reason of this Section l(i) shall be paid as soon as practicable after the date that is six (6) months after the termination of the Executive’s employment (or, if earlier, the date of the Executive’s death). The provisions of this Section l(i) shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to comply with Code Section 409A in a manner such that the Executive is not subject to additional taxes and/or penalties under Code Section 409A.

(ii) To the extent that this Agreement or any provision hereof is subject to Code Section 409A, the Corporation and the Executive agree that the terms and conditions hereof shall be construed and interpreted to the maximum extent reasonably possible, without altering the fundamental intent of the agreement, to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m) Mutual Drafting. Each party has cooperated in the drafting, negotiation and preparation of this Agreement. Hence, in any construction to be made of this Agreement, the same shall not be construed against either party on the basis of that party being the drafter of such language.

17. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL, INCLUDING TRIAL BY JURY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

14


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

REXNORD LLC     EXECUTIVE
By:  

/s/ George S. Sherman

   

/s/ Alex P. Marini

Name:   George S. Sherman     Alex P. Marini
Title:   Chairman of the Board    

 

15


EXHIBIT A

2006 Stock Option Plan of Rexnord Holdings, Inc.


EXHIBIT B

Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement

EX-21.1 10 dex211.htm LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANTS List of Subsidiaries of the registrants

Exhibit 21.1

Rexnord LLC

List of Subsidiaries

 

Name

  

Place of Incorporation

The Falk Service Corporation    Delaware
Prager Incorporated    Louisiana
PT Components, Inc.    Delaware
RBS Acquisition Corporation    Delaware
RBS China Holdings, L.L.C.    Delaware
Rexnord Industries, LLC    Delaware
Rexnord International Inc.    Delaware
W.M. Berg Inc.    Delaware
Falk Australia Pty Ltd.    Australia
Rexnord Australia Pty Ltd.    Australia
Rexnord NV    Belgium
Rexnord Correntes Ltda    Brazil
Rexnord do Brasil Industrial Ltda    Brazil
Falk Canada Inc.    Canada
Rexnord Canada Ltd.    Canada
Rexnord Chile Commercial Limitada    Chile
Changzhou Rexnord Transmission Co Ltd    China
Falk Shanghai Co., Ltd.    China
Rexnord Conveyor Products (Wuxi) Co. Ltd.    China
Shanghai Dalong Chains Works Co. Ltd.    China
Rexnord France Holdings SAS    France
Rexnord SAS    France
MCC Deutschland Kette GmbH    Germany
Rexnord Germany Holdings GmbH    Germany
Rexnord Germany Operations GmbH    Germany
Rexnord GmbH    Germany
Rexnord Kette GmbH    Germany
Stephan GmbH    Germany
Hansen Italia Srl    Italy
Rexnord Italy Holdings Srl    Italy
Rexnord Marbett Srl    Italy
Rexnord Industrial SA de CV    Mexico
Rexnord SA de CV    Mexico
MCC Holding BV    Netherlands
Precision Moulding Components Nederland BV    Netherlands
Rexnord BV    Netherlands
Rexnord Finance BV    Netherlands
Rexnord FlatTop Europe BV    Netherlands
Rexnord Marbett International BV    Netherlands
Rexnord Netherlands Holdings BV    Netherlands
Rexnord South Africa Pty    South Africa
Stephan Drives Ltd.    UK
Falk de Venezuela, SA    Venezuela
Rexnord-Zurn Holdings, Inc.    Delaware
OEI, Inc.    Delaware
OEP, Inc.    Delaware


Krikles, Inc.    Delaware
Krikles Europe U.S.A. Inc.    Delaware
Krikles Canada U.S.A. Inc.    Delaware
Zurco, Inc.    Delaware
Zurn International, Inc.    Delaware
Zurn PEX, Inc.    Delaware
USI Atlantic Corp.    Delaware
Environmental Energy Company    California
HL Capital Corp.    California
Zurnacq of California, Inc.    California
Zurn Constructors, Inc.    California
Gary Concrete Products, Inc.    Georgia
Sanitary-Dash Manufacturing, Inc.    Connecticut
Zurn EPC Services, Inc.    Washington
Zurn Industries, LLC    Delaware
Zurn Industries Limited    Canada
Zurn Asia Holding Ltd.    Cayman Islands
Zurn Europe Limited    UK
Rexnord Flat Top Holdings B.V.    Netherlands
Rexnord Flat Top Italy Srl    Italy
EX-31.1 11 dex3111.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Robert A. Hitt, President and Chief Executive Officer of RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrants and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of registrants’ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 24, 2007

 

By:  

/s/ ROBERT A. HITT

Name:   Robert A. Hitt
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

EX-31.2 12 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, George C. Moore, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrants and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of registrants’ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 24, 2007

 

By:  

/s/ GEORGE C. MOORE

Name:   George C. Moore
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 13 dex321.htm MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION Management Certification

EXHIBIT 32.1

MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 United States Code § 1350

The undersigned hereby certifies that the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 of RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC (collectively, the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: May 24, 2007    
  By:  

/s/ ROBERT A. HITT

  Name:   Robert A. Hitt
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: May 24, 2007    
  By:  

/s/ GEORGE C. MOORE

  Name:   George C. Moore
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----