10-K 1 d10k.htm FORM 10-K Form 10-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10–K

 

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

FOR THE ANNUAL PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2006

OR

 

¨ 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 333-97427

JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   39-1877511
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

8310 16th Street

Sturtevant, Wisconsin 53177-0902

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(262) 631-4001

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 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. (Check One):

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 Act). Yes  ¨    No  x

There is no public trading market for the registrant’s common stock. As of March 2, 2007, there were 24,422 outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, $1.00 par value.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None.

 



INDEX

 

Section

  

Topic

   Page
  

Forward-Looking Statements

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PART I

     

Item 1

  

Business

   1

Item 1A

  

Risk Factors

   9

Item 1B

  

Unresolved Staff Comments

   17

Item 2

  

Properties

   18

Item 3

  

Legal Proceedings

   19

Item 4

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   19

PART II

     

Item 5

  

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

   20

Item 6

  

Selected Financial Data

   20

Item 7

  

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

   23

Item 7A

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

   45

Item 8

  

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   45

Item 9

  

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

   45

Item 9A

  

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

   46

PART III

     

Item 10

  

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

   48

Item 11

  

Executive Compensation

   53

Item 12

  

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

   72

Item 13

  

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

   77

Item 14

  

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

   96

PART IV

     

Item 15

  

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

   98


Unless otherwise indicated, references to “JohnsonDiversey,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” in this annual report refer to JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make statements in this Form 10–K that are not historical facts. These “forward-looking statements” can be identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “intend,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions. You should be aware that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond our control. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances. New factors emerge from time to time that may cause our business not to develop as we expect, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

our ability to execute our business strategies;

 

   

our ability to successfully execute and complete our restructuring program (“November 2005 Plan”), including outsourcing the majority of IT support worldwide, outsourcing of financial services in Western Europe, workforce reduction, achievement of cost savings, as well as plant closures and disposition of assets;

 

   

changes in general economic and political conditions, interest rates and currency movements, including, in particular, exposure to foreign currency risks;

 

   

the vitality of the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation market;

 

   

restraints on pricing flexibility due to competitive conditions in the professional market;

 

   

the loss or insolvency of a significant supplier or customer;

 

   

effectiveness in managing our manufacturing processes, including our inventory, fixed assets and system of internal control;

 

   

changes in energy costs, the costs of raw materials and other operating expenses;

 

   

our ability and the ability of our competitors to introduce new products and technical innovations;

 

   

the costs and effects of complying with laws and regulations relating to the environment and to the manufacture, storage, distribution and labeling of our products;

 

   

the occurrence of litigation or claims;

 

   

changes in tax, fiscal, governmental and other regulatory policies;

 

   

the effect of future acquisitions or divestitures or other corporate transactions;

 

   

adverse or unfavorable publicity regarding us or our services;

 

   

the loss of, or changes in, executive management or other key personnel;

 

   

natural and manmade disasters, including acts of terrorism, hostilities, war, and other such events that cause business interruptions or impact our markets;

 

   

conditions affecting the food and lodging industry, including health-related, political and weather-related; and

 

   

other factors listed from time to time in reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General

We are a leading global marketer and manufacturer of cleaning, hygiene and appearance enhancing products, equipment and related services for the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation market, which we operate under the names “JohnsonDiversey,” “Johnson Wax Professional,” and “DiverseyLever.” On June 30, 2006, we sold our polymer operation, a leading global supplier of water-based acrylic polymer resins for the industrial printing and packaging, coatings and plastics markets, to BASF Aktiengesellschaft (“BASF”).

We sell our products in more than 160 countries through our direct sales force, wholesalers and third-party distributors. Our sales are balanced geographically, with our principal markets being Europe, North America and Japan. For the year ended December 29, 2006, we had net sales of $2.9 billion, of which 49% were from Europe, 28% were from North America and 10% were from Japan. For a discussion of financial results by segment and by geographical location, see Note 29 to our consolidated financial statements.

We are required to file annual reports on Form 10–K, quarterly reports on Form 10–Q, current reports on Form 8–K and other information with the SEC. The public can obtain copies of these materials by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549, by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330, or by accessing the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, as soon as reasonably practicable after these materials are filed with or furnished to the SEC, we make copies available to the public free of charge on or through our website at http://www.johnsondiversey.com. The information on our website is not incorporated into, and is not part of, this annual report.

History

We are a privately held business that was incorporated in Delaware in February 1997, under the name S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc. From February 1997 until November 1999, we were a wholly owned subsidiary of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. (“SCJ”), a leading provider of innovative consumer home cleaning, maintenance and storage products founded by Samuel Curtis Johnson in 1886. In November 1999, we were separated from SCJ in a tax-free spin-off. In connection with the spin-off, Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. (“Holdco”), a Delaware corporation that is majority-owned by descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson, obtained substantially all of the shares of our common stock from SCJ and, in November 2001, contributed those shares to Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco.

In May 2002, we acquired DiverseyLever, an institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation business, from Conopco, Inc., a subsidiary of Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. (together “Unilever”). Following the acquisition, we changed our name to “JohnsonDiversey, Inc.” and Johnson Professional Holdings changed its name to “JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc.” In connection with the acquisition, Unilever acquired a one-third interest in JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) and Holdco retained the remaining two-thirds interest. At the closing of the acquisition, we entered into a sales agency agreement with Unilever whereby we were appointed Unilever’s exclusive agent to sell its consumer branded products, a business we did not acquire, to institutional and industrial customers. The sales agency agreement expires in May 2007; however, we are currently in discussions with Unilever to replace this arrangement prior to the expiration of the sales agency agreement.

In June 2006, Johnson Polymer, LLC (“JP”) and JohnsonDiversey Holdings II B.V. (“Holdings II”), an indirectly owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of JP, certain of the equity interests in, or assets of, certain JP subsidiaries and all of the equity interests owned by Holdings II in Johnson Polymer B.V. (collectively, the “Polymer Business”) to BASF Aktiengesellschaft (“BASF”).

 

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Business Overview

Our business supplies cleaning, hygiene and sanitizing products, including food service, food processing, floor care, restroom/other housekeeping, laundry and industrial products, to institutional and industrial end-users such as food and lodging establishments, food processing facilities, building service contractors, educational institutions, retail outlets, healthcare facilities and industrial plants. In addition, we provide a wide range of value-added services, including safety and application training, safety and hygiene consulting and hygiene auditing. We sell our professional products and related services on a global basis to a broad range of customers in diverse industries. In fiscal year 2006, our business had net sales of $2.9 billion.

Following divestiture of the former Polymer Business segment, the Company reevaluated its operating segments to comply with the requirements of SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” and concluded that a geographic presentation appropriately reflects management’s decision-making structure and provides investors with a basis from which to understand and assess its business. Operating segments are now defined according to the following geographic regions: 1) Europe, 2) North America, 3) Japan, 4) Latin America, 5) Asia Pacific, and 6) Eliminations/Other. For additional information regarding our business by segment, including operating profit and total assets, see Note 29 to our consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this report.

Europe. Our European segment had $1.4 billion of net sales in fiscal year 2006. Our European segment consists of 29 operating units across Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The largest operations comprising this segment are mainly in Western Europe and include the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey.

North America. Net sales for North America was $828.5 million in fiscal year 2006. The North America business primarily consists of our operations in the United States and Canada.

Japan. Net sales for Japan, our third largest segment, was $295.7 million in fiscal year 2006.

Latin America. Net sales for the Latin American region was $195.4 million in fiscal year 2006. Our Latin American segment consists of 11 operating units across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, with Brazil being our largest operation.

Asia Pacific. Net sales for the Asia Pacific region was $193.4 million in fiscal year 2006. This region consists of 12 operating units with China and Australia being our largest operations in the region.

Products

As the nature of our business is generally similar across our geographic regions, the ensuing detailed description of our business and competitive environment is intended to be representative of all our regions unless specifically stated.

We are a worldwide supplier of cleaning, hygiene and sanitizing products, equipment and related services to the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation market. We offer a broad, diversified line of products and related services to customers in more than 160 countries. We currently offer a wide range of products in each of six different categories—food service, food processing, floor care, restroom/other housekeeping, laundry and industrial.

Food Service. Food service products remove soil and eliminate microbiological contamination from food contact surfaces. Our food service products include chemicals for washing dishes, glassware, flatware, utensils and kitchen equipment; dish machines; pre-rinse units; dish tables and racks; food handling and storage products; and safe floor systems and tools. We also manufacture and supply kitchen cleaning products, such as general purpose cleaners, lime scale removers, bactericides/disinfectants, detergents, oven

 

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and grill cleaners, general surface degreasers, floor cleaners and food surface disinfectants. In addition, we support all cleaning tasks with documented cleaning methods and hygiene plans.

Food Processing. We offer detergents, cleaners, sanitizers and lubricants, as well as cleaning systems, electronic dispensers and chemical injectors for the application of chemical products. We also offer gel and foam products for manual open plant cleaning, acid and alkaline cleaners and membrane cleaning products. In addition, we provide consulting services in the areas of food safety and quality management.

Floor Care. We manufacture a broad range of floor care products and systems, including finishes, buffable waxes, cleaners, polishes, sealers and strippers for all types of flooring surfaces, including vinyl, terrazzo, granite, concrete, marble, linoleum and wood. We also provide a full range of carpet cleaners, such as extraction cleaners and shampoos; carpet powders; treatments, such as pre-sprays and deodorizers; and a full line of carpet spotters. Our range of products also includes carpet cleaning and floor polishing machines.

Restroom/Other Housekeeping. We offer a fully integrated line of products and dispensing systems for hard surface cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing, hand washing and air deodorizing and freshening. Our restroom care and other housekeeping products include bowl and hard surface cleaners, hand soaps, sanitizers, air care products, general purpose cleaners, disinfectants and specialty cleaning products.

Laundry. We offer detergents, stain removers, fabric conditioners, softeners and bleaches in liquid, powder and concentrated forms to clean items such as bed linen, clothing and table linen. Our range of products covers all of the requirements of fabric washing from domestic-sized machines in small hotels to continuous batch washers at on-premise laundries. We also offer customized washing programs for different levels and types of soils, a comprehensive range of dispensing equipment and a selection of process control and management information systems.

Industrial. Primarily in our North American segment, we offer industrial cleaners and degreasers and a line of specialty vehicle cleaners that remove traffic film, road soil, dirt and grime from the surfaces of vehicles, including automobiles, buses and trucks.

End-Users and Customers

We offer our professional products directly or through third-party distributors to end-users in eight sectors—food and lodging, food and beverage, building service contractors, education, retail, healthcare, industrial and other. During fiscal year 2006, no end-user customer accounted for more than 4% of our global consolidated net sales.

Food and Lodging. Food and lodging end-users include fast food and full service restaurants, first class, luxury and economy hotel chains, independent hotels and nursing/care homes.

Food and Beverage. Food processing end-users include dairy plants, dairy farms, breweries, soft-drink bottling plants and meat, poultry and other food processors.

Building Service Contractors. Building service contractors and contract caterers clean, maintain and manage facility and food service operations in office buildings, retail stores, healthcare facilities, educational institutions and factories.

Education. Educational end-users include primary and secondary schools, technical schools, colleges and universities.

Retail. Retail end-users include supermarkets, drug stores, discounters, hypermarkets, and wholesale clubs.

Healthcare. Healthcare end-users include both private and public hospitals, long-term care facilities and other facilities where medical services are performed.

 

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Industrial. Industrial end-users include factories, industrial plants, including paper and pulp plants and water treatment facilities, and offices, primarily in our North American operating segment.

Other. End-users in this sector include cash and carry establishments, government institutions and on-premise laundries. Cash and carry customers are stores in which professional end-users purchase products for their own use.

We sell our products and systems in domestic and international markets through company-trained sales and service personnel, who also advise and assist customers in the proper and efficient use of products and systems in order to meet a full range of cleaning and sanitation needs. We sell our products in more than 160 countries either directly to end-users or through a network of distributors, wholesalers and third-party intermediaries. We employ a direct sales force to market and sell our products. We contract with local third-party distributors on an exclusive and non-exclusive basis. We estimate that direct sales to end-users by our sales force typically account for about half of our net sales, with indirect sales through third-party channels accounting for the other half.

In our larger customer sectors, such as food processing, the supply of cleaning, hygiene and appearance enhancing products involves more than the physical distribution of detergents. In these sectors, customers may contract for the provision of a complete hygiene system, which includes products as well as safety and application training, safety and hygiene consulting, hygiene auditing and after-sales services. We employ specialized sales people who are trained to provide these specific services and, through our tailored cleaning solutions approach, we are able to address the specific needs of these customers.

For additional financial information regarding key financial measures of our business, including net sales and long-lived assets by geographical location, see Note 29 to our consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this report.

Raw Materials

Suppliers for our cleaning, hygiene and appearance enhancing products provide raw materials, packaging components, equipment, accessories and contract manufactured goods. The key raw materials we use in our business are surfactants, polymers and resins, fragrances, solvents, caustic soda, waxes, chelates and phosphates. Packaging components include bag-in-the-box containers, bottles, corrugated boxes, drums, pails, totes, aerosol cans, caps, triggers and valves. Equipment and accessories include dilution control, ware washing and laundry equipment, floor care machines, air care dispensers, mops, buckets, carts and other items used in the maintenance of a facility.

We believe that all raw materials required for the manufacture of our products and all components related to our equipment and accessories are available from multiple sources. Raw material costs for certain of our floor care products have also been unfavorably impacted by higher oil and natural gas prices. We have absorbed significantly higher raw material costs and have implemented selling price increases in all of our global markets. Although we purchase some raw materials under long-term supply arrangements with third parties, these arrangements are not material to our business.

Competition

The worldwide market for our products, though fragmented, is highly competitive. Our principal competitor on a worldwide basis is Ecolab, Inc. (“Ecolab”), which is the major supplier of cleaning and sanitizing products in the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation industry. Ecolab has significant capacity, technology, expertise and financial resources, which enables it to compete effectively with us. We also face significant competition from numerous national, regional and local companies within some or all of our product lines in each sector that we serve. Many of these companies have increased in size as a result of recent consolidations in the industry. Barriers to entry and expansion in the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation industry are low. Other competitors in the market include The Procter & Gamble Company and The Clorox Company, which have expanded into the institutional sector from their bases in consumer products, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which has expanded from paper accessories into personal care and washroom products.

 

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We seek to differentiate our company from our competitors in our strategic sectors by being the preferred partner to our customers, and providing safe and healthy high-performing facilities for them and their customers. We believe the quality and ease of use of our products are competitive strengths. In addition, we have long-standing relationships with many of our top customers. Price considerations and sales and marketing effectiveness are also important competitive factors. To achieve expected profitability levels, we must, among other things, maintain the service levels and competitive pricing necessary to retain existing customers and attract new customers.

Foreign Operations

We conduct business operations through subsidiaries of our geographic regions in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Because our business has significant manufacturing operations, sales offices and research and development activities in foreign locations, fluctuations in currency exchange rates may have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements. To a large extent, we use currency netting and forward foreign currency contracts to offset these fluctuations.

In addition, our foreign operations are potentially subject to a number of unique risks and limitations, including: exchange control regulations, wage and price controls, employment regulations, regulatory approvals, foreign investment laws, import and trade restrictions, and governmental instability. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors – We are subject to risks related to our operations outside of North America” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors – Fluctuations in exchange rates may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.”

Proprietary Rights; Research and Development

We believe that the Johnson housemark and the Diversey trademark are important to our business. SCJ has granted us a license to use specified trade names, housemarks and trademarks that incorporate “Johnson,” including “Johnson Wax Professional,” and to use the “Johnson” name, with our owned trade name “Diversey,” in the commercial and industrial channels of trade. See “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.” We own the Diversey trademark and have registrations of that trademark in various jurisdictions. These registrations are renewable, potentially indefinitely, as long as we continue to use the Diversey trademark. Other than the Johnson and Diversey marks, we do not believe that our overall business is materially dependent on any individual trade name, trademark or patent.

In connection with our acquisition of the DiverseyLever business in May 2002, we entered into several license agreements with Unilever under which Unilever granted us a license of specified trademarks, patents, design rights, copyrights and know-how used in the DiverseyLever business, including the “Lever” name, that were retained by Unilever. In addition, under a transferred technology license agreement, we have granted a license to Unilever to use specified intellectual property rights and patents and registered designs that were transferred to us in the acquisition. The licenses granted under these agreements generally terminate with the expiration of the particular patent, design right, copyright or know-how, unless terminated earlier. With respect to the Lever mark, the license terminated in most geographies in 2006, with certain regional extensions through December 2007.

Manufacturing expertise and innovative technologies are important to our business. In particular, our ability to compete effectively is materially dependent upon the technology used in the manufacturing process. We conduct most of our research and development activities at our research facilities located in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, Santa Cruz, California, Sharonville, Ohio, Utrecht, the Netherlands and Muenchwilen, Switzerland. We also have regional development and application support in our Asia Pacific region, Latin America region, Japan and other locations in Europe. Through our research, we aim to improve the production processes in our manufacturing facilities, as well as to develop new, more innovative and competitive products, applications and processes and to provide technical assistance to customers to help them improve their operations. In addition, we have entered into a technology disclosure and license agreement with SCJ, under which each party may disclose to the other new technologies that it develops internally, acquires or licenses from third parties.

 

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Substantially all of our principal products have been developed by our research and development and engineering personnel. Research and development expenses were $60.5 million, $56.5 million and $60.9 million, respectively, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

Employees

As of March 2, 2007, we employed over 11,000 employees, of which about 2,200 were located in the United States.

About 3% of our employees in the United States are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, which expires in April 2007. In Europe, the majority of our employees are represented by labor unions and are covered by collective bargaining agreements. Collective bargaining agreements are generally renewable on an annual basis. In several European countries, local co-determination legislation or practice requires employees of companies that are over a specified size, or that operate in more than one European country, to be represented by a works council. Works councils typically meet between two and four times a year to discuss management plans or decisions that impact employment levels or conditions within the company, including closures of facilities. Certain employees in Australia, Japan, Latin America, New Zealand and South Africa also belong to labor unions and are covered by collective bargaining agreements. Local employment legislation may impose significant requirements in these and other jurisdictions, including consultation requirements.

We believe that we have a satisfactory working relationship with organized labor and employee works councils around the world, and have not had any major work stoppages since incorporation in 1997.

Environmental Regulation

Our operations are regulated under a number of federal, state, local and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations that govern, among other things, the discharge of hazardous materials into the air, soil and water as well as the use, handling, storage and disposal of these materials. These laws and regulations include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), as well as analogous state, local and foreign laws. Compliance with these environmental laws is a major consideration for us because we use hazardous materials in some of our manufacturing processes. In addition, because we are a generator of hazardous wastes, we, along with any other person who disposes or arranges for the disposal of our wastes, may be subject to financial exposure for costs associated with an investigation and any remediation of sites at which we have disposed or arranged for the disposal of hazardous wastes if those sites become contaminated, even if we fully complied with applicable environmental laws at the time of disposal. Furthermore, process wastewater from our manufacturing operations is discharged to various types of wastewater management systems. We may incur significant costs relating to contamination that may have been, or is currently being, caused by this practice. We are also subject to numerous federal, state, local and foreign laws that regulate the manufacture, storage, distribution and labeling of many of our products, including some of our disinfecting, sanitizing and antimicrobial products. Some of these laws require us to have operating permits for our production facilities, warehouse facilities and operations, and we may not have some of these permits or some of the permits we have may not be current. In the event of a violation of these laws, we may be liable for damages and the costs of remedial actions and may also be subject to revocation, non-renewal or modification of our operating and discharge permits, and revocation of product registrations. Any revocation, non-renewal or modification may require us to cease or limit the manufacture and sale of products at one or more of our facilities and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Environmental laws may also become more stringent over time, imposing greater compliance costs and increasing risks and penalties associated with any violation, which also may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Environmental regulations most significant to us are summarized below:

Toxic Substances. We are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations governing the production, transport and import of industrial chemicals. Notably, the Toxic Substances Control Act gives the U.S. Environmental Protection

 

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Agency (“EPA”) the authority to track, test and/or ban chemicals that may pose an environmental or human-health hazard. We are required to comply with certification, testing, labeling and transportation requirements associated with regulated chemicals. To date, compliance with these laws and regulations has not had a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Pesticide Regulation. Some of our facilities are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations governing the manufacture and/or use of pesticides. We manufacture and sell certain disinfecting and sanitizing products that kill micro-organisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. These products are considered “pesticides” or “antimicrobial pesticides” and, in the United States, are governed primarily by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996. To register these products, we must meet various efficacy, toxicity and labeling requirements and must pay initial and ongoing registration fees. In addition, some states or foreign jurisdictions may impose taxes on sales of pesticides. Although the cost of maintaining and delays associated with pesticide registration have increased in recent years, compliance with the various laws and regulations governing the manufacture and sale of pesticides has not had a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Ingredient Regulation. Numerous federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relate to the sale of products containing phosphorous or other ingredients that may impact human health and the environment. Specifically, the State of California has enacted Proposition 65, which requires us to disclose specified listed ingredient chemicals on the labels of our products. To date, compliance with these laws and regulations has not had a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Other Environmental Regulation. Many of our facilities are subject to various federal, state, local or foreign laws and regulations governing the discharge, transportation, use, handling, storage and disposal of hazardous substances. In the United States, these statutes include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. We are also subject to the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, including the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, which imposes reporting requirements when toxic substances are released into the environment. Each year we make various capital investments and expenditures necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations and satisfy our environmental stewardship principles. To date, these investments and expenditures have not had a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Environmental Remediation and Proceedings. We may be jointly and severally liable under CERCLA or its state, local or foreign equivalent for the costs of environmental contamination on or from our properties and at off-site locations where we disposed of or arranged for the disposal or treatment of hazardous wastes. Along with several other potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) we are currently involved in waste disposal site clean-up activities at eight sites in the United States. Generally, CERCLA imposes joint and several liability on each PRP that actually contributed hazardous waste to a site. Customarily, PRPs will work with the EPA to agree on and implement a plan for site investigation and remediation. Based on our experience with these environmental proceedings, our estimate of the contribution to be made by other PRPs with the financial ability to pay their shares, and our third party indemnification rights at certain sites (including indemnities provided by SCJ), we believe that our share of the costs at these eight sites will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In addition to the liabilities imposed by CERCLA or its state, local or foreign equivalent, we may be liable for costs of investigation and remediation of environmental contamination on or from our current or former properties or at off-site locations under numerous other federal, state, local and foreign laws. Our operations involve the handling, transportation and use of numerous hazardous substances. We are aware that there is or may be soil or groundwater contamination at some of our facilities resulting from past operations and practices. Based on available information and our indemnification rights, explained below, we believe that the costs to investigate and remediate known contamination at these sites will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In many of the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate, however, the laws that govern our operations are still undeveloped or evolving.

 

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Many of the environmental laws and regulations discussed above apply to properties and operations of the DiverseyLever business that we acquired from Unilever in May 2002. Under the acquisition agreement, Unilever made representations and warranties to us with respect to the DiverseyLever business and has agreed to indemnify us for damages in respect of breaches of its warranties and for specified types of environmental liabilities if the aggregate amounts of damages meet various dollar thresholds. Unilever will not be liable for any damages resulting from environmental matters (1) in the case of known environmental matters or breaches, that are less than $250,000 in the aggregate, and (2) in the case of unknown environmental matters or breaches, that are less than $50,000 individually and $2 million in the aggregate.

In the case of clause (1) above, we will bear the first $250,000 in damages. In the case of clause (2) above, once the $2 million threshold is reached, Unilever will not be liable for any occurrence where the damages are less than $50,000 or for the first $1 million of damages that exceed the $50,000 per occurrence threshold. In no event will Unilever be liable for any damages arising out of or resulting from environmental claims that exceed $250 million in the aggregate. We have submitted notification to Unilever regarding certain former DiverseyLever locations and may provide additional notification in the future.

Given the nature of our business, we believe that it is possible that, in the future, we will be subject to more stringent environmental laws or regulations that may result in restrictions imposed on our manufacturing, processing and distribution activities, which may result in possible violations, substantial fines, penalties, damages or other significant costs. The potential cost to us relating to environmental matters, including the cost of complying with the foregoing legislation and remediation of contamination, is uncertain due to such factors as the unknown magnitude and type of possible pollution and clean-up costs, the complexity and evolving nature of laws and regulations, including those outside the United States, and the timing, variable costs and effectiveness of alternative clean-up methods. We have accrued our best estimate of probable future costs relating to such known sites, but we cannot estimate at this time the costs associated with any contamination that may be discovered as a result of future investigations, and we cannot provide assurance that those costs or the costs of any required remediation will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Environmental Permits and Licensing. In the ordinary course of our business, we are continually subject to environmental inspections and monitoring by governmental enforcement authorities. In addition, our production facilities, warehouse facilities and operations require operating permits that are subject to renewal, modification, and, in specified circumstances, revocation. While we believe that we are currently in material compliance with existing permit and licensing requirements, we may not be in compliance with permit or licensing requirements at some of our facilities. Based on available information and our indemnification rights, we believe that costs associated with our permit and licensing obligations will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Product Registration and Compliance

Various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations regulate some of our products and require us to register our products and to comply with specified requirements. In the United States, we must register our sanitizing and disinfecting products with the EPA. In addition, each state where these products are sold requires registration and payment of a fee. When we register these products, we must also submit to the EPA information regarding the chemistry, toxicology and antimicrobial efficacy for the agency’s review. Data must be consistent with the desired claims stated on the product label.

In addition, we are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations that regulate products manufactured and sold by us for controlling microbial growth on humans, animals and processed foods. In the United States, these requirements are generally administered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). The FDA regulates the manufacture and sale of food, drugs and cosmetics, which includes antibacterial soaps and products used in food preparation establishments. The FDA requires companies to register antibacterial hand care products and imposes specific criteria that the products must meet in order to be marketed for these regulated uses. Before we are able to advertise our product as an antibacterial soap or food-related product, we must generate, and maintain in our possession, information about the product that is consistent with the appropriate FDA monograph. FDA monographs dictate the necessary requirements for various product types such as antimicrobial hand soaps. In addition, the FDA

 

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regulates the labeling of these products. If the FDA determines that any of our products do not meet its standards for an antibacterial product, we will not be able to market the product as an antibacterial product. Some of our business operations are subject to similar restrictions and obligations under an order of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which was issued in 1999 and will remain in effect until at least 2019.

To date, the cost of complying with product registration and compliance has not had a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information contained in this annual report on Form 10-K, certain risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating our business. The risk factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed below. These and many other factors described in this report could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We may not realize the anticipated cost savings from the restructuring contemplated by the November 2005 Plan.

We anticipate significant cost savings as a result of our restructuring program announced in November 2005 (“November 2005 Plan”), which is expected to take two to three years to fully implement and includes redesigning our organization structure, closing a number of manufacturing and other facilities, outsourcing the majority of IT support worldwide, outsourcing financial services in Western Europe, and reducing our workforce by approximately 10%. In addition to the divestitures completed in 2006, which most notably included the divestiture of the Polymer Business, we are also considering the potential divestiture of, or exit from, certain other non-core or underperforming businesses.

Our ability to divest or exit non-core or underperforming businesses is limited by restrictions in the indentures for our senior subordinated notes, our senior secured credit facilities and the stockholders’ agreement among Holdings, Holdco and Unilever. See “The indentures for our senior subordinated notes, our senior secured credit facilities and the stockholders’ agreement among Holdings, Holdco and Unilever restrict our ability to engage in some business and financial transactions.” Further, restructuring programs are inherently risky given that a successful outcome is dependent on the ability to successfully execute and manage significant changes to the business. Our assumptions underlying estimates of anticipated cost savings from these restructuring initiatives may be inaccurate, and future business conditions and events may impede our ability to complete our restructuring initiatives. If we are unable to complete these initiatives in a timely manner, or if we do not realize the anticipated cost savings, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.

Our substantial indebtedness may adversely affect our financial condition.

We have substantial indebtedness. As of December 29, 2006, we had total indebtedness of about $1.1 billion, consisting of $595.8 million of senior subordinated notes, $447.3 million of borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities, $16.8 million of other long-term borrowings and $35.6 million in short-term credit lines. In addition, we had $181.4 million in operating lease commitments, $1.9 million in capital lease commitments and $8.3 million committed under letters of credit that expire in fiscal year 2007.

The degree to which we are leveraged may have important consequences to our company. For example, it may:

 

   

make it more difficult for us to make payments on our indebtedness;

 

   

increase our vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions, including recessions;

 

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require us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing our ability to fund working capital, capital expenditures, research and development efforts and other expenses;

 

   

limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industries in which we operate;

 

   

place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to competitors that have less indebtedness; and

 

   

limit our ability to borrow additional funds that may be needed to operate and expand our business.

The indentures for our senior subordinated notes and our senior secured credit facilities contain financial and other restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interests. Those covenants include restrictions on, among others, the incurrence of indebtedness and liens, consolidations and mergers, the purchase and sale of assets, the issuance of stock, loans and investments, voluntary payments and modifications of indebtedness, and affiliate transactions. Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all of our indebtedness. See also “The indentures for our senior subordinated notes, our senior secured credit facilities and the stockholders’ agreement among Holdings, Holdco and Unilever restrict our ability to engage in some business and financial transactions.”

In addition, the terms of the indentures for our senior subordinated notes do not fully prohibit us or our subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness. If we or our subsidiaries are in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in our senior secured credit facilities and the indentures for our senior subordinated notes, we and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness, which may increase the risks created by our current substantial indebtedness.

We require a significant amount of cash to service our indebtedness. The ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.

Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness and to fund planned capital expenditures, research and development efforts and other corporate expenses depend on our future operating performance and on economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors. Many of these factors are beyond our control. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, that currently anticipated cost savings and operating improvements will be realized or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to repay our indebtedness or to fund our other needs. In order to repay our indebtedness and fund our planned capital expenditures, we must successfully implement our business strategy and the November 2005 Plan. If we are unable to do so, we may need to reduce or delay our planned capital expenditures or refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. Any delay in our planned capital expenditures may materially and adversely affect our future revenue prospects. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

The indentures for our senior subordinated notes, our senior secured credit facilities and the stockholders’ agreement among Holdings, Holdco and Unilever restrict our ability to engage in some business and financial transactions.

Indentures for the senior subordinated notes. The indentures for our senior subordinated notes restrict our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to, among other things:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness;

 

   

pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase capital stock;

 

   

issue or allow any person to own preferred stock of restricted subsidiaries;

 

   

in the case of non-guarantor subsidiaries under the indentures, guarantee indebtedness without also guaranteeing the senior subordinated notes;

 

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in the case of restricted subsidiaries, create or permit to exist dividend or payment restrictions with respect to us;

 

   

make investments;

 

   

incur or permit to exist liens;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

   

merge, consolidate or amalgamate with another company; and

 

   

transfer or sell assets.

Senior secured credit facilities. Our senior secured credit facilities contain a number of covenants that:

 

   

require us to meet specified financial ratios and financial tests;

 

   

limit our capital expenditures;

 

   

restrict our ability to declare dividends;

 

   

restrict our ability to redeem and repurchase capital stock;

 

   

limit our ability to incur additional liens;

 

   

limit our ability to engage in sale-leaseback transactions; and

 

   

limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness and make investments.

Our senior secured credit facilities also contain other covenants customary for credit facilities of this nature. Our ability to borrow under these credit facilities depends upon satisfaction of these covenants. Events beyond our control can affect our ability to meet these covenants.

Stockholders’ Agreement. Under the stockholders’ agreement that Holdings, Holdco and Unilever entered into in connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, Unilever must approve specified transactions and actions by Holdings and its subsidiaries, including us. Among the transactions and actions requiring Unilever’s approval are expenditures in excess of $50 million individually, or $100 million collectively (and $10 million individually for aggregation purposes) over a twelve month period, future borrowings, investments in new ventures, exiting specified lines of businesses, specified acquisitions and divestitures and the issuance of additional capital stock. See “Some decisions affecting our business require approval of Unilever” and “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence—Relationships with Unilever.”

We face significant competition and expect to face more competition in the future.

The worldwide market for our products is highly competitive. Our principal competitor on a worldwide basis is Ecolab, which is the largest supplier of cleaning and sanitizing products to the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation industry. Ecolab has significant capacity, technology, expertise and financial resources, which enables it to compete effectively with us. We also face significant competition from numerous national, regional and local companies within some or all of our product lines in each sector that we serve. Many of these companies have increased in size as a result of recent consolidations in the industry. Barriers to entry and expansion in the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation industry are low. Other competitors in the market include The Procter & Gamble Company and The Clorox Company, which have expanded into the institutional sector from their bases in consumer products, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which has expanded from paper accessories into personal care and washroom products.

To achieve expected profitability levels, we must, among other things, maintain the service levels and competitive pricing necessary to retain existing customers and attract new customers. Our failure to address these challenges adequately could put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to our competitors.

 

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The volatility of our raw material costs may adversely affect our operations.

The key raw materials we use in our business are surfactants, polymers and resins, fragrances, solvents, caustic soda, waxes, chelates and phosphates. The prices of many of these raw materials are cyclical and have recently reached record levels. Supply and demand factors, which are beyond our control, generally affect the price of our raw materials. We try to minimize the effect of price increases through production efficiency and the use of alternative suppliers. If we are unable to minimize the effects of increased raw material costs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.

We may lose substantial amounts in agency fees if our sales agency agreement with Unilever is terminated.

In connection with the DiverseyLever acquisition, we entered into a sales agency agreement with Unilever under which we have agreed to act as Unilever’s sales agent in specified territories for the sale into the institutional and industrial markets of Unilever’s consumer branded products. If we are unable to comply with our obligations under the sales agency agreement or if Unilever terminates that agreement for any other reason, including if we are insolvent or our sales drop below 75% of targeted sales for a given year, we may lose significant amounts in agency fees. Furthermore, a willful breach by us also obligates us to make additional payments. In addition, the sales agency agreement with Unilever expires in May 2007; however, we are currently in negotiations with Unilever to replace this arrangement prior to the expiration of the sales agency agreement. If the sales agency agreement is terminated prior to its scheduled termination date or we and Unilever are unable to agree to a mutually acceptable replacement agreement, we may lose substantial amounts in agency fees, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We have also entered into a supply agreement with Unilever under which we have agreed to manufacture some Unilever consumer branded products that we sell on behalf of Unilever under the sales agency agreement. If we fail to meet our supply obligations under the supply agreement and the failure causes our sales to drop below 75% of targeted sales, Unilever may terminate the sales agency agreement. If the supply agreement is terminated, we may lose substantial amounts in agency fees, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

If we are unable to keep and protect our intellectual property rights, our ability to compete may be negatively impacted.

The market for our products depends to a significant extent upon the goodwill associated with our brand names. We currently hold licenses under agreements with SCJ to sell certain SCJ products and to use specified technology, trade names, housemarks and brand names of SCJ incorporating “Johnson,” including “Johnson Wax Professional” and the “Johnson” name, including “Johnson” with our owned trade name “Diversey,” in the institutional and industrial channels of trade. If our rights under these license agreements are terminated, we may lose the ability to sell specified SCJ products or to use these brand names and technology, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, we own, or have licenses to use, all of the material trademark and trade name rights used in connection with the packaging, marketing and distribution of our major products both in the United States and in other countries where our products are principally sold. Trademark and trade name protection is important to our business. Although most of our trademarks are registered in the United States and in the foreign countries in which we operate, we may not be successful in asserting trademark or trade name protection. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. The costs required to protect our trademarks and trade names may be substantial.

We cannot be certain that we will be able to assert these intellectual property rights successfully in the future or that they will not be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. Other parties may infringe on our intellectual property rights and may thereby dilute the value of our brand names in the marketplace. Any infringement of our intellectual property rights would also likely result in a diversion of our time and resources to protect these rights through litigation or otherwise. Similarly, other parties may infringe on intellectual property rights that SCJ licenses to us. The protection of these licensed intellectual property rights are under the control of

 

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SCJ and, therefore, we cannot assure the protection of those trademarks or other intellectual property rights or prevent dilution in the marketplace of the value of those brands. Finally, we may infringe on others’ intellectual property rights. Any failure by us or SCJ to protect our trademarks, or any adverse judgment with respect to infringement by us of others’ intellectual property rights, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We are subject to risks related to our operations outside of North America.

We have substantial operations outside of North America, which mainly consists of our U.S. operations. In the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, approximately 72% of net sales were derived outside of North America. We face risks related to our foreign operations such as:

 

   

foreign currency fluctuations;

 

   

unstable political, economic, financial and market conditions;

 

   

import and export license requirements;

 

   

trade restrictions;

 

   

increases in tariffs and taxes;

 

   

high levels of inflation;

 

   

restrictions on repatriating foreign profits back to the United States;

 

   

greater difficulty collecting accounts receivable and longer payment cycles;

 

   

less favorable intellectual property laws;

 

   

unfamiliarity with foreign laws and regulations; and

 

   

changes in labor conditions and difficulties in staffing and managing international operations.

All of these risks have affected our business in the past and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows in the future.

Fluctuations in exchange rates may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our results of operations are reported in U.S. dollars. Outside the United States, however, our sales and costs are denominated in a variety of currencies including the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Brazilian real and Turkish lira. A significant weakening of the currencies in which we generate sales relative to the U.S. dollar may adversely affect our ability to meet our U.S. dollar obligations.

In addition, we are required to maintain compliance with financial covenants under our senior secured credit facilities. The covenants are measured in U.S. dollar terms; therefore, an adverse shift in currency exchange rates may cause us to be in breach of these covenants, which, if not cured or waived, may result in the acceleration of all of our indebtedness.

In all jurisdictions in which we operate, we are also subject to laws and regulations that govern foreign investment, foreign trade and currency exchange transactions. These laws and regulations may limit our ability to repatriate cash as dividends or otherwise to the United States and may limit our ability to convert foreign currency cash flows into U.S. dollars. A weakening of the currencies in which we generate sales relative to the currencies in which our costs are denominated may lower our operating profits and cash flows.

 

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If we are unable to retain key employees and other personnel, our operations and growth may be adversely affected.

Our success depends largely on the efforts and abilities of our management team and other key personnel. Their experience and industry contacts significantly benefit us, and we need their expertise to execute on-going restructuring activities. If any of our senior management or other key personnel ceases to work for us, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.

We are subject to a variety of environmental and product registration laws that expose us to potential financial liability and increased operating costs.

Our operations are regulated under a number of federal, state, local, and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations that govern, among other things, the discharge of hazardous materials into the air, soil and water as well as the use, handling, storage and disposal of these materials. These laws and regulations include the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act and CERCLA, as well as analogous state, local, and foreign laws. Compliance with these environmental laws is a major consideration for us because we use hazardous materials in some of our manufacturing processes. In addition, because we are a generator of hazardous wastes, we, along with any other person who disposes or arranges for the disposal of our wastes, may be subject to financial exposure for costs associated with an investigation and any remediation of sites at which we have disposed or arranged for the disposal of hazardous wastes if those sites become contaminated, even if we fully complied with applicable environmental laws at the time of disposal. Furthermore, process wastewater from our manufacturing operations is discharged to various types of wastewater management systems. We may incur significant costs relating to contamination that may have been, or is currently being, caused by this practice. We are also subject to numerous federal, state, local, and foreign laws that regulate the manufacture, storage, distribution and labeling of many of our products, including some of our disinfecting, sanitizing and antimicrobial products. Some of these laws require us to have operating permits for our production facilities, warehouse facilities and operations and we may not have some of these permits or some of the permits we have may not be current. Various state, local and foreign jurisdictions also require us to register our products and to comply with specified requirements with respect to those products. In the event of a violation of any of these laws, we may be liable for damages and the costs of remedial actions, and may also be subject to revocation, non-renewal or modification of our operating and discharge permits and revocation of our product registrations. Any revocation, modification or non-renewal may require us to cease or limit the manufacture and sale of products at one or more of our facilities, and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Any revocation, non-renewal or modification may also result in an event of default under the indentures for our senior subordinated notes, the indenture for the senior discount notes of Holdings and our senior secured credit facilities, which, if not cured or waived, may result in the acceleration of that indebtedness.

The potential cost to us relating to environmental and product registration matters, including the cost of complying with the foregoing legislation and remediating contamination, is uncertain due to factors such as the unknown magnitude and type of possible contamination and clean-up costs, the complexity and evolving nature of laws and regulations, including those outside of the United States, and the timing, variable costs and effectiveness of clean-up and compliance methods. Environmental and product registration laws may also become more stringent over time, imposing greater compliance costs and increasing risks and penalties associated with any violation, which may also negatively impact our operating results. Accordingly, we may become subject to additional liabilities and increased operating costs in the future under these laws and regulations that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We expect significant future environmental compliance obligations in our European facilities as a result of a European Community Directive “Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control” enacted on September 24, 1996. The directive imposes several requirements related to integrated pollution prevention and control on chemical manufacturing businesses throughout Europe and requires companies to obtain authorization or permits from governmental authorities before carrying out specified activities at facilities located in these countries. This directive became effective in October 1999 for all new facilities and for existing facilities that undergo a substantial change that may have a significant negative impact on the environment. The directive will be effective for all existing facilities in 2007. Our environmental capital expenditures, costs and operating expenses will be subject to evolving regulatory requirements and will depend on the timing of the effectiveness of requirements in these various jurisdictions. As a result of the directive, we may be subject to an increased regulatory burden, and we expect significant future environmental compliance obligations in our European facilities. This directive may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

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We will not receive indemnification from Unilever for breaches of warranty or for environmental costs under the acquisition agreement until the aggregate amount of damages exceeds agreed dollar thresholds.

Under the acquisition agreement for the DiverseyLever business, Unilever made warranties to us with respect to the DiverseyLever business. In addition, Unilever agreed to indemnify us for damages in respect of breaches of its warranties and for specified types of environmental liabilities if the aggregate amount of damages meets various dollar thresholds. Unilever will not be liable for any damages resulting from environmental matters (1) in the case of known environmental matters or breaches, that are less than $250,000 in the aggregate, and (2) in the case of unknown environmental matters or breaches, that are less than $50,000 individually and $2 million in the aggregate. In the case of clause (1) above, we will bear the first $250,000 in damages. In the case of clause (2) above, once the $2 million threshold is reached, Unilever will not be liable for any occurrence where the damages are less than $50,000 or for the first $1 million of damages that exceed the $50,000 per occurrence threshold. In no event will Unilever be liable for any damages arising out of or resulting from environmental claims that exceed $250 million in the aggregate. Unilever’s indemnification obligations for environmental matters will terminate on May 3, 2008. As a result, if we incur damages or liabilities that do not meet the indemnity thresholds under the acquisition agreement, or if the aggregate limits on indemnity payments under the acquisition agreement become applicable, we would not be entitled to indemnity from Unilever and would be required to bear the costs ourselves. We cannot be certain that we will have sufficient funds available to bear these costs. Further, the payment of these costs may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, we have submitted indemnification claims to Unilever regarding three former DiverseyLever locations and may file additional claims in the future. Although Unilever has acknowledged receipt of the indemnification claims, it has not notified us as to whether it will indemnify us for those claims. There can be no assurance that we will be able to recover any amounts relating to these indemnification claims, or any future indemnification claims, from Unilever. If we are unable to recover costs relating to the sites for which we seek indemnification, we cannot be certain that we will have sufficient funds to bear these costs relating to environmental matters, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson beneficially own the majority of our common equity interests and the common equity interests of SCJ, with which we have material arrangements.

Descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson beneficially own a majority of the common equity interests in Holdco. Under the stockholders’ agreement that Holdco, Holdings and Unilever entered into in connection with the DiverseyLever acquisition, the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson, through their controlling interest in Holdco, may nominate and elect nine of the eleven directors of Holdings. Holdings, as the owner of all of our common equity interests, except for one share, has the sole right to elect our directors. As a result, subject to the provisions of the stockholders’ agreement, the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson can effectively control the management and affairs of our company.

Generally, the same descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson beneficially own a majority of the common equity interests in SCJ, and, by virtue of their controlling interest, effectively control the management and affairs of SCJ. As a result of these ownership interests, conflicts of interest may arise with respect to business dealings between us and SCJ, including with respect to various agreements with SCJ that are important to our business and acquisitions of businesses or properties. Disputes may also arise between us and SCJ in the course of these business dealings. Because the same shareholders control both us and SCJ, we cannot be certain that those shareholders will not, directly or indirectly, resolve these conflicts or decide any dispute in favor of SCJ. Furthermore, under some of our agreements with SCJ, the chairman of the board or the board of directors of SCJ has the ultimate authority to resolve disputes under those agreements, and, if a dispute is decided in favor of SCJ, we cannot challenge that decision. Any such decision may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

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Our relationship with SCJ is important to our future operations.

We are party to various agreements with SCJ, including a trademark license agreement, a technology disclosure and license agreement, supply and manufacturing agreements and several leases. See “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.” Under the trademark license agreement, SCJ has granted us the right to sell certain SCJ products and to use specified technology, trade names, housemarks and brand names incorporating “Johnson,” including “Johnson Wax Professional” and the “Johnson” name, including “Johnson” with our owned trade name “Diversey,” which we believe are important to our business. Further, our rights to sell products, including DiverseyLever products, in some channels of trade that are not exclusively institutional and industrial, which we refer to as “cross-over” channels of trade, are subject to the approval of SCJ, in its sole discretion, under the trademark license agreement. SCJ’s approval is needed to continue sale of certain “restricted products” (Unilever branded products) into “cross-over” channels when the current sales agency agreement with Unilever expires in May 2007 (we are currently in negotiations with Unilever to replace this arrangement prior to the expiration of the agreement). Failure to receive such approval could remove our ability to sell certain products into certain channels and accounts. Our sales in these channels of trade have historically been significant.

Under the technology disclosure and license agreement, SCJ has granted us the right to use specified technology of SCJ. In addition, we lease our principal manufacturing facilities in Sturtevant, Wisconsin from SCJ. If we default under the trademark license agreement or technology disclosure and license agreement and either agreement is terminated, we will no longer be able to use the Johnson name or the technology of SCJ. Furthermore, SCJ will then have the right to terminate the leases governing our manufacturing facilities in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. Finally, in some countries, we depend on SCJ to produce or sell some of our products. If our relationship with SCJ is damaged or severed, or if SCJ were to limit significantly our rights to sell some products in specified channels of trade, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our relationship with Unilever is important to our future operations.

In connection with the DiverseyLever acquisition in 2002, we entered into agreements with Unilever, including transitional services, license and supply agreements. See “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.” If Unilever fails to observe its commitments under these agreements, we may not be able to operate in accordance with our business plans and we may incur additional costs. Any failure by Unilever to observe its obligations may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. If these agreements are terminated before the end of their terms, we may not be able to obtain similar services, intellectual property or products on the same terms from third parties or at all.

As a result of the DiverseyLever acquisition, we own the name “Diversey.” We also hold licenses to use some trademarks and technology of Unilever in the institutional and industrial channels of trade under license agreements with Unilever. We believe that these license agreements are critical to our business and the termination of our rights under any of these agreements may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Some decisions affecting our business require approval of Unilever.

Unilever beneficially owns one-third of the common stock of Holdings. Also, two of the eleven members of the board of directors of Holdings are officers of Unilever. As a result, conflicts of interest may arise with respect to business dealings between us and Unilever. Under the stockholders’ agreement among Unilever, Holdco and Holdings, Unilever generally must approve specified transactions and actions by Holdings and its subsidiaries, including us. Among the transactions and actions requiring Unilever approval are capital expenditures in excess of $50 million individually, or $100 million collectively (and $10 million individually for aggregation purposes) with other transactions entered into in the immediately preceding twelve month period, future borrowings, investments in new ventures, exiting specified lines of business, specified acquisitions and divestitures and the issuance of additional capital stock. While Unilever does not have the ability to exercise control or decisive influence over our strategic business affairs,

 

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Unilever may prevent us from engaging in specified transactions or acts that may be beneficial to our business or that may be in our long-term best interest. Because the stockholders’ agreement does not contain any arbitration or tie-breaking provisions, if we have disagreements with Unilever, we have no remedies or procedures to challenge its veto rights. As with any similar arrangement, differences in views between Unilever and us may result in delayed decisions or the failure to agree on major matters, each of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

General economic downturns are likely to have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

General economic downturns adversely impact some of our end-users, such as hotels, restaurants, food and beverage processors and other end-users that are sensitive to business travel and leisure. These end-users typically reduce their volume of purchases of cleaning, hygiene and appearance enhancing products during economic downturns. Any future general economic downturn would likely have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We have a total of 37 manufacturing facilities in 24 countries, including Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S. One of our principal manufacturing facilities is located at Waxdale in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. We lease this manufacturing facility from SCJ under leases expiring in 2009, with renewal options. See “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence—Relationships with S.C. Johnson & Son—Leases.” Our corporate and North American headquarters are located in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. We believe our facilities are in good condition and are adequate to meet the existing production needs of our businesses.

The following table summarizes our principal plants and other physical properties that are important to our business. Unless indicated otherwise, all owned properties listed below are subject to mortgages.

 

     

Approximate Square

Feet Occupied

        

Primary

Segment

Used In (3)

Location

   Owned     Leased    

Principal Activity

  

United States:

         

Madera, California

     90,000     Manufacturing and warehouse    North America

Santa Cruz, California

     75,000     Manufacturing and research and development    North America

Sharonville, Ohio

   284,000       Manufacturing and research and development    North America

Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin

     365,000     Warehousing logistics    North America

Sturtevant, Wisconsin

     180,000 (2)   Manufacturing    North America

Sturtevant, Wisconsin

   278,000       International headquarters, data center, and research and development    Other

Watertown, Wisconsin

   125,000       Manufacturing    North America

International:

         

Villa Bosch, Argentina

   77,000       Manufacturing    Latin America

Socorro, Brazil

   123,000 (1)   97,000     Manufacturing    Latin America

London, Ontario, Canada

   193,000       Manufacturing    North America

Guangdong, China

   75,000       Manufacturing    Asia Pacific

Villefranche-sur-Soane, France

   181,000 (1)     Manufacturing    Europe

Kirchheimbolanden, Germany

   302,000     86,000     Manufacturing    Europe

Nalagarh, India

   19,000       Manufacturing    Asia Pacific

Bagnolo, Italy

   594,000 (1)     Manufacturing    Europe

Shizuoka-Ken, Kakegawa, Japan

   115,000       Manufacturing    Japan

Tsukuba, Japan

   25,000 (1)     Manufacturing    Japan

Enschede, The Netherlands

   289,000       Manufacturing    Europe

Utrecht, The Netherlands

   44,000     68,000     Office and research and development    Europe

Valdemoro, Spain

     45,000     Manufacturing    Europe

Munchwilen, Switzerland

   112,000       Manufacturing and research and development    Europe

Gebze, Turkey

     50,000     Manufacturing    Europe

Cotes Park, United Kingdom

   583,000       Manufacturing and warehouse    Europe

 

(1) Property not mortgaged

 

(2) Leased from SCJ

 

(3) In general, our manufacturing facilities primarily serve the segment listed in the table above. However, certain facilities manufacture products for export to other segments, which use or sell the product.

 

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are party to various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business which may, from time to time, include product liability, intellectual property, contract, environmental and tax claims as well as government or regulatory agency inquiries or investigations. While the final outcome of these proceedings is uncertain, we believe that, taking into account our insurance and reserves and the valid defenses with respect to legal matters currently pending against us, the ultimate resolution of these proceedings will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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

No matters were submitted to a vote of our security holders, through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006.

 

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PART II

 

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

As of March 2, 2007, there were 24,422 shares of our common stock outstanding. Holdings owns all of the outstanding shares of our common stock, except for one share owned by SCJ. There is no established public trading market for our common stock.

The following table sets forth the amount of ordinary cash dividends we paid to our stockholders in fiscal years 2006 and 2005 on a per share basis:

 

     2006    2005

March

     —        107.16

May

     —        107.31
             
   $ —      $ 214.47
             

In addition, in December 2005, we paid a special cash dividend of $35.2 million to Holdings. Holdings subsequently distributed the amount to Holdco as a dividend on its shares of common stock owned by Holdco. The dividend was made in connection with our decision to cease granting stock options under Holdco’s long-term incentive plan and was used by Holdco to fund its offer to purchase all of its outstanding shares of class C common stock, options to purchase class C common stock and class B common stock held by current or former employees of SCJ in March 2006.

Our ability to pay dividends is restricted by covenants in the indentures governing our senior subordinated notes and in our senior secured credit facilities.

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

We report our results of operations on a 52/53 week year ending on the Friday nearest to December 31. Accordingly, references in this annual report to our fiscal year 2006 relate to the period from December 31, 2005 to December 29, 2006. Our fiscal year 2005 commenced on January 1, 2005 and ended on December 30, 2005. Our fiscal year 2004 commenced on January 3, 2004 and ended on December 31, 2004. Our fiscal year 2003 commenced on January 4, 2003 and ended January 2, 2004. Our fiscal year 2002 commenced on December 29, 2001 and ended on January 3, 2003. Operations included 52 weeks in fiscal years 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, and 53 weeks in fiscal year 2002.

We derived the following selected historical consolidated financial data from our consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, January 2, 2004 and January 3, 2003. Those consolidated financial statements have been prepared under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). You should read the following selected historical consolidated financial data in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this annual report and with the information included in this annual report under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Except for Cash Flow and EBITDA measures, the selected historical data is presented on a continuing operations basis. The operational results and gains associated with the divestitures of Chemical Methods Associates, divested in September 2006, the Polymer Business divested in June 2006, and Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc., divested in June 2004, are presented in “Income from discontinued operations, net of tax.” Accordingly, fiscal years prior to fiscal year ended December 29, 2006 have been restated to conform to current year presentation.

 

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     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
    January 2,
2004
    January 3,
2003(1)
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Selected Income Statement Data:

          

Net sales:

          

Net product and service sales

   $ 2,842,737     $ 2,854,417     $ 2,756,706     $ 2,535,797     $ 1,826,901  

Sales agency fee income (2)

     85,516       94,105       92,975       86,907       54,673  

Cost of sales (4)

     1,702,784       1,691,903       1,588,403       1,420,103       1,014,369  

Gross profit

     1,225,469       1,256,619       1,261,278       1,202,601       867,205  

Selling, general and administrative expenses (3)(4)

     1,159,242       1,104,940       1,059,829       1,018,828       733,794  

Research and development expenses

     60,526       56,533       60,928       57,938       45,330  

Restructuring expenses

     114,787       17,677       20,525       12,917       19,646  

Operating profit (loss) (3)

     (109,086 )     77,469       119,996       112,918       68,435  

Interest expense, net

     107,583       133,997       117,876       123,875       84,302  

Other (income) expense, net (3)

     5,232       960       5,389       (6,905 )     (15,114 )

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (87,085 )     138,828       8,687       6,156       671  

Minority interests in net income (loss) of subsidiaries

     25       (65 )     186       33       (178 )

Loss from continuing operations

     (134,841 )     (196,251 )     (12,142 )     (10,241 )     (1,246 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     253,123       29,654       25,808       34,382       30,814  

Net income (loss)

   $ 118,282     $ (166,597 )   $ 13,666     $ 24,141     $ 29,568  

Selected Other Financial Data:

          

EBITDA (5)

   $ 464,751     $ 303,629     $ 348,265     $ 327,943     $ 239,759  

Depreciation and amortization

     197,969       183,448       194,269       159,463       109,348  

Capital expenditures (6)

     93,195       92,169       129,802       135,153       111,886  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (7,628 )     135,170       198,776       275,678       231,020  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     391,964       (71,590 )     (73,319 )     (134,788 )     (1,468,514 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (343,471 )     74,718       (109,423 )     (203,608 )     1,360,875  

Gross profit margin (7)

     41.8 %     42.6 %     44.3 %     45.9 %     46.1 %

Operating margin (8)

     -3.7 %     2.6 %     4.2 %     4.3 %     3.6 %
     As of  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
    January 2,
2004
    January 3,
2003
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Selected Balance Sheet Data:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 208,313     $ 158,186     $ 26,057     $ 21,153     $ 54,996  

Accounts receivable, net

     551,321       505,322       526,431       617,894       519,005  

Inventories

     261,015       251,692       251,929       232,504       228,358  

Accounts payable

     405,623       373,042       395,131       328,929       307,287  

Working capital (9)

     406,713       383,972       383,229       521,469       440,076  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     421,712       432,245       508,916       531,790       502,116  

Total assets

     3,302,772       3,308,893       3,612,009       3,665,327       3,383,385  

Total debt, including current portion

     1,095,545       1,406,262       1,342,555       1,488,830       1,474,203  

Stockholders’ equity

     944,671       728,178       1,045,825       994,895       833,033  

 

(1) In May 2002, we acquired the DiverseyLever business from Unilever. As a result of the acquisition, results for our fiscal year 2002 include eight months of DiverseyLever results.

 

(2) Sales agency termination fees of $1.1 million, $7.7 million, $4.4 million, $1.8 million and $1.1 million were included in sales agency fees in fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, January 2, 2004 and January 3, 2003, respectively, of which, $4.1 million, $0.1 million and $0.4 million were reclassified from other (income) expense in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The sales agency agreement was entered into in May 2002.

 

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(3) In March 2005, we reclassified gains and losses on fixed asset and product line disposals from other (income) expense to selling, general and administrative expenses. Accordingly, in the above selected historical consolidated financial data, (gains) losses on fixed asset and product line disposals of $0.2 million, $1.6 million and $0.4 million were reclassified to selling, general and administrative expenses for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, January 2, 2004 and January 3, 2003, respectively.

In March 2005, we reclassified gains and losses on business divestitures from other (income) expense to selling, general and administrative expenses. Accordingly, in the above selected historical consolidated financial data, (gains) losses on business divestitures of ($1.1) million, ($3.4) million and ($11.9) million were reclassified to selling, general and administrative expenses for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, January 2, 2004 and January 3, 2003, respectively.

 

(4) In January 2005, in order to achieve alignment with our functional cost structure, we reclassified certain customer support costs. Accordingly, in the above selected historical consolidated financial data for the fiscal years ended December 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, January 2, 2004 and January 3, 2003, certain customer support costs of $0.9 million, $5.2 million, $4.1 million and $3.2 million, respectively, have been reclassified to cost of sales.

 

(5) EBITDA is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure, and you should not consider EBITDA as an alternative to U.S. GAAP financial measures such as (a) operating profit or net income as a measure of our operating performance or (b) cash flows provided by operating, investing and financing activities (as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP) as a measure of our ability to meet cash needs.

We believe that, in addition to cash flows from operating activities, EBITDA is a useful financial measurement for assessing liquidity as it provides management, investors, lenders and financial analysts with an additional basis to evaluate our ability to incur and service debt and to fund capital expenditures. In addition, various covenants under our senior secured credit facilities are based on EBITDA, as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of those facilities.

In evaluating EBITDA, management considers, among other things, the amount by which EBITDA exceeds interest costs for the period, how EBITDA compares to principal repayments on outstanding debt for the period and how EBITDA compares to capital expenditures for the period. Management believes many investors, lenders and financial analysts evaluate EBITDA for similar purposes. To evaluate EBITDA, the components of EBITDA, such as net sales and operating expenses and the variability of such components over time, should also be considered.

Accordingly, we believe that the inclusion of EBITDA in this annual report permits a more comprehensive analysis of our liquidity relative to other companies and our ability to service debt requirements. Because all companies do not calculate EBITDA identically, the presentation of EBITDA in this annual report may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for, and should be considered together with, net cash flows provided by operating activities as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The following table reconciles EBITDA to net cash flows provided by operating activities, which is the U.S. GAAP measure most comparable to EBITDA, for each of the periods for which EBITDA is presented.

 

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     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
    January 2,
2004
    January 3,
2003
 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (7,628 )   $ 135,170     $ 198,776     $ 275,678     $ 231,020  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures of businesses

     96,185       76,116       3,664       (113,630 )     (103,832 )

Depreciation and amortization expense

     (197,969 )     (183,448 )     (194,269 )     (159,463 )     (109,348 )

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     (5,848 )     (28,738 )     (12,464 )     (13,126 )     (5,951 )

Interest accrued on long-term receivables–related parties

     2,464       3,317       3,399       4,365       1,417  

Changes in deferred income taxes

     10,395       (157,983 )     16,126       39,656       11,271  

Gain from divestitures

     234,974       667       2,099       3,372       11,921  

Gain (loss) on property disposals

     (581 )     (5,715 )     936       (12,026 )     (11,626 )

Compensation costs for long-term incentives

     (393 )     (5,136 )     —         —         —    

Other

     (13,317 )     (847 )     (4,601 )     (685 )     4,696  
                                        

Net income (loss)

     118,282       (166,597 )     13,666       24,141       29,568  

Minority interests in net income (loss) of subsidiaries

     25       (57 )     285       262       (315 )

Income tax provision

     40,610       152,096       21,613       19,774       16,662  

Interest expense, net

     107,865       134,739       118,432       124,303       84,496  

Depreciation and amortization expense

     197,969       183,448       194,269       159,463       109,348  
                                        

EBITDA

   $ 464,751     $ 303,629     $ 348,265     $ 327,943     $ 239,759  
                                        

 

(6) Capital expenditures include expenditures for capitalized computer software.

 

(7) Gross profit margin is gross profit as a percentage of net sales.

 

(8) Operating margin is operating profit as a percentage of net sales.

 

(9) Working capital is defined as net accounts receivable plus inventories less accounts payable.

 

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

Executive Overview

We are a leading global marketer and manufacturer of cleaning, hygiene and appearance enhancing products, equipment and related services for the institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation market. We sell our products in more than 160 countries through our direct sales force, wholesalers and third-party distributors. Our sales are balanced geographically, with our principal markets being Europe, North America and Japan.

Except where noted and except for discussion on the consolidated statements of cash flows, the management discussion and analysis below reflect the results of continuing operations, specifically excluding the results from operations and the divestitures of the Chemical Methods Associates subsidiary (“CMA”), the Polymer Business, and Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. (“Whitmire”), as discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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In the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, net sales decreased by $20.3 million compared to the prior year. As indicated in the following table, excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rates and acquisitions and divestitures, our net sales were relatively unchanged, growing by 60 basis points for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, compared to the prior year.

 

     Fiscal Year Ended        

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29, 2006    December 30, 2005     Change  

Net sales

   $ 2,928,253    $ 2,948,522     -0.7 %

Variance due to:

       

Foreign currency exchange

        (129 )  

Acquisitions and divestitures

        (38,145 )  
             
        (38,274 )  
                 
   $ 2,928,253    $ 2,910,248     0.6 %
                 

Net sales in the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006 was impacted by our decision to withdraw from a majority of the service-oriented laundry and ware washing business in the United States, which we announced in March 2006. Excluding the laundry and ware washing business in the United States, partial termination fees related to our sales agency agreement with Unilever, which increased sales in the fiscal year ended December 30, 2005 by $6.9 million, and the impact of a correction in the accounting treatment for certain equipment leases, which increased net sales by $15.3 million for the fiscal year ended 2005, the equivalent growth rate was 3.8% for the fiscal year ended 2006. Our core business in North America continues to perform well, and outside of North America, we continue to show net sales growth, primarily due to price increases taking hold in all business sectors and global geographic areas and the expansion of developing markets in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Our gross profit percentage declined 80 basis points in 2006 compared to the fiscal year 2005, as pricing actions taken in 2005 and the first half of 2006 have not fully recovered increases in key raw material costs and transportation costs. In November 2005, in response to the structural changes in the raw material markets that have given rise to the significant increases in our input costs, we announced a program (“November 2005 Plan”) to implement an operational restructuring of our Company. The program also considers the potential divestiture of, or exit from, certain non-core or underperforming businesses.

As mentioned above, we announced our intention to withdraw from a majority of the underperforming service-oriented laundry and ware washing business in the United States in March 2006, as part of our November 2005 Plan. As a result of this decision, the Company severed approximately 500 employees in 2006. In connection with this decision, we also announced the closure of our manufacturing facilities in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Maryland.

On June 30, 2006, as part of our November 2005 Plan, we completed the sale of our non-core business that was engaged in developing, manufacturing, and selling specialty polymers for use in the industrial print and packaging industry, industrial paint and coatings industry, and industrial plastics industry (the Polymer Business), to BASF Aktiengesellschaft (“BASF”) for approximately $470.0 million plus an additional $12.2 million for adjustments related to net asset value. Proceeds of $420.0 million were used to pay down debt in the quarter ended June 30, 2006.

On September 30, 2006, as a part of our November 2005 Plan, we completed the sale of our Chemical Methods Associates subsidiary (“CMA”), a manufacturer of dish machines for use in the food service industry, to Ali SpA, an Italian based manufacturer of equipment for the food service industry for $17.0 million. The purchase price is subject to various post-closing adjustments,

 

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principally with regard to changes in working capital. In December 2006, the Company recorded additional purchase price of approximately $0.3 million based on its preliminary assessment of closing working capital. Further adjustments are not expected to be significant and are anticipated to be finalized in the second quarter of 2007.

Furthermore, during fiscal year 2006, we made significant progress towards the operational restructuring of our Company in accordance with the November 2005 Plan. A number of key elements of this restructuring program were commenced or announced during the year, among them and of particular significance were:

 

   

the reorganization of our European operations around four sub-regions;

 

   

the reorganization of our global and regional marketing structures;

 

   

supply chain optimization projects;

 

   

the outsourcing of our IT support work;

 

   

the announcement of our intention to proceed with the outsourcing of financial services in Western Europe;

 

   

the announcement of our intention to terminate our contract with the company to which we currently outsource certain human resource functions, and move to new providers for payroll functions and human resource information systems;

 

   

the announcement of our intention to close the powder factory located in Bobigny, France; and

 

   

the announcement of our intention to close the Polinya factory in Barcelona and the reorganization of the Valdemoro factory in Madrid to improve capacity utilization of our manufacturing assets in Spain.

In connection with the aforementioned and other activities under the November 2005 Plan, we recorded restructuring charges of approximately $114.8 million, which consisted primarily of severance costs, for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006. In addition, we recorded $121.9 million for selling, general and administrative costs and $4.3 million for cost of sales related to the November 2005 Plan for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, of which $41.8 million related to long-lived asset impairments, $11.1 million related to impairment of other tangible related non-cash items, and $73.3 million related to other period costs associated with restructuring activities, including consulting services of $36.2 million, information technology project costs of $22.0 million and employee retention, benefit and outplacement program costs of $9.5 million.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the accounting policies that are most critical to our financial condition and results of operations and that involve management’s judgment and/or evaluation of inherent uncertain factors are as follows:

Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue on product sales when risk of loss and title to the product is transferred to the customer. We record an estimated reduction to revenue for customer discount programs and incentive offerings, including allowances and other volume-based incentives. If market conditions were to decline, we may take actions to increase customer incentive offerings, possibly resulting in a reduction of gross profit margins in the period during which the incentive is offered. Revenues are reflected in the consolidated statement of operations net of taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities.

In arriving at net sales, we estimate the amounts of sales deductions likely to be earned by customers in conjunction with incentive programs such as volume rebates and other discounts. Such estimates are based on written agreements and historical trends and are reviewed periodically for possible revision based on changes in facts and circumstances.

Estimating Reserves and Allowances. We estimate inventory reserves based on periodic reviews of our inventory balances to identify slow-moving or obsolete items. This determination is based on a number of factors, including new product introductions, changes in customer demand patterns and historic usage trends.

 

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We estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts by analyzing accounts receivable balances by age, applying historical trend rates, analyzing market conditions and specifically reserving for identified customer balances, based on known facts, which are deemed probable as uncollectible. For larger accounts greater than 90 days past due, an allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded based on the customer’s ability and likelihood to pay and based on management’s review of the facts and circumstances. For other customers, we recognize an allowance based on the length of time the receivable is past due based on historical experience.

We accrue for losses associated with litigation and environmental claims based on management’s best estimate of future costs when such losses are probable and reasonably able to be estimated. We record those costs based on what management believes is the most probable amount of the liability within the ranges or, where no amount within the range is a better estimate of the potential liability, at the minimum amount within the range. The accruals are adjusted as further information becomes available or circumstances change.

Pension and Post-Retirement Benefits. We sponsor pension and post-retirement plans in various countries, including the United States, which are separately funded. Several statistical and judgmental factors, which attempt to anticipate future events, are used in calculating the expense and liability related to the plans. These factors include assumptions about the discount rate, expected return on plan assets, rate of future compensation increases and healthcare cost trends, as determined by us and our actuaries. In addition, our actuarial consultants also use subjective factors, such as withdrawal and mortality rates, to estimate these factors. The actuarial assumptions used by us may differ materially from actual results due to changing market and economic conditions, higher or lower withdrawal rates, longer or shorter life spans of participants and changes in actual costs of healthcare. Actual results may significantly affect the amount of pension and other post-retirement benefit expenses recorded by us.

Goodwill and Long-Lived Assets. We periodically review long-lived assets, including non-amortizing intangible assets and goodwill, for impairment and assess whether significant events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the anticipated future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded, if any, is calculated by the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its estimated fair value. We also periodically reassess the estimated remaining useful lives of our amortizing intangible assets and our other long-lived assets. Changes to estimated useful lives would impact the amount of depreciation and amortization expense recorded in our consolidated financial statements. We annually complete an impairment analysis of goodwill and non-amortizing intangible assets. Moreover, where indicators of impairment are identified for long-lived assets, we prepare a future undiscounted cash flow analysis, determine any impairment impact and record, if necessary, a reduction in the affected asset(s). We performed the required impairment test for the fiscal years 2006 and 2005, and recorded charges of $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, to selling, general and administrative expenses for the impairment of indefinite-lived assets. No material impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets was determined in fiscal year 2004. In connection with the November 2005 Plan, we recorded impairment charges on certain intangible assets and long-lived assets of $41.8 million and $4.2 million, during the twelve months ended December 29, 2006, and December 30, 2005, respectively.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 159 is intended to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. It also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. The statement does not affect any existing accounting literature that requires certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value, and it does not establish requirements for recognizing dividend income, interest income or interest expense. It also does not eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards. The provisions of SFAS 159 are effective for the fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007, which for the Company is its fiscal year 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of SFAS No. 159.

 

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In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for the fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007, which is our fiscal year 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of SFAS No. 157.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (SFAS No. 158), an amendment of SFAS No. 87, 88, 106, and 132 (R). SFAS No. 158 requires an employer to recognize the over-funded or under-funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income. SFAS No. 158 also requires the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end statement of financial position (with limited exceptions). Under SFAS No. 158, we will recognize the funded status of our defined benefit postretirement plans and provide required disclosures as of December 28, 2007, the end of our fiscal year 2007. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end statement of financial position will be effective in fiscal year 2008. If we had adopted SFAS No. 158 at December 30, 2005, it would have recorded an increase in pension and post-retirement benefit liabilities and decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income of approximately $67.3 million. However, this impact could change materially as of December 28, 2007, due to changes in the discount rates used to measure plan obligations, the actual returns on plan assets, and other factors.

In June 2006, the FASB issued FIN No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute criteria for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. See Note 18 (Income Taxes) to our consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this report, for further discussion.

For an additional discussion of our critical accounting policies and a discussion of new accounting pronouncements, see Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2006, Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2005

Net Sales:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended    Change  

(dollars in thousands)

  

December 29,

2006

  

December 30,

2005

   Amount     Percentage  

Net product and service sales

   $ 2,842,737    $ 2,854,417    $ (11,680 )   -0.4 %

Sales agency fee income

     85,516      94,105      (8,589 )   -9.1 %
                            
   $ 2,928,253    $ 2,948,522    $ (20,269 )   -0.7 %
                            

 

   

The U.S. dollar remained largely unchanged against the euro and certain other foreign currencies during 2006, and consequently, changes in foreign exchange rates had a negligible impact on the decrease in net product and service sales compared to the prior year.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, acquisitions and divestitures, and sales agency fee income, net sales increased 1.0% in 2006 compared to the prior year, primarily due to price increases taking hold globally, a strong performance from North America’s core businesses and the expansion of developing markets in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, which more than offset the impact of our withdrawal from a majority of the service-oriented laundry and ware washing business in the United States.

 

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In North America, net sales decreased 2.4% compared to the prior year. This sales decline reflects the impact of our withdrawal from a majority of the service-oriented laundry and ware washing business in the United States. Excluding the impact of the withdrawal from the service-oriented laundry and ware washing business and divestitures of other non-core businesses, our core North American business grew over 6%, driven by a balance of volume growth and price increases implemented in 2005 and 2006.

 

   

In our Europe, Africa and Middle East markets, net sales increased 2.7% compared to the prior year. This growth rate was impacted by a correction in the accounting treatment for certain equipment leases that increased net sales by $15.3 million in the first quarter of 2005. Excluding the impact of this adjustment, net sales in the region grew by 3.8% in 2006 compared to 2005. This growth was primarily due to price increases taking hold and increased sales volume in our Central European area and in developing countries in Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

 

   

In Asia Pacific, net sales increased 6.8% compared to the prior year, primarily due to growth in the food and beverage business and the lodging, retail and quick-service restaurant sectors.

 

   

In Latin America, net sales increased 8.2% compared to the prior year, driven by increased sales in most geographic areas, with growth from the food and beverage business, retail and lodging sectors and distribution, partially offset by lower health and hospitality sales in Mexico, where tourism has been adversely affected by hurricane damage, and the planned withdrawal from the cruise ship business in the Caribbean.

 

   

In Japan, net sales decreased by 5.2% compared to the prior year, primarily as a result of the restructuring of the service relationship at a core Japanese retail customer, the planned withdrawal from low margin filter sales in the food and beverage business and a change from direct selling to a joint venture for sales and distribution to select food service customers in the Tokyo metropolitan market.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, agency fee income under our sales agency agreement with Unilever decreased by $9.6 million, or 10.1%, in 2006, primarily as a result of an additional $6.9 million in partial termination fees recorded in 2005.

Gross Profit:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005     Amount     Percentage  

Gross profit

   $ 1,225,469     $ 1,256,619     $ (31,150 )   -2.5 %

Gross profit as a percentage of net sales:

     41.8 %     42.6 %    

 

   

Changes in foreign exchange rates had a negligible impact on the decrease in gross profit during 2006 compared to the prior year.

 

   

The decline in gross profit in 2006 was primarily due to pricing actions taken in 2005 and in the first half of 2006 not fully offsetting the impact of raw material cost increases, which had a particularly strong impact on our floor care business, where acrylic-based polymers are common in product formulations. Gross profit was also adversely impacted by higher freight and transportation costs, primarily attributable to the rise in crude oil prices and changes in U.S. transportation legislation that has affected driver hours and carrier availability. In Europe, gross profit in the first quarter of 2005 included a correction in accounting treatment for certain equipment leases which increased our gross profit by $5.8 million. In addition, costs associated with the transition to a new logistics provider at one of our Asia Pacific operations contributed to the margin deterioration.

 

   

We continue to pursue cost reduction initiatives under our November 2005 Plan.

 

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Operating Expenses:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005     Amount    Percentage  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   $ 1,159,242     $ 1,104,940     $ 54,302    4.9 %

Research and development expenses

     60,526       56,533       3,993    7.1 %

Restructuring expenses

     114,787       17,677       97,110    549.4 %
                             
   $ 1,334,555     $ 1,179,150     $ 155,405    13.2 %
                             

As a percentage of net sales:

         

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     39.6 %     37.5 %     

Research and development expenses

     2.1 %     1.9 %     

Restructuring expenses

     3.9 %     0.6 %     
                     
     45.6 %     40.0 %     
                     

 

   

Changes in foreign exchange rates had a negligible impact on the change in operating expenses during 2006 compared to the prior year.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency and costs associated with our restructuring programs and reflecting the initial impact of our progress under the November 2005 Plan, selling, general and administrative costs declined $24.0 million compared to the prior year. The decline was due to controlled spending and accelerated savings from our November 2005 Plan, primarily in our North American and European business segments.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency, research and development expenses increased $4.1 million compared to the prior year.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency, restructuring expenses increased $96.8 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to employee severance and other expenses related to the November 2005 Plan, which were incurred by our North American and European business segments as well as our Corporate Center.

Restructuring and Integration:

A summary of all costs associated with the November 2005 Plan during 2006, and since its inception in November 2005, is outlined below:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended    

Total Project

to Date

 

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005    

Reserve balance at beginning of period

   $ 2,347     $ —       $ —    

Restructuring costs charged to income

     114,787       4,509       119,296  

Liability adjustments

     —         383       383  

Payments of accrued costs

     (46,909 )     (2,545 )     (49,454 )
                        

Reserve balance at end of period

   $ 70,225     $ 2,347     $ 70,225  
                        

Period costs classified as selling, general and administrative expenses

   $ 121,880     $ 15,648     $ 137,528  

Period costs classified as cost of sales

     4,314       —         4,314  

Capital expenditures

     17,943       971       18,914  

 

   

During fiscal years 2006 and 2005, we recorded $114.8 million and $4.5 million, respectively, of restructuring costs related to our November 2005 Plan in our consolidated statements of operations. These costs consisted primarily of involuntary termination and other costs incurred by our North American and European business segments as well as our Corporate Center. In addition, during fiscal years 2006 and 2005, we recorded $121.9 million and $15.6 million, respectively, of selling, general and administrative expenses and $4.3 million and $0, respectively for cost of sales, of which $41.8 million and $0, respectively, related to long-lived asset impairments, $11.1 million and $0, respectively, related to impairment of

 

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other tangible related non-cash items and $73.3 million and $15.6 million, respectively, related to other period costs associated with restructuring activities. The increase in these expenses over the prior year was mainly due to restructuring initiatives at our North American and European segments as well as charges incurred at the Corporate Center.

 

   

In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, we recorded liabilities for the involuntary termination of former DiverseyLever employees and other exit costs associated with former DiverseyLever facilities. During fiscal years 2006 and 2005, we paid cash of $2.7 million and $16.5 million, respectively, representing contractual obligations associated with involuntary terminations and lease payments on closed facilities, primarily in Europe and North America. The restructuring reserve balances associated with the exit plans and the acquisition-related restructuring plans was $2.8 million and $5.7 million as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively. We continue to make cash payments representing contractual obligations associated with involuntary terminations and lease payments on closed facilities.

 

   

Based on the continued historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan, the Company continued to conclude that it was not more likely than not that U.S. deferred tax assets would be fully realized. Accordingly, the Company recorded a charge for an additional U.S. valuation allowance of $2.1 million for continuing operations for the year ended December 29, 2006. The Company does not believe the valuation allowances recorded in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 are indicative of future cash tax expenditures. If the November 2005 Plan produces the results anticipated by management, the Company anticipates that all or a portion of the valuation allowance would reverse in future periods, similar to the partial reduction of valuation allowance in discontinued operations for fiscal year 2006 related to the divestiture of the former Polymer Business segment.

Non-Operating Results:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005     Amount     Percentage  

Interest expense

   $ 120,578     $ 142,853     $ (22,275 )   -15.6 %

Interest income

     (12,995 )     (8,856 )     (4,139 )   46.7 %
                              

Net interest expense

   $ 107,583     $ 133,997     $ (26,414 )   -19.7 %

Other expense, net

     5,232       960       4,272     445.0 %

 

   

Net interest expense decreased during 2006 compared to the prior year period. In 2005, we recorded $8.7 million of interest expense due to the ineffectiveness of our EURIBOR-based interest rate swap agreements arising from the repayment of the euro portion of our term loan B in April 2005. Also in 2005, we wrote off $11.7 million of unamortized debt issuance costs in connection with the December 2005 amendments to our senior secured credit facilities. In addition, interest expense in 2006 was lower than the prior year due to lower average net debt levels in 2006.

 

   

Other expense, net, increased compared to the prior year, primarily due to higher net losses from foreign currency translation and transactions.

Income Taxes:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005     Amount     Percentage  

Income (loss) from continuing operations, including minority interests, before income taxes and discontinued operations

   $ (221,926 )   $ (57,423 )   $ (164,503 )   286.5 %

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (87,085 )     138,828       (225,913 )   -162.7 %

Effective income tax rate

     39.2 %     -241.8 %    

 

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In fiscal year 2006, the provision for income taxes decreased from the prior year primarily due to the Company’s ability to claim tax benefit for continuing operations for the use of the current year U.S. and state losses and U.S. foreign tax credits to offset tax on the gain from the divestiture of the Polymer Business segment. In addition, as a result of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2006, the Company has determined that earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries are no longer subject to immediate U.S. tax and will now be considered permanently reinvested. A decrease in income tax expense results as the foreign subsidiaries were, collectively, subject to a rate of tax lower than the U.S. statutory tax rate. These income tax benefits were partially offset by charges to income tax expense for an increase in valuation allowance on U.S. tax credits and losses of international subsidiaries.

 

   

In fiscal year 2005, the negative effective tax rate on a pre-tax loss is primarily due to charges for increases in valuation allowances against U.S. and international deferred tax assets of $140.2 million and $11.6 million, respectively, and because a tax benefit could not be claimed for book goodwill considered disposed as part of divestitures occurring in fiscal year 2005.

Net Income:

We recorded net income of $118.3 million in fiscal year 2006 compared to a net loss of $166.6 million in fiscal year 2005. The difference of $284.9 million was primarily due to the gain of $235.9 million (net of tax) on the sale of our Polymer Business, a decrease in the income tax provision on continuing operations of $225.9 million, and a decrease in net interest expense of $26.4 million. These factors were partially offset by an increase of $179.3 million in restructuring costs and other period costs associated with the November 2005 Plan, primarily in North America, Europe, and the Corporate Center, as well as raw material cost increases not fully offset by pricing actions in the North American, European, and Asia Pacific regions.

EBITDA:

EBITDA is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure, and you should not consider EBITDA as an alternative to U.S. GAAP financial measures such as (a) operating profit or net profit as a measure of our operating performance or (b) cash flows provided by operating, investing and financing activities (as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP) as a measure of our ability to meet cash needs.

We believe that, in addition to cash flows from operating activities, EBITDA is a useful financial measurement for assessing liquidity as it provides management, investors, lenders and financial analysts with an additional basis to evaluate our ability to incur and service debt and to fund capital expenditures. In addition, various covenants under our senior secured credit facilities are based on EBITDA, as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of those facilities.

In evaluating EBITDA, management considers, among other things, the amount by which EBITDA exceeds interest costs for the period, how EBITDA compares to principal repayments on outstanding debt for the period and how EBITDA compares to capital expenditures for the period. Management believes many investors, lenders and financial analysts evaluate EBITDA for similar purposes. To evaluate EBITDA, the components of EBITDA, such as net sales and operating expenses and the variability of such components over time, should also be considered.

Accordingly, we believe that the inclusion of EBITDA in this annual report permits a more comprehensive analysis of our liquidity relative to other companies and our ability to service debt requirements. Because all companies do not calculate EBITDA identically, the presentation of EBITDA in this annual report may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for, and should be considered together with, net cash flows provided by operating activities as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

EBITDA for fiscal year 2006 was $464.8 million, which increased by $161.1 million in 2006 compared to the prior year, primarily due to the divestiture of the Polymer Business, which increased EBITDA by $352.9 million, partially offset by a $137.5 million

 

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increase in restructuring costs and period costs included in selling, general and administrative costs related to our November 2005 Plan, primarily in North America, Europe, and the Corporate Center, and raw material cost increases not fully offset by pricing actions. In addition, EBITDA in fiscal year 2005 included a correction in accounting treatment for certain equipment leases in Europe which increased our EBITDA by $5.8 million. For a reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash flows provided by operating activities, see “Item 6. Selected Financial Data.”

Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2005, Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

Net Sales:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended    Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 30, 2005    December 31, 2004    Amount    Percentage  

Net product and service sales

   $ 2,854,417    $ 2,756,706    $ 97,711    3.5 %

Sales agency fee income

     94,105      92,975      1,130    1.2 %
                           
   $ 2,948,522    $ 2,849,681    $ 98,841    3.5 %
                           

 

   

The strengthening of the euro and certain other foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar contributed $39.1 million to the increase in net product and service sales in 2005 compared to 2004.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rates and acquisitions and divestitures, consolidated net sales increased 2.5% in 2005 compared to the prior year.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rates and acquisitions and divestitures and sales agency fee income, net sales increased 2.6% in 2005 compared to the prior year. The net sales growth was primarily due to price increases taking hold in all business sectors and global geographic areas, and expansion of developing markets in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

 

   

In North America, net sales increased by 3.4% compared to the prior year, reversing the recent trend of flat to declining revenues. The North America sales growth was primarily attributable to key customer wins and pricing actions and more than offset regional challenges related to industry consolidation and changes in customer purchase practices. The price increases were introduced globally late in 2004 and continued throughout fiscal year 2005 in response to rising raw material costs.

 

   

In our European region, net sales increased by 1.4% compared to the prior year, primarily due to sales growth in developing countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East and a correction in accounting treatment for certain equipment leases which increased our European net sales by $15.3 million compared to the prior year. These favorable factors were partially offset by softening economies in key countries and continuing consolidation in key market sectors, including distribution, building service contractors and food and beverage.

 

   

In Asia Pacific, net sales increased by 7.9% compared to the prior year, primarily due to sales growth in China and India.

 

   

In Latin America, net sales increased by 9.6% compared to the prior year, primarily due to improved economic conditions and growth in distributor markets, the food and beverage business and the lodging sector.

 

   

In Japan, net sales increased by 1.3% compared to the prior year, despite significant economic pressures, primarily due to expansion of our total solutions approach with retail customers.

 

   

Excluding a $2.3 million increase from the strengthening of the euro and certain other foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, net sales under our sales agency agreement with Unilever decreased $1.1 million, or 1.2%, compared to the prior year primarily due to certain brand disposals by Unilever in the European and Asia Pacific markets ($4.5 million) substantially offset by an increase in partial termination fees ($3.3 million).

 

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Gross Profit:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004     Amount     Percentage  
   $ 1,256,619     $ 1,261,278     $ (4,659 )   -0.4 %

Gross profit as a percentage of net sales:

     42.6 %     44.3 %    

 

   

The strengthening of the euro and certain other foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar increased gross profit by $19.8 million in 2005 compared to the prior year.

 

   

The reduction in gross profit in fiscal year 2005 compared to the prior year was primarily due to the impact of increased crude oil and natural gas costs on the cost of raw materials, particularly in our floor care business where acrylic based polymers are common in product formulations. Margin deterioration was particularly pronounced in Latin America, Europe, and North America where margins decreased approximately 10%, 5%, and 4%, respectively. Gross profit was also adversely impacted by higher freight and transportation costs, primarily attributable to the rise in crude oil prices and changes in U.S. transportation legislation that has affected driver hours and carrier availability. To a lesser extent, gross profit was impacted by a change in product and services mix, reflecting a relative increase in lower margin sales to our food and beverage sector, which is not expected to continue, and a strategic shift towards increased solutions selling, which has a different business model than most of our operations. These decreases were partially offset by a correction in accounting treatment for certain equipment leases which increased our European gross profit by $5.8 million compared to the prior year.

Operating Expenses:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004     Amount     Percentage  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   $ 1,104,940     $ 1,059,829     $ 45,111     4.3 %

Research and development expenses

     56,533       60,928       (4,395 )   -7.2 %

Restructuring expenses

     17,677       20,525       (2,848 )   -13.9 %
                              
   $ 1,179,150     $ 1,141,282     $ 37,868     3.3 %
                              

As a percentage of net sales:

        

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     37.5 %     37.2 %    

Research and development expenses

     1.9 %     2.1 %    

Restructuring expenses

     0.6 %     0.7 %    
                    
     40.0 %     40.0 %    
                    

 

   

The strengthening of the euro and certain other foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar increased operating expenses by $12.1 million in 2005 compared to the prior year.

 

   

Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales were flat compared to the prior year. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $33.2 million compared to the prior year period. The impact from global cost containment and reduction programs, a settlement with Unilever related to indemnified legal costs ($2.5 million) in North America and a change in estimate for environmental reserves ($2.9 million) at the Corporate Center based on updated exposure studies offset general inflationary pressures, compensation expense from the cancellation of our global long-term incentive plan ($5.1 million), certain employee separation costs ($3.6 million) at the Corporate Center, a loss on divestiture of the European and Canadian commercial laundry businesses ($3.5 million) and certain contract termination fees ($3.0 million) at the Corporate Center.

 

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Excluding the impact of foreign currency, research and development expenses decreased $4.7 million compared to the prior year, primarily in Europe due to a planned slowing of ongoing and planned projects in anticipation of the November 2005 Plan.

 

   

Excluding the impact of foreign currency, restructuring expenses decreased $2.7 million compared to the prior year, primarily due to the timing of employee severance and exit cost payments and the wind-down of activity related to the DiverseyLever acquisition integration, partially offset by severance costs of $4.5 million related to the November 2005 Plan recorded in fiscal year 2005 and primarily affecting the Corporate Center ($1.6 million) and Europe ($1.8 million).

Restructuring and Integration:

A summary of all costs associated with the restructuring and integration programs for fiscal year 2005, fiscal year 2004, and since the DiverseyLever acquisition in May 2002, is outlined below. The reserve balance shown below reflects the aggregate reserves for all restructuring and integration projects, including the November 2005 Plan.

 

      Fiscal Year Ended    

Total Project to

Date May 4, 2002 -

December 30, 2005

 

(dollars in thousands)

   December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004    

Reserve balance at beginning of period

   $ 9,008     $ 34,798     $ —    

Exit costs recorded as purchase accounting adjustments

     —         —         80,574  

Restructuring costs charged to income

     17,677       20,525       70,767  

Liability adjustments

     407       (4,337 )     (3,930 )

Payments of accrued costs

     (19,033 )     (41,978 )     (139,352 )
                        

Reserve balance at end of period

   $ 8,059     $ 9,008     $ 8,059  
                        

Period costs classified as cost of sales

   $ —       $ —       $ 4,878  

Period costs classified as selling, general and administrative expenses

     43,994       25,332       143,994  

Capital expenditures

     20,239       39,205       130,657  

 

   

During fiscal years 2002 and 2003, in connection with the May 2002 acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, we recorded liabilities for the involuntary termination of former DiverseyLever employees and other exit costs associated with former DiverseyLever facilities. We also developed plans to restructure certain facilities that we owned prior to the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, primarily for the purpose of eliminating redundancies resulting from the acquisition.

 

   

During fiscal years 2005 and 2004, we recorded $17.7 million and $20.5 million of restructuring costs, respectively, and $44.0 million and $25.3 million of selling, general and administrative expenses, respectively, related to our restructuring and integration programs in our consolidated statements of operations. These costs consisted primarily of involuntary termination and other costs incurred throughout North America and Europe as we continued to consolidate our operations and IT ERP system platforms and complete the integration of the acquired DiverseyLever business.

 

   

In November 2005, we announced the November 2005 Plan, which includes a redesign of our organization structure, the closure of a number of manufacturing and other facilities and a workforce reduction of approximately 10%, in addition to previously planned divestitures. In fiscal year 2005, we incurred $4.5 million in restructuring expenses, primarily affecting the Corporate Center ($1.6 million) and Europe ($1.8 million) and all of which were severance related, and $15.6 million in selling, general and administrative costs related to period expenses associated with restructuring activities mainly at our Corporate Center ($13.0 million) and our Japanese business ($1.5 million).

 

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The combination of historical U.S. tax losses and the additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan caused us to reconsider the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. Forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed is difficult when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent years. In certain cases, the negative evidence associated with historical losses cannot be overcome by management’s expectation of future taxable income. Based on the historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan, management determined that it was no longer more likely than not that U.S. deferred tax assets would be fully realized. Accordingly, we recorded a charge for an additional valuation allowance of $140.2 million in 2005. If the November 2005 Plan produces the results anticipated by management, all or a portion of the valuation allowance would reverse in future periods.

Non-Operating Results:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004     Amount     Percentage  

Interest expense

   $ 142,853     $ 124,134     $ 18,719     15.1 %

Interest income

     (8,856 )     (6,258 )     (2,598 )   41.5 %
                              

Net interest expense

   $ 133,997     $ 117,876     $ 16,121     13.7 %

Other expense, net

     960       5,389       (4,429 )   -82.2 %

 

   

Net interest expense increased in 2005, primarily due to one-time charges associated with repayment of the euro portion of the term loan B in connection with an April 2005 amendment to our senior secured credit facilities, including the write-off of accumulated losses associated with our EURIBOR-based interest swap agreements ($8.7 million), and the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs ($11.7 million) from the April 2005 and December 2005 debt amendments, partially offset by gains recognized on the ineffective EURIBOR-based interest swap agreements subsequent to the repayment of the term B loan ($3.2 million), a reduction in the interest rate spread on the term B loan resulting from the February 2004 and April 2005 amendments to our senior secured credit facilities and higher interest income from short-term investments.

 

   

Other expense, net, decreased compared to the prior year period, primarily due to lower net losses from foreign currency translation and transactions.

Income Taxes:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004     Amount     Percentage  

Loss from continuing operations, including minority interests, before income taxes and discontinued operations

   $ (57,423 )   $ (3,455 )   $ (53,968 )   1562.0 %

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     138,828       8,687       130,141     1498.1 %

Effective income tax rate

     -241.8 %     -251.4 %    

 

   

In fiscal year 2005, the provision for income taxes increased as compared to the prior year primarily due to charges for increases in valuation allowances against U.S. and international deferred tax assets of $140.2 million and $11.6 million, respectively, and because a tax benefit could not be claimed for book goodwill considered disposed as part of divestitures occurring in fiscal year 2005. The valuation allowance at December 30, 2005 was determined in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The combination of historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan caused the Company to reconsider the need for a valuation allowance against its U.S. deferred tax assets. Forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed is difficult when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent years. In certain cases, the negative evidence associated with historical losses cannot be overcome by management’s expectation of future

 

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taxable income. Based on the historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan, it was no longer more likely than not that U.S. deferred tax assets would be fully realized. Accordingly, the Company recorded a charge for an additional valuation allowance of $140.2 million. If the November 2005 Plan produces the results anticipated by management, the Company anticipates that all or a portion of the valuation allowance would reverse in future periods.

 

   

In fiscal year 2004, the effective tax rate exceeds the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35% primarily due to the decision to begin remitting earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries to the U.S. parent company. An increase in income tax expense results from this decision since the foreign subsidiaries were, collectively, subject to a rate of tax lower than the U.S. statutory tax rate.

Net Income:

We recorded a net loss of $166.6 million in fiscal year 2005 compared to net income of $13.7 million in fiscal year 2004. The difference of $180.3 million was primarily due to an increase in the income tax provision ($130.1 million), a net increase in interest expense resulting from ineffective interest rate swap agreements ($5.5 million), the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs ($11.7 million) associated with the April 2005 and December 2005 credit facility amendments, a loss on divestiture of the European and Canadian commercial laundry businesses ($3.5 million), compensation expense from the cancellation of our global long-term incentive plan ($5.1 million), certain employee separation costs ($3.6 million) at the Corporate Center and partial contract termination fees ($3.0 million) at the Corporate Center, as well as raw material cost increases. In addition, price increases introduced late in 2004 and throughout fiscal year 2005 did not fully offset rising raw material costs. These factors were partially offset by income from the correction in the accounting treatment for equipment leased to customers in Europe ($3.8 million), a gain on discontinued operations ($4.0 million), partial termination fees associated with our sales agency agreement with Unilever ($3.3 million, a change in estimate for environmental reserves ($2.9 million) and risk insurance reserves ($2.1 million) at the Corporate Center based on updated exposure studies, a settlement with Unilever related to indemnified legal costs ($2.5 million) in North America and the impact of cost reduction/containment programs.

EBITDA:

EBITDA for fiscal year 2005 was $303.6 million, which decreased by $44.6 million in 2005 compared to the prior year, primarily due to raw material cost increases. Price increases introduced late in 2004 and the first nine months of 2005 did not fully offset rising raw material costs. Also contributing to the decrease in EBITDA were a loss on divestiture of the European and Canadian commercial laundry businesses ($3.5 million), compensation expense from the cancellation of our global long-term incentive plan ($5.1 million), certain employee separation costs ($3.6 million) at the Corporate Center and partial contract termination fees ($3.0 million). These factors were partially offset by an increase from the correction in the accounting treatment for equipment leased to customers in Europe ($5.8 million), a gain on discontinued operations ($4.0 million), partial termination fees associated with our sales agency agreement with Unilever ($3.3 million), a change in estimate for environmental reserves ($2.9 million) and risk insurance reserves ($2.1 million) at the Corporate Center based on updated exposure studies, a settlement with Unilever related to indemnified legal costs ($2.5 million) in North America and the impact of cost reduction/containment programs. For a reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash flows provided by operating activities, see “Item 6. Selected Financial Data.”

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

     Fiscal Year Ended     Change  

(dollars in thousands)

   December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    Amount     Percentage  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (7,628 )   $ 135,170     $ (142,798 )   -105.6 %

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     391,964       (71,590 )     463,554     -647.5 %

Net cash used in financing activities

     (343,471 )     74,718       (418,189 )   -559.7 %

Capital expenditures

     (93,195 )     (92,169 )     (1,026 )   1.1 %
           Change  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    Amount     Percentage  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 208,313     $ 158,186     $ 50,127     31.7 %

Working capital (1)

     406,713       383,972       22,741     5.9 %

Total debt

     1,095,545       1,406,262       (310,717 )   -22.1 %

 

(1) Working capital is defined as net accounts receivable, plus inventories less accounts payable.

 

   

The increase in cash and cash equivalents during fiscal year 2006 resulted primarily from cash proceeds from the $100.0 million delayed draw term loan facility and proceeds from divestitures, partially offset by cash used during the year to fund activities related to the November 2005 Plan, capital expenditures, a reduction in the utilization of the Receivables Facilities described under “Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements” and repayment of term debt.

 

   

The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities for fiscal year 2006 compared to the prior year was primarily due to cash payments related to our November 2005 Plan and the aforementioned reduction in the utilization of the Receivables Facilities.

 

   

The increase in net cash provided by (used in) investing activities in fiscal year 2006 compared to the prior year was primarily due to a $466.2 million increase in proceeds from divestitures, primarily related to the divestiture of the Polymer Business. Other than our investment in dosing and feeder equipment with new and existing customer accounts, the characteristics of our business do not generally require us to make significant ongoing capital expenditures. We may make significant cash expenditures in the next few years, however, in an effort to capitalize on cost savings opportunities.

 

   

The $343.5 million of net cash used in financing activities in fiscal year 2006 was primarily due to the repayment of $420.0 million of obligations under our term loan B facility using the majority of the proceeds from the divestiture of the Polymer Business, partially offset by the proceeds from borrowings on our $100.0 million delayed draw term loan facility.

 

   

The $74.7 million of net cash provided by financing activities in fiscal year 2005 was primarily due to proceeds from the December 2005 debt amendment of $193 million, partially offset by net repayments of debt from divestiture proceeds ($43.5 million), and dividends paid to Holdings ($40.4 million), most of which were related to the cancellation of our share-based long-term incentive compensation plan.

 

   

The increase in net working capital in fiscal year 2006 compared to the prior year was due to a $46.0 million increase in accounts receivable driven by the exit of our Italian subsidiary from our Receivables Facilities and a $9.3 million increase in inventories resulting from an inventory build in advance of factory closures and increased raw material costs, partially offset by a $32.6 million increase in accounts payable.

Debt and Contractual Obligations. As a result of the DiverseyLever acquisition, we have a significant amount of indebtedness. On May 3, 2002, in connection with the acquisition, we issued senior subordinated notes and entered into a $1.2 billion senior secured credit facility. We used the proceeds of the sale of the senior subordinated notes and initial borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities, together with other available funds, to finance the cash portion of the purchase price for the DiverseyLever business and the related fees and expenses and to refinance then-existing indebtedness.

The senior secured credit facilities were amended and restated in December 2005. The amended facilities, among other things, permit the November 2005 Plan and modify the financial covenants contained in our previous credit facilities. The amended facilities

 

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consist of a revolving loan facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $175 million, including a letter of credit sub-limit of $50 million and a swingline loan sub-limit of $30 million, that matures on December 16, 2010, as well as a term loan facility of up to $775 million that matures on December 16, 2011. In addition, the amended facilities include a committed delayed draw term facility of up to $100 million, which was fully drawn on July 14, 2006. The amended facilities also provide for an increase in the revolving credit facility of up to $25 million under specified circumstances. As of December 29, 2006, we had $8.3 million in letters of credit outstanding under the revolving portion of the senior secured credit facilities and therefore had the ability to borrow $166.7 million under those revolving facilities. All obligations under the credit facilities are secured by all the assets of Holdings, us and each of our subsidiaries of the Company (but limited to the extent necessary to avoid materially adverse tax consequences to us and our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and by restrictions imposed by applicable law).

As of December 29, 2006, we had total indebtedness of about $1.1 billion, consisting of $595.8 million of senior subordinated notes, $447.3 million of borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities, $16.8 million of other long-term borrowings and $35.6 million in short-term credit lines. In addition, we had $181.4 million in operating lease commitments, $1.9 million in capital lease commitments and $8.3 million committed under letters of credit that expire in fiscal year 2007.

 

          Payments Due by Period:

Contractual Obligations

   Total    2007    2008-2009    2010-2011    2012 and
Thereafter
     (dollars in thousands)

Long-term debt obligations:

              

Term credit facilities

   $ 464,066    $ 12,954    $ 30,112    $ 421,000    $ —  

Senior subordinated notes (1)

     904,079      57,349      114,697      114,697      617,336

Operating leases

     181,397      56,281      62,397      20,208      42,511

Capital leases

     1,900      802      930      168   

Purchase commitments (2)

     34,730      8,350      14,360      12,020      —  
                                  

Total contractual obligations

   $ 1,586,172    $ 135,736    $ 222,496    $ 568,093    $ 659,847
                                  

 

(1) Includes scheduled annual interest payments at 9.625%

 

(2) Represents maximum penalties that would be contractually binding if we do not meet any portion of our volume commitments, primarily for the purchase of floor care related polymers.

We believe that the cash flows from continuing operations, including the effects of divestures made as part of the November 2005 Plan, together with available cash, borrowings available under our senior secured credit facilities, and the proceeds from our receivables securitization facility will generate sufficient cash flow to meet our liquidity needs for the foreseeable future, including the November 2005 Plan. We do not expect the divestitures of the Polymer Business and other businesses, made as part of the November 2005 Plan and included as part of continuing and discontinuing operations, to significantly impact our future liquidity or our ability to meet our debt service obligations. With regards to the divestiture of the Polymer Business, we anticipate that the interest savings from the repayment of the term B loan with $420.0 million of proceeds from the sale will largely offset the operating cash flows that would have been generated by this business. Please refer to our forward-looking statements and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for potential risks associated with our restructuring programs.

We have obligations related to our pension and post-retirement plans which are discussed in detail in Notes 19 and 20 of the consolidated financial statements. As of the most recent actuarial measurement date, we anticipate making $50.7 million of contributions to pension plans in fiscal year 2007. Post-retirement medical claims are paid as they are submitted and are anticipated to be $4.3 million in fiscal year 2007.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. We and certain of our subsidiaries entered into an agreement (the “Receivables Facility”) in March 2001 whereby we and each participating subsidiary sell, on a continuous basis, certain trade receivables to JWPR Corporation (“JWPRC”), our wholly owned, consolidated, special purpose, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary. JWPRC was formed for the sole

 

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purpose of buying and selling receivables generated by us and certain of our subsidiaries party to the Receivables Facility. JWPRC, in turn, sells an undivided interest in the accounts receivable to a nonconsolidated financial institution (the “Conduit”) for an amount equal to the value of all eligible receivables (as defined under the receivables sale agreement between JWPRC and the Conduit) less the applicable reserve. The accounts receivable securitization arrangement is accounted for under the provisions of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities–A replacement of FASB Statement No. 125.” As of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, our total potential for securitization of trade receivables was $75 million and $150 million, respectively.

In March 2006, the Receivables Facility was amended and restated to add a second conduit purchaser to the program and to allow the repurchase of the receivables of JP.

In July 2006, the Receivables Facility was amended to allow one of the conduit purchasers to exit the program, to allow the repurchase of the receivables of JohnsonDiversey SpA (Italy), and to reduce the total potential for securitization of trade receivables from $150 million to $75 million.

As of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, the Conduit held $64.3 million and $97.9 million, respectively, of accounts receivable that are not included in the accounts receivable balance reflected in our consolidated balance sheet.

As of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, we had a retained interest of $78.1 million and $149 million, respectively, in the receivables of JWPRC. The retained interest is included in the accounts receivable balance and is reflected in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair value.

In fiscal year 2006, JWPRC’s cost of borrowing under the Receivables Facility was at a weighted average rate of 6.45% per annum.

Under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities, we must use any net proceeds from the Receivables Facility first to prepay loans outstanding under our senior secured credit facilities. In addition, the net amount of trade receivables at any time outstanding under this and any other securitization facility that we may enter into may not exceed $200 million in the aggregate.

Financial Covenants under Our Senior Secured Credit Facilities

Under the amended terms of our senior secured credit facilities, we are subject to certain financial covenants. The financial covenants under the senior secured credit facilities require us to meet the following targets and ratios.

Maximum Leverage Ratio. We are required to maintain a leverage ratio for each financial covenant period of no more than the maximum ratio specified in the senior secured credit facilities for that financial covenant period. The maximum leverage ratio is the ratio of (1) our consolidated indebtedness (excluding up to $55 million of indebtedness incurred under our Receivables Facility and indebtedness relating to specified interest rate hedge agreements) as of the last day of a financial covenant period to (2) our consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the senior secured credit facilities, for that same financial covenant period.

 

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The senior secured credit facilities require that we maintain a leverage ratio of no more than the ratio set forth below for each of the financial covenant periods ending nearest the corresponding date set forth below:

 

    

Maximum

Leverage Ratio

December 31, 2006

   5.00 to 1

March 31, 2007

   5.00 to 1

June 30, 2007

   5.00 to 1

September 30, 2007

   4.75 to 1

December 31, 2007

   4.75 to 1

March 31, 2008

   4.75 to 1

June 30, 2008

   4.75 to 1

September 30, 2008

   4.25 to 1

December 31, 2008

   4.25 to 1

March 31, 2009

   4.25 to 1

June 30, 2009

   4.25 to 1

September 30, 2009

   3.75 to 1

December 31, 2009

   3.75 to 1

March 31, 2010

   3.75 to 1

June 30, 2010

   3.75 to 1

September 30, 2010 and thereafter

   3.50 to 1

Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. We are required to maintain an interest coverage ratio for each financial covenant period of no less than the minimum ratio specified in the senior secured credit facilities for that financial covenant period. The minimum interest coverage ratio is the ratio of (1) our consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the senior secured credit facilities, for a financial covenant period to (2) our cash interest expense for the same financial covenant period.

The senior secured credit facilities require that we maintain an interest coverage ratio of no more than the ratio set forth below for each of the financial covenant periods ending nearest the corresponding date set forth below:

 

    

Minimum Interest

Coverage Ratio

December 31, 2006

   2.00 to 1

March 31, 2007

   2.00 to 1

June 30, 2007

   2.00 to 1

September 30, 2007

   2.25 to 1

December 31, 2007

   2.25 to 1

March 31, 2008

   2.25 to 1

June 30, 2008

   2.25 to 1

September 30, 2008

   2.50 to 1

December 31, 2008

   2.50 to 1

March 31, 2009

   2.50 to 1

June 30, 2009

   2.50 to 1

September 30, 2009

   2.75 to 1

December 31, 2009

   2.75 to 1

March 31, 2010

   2.75 to 1

June 30, 2010

   2.75 to 1

September 30, 2010 and thereafter

   3.00 to 1

Compliance with Maximum Leverage Ratio and Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. For our financial covenant period ended on December 29, 2006, we were in compliance with the maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio covenants contained in the senior secured credit facilities.

Capital Expenditures. Capital expenditures are generally limited under the senior secured credit facilities to $150 million in fiscal year 2006 and to $130 million for subsequent fiscal years. To the extent that we make capital expenditures of less than the limit in any fiscal year, however, we may carry forward into the subsequent year the difference between the limit and the actual amount we expended, provided that the amounts we carry forward from the previous year will be allocated to capital expenditures in the current fiscal year only after the amount allocated to the current fiscal year is exhausted. As of December 29, 2006, we were in compliance with the limitation on capital expenditures for fiscal year 2006.

 

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Restructuring Charges. The senior secured credit facilities limit the amount of cash payments (i) arising in connection with the November 2005 Plan at any time from fiscal year 2006 through the end of fiscal year 2009 to $355 million in the aggregate and (ii) arising in connection with permitted divestitures at any time from fiscal year 2006 through the end of fiscal year 2008 to $45 million. As of December 29, 2006, we were in compliance with the limitation on spending for restructuring and permitted divestiture related activities.

In addition, the senior secured credit facilities contain covenants that restrict our ability to declare dividends and to redeem and repurchase capital stock. The senior secured credit facilities also limit our ability to incur additional liens, engage in sale-leaseback transactions and incur additional indebtedness and make investments.

Senior Discount Notes of Holdings

In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, our parent, Holdings, issued senior discount notes with a principal amount at maturity of $406.3 million to Unilever. In addition, Unilever received a one-third equity interest in Holdings. Under the indenture for the Holdings senior discount notes, the principal amount of the senior discount notes will accrete at a rate of 10.67% per annum through May 15, 2007. After May 15, 2007, interest will accrue on the accreted value of the senior discount notes at this rate, but will be payable in cash semiannually in arrears to the extent that we can distribute to Holdings the cash necessary to make the payments in accordance with the restrictions contained in the indentures for our senior subordinated notes and senior secured credit facilities. The failure by Holdings to make all or any portion of a semiannual interest payment on the senior discount notes will not constitute an event of default under the indenture for the senior discount notes if that failure results from our inability to distribute the cash necessary to make that payment in accordance with these restrictions. Instead, interest will continue to accrue on any unpaid interest at a rate of 10.67% per annum, and the unpaid interest will be payable on the next interest payment date on which we are able to distribute to Holdings the cash necessary to make the payment in accordance with the provisions contained in the indentures for the senior subordinated notes and the senior secured credit facilities. Holdings has no income from operations and no meaningful assets. Holdings receives all of its income from us and substantially all of its assets consist of its investment in us. The senior discount notes mature on May 15, 2013. In September 2003, Unilever sold the Holdings’ senior discount notes to certain institutional investors.

Related Party Transactions

Until 1999, we were part of SCJ. In connection with our spin-off from SCJ in November 1999, we entered into a number of agreements relating to the separation and our ongoing relationship with SCJ after the spin-off. A number of these agreements relate to our ordinary course of business, while others pertain to our historical relationship with SCJ and our former status as a wholly owned subsidiary of SCJ.

We are also party to various agreements with Unilever entered into in connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business. All of the agreements with Unilever were negotiated before Unilever acquired its equity interest in our parent, Holdings, and the senior discount notes of Holdings. These agreements with Unilever are on arms-length terms.

For further discussion of the related party transactions, see Note 25 to our consolidated financial statements and “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence,” included elsewhere in this annual report.

Discontinued Operations

Chemical Methods Associates:

On September 30, 2006, in connection with its November 2005 Plan, we sold our equity interest in CMA to Ali SpA, an Italian-based manufacturer of equipment for the food service industry, for $17.0 million. The purchase price is subject to various post-closing adjustments, principally with regard to changes in working capital. In December 2006, the Company recorded additional purchase price of approximately $0.3 million based on its preliminary assessment of closing working capital. The sale resulted in a gain of

 

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approximately $2.3 million ($0.5 million after tax), net of related costs. Further adjustments are not expected to be significant and are anticipated to be finalized in the second quarter of 2007.

Effective during the third quarter of 2006, CMA, which was included in our North American business segment, was classified as a discontinued operation and, as such, we have made the required changes to the consolidated statement of operations and the consolidated balance sheet, which have been restated for prior periods. Due to the immaterial impact of the divestiture on the consolidated statement of cash flows, no adjustments or restatements for discontinued operations have been made for the periods presented.

Net sales from discontinued operations relating to CMA for the fiscal years ending 2006, 2005, and 2004 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Net sales

   $ 16,905    $ 18,583    $ 15,885
                    

Income from discontinued operations relating to CMA for the fiscal years ending 2006, 2005, and 2004 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Income from discontinued operations before taxes and gain from sale

   $ 2,826     $ 2,803     $ 2,433  

Taxes on income from discontinued operations

     (986 )     (1,090 )     (968 )

Gain on sale of discontinued operations before taxes

     2,322       —         —    

Taxes on gain from sale of discontinued operations

     (1,825 )     —         —    
                        

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 2,337     $ 1,713     $ 1,465  
                        

Polymer Business:

On June 30, 2006, JP and Holdings II, our indirectly owned subsidiary, completed the sale of the Polymer Business to BASF for approximately $470.0 million plus an additional $8.1 million in connection with the parties’ estimate of purchase price adjustments that will be based upon the closing net asset value of the Polymer Business. Further, BASF paid us $1.5 million for the option to extend the tolling agreement (described below) by up to six months. We and BASF finalized the purchase price adjustments related to net asset value during the fourth quarter of 2006, resulting in an additional purchase price of approximately $4.1 million.

The Polymer Business developed, manufactured, and sold specialty polymers for use in the industrial print and packaging industry, industrial paint and coatings industry, and industrial plastics industry. The Polymer Business was a non-core asset and had been reported as a separate business segment. The sale resulted in a gain of approximately $352.9 million ($235.9 million after tax), net of related costs.

The Asset and Equity Purchase Agreement between JP, Holdings II and BASF refers to ancillary agreements governing certain relationships between the parties, including a Supply Agreement and Tolling Agreement, each of which is not considered material to our consolidated financial results.

 

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Supply Agreement

A ten-year global agreement provides for the supply of polymer products to us by BASF. Unless either party provides notice of its intent not to renew at least three years prior to the expiration of the ten-year term, the term of the agreement will extend for an additional five years. The agreement requires that we purchase a specified percentage of related product from BASF during the term of agreement. Subject to certain adjustments, we have a minimum volume commitment during each of the first five years of the agreement.

The Polymer Business sold polymer product to us for $7.0 million and $22.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2006 and twelve months ended December 30, 2005, respectively.

Tolling Agreement

A three-year agreement provides for the toll manufacture of polymer products by us, at our manufacturing facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, for BASF. The agreement may be extended by up to six months by either party. The agreement specifies product pricing and provides BASF the right to purchase certain equipment retained by us.

In association with the Tolling Agreement, we agreed to pay $11.4 million in compensation to SCJ, primarily related to pre-payments and the right to extend terms on the lease agreement at the Sturtevant, Wisconsin manufacturing location. We are amortizing $9.2 million of the payment into the results of the tolling operation over the term of the Tolling Agreement, with the remainder recorded as a reduction of the gain on discontinued operations.

We considered our continuing involvement with the Polymer Business, including the Supply Agreement and Tolling Agreement, concluding that neither the related cash inflows nor cash outflows were direct, due to the relative insignificance of the continuing operations to the disposed business.

Net sales from discontinued operations relating to the Polymer Business, excluding sales to us and including net sales related to the tolling agreement with BASF for the fiscal years ending 2006, 2005, and 2004, were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Net sales

   $ 189,232    $ 343,185    $ 307,838
                    

Income from discontinued operations relating to the Polymer Business for the fiscal years ending 2006, 2005, and 2004 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Income from discontinued operations before taxes and gain from sale

     22,019     $ 36,118     $ 33,224  

Taxes on income from discontinued operations

     (7,464 )     (12,177 )     (11,177 )

Gain on sale of discontinued operations before taxes

     352,907       —         —    

Taxes on gain from sale of discontinued operations

     (117,001 )     —         —    

Income from tolling operations

     620       —         —    

Taxes on income from tolling operations

     (419 )     —         —    
                        

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 250,662     $ 23,941     $ 22,047  
                        

 

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On May 1, 2006, in association with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, Holdings, Holdco, and Unilever amended and restated the stockholders’ agreement to provide for, among other things, share transfer restrictions, corporate governance, put and call options and rights of first offer and refusal and various other rights and obligations of the parties. In addition, the amendment and restatement adjusted the buyout formula relating to Unilever’s shares in Holdings to require an incremental payment of $30.0 million, plus interest (payable from put execution date) at the time of Unilever’s exit. The stockholders’ agreement also provides for the issuance of options to Unilever for the purchase of Holdings’ shares at exit, which following exercise, will result in the incremental payment to Unilever, by Holdco, of up to $40.0 million, plus interest.

Whitmire Micro-Gen Business:

In June 2004, we completed the sale of Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. (“Whitmire”) to Sorex Holdings, Ltd., a European pest-control manufacturer headquartered in the U.K., for $46.0 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities.

The purchase agreement provided for additional earn-out provisions based on future Whitmire net sales, for which we recorded $0.1 million and $4.0 million during the three month periods ended March 31, 2006 and April 1, 2005, respectively. The income is included as a component of income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations.

Effective with the second quarter of 2004, Whitmire was classified as a discontinued operation in the consolidated statement of income with the prior periods restated.

Net sales from discontinued operations relating to Whitmire for the fiscal years ending 2006, 2005, and 2004 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Net sales

   $ —      $ —      $ 18,688

Income from discontinued operations relating to Whitmire for the fiscal years ending 2006, 2005, and 2004 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Income from operations, net of tax

   $ —      $ —      $ 1,330

Gain on sale, net of tax

     124      4,000      966
                    

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 124    $ 4,000    $ 2,296
                    

Acquisitions and Divestitures

Divestiture of Auto-Chlor Branch Operation:

In October 2006, in conjunction with its November 2005 Plan, the Company divested its Auto-Chlor branch operation in the southern United States, a business that marketed and sold low-energy dishwashing systems, kitchen chemicals, laundry and housekeeping products and services to foodservice, lodging, healthcare, and institutional customers, for $9.0 million, resulting in a net loss of $2.7 million ($1.8 million after tax). The net loss is included within selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The purchase price is subject to post-closing adjustments, none of which are expected to be significant to the Company. Net sales associated with this business were approximately $16.7 million, $20.6 million, and $19.6 million for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

As a result of our acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, we have a significant amount of indebtedness. In May 2002 in connection with the acquisition, we issued senior subordinated notes and entered into $1.2 billion senior secured credit facilities. The senior secured credit facilities were amended and restated in December 2005.

Interest Rate Risk

As of December 29, 2006, we had $447.3 million of debt outstanding under our senior secured credit facilities. After giving effect to the interest rate swap transactions that we have entered into with respect to some of the borrowings under our credit facilities, $255.8 million of the debt outstanding remained subject to variable rates. We also have entered into interest rate swap agreements with a notional value of €127.4 million that were related to the euro portion of the term loan B that was fully repaid in April 2005. As a result of the debt repayment, these interest rate swaps have been deemed ineffective and, therefore, must be marked-to-market at the end of each accounting period. Because of certain inter-company funding arrangements, we believe that these swaps provide an economic hedge to the incremental debt used to finance the repayment. In addition, as of December 29, 2006, we had $52.5 million of debt outstanding under foreign lines of credit, all of which were subject to variable rates. Accordingly, our earnings and cash flows are affected by changes in interest rates. At the above level of variable rate borrowings, we do not anticipate a significant impact on earnings in the event of a reasonable change in interest rates. In the event of an adverse change in interest rates, management would likely take actions that would mitigate our exposure to interest rate risk; however, due to the uncertainty of the actions and their possible effects, this analysis assumes no such action. Further, this analysis does not consider the effects of the change in the level of the overall economic activity that could exist in such an environment.

Foreign Currency Risk

We conduct our business in various regions of the world and export and import products to and from many countries. Our operations may, therefore, be subject to volatility because of currency fluctuations, inflation changes and changes in political and economic conditions in these countries. Sales and expenses are frequently denominated in local currencies, and results of operations may be affected adversely as currency fluctuations affect product prices and operating costs. We engage in hedging operations, including forward foreign exchange contracts, to reduce the exposure of our cash flows to fluctuations in foreign currency rates. All hedging instruments are designated and effective as hedges, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Other instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting are marked to market with changes recognized in current earnings. We do not engage in hedging for speculative investment reasons. There can be no assurance that our hedging operations will eliminate or substantially reduce risks associated with fluctuating currencies.

Based on our overall foreign exchange exposure, we estimate that a 10% change in the exchange rates would not materially affect our financial position or liquidity. The effect on our results of operations would be substantially offset by the impact of the hedged items.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See the Index to consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1.

 

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

During fiscal years 2006 and 2005 and through the date of this annual report, there were no disagreements with Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, on accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures, audit scope or audit procedures.

 

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ITEM 9A. DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of JohnsonDiversey’s Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls. As of the end of the period covered by this annual report, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”). The controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

CEO & CFO Certifications. Attached as exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this annual report are certifications of the CEO and the CFO required in accordance with Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This portion of our annual report includes the information concerning the controls evaluation referred to in the certifications and should be read in conjunction with the certifications for a more complete understanding of the topics presented.

Disclosure Controls. Disclosure Controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this annual report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure Controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our Disclosure Controls include those components of our internal control over financial reporting that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent that components of our internal control over financial reporting are included in our Disclosure Controls, they are included in the scope of our quarterly evaluation of Disclosure Controls.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls. Our Disclosure Controls were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the controls and procedures would meet their objectives. Our management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our Disclosure Controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the designed control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Scope of the Controls Evaluation. The evaluation of our Disclosure Controls included a review of the controls’ objectives and design, our implementation of the controls and the effect of the controls on the information generated for use in this annual report. In the course of the controls evaluation, we sought to identify data errors, control problems or acts of fraud and to confirm that appropriate corrective action, including process improvements, were undertaken. This evaluation is done on a quarterly basis so that the conclusions of management, including the CEO and the CFO, concerning the effectiveness of the controls can be reported in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K. Many of the components of our Disclosure Controls are also evaluated on an ongoing basis by our internal audit department and by other personnel in our finance organization, as well as our independent registered public accounting firm in connection with their audit and review activities. The overall goals of these various evaluation activities are to monitor our Disclosure Controls and to make modifications as necessary; our intent in this regard is that the Disclosure Controls will be maintained as dynamic systems that change (including with improvements and corrections) as conditions warrant.

Among other matters, we sought in our evaluation to determine whether there were any “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” in our internal control over financial reporting, or whether we had identified any acts of fraud involving personnel who have a significant role in our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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This information was important both for our controls evaluation and for Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act, which requires that the CEO and CFO disclose that information to our Audit Committee and to our independent registered public accounting firm, and report on that information and related matters in this section of the annual report. In the professional accounting literature, “significant deficiencies” are referred to as “reportable conditions,” which are control issues that could have a significant adverse effect on our ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data in the consolidated financial statements. A “material weakness” is defined in professional accounting literature as a particularly serious reportable condition whereby the internal control does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud may occur in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. We also sought to deal with other control matters in the controls evaluation, and in each case, if an issue was identified, we considered what revision, improvement and/or correction to make in accordance with our ongoing procedures.

During the third quarter of 2006, we determined that certain information relating to board-approved incentive plans and agreements that provided for compensation to named executive officers was not identified and reported to management in sufficient time to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. To address these issues, we took action to improve our Disclosure Controls, including educating employees regarding disclosure obligations and streamlining the procedures for communicating information regarding events that may require disclosure to senior management. We will continue to evaluate and implement corrective action, including instituting additional training programs, to improve the effectiveness of our Disclosure Controls.

Conclusions. Based upon the controls evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this annual report, our Disclosure Controls are effective, including the additional controls instituted by us to address the issues discovered by us in the third quarter of 2006 and discussed above, to ensure that material information relating to JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries is made known to management, including the CEO and CFO, particularly during the period when our periodic reports are being prepared, and that our internal controls are effective in providing reasonable assurance that our financial statements are fairly presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP. In addition, no change in our internal control over financial reporting has occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The following is a list of our directors and executive officers, their ages as of March 2, 2007, and their positions and offices:

 

Name

   Age   

Position

S. Curtis Johnson III

   51    Director and Chairman

Edward F. Lonergan

   47    Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Joseph F. Smorada

   60    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Sanjib Choudhuri

   58    Senior Vice President – Chief Development Officer

Gregory F. Clark

   53    Senior Vice President – Global Value Chain

Stephen A. Di Biase

   54    Senior Vice President – Chief Scientific Officer and Interim Senior Vice President – Human Resources

John W. Matthews

   47    Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs and Director, Office of the President

Scott D. Russell

   44    Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Pedro Chidichimo

   48    Regional President – Europe, Middle East, Africa

Moreno Dezio

   46    Regional President – Latin America

Thomas M. Gartland

   49    Regional President – North America

Edward J. Kennedy

   50    Regional President – Asia Pacific

David S. Andersen

   46    Vice President – Global Business Development

Lori P. Marin

   45    Vice President and Corporate Treasurer

Clive A. Newman

   43    Vice President and Corporate Controller

Matt Peterson

   42    Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Nabil Shabshab

   41    Vice President – Chief Marketing Officer

Todd C. Brown

   57    Director

Irene M. Esteves

   48    Director

Robert M. Howe

   62    Director

Helen P. Johnson-Leipold

   50    Director

Clifton D. Louis

   51    Director

Neal R. Nottleson

   69    Director

Reto Wittwer

   58    Director

S. Curtis Johnson III has been Chairman since February 1996. He also has been Chairman of Holdco since December 1999 and Chairman of Holdings since November 2001. Mr. Johnson joined SCJ in 1983 and became a general partner of Wind Point Partners, L.C., a $126 million venture capital partnership which he co-founded and in which SCJ was a major limited partner. He also served as Vice President—Global Business Development of SCJ from October 1994 to February 1996. Since joining SCJ in August 1983, Mr. Johnson has served in several other offices, including Vice President and Managing Director of Mexican Johnson, a subsidiary of SCJ, and Director—Worldwide Business Development. Mr. Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Cornell University in 1977 and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing/Finance from Northwestern University in 1983. Mr. Johnson also serves as a director of Cargill, Incorporated and the World Wildlife Fund. He is a descendant of Samuel Curtis Johnson, the brother of Helen Johnson-Leipold and cousin of Clifton Louis, both directors of our company.

Edward F. Lonergan has served as director and President and Chief Executive Officer since February 13, 2006. Mr. Lonergan has also served as a director of Holdco and as director and President and Chief Executive Officer of Holdings since February 13,

 

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2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lonergan had over 25 years of experience in the consumer products industry, most recently serving as President of the European region for The Gillette Company from May 2002 until January 2006. He was employed from 1981 to April 2002 by The Procter & Gamble Company, where he held a variety of responsibilities including most recently Customer General Management assignments in Europe and the United States. Mr. Lonergan graduated from Union College of New York in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Mr. Lonergan replaced Gregory E. Lawton, who announced his retirement in September 2005 but continued in his capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of our company and Holdings until February 13, 2006.

Joseph F. Smorada has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2004 and as Global Leader for our restructuring program since May 2005. Mr. Smorada has also been the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Holdings since November 2004. From 1992 until October 2004, Mr. Smorada served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and, most recently, as Executive Consultant, at Axel Johnson Inc., an international company with business interests, public and private, in manufacturing, energy and technology products and services. Mr. Smorada holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from California University of Pennsylvania and has also completed management development programs at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and Columbia University.

Sanjib Choudhuri has served as Senior Vice President – Chief Development Officer since September 2006. He was our Senior Vice President – Chief Marketing Officer from January 2006 until September 2006. He was our Senior Vice President – Global Strategy Development from February 2004 through December 2005. From May 2002 through February 2004, he was loaned to us from Unilever, serving as Vice President—Global Strategy Development. From 1991 through May 2002, Mr. Choudhuri served in various management positions at Unilever, most recently as Vice President—Knowledge Management from 1999 until May 2002. Mr. Choudhuri holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in India and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Gregory F. Clark has served as Senior Vice President – Global Value Chain (formerly referred to as “Supply Chain’) since January 2004. He was our Senior Vice President – Global Development and Customer Solutions from May 2002 until January 2004 and was our Vice President – Global Manufacturing and Sourcing from May 1999 until May 2002. From 1978 through May 1999, Mr. Clark served at SCJ in a variety of manufacturing, operations and financial positions domestically and internationally. Mr. Clark holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Stephen A. Di Biase has served as Senior Vice President – Chief Scientific Officer since September 2004. In January 2007, he assumed additional responsibilities as the interim Senior Vice President Human Resources. From 1978 to August 2004, Dr. Di Biase served in various management positions at Lubrizol Corporation, a global provider of specialty chemicals and materials, most recently as Vice President – Emulsified Products from January 2001 until August 2004 and Vice President of Research, Development and Engineering from 1993 to January 2001. Dr. Di Biase holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor degree in Chemistry from St. John Fischer College.

John W. Matthews has served as Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs and Director, Office of the President since January 2007. Mr. Matthews was Vice President – Corporate Affairs from May 2002 until January 2007. Mr. Matthews has more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, regulatory and public affairs. Prior to joining us, Mr. Matthews led the national Public Affairs Practice Group for the Foley & Lardner law firm based in Milwaukee. Mr. Matthews began his career as a news reporter, and then moved into government, eventually becoming chief of staff to former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. Mr. Matthews holds a Bachelor degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater.

Scott D. Russell has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since January 2007. Mr. Russell has also served as the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Holdings since January 2007. He was our Senior Counsel from May 2006 through December 2006. From May 1993 until October 2005, Mr. Russell was at RR Donnelley, a global full-service provider of print and related services, including business process outsourcing, most recently as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. From October 1988 to May 1993, he was an associate in the corporate practice group of Skadden, Arps, Slate,

 

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Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates. Mr. Russell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from Alma College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit School of Law.

Pedro Chidichimo has served as Regional President – Europe since October 2006. Mr. Chidichimo, who joined us in 1994, has served as Regional President – Latin America from July 2005 until October 2006, Vice President of our Southern & Andina Latin America sub-region from 2002 until June 2005, and as managing director of our Argentina operations from 1997 until June 2005. Mr. Chidichimo holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Buenos Aires and a Master of Business Administration from Universidad Austral in Argentina.

Moreno G. Dezio has served as Regional President – Latin America since January 2007. Mr. Dezio has also served as Vice President North Europe & Managing Director U.K. from November 2005 to December 2006. From November 1996 through October 2005, Mr. Dezio served in numerous management positions, most recently as Vice President for Africa & Middle East from June 2002 until October 2005, Group Managing Director for Italy, Greece and Central Eastern Europe from November 1996 to May 2002. From March 1993 to October 1996 he served as Marketing Manager Europe for our predecessor, Johnson Wax Professional (“JWP”) and prior to that he covered several sales and marketing positions at SCJ and JWP.

Thomas M. Gartland has served as Regional President – North America since March 2003 and has been Vice President of Sales – Health and Hospitality since May 2002. From May 1998 until May 2002, Mr. Gartland served as Vice President – Business Development. Mr. Gartland has over twenty-six years of experience in the institutional and industrial cleaning, sanitation and hygiene industry, including more than twelve years of service with us and the former DiverseyLever business, where he held a variety of management positions, including Vice President – Corporate Accounts and Vice President – Sales and Marketing. Mr. Gartland holds a Bachelor degree from the College of St. Thomas.

Edward J. Kennedy has served as Regional President – Asia Pacific since October 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kennedy was an independent consultant serving clients in the life science industry. Mr. Kennedy held many management positions from 1981 through 2001 at Bristol-Myers Squibb, a global pharmaceutical and health care related products company. His most recent positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb included Vice President – International for the ConvaTec Division from April 2000 through March 2001 and Vice President – Sales and Marketing for the Apothecon Division from May 1999 through April 2000. Mr. Kennedy holds a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University.

David S. Andersen has served as Vice President – Global Business Development since July 2003. From February 1997 through July 2003, Mr. Andersen served in numerous management positions, most recently as Vice President – Global Enterprise Development from May 2002 until July 2003, Vice President – eSolutions from October 2000 until May 2002, and Vice President – Global Enterprise Development Group from July 1999 until October 2000. From 1991 through February 1997, Mr. Andersen held numerous management positions at SCJ, most recently as Director of Worldwide Business Development. Mr. Andersen holds a Bachelor degree from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.

Lori P. Marin has served as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer since May 2005. Prior to joining us, Ms. Marin served as Managing Director of the Risk Services Group for Aon Corporation from June 2003 until May 2005. From September 1996 until January 2003, Ms. Marin served as Vice President and Treasurer of Keebler Foods Co. Ms. Marin has over 13 years of global treasury experience having also served as Director of Finance for Dominick’s Finer Foods, and over 10 years of experience as a commercial banker, having commenced her career as a First Scholar at The First National Bank of Chicago. Ms. Marin is a Certified Cash Manager and holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Clive A. Newman has served as Vice President and Corporate Controller since May 2002, upon the closing of the DiverseyLever acquisition. From 1986 until May 2002, Mr. Newman held various positions at Unilever, most recently as Controller

 

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and Vice President—Finance Europe for DiverseyLever from May 2001 until May 2002 and Finance Manager—Beverages for Unilever from 2000 until April 2001. Mr. Newman has over 12 years of experience in the institutional and industrial cleaning and hygiene industry. Mr. Newman holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from Leicester University in the U.K. and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Matt Peterson has served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer since July, 2005. From 2000 until 2005, Mr. Peterson held several senior information technology related positions with us including serving as Program Manager for the eSolutions group in 2000 and 2001, Director of IT for the North American business unit from 2002 until 2004, and Vice President of Global Business Applications from 2004 until 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Peterson served as a management consultant for Ernst & Young and Diamond Management and Technology Consultants and as Chief Operating Officer for Nuesoft Technologies, a startup technology firm. Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Emory University.

Nabil Shabshab has served as Vice President – Chief Marketing Officer since October 2006 after joining us as Vice President of Global Marketing a couple of months earlier. Mr. Shabshab brings 19 years of experience in general management, sales and marketing strategy, brand management, and consulting. Prior to joining us Mr. Shabshab served as Principal of Zyman Group, a leading international management consulting firm, from July 2004 until July 2006, as Vice President of Client Solutions & Consulting at Information Resources, Inc. from May 2002 until July 2004, and in various global sales and marketing positions with Fortune 100 companies such as Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company and the Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Shabshab holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the American Lebanese University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Todd C. Brown has served as a director since April 2001. Mr. Brown has also been a director of Holdco since April 2000 and of Holdings since May 2002. Since August 2003, Mr. Brown has served as Vice Chairman of ShoreBank Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Directors for ShoreBank’s banking operations in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland. From 1985 through June 2003, Mr. Brown served in various positions at Kraft Foods, Inc., most recently as Executive Vice President and President of its e-Commerce Division from January 2001 until June 2003 and President of Kraft Foodservices Division from April 1998 until December 2000. Mr. Brown is also a director of ADVO Inc., a targeted direct mail marketing services company.

Irene M. Esteves has been a director since June 1998. Ms. Esteves has also been a director of Holdco since April 2000 and of Holdings since May 2002. Ms. Esteves has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wachovia Corporation’s Capital Management Group since June 2006. Prior to this, she was the Chief Financial Officer of Putnam Investments, LLC, an asset management firm. Before joining Putnam, Ms. Esteves was with Miller Brewing Company for two years, first as the Corporate Controller & Director of International Finance, and then as Vice President – International Finance and Corporate Strategy. Prior to this, she spent thirteen years with SCJ in various finance and business development roles, last serving as Controller – North America Home Care. Ms. Esteves is also a director of The Timberland Company, a manufacturer of premium-quality footwear, apparel and accessories.

Robert M. Howe has served as a director since April 1996. Since November 2002, Mr. Howe has been the Chairman of Montgomery Goodwin Investments, LLC, a private investment and consulting firm. From April 2000 to September 2002, Mr. Howe was the Chairman of Scient, Inc., a provider of integrated e-Business strategy and technology services, and previously served as its Chief Executive Officer. In July 2002, Scient filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Howe served on a special committee supervising the winding up of Scient’s business. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Howe was with International Business Machines Corporation, last serving as General Manager of its global banking, financial and securities services business. He has been a director of NorthStar, a financial services industry consulting firm, since March 2003. He has also been a director of Symphony Services, an information technology consulting firm, since July 2004.

 

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Helen P. Johnson-Leipold has served as a director since December 1999. Ms. Johnson-Leipold has also been a director of Holdco since April 2000 and of Holdings since May 2002. Since 1999, Ms. Johnson-Leipold has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Outdoors, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of outdoor recreational equipment. In addition, since July 2004, she has been Chairman of Johnson Financial Group, a global financial services company. From 1995 through 1999, she was with SCJ in various executive positions, last serving as Vice President—Worldwide Consumer Products. Ms. Johnson-Leipold is a descendant of Samuel Curtis Johnson, the sister of S. Curtis Johnson III, the Chairman of our company, and cousin of Clifton Louis, another director of our company.

Clifton D. Louis has served as a director since December 1999. Mr. Louis has also been a director of Holdco since March 1999 and of Holdings since May 2002. Mr. Louis is the owner of The Vineyard, Inc., a retail wine store, and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since 1985. Mr. Louis is a descendant of Samuel Curtis Johnson, a cousin of S. Curtis Johnson III, the Chairman of our company, and a cousin of Helen Johnson-Leipold, another director of our company.

Neal R. Nottleson has served as a director since March 1999. Mr. Nottleson has also been a director Holdings since September 1999 and of Holdco since May 2002. Mr. Nottleson was the Vice Chairman of SCJ from October 1996 until his retirement in June 1999.

Reto Wittwer has served as a director since July 2002. Mr. Wittwer has also been a director of Holdings since July 2002. Since 1995, Mr. Wittwer has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Kempinski Hotel Group, an international luxury hotel and resort company. From 1992 to 1995, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of CIGA Hotels, a European luxury hotel company.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of our board of directors recommends our independent registered public accounting firm, reviews the scope and results of the audits with the auditors and management, approves the scope and results of the audits, monitors the adequacy of our system of internal controls and reviews the annual report, auditors’ fees and non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. The members of our Audit Committee are Irene Esteves, chairperson of the Audit Committee, Todd Brown, Robert Howe, and Reto Wittwer. Our board of directors has determined that Ms. Esteves meets the definition of an audit committee financial expert, as set forth in Item 401(h)(2) of Regulation S-K, and has also determined that she meets the independence requirements of the SEC.

Code of Ethics

We and our employees operate under the values and principles defined in our “This We Believe” culture, which extends to our customers and users, the general public, our neighbors and the world community. We have adopted a Finance Officers Code of Ethics applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. In addition and as a best practice, this code has been executed by all other key financial and accounting personnel. Furthermore, we have adopted a general code of business conduct for all of our directors, officers and employees, which is known as the JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. The Finance Officers Code of Ethics, the JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and other information regarding our corporate governance is available on our website (www.johnsondiversey.com), or free of charge by writing c/o Investor Relations at the address on the cover page of this annual report on Form 10-K. In addition to any reports required to be filed with the SEC, we intend to disclose on our website any amendments to, or waivers from, the Finance Officers Code of Ethics or the JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that are required to be disclosed pursuant to SEC rules. To date, there have been no waivers of the Finance Officers Code of Ethics or the JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.

 

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A)

Organization of Information

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes our executive compensation philosophy, programs and policies, and includes analysis on the compensation earned by our Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) as detailed in the accompanying executive compensation tables. The CD&A covers the following topics:

 

   

Overview of the Role of the Compensation Committee in Executive Compensation

 

   

Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

 

   

Compensation Elements and Pay Mix

 

   

Determining Compensation Levels

 

   

Executive Compensation Market Benchmarking and Peer Group

 

   

Program Components and Policies:

 

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Base Salary

 

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Annual Incentives

 

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Long-Term Incentives

 

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Executive Severance

 

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Executive Benefits and Perquisites

 

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Tax, Regulatory and Accounting Implications

 

   

Executive Compensation Tables and Supplemental Narrative Disclosures

 

   

Executive Agreements

 

   

Compensation Committee Report

 

   

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation Decisions

 

   

Director Compensation

Overview of the Role of the Compensation Committee in Executive Compensation

Our Compensation Committee charter gives the Compensation Committee responsibility over executive compensation matters. Our Compensation Committee is appointed by our Board of Directors, and is charged with approving and overseeing all executive compensation programs and policies. The Compensation Committee relies on management and outside advisors for staff work, contextual information and technical guidance in conducting its affairs. The Compensation Committee approves all compensation actions with respect to our NEO compensation.

Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

Our executive compensation program is designed to attract, retain, and motivate high performing individuals through an integrated rewards package of compensation and benefits that is competitive with other companies in our marketplace and industry. We have adopted the following objectives as the foundation for our executive compensation philosophy:

 

   

Ensure that our total rewards program motivates and drives a pay for performance culture, including the successful execution of the company’s November 2005 Plan and the financial metrics established as part of the bank-approved financing plan.

 

   

Reward executives appropriately based on their job responsibilities and performance, individual contribution to the business, overall business performance, and local market considerations.

 

   

Ensure total rewards are externally competitive and administered with internal equity in mind.

 

   

Align total rewards to support our strategic objectives and align with shareholder interests. Specifically, we structure the terms of incentive compensation to include a performance hurdle that requires our company to meet debt obligations, with adequate cushion, before annual or long-term incentives are funded for executives. Our goal is to provide for a fair

 

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economic sharing between management and shareholders only when all performance hurdle requirements have been met and our bank-approved financing plan goals have been achieved.

 

   

Comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Compensation Elements and Pay Mix

Our executive compensation program includes the following elements, all of which are described in more detail below.

1. Direct Compensation, which includes:

 

   

Base salary

 

   

Annual incentives

 

   

Long-term incentives

We structure our executives’ direct compensation to deliver a substantial portion of value through variable, performance-based annual and long-term incentives. The incentive components (both annual and long-term) are intended to motivate and reward sustained profitable growth, reinforce executive accountability and increase enterprise value for our shareholders. This is especially critical in light of our November 2005 Plan, the targeted goals and strategic priorities that we established for meeting our financial obligations and, ultimately, delivering long-term value to our shareholders. As a result of this emphasis on performance-based incentive pay, we expect direct compensation amounts to vary from year to year.

Although we have used equity-based incentives in the past, we currently award all of our long-term incentives in cash based on the achievement of our company’s profitability targets and aspects of our November 2005 Plan. However, we intend to return to equity-based incentives after we successfully complete our November 2005 Plan, as we believe that equity-based incentives best align the long-term interests of our executives with those of our shareholders.

2. Indirect Compensation, which includes:

 

   

Benefits

 

   

Perquisites

Our executives participate in benefit programs available broadly to all of our associates. We provide an annual flexible credit of $1,250 to all US-based employees, including our NEOs, to offset the cost of their optional benefits. In addition, we maintain certain executive benefit and perquisite programs that we believe are consistent with market practice. In keeping with our culture, the value of these programs do not make up a significant percentage of total executive compensation.

Determining Compensation Levels

The following are key factors we consider in determining compensation levels for our executives:

 

  1. Performance. We consider the performance of our company, as well as individual performance and contributions. Performance goals are defined annually, and we utilize a disciplined performance review process to ensure that our executives’ goals align with the achievement of our bank-approved financing plan and with our strategic priorities.

 

  2. Market competitiveness. We benchmark our executive positions to comparable jobs in the marketplace to understand what we need to pay to stay competitive. The process for conducting market benchmarking and determining market competitiveness is described in more detail in the material that follows.

 

  3. Cost. We review the cost of our executive rewards program for reasonableness in light of our financial condition and relative to our performance. In addition, as mentioned above, we structure the incentive components of our program so that we meet our debt obligations and restructuring expenses before executives earn incentives.

 

  4. Internal equity. We assess the relative value of our executive positions using factors such as responsibilities and performance, scope and impact, problem solving and leadership. Our goal is to compensate executives fairly and equitably based on each executive’s role and potential impact on our company’s success.

 

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Executive Compensation Market Benchmarking and Peer Group

We are a market leader in our industry with a broad, diversified line of products and related services. As a result, we seek to attract and retain highly qualified executives from companies with a similar business mix and profile, but which are not necessarily direct business competitors. We use the following criteria to assist with the selection of peer companies for purposes of market benchmarking compensation for our executives:

 

   

Manufacturing companies

 

   

Comparable revenues

 

   

Global scope (measured by foreign sales as a percentage of total sales)

 

   

Growth orientation in terms of EBITDA and sales

 

   

Service, business-to-business and technology orientation

 

   

Source for executive talent

 

   

United States public companies (to access data)

Based on these factors, our current peer group consists of the following 20 companies:

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   Goodrich Corporation

Avery Dennison Corporation

   Lubrizol Corporation

Brunswick Corporation

   Nalco Holding Company

Cabot Corporation

   Sealed Air Corporation

Clorox Company

   Sensient Technologies Corporation

Corn Products International, Inc.

   ServiceMaster Company

Ecolab Inc.

   Sigma-Aldrich Company

EMCOR Group Inc.

   Snap-On Inc.

FMC Corporation

   Westlake Chemical Corporation

H.B. Fuller Company

   W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Our Compensation Committee last reviewed and approved our peer group in October 2006. At that time, we were in the mid-range of the peer group in terms of revenue. We intend to continue to review and refine our peer group annually.

In December of each year we review executive market total compensation for our Compensation Committee. We use our independent compensation consultant, W.T. Haigh & Company, to compare our executive compensation levels against compensation levels for similar executive positions in the peer group. In addition, we participate in an executive compensation study conducted by Hewitt Associates that includes similar companies based on various factors, including certain of the same criteria used to define our peer group. We use the comparisons made in this process to develop competitive market ranges for our executives for purposes of assessing overall market competitiveness.

Total Target Compensation Relative to Market Compensation

The total target compensation of our executives relative to market compensation varies based on performance. In general:

 

 

 

For attainment of business goals (target performance), we target direct compensation at the 50th percentile of the competitive market range, or slightly above.

 

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For significant overachievement of business goals, we target direct compensation closer to the 75th percentile of the competitive market range, with a higher relative positioning to market for annual and long-term incentives than for base salary.

 

 

 

For underachievement of business goals, we target direct compensation below the 50th percentile of the competitive market range as our incentive components are structured to deliver below mid-market incentive levels for underperformance of goals.

Program Components and Policies

Base Salary

Our goal is to pay base salaries in the mid-range of the competitive market. We review the base salaries of our executives annually with any salary increases taking effect April 1 of each year. Any salary increase is generally based on the executive’s performance within specific areas of accountability, as well as market competitiveness and budget considerations.

Annual Incentives

Our annual incentives are designed to recognize and reward outstanding performance, achievements and contributions to fiscal year results and focus attention on specific challenges and opportunities as defined by and aligned with our strategy.

We currently administer three incentive plans for our executives in pursuit of these objectives:

 

  1. Performance Bonus Opportunity (“PBO”) Plan. The PBO Plan is our annual goal-based incentive plan for executives.

 

  2. Restructuring Incentive Plan. The Restructuring Incentive Plan is a one-time program developed for 2006 and 2007 that is targeted at select executives with direct and measurable impact on our November 2005 Plan.

 

  3. Transition Performance Award Plan. The Transition Performance Award (“TPA”) Plan is a discretionary incentive program for all legacy Johnson employees. Actual performance is measured against annual financial targets. The TPA Plan was discontinued as of December 29, 2006 for executives eligible for the PBO Plan. Messrs. S. Curtis Johnson, Lawton, Raley, and Ms. Brandes participated in the TPA Plan and their 2006 compensation is reflected in the Summary Compensation Table. No other NEOs participated in the TPA Plan during 2006.

1. Performance Bonus Opportunity Plan

Our PBO Plan is a goal-based program for executives. Each year, goals are established and approved by our Compensation Committee. The following are the performance categories and weightings applicable for 2006:

 

   

EBITDA before tangible and intangible asset impairment charges and other period costs associated with our restructuring activity (40% weighting)

 

   

Sales growth (20% weighting)

 

   

Cash flow (20% weighting)

 

   

Personal objectives (20% weighting)

 

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Target awards and potential payouts are defined for each executive and reviewed and approved annually by our Compensation Committee. The following table presents the 2006 annual incentive opportunities for our NEOs:

PBO AWARD OPPORTUNITY (% OF BASE SALARY)

 

Name

   Minimum     Target     Maximum  

Ed Lonergan

   0 %   100 %   200 %

S. Curtis Johnson

   0 %   100 %   200 %

Joseph Smorada

   0 %   65 %   130 %

JoAnne Brandes

   0 %   65 %   130 %

Thomas Gartland

   0 %   65 %   130 %

2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

      

Gregory Lawton

   N/A     N/A     N/A  

J. Gary Raley

   0 %   50 %   100 %

Our PBO incentive design includes a threshold financial performance hurdle that must be met before any incentives can be earned under this plan. This ensures that adequate funds are available to satisfy outstanding debt and restructuring obligations and provides for a reasonable and fair distribution of incremental profit between management and shareholders.

Payments are made in cash in the first quarter of the fiscal year after approval by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee determines whether goals have been met under the PBO Plan.

2. Restructuring Incentive Plan

The Restructuring Incentive Plan is intended to reward a limited group of senior executives and other key employees with specific responsibilities for certain restructuring initiatives for contributions to EBITDA improvement, containment of one-time costs and capital expenditures associated with the restructuring and divestiture of specified business units.

Selected participants are eligible to receive special restructuring incentives for the critical two years of the plan period in accordance with the specific metrics established for the plan.

The following table presents 2006 restructuring incentive targets for our NEOs:

RESTRUCTURING INCENTIVE

 

Name

   Minimum    Target    Maximum

Ed Lonergan

   $ 0    $ 300,000    $ 600,000

S. Curtis Johnson

     0      200,000      400,000

Joseph Smorada1

     0      500,000      1,000,000

JoAnne Brandes

     0      200,000      400,000

Thomas Gartland

     0      200,000      400,000

2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

        

Gregory Lawton

     N/A      N/A      N/A

J. Gary Raley

     N/A      N/A      N/A

 

1. Mr. Smorada’s target and maximum awards include $200,000 and $400,000 respectively, for a special award based on achievement of certain divestiture goals.

Payments are made in cash in the first quarter of the fiscal year after approval by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee determines whether goals have been met under the Restructuring Incentive Plan.

 

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Awards for fiscal year 2006 were paid in March 2007 and awards for fiscal year 2007 will be paid in March 2008.

Long-Term Incentives

In 2006, we discontinued our equity-based long-term incentive program and implemented a cash long-term incentive program to motivate and reward the attainment of global profitability targets. As discussed above, this was done to emphasize the successful attainment of our bank-approved financing plan, which is in place for a specified period of time. Upon successful completion of the November 2005 Plan and approval of our Board of Directors, we intend to return to an equity-based long-term incentive program that will promote long-term stock ownership and further alignment of management interests with those of our shareholders.

The new cash long-term incentive plan awards cash compensation based on specific performance goals during three-year performance cycles that begin each year. The first three-year performance cycle under the new cash plan covers performance years 2006–2008 and the second three-year performance cycle covers performance years 2007–2009. Target awards are defined by position as a dollar amount with a potential payout of 0%–200% based on attainment of the goals defined for each performance cycle. The 2006–2008 performance cycle award will be based on global EBITDA (88.9%) and global cash flow (11.1%) and the 2007–2009 performance cycle award will be based 100% on global EBITDA. The following table provides the target award opportunities and range of potential payouts, under our cash long-term incentive plan for the 2006-2008 performance period:

 

LTI AWARD OPPORTUNITY

Name

   Minimum    Target    Maximum

Ed Lonergan

   $ 0    $ 2,000,000    $ 4,000,000

S. Curtis Johnson

     0      2,000,000      4,000,000

Joseph Smorada1

     350,000      780,000      1,560,000

JoAnne Brandes

     0      780,000      1,560,000

Thomas Gartland

     0      600,000      1,200,000

2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

        

Gregory Lawton

     N/A      N/A      N/A

J. Gary Raley

     N/A      N/A      N/A

 

1. A special floor was established to support retention.

Consistent with our PBO Plan, our long-term incentive plan includes a financial performance hurdle to ensure that our obligations from outstanding debt covenants are satisfied and all other financial obligations are met before long-term incentives are paid. For example with respect to the 2006–2008 cycle, there is no payout on any component of the plan if the cumulative three-year global EBITDA is less than 95% of target or our debt covenants are not met.

Payment is made in cash in the first quarter after the end of the three-year performance period, upon approval by the Compensation Committee. For example, for the 2006–2008 performance cycle, any earned payments will be made in the first quarter of 2009. With limited exceptions (e.g., retirement, death, disability, job elimination), executives must be actively employed on the date the payment is made to receive an award. The Compensation Committee determines whether goals have been met under the long-term incentive plan.

Executive Severance

Our Compensation Committee has approved an executive severance policy for certain key employees including our NEOs (excluding Mr. Johnson). Key provisions of the executive severance policy are identified below:

 

   

Cash severance (salary continuation) of two times base salary for a two-year period for the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), and one times base salary for a one-year period for other NEOs.

 

   

Pro-rata performance bonus for fiscal year in which termination occurs.

 

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Performance bonus at the target level for each year during the salary continuation period.

The following table quantifies severance benefits that our NEOs would have been entitled to receive assuming termination had occurred as of December 29, 2006:

 

Name

   Severance Payment

Ed Lonergan

   $ 2,800,000

S. Curtis Johnson

     Not Eligible

Joseph Smorada

     759,000

JoAnne Brandes1

     759,000

Thomas Gartland

     560,175

2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

Gregory Lawton2

     N/A

J. Gary Raley3

     N/A

 

1. With respect to Ms. Brandes’s retirement from the Company effective January 31, 2007, Ms. Brandes received certain severance payments per an agreement filed with the SEC on February 2, 2007.

 

2.

The details of Mr. Lawton’s severance payments are in the footnotes of the Summary Compensation Table and the terms were described in our 2005 annual report filed with the SEC on March 21, 2006.

 

3. The actual severance payments made in 2006 are detailed in the footnotes of the Summary Compensation Table. The terms of Mr. Raley’s separation agreement are included in Exhibit 10.49 of this 2006 Form 10-K.

Severance payments resulting from termination events, as defined in the applicable severance agreements, are paid only if executives comply with all the provisions of the agreements, which typically include an Agreement to Respect Proprietary Rights and Noncompete and general release. Please refer to “Termination Scenarios for Executive Benefits” for additional details relating to benefits received upon termination from our company.

Executive Benefits and Perquisites

Our NEOs are eligible for company-sponsored benefits available broadly to our employees. Although benefit programs may vary by country, our objective is to have common benefit programs across all operating groups within a country and to provide equitable offerings across pay levels. Our benefit programs typically include healthcare and dental benefits, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and 401(k) and other retirement plans.

Executive Flexible Spending Account:

Our NEOs are eligible for flexible spending accounts with annual limits to be used for such items as country club and health club dues, financial planning, tax advice and preparation, estate planning, legal fees associated with estate or property matters, automobile lease and automobile payments (monthly payments only).

The maximum annual amount available to Mr. Lonergan under his flexible spending account is $17,500 and the maximum amount available to each of the other NEOs currently employed by us is $10,000.

Personal Use of Company Aircraft:

Through a joint operating agreement with SC Johnson, a Family Company (“SCJ”) (as defined in our Form 10-K), Mr. S. Curtis Johnson is eligible to use SCJ-operated aircraft for personal use. The aggregate incremental cost of Mr. Johnson’s personal use is billed to us by SCJ and is determined on a per mile or per passenger basis and includes variable costs of pilot salaries and benefits, fuel, landing fees, airport charges, routine aircraft repair and maintenance, travel and entertainment expenses, excise and fuel taxes.

 

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Mr. Johnson reimbursed the Company $152,200 for the total aggregate incremental cost billed to our company related to his personal use of the SCJ-operated aircraft in 2006. None of the other NEOs used the SCJ-operated aircraft for personal use in 2006.

Use of Company Resorts:

Through a shared service agreement with SCJ (as defined in our Form 10-K) our executives, including our NEOs, are eligible to use certain SCJ-owned properties for personal use. None of our NEOs used these properties for personal use in 2006.

Retirement Plans:

Our NEOs participate in company-sponsored retirement plans available broadly to our employees. These plans are described below in the narrative disclosure following the Pension Benefits table. In addition, Ms. Brandes was eligible for a special SERP benefit that was put in place to enhance retention. This benefit was discontinued as the result of Ms. Brandes’ retirement. Please refer to the “Pension Benefits” section for more information on our retirement plans.

Deferred Compensation Plan:

We sponsor a non-qualified deferred compensation plan that allows employees to defer a portion of their base salary and annual performance bonus every year. None of our NEOs have elected to participate in the plan through December 29, 2006.

Tax, Regulatory and Accounting Implications

The Company believes it is operating its executive compensation programs in good faith compliance with respect to all tax, regulatory and accounting standards.

Executive Compensation Tables and Supplemental Narrative Disclosures

Overall, compensation levels for 2006 and actions taken in 2007 reflect continuing progress with our restructuring and strategic plans. Most notably, incentive levels reflect above-target awards due to the following:

 

   

Attainment of all pre-established 2006 financial performance hurdles and incremental profit attainment above the hurdles.

 

   

Our executive leadership’s strong contribution to the performance of our company. In 2006, we exceeded each of the performance goals for EBITDA, sales growth and cash flow as established by the Board of Directors under our PBO Plan. Such goals were consistent with our internal operating budget, which was aligned with the performance metrics encapsulated in our November 2005 Plan.

 

   

The strong leadership and oversight of our executives in implementing our November 2005 Plan. In 2006, we made a strong start to the execution of this program, significantly exceeding the cost savings targets set for the program, while containing one-time cost and capital expenditures within budgeted levels. Significant restructuring initiatives completed or commenced include the reorganization of our European and global marketing organizations, the outsourcing of our world-wide IT support work, the outsourcing of certain finance activities in Western Europe and supply chain footprint work leading to the announcement of certain manufacturing facility closures planned for 2007.

 

   

The successful management of our exit from the service-oriented machine ware washing business in the United States and the successful execution of the divestiture of the Polymer Business.

In addition, the following changes in our executive leadership occurred in 2006:

 

   

Gregory Lawton, our former President and CEO, was replaced by Ed Lonergan, President and CEO, effective February 13, 2006.

 

   

J. Gary Raley, the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Polymer, left our company as part of the divestiture of Polymer in 2006.

 

   

JoAnne Brandes, our former Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, announced her retirement, to be effective January 31, 2007.

 

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The following tables and narrative disclosure provide additional information about the material components of our NEO compensation and the related actions taken by our Compensation Committee in 2006 and the first quarter of 2007.

Summary Compensation Table (SCT)

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our NEOs including the CEO and President, the CFO and the other three most highly compensated executive officers, who served in such capacities during 2006.

2006 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

Name and Principal

Position

   Year    Salary    Bonus     Stock
Awards
   Option
Awards
   Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Compensation
    Change in Pension Value
and Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation
Earnings 1
   All Other
Compensation
    Total

Edward Lonergan

   2006    $ 641,667    $ 300,000 2   —      —      $ 1,633,083  3   $ 45,915    $ 88,844 4   $ 2,709,509

S. Curtis Johnson

   2006      693,750      0     —      —        1,583,124 5     221,188      17,445 6     2,515,507

Joseph Smorada

   2006      460,000      0     —      —        1,481,390 7     41,573      25,936 8     2,008,899

JoAnne Brandes

   2006      460,000      0     —      —        912,937 9     170,744      26,295 10     1,569,976

Thomas Gartland

   2006      339,500      0     —      —        500,320 11     41,239      45,062 12     926,121
2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

Gregory Lawton

   2006      227,500      0     —      —        19,546 13     0      4,097,616  14     4,344,662

J. Gary Raley

   2006      181,515      166,000  15   —      —        838,331 16     8,071      525,187 17     1,719,104

 

1. Includes the annual change in pension value only. None of the NEOs participate in the Company’s Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. Please refer to “Pension Benefits” for the specific assumptions used in estimating present value.

 

2. Represents Starting Bonus.

 

3. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes performance bonus of $1,033,083, and restructuring incentive award of $600,000.

 

4. Consists of $17,500 of flexible spending account, $1,146 of flexible credit for benefits, $2,102 of premiums for company provided life insurance, and $68,096 for actual relocation expenses paid for by the company.

 

5. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes performance bonus of $1,113,000, provisional transition performance award of $70,124, and restructuring incentive award of $400,000.

 

6. Consists of $1,250 of flexible credit for benefits, $2,273 of premiums for company provided life insurance, $11,922 of 401(k) company match, and $2,000 of retiree medical savings account company match.

 

7. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes performance bonus of $481,390, and restructuring incentive award of $1,000,000.

 

8. Consists of $10,000 of flexible spending account, $1,250 of flexible credit for benefits, $1,507 of premiums for company provided life insurance, and $13,179 for 401(k) company match.

 

9. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes performance bonus of $466,440, provisional transition performance award of $46,497, and restructuring incentive award of $400,000.

 

10. Consists of $10,000 of flexible spending account, $1,250 of flexible credit for benefits, $1,507 of premiums for company provided life insurance, and $13,538 for 401(k) company match.

 

11. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes performance bonus of $280,320, and restructuring incentive award of $220,000.

 

12. Consists of $8,860 of flexible spending account, $1,250 of flexible credit for benefits, $21,828 for auto allowance, $1,112 of premiums for company provided life insurance, and $12,012 for 401(k) company match.

 

13. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes provisional transition performance award of $19,546.

 

14. Consists of $13,696 of flexible spending account, $312 of flexible credit for benefits, $745 of premiums for company provided life insurance, $96 for retiree medical savings account company match, $6,067 for 401(k) company match, and $4,076,700 in severance.

 

15. Represents a retention bonus of which, 50% was reimbursed by BASF to the Company for continued service throughout the divestiture process.

 

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16. Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation earned during 2006 includes performance bonus of $142,532, provisional transition performance award of $21,128, and long term incentive pay of $274,671. In addition, Mr. Raley received an incentive bonus of $400,000 in connection with the divestiture of the Polymer Business.

 

17. Consists of $10,000 of flexible spending account, $625 of flexible credit for benefits, $595 of premiums for company provided life insurance, $1,000 for retiree medical savings account company match, $12,074 for 401(k) company match, $498,000, 100% reimbursed by BASF, in severance, and a Cobra settlement of $2,893.

Additional Actions Taken in 2007 for our NEOs

On March 7, 2007 our Compensation Committee approved the following base salaries and long-term incentive award targets for our NEOs:

 

      Base Salary Rate    Long-Term
Incentive
Grant for
2007-2009
cycle

Name

   2006    2007    (target value)

Edward Lonergan

   $ 700,000    $ 770,000    $ 2,700,000

S. Curtis Johnson

     700,000      650,000      1,863,000

Joseph Smorada

     460,000      473,800      780,000

Thomas Gartland

     342,000      352,260      600,000

Gregory Lawton

     227,500      N/A      N/A

J. Gary Raley

     232,000      N/A      N/A

Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

The following table sets forth information relating to plan-based awards granted in 2006 to our NEOs:

2006 GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

 

Name

  

Description
of Plan

   Grant
Date
   Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
   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
   Exercise or
Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
         Threshold1     Target    Maximum    Threshold    Target    Maximum         

Edward Lonergan

   Long Term
Incentive
   5/10/2006    $ 0     $ 2,000,000    $ 4,000,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Performance
Bonus
   2/1/2006      0       641,667      1,283,333    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Restructuring
Incentive
   2/1/2006      0       300,000      600,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  

S. Curtis Johnson

   Long Term
Incentive
   5/10/2006      0       2,000,000      4,000,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Performance
Bonus
   1/1/2006      0       700,000      1,400,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Restructuring
Incentive
   1/1/2006      0       200,000      400,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  

Joseph Smorada

   Long Term
Incentive
   5/10/2006      350,000  2     780,000      1,560,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Performance
Bonus
   1/1/2006      0       299,000      598,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Restructuring
Incentive
   1/1/2006      0       500,000      1,000,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  

JoAnne Brandes

   Long Term
Incentive
   5/10/2006      0       780,000      1,560,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Performance
Bonus
   1/1/2006      0       299,000      598,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Restructuring
Incentive
   1/1/2006      0       200,000      400,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  

Thomas Gartland

   Long Term
Incentive
   5/10/2006      0       600,000      1,200,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Performance
Bonus
   1/1/2006      0       222,300      444,600    —      —      —      —      —      —  
   Restructuring
Incentive
   1/1/2006      0       200,000      400,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  
2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

Gregory Lawton

   N/A    N/A      N/A       N/A      N/A    —      —      —      —      —      —  

J. Gary Raley

   Performance
Bonus
   1/1/2006      0       166,000      332,000    —      —      —      —      —      —  

 

1. For attainment of threshold goals established under the plan there is a zero payout. For amounts above threshold, incentives are funded on a linear basis up to the target and maximum awards as defined in the table above.

 

2. A special floor was established to support retention.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth information relating to exercisable and unexercisable stock options and unvested stock awards for our NEOs as of December 29, 2006:

 

2006 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END

 

      Option Awards    Stock Awards

Name

   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
    Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
   Option
Exercise
Price
   Option
Expiration
Date
   Number
of
Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
    Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
    Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
   Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market
or Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested

Edward Lonergan

   —      —       —        —      —      —         —       —      —  

S. Curtis Johnson

   25,416    —       —      $ 82.63    11/1/2013    —         —       —      —  
   27,000    —       —        114.16    11/1/2014    —         —       —      —  
   9,300    —       —        136.05    11/1/2012    —         —       —      —  
   11,000    —       —        106.93    3/28/2014    —         —       —      —  
   —      12,000  1   —        115.07    9/26/2014    —         —       —      —  
   —      15,000  2   —        136.79    4/1/2015    —         —       —      —  
   —      17,100  2   —        143.06    4/1/2016    —         —       —      —  

Joseph Smorada

   —      —       —        —      —      4,834  3   $ 501,189  4   —      —  

JoAnne Brandes

   —      —       —        —      —      7,875  5     816,480  4   —      —  

Thomas Gartland

   —      —       —        —      —      —         —       —      —  
2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

Gregory Lawton

   —      —       —        —      —      —         —       —      —  

J. Gary Raley

   —      —       —        —      —      —         —       —      —  

 

1. Options vest 42 months prior to option expiration date.

 

2. Options vest 36 months prior to option expiration date.

 

3. Mr. Smorada stock awards are scheduled to vest in equal amounts on October 31, 2008 and October 31, 2009.

 

4. At December 29, 2006, an estimated market value of $103.68 per share of Class C common stock was used to determine their value.

 

5. Ms. Brandes retired effective January 31, 2007 and all unvested shares or units of stock were forfeited.

Option Exercises & Stock Vested

2006 OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED

 

      Option Awards    Stock Awards

Name

   Number of Shares
Acquired on
Exercise
   Value Realized on
Exercise
   Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting
   Value Realized on
Vesting

Edward Lonergan

   —      —      —      —  

S. Curtis Johnson

   —      —      —      —  

Joseph Smorada

   —      —      —      —  

JoAnne Brandes

   —      —      —      —  

Thomas Gartland

   —      —      —      —  
2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:            

Gregory Lawton

   —      —      —      —  

J. Gary Raley

   —      —      —      —  

 

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Pension Benefits

The following table sets forth the present value of the NEOs’ accumulated benefits under the specified retirement plans:

PENSION BENEFITS

 

Name

  

Plan

   Number of
Years Credited
Service
   Present Value
of Accumulated
Benefit
   Payments
During Last
Fiscal Year

Ed Lonergan

   Cash Balance Plan    0.8    $ 16,687    $ 0
   Supplemental Plan    0.8      29,228      0

S. Curtis Johnson

   Cash Balance Plan    23.2      721,856      0
   Supplemental Plan    23.2      1,606,022      0
   Separation Pay Plan    23.2      175,000      0

Joseph Smorada

   Cash Balance Plan    2.0      32,879      0
   Supplemental Plan    2.0      62,811      0

JoAnne Brandes

   Cash Balance Plan    25.4      751,556      0
   Supplemental Plan    25.4      489,543      0
   Separation Pay Plan    25.4      123,846      0
   SERP    25.4      460,367      0

Thomas Gartland

   Cash Balance Plan    2.8      40,159      0
   Supplemental Plan    2.8      64,653      0
2006 Additional Individuals that Qualify:

Gregory Lawton

   Cash Balance Plan    7.3      0      161,647
   Supplemental Plan    7.3      0      1,178,387

J. Gary Raley

   Cash Balance Plan    31.6      0      569,002
   Supplemental Plan    31.6      0      223,969

The pension values included in the above analysis are the current or present value of the benefits expected to be paid in the future. The amount of each future payment is based on the current accrued pension benefit. The actuarial assumptions, with the exception of the expected retirement age, are the same as used for the company’s financial statements. The retirement age is the earliest unreduced retirement age as defined in each plan.

The results shown in this report have been developed based on actuarial assumptions that are considered to be reasonable. Other actuarial assumptions could also be considered to be reasonable and produce different results.

The amounts shown are based on the plan provisions applicable in each plan in which any of the NEOs participate.

The change in pension values shown in the Summary Compensation Table includes the effect of:

 

   

An additional year of service from October 31, 2005 to October 31, 2006;

 

   

The actual preliminary 2006 investment credit in the Cash Balance Plan and Supplemental Plan;

 

   

Changes in eligible pension pay;

 

   

Changes in pay cap limits; and

 

   

Changes in assumptions.

Specific Assumptions used in Estimating Present Values

Assumed Retirement Age:

 

   

Cash Balance Plan – The earlier of age 62 with 10 years of service or age 65 with 5 years of service

 

   

Supplemental Plan – Age 65 with 5 years of service

 

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Separation Pay Plan – Age 50 with 10 years of service

 

   

SERP – Age 58 with 30 years of service

Discount Rate: The applicable discount rate is 5.75% as of October 31, 2005 and October 31, 2006.

Mortality Table: RP-2000, projected to 2006 with no collar adjustment (male and female tables).

Interest Credit Assumption: Cash balance amounts are projected to the Assumed Retirement Age assuming a crediting rate of 7.50% on pre-2004 account balances and 5.50% on post-2003 account balances.

Material Terms and Conditions of the Plans:

Cash Balance Plan – This tax-qualified defined benefit plan is generally available to all full-time salaried employees following the completion of one year of service. Benefits under the plan are determined based on a cash balance account (the “Cash Balance Account”) that defines the lump sum amount that is payable following a participant’s death, termination or retirement. The Cash Balance Account was established as of January 1, 1998 for then current employees as an amount equal to (1) the present value of the participant’s accrued benefit under the prior formula, plus (2) a special transition amount determined based on the participant’s age, service and compensation. Each year, a service credit and an interest credit are added to each participant’s Cash Balance Account.

The service credit equals 5% of a participant’s compensation up to the Social Security Wage Base ($90,000 for 2005 and $94,200 for 2006) plus 10% of a participant’s compensation in excess of the Social Security Wage Base.

Pension eligible compensation in the Cash Balance Plan includes base salary, commissions, shift differential, overtime, and bonuses under the PBO Plan and excludes amounts deferred in our nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Eligible compensation is also limited by the compensation limit ($210,000 for 2005 and $220,000 for 2006) imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”).

The interest credit is separately determined for the pre-2004 balance (initial account balance and service credits earned prior to 2004), and for the post-2003 balance (service credits earned after 2003). The interest credit for the pre-2004 balance equals the greater of 4% and 75% of the rate of return earned by the Cash Balance Plan trust during the year. The interest credit for the post-2003 balance equals the average yield on 10-year Treasury Constant Maturities during the preceding year.

All Cash Balance Plan benefit options are actuarially equivalent to the participant’s account balance.

The Cash Balance Plan also includes special benefits for employees who became participants in the Plan on or before June 1, 1998. At benefit commencement, these participants receive the greater of the benefit based on their Cash Balance Account or the benefit based on the Prior Plan Formula. The Prior Plan Formula is a monthly annuity benefit equal to:

 

   

1.75 times a five-year average of participant’s base pay times service, less

 

   

1.67 times the participant’s primary Social Security benefit times service (not to exceed 30 years)

Pension eligible compensation for the Prior Plan Formula benefit is equal to base wages, limited by IRC Section 401(a)(17).

The Prior Plan Formula benefit is payable unreduced at age 62 as a life annuity with 5 years guaranteed. Benefits are reduced 4% per year prior to age 62 for participants who have attained age 50 with 10 years of service. Benefits are actuarially reduced from age 65 for participants who have not attained age 50 with 10 years of service. Annual cost of living increases, limited to $180 per year, are also added to the Prior Plan Formula benefit.

 

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Mr. Johnson and Ms. Brandes are the only NEOs eligible for the Prior Plan Formula. As a result of Ms. Brandes’ retirement from the Company, effective January 31, 2007, she no longer accrues benefits under this plan.

Supplemental Plan – This is a nonqualified defined benefit plan that provides for the difference between the benefits under the Cash Balance Plan and the amounts that would have been paid under the Cash Balance Plan if benefits were determined without regard to Internal Revenue Service limitations on compensation and if the participant did not defer any compensation under our nonqualified deferred compensation plans.

Benefits are generally determined using the same terms and provisions as used in the Cash Balance Plan except there is no Prior Plan Formula benefit and all amounts are paid as a lump sum immediately following termination.

Separation Pay Plan – This is a nonqualified pension plan that only covers employees who were eligible for the Separation Pay Plan as of July 1, 1995. The Separation Pay Plan benefit is paid as a lump sum equal to a number of weeks of pay based on the salary rate as of the date of retirement, accrued as follows:

 

   

2 weeks of pay are accrued in the first year of service, and

 

   

1 week of pay is accrued for each additional 2 years of service

Benefits are payable immediately upon termination without any reductions. The participant must terminate after attaining age 50 and 10 years of service or be involuntarily terminated to be eligible for the separation pay benefit.

Mr. Johnson and Ms. Brandes are the only NEOs eligible for the Separation Pay Plan. As a result of Ms. Brandes’ retirement from the Company, effective January 31, 2007, she no longer accrues benefits under this plan. She received her separation pay benefit of $123,846 on February 15, 2007.

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) – This nonqualified defined benefit plan provides for an annual life annuity payment of $50,000 following retirement at age 58 with at least 30 years of service. The benefit is prorated for service if the employee terminates prior to attaining age 58 with 30 years of service. The benefit is actuarially reduced if payment is received prior to age 58.

All benefit payment options are actuarially equivalent to the single life annuity.

Ms. Brandes was the only NEO eligible for the SERP. As a result of Ms. Brandes’ retirement from the Company, effective January 31, 2007, she no longer accrues benefits under this plan. She received her SERP benefit in a lump sum payment of $687,000 on February 15, 2007.

Termination Scenarios for Executive Benefits

The following tables quantify the benefits that each NEO would have received upon the specified termination event, assuming a termination as of December 29, 2006.

 

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TERMINATION SCENARIOS

 

      Ed Lonergan

Benefit

   Voluntary    For Cause    Death    Disability    Without Cause    Change in
Control

Retirement Benefits

                 

Cash Balance Plan

   $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0

Supplemental Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0

Separation Pay Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0

SERP

     0      0      0      0      0      0

Retiree Welfare Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0
                                         

Total

   $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0
                                         
     

 

S. Curtis Johnson

Benefit

   Voluntary    For Cause    Death    Disability    Without Cause    Change in
Control

Retirement Benefits

                 

Cash Balance Plan

   $ 696,932    $ 696,932    $ 616,060    $ 696,932    $ 696,932    $ 696,932

Supplemental Plan

     1,357,164      1,357,164      1,357,164      1,357,164      1,357,164      1,357,164

Separation Pay Plan

     175,000      0      175,000      175,000      175,000      175,000

SERP

     0      0      0      0      0      0

Retiree Welfare Plan

     192,203      192,203      99,898      192,203      192,203      192,203
                                         

Total

   $ 2,421,299    $ 2,246,299    $ 2,248,122    $ 2,421,299    $ 2,421,299    $ 2,421,299
                                         
     

 

Joseph Smorada

Benefit

   Voluntary    For Cause    Death    Disability    Without Cause    Change in
Control

Retirement Benefits

                 

Cash Balance Plan

   $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0    $ 0

Supplemental Plan

     0      0      96,868      96,868      96,868      96,868

Separation Pay Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0

SERP1

     0      0      0      0      0      0

Retiree Welfare Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0
                                         

Total

   $ 0    $ 0    $ 96,868    $ 96,868    $ 96,868    $ 96,868
                                         
     

 

JoAnne Brandes

Benefit

   Voluntary    For Cause    Death    Disability    Without Cause    Change in
Control

Retirement Benefits

                 

Cash Balance Plan

   $ 861,141    $ 861,141    $ 658,832    $ 861,141    $ 861,141    $ 861,141

Supplemental Plan

     432,771      432,771      432,771      432,771      432,771      432,771

Separation Pay Plan

     123,846      0      123,846      123,846      123,846      123,846

SERP

     425,201      0      0      425,201      425,201      425,201

Retiree Welfare Plan

     132,312      132,312      0      132,312      132,312      132,312
                                         

Total

   $ 1,975,271    $ 1,426,224    $ 1,215,449    $ 1,975,271    $ 1,975,271    $ 1,975,271
                                         
     

 

Thomas Gartland

Benefit

   Voluntary    For Cause    Death    Disability    Without Cause    Change in
Control

Retirement Benefits

                 

Cash Balance Plan

   $ 41,398    $ 41,398    $ 41,398    $ 41,398    $ 41,398    $ 41,398

Supplemental Plan

     67,122      67,122      67,122      67,122      67,122      67,122

Separation Pay Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0

SERP

     0      0      0      0      0      0

Retiree Welfare Plan

     0      0      0      0      0      0
                                         

Total

   $ 108,520    $ 108,520    $ 108,520    $ 108,520    $ 108,520    $ 108,520
                                         

 

1. See Mr. Smorada’s - Additional SERP Provision in the “Executive Agreements” section

 

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Cash Balance Plan – The benefit payable under all scenarios except death is equal to the greater of the vested Cash Balance Account as of October 31, 2006 and the present value of the vested Prior Plan Formula annuity payable on October 31, 2006.

The benefit payable following death is equal to the greater of the vested Cash Balance account as of October 31, 2006 and the present value of the vested Prior Plan annuity payable to the surviving spouse on October 31, 2006.

The present value calculations for the Cash Balance termination scenarios are based on a 5.75% discount rate and RP-2000 mortality.

Supplemental Plan – The benefit payable under all scenarios is equal to the vested Supplemental Plan account balance as of October 31, 2006.

Separation Pay Plan – The benefit payable under all scenarios except termination for cause is equal to the vested accrued benefit as of October 31, 2006 payable as a lump sum. There is no benefit payable if the participant is terminated for cause.

SERP – The benefit payable under all scenarios except termination for cause or death is equal to the greater of the present value of the annuity payable as of October 31, 2006 and the lump sum payable as of October 31, 2006.

There is no benefit payable under the SERP if the participant is terminated for cause.

There is no death benefit payable under the SERP if the participant is not married at the time of death.

Retiree Welfare – For employees who have a Retiree Medical Savings Account and are eligible to participate in our retiree healthcare plan with subsidized monthly premiums, the benefit payable under all scenarios except for death is equal to the present value of the employer provided subsidies assuming the participant retires as of October 31, 2006. The death benefit payable for these participants is equal to the present value of the employer provided surviving spouse payments assuming the participant dies on October 31, 2006.

For employees who have an enhanced Retiree Medical Savings Account and must pay for the full cost of retiree healthcare, the benefit payable under all scenarios except death is equal to the sum of the projected retiree and spouse Retiree Medical Savings Accounts as of October 31, 2006. For these participants, the benefit payable following death is equal to the projected spouse Retiree Medical Savings Account as of October 31, 2006.

The present value calculations for all retiree welfare benefits are based on a 5.75% discount rate and other assumptions used and disclosed in Note 20 to our financial statements within this Form 10-K.

Mr. Johnson and Ms. Brandes are the only NEOs eligible for the subsidized Retiree Welfare benefits.

Additional Notes Regarding the Termination Scenario Benefits:

Mr. Lonergan – Mr. Lonergan is not vested in his retirement benefits as of October 31, 2006 and therefore would have received no benefits under any of the termination scenarios.

Mr. Smorada – Mr. Smorada’s employment agreement with our company specifies that he will be vested in his Cash Balance and Supplemental Plan benefits in the event he is terminated without cause, becomes disabled or dies prior to becoming vested under the plans. The value of these benefits is reflected in this Supplemental Plan benefits under the various termination scenarios.

Mr. Gartland – Mr. Gartland is eligible for the Retiree Medical Savings Account, however, his account balance as of October 31, 2006 account is $0.

Mr. Lawton – Mr. Lawton was the Principal Executive Officer until he retired as of March 31, 2006. He received his Cash Balance Plan benefit on June 1, 2006 and his Supplemental Plan benefit on April 28, 2006. His actual payment during 2006

 

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was less than the total present value of accumulated benefit as of October 31, 2005, resulting in a change in pension value in the Summary Compensation Table of $0. Mr. Lawton was excluded from the termination scenario tables because he was not an active employee on October 31, 2006.

Mr. Raley – Mr. Raley retired as of June 30, 2006. He received his Cash Balance Plan benefit on October 1, 2006 and his Supplemental Plan benefit on August 31, 2006. Mr. Raley was excluded from the termination scenario tables because he was not an active employee on October 31, 2006.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

2006 NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

 

Name

   Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
   Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY
   Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
   Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
   Aggregate
Balance
at Last FYE

Edward Lonergan

   —      —      —      —      —  

S. Curtis Johnson

   —      —      —      —      —  

Joseph Smorada

   —      —      —      —      —  

JoAnne Brandes

   —      —      —      —      —  

Thomas Gartland

   —      —      —      —      —  

Executive Agreements

We entered into the following agreements with NEOs in 2006 and the first quarter of 2007.

Gregory Lawton – Separation Agreement effective March 31, 2006.

The terms of Mr. Lawton’s separation agreement were described in our annual report on Form 10-K, filed on March 21, 2006. The key terms of separation are summarized below and included the following benefits for Mr. Lawton:

 

   

Lump sum cash severance payment, adjusted for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, equal to two years base salary ($910,000), two years flexible spending account ($35,000) and two years target bonus ($910,000).

 

   

Pro-rated bonus for 2006 at the target PBO rate pro-rated for three months: January through March ($227,500). This bonus was contingent on being available to the new CEO through December 2006.

 

   

Incremental one-time retirement benefit ($174,200) based on Mr. Lawton’s separation agreement.

 

   

The lump sum severance relating to the above amounts is reported in the Summary Compensation Table under “Other Compensation” ($4,076,700).

 

   

Eligibility for continuation of healthcare benefits at Mr. Lawton’s cost for an 18-month period.

 

   

Use of remaining 2006 Flexible Spending Account of $17,500.

 

   

Continued use of Retiree Medical Savings Account for payment of healthcare expenses.

 

   

Vested retirement benefits in accordance with plan provisions.

In consideration for these retirement benefits, Mr. Lawton provided a general release of any and all claims against us. In addition, the agreement subjects Mr. Lawton to confidentiality and non-competition obligations.

Ed Lonergan – Employment Agreement effective March 17, 2006.

The terms of Mr. Lonergan’s employment agreement with us were described in our annual report on Form 10-K, filed on March 21, 2006. The key terms of Mr. Lonergan’s employment agreement, as discussed in the CD&A and narrative disclosures above, are:

 

   

Initial base salary of $700,000 with eligibility for consideration of base salary increases as part of our salary increase policies and practices effective April 2007.

 

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Starting bonus of $300,000.

 

   

PBO target of 100% of base salary, with a potential range of payout (tied to performance) of 0%-200% of base salary.

 

   

Restructuring incentive target of $300,000 for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.

 

   

Long-term incentive target of $2,000,000.

 

   

Flexible spending account of $17,500 (maximum annual benefit).

 

   

Relocation assistance.

 

   

Eligibility for company-sponsored benefit plans, including 5 weeks paid vacation.

 

   

Use of company-affiliated properties for personal use.

JoAnne Brandes – Retirement Agreement effective January 31, 2007.

The terms of Ms. Brandes’ retirement agreement with us were described in a current report on Form 8-K filed on February 2, 2007. The key terms of Ms. Brandes’s retirement agreement are summarized below and included the following benefits for Ms. Brandes:

 

   

Salary continuation for a period of 12 months in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of Ms. Brandes 2006 base salary of $460,000 and her target performance bonus of $299,000, to be paid in equal installments consistent with our payroll practices for executive officers.

 

   

Cash service recognition award of $565,000 to be paid on January 31, 2008 and $565,000 to be paid on January 31, 2009.

 

   

Lump sum cash payment of $687,000 under the SERP, which includes accrued amount of $425,201 as identified in the “Termination Scenarios” plus an additional amount of $261,799 per Ms. Brandes’ retirement agreement to be paid on February 15, 2007.

 

   

Separation pay pursuant to our separation pay policy in an amount equal to 14 weeks of her 2006 base salary ($123,846).

 

   

Eligibility for payment of any earned annual incentive awards relating to the 2006 performance year.

 

   

Eligibility for a pro-rated payment on any earned long-term incentive award for the 2006-2008 performance cycle.

 

   

Cash lump sum payment of $30,500 relating to retiree medical premiums.

 

   

COBRA benefits for 18 months.

 

   

One year of outplacement services with Right Management.

 

   

Reimbursement of up to $10,000 of retirement and financial planning expenses.

In consideration for these retirement benefits, Ms. Brandes provided a general release of any and all claims against us. In addition, the agreement subjects Ms. Brandes to confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation obligations.

J. Gary Raley – Separation Agreement effective June 28, 2006.

The terms of Mr. Raley’s separation agreement are described in Exhibit 10.49 of this Form 10-K. The key terms of separation are summarized below and included the following benefits for Mr. Raley:

 

   

Lump sum cash severance payment, adjusted for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, equal to one year base salary ($332,000) and one year target PBO ($166,000).

 

   

Pro-rated bonus for 2006 at the actual PBO rate pro-rated for the first half of 2006 ($142,532).

 

   

Pro-rated payment on earned long-term incentive award for the first half of 2006 ($274,671).

 

   

Pro-rated payment on earned transition performance award for the first half of 2006 ($21,128).

 

   

Retention bonus ($166,000) for his continued service throughout the divestiture process.

 

   

A success bonus ($400,000) in connection with the divestiture of the Polymer Business.

 

   

Vested retirement benefits in accordance with plan provisions.

 

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In consideration for these retirement benefits, Mr. Raley provided a general release of any and all claims against us. In addition, the agreement subjects Mr. Raley to confidentiality and non-competition obligations.

Joseph F. Smorada – Additional SERP Provision

The terms of the additional SERP provision for Mr. Smorada were described in a current report on Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2006. This additional SERP provision provides Mr. Smorada, as a holder of restricted stock, with a payout value of no less than $139.25 per share upon the vesting of those shares.

Compensation Committee Report

We have reviewed and discussed the CD&A required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and, based on this review and discussions, we recommended to the Board of Directors that the CD&A be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Submitted by the Compensation Committee of the Board:

Neal R. Nottleson, Chair

Todd C. Brown

Irene M. Esteves

Robert M. Howe

John Rice

Reto Wittwer

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Subject to the terms of the amended and restated stockholders’ agreement among Unilever, Holdco and Holdings, the Compensation Committee of our Board establishes our compensation policies and the compensation of our officers and establishes and administers our compensation programs. See “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.” The member of our Compensation Committee are Neal Nottleson, chairman, Irene Esteves, Todd Brown, Robert Howe, Reto Wittwer and John Rice. None of these directors is, or has been, an officer or employee of the Company, Holdings or Holdco.

Director Compensation

The table below provides a summary of the Outside Director compensation arrangements for 2006. All Directors receive an annual cash retainer for their services and no meeting fees ($105,000 for 2006 increased to $125,000 for 2007 with the exception of the Vice Chairman’s annual retainer which will continue at $200,000).

2006 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

Name

   Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
   Stock
Awards1
   Option
Awards2
   Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
   Change in Pension Value
and Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation
Earnings
   All Other
Compensation
   Total

Todd C. Brown

   $ 105,000    —      —      —      —      —      $ 105,000

Irene M. Esteves3

     115,000    —      —      —      —      —        115,000

Robert M. Howe4

     110,000    —      —      —      —      —        110,000

Neal R. Nottleson5

     200,000    —      —      —      —      —        200,000

Clifton D. Louis

     105,000    —      —      —      —      —        105,000

Helen P. Johnson-Leipold

     105,000    —      —      —      —      —        105,000

Reto Wittwer

     105,000    —      —      —      —      —        105,000

 

1. As of December 29, 2006, none of our Directors had any outstanding stock awards.

 

2. As of December 29, 2006, Directors had the following aggregate number of stock options outstanding: Mr. Brown: 0, Ms. Esteves: 0, Mr. Howe: 2,385, Ms. Johnson-Leipold: 810, Mr. Louis: 810, Mr. Nottleson: 0, Mr. Wittwer: 560.

 

3. Chair of Audit Committee (includes $10,000 Chair retainer).

 

4. Chair of Planning Committee (includes $5,000 Chair retainer).

 

5. Vice Chairman, Lead Director and Chair of Compensation Committee.

 

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

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information as of December 29, 2006, with respect to compensation plans under which shares of class C common stock of Holdco are authorized for issuance under compensation plans previously approved and not previously approved by our stockholders. (1)

 

     (a)    (b)    (c)  

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 column (a)
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders    123,511    $ 116.12    519,920 (2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders    —        N/A    —    
                  
Total    123,511    $ 116.12    519,920  
                  

 

(1) On January 19, 2006 and as noted last year, Holdco commenced an offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of its class C common stock and options to purchase class C common stock. The offer expired on March 6, 2006. Immediately following that date, an aggregate of 128,796 shares of class C common stock were subject to outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $116.67.

 

(2) Excludes 4,957 shares of unvested restricted stock awards; any of such awards that do not vest will increase the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to future long-term equity incentive plan awards.

Except for one share owned by SCJ, Holdings owns all of our outstanding shares of common stock. Holdco owns two-thirds of the equity interests of Holdings and Marga B.V., which is 100% owned by Unilever, owns one-third of the equity interests of Holdings. The stockholders’ agreement among Unilever, Holdings and Holdco and the certificate of incorporation of Holdings generally require, with specified exceptions, the approval of stockholders holding more than 90% of the outstanding shares of Holdings to effect various transactions and actions by Holdings and its subsidiaries, including the sale or other disposition of shares of our common stock. See “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence – Relationships with Unilever – Stockholders’ Agreement.” In addition, two of the eleven members of the board of directors of Holdings are officers and/or directors of Unilever. Accordingly, Unilever and Holdco would be deemed to have shared investment power over all of the shares of our common stock owned by Holdings.

None of our directors or officers owns shares of our common stock. However, several of our directors and officers own shares of the common stock of Holdco.

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of the common and preferred stock of Holdco as of March 2, 2007, held by;

 

   

Imogene P. Johnson, surviving spouse of Samuel C. Johnson;

 

   

our directors;

 

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our Chairman, our Chief Executive Officer and our three other most highly compensated executive officers; and

 

   

all directors and executive officers as a group.

S. Curtis Johnson III has voting and investment power with respect to 252,467 shares of class A common stock of Holdco, or 56.8% of the voting power of Holdco. Because Holdco has a controlling interest in our direct parent, Holdings, and has shared investment power over all of the shares of our common stock owned by Holdings, S. Curtis Johnson III may be deemed to share voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock owned by Holdings.

Beneficial ownership is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Except as otherwise noted, we believe that each of the holders listed below has sole voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned by the holder.

 

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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)

  

Title of Class (2)

   Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (3)
    Percent of
Class
Outstanding
 
Five Percent Owners:        

Imogene P. Johnson

555 North Main Street

Racine, Wisconsin 53402

  

Class B Common

Series A Preferred

   800,000 
67,766 
(4)
(5)
  28.9
28.8
%
%
Directors:        

Todd C. Brown

   Class C Common    —       *  

Irene M. Esteves

   Class C Common    —       *  

Robert M. Howe

   Class C Common    3,486 (6)   4.2 %

Helen P. Johnson-Leipold

  

Class B Common

Class C Common

Series A Preferred

   525,271
1,590
28,499
(7)
(8)
(9)
  18.9
1.9
12.1
%
%
%

Clifton D. Louis

  

Class B Common

Class C Common

   40,523
2,043
(10)
(11)
  1.5
2.4
%
%

Neal R. Nottleson

  

Class A Common

Class B Common

Class C Common

   —  
—  
—  
 
 
 
  *
*
*
 
 
 

Reto Wittwer

   Class C Common    658     *  
Named Executive Officers:        

S. Curtis Johnson III

  

Class A Common

Class B Common

Class C Common

Series A Preferred

   252,467
547,378
76,658
68,977
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
  56.8
19.7
91.4
29.4
%
%
%
%

Edward F. Lonergan

   Class C Common    —       *  

JoAnne Brandes

  

Class B Common

Class C Common

Series A Preferred

   —  
—  
200
 
 
 
  *
*
*
 
 
 

Thomas M. Gartland

   Class C Common    —       *  

Joseph Smorada

   Class C Common    —       *  
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (12 persons)   

Class A Common

Class B Common

Class C Common

Series A Preferred

   252,467
655,754
79,450
71,067
 
 
(16)
 
  56.8
23.7
94.8
30.2
%
%
%
%

* Indicates that the percentage of shares beneficially owned does not exceed 1% of the class.

 

(1) Except as otherwise indicated, the mailing address of each person shown is c/o JohnsonDiversey, Inc., 8310 16th Street, P.O. Box 902, Sturtevant, Wisconsin 53177-0902.

 

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(2) The equity securities of Holdco consist of class A common stock, par value $1.00 per share, class B common stock, par value $1.00 per share, class C common stock, par value $1.00 per share and series A convertible preferred stock, par value $100.00 per share. The holders of class A common stock of Holdco are entitled to one vote on all matters submitted for a vote of the security holders of the company. The class B common stock are non-voting securities. The holders of class C common stock have no voting rights other than the right to elect one director who must be an officer of Holdco. The series A convertible preferred stock has no voting rights other than the right to vote on the creation or issuance of any equity securities that would rank senior to the series A convertible preferred stock and the right to elect one director if the company fails to pay cash dividends in specified circumstances.

 

(3) For purposes of this table, shares are considered to be “beneficially” owned if the person directly or indirectly has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the voting of the securities or the sole or shared power to dispose of or direct the disposition of the securities, and a person is considered to be the beneficial owner of shares if that person has the right to acquire the beneficial ownership of the shares within 60 days of March 6, 2005. Unless otherwise noted, the beneficial owners have sole voting and dispositive power over their shares listed in this column.

 

(4) Consists of 500,000 shares of class B common stock owned by H.F.J. Holding Co., Inc., 200,000 shares of class B common stock owned by Windpoint 1970 Holding Company and 100,000 shares owned by Nomad Investment Co. Inc. The H.F. Johnson Family Trust is the sole shareholder of each of these companies. Imogene P. Johnson is the trustee of the H.F. Johnson Family Trust.

 

(5) Includes 36,254 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by H.F.J. Holding Co., Inc., 21,751 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Windpoint 1970 Holding Company and 9,761 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust No. 1. The H.F. Johnson Family Trust is the sole shareholder of H.F.J. Holding Co., Inc. and of Windpoint 1970 Holding Company. Imogene P. Johnson is the trustee of the H.F. Johnson Family Trust and, along with Johnson Bank, is co-trustee of the Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust No. 1.

 

(6) Includes 1,825 shares of class C common stock subject to outstanding options.

 

(7) Includes 129,000 shares of class B common stock owned by Cayuga 1993 Limited Partnership, 105,830 shares of class B common stock owned by Rochester 1993 Limited Partnership, and 110,868 shares of class B common stock owned by Johnson Family Partnership L.P. The Helen Johnson-Leipold Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust, over which Ms. Johnson-Leipold has voting and investment power, is a general partner of each of these limited partnerships and shares voting and investment power. This number also includes 26,000 shares of class B common stock owned by S, F & H Partners, L.P., 41,775 shares of class B common stock owned by HELSA Associates II, L.P., 21,306 shares of class B common stock owned by Combined Partners L.P. and 78 shares of class B common stock owned by H.P.J.L. Corporation. Ms. Johnson-Leipold is a general partner of HELSA Associates II, L.P., which is a general partner of both Combined Partners L.P. and S, F & H Partners, L.P. She is also an officer and director and the sole shareholder of H.P.J.L. Corporation. Finally, this number also includes 90,414 shares of class B common stock owned by C and H Investment Co., Inc. The Helen Johnson-Leipold Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust is a general partner of Curelle II L.P., which is a general partner of Curelle Associates L.P. Curelle Associates, L.P. owns all of the outstanding common stock of C and H Investment Co., Inc.

 

(8) Includes 250 shares of class C common stock subject to outstanding options.

 

(9)

Includes 9,353 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Cayuga 1993 Limited Partnership, 7,673 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Rochester 1993 Limited Partnership, and 8,039 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Johnson Family Partnership L.P. The Helen Johnson-Leipold Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust is a general partner of each of these limited partnerships and shares voting and investment power. This number also includes 1,885 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by S, F & H Partners, L.P., 1,544 shares of series A convertible preferred stock

 

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owned by Combined Partners L.P. and 5 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by H.P.J.L. Corporation. Ms. Johnson-Leipold is a general partner of HELSA Associates II, L.P., which is a general partner of both Combined Partners L.P. and S, F & H Partners L.P. She is also an officer and director and the sole shareholder of H.P.J.L. Corporation.

 

(10) Includes 40,253 shares of class B common stock owned by All Blue But One, L.P.

 

(11) Includes 250 shares of class C common stock subject to outstanding options.

 

(12) Consists of 242,136 shares of class A common stock owned by the H.F. Johnson Distributing Trust B, f/b/o Samuel C. Johnson et. al., 10,254 shares of class A common stock owned by the Herbert F. Johnson Foundation Trust #1 and 77 shares of class A common stock owned by the S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust. S. Curtis Johnson III is the trustee of the H.F. Johnson Distributing Trust B and the Herbert F. Johnson Foundation Trust #1, and the grantor of the S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust. S. Curtis Johnson III has voting and investment power with respect to these shares.

 

(13) Includes 129,000 shares of class B common stock owned by Cayuga 1993 Limited Partnership, 105,830 shares of class B common stock owned by Rochester 1993 Limited Partnership, 21,306 shares of class B common stock owned by Combined Partners L.P. and 110,868 shares of class B common stock owned by Johnson Family Partnership L.P. The S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust is a general partner of each of these limited partnerships and shares voting and investment power. This number also includes 90,414 shares of class B common stock owned by C and H Investment Co., Inc. and includes 47,651 shares of class B common stock owned by C&S Partners II L.P., of which S. Curtis Johnson III is a general partner and shares voting and investment power. S. Curtis Johnson III is a general partner of Curelle SCJ III, L.P., which is a general partner of Curelle Associate, L.P. Curelle Associate, L.P., owns all of the outstanding common stock of C and H Investment Co., Inc. Finally, this number also includes 30,000 shares of class B common stock owned by the Herbert F. Johnson Foundation Trust #1, 2,014 shares of class B common stock owned by the S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust and 10,295 shares of class B common stock owned by the S. Curtis Johnson III Family Trust. S. Curtis Johnson III is the trustee of the S. Curtis Johnson III Family Trust.

 

(14) These shares are owned by the S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust. Includes 72,716 shares of class C common stock subject to outstanding options. Includes 1,408 shares of class C common stock in the name of S. Curtis Johnson.

 

(15) Includes 17,557 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by H.F. Johnson Distributing Trust B. S. Curtis Johnson III is the trustee of the H.F. Johnson Distributing Trust B, f/b/o Samuel C. Johnson et. al. Also includes 9,353 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Cayuga 1993 Limited Partnership, 7,673 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Rochester 1993 Limited Partnership, 1,544 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Combined Partners L.P. and 8,039 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Johnson Family Partnership L.P. The S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust is a general partner of each of these limited partnerships and shares voting and investment power. This number also includes 7,250 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Herbert F. Johnson Foundation Trust #1, 746 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by S. Curtis Johnson III Family Trust, 363 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by SCJ III Family Line Investments, Inc., 8,334 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust and 8,118 shares of series A convertible preferred stock owned by Helen J. Leipold Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust. S. Curtis Johnson III is the trustee of each of S. Curtis Johnson III Family Trust and SCJ III Family Line Investments, Inc. The trustee of the S, Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust is the Johnson Trust Company, over which S. Curtis Johnson III has voting and investment power.

 

(16) Includes 75,041 shares of class C common stock subject to outstanding options.

 

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The following summarizes the material terms of various agreements and arrangements that we have entered into with our directors, executive officers, affiliates, including SCJ and Unilever, and other beneficial owners of our company.

Relationships with S.C. Johnson & Son

Until 1999, we were a wholly owned subsidiary of SCJ, a leading manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer products for air care, home cleaning, insect control, home food management and personal care that Samuel Curtis Johnson founded in 1886. In November 1999, we were separated from SCJ in a tax-free spin-off to descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson and the other stockholders of SCJ. In connection with the 1999 spin-off, we entered into a number of agreements relating to the separation from SCJ and the ongoing relationship of the two companies after the spin-off. A number of these agreements relate to our ordinary course of business, while others pertain to our historical relationship with SCJ and our former status as a wholly owned subsidiary of SCJ. The material terms of these agreements, amendments to these agreements and other agreements and arrangements entered into since the 1999 spin-off are summarized below.

Leases. Prior to June 2006, we had four operating leases with SCJ for space in SCJ’s Waxdale manufacturing facility; a short-term lease used in connection with our North American operating segment (“Short- Term North American Lease”), a short-term lease used in connection with the former polymer operation (“Short- Term Polymer Lease”), a long-term lease used in connection with our North American operating segment (“Long- Term North American Lease”) and, a long-term lease used in connection with the former polymer operation (“Long- Term Polymer Lease”). Under the two short-term leases, we leased about 45,600 square feet of manufacturing space for our North American operating segment and about 17,000 square feet of manufacturing space for our former polymer operation. Under the two long-term leases, we leased about 180,000 square feet of manufacturing space for our North American operating segment and about 144,000 square feet of manufacturing space for our former polymer operating segment. In connection with the sale of the Polymer Business and the reorganization of certain production functions at Waxdale, (i) the Short-Term Polymer Lease was terminated, (ii) the amount of space under the Short-Term North American Lease was reduced to 4,822 square feet; and (iii) the Long-Term Polymer Lease was assigned to JDI. The term of the Long-Term Polymer Lease was fixed to expire on July 2, 2009 with an option to extend the term for an additional six months and we accelerated the payment date for the then-current net book value of the rented space with a corresponding reduction in the monthly lease payments. The Long-Term Polymer lease term now coincides with the term of the toll manufacturing agreement we have with BASF as a result of the sale of the Polymer Business. At the time of the closing of the sale of the Polymer Business we paid a net book value fee, a lease extension fee, and a toll manufacturing consideration, resulting in an aggregate payment to SCJ of $9.2 million. In addition, a $2.2 million repair and maintenance payment was made to SCJ. The Short-Term North American Lease had an expiration date of July 2, 2006, with provisions for automatic renewal in additional one-year terms, unless terminated earlier. This lease has been automatically renewed for an additional one-year term. The Long-Term North American Lease expires on July 2, 2009, and automatically renew for additional five-year terms, unless terminated under certain circumstances. Each lease may be terminated by SCJ as a result of an event of default under the lease, if the license agreements or technology disclosure and license agreement referred to below terminates, or upon prior notice by SCJ of 18 months in the case of the Long -Term North American Lease, 30 months in the case of the Long-Term Polymer Lease and six months in the case of the Short-Term North American Lease. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we paid SCJ an aggregate of $2.5 million (of which $1.4 million was related to the former polymer operation and the tolling agreement), $3.1 million (of which $1.8 million was related to the former polymer operation) and $3.2 million (of which $1.9 million was related to the former polymer operation), respectively, under the Waxdale leases. In addition to the Waxdale leases, we lease facilities in Japan from SCJ under a local sublease agreement.

License Agreements. Under a license agreement, SCJ has granted us an exclusive license to sell certain SCJ products and to use specified trade names, housemarks and brand names incorporating “Johnson” (including “Johnson Wax Professional”) ,” including the right to use “Johnson” in combination with our owned trade name “Diversey,” in the institutional and industrial channels of trade and in specified channels of trade approved by SCJ in which both our business and SCJ’s consumer business operate, which we refer

 

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to as “cross-over” channels of trade. SCJ has the unilateral right to eliminate any existing, or to withhold approval of any proposed future, cross-over channels of trade (including cross-over channels of trade in which DiverseyLever products are sold by us after the closing of the acquisition) and can terminate the license agreement prior to its May 2007 expiration if we sell any products in the cross-over channels of trade that are not authorized under the license agreement. SCJ has also granted us a license to use specified SCJ brand names in connection with various products sold in institutional and industrial channels of trade and the cross-over channels of trade. We have the right to grant sublicenses under the license agreement to our subsidiaries.

Under this license agreement, we are required to pay SCJ a royalty fee equal to 4% of our and our sub licensees’ net sales of the products bearing the SCJ brand names. The license agreement also provides for a royalty fee equal to 6% for SCJ brand names added after January 1, 2003, and for certain products having SCJ brand names that are actually produced by SCJ. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we paid SCJ total royalty fees of $4.7 million, $4.5 million and $4.5 million, respectively. Pursuant to an adjustment clause in the license agreement, as of May 1, 2007, the royalty rate on products at the 4% rate will increase to 6%.

The license agreement terminates on May 2, 2012. Thereafter, the license agreement can be renewed, with SCJ’s consent, for successive two-year terms. The license agreement automatically terminates if:

 

   

we, Holdings or Holdco undergo a change of control;

 

   

prior to the spin-off of any subsidiary, we fail to change the name of that subsidiary to a name that does not include “Johnson”;

 

   

we make any assignment for the benefit of creditors, a trustee or receiver is appointed to administer our business or we are in voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy;

 

   

a country or governmental entity nationalizes or acquires any interest in us; or

 

   

if we, Holdings, Holdco or any of the sub licensees enters into a joint venture, co-marketing arrangement, or other strategic alliance with a competitor of SCJ, or 10% or more of the voting shares or other issued and outstanding equity interests of us, Holdings, Holdco or any of the sub licensees is acquired by a competitor of SCJ or if the license agreement is directly or indirectly assigned, assumed or in any way transferred to a competitor of SCJ.

SCJ may terminate the license agreement in whole or in part:

 

   

if we or any of our sub licensees are in material breach of the license agreement;

 

   

for any actions by us or our sub licensees that are detrimental to the best interests of SCJ or the goodwill of any trade name, housemark or trademark, as determined by the board of directors of SCJ;

 

   

if Unilever transfers any of its ownership interest in us or Holdings to a third party;

 

   

if any rights under the license agreement are assigned or transferred;

 

   

if any of the following has occurred or is continuing with respect to indebtedness under any agreement or arrangement under which indebtedness of at least $25 million is outstanding: (1) we, Holdings or any subsidiary fail to make any payment in respect of indebtedness when due, (2) any event occurs that results in acceleration of indebtedness, or (3) any event or condition occurs that permits the lenders under the senior secured credit agreement for our senior secured credit facilities or that permits a holder of the senior subordinated notes or of the senior discount notes of Holdings to accelerate the indebtedness there under; or

 

   

if we or any of our affiliates promote, market, sell or distribute, directly or indirectly, including through a joint venture, co-marketing arrangement or other strategic alliance, outside of the industrial channels of trade and the cross-over channels of trade, any product that competes with SCJ’s consumer branded products (unless permitted by SCJ).

 

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In some circumstances, however, instead of terminating, the license agreement will convert into a license to use only the trade names and housemarks involving combinations of “Johnson” and “Diversey” until May 2, 2012.

In the event any dispute arising under the license agreement cannot be resolved through negotiation, the dispute will either be referred to the board of directors or chairman of the board of SCJ, depending on the nature of the dispute. In either case, the chairman of the board has ultimate authority to resolve the dispute, and we cannot challenge that decision.

In addition, our subsidiary, Johnson Polymer, LLC had a license agreement with SCJ under which SCJ had granted it a license to use the Johnson trade name and housemark in its polymer operation. The terms respecting the Polymer Business are similar to those of the license agreement discussed above. Johnson Polymer, LLC did not, however, pay any fees to SCJ under the license agreement relating to the Polymer Business. This agreement was terminated in connection with the sale of the Polymer Business.

Under a technology disclosure and license agreement with SCJ, each party has granted to the other party a license, with the right to grant sublicenses to their subsidiaries, to use the technology being used by that party in connection with products sold by that party under its own brand names and in its own channels of trade. The technology disclosure and license agreement also provides guidelines pursuant to which the parties may voluntarily disclose and sublicense to each other new technologies that they develop internally, acquire or license from third parties. The technology disclosure and license agreement terminates on May 2, 2012. Thereafter, the license agreement can be renewed, with SCJ’s consent, for successive two-year terms. The licenses granted to us terminate upon the occurrence of specified bankruptcy or insolvency-related events involving us or upon thirty days’ notice of an uncured material breach by us. No fees are paid under the technology disclosure and license agreement.

After our 1999 separation from SCJ, SCJ continued to operate institutional and industrial businesses in various countries in which we did not have operations. Under a territorial license agreement, we license the intellectual property rights to SCJ to allow it to manufacture and sell our products in those countries. Under this agreement, SCJ pays a royalty fee based on its and its sub licensees’ net sales of products bearing our brand names. This agreement expires on July 2, 2008, but will automatically renew for additional two-year terms. Since the separation, we have established operations in several countries and have purchased the inventory and other assets relating to the institutional and industrial businesses in those countries from SCJ. Amounts paid by SCJ to us under the territorial license agreement during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were not material.

Administrative Services and Shared Services Agreements. We have entered into several administrative services agreements with SCJ. Under these agreements, SCJ provides us with a range of central support services. These services include various property administration, medical center nursing, facilities maintenance and other services. In addition, the agreements provide for the use by us of several administrative and other properties owned by SCJ. Generally, these agreements are for a one-year term but automatically renew for additional one-year terms, unless terminated earlier. SCJ may terminate each agreement under specified circumstances or for any reason by providing prior written notice to us. In addition, SCJ provides us with various business support services pursuant to shared services agreements. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we paid to SCJ an aggregate of $10.3 million, $7.4 million, and $9.9 million, respectively, under all of the administrative services and shared services agreements.

Joint Operating Agreement. Holdco, our indirect parent, is party to a joint operating agreement with SCJ, dated June 17, 1999, governing the use of several airplanes. Holdco has a 15.3% ownership interest in those airplanes, and SCJ holds the remaining ownership interests. Under the joint operating agreement, SCJ agreed to provide Holdco with various services relating to the airplanes, including administering the Federal Aviation Administration reporting requirements for Holdco, providing all required maintenance and repairs for the airplanes, providing insurance and risk management services and maintaining qualified licensed pilots to pilot the airplanes. SCJ may not terminate or reduce the level of any service without Holdco’s prior consent. Under the joint operating agreement, Holdco must pay SCJ its proportional share of capital and operating costs for the airplanes. Holdco’s share of the operating costs is based on the relative usage of the airplanes by our employees, and we have agreed to pay its share of the operating costs directly to SCJ. The joint operating agreement terminates on July 2, 2007, and automatically renews for additional

 

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one-year terms. The joint operating agreement will also terminate upon a material breach or default under the agreement that is not cured within thirty days of written notice. In addition, the joint operating agreement terminates if at any time the voting control of either party is not directly or indirectly owned by a lineal descendant of Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr., a descendant of Samuel Curtis Johnson. Finally, at any time after the joint operating agreement is terminated, SCJ has the right to purchase Holdco’s ownership interest in the airplanes at a price based on the fair market value of the airplanes. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 we paid an aggregate of $1.3 million, $1.4 million, and $0.5 million, respectively, for operating costs and $0.8 million, $0.2 million, and $0.3 million, respectively, for capital charges, in connection with the joint operating agreement.

Environmental Agreement. Under an environmental agreement with SCJ, SCJ has agreed to bear financial responsibility for, and indemnify us against, specified environmental liabilities existing on June 28, 1997, for sites used in our institutional and industrial businesses and for which liability may have been incurred prior to our separation from SCJ. Under the agreement, we are financially responsible for all other environmental liabilities that arise from or are related to the historic, current and future operation of our business and must indemnify SCJ for any losses associated with these liabilities. In connection with the sale of the Polymer Business, we assumed all environmental liabilities of Johnson Polymer, LLC under this agreement. Under the agreement, SCJ has the authority to manage any environmental projects as to which circumstances make it appropriate for SCJ to manage the project. Amounts paid by us to SCJ under the environmental agreement during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were not material.

Tax Sharing Agreement. The 1999 separation from SCJ caused us, our subsidiaries and Holdco to cease to be members of the SCJ affiliated tax group and to become a new affiliated tax group headed by Holdco. To allocate responsibility for taxes following the separation, we, Holdco and SCJ entered into a tax sharing agreement. The tax sharing agreement provides generally that the SCJ group is liable for, and will indemnify the Holdco group against, all U.S. federal, state, and non-U.S. taxes for all periods before the separation; however, we are responsible for the payment to the SCJ group of our own share of taxes before the separation. For periods after the separation, the SCJ group is responsible for its own taxes, but not the taxes of the Holdco group. The tax sharing agreement also requires the parties to make adjustments for differences between the SCJ group’s tax liability under the consolidated tax returns filed for periods before the separation and what the parties’ respective liabilities would have been for the same periods had they filed separate returns. In 2005, the Company received $3.8 million from SCJ representing adjustments resulting from the closure of the U.S. income tax audit for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2000 and June 29, 2001. The $3.8 million, however, is subject to further adjustment as a result of current and potential future tax audits as well as tax carry forward and carryback provisions. Under the tax sharing agreement, SCJ is responsible for any taxes imposed as a result of the separation itself. However, if we or Holdco take any action that is inconsistent with, or fail to take any action required by, the agreement pursuant to which the separation was effected, the parties’ application to the Internal Revenue Service for a determination that the separation would qualify for favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment, or the Internal Revenue Service’s determination, we and Holdco would be responsible for any taxes that result from our action or failure to act. The tax sharing agreement also provides for the conduct of tax audits and contests, and for the retention of records.

Supply Agreements. We have entered into numerous supply and manufacturing agreements with SCJ. Under some of these agreements, we manufacture and supply raw materials and products, including polymers, to SCJ in several countries, including Japan, the Netherlands and the United States. Under other supply and manufacturing agreements, SCJ manufactures and supplies raw materials and products to us in several countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, U.K. and the United States. The terms of the agreements ranged between two to five years, with rights to renew the agreements for additional one-year terms. Each of the agreements is currently subject to a one-year term. In general, the agreements terminate for breach or default under the agreements, if a specified insolvency-related event involving either party is commenced or occurs or by mutual agreement. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 we paid to SCJ an aggregate of $29.0 million, $31.0 million, and $27.1 million, respectively, under these supply and manufacturing agreements for inventory purchases, and SCJ paid us an aggregate of $14.8 million, $21.6 million, and $19.3 million, respectively, under the agreements for inventory purchases.

 

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In June 2006, in connection with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, we entered a new toll manufacturing agreement with SCJ, which will expire on July 1, 2009, which we can extend at our option for an additional six months. In addition, we entered a toll manufacturing agreement with SCJ covering our business, which will expire on June 30, 2011. Under both agreements, SCJ will support and perform certain manufacturing functions at its Waxdale operation in the United States. We paid SCJ $2.4 million during the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006 in association with these tolling agreements.

Relationships with Other Johnson Family Businesses

We lease office space in Sturtevant, Wisconsin from Willow Holdings, Inc., which is controlled by the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson. We entered into this lease on July 1, 2002, and it expires on June 30, 2007. For each of the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we paid $0.8 million under this lease. In addition, the lease provides for a line of credit not exceeding $1.2 million at an interest rate of 8% per annum from Willow Holdings, LLC to us for the purpose of certain leasehold improvements. At December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, amounts outstanding under this line of credit were $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

We have a banking relationship with the Johnson Financial Group, which is majority-owned by the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson. We paid service fees to the Johnson Financial Group totaling $0.1 million in each of the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. We had no loans outstanding with Johnson Financial Group for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 or December 30, 2005.

Relationships with Unilever

Prior to our acquisition of the DiverseyLever business in May 2002, DiverseyLever was a division of Unilever and consequently relied on Unilever for various services, including administration, research and development, treasury, legal, tax planning and compliance, and other support services. In addition, DiverseyLever was party to a number of transactions with Unilever, including the sale of products to and the purchase of products from Unilever.

Simultaneously with the closing of the acquisition, we, Holdings, Unilever and some of our affiliates entered into agreements which replaced a number of these prior agreements with Unilever, as well as agreements relating to our governance and the governance of Holdings, commercial relationships and matters arising out of the acquisition. These agreements include a sales agency agreement, various intellectual property agreements, a transitional services agreement, two supply agreements, a stockholders’ agreement, a non-competition agreement and a registration rights agreement relating to the senior discount notes of Holdings. All of the agreements with Unilever were negotiated before Unilever acquired its equity interest in Holdings and its senior discount notes of Holdings and, therefore, are on arms-length terms. We, Holdings and Unilever are also parties to an acquisition agreement that imposes certain on going obligations on the parties, including indemnity obligations.

Acquisition Agreement.

Initial Acquisition Agreement. At the closing of the acquisition, Unilever transferred the DiverseyLever business to us, Holdings and several of our subsidiaries. All of the assets and operations of the DiverseyLever business acquired by Holdings in the acquisition were subsequently contributed by Holdings to us. In consideration for the DiverseyLever business, Unilever received:

 

   

a net cash payment in various currencies equivalent to about $1 billion;

 

   

a one-third equity interest in Holdings; and

 

   

the senior discount notes of Holdings, which had a principal amount at issuance of about $241 million and are recorded on Holdings’ financial statements.

 

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Post-Closing Adjustments to Consideration. The acquisition agreement provides for various adjustments to the consideration for the DiverseyLever business paid by us and Holdings to Unilever if, at closing, (1) the net debt of the DiverseyLever business or (2) the working capital of the DiverseyLever business, was less or more than the amounts estimated by the parties. In addition, the amount paid by Unilever as its subscription price for its equity interest in Holdings is subject to adjustment if, at closing, (1) our net debt or (2) our working capital was less or more than the amounts estimated by the parties. The acquisition agreement provides that any adjustments to the consideration or subscription price resulting from differences in net debt or working capital of us or the DiverseyLever business at the closing of the acquisition from the estimated amounts will be paid:

 

   

in the case of an excess or shortfall of the net debt or working capital of the DiverseyLever business, subject to a $1 million deductible in the case of any working capital adjustment, 100% in cash to us if net debt was more or working capital was less at closing than the estimated amounts and 100% in cash to Unilever if net debt was less or working capital was greater at closing than the estimated amounts, each payable together with interest from and including the closing date at an agreed rate within five business days following final determination of the adjustment amount; and

 

   

in the case of an excess or shortfall of the net debt or working capital of us, in an amount equal to (1) the product of the amount of that excess or shortfall (subject to a $1 million deductible in the case of any working capital adjustment), together with interest from and including the closing date at an agreed rate, and, (2) multiplied by 1.5, that amount payable on the date on which Unilever ceases to hold its equity interest in Holdings. Any amount paid by us to Unilever is intended to make Unilever whole with respect to its portion of any excess in net debt or deficit in our working capital, recognizing Unilever’s one-third equity interest in Holdings; similarly, any amount paid by Unilever to us is intended to make us whole with respect to its portion of any deficit in net debt or excess in our working capital, recognizing Holdco’s two-thirds equity interest in Holdings.

In July 2002, we and Unilever determined the net debt adjustments to (1) the purchase price for the DiverseyLever business and (2) the subscription price Unilever paid for its one-third equity interest in Holdings. We and Unilever agreed that DiverseyLever’s net debt at closing was less than estimated amounts, resulting in an adjustment to the purchase price for the DiverseyLever business equal to 100% of such amount, plus interest, in cash to Unilever. The adjustment was determined to be about $15.3 million, of which about $5.6 million was paid by us to Unilever in July 2002 and the balance was paid in February 2003. In addition, we and Unilever agreed that our net debt at closing exceeded estimated amounts by about $23.5 million. This will result in a reduction to Unilever’s subscription price for its equity interest in Holdings of about $11.8 million according to the formula described above. Under the acquisition agreement, we will pay this amount on behalf of Holdings, together with interest from and including the closing date (in accordance with the formula described above), to Unilever on the date on which Unilever ceases to hold its equity interest in Holdings. See “—Stockholders’ Agreement—Put and Call Options.”

In November 2002, we agreed with Unilever that we would pay to Unilever about $33.6 million, representing the working capital adjustment to the purchase price for the DiverseyLever business. We paid this amount to Unilever during the fourth quarter of 2002. Also, based on our final pre-closing balance sheet, a comparison was made of the final working capital amount to a predetermined working capital amount set forth in the acquisition agreement. Because our final working capital amount exceeded the predetermined amount, we anticipate that Unilever will be required to pay to us about $30.9 million, representing an adjustment to the subscription price for Unilever’s equity interest in Holdings. However, Unilever would not be required to pay us the final agreed amount, together with interest from and including the closing date (in accordance with the formula described above), until the date on which Unilever ceases to hold its equity interest in Holdings.

At the closing of the acquisition, post-employment benefit liabilities for pre-closing service of DiverseyLever business employees and, in some cases, former employees, under most employee benefit plans maintained by Unilever were transferred to us or our employee benefit plans. To the extent that the value of any employee benefit plan assets transferred differed from the value of the transferred liabilities, in each case calculated as provided in the acquisition agreement and using actuarial methods and assumptions specified therein, the excess or shortfall, as the case may be, adjusted in some cases by a tax adjustment factor, is to be paid as an adjustment to purchase price for the DiverseyLever business (1) by us to Unilever in the case of any excess or (2) to us by

 

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Unilever in the case of any shortfall. Unilever may defer and pay to us with interest up to the time Unilever ceases to own any equity interest in Holdings, up to 75% of any shortfall attributable to transferred liabilities under unfunded post-employment benefit plans.

Based on a determination of the transferred pension assets and liabilities relating to specified plans we assumed in the acquisition, Unilever agreed to pay to us an aggregate of about $115 million, representing an adjustment to the purchase price for the DiverseyLever business. The majority of this adjustment is to be paid by Unilever once the amounts are agreed in respect of a plan, with the remainder to be paid, together with interest from and including the closing date, on the date on which Unilever ceases to hold its equity interest in Holdings. As of December 29, 2006, we had received about $88.7 million, representing a portion of Unilever’s payment of the transferred pension adjustment. The transferred pension adjustment represents the shortfall of transferred pension assets relative to liabilities, adjusted for tax, if applicable. Under the acquisition agreement, if the transferred assets are less than 90% of the value of the transferred liabilities of specified DiverseyLever pension plans, we are required to use the amounts received from Unilever in connection with the transferred pension adjustment to fund those plans up to 90% of the value of the transferred liabilities. Any amount received from Unilever over the required funding level may be used by us for other purposes. As of December 29, 2006, we had contributed an aggregate of about $43.5 million, including interest to the pension plans, fulfilling the funding obligations under the acquisition agreement.

The purchase price of the DiverseyLever business is also subject to adjustment relating to pension expenses of DiverseyLever’s employee benefit plans for the twelve months ended June 29, 2001. We have received $9.9 million in cash from Unilever relating to the finalization of this adjustment during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2005.

We recognized interest income of $2.5 million, $3.3 million and $3.5 million for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, related to certain long-term acquisition related receivables from Unilever. We received $0, $4.8 million and $0.1 million during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, in partial settlement of the interest due.

Warranty Indemnity. In connection with the acquisition, Unilever made representations and warranties to us in respect of the DiverseyLever business. In addition, in connection with the issuance to Unilever of the one-third equity interest in Holdings and the senior discount notes of Holdings, we made representations and warranties to Unilever, which are customary in this kind of transaction.

Subject to the limitations on indemnity described below, the parties will generally be liable for damages in the event of a breach of any warranty, other than damages less than $250,000 per occurrence, as well as for some specific losses and claims. Most claims for breaches of warranty must have been brought on or prior to May 2, 2004, while claims under some warranties are subject to longer time limits.

Unilever generally will not be liable for any damages in respect of breaches of its warranties, excluding environmental warranties, unless (1) the amount of damages in respect of any individual breach of its warranties exceeds $250,000 per occurrence and (2) the aggregate amount of damages in respect of breaches of its warranties, excluding environmental warranties, exceeds $30 million. Once the $30 million threshold is reached, Unilever will not be liable for any occurrence where the damages are less than $250,000 or for the first $15 million of damages that exceed the $250,000 per occurrence threshold. In any event, Unilever will not be liable for any damages, excluding environmental claims, which exceed $500 million in the aggregate.

We generally will not be liable for any damages in respect of our breaches of warranty, excluding environmental warranties, unless (1) the amount of damages in respect of any individual breach of our warranties exceeds $250,000 per occurrence and (2) the aggregate amount of damages in respect of breaches of our warranties exceeds $7 million. Once the $7 million threshold is reached, we will not be liable for any occurrence where the damages are less than $250,000 or for the first $3.5 million of damages that exceed the $250,000 per occurrence threshold. In any event, we will not be liable for any damages, excluding environmental claims, which exceed $120 million in the aggregate.

 

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Other Indemnities. Unilever will also indemnify us for, among other things, damages arising out of or resulting from:

 

   

liabilities expressly retained by Unilever and its affiliates, including some of their discontinued businesses and some ongoing litigation of the DiverseyLever business;

 

   

specified liabilities with respect to the operation of the DiverseyLever business prior to closing relating to Unilever’s failure to comply with environmental laws and pre-closing discharges or contaminations at, of or relating to DiverseyLever facilities or waste disposal sites;

 

   

specified liabilities relating to pre-closing taxes; and

 

   

specified liabilities relating to employee benefits, including Unilever’s failure to comply with certain legal and regulatory requirements with respect to those employee benefits.

With respect to environmental matters, including environmental warranties, Unilever will not be liable for any damages (1) in the case of known environmental matters or breaches, that are less than $250,000 in the aggregate, and (2) in the case of unknown environmental matters or breaches, that are less than $50,000 individually and $2 million in the aggregate. In the case of clause (1) above, we will bear the first $250,000 in damages. In the case of clause (2) above, once the $2 million threshold is reached, Unilever will not be liable for any occurrence where the damages are less than $50,000 or for the first $1 million of damages that exceed the $50,000 per occurrence threshold. In no event will Unilever be liable for any damages arising out of or resulting from environmental claims that exceed $250 million in the aggregate. We have submitted indemnification notices to Unilever regarding three DiverseyLever locations and expect to provide additional notification in the future. Although Unilever has acknowledged receipt of the indemnification notice, it has not yet completed its assessment and has not yet indicated its agreement with our request for indemnification.

We will also indemnify Unilever for, among other things, damages arising out of or resulting from:

 

   

liabilities we assume in connection with the acquisition;

 

   

liabilities relating to some of our discontinued businesses;

 

   

specified liabilities with respect to our operation prior to the closing of the acquisition relating to our failure to comply with environmental laws and pre-closing discharges or contaminations at, of or relating to our facilities or waste disposal sites;

 

   

specified liabilities relating to post-closing taxes; and

 

   

specified liabilities relating to employee benefits, including our failure to comply with certain legal and regulatory requirements with respect to these employee benefits.

With respect to environmental matters, including environmental warranties, we will not be liable for any damages (1) in the case of known matters or breaches, that are less than $250,000 in the aggregate, and (2) in the case of unknown matters or breaches, that are less than $50,000 individually and $2 million in the aggregate. In the case of clause (1) above, Unilever will bear the first $250,000 in damages. In the case of clause (2) above, once the $2 million threshold is reached, we will not be liable for any occurrence where the damages are less than $50,000 or for the first $1 million of damages that exceed the $50,000 per occurrence threshold. In no event will we be liable for any damages arising out of or resulting from environmental claims that exceed $60 million in the aggregate.

Indemnification Payments. Any damages for which we indemnify Unilever will be paid in cash at the time the damages are finally determined until the aggregate of the damages equals $17 million. Thereafter, any damages for which we indemnify Unilever will, with limited exceptions, be deferred and paid in cash on the date Unilever and its affiliates cease to own any equity interest in Holdings.

 

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Prior to the date on which Unilever ceases to own any equity interest in Holdings, any damages for which Unilever indemnifies us will be paid two-thirds in cash at the time the damages are finally determined and one-third in cash on the date on which Unilever ceases to own any equity interest in Holdings.

In calculating the amount of damages for which we will indemnify Unilever, the provisions of the acquisition agreement operate to make Unilever whole, but not more than whole, taking into account Unilever’s equity interest in Holdings, as it may decrease or cease to exist over time, and whether the price paid by Holdings to Unilever for any of its equity has been reduced to reflect any damages for which we are liable. This is accomplished by means of a gross-up to the amount of damages suffered and, in the case of damages suffered directly by us, by allocating one-third, or such lower number as represents Unilever’s equity interest in Holdings from time to time, of damages to Unilever. Accordingly, the following rules apply in calculating the amount of damages:

 

   

if Unilever or another indemnified party actually pays, suffers or incurs damages, the damages will be paid dollar-for-dollar by us and Holdings on a grossed-up basis; and

 

   

if we or Holdings pay, suffer or incur damages, one-third, or such lower number as represents Unilever’s equity interest in Holdings from time to time, of the damages will be paid by us and Holdings on a grossed-up basis.

After the date on which Unilever and its affiliates cease to own any equity interest in Holdings, any damages for which we indemnify Unilever will be paid 100% in cash at the time those damages are finally determined.

Stockholders’ Agreement

In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, Holdings and its stockholders, Holdco and Marga B.V., entered into a stockholders’ agreement relating to, among other things:

 

   

restrictions on the transfer of Holdings’ shares held by the stockholders;

 

   

Holdings’ corporate governance, including board and committee representation and stockholder approval provisions;

 

   

the put and call options described under the caption “—Put and Call Options;”

 

   

the payments described under the caption “—Contingent Payments;” and

 

   

various other rights and obligations of Holdings and its stockholders, such as provisions relating to delivery of and access to financial and other information, payment of dividends and indemnification of directors, officers and stockholders.

Marga B.V.’s obligations under the stockholders’ agreement are guaranteed by Unilever N.V. Marga B.V. and Unilever N.V. are referred to collectively in this discussion as “Unilever”.

In December 2005, Unilever approved and Holdings declared and paid a special dividend payment of $35.2 million to Holdco in order to facilitate the cash requirements of the Holdco tender offer. In consideration of the special dividend, Holdings, Holdco and Unilever agreed to amend the stockholders’ agreement. The amendment effectively increases the amount of the purchase price to be paid to Unilever at the time Unilever ceases to own any equity interest in Holdings by approximately $13.1 million plus applicable interest from the date the special dividend was paid to Holdco.

On May 1, 2006, in association with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, Holdco, Marga B.V., and Holdings amended and restated the stockholders agreement dated as of May 3, 2002 among the parties. The restatement contained provisions relating to, among other things, share transfer restrictions, corporate governance, put and call options and rights of first offer and refusal and various other rights and obligations of the parties. In addition, the restatement adjusted the buyout formula related to Marga B.V.’s shares in Holdings to require an incremental payment of $30.0 million, plus interest (payable from put execution date) at the time of

 

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Marga B.V.’s exit. The restatement also provides for the issuance of options to Marga B.V. for the purchase of Holdings at exit, which following exercise, will result in the incremental payment to Marga B.V., by Holdco, of up to $40.0 million, plus interest.

Put and Call Options. Under the stockholders’ agreement, at any time after May 3, 2008, Unilever has the right to require Holdings to purchase the shares then beneficially owned by Unilever. Holdings has the option to purchase the shares beneficially owned by Unilever at any time after May 3, 2010. Any exercise by Holdings of its call option must be for at least 50% of each of the shares beneficially owned by Unilever. Any exercise by Unilever of its put option must be for all of its shares.

Before May 3, 2010, Holdings’ obligations in connection with a put by Unilever are conditioned on a refinancing of our and Holdings’ indebtedness, including indebtedness under our senior subordinated notes and our senior secured credit facilities. In connection with the put, Holdings must use its reasonable best efforts prior to May 3, 2009, and its best efforts after that date, to consummate a refinancing and may be required to purchase less than all of the shares subject to the put under some circumstances. If Holdings purchases less than all of the shares subject to a put, Unilever may again put its remaining shares after a specified suspension period.

Following the exercise by Unilever of its put rights, if Holdings fails to purchase all of Unilever’s shares for cash by May 3, 2010, it must issue a promissory note to Unilever in exchange for the remaining shares. The maturity date of the promissory note will be either 90 days or one year after its issuance, depending on the level of Unilever’s ownership interest in Holdings at that time. The terms of the promissory note will provide Unilever with rights similar to its rights as a stockholder under the stockholders’ agreement, including board representation, veto and access and informational rights. The promissory note will contain various subordination provisions in relation to our and Holdings’ indebtedness.

If, after May 3, 2010, Unilever has not been paid cash with respect to its put option, Unilever may also:

 

   

require Holdings to privately sell Unilever’s shares or other shares of Holdings’ capital stock to a third party; and

 

   

require Holdings to sell its Japan businesses or any other business or businesses that may be identified for sale by a special committee of Holdings’ board of directors. The special committee is required to identify such other business or businesses after May 3, 2009 and prior to May 3, 2010 and to engage an investment banking firm to assist it with such identification and evaluation.

The exercise of these remedies, other than sales of Unilever’s shares, is subject to compliance with the agreements relating to our and Holdings’ indebtedness.

The price for Holdings’ shares subject to a put or call option will be based on Holdings’ enterprise value at the time the relevant option is exercised, plus its cash and minus its indebtedness.

Holdings’ enterprise value cannot be less than eight times the EBITDA of Holdings and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for the preceding four fiscal quarters, as calculated in accordance with the terms of the stockholders’ agreement. If Holdings, Unilever and their respective financial advisors cannot agree on an enterprise value, the issue will be submitted to an independent third-party for determination.

If Holdings purchases less than all of the shares beneficially owned by Unilever in connection with the exercise of the put or call option, Unilever may elect to fix the price for its remaining shares not purchased. If Unilever does not elect to fix the price, the price will float and a new price will be determined based on the enterprise value the next time a put or call option is exercised.

Contingent Payments. Under the stockholders’ agreement, Holdings may be required to make payments to Unilever in each year from 2007 through 2010 so long as Unilever continues to beneficially own 5% or more of Holdings’ outstanding shares. The amount of each payment will be equal to 25% of the amount by which the cumulative cash flows of Holdings and its subsidiaries, on a

 

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consolidated basis, for the period from May 3, 2002, through the end of the fiscal year preceding the payment (not including any cash flow with respect to which Unilever received a payment in a prior year), exceeds:

 

   

$727 million in 2006;

 

   

$975 million in 2007;

 

   

$1,200 million in 2008; and

 

   

$1,425 million in 2009.

The aggregate amount of all these payments cannot exceed $100 million. Payment of these amounts is subject to compliance with the agreements relating to Holdings’ and our senior indebtedness including, without limitation, the senior discount notes of Holdings, our senior subordinated notes and our senior secured credit facilities.

Transfer of Shares. Under the stockholders’ agreement, a stockholder controlled by Unilever may transfer its shares of Holdings to another entity of which Unilever owns at least an 80% interest, and a stockholder controlled by Holdco may transfer its shares of Holdings to another entity of which Holdco owns at least an 80% interest.

In addition, at any time after May 3, 2007, Unilever may sell all, but not less than all, of its shares of Holdings to no more than one person (an “Early Sale”), subject to certain restrictions, including, but not limited to, the requirement that all consents and approvals are obtained, the sale not violating or resulting in the termination of our license agreement with SCJ and the sale not constituting a change of control under our senior secured credit facilities. Further, the purchaser of Holdings’ shares from Unilever cannot be a competitor of SCJ and must be approved by Holdco, which approval cannot be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If Unilever sells its shares of Holdings to a third party, that third party would be entitled to the same rights and be subject to the same obligations applicable to Unilever under the stockholders’ agreement.

From May 3, 2007 through May 3, 2008, prior to commencing an Early Sale, Unilever must notify Holdings of its intention to sell its shares and Holdings has the right of first offer to purchase the shares beneficially owned by Unilever at the price and on the terms specified by Unilever. If Holdings does not elect to purchase the shares, Unilever may commence an Early Sale. Prior to completing that sale, however, Unilever must again offer the shares to Holdings, and Holdings has a right of first refusal to purchase the shares. The price for the shares under Holdings’ right of first refusal would be the price at which the shares are offered to the third-party purchaser plus a premium equal to 3% of that third-party price, with a maximum aggregate premium of $15.0 million and a minimum aggregate premium of $10.0 million. The maximum and minimum limitations applicable to the premium are prorated to the extent that Holdings had previously purchased shares held by Unilever. The premium would be paid by Holdco. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Unilever has not notified Holdings of its intention to sell its shares pursuant to an Early Sale prior to May 3, 2008, Unilever would be required to first exercise its put option prior to selling its shares to a third party as described in this paragraph.

Purchase of Additional Shares from Holdco. Under the stockholders’ agreement, on the earlier of May 3, 2010 and the date on which Unilever sells all of its shares of Holdings to Holdings or a third party in accordance with the terms of the stockholders’ agreement, Unilever will have the right to buy from Holdco that number of class A common shares of Holdings (the “Additional Shares”) equal to the lesser of (i) 1.5% of the total outstanding shares of Holdings and (ii) the largest whole number of class A common shares, the aggregate value (as determined pursuant to the stockholders’ agreement) of which does not exceed $40.0 million. The purchase price to be paid by Unilever to Holdco for such Additional Shares would be $.01 per share. Unilever may then require the immediate repurchase by Holdco of the Additional Shares at a price determined in accordance with the stockholders’ agreement. The obligations to transfer the Additional Shares and repurchase those shares are obligations solely of Holdco.

Corporate Governance. Holdings’ board of directors consists of eleven directors, including five independent directors appointed by Holdco. So long as Unilever beneficially owns at least 20% of Holdings’ outstanding shares, it is entitled to nominate two directors to Holdings’ board of directors. If Unilever beneficially owns less than 20% but at least 5% of Holdings’ outstanding shares,

 

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it will be entitled to nominate one director. Holdco has agreed to vote its shares of Holdings to cause the board of directors to include the directors nominated by Unilever if Unilever satisfies the conditions above. Under the stockholders’ agreement, a Unilever director representative will continue to sit on the Compensation Committee of Holdings’ board of directors. Unilever has also designated one of its director representatives to be an observer to attend, but not vote at, meetings of the Audit Committee. In addition, the authority of Holdings’ board of directors with respect to specified formal bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings will be exercised by a special bankruptcy committee constituted in accordance with the terms of Holdings’ bylaws and the stockholders’ agreement. The stockholders’ agreement and Holdings’ certificate of incorporation generally require, with specified exceptions, the approval of stockholders holding more than 90% of Holdings’ outstanding shares before Holdings or its subsidiaries can affect various transactions, including, among others, transactions relating to:

 

   

any acquisition or disposition or any joint venture, alliance or capital project having an aggregate fair market value or which will result in aggregate expenditures or payments in excess of (1) $50 million individually, or (2) $100 million collectively (and $10 million individually for aggregation purposes) with other transactions entered into in the immediately preceding twelve months;

 

   

the issuance of any additional shares of capital stock, common stock equivalents, or other equity or equity-related interests;

 

   

any merger, consolidation or similar business combination or any sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity or any reorganization or recapitalization having similar effect;

 

   

a liquidation or dissolution;

 

   

the purchase or investment of a minority equity investment or investment in the nature of indebtedness with a fair market value or resulting in payments that exceed $10 million;

 

   

the entering into of any material line of business unrelated to the business of Holdings and its subsidiaries as of May 3, 2002;

 

   

the closing, winding-up, discontinuation or other exiting or termination of any line of business, if such line of business generated more than $5 million of annualized EBITDA;

 

   

the modification of the policies governing dividends or distributions to Holdings’ stockholders or the declaration by Holdings of dividends or distributions in violation of that policy;

 

   

the incurrence of specified types of additional indebtedness;

 

   

the settlement of any legal proceedings that would impose any material restrictions on the operations of Holdings and its subsidiaries or involve amounts in excess of $10 million, except for proceedings covered by insurance;

 

   

any change in independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

specified transactions with affiliates of Holdco, including SCJ;

 

   

the redemption or retirement of any of Holdings’ common stock or other equity securities or common stock equivalents;

 

   

any amendment of Holdings’ certificate of incorporation, bylaws or Audit or Compensation Committee charters, with specified exceptions;

 

   

the adoption of any stock option or employee stock ownership plan or the issuance of any equity securities under any stock plan; and

 

   

the adoption of any new, or amendment of existing, employee benefit plans that would result in increases above specified levels in annual costs of benefits, with specified exceptions.

The stockholders’ agreement also requires that agreements, contracts, arrangements or transactions relating to the compensation of our officers and directors be approved by the Compensation Committee of Holdings’ board of directors. The stockholders’ agreement requires that Holdings’ board of directors’ review, consider and approve annual capital and operating budgets, and

 

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strategic plans prepared from time to time. The stockholders’ agreement also requires that Holdings’ board of directors approve the initiation of various material legal proceedings by or on behalf of us or Holdings and any subsidiary.

Stockholder Indemnification. Under the stockholders’ agreement, Holdings will indemnify Unilever and its affiliates, officers, directors and employees against all costs arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in specified documents filed with the SEC or provided to prospective investors or the omission or alleged omission from those documents of a material fact required to be stated in the documents or necessary to make the statements in the documents, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if, and only to the extent, that those costs arise from Unilever or its affiliate, officer, director or employee being determined to be a person who controls Holdings within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This indemnification does not apply to any costs to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Holdings for inclusion in any document described above by Unilever or any of its affiliates (other than Holdings), including any financial statements required to be delivered under the acquisition agreement.

Unilever will indemnify and hold Holdings harmless from and against any and all costs arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in specified documents filed by Holdings with the SEC or provided to prospective investors, or the omission or alleged omission from a document of a material fact required to be stated in that document or necessary to make the statements in that document, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if and only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in that document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Holdings for inclusion in any document described above by Unilever or any of its affiliates (other than Holdings), including any financial statements required to be delivered under the acquisition.

Term. The stockholders’ agreement terminates, with respect to a stockholder, after its affiliates no longer own any shares of Holdings, and with respect to Unilever (or its assignee), after Unilever (or its assignee) no longer beneficially owns any of the shares of Holdings or, if issued, the promissory note of Holdings in exchange for shares put by Unilever (or its assignee).

Sales Agency Agreement

In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, we and various of our subsidiaries entered into a sales agency agreement with Unilever whereby, subject to limited exceptions, we and various of our subsidiaries act as Unilever’s sales agents in the sale of certain of Unilever’s consumer brand cleaning products to institutional and industrial end-users in most countries where DiverseyLever conducted its business prior to the closing of the acquisition. In turn, we and our subsidiaries have agreed that we will not act on behalf of any other third parties in the sale or promotion of those parties’ products if the products are similar to products we are selling for Unilever as its agents, except with respect to sales of products for affiliates or under arrangements existing on May 3, 2002. The sales agency agreement terminates on May 2, 2007; however, we are currently in negotiations with Unilever to replace this arrangement prior to its expiration with a combination of a sales agency agreement that would be applicable to specific countries and a product licensing agreement that would be applicable to the rest of the countries in which the current sales agency agreement operates.

In exchange for our and our subsidiaries’ sales agency services, which include sales, promotion, collection and after-sales technical support and customer care, we and our subsidiaries are paid an agency fee. The agency fee s determined separately for each territory. The agency fee, expressed as a percentage of the net proceeds of sales, covers specified pre-determined costs for that territory based upon the costs incurred by the DiverseyLever business prior to May 3, 2002, plus one half of the EBITDA margin of all territories combined, both for the twelve months ended June 30, 2001. In any given year, for amounts sold in excess of targeted sales, the agency fee will be one-half of the regular amount. The targeted sales amount will equal the net proceeds of sales for the twelve months ended June 30, 2001, subject to change through indexation.

 

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In addition to the agency fee, we and our subsidiaries are paid an additional agency fee per territory based on agreed-upon multipliers of the total amount of specified non-variable costs for each territory for the twelve months ended June 30, 2001. This additional agency fee is payable upon the termination of the entire agreement. A portion of the fee attributable to a territory is payable earlier if the sales agency agreement is terminated in part with respect to that territory, or, if we elect, if sales in that territory drop below 90% of the targeted sales for a given year.

Subject to paying the additional agency fee, with specified exceptions, Unilever may terminate the sales agency agreement in whole if sales drop below 75% of the targeted sales for the whole area for a given year or in part, by territory, if sales drop below 75% of the targeted sales for a territory or territories for a given year. Unilever may also terminate the sales agency agreement for specified other reasons, including insolvency and change of control.

While the agency fee contemplates historical levels and rates of enforcement and collection of bad debts, we are responsible for 100% of all bad debts, if any, in excess of these historical levels until the bad debt rate rises to twice as high as those historical levels, at which time the parties will begin to share equally the costs of those bad debts.

Due to pre-existing contractual obligations with SCJ, we and our subsidiaries may not sell any products as agent for Unilever in some channels of trade that are not exclusively institutional and industrial, and we and our subsidiaries may not sell some products, such as general cleaning products, in any channels of trade that are not exclusively institutional and industrial. The sales agency agreement carves out these restricted channels of trade and products and allows Unilever to make sales associated with these channels of trade and products directly or through another agent or distributor. Our agreements with SCJ do not affect our or our subsidiaries’ ability to sell products on behalf of Unilever in exclusively institutional and industrial channels of trade.

Under the sales agency agreement, the parties will generally be liable for damages in the event of a breach of their obligations, as well as for some specific losses and claims, including losses resulting from termination of employees, product recalls, product warranty or product liability. In addition, in the case of a willful breach, the parties may be liable for loss of profits, loss of margin, loss of contract, loss of goodwill or any other indirect, special or consequential losses resulting from that breach. The aggregate liabilities of the parties under the sales agency agreement may not exceed €20 million for us and €10 million for Unilever. Unilever’s indemnification limit does not include its obligation to pay the additional agency fee described above. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we received an aggregate of $85.5 million, $94.1 million and $93.0 million, respectively, in agency fees from Unilever under the sales agency agreement.

Intellectual Property Agreements

Retained Technology License Agreement. In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, we entered into a retained technology license agreement with Unilever under which Unilever has granted us a license of the patents, design rights, copyrights and know-how used in the DiverseyLever business, during the period from July 1, 2000, through May 3, 2002, but that were retained by Unilever. The patents, design rights, copyrights and know-how that were retained by Unilever are those patents, design rights, copyrights and know-how that were either used in Unilever’s businesses, in addition to the DiverseyLever business, or are those specified patents that are the subject of retained litigation or license agreements that restrict assignments. In this annual report, these specified patents are referred to as the “restricted patents.” Under the retained technology license agreement, Unilever has granted us:

 

   

a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license (with a right to freely sublicense) of the proprietary know-how, trade secrets, unregistered design rights and copyrights used in the DiverseyLever business at any time during the period from July 1, 2000, through May 3, 2002, and owned by Unilever on May 3, 2002;

 

   

a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license of specified Unilever patents in the professional market (with rights to sublicense to our subsidiaries and affiliates and to the extent sublicenses were in effect in the DiverseyLever business on May 3, 2002); and

 

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a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license of the restricted patents for all purposes, with a right to freely sublicense, in all jurisdictions in which the restricted patents are in effect.

The licenses to use Unilever’s intellectual property described above are irrevocable, subject to various exceptions described in the retained technology license agreement. Unilever’s ability to grant any further licenses of the patents in the professional market prior to May 2, 2005 was subject to specified conditions in the retained technology license agreement, and Unilever has agreed not to grant any further licenses of the restricted patents for any purpose, except to the extent necessary to resolve litigation or a dispute. Unilever has also agreed not to engage in any acts that would infringe on the restricted patents.

With respect to each licensed patent, the license granted will terminate with the expiration of the particular patent, unless the patent is terminated or held invalid sooner. The license granted with respect to know-how, unregistered design rights and copyrights will exist until the expiry of the relevant right unless terminated earlier by us. We may terminate the retained technology license agreement at any time by providing written notice to Unilever. Unilever may terminate the patent licenses granted to us if we challenged the validity of, or Unilever’s ownership of, any of its patents licensed under the retained technology license agreement or if we are in material or persistent breach of any provision of the retained technology license agreement and, if the breach is curable, have not cured the breach within ten business days after receipt of notice of the breach.

Transferred Technology License Agreement. On May 3, 2002, we entered into a transferred technology license agreement with Unilever under which we have granted a license to Unilever to use specified intellectual property rights (other than patents and registered designs) and specified patents and registered designs that were transferred to us as part of the acquisition. Under the transferred technology license agreement, we have granted to Unilever:

 

   

a nonexclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license of the transferred technology (with a right to freely sublicense), provided that Unilever may use the trademarks included in the transferred technology only in relation to goods and services in respect of, and only in countries in, which the trademarks were used on May 3, 2002; and

 

   

a nonexclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license of the transferred patents in the consumer brands business of Unilever and for developing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing, keeping, importing and selling specified products permitted under the transferred technology license agreement, in all jurisdictions in which the transferred patents are in effect.

With respect to each licensed patent, the license will terminate upon the expiration of the particular patent, unless the patent is terminated or held invalid sooner. The license granted with respect to copyrights, unregistered design rights and know-how will exist until expiry of the relevant rights unless terminated earlier by Unilever. Unilever may terminate the transferred technology license agreement at any time upon providing written notice to us. We may terminate the license of the transferred patents if:

 

   

Unilever challenges the validity of our ownership of any of the transferred patents;

 

   

Unilever is in material or persistent breach of a provision of the transferred technology license agreement and, if the breach is curable, has not cured the breach within ten business days after receipt of notice of the breach; or

 

   

a specified insolvency-related event involving Unilever is commenced or occurs.

Retained Trademark License Agreement. On May 3, 2002, we entered into a retained trademark license agreement with Unilever under which Unilever has granted us a license to use the “Lever” name in our business. We were also granted the right to use the “Unilever” name. The license, which was originally set to expire on November 2, 2004, was extended to May 2, 2006. A further extension was given to December 2, 2006 for but only for certain circumstances and an additional extension was given until December 2, 2007 for specific products in a specific regions. Under the retained trademark license agreement, Unilever has granted us

 

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an exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense only to our subsidiaries and affiliates) to use the Lever mark in the same combinations and manner in which it was used in the DiverseyLever business on the closing date of the acquisition, and in the word “DiverseyLever” until the license’s expiration, in the same manner and in relation to the same goods and services as those for which the Lever mark was used, and in the countries in which the DiverseyLever business operated, on May 3, 2002. The license does not extend to the dispensed products, which are covered by their own license under the dispensed products license agreement discussed below.

The retained trademark license agreement will continue until the end of the periods for which the license is granted as discussed above. We may terminate the license granted at any time. Unilever may terminate the retained trademark license agreement if:

 

   

We challenge the validity of or Unilever’s ownership of any rights or registrations in or in relation to any of the trademarks;

 

   

We are in breach of provisions of the retained trademark license agreement relating to the use of, or filings for, the trademarks;

 

   

We are in material or persistent breach of a provision of the retained trademark license agreement and, if the breach is curable, have not cured the breach within fifteen business days after receipt of notice of the breach;

 

   

We have a change of control; or

 

   

A specified insolvency-related event involving us is commenced or occurs.

Dispensed Products License Agreement. On May 3, 2002, we entered into a dispensed products license agreement with Unilever under which Unilever has granted us a license to use the trademarks, patents and know-how relating to the products we and our subsidiaries sell for use in our cleaner dispensing systems. Under the dispensed products license agreement, Unilever has granted us:

 

   

a nonexclusive license (with the right to sublicense only to our subsidiaries and affiliates) to use in specified countries (in accordance with Unilever’s guidelines on use) the relevant trademarks on the corresponding dispensed products manufactured and packed in accordance with Unilever’s technical specifications;

 

   

a nonexclusive license (with right to sublicense only to our subsidiaries and affiliates) of the patents and know-how relevant to the dispensed products in specified countries to use, keep, produce for sale, make, offer and import for sale and sell the corresponding dispensed products manufactured and packed in accordance with Unilever’s technical specifications and under its trademarks.

Under the dispensed products license agreement, we pay to Unilever a royalty of 4% of the net sales of the dispensed products. We may not use the trademarks or formulation rights other than in the same manner and for the same purposes as they were used in the DiverseyLever business prior to May 3, 2002. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we paid an aggregate of $0.9 million $0.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively, to Unilever under the dispensed products license agreement.

The dispensed products license agreement terminates on May 2, 2007. At the end of the term the dispensed products license agreement automatically renews for successive one year periods. Either party may terminate the dispensed products license agreement or the licenses granted under the agreement by providing six months’ written notice prior to any anniversary of the dispensed products license agreement, provided that Unilever may terminate prior to May 2, 2007, only if:

 

   

We and/or any of our subsidiaries sells a product for use in (or by means of) any dispensing system similar to a specified dispensing system in the dispensed products license agreement, which product is branded with a trademark that is neither licensed under the dispensed products license agreement, owned by us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates, nor owned by the professional end-user of that product; and

 

   

Unilever notifies us of those sales, and we do not cease those sales within twenty business days after the notice.

 

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Unilever may also terminate the dispensed products license agreement if:

 

   

We challenge the validity of or Unilever’s ownership of any rights or registrations in or in relation to any of the licensed rights;

 

   

We are in breach of the provisions of the dispensed products license agreement that relate to the use of the trademarks and formulation rights and quality control;

 

   

We are in material or persistent breach of a provision of the dispensed products license agreement and, if the breach is curable, have not cured the breach within fifteen business days after receipt of notice of the breach;

 

   

We have a change of control; or

 

   

A specified insolvency-related event involving us is commenced or occurs.

Transitional Services Agreement

On May 3, 2002, we entered into a transitional services agreement with Unilever relating to a wide range of support services from Unilever and intended to ensure the smooth transition of the DiverseyLever business from Unilever to us. These services included various human resources, information technology, intellectual property administration, analytical, warehousing and transportation, administrative, provision of office space and other services. In addition, Unilever agreed to allow our affiliates access to its computer network under a network access arrangement. The level and manner in which Unilever provides these services generally must be consistent with the level and manner in which they were provided to the DiverseyLever business immediately prior to the closing of the acquisition.

Unilever provided each service for the period agreed upon by the parties, but did not provide any service longer than 24 months, except for redirecting internet traffic to the appropriate new domain name or address, which Unilever provided for up to 30 months. Under the transitional services agreement, Unilever provided most services until May 2, 2003, and as of December 30, 2005, all the services under the transitional services agreement have been terminated. The price for each service was at cost, and generally was determined in a manner consistent with Unilever’s existing cost allocation methodology. Unilever adjusted the prices from time to time in the ordinary course of business, provided the adjustments reflected the cost for the relevant service. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 we paid an aggregate of $1.9 million to Unilever under the transitional services agreement.

In association with the continuation of various support services and reimbursement of benefit related costs not covered by the transitional services agreement, we paid Unilever $0.8 million, $0.9 million and $0.7 million, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively,

Supply Agreements

We entered into two supply agreements with Unilever in connection with the acquisition. Under these agreements, we and Unilever, through the members of our respective groups, manufacture, pack, store and ship products for each other. Under one of the supply agreements, we act as the supplier and Unilever serves as the customer, and under the other agreement the roles are reversed. With the exception of this role reversal and the factories involved, the products that are supplied and some other less significant differences included in the supply agreement under which we act as supplier based on the integration of the DiverseyLever business with us, the two supply agreements are identical.

The supply agreements provide for the supply of all products that Unilever and the DiverseyLever business supplied to one another during the period immediately preceding the closing date of the acquisition. Prices are based on the provisions relating to pricing and terms of payment that existed between Unilever and the DiverseyLever business prior to closing, subject to revision by agreement of the parties.

 

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Each supply agreement remains in effect as to a particular product until that product will not be supplied any longer. We and Unilever may terminate either supply agreement in part or in its entirety in the event of an unremedied serious or persistent breach by the other party, upon a change in control or for any reason on the giving of six months’ written notice. Further, we or Unilever may terminate a particular order upon a breach of the terms of the order that remains uncured for a specified period. Finally, the customer under either supply agreement may terminate the agreement as to products supplied at a particular factory if the supplier does not implement reasonable suggestions that the customer makes, taking into account standards used in the supply of the products in the period immediately prior to the closing of the acquisition, after visiting that factory. For the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we paid Unilever an aggregate of $16.3 million, $12.5 million and $11.8 million, respectively (excluding inventories associated with the sales agency agreement), and Unilever paid us an aggregate of $48.2 million, $44.5 million and $39.4 million, respectively, under these supply agreements.

Non-Competition Agreement

On May 3, 2002, we and Holdings entered into a non-competition agreement with Unilever. The non-competition agreement restricted or restricts Unilever and its affiliates from competing with us in the Business (as defined below) (1) in the European Union, until May 2, 2005, and (2) in countries outside of the European Union in which the DiverseyLever business was engaged prior to the acquisition, until May 2, 2007.

For purposes of the non-competition agreement, the term “Business” is defined as the business of:

(1) developing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing and selling to professional end-users and wholesalers, distributors, “cash and carry” outlets or similar resellers who purchase products for resale, directly or indirectly, to professional end-users:

 

   

fabric care products

 

   

machine ware washing products

 

   

kitchen cleaning products

 

   

personal care products

 

   

building care products

 

   

pest control products

 

   

air cleaning products

 

   

cleaning and hygiene utensils and paper products,

which, in each case, are marketed and sold:

(A) under a “professional brand,” i.e., one used exclusively or primarily on products sold to or for use by commercial, institutional or industrial end-users, or

(B) under a “consumer brand,” i.e., one used exclusively or primarily on products sold to or for use by domestic end-users, and where no equivalent product for the same general purpose is marketed and sold by Unilever or its affiliates in its consumer products business;

(2) developing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing and selling other specified categories of industrial cleaning, hygiene and maintenance products; and

(3) developing, marketing, distributing, selling and providing specified categories of services in relation to the products described above or in connection with the cleaning and hygiene requirements of commercial, institutional and industrial end-users.

 

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Neither Unilever nor any of its affiliates will be in breach of the non-competition agreement if:

 

   

it acquires a business that includes a competing business if:

(1) the aggregate revenues of the competing business for the twelve months immediately preceding the closing of the acquisition of the acquired business represent less than 33% of the acquired business in the territory covered by the non-competition agreement for the same twelve-month period and Unilever or an affiliate of Unilever uses its reasonable best efforts to sell the competing business within twelve months of the date of acquisition, subject to involving us and Holdings in any auction sales process and to specified other requirements; or

(2) the aggregate revenues of the competing business for the twelve months immediately preceding the closing of the acquisition of the acquired business represent less than $50 million annually in the aggregate or less than $25 million annually in any one country;

 

   

it continues any operations carried out by Unilever and its affiliates under contracts with us or Holdings or our respective subsidiaries; or

 

   

it continues to conduct the Business in Cote d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras, Malawi, and pursuant to the distributorship operations of Unilex Cameroun S.A., in Cameroon, in which Unilever retained assets and operations of its institutional cleaning and hygiene business.

Moreover, the non-competition agreement does not prohibit Unilever and its affiliates from engaging in its consumer products business anywhere in the world or developing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing or selling any product which has the same general purpose as the products described in clause (1) of the definition of “Business” above to or for commercial, industrial or institutional end-users if an equivalent product is marketed or sold by Unilever or any of its affiliates in connection with its consumer products business, whether or not the product is reformulated and repackaged for use by commercial, industrial or institutional end-users.

Director Independence

Because Holdings is the owner of all of our common equity interests, except for one share held by SCJ, if our company were a listed issuer it would be a “controlled company” as that term is used in the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and therefore not required to have a majority of independent directors. Our board has determined, however, that with the exception of Messrs. Johnson and Lonergan and Ms. Johnson-Leipold, all of our directors are independent within the meaning of, and applying, the NYSE standards. Mr. Johnson is our Chairman, an executive officer position of our company, and therefore is not independent under the NYSE standards. Mr. Lonergan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of our company and is therefore not independent under the NYSE standards. Ms. Johnson-Leipold is a sibling of Mr. Johnson, our Chairman, and is therefore not independent under the NYSE standards. In addition, as discussed under “— Interests of Our Officers and Directors,” Messrs. Johnson and Louis and Ms. Johnson-Leipold may have interests in our transactions with SCJ and other Johnson family businesses. Our board has affirmatively determined, however, that Mr. Louis’ interests in those transactions do not constitute a “material relationship” with our company for purposes of, and applying, the NYSE standards.

In assessing the independence of our directors for purposes of, and applying, the NYSE standards, our board considered the relationships disclosed under “— Interests of Our Officers and Directors.” Except with respect to Messrs. Johnson and Lonergan and Ms. Johnson-Leipold, our board has determined that these relationships do not impair the independence of the interested directors for purposes of, and applying, the NYSE standards.

In addition, the terms of our stockholders’ agreement among Holdings, Holdco and Unilever require the parties to the agreement to vote their shares and take other necessary action to cause the Holdings board to include the categories of directors described therein. The stockholders’ agreement permits Holdco to nominate up to five individuals who meet the definition of “Independent Director” set forth therein. A copy of the stockholders’ agreement is posted on our website at http://www.johnsondiversey.com under

 

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“Investor Relations — SEC Filings — JohnsonDiversey — 2006 Form 8-K (Divestiture of Polymer).” While not required under the stockholders’ agreement, JDI also voluntarily applies the definition of “Independent Director” in the stockholders’ agreement in determining whether its directors are independent. Messrs. Brown, Howe, Nottleson and Wittwer and Ms. Esteves meet the definition of “Independent Director” set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

Interests of Our Officers and Directors

S. Curtis Johnson III, our Chairman, and Helen Johnson-Leipold and Clifton Louis, our directors, and some members of their respective immediate families, are descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson and shareholders of SCJ and Willow Holdings, Inc. Messrs. Johnson and Louis and Ms. Johnson-Leipold, and members of their respective immediate families, also beneficially own shares of Holdco, our indirect parent. See “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.” As a result of these relationships, these individuals may have an interest in our transactions with SCJ and other Johnson family businesses, including Willow Holdings, Inc.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

On an annual basis, each director and executive officer is obligated to complete a director and officer questionnaire that requires disclosure of any transactions with our company in which the director or executive officer, or any member of his or her immediate family, has a direct or indirect material interest. Our board of directors reviews such transactions to identify impairments to director independence and in connection with disclosure obligations under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act.

On May 31, 2002, we loaned $97,500 to Clive Newman, our Vice President and Corporate Controller, in connection with the purchase of his home. The interest rate on the loan is 5.16% per annum, payable semi-monthly. The loan has a term of five years and matures on May 31, 2007, with no payments against principal due until that date. If Mr. Newman’s employment with us is terminated for any reason before that date, the full amount of unpaid principal and any accrued interest will become due and payable immediately. As of March 2, 2007, the full amount of the loan was outstanding.

Several of the Company’s management were indebted to the Company in connection with their purchases of shares of class C common stock of Holdco. These loans were outstanding in the amount of $0.9 million, net of the forgiven portion, as of December 30, 2005. There were no outstanding loans as of December 29, 2006.

Holdco is a party to buy-sell agreements with some of our employees, consultants or directors who also own shares of class A or class B common stock of Holdco. These buy-sell agreements were entered into in connection with our separation from SCJ in 1999. Under these buy-sell agreements, the holder has the right to sell to Holdco, and Holdco is required to purchase, shares of the holder’s class A or class B common stock at a formula price set forth in the agreements. This right may be exercised annually during the months of April, May, October and November. Under the agreements, Holdco has the option to purchase the holder’s shares upon termination of the holder’s employer-employee, director or consultant relationship with us. In addition, subject to specified exceptions, the holder has agreed that it will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of its shares without first offering those shares to Holdco. If Holdco does not exercise its right to purchase those shares within a 60-day period, the holder may transfer its shares to the proposed transferee on the same terms and price as set forth in its offer.

In July 2005, we purchased two minority equity interests from Holdco, including a North American business for $1.0 million and a Dutch business associated with its former polymer segment for $2.0 million.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, served as our principal accountants for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005. During those periods, we incurred the following fees for services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP:

 

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Audit Fees. Represents fees for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and reviews of our quarterly financial statements, advice on accounting matters that arose during the audit and audit services provided in connection with other global statutory or regulatory filings. Audit fees were $4.2 million for the year ended December 29, 2006 and $4.1 million for the year ended December 30, 2005.

Audit-Related Fees. Represents fees for professional services rendered in connection with merger and acquisition due diligence, audits of acquired businesses and employee benefit plan audits. Audit-related fees were $1.1 million for the year ended December 29, 2006 and $566,000 for the year ended December 30, 2005. The increase in audit-related fees from fiscal year 2005 to fiscal year 2006 was primarily due to billings associated with the divestiture of the Polymer Business and other initiatives associated with the November 2005 Plan.

Tax Fees. Represents fees for professional services rendered in connection with general tax advice, tax planning and tax compliance. Tax fees were $724,000 for the year ended December 29, 2006 and $441,000 for the year ended December 30, 2005.

All Other Fees. Represents fees for all other professional services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP. All other fees were $10,000 for the year ended December 29, 2006 and $2,000 for the year ended December 30, 2005. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has determined that the provision by Ernst & Young LLP of non-audit services to us in the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, is compatible with maintaining the independence of Ernst & Young LLP. In accordance with its charter, the Audit Committee approves in advance all audit and non-audit services to be rendered by Ernst & Young LLP. In determining whether to approve such services, the Audit Committee considers the following:

 

   

whether the services are performed principally for the Audit Committee;

 

   

the effect of the service, if any, on audit effectiveness or on the quality and timeliness of our financial reporting process;

 

   

whether the service would be performed by a specialist (e.g., technology specialist) who also provides audit support and whether that would hinder independence;

 

   

whether the service would be performed by audit personnel and, if so, whether it will enhance the knowledge of our business;

 

   

whether the role of those performing the service would be inconsistent with the auditor’s role (e.g., a role where neutrality, impartiality and auditor skepticism are likely to be subverted);

 

   

whether the audit firm’s personnel would be assuming a management role or creating a mutuality of interest with management;

 

   

whether the auditors would be in effect auditing their own numbers;

 

   

whether the audit firm has unique expertise in the service; and

 

   

the size of the fee(s) for the non-audit service(s).

During fiscal years 2006 and 2005, all professional services provided by Ernst & Young LLP were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with our policies.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

The following documents are filed as part of this annual report on Form 10-K:

 

  (1) Financial Statements:

See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1.

 

  (2) Financial Statement Schedules:

See Item 15(c) of this report.

 

  (3) Exhibits:

The exhibits required by Item 15 are listed in the Exhibit Index on page E-1.

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.

Other than this annual report filed on Form 10-K, no other annual reports or proxy soliciting materials have been or will be sent to our security holders.

 

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(c) Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

JohnsonDiversey, Inc.

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

     Balance at
Beginning
of Year
   Charges to
Costs and
Expenses
   Charges to
Other
Accounts (1)
    Deductions (2)     Balance at
End
of Year
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts             

Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2006

   $ 26,823    $ 7,058    $ 6,116     $ (9,286 )   $ 30,711

Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2005

     28,549      7,902      (2,192 )     (7,436 )     26,823

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

     27,349      9,162      1,301       (9,263 )     28,549

Tax Valuation Allowance

            

Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2006

     251,831      37,839      (7,566 )     (77,436 )     204,668

Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2005

     47,821      152,378      52,252       (620 )     251,831

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

     46,189      12,890      (4,234 )     (7,024 )     47,821

 

(1) Includes the effects of changes in currency translation and business acquisitions

 

(2) Represents amounts written off from the allowance for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries, or the release of tax valuation allowances in jurisdictions where a change in facts and circumstances lead to the usage or a change in judgment relating to the usage of net operating loss or tax credit carryforwards.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on March 22, 2007.

 

JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
By   /s/ Joseph F. Smorada
  Joseph F. Smorada, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below on March 22, 2007 by the following persons on the behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.

 

    /s/ Edward F. Lonergan

Edward F. Lonergan

   President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

    /s/ Joseph F. Smorada

Joseph F. Smorada

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

    /s/ Clive A. Newman

Clive A. Newman

   Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

    /s/ S. Curtis Johnson III*

S. Curtis Johnson III

   Director and Chairman

    /s/ Todd C. Brown*

Todd C. Brown

   Director

    /s/ Irene M. Esteves*

Irene M. Esteves

   Director

    /s/ Robert M. Howe*

Robert M. Howe

   Director

    /s/ Helen Johnson-Leipold*

Helen Johnson-Leipold

   Director

    /s/ Clifton D. Louis*

Clifton D. Louis

   Director

    /s/ Neal R. Nottleson*

Neal R. Nottleson

   Director

    /s/ Reto Wittwer*

Reto Wittwer

   Director

     

*  Joseph F. Smorada, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Form 10-K on behalf of each of the above-named officers and directors of JohnsonDiversey, Inc., pursuant to a power of attorney executed on behalf of each such officer and director.

 

By   /s/ Joseph F. Smorada
  Joseph F. Smorada, Attorney-in-fact

 

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JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Fiscal Years Ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005    F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004    F-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004    F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004    F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – December 29, 2006    F-7

 

F-1


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and

Stockholders of JohnsonDiversey, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2006. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(c). 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 JohnsonDiversey, Inc. at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2006, 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.

 

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
March 19, 2007

 

F-2


JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in thousands, except share data)

 

      December 29, 2006    December 30, 2005  

ASSETS

     

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 208,313    $ 158,186  

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $30,711 and $26,823, respectively

     523,512      476,952  

Accounts receivable – related parties

     27,809      28,370  

Inventories

     261,015      251,692  

Deferred income taxes

     35,256      14,342  

Other current assets

     121,189      114,461  

Current assets of discontinued operations

     4,100      71,160  
               

Total current assets

     1,181,194      1,115,163  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     421,712      432,245  

Capitalized software, net

     61,040      90,996  

Goodwill, net

     1,178,776      1,118,173  

Other intangibles, net

     310,413      342,564  

Long-term receivables – related parties

     71,392      65,194  

Other assets

     63,876      69,935  

Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations

     14,369      74,623  
               

Total assets

   $ 3,302,772    $ 3,308,893  
               

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

     

Current liabilities:

     

Short-term borrowings

   $ 35,649    $ 43,419  

Current portion of long-term debt

     12,954      11,998  

Accounts payable

     350,169      320,066  

Accounts payable – related parties

     55,454      52,976  

Accrued expenses

     482,129      363,309  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     2,943      37,181  
               

Total current liabilities

     939,298      828,949  

Pension and other post-retirement benefits

     234,659      266,351  

Long-term borrowings

     1,046,942      1,350,845  

Long-term payables – related parties

     29,480      28,242  

Deferred income taxes

     56,132      44,027  

Other liabilities

     47,167      55,845  

Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations

     4,423      6,456  
               

Total liabilities

     2,358,101      2,580,715  

Commitments and contingencies

     

Stockholders’ equity:

     

Common stock – $1.00 par value; 200,000 shares authorized; 24,422 shares issued and outstanding

     24      24  

Class A 8% cumulative preferred stock – $100.00 par value; 1,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

     —        —    

Class B 8% cumulative preferred stock – $100.00 par value; 1,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

     —        —    

Capital in excess of par value

     743,183      742,790  

Retained earnings (deficit)

     26,610      (91,551 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     174,854      77,775  

Notes receivable from officers

     —        (860 )
               

Total stockholders’ equity

     944,671      728,178  
               

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 3,302,772    $ 3,308,893  
               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-3


JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(dollars in thousands)

 

      Fiscal Year Ended  
      December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004  

Net sales:

      

Net product and service sales

   $ 2,842,737     $ 2,854,417     $ 2,756,706  

Sales agency fee income

     85,516       94,105       92,975  
                        
     2,928,253       2,948,522       2,849,681  

Cost of sales

     1,702,784       1,691,903       1,588,403  
                        

Gross profit

     1,225,469       1,256,619       1,261,278  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     1,159,242       1,104,940       1,059,829  

Research and development expenses

     60,526       56,533       60,928  

Restructuring expenses

     114,787       17,677       20,525  
                        

Operating profit (loss)

     (109,086 )     77,469       119,996  

Other (income) expense :

      

Interest expense

     120,578       142,853       124,134  

Interest income

     (12,995 )     (8,856 )     (6,258 )

Other (income) expense, net

     5,232       960       5,389  
                        

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interests

     (221,901 )     (57,488 )     (3,269 )

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (87,085 )     138,828       8,687  
                        

Loss from continuing operations before minority interests

     (134,816 )     (196,316 )     (11,956 )

Minority interests in net income (loss) of subsidiaries

     25       (65 )     186  
                        

Loss from continuing operations

     (134,841 )     (196,251 )     (12,142 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes of $127,695, $13,267 and $12,925

     253,123       29,654       25,808  
                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 118,282     $ (166,597 )   $ 13,666  
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4


JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(dollars in thousands)

 

      Comprehensive
Income/(Loss)
    Common
Stock
   Capital in Excess
of Par Value
   Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income/(Loss)
    Notes
Receivable from
Management
    Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 

Balance, January 2, 2004

     $ 24    $ 736,959    $ 114,198     $ 145,401     $ (1,687 )   $ 994,895  

Comprehensive income–

                

Net income

   $ 13,666       —        —        13,666       —         —         13,666  

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax

     60,968       —        —        —         60,968       —         60,968  

Unrealized gains on derivatives, net of tax

     4,097       —        —        —         4,097       —         4,097  

Adjustment to minimum pension liability, net of tax

     (17,485 )     —        —        —         (17,485 )     —         (17,485 )
                      

Total comprehensive income

   $ 61,246                
                      

Capital contributions

       —        651      —         —         —         651  

Dividends declared

       —        —        (12,313 )     —         —         (12,313 )

Principal payments on notes receivable from management

       —        —        —         —         997       997  

Forgiveness of portion of notes receivable from management

       —        —        —         —         349       349  
                                                

Balance, December 31, 2004

     $ 24    $ 737,610    $ 115,551     $ 192,981     $ (341 )   $ 1,045,825  

Comprehensive loss–

                

Net loss

   $ (166,597 )     —        —        (166,597 )     —         —         (166,597 )

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax

     (115,110 )     —        —        —         (115,110 )     —         (115,110 )

Unrealized gains on derivatives, net of tax

     10,953       —        —        —         10,953       —         10,953  

Adjustment to minimum pension liability, net of tax

     (11,049 )     —        —        —         (11,049 )     —         (11,049 )
                      

Total comprehensive loss

   $ (281,803 )              
                      

Capital contributions

       —        5,180      —         —         —         5,180  

Dividends declared

       —        —        (40,505 )     —         —         (40,505 )

Principal payments on notes receivable from management

       —        —        —         —         153       153  

Forgiveness of portion of notes receivable from management

       —        —        —         —         (672 )     (672 )
                                                

Balance, December 30, 2005

     $ 24    $ 742,790    $ (91,551 )   $ 77,775     $ (860 )   $ 728,178  

Comprehensive income–

                

Net income

   $ 118,282       —        —        118,282       —         —         118,282  

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax

     77,844       —        —        —         77,844       —         77,844  

Unrealized losses on derivatives, net of tax

     (212 )     —        —        —         (212 )     —         (212 )

Adjustment to minimum pension liability, net of tax

     19,447       —        —        —         19,447       —         19,447  
                      

Total comprehensive income

   $ 215,361                
                      

Capital contributions

       —        393      —         —         —         393  

Dividends declared

       —        —        (121 )     —         —         (121 )

Principal payments on notes receivable from management

       —        —        —         —         860       860  
                                                

Balance, December 29, 2006

     $ 24    $ 743,183    $ 26,610     $ 174,854     $ —       $ 944,671  
                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5


JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(dollars in thousands)

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net income (loss)

   $ 118,282     $ (166,597 )   $ 13,666  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities –

      

Depreciation and amortization

     147,575       149,842       157,469  

Amortization of intangibles

     50,394       33,606       36,800  

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     5,848       28,738       12,464  

Interest accrued on long-term receivables- related parties

     (2,464 )     (3,317 )     (3,399 )

Deferred income taxes

     (10,395 )     157,983       (16,126 )

Gain on disposal of discontinued operations

     (236,527 )     (4,000 )     (966 )

Loss (gain) from divestitures

     1,553       3,333       (1,133 )

Loss (gain) on property, plant and equipment disposals

     581       5,715       (936 )

Compensation costs associated with cancellation of long-term incentive plan

     393       5,136       —    

Other

     13,317       847       4,601  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures of businesses

      

Accounts receivable securitization

     (47,000 )     (19,000 )     35,100  

Accounts receivable

     (21,844 )     (2,329 )     (18,737 )

Inventories

     (5,900 )     (22,967 )     (17,148 )

Other current assets

     18,739       (23,077 )     (2,747 )

Other assets

     13,315       2,765       (6,156 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     (27,157 )     (14,269 )     27,221  

Other liabilities

     (26,338 )     2,761       (21,197 )
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (7,628 )     135,170       198,776  

Cash flows from investing activities:

      

Capital expenditures

     (85,395 )     (73,381 )     (93,527 )

Expenditures for capitalized computer software

     (7,800 )     (18,788 )     (36,275 )

Proceeds from property, plant and equipment disposals

     7,157       3,310       12,028  

Acquisitions of businesses and other intangibles

     (11,600 )     (6,114 )     (3,968 )

Net proceeds from divestiture of businesses

     489,602       23,383       48,423  
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     391,964       (71,590 )     (73,319 )

Cash flows from financing activities:

      

Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings

     (9,858 )     (39,431 )     60,686  

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     100,000       453,222       2,531  

Repayments of long-term borrowings

     (433,564 )     (291,399 )     (156,372 )

Payment of debt issuance costs

     —         (7,235 )     (1,337 )

Dividends paid

     (49 )     (40,439 )     (14,931 )
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (343,471 )     74,718       (109,423 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     5,434       (4,328 )     (12,533 )
                        

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     46,299       133,970       3,501  

Beginning balance 1

     162,014       28,044       24,543  
                        

Ending balance 1

   $ 208,313     $ 162,014     $ 28,044  
                        

Supplemental cash flows information

      

Cash paid during the year:

      

Interest

   $ 109,960     $ 101,708     $ 107,270  

Income taxes

     41,722       27,067       20,316  

Non-cash financing activities:

      

Contribution from JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. associated with cancellation of long-term incentive plan

   $ 393     $ 5,136     $ —    

 

1

Includes cash and cash equivalents for discontinued operations of $3,828 and $1,987 at December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-6


JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 29, 2006

(currencies in thousands)

 

(1) Description of the Company

JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (the “Company”) is a global marketer and manufacturer of commercial, industrial and institutional building maintenance and sanitation products.

Prior to November 5, 1999, the Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. (“SCJ”). On November 5, 1999, ownership of the Company, including all of its assets and liabilities, was spun-off in a tax-free reorganization. In connection with the spin-off, Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. (“Holdco”) obtained substantially all of the shares of the Company from SCJ.

Prior to May 3, 2002, Holdco contributed its shares in the Company to Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco.

On May 3, 2002, the Company acquired the DiverseyLever business from Conopco, Inc., a subsidiary of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC (together, “Unilever”). At the closing of the acquisition, the Company changed its name to JohnsonDiversey, Inc., and Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc. changed its name to JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”). In connection with the acquisition, Unilever acquired a 33 1/3% interest in Holdings, with the remaining 66 2/3% continuing to be held by Holdco.

The Company’s financial results include the discontinued operations of the Polymer Business segment, a global marketer and manufacturer of polymer intermediates, which was divested on June 30, 2006 (see Note 8).

Except where noted, the consolidated financial statements and related notes, excluding the consolidated statements of cash flows, reflect the results of continuing operations excluding the divestiture of the Chemical Methods Associates subsidiary (“CMA”), the Polymer Business segment, and Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. (“Whitmire”) (see Note 8).

 

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its majority owned and controlled subsidiaries and are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Year-End

Operations included 52 weeks in the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

Revenue Recognition

Revenues are recognized when all the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or ownership has transferred to the customer; the price to the customer is fixed and determinable; and collectibility is reasonably assured. Revenues are reflected in the consolidated statement of operations net of taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities.

 

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In arriving at net sales, we estimate the amounts of sales deductions likely to be earned by customers in conjunction with incentive programs such as volume rebates and other discounts. Such estimates are based on written agreements and historical trends and are reviewed periodically for possible revision based on changes in facts and circumstances.

On May 3, 2002, the Company acquired the DiverseyLever business. The Company did not acquire the Unilever consumer branded business of DiverseyLever. Prior to the acquisition, Unilever’s consumer brand products were sold, directly or indirectly, by DiverseyLever to institutional and industrial end users. In connection with the acquisition, the Company entered into a sales agency agreement with Unilever relating to these products.

Under the sales agency agreement, the Company acts as Unilever’s sales agent for the sale of its consumer brand products to institutional and industrial end-users in most countries where DiverseyLever conducted its business prior to the acquisition. In exchange for the Company’s sales agency services, which include sales, collection and after-sales technical support and customer care, the Company is paid an agency fee. Sales agency fee income is recognized based on a percentage of the net proceeds of sales of Unilever consumer brand products. Expenses incurred pursuant to sales agency services are recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses, unless they relate to distribution, in which case they are recorded as cost of goods sold.

Customer Rebates and Discounts

Rebates granted to customers are accounted for on an accrual basis as a reduction in net sales in the period in which the related sales are recognized.

Volume rebates are supported by customer contracts, which typically extend over two- to five-year periods. In the case where rebate rates are not contractually fixed, the rates used in the calculation of accruals are estimated based on forecasted annual volumes.

Accrued customer rebates and discounts, which are included within accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets, were $93,154 and $84,644 at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales includes material costs, packaging costs, production costs, distribution costs, including shipping and handling costs, and other factory overhead costs.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling expenses include advertising and promotion costs, marketing and sales overhead costs. General and administrative expenses include other administrative and general overhead costs.

Advertising Costs

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Total advertising expense was $1,640, $2,313 and $2,062 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments, with maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase, to be cash equivalents. The cost of cash equivalents approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of the investments.

Accounts Receivable

The Company does not require collateral on sales and evaluates the collectibility of its accounts receivable based on a number of factors. For accounts substantially past due, an allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded based on a customer’s ability and likelihood to pay based on management’s review of the facts. In addition, the Company considers the need for allowance based on the length of time receivables are past due compared to its historical experience.

 

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Inventories

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market. As of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, the cost of certain domestic inventories determined by the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method was $46,319 and $53,942, respectively. This represented 17.5% and 18.4% of total inventories, respectively. For the balance of the Company’s inventories, cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. If the FIFO method of accounting had been used for all inventories, they would have been $3,971 and $1,902 higher than reported at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively. The components of inventory are as follows:

 

     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005

Raw materials and containers

   $ 59,530    $ 55,440

Finished goods

     201,485      196,252
             

Total inventories

   $ 261,015    $ 251,692
             

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Major replacements and improvements are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the life of the respective assets are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which typically range from 20-40 years for buildings, 3-14 years for machinery and equipment, and 5-20 years for improvements.

When properties are disposed of, the related costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss on disposition is typically reflected in selling, general and administrative expense.

Capitalized Software

The Company capitalizes both internal and external costs to develop computer software for internal use. These costs are accounted for under the provisions of Statement of Position (“SOP”) 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use.” SOP 98-1 permits the capitalization of certain costs, including internal payroll costs, incurred in connection with the development or acquisition of software for internal use. Accordingly, certain costs of this internal-use software are capitalized beginning at the software application development phase.

Capitalized software costs are amortized using the straight-line method over the expected useful life of the software, which is generally five years.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over fair value of identifiable net assets acquired from business acquisitions. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” goodwill is no longer amortized, but is reviewed for impairment on an annual basis and between annual tests in certain circumstances. The Company conducts its annual impairment test for goodwill at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Company performed the required impairment test for fiscal years 2006 and 2005 and found no impairment of goodwill. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings.

Other Intangibles

SFAS No. 142 requires purchased intangible assets other than goodwill to be amortized over their useful lives unless those lives are determined to be indefinite. Purchased intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Definite-lived intangible assets, which primarily include customer lists, contractual arrangements, trademarks, patents and licenses, have been assigned an estimated finite life and are amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 1 to 37 years. Indefinite-lived intangible assets, which primarily include trademarks, are evaluated annually for impairment and between annual tests in certain circumstances. The Company conducts its annual impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The

 

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Company performed the required impairment test for fiscal years 2006 and 2005 and recorded charges of $183 and $679, respectively, to selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. None of the charges related to restructuring activities. No material impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets was determined in fiscal year 2004. There can be no assurance that future indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Property, plant and equipment and other long-term assets, including amortizable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying value of the related asset or group of assets, a loss is recognized for the difference between the fair value and carrying value of the asset or group of assets. Such analyses necessarily involve significant judgment. In fiscal years 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded impairment charges of $41,772 and $4,180, respectively, to selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. In fiscal year 2006, all impairment charges were associated with the Company’s restructuring activities and are summarized as follows:

 

Impaired Asset Type

   Amount of loss   

Business segment

  

Method for determining fair value

Customer List Intangible

   $ 20,563    North America    Discounted cash flows

Dosing Equipment

     7,703    North America    Market price

Manufacturing Facility

     5,927    North America    Market price

Manufacturing Facility

     3,814    Europe    Discounted cash flows

Other long-lived assets

     3,765      
            
   $ 41,772      
            

In fiscal year 2004, impairment charges were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Accrued Expenses

The Company accrues employee costs relating to payroll, payroll taxes, vacation, bonuses and incentives when earned. Such accruals were $157,657 and $124,048 as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

Environmental Remediation Costs

The Company accrues for losses associated with environmental remediation obligations when such losses are probable and reasonably estimable. Recoveries of environmental remediation costs from other parties are recorded as assets when their receipt is deemed probable. The accruals are adjusted as further information becomes available or circumstances change.

Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions

The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is generally the local currency. Accordingly, balance sheet accounts are translated using the exchange rates in effect at the respective balance sheet dates and income statement amounts are translated using the monthly weighted-average exchange rates for the periods presented. The aggregate effects of the resulting translation adjustments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Note 26).

Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are generally recorded as a component of other (income) expense, net, and were ($11,384), $25,675 and ($4,471) for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payments” (“SFAS No. 123R”). SFAS No. 123R replaces SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and amends FASB Statement No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows” (“SFAS No. 95”). Generally, the approach under SFAS No. 123R is similar to the approach described in SFAS No. 123. However, SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the statements of operations based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective transition method and recorded additional compensation expense of $628 during the year ended December 29, 2006. Compensation expense relating to share options is calculated using a binomial lattice methodology over a four-year vesting period.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company utilizes certain derivative financial instruments to enhance its ability to manage foreign currency exposures. Derivative financial instruments are entered into for periods consistent with the related underlying exposures and do not represent positions independent of those exposures. The Company does not enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for speculative purposes. The contracts are entered into with major financial institutions with no credit loss anticipated for the failure of counterparties to perform.

The Company recognizes all derivative financial instruments in the consolidated financial statements at fair value regardless of the purpose or intent for holding the instrument. Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments are either recognized periodically in the consolidated statements of operations or in stockholders’ equity as a component of comprehensive income or loss depending on whether the derivative financial instrument qualifies for hedge accounting, and if so, whether it qualifies as a fair value hedge or cash flow hedge. Generally, changes in fair values of derivatives accounted for as fair value hedges are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations along with the portions of the changes in the fair values of the hedged items that relate to the hedged risks. Changes in fair values of derivatives accounted for as cash flow hedges, to the extent they are effective as hedges, are recorded in other comprehensive income or loss, net of deferred taxes. Hedge ineffectiveness was insignificant for all periods reported. Changes in fair value of derivatives not qualifying as hedges are reported in the consolidated statements of operations.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2006 presentation. None of these reclassifications are considered material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 159 is intended to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. It also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. The statement does not affect any existing accounting literature that requires certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value, and it does not establish requirements for recognizing dividend income, interest income or interest expense. It also does not eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards. The provisions of SFAS 159 are effective for the fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007, which for the Company is its fiscal year 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of SFAS No. 159.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS 157 are effective for the fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007, which for the Company is its fiscal year 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of SFAS No. 157.

 

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In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (“SFAS 158”), an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132 (R). SFAS No. 158 requires an employer to recognize the over-funded or under-funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its consolidated balance sheets and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income. SFAS No. 158 also requires the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end consolidated balance sheets (with limited exceptions). Under SFAS No. 158, the Company will also recognize the funded status of its defined benefit postretirement plans and provide required disclosures as of December 28, 2007, at the end of its fiscal year 2007. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end consolidated balance sheets will be effective in fiscal year 2008. If the Company had adopted SFAS No. 158 at December 29, 2006, it would have recorded an increase in pension and post-retirement benefit liabilities of approximately $67,280, substantially all of which would be offset to accumulated other comprehensive income. However, this impact could change materially as of December 28, 2007, due to changes in the discount rates used to measure plan obligations, the actual returns on plan assets, and other factors.

In June 2006, the FASB issued FIN No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute criteria for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. See Note 18, Income Taxes, for further discussion.

 

(3) Master Sales Agency Terminations

In connection with the May 2002 acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, the Company entered into a master sales agency agreement (the “Agreement”) with Unilever, whereby the Company acts as a sales agent in the sale of Unilever’s consumer brand products to various institutional and industrial end-users. At acquisition, the Company recorded an intangible asset of $13,000 related to the Agreement.

An agency fee is paid by Unilever to the Company in exchange for its sales agency services. An additional fee is payable by Unilever to the Company in the event that conditions for full or partial termination of the Agreement are met. The Company elected, and Unilever agreed, to partially terminate the Agreement in several territories resulting in payment by Unilever to the Company of additional fees. In association with the partial terminations, the Company recognized sales agency fee income of $1,080, $7,737 and $4,428 during fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

The Company is currently in negotiations with Unilever to replace the Agreement with a product license and distribution agreement in fiscal year 2007.

 

(4) Lease Accounting Adjustment

During the first quarter of 2005, the Company identified inconsistencies in its accounting treatment for equipment leased to a European-based customer. Further analysis concluded that such leases should be accounted for as sales-type capital leases rather than as operating leases. The cumulative impact of the correction was recorded by the Company in the three months ended April 1, 2005. The Company concluded that the impact of the accounting error was not significant to its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows and, as such, does not require restatement of prior year amounts. Below is a summary of the adjustment with increases to key measures in the consolidated statements of operations for fiscal year 2005:

 

Net sales

   $ 15,333

Gross profit

     5,764

Operating profit

     5,764

Net income

     3,770

 

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(5) Long-Term Receivables

In September 2005, Unilever paid the Company for certain long-term receivables, including related accrued interest receivable, established through the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business in 2002. The Company received $28,935, including interest of $4,773, in partial settlement of pension related long-term receivables. The payments were recorded as reductions to long-term receivables – related parties in the consolidated balance sheet. There were no payments relating to long-term receivables received during fiscal year 2006. The Company and Unilever previously expected to settle these balances at the time that Unilever no longer holds an equity position in the parent of the Company.

 

(6) Acquisitions

In October 2006, the Company completed the purchase of an exclusive distribution license for certain cleaning technology used in a variety of business sectors for an aggregate purchase price of $5,150. The license is included as a component of other intangibles in the consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over the expected useful life of the underlying technology.

In February 2006, the Company purchased the remaining 15% of the outstanding shares of Shanghai JohnsonDiversey, Ltd., the Company’s Chinese operating entity, for $3,516. The Company previously held 85% of the outstanding shares and included the holding in its consolidated financial results. Goodwill recorded with respect to the transaction was $2,572. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting in accordance with step acquisition rules.

In July 2005, the Company purchased a minority equity interest in a North American business from Holdco, a related party, for $994. The transaction was not considered material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

(7) Divestitures

Auto-Chlor Branch Operation

In October 2006, in conjunction with its November 2005 Plan, the Company divested its Auto-Chlor branch operation in the southern United States, a business that marketed and sold low-energy dishwashing systems, kitchen chemicals, laundry and housekeeping products and services to foodservice, lodging, healthcare, and institutional customers, for $8,987, resulting in a net loss of $2,723 ($1,770 after-tax). The net loss is included within selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The purchase price is subject to post-closing adjustments, none of which are expected to be significant to the Company. Net sales associated with this business were approximately $16,700, $20,600 and $19,600 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Commercial Laundry Operations

In September 2005, the Company sold or agreed to sell its European commercial laundry operations in a two-phase transaction. In phase 1, which closed in September 2005, the Company sold its related operations in seven countries for $14,758, which includes a reduction of $1,043 for certain pension-related purchase price adjustments, resulting in a realized gain of $1,181 ($426 after-tax loss). Net assets sold include an allocation of goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets of $5,725 and $1,838, respectively. In phase 2, the Company agreed to sell related operations in six additional countries for approximately $8,651, which includes a reduction of $465 for certain pension-related purchase price adjustments. Effective September 2005, the Company designated the net assets associated with phase 2 as “held for sale,” as required by SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for Asset Impairment,” and recorded an expected net loss of $6,110 ($4,742 after-tax). Net assets held for sale include an allocation of goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets of $6,625 and $1,329, respectively. The gross and net assets held for sale of $9,116, which include a write-down of $5,219 to net realizable value, are not considered material and, as such, are not disclosed separately on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at December 30, 2005. In December 2006, phase 2 was completed, with the Company receiving proceeds of $9,670 which includes a reduction of $191 for certain pension-related and other purchase price adjustments, resulting in an additional net loss of $276 ($100 after-tax). The purchase price is subject to post-closing adjustments, none of which are expected to be significant to the Company. Net sales associated with these operations were approximately $29,061 and $24,143, and $37,264 and $23,656 for phase 1 and phase 2, during the years ended December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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In September 2005, the Company divested its Canadian commercial laundry operations for proceeds of $2,843, resulting in a realized gain of $1,462 ($1,186 after-tax). Net sales associated with this business were approximately $4,821 for the year ended December 31, 2004.

The divestiture of the commercial laundry operations in Europe and Canada were part of larger cash-flow-generating groups and do not represent separate reporting units or components as defined by SFAS No. 144. As such, the divestitures were not reported as discontinued operations. Further, the information is not readily available to determine, with adequate precision, net income associated with the divested businesses for the periods presented in the consolidated statements of operations.

The gains and losses associated with these divestiture activities are included as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

(8) Discontinued Operations

Chemical Methods Associates

On September 30, 2006, in connection with its November 2005 Plan, the Company sold its equity interest in Chemical Methods Associates (“CMA”) to Ali SpA, an Italian-based manufacturer of equipment for the food service industry, for $17,000. The purchase price is subject to various post-closing adjustments, principally with regard to changes in working capital. In December 2006, the Company recorded additional purchase price of approximately $300 based on its preliminary assessment of closing working capital. The sale resulted in a gain of $2,322 ($497 after tax), net of related costs. Further adjustments are not expected to be significant and are anticipated to be finalized in the second quarter of 2007. CMA was a non-core asset of the Company.

The following summarizes the carrying amount of assets and liabilities of CMA immediately preceding divestiture on September 30, 2006 and the amount of discontinued assets and liabilities relating to CMA disclosed in the December 30, 2005 consolidated balance sheet:

 

     September 30,
2006
   December 30,
2005

ASSETS

     

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 412    $ 18

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $156 and $140

     3,105      2,468

Inventories

     2,638      2,733

Deferred income taxes

     —        54

Other current assets

     573      38
             

Current assets of discontinued operations

     6,728      5,311

Noncurrent assets:

     

Goodwill, net

     8,174      8,174

Deferred income taxes

     259      —  

Other assets

     827      1,353
             

Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations

     9,260      9,527
             

Total assets of discontinued operations

     15,988      14,838

LIABILITIES

     

Current liabilities:

     

Accounts payable

     1,014      1,045

Accrued expenses

     811      668
             

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     1,825      1,713

Noncurrent liabilities:

     

Other liabilities

     116      125
             

Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations

     116      125
             

Total liabilities of discontinued operations

     1,941      1,838
             

Net assets of discontinued operations

   $ 14,047    $ 13,000
             

 

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Net sales from discontinued operations relating to CMA, excluding sales to the Company, were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Net sales

   $ 16,905    $ 18,583    $ 15,885
                    

Income from discontinued operations relating to CMA was comprised of the following

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Income from discontinued operations before taxes and gain from sale

   $ 2,826     $ 2,803     $ 2,433  

Taxes on income from discontinued operations

     (986 )     (1,090 )     (968 )

Gain on sale of discontinued operations before taxes

     2,322       —         —    

Taxes on gain from sale of discontinued operations

     (1,825 )     —         —    
                        

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 2,337     $ 1,713     $ 1,465  
                        

Polymer Business

On June 30, 2006, Johnson Polymer, LLC (“JP”) and JohnsonDiversey Holdings II B.V. (“Holdings II”), an indirectly owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of JP, certain of the equity interests in, or assets of certain JP subsidiaries and all of the equity interests owned by Holdings II in Johnson Polymer B.V. (collectively, the “Polymer Business”) to BASF Aktiengesellschaft (“BASF”) for approximately $470,000 plus an additional $8,119 in connection with the parties’ estimate of purchase price adjustments that are based upon the closing net asset value of the Polymer Business. Further, BASF paid the Company $1,500 for the option to extend the tolling agreement (described below) by up to six months. In December 2006, the Company and BASF finalized purchase price adjustments related to the net asset value and the Company received an additional $4,062.

The Polymer Business developed, manufactured, and sold specialty polymers for use in the industrial print and packaging industry, industrial paint and coatings industry, and industrial plastics industry. The Polymer Business was a non-core asset of the Company and had been reported as a separate business segment. The sale resulted in a gain of approximately $352,907 ($235,906 after tax), net of related costs.

The Asset and Equity Purchase Agreement between JP, Holdings II and BASF refers to ancillary agreements governing certain relationships between the parties, including a Supply Agreement and Tolling Agreement, each of which is not considered material to the Company’s consolidated financial results.

Supply Agreement

A ten-year global agreement provides for the supply of polymer products to the Company by BASF. Unless either party provides notice of its intent not to renew at least three years prior to the expiration of the ten-year term, the term of the agreement will extend for an additional five years. The agreement requires that the Company purchase a specified percentage of related product from BASF during the term of agreement. Subject to certain adjustments, the Company has a minimum volume commitment during each of the first five years of the agreement.

The Polymer Business sold $7,003 and $22,665 of polymer product to the Company during the six months ended June 30, 2006 and twelve months ended December 30, 2005, respectively.

 

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Tolling Agreement

A three-year agreement provides for the toll manufacture of polymer products by the Company, at its manufacturing facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, for BASF. The agreement may be extended by up to six months by either party. The agreement specifies product pricing and provides BASF the right to purchase certain equipment retained by the Company.

In association with the Tolling Agreement, the Company agreed to pay $11,400 in compensation to SCJ, a related party, primarily related to pre-payments and the right to extend terms on the lease agreement at the Sturtevant, Wisconsin manufacturing location. The Company is amortizing $9,200 of the payment into the results of the tolling operation over the term of the Tolling Agreement, with the remainder recorded as a reduction of the gain on discontinued operations.

The Company considered its continuing involvement with the Polymer Business, including the Supply Agreement and Tolling Agreement, concluding that neither the related cash inflows nor cash outflows were direct, due to the relative insignificance of the continuing operations to the disposed business.

The following summarizes the carrying amount of assets and liabilities of the Polymer Business immediately preceding divestiture on June 30, 2006 and the amount of discontinued assets and liabilities included in the discontinued operations captions of the December 30, 2005 consolidated balance sheet:

 

     June 30,
2006
   December 30,
2005

ASSETS

     

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 3,837    $ 3,810

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $616 and $555

     63,317      26,595

Accounts receivable – related parties

     738      555

Inventories

     31,010      29,248

Deferred income taxes

     71      13

Other current assets

     5,084      5,628
             

Current assets of discontinued operations

     104,057      65,849

Noncurrent assets:

     

Property, plant and equipment, net

     40,174      48,964

Goodwill, net

     2,913      1,639

Other intangibles, net

     245      6

Deferred income taxes

     223      —  

Other assets

     3,712      14,487
             

Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations

     47,267      65,096
             

Total assets of discontinued operations

     151,324      130,945

LIABILITIES

     

Current liabilities:

     

Short-term borrowings

     —        1,356

Current portion of long-term debt

     —        552

Accounts payable

     26,251      24,507

Accounts payable – related parties

     1,115      61

Accrued expenses

     10,618      8,992
             

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     37,984      35,468

Noncurrent liabilities:

     

Pension and other post-retirement benefits

     435      3,436

Long-term borrowings

     —        865

Deferred income taxes

     —        497

Other liabilities

     1,662      1,533
             

Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations

     2,097      6,331
             

Total liabilities of discontinued operations

     40,081      41,799
             

Net assets of discontinued operations

   $ 111,243    $ 89,146
             

The assets and liabilities remaining in discontinued operations at December 29, 2006 relate the Tolling Agreement.

 

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Net sales from discontinued operations relating to the Polymer Business, excluding sales to the Company and including net sales related to the tolling agreement with BASF, were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Net sales

   $ 189,232    $ 343,185    $ 307,838
                    

Income from discontinued operations relating to Polymer was comprised of the following:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Income from discontinued operations before taxes and gain from sale

   $ 22,019     $ 36,118     $ 33,224  

Taxes on income from discontinued operations

     (7,464 )     (12,177 )     (11,177 )

Gain on sale of discontinued operations before taxes

     352,907       —         —    

Taxes on gain from sale of discontinued operations

     (117,001 )     —         —    

Income from tolling operations

     620       —         —    

Taxes on income from tolling operations

     (419 )     —         —    
                        

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 250,662     $ 23,941     $ 22,047  
                        

On May 1, 2006, in association with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, Holdco, which is the parent of Holdings, Marga B.V., a subsidiary of Unilever, and Holdings amended and restated the Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of May 3, 2002 among the parties (as amended and restated, the “Stockholders’ Agreement”). Holdco and Marga B.V. own 66 2/3% and 33 1/3%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of Holdings. Holdings owns 100% of the outstanding shares of the Company except for one share owned by SCJ. The amendment and restatement of the Stockholders’ Agreement included restatement of provisions relating to, among other things, share transfer restrictions, corporate governance, put and call options and rights of first offer and refusal and various other rights and obligations of the parties. In addition, the amendment and restatement adjusted the buyout formula relating to Marga B.V.’s shares in Holdings to require an incremental payment of $30,000, plus interest (payable from put execution date) at the time of Marga B.V.’s exit. The Stockholders’ Agreement also provides for the issuance of options to Marga B.V. for the purchase of Holdings shares at exit, which, following exercise, will result in the incremental payment to Marga B.V., by Holdco, of up to $40,000, plus interest.

Whitmire Micro-Gen Business

In June 2004, the Company completed the sale of Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. (“Whitmire”) to Sorex Holdings, Ltd., a European pest-control manufacturer headquartered in the United Kingdom, for $46,000 in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities.

The purchase agreement provided for additional earn-out provisions based on future Whitmire net sales, for which the Company recorded $124 and $4,000 during the three month periods ended March 31, 2006 and April 1, 2005, respectively. The income is included as a component of income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations.

Income from discontinued operations related to Whitmire is comprised of the following:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Income from operations, net of tax

   $ —      $ —      $ 1,330

Gain on sale, net of tax

     124      4,000      966
                    

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 124    $ 4,000    $ 2,296
                    

Net sales from discontinued operations in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 was $18,688.

 

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(9) Accounts Receivable Securitization

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an agreement (the “Receivables Facility”) whereby they sell, on a continuous basis, certain trade receivables to JWPR Corporation (“JWPRC”), a wholly owned, consolidated, special purpose, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of the Company. JWPRC was formed for the sole purpose of buying and selling receivables generated by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries party to the Receivables Facility. JWPRC, in turn, sells an undivided interest in the accounts receivable to a nonconsolidated financial institution (the “Conduit”) for an amount equal to the value of all eligible receivables (as defined under the receivables sale agreement between JWPRC and the Conduit) less the applicable reserve. The total potential for securitization of trade receivables under this program at December 29, 2006, was $75,000.

In March 2006, the Receivables Facility was amended and restated to add a second conduit purchaser to the program and to allow the repurchase of the receivables of JP.

In July 2006, the Receivables Facility was amended to allow one of the conduit purchasers to exit the program, to allow the repurchase of the receivables of JohnsonDiversey SpA (Italy), and to reduce the total potential for securitization of trade receivables from $150,000 to $75,000.

As of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, the Conduit held $64,300 and $97,900, respectively, of accounts receivable that are not included in the accounts receivable balance reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

As of December 29, 2006, the Company had a retained interest of $78,055 in the receivables of JWPRC. The retained interest is included in the accounts receivable balance and is reflected in the consolidated balance sheet at estimated fair value.

Costs associated with the sale of beneficial interests in the receivables vary on a monthly basis and are generally related to the commercial paper rate and administrative fees associated with the overall program facility. Such costs were $5,447, $5,540, and $3,228 for the years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively, and are included in interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

(10) Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment, net, consisted of the following:

 

     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
 

Land and improvements

   $ 65,704     $ 69,268  

Buildings and leasehold improvements

     186,463       177,525  

Equipment

     583,315       580,101  

Capital leases

     1,250       2,045  

Construction in progress

     32,644       14,752  
                
     869,376       843,691  

Less–Accumulated depreciation

     (447,664 )     (411,446 )
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 421,712     $ 432,245  
                

 

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(11) Capitalized Software

Capitalized software, net, consisted of the following:

 

     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
 

Capitalized software

   $ 196,619     $ 189,125  

Less–Accumulated amortization

     (135,579 )     (98,129 )
                
   $ 61,040     $ 90,996  
                

Amortization expense related to capitalized software was $38,422, $37,516 and $33,596 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

During the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, the Company capitalized $78, $210 and $419, respectively, of interest in connection with its ongoing software projects. Periodically, the Company assesses potential impairment of capitalized software balances. The Company recorded impairment charges of $365, $3,166 and $240 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively. All charges were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and were related to the integration of computer systems in connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business.

 

(12) Goodwill

Changes in the balance of the goodwill account were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
 

Balance at beginning of year

   $ 1,118,173     $ 1,243,449  

Acquisitions

     2,572       91  

Divestitures

     (7,190 )     (13,040 )

Post-acquisition adjustments

     (10,469 )     (4,464 )

Impact of foreign currency fluctuations

     75,690       (107,863 )
                

Balance at end of year

   $ 1,178,776     $ 1,118,173  
                

 

(13) Other Intangibles

Other intangibles consisted of the following:

 

    

Weighted-Average
Useful Lives

   December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
 

Definite-lived intangible assets:

       

Trademarks and patents

   10 years    $ 49,014     $ 45,791  

Customer lists, contracts, licenses and other intangibles

   12 years      267,420       290,881  

Indefinite-lived intangible assets:

       

Trademarks and patents

   —        142,100       129,737  

Licenses and other intangibles

   —        4,251       4,870  
                   
        462,785       471,279  

Less–Accumulated amortization

        (152,372 )     (128,715 )
                   

Other intangibles, net

      $ 310,413     $ 342,564  
                   

Amortization expense for other intangibles was $50,394, which includes impairment charges of $20,928 recorded in connection with the November 2005 Plan (Note 16), $33,598 and $36,753 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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The aggregate amounts of anticipated amortization of intangible assets for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year

    

2007

   $ 27,023

2008

     25,384

2009

     22,634

2010

     21,858

2011

     16,394

Thereafter

     50,769
      
   $ 164,062
      

 

(14) Indebtedness and Credit Arrangements

The Company’s indebtedness and credit arrangements consisted of the following:

 

     December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005

Short-term borrowings:

     

Lines of credit

   $ 35,649    $ 43,419
             

Long-term borrowings:

     

Term loan B

   $ 347,250    $ 775,000

Term loan C

     100,000      —  

Japan loan

     16,816      21,240

Senior subordinated notes

     595,830      566,603
             
     1,059,896      1,362,843

Less: Current portion

     12,954      11,998
             
   $ 1,046,942    $ 1,350,845
             

In December 2005, the Company amended its senior secured credit facilities. The amended facilities consisted of a $775,000 term loan B facility maturing December 16, 2011; a $100,000 delayed draw term loan facility maturing December 16, 2010; and a $175,000 dollar/euro revolving credit facility maturing December 16, 2010. The term B loan facility and the delayed draw term loan facility bear interest based on LIBOR plus 250 basis points (7.87% at December 29, 2006 and 6.80% at December 30, 2005). The term B loan facility and the delayed draw term loan facility have scheduled principal reductions semiannually. All obligations under the credit facilities are secured by all the assets of Holdings, the Company and each subsidiary of the Company (but limited to the extent necessary to avoid materially adverse tax consequences to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and by restrictions imposed by applicable law).

At December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, there were no borrowings under the revolving credit facility. The revolving facility bears interest at floating rates based on Prime or LIBOR, plus a variable, leverage ratio-based spread of 225 basis points and 250 basis points at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

In December 2005, the Company’s Japanese subsidiary entered into a ¥2,500,000 term loan. The interest rate on the loan is based on TIBOR plus 102.5 basis points (1.63% at December 29, 2006). The loan matures on December 29, 2009, with scheduled principal reductions semiannually.

In December 2005, the Company recorded additional interest expense of $10,343 in relation to its debt restructuring.

In May 2002, the Company issued $300,000 and €225,000 of 9.625% senior subordinated notes due 2012 to finance a portion of the cash purchase price of the DiverseyLever business. In January 2003, the series A senior subordinated notes were exchanged for series B senior subordinated notes (the “Senior Subordinated Notes”) with the same interest rates and due dates.

 

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Scheduled Maturities of Long-term Borrowings

Aggregate scheduled maturities of long-term borrowings in each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year

    

2007

   $ 12,954

2008

     12,954

2009

     17,158

2010

     104,750

2011

     316,250

Thereafter

     595,830
      
   $ 1,059,896
      

Financial Covenants

Under the terms of its amended and restated senior secured credit facilities, the Company is subject to specified financial covenants. The most restrictive covenants under the senior secured credit facilities require the Company to meet the following targets and ratios:

Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Company is required to maintain a leverage ratio for each financial covenant period of no more than the maximum ratio specified in the senior secured credit facilities for that financial covenant period. The maximum leverage ratio is the ratio of: (i) the Company’s consolidated indebtedness (excluding up to $55,000 of indebtedness incurred under the Company’s Receivables Facility and indebtedness relating to specified interest rate hedge agreements) as of the last day of a financial covenant period using the weighted-average exchange rate for the relevant fiscal six-month period to (ii) the Company’s consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the senior secured credit facilities) for the same financial covenant period. EBITDA is generally defined in the senior secured credit facilities as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, plus the addback of specified expenses. The senior secured credit facilities require that the Company’s maximum leverage ratio not exceed a declining range from 5.00 to 1 for the financial covenant period ending nearest December 31, 2006, to 3.50 to 1 for the financial covenant periods ending nearest September 30, 2010 and thereafter.

Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company is required to maintain an interest coverage ratio for each financial covenant period of no less than the minimum ratio specified in the senior secured credit facilities for that financial covenant period. The minimum interest coverage ratio is the ratio of: (i) the Company’s consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the senior secured credit facilities) for a financial covenant period to (ii) the Company’s cash interest expense for that same financial period. The senior secured credit facilities require that the Company’s minimum interest coverage ratio not exceed an increasing range from 2.00 to 1 for the financial covenant period ending nearest December 31, 2006, to 3.00 to 1 for the financial covenant period ending nearest September 30, 2010 and thereafter.

Capital Expenditures. Capital expenditures are generally limited under the senior secured credit facilities to $150,000 in fiscal year 2006 and to $130,000 for subsequent fiscal years. To the extent that the Company makes capital expenditures of less than the limit in any fiscal year, however, it may carry forward into the subsequent year the difference between the limit and the actual amount expended, provided that the amounts carried forward from the previous year will be allocated to capital expenditures in the current fiscal year only after the amount allocated to the current fiscal year is exhausted. As of December 29, 2006, the Company was in compliance with the limitation on capital expenditures for fiscal year 2006.

Restructuring Charges. The senior secured credit facilities limit the amount of cash payments (i) arising in connection with the November 2005 Plan at any time from fiscal year 2006 through the end of fiscal year 2009 to $355,000 in the aggregate and (ii) arising in connection with permitted divestitures at any time from fiscal year 2006 through the end of fiscal year 2008 to $45,000.

 

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In addition, the senior secured credit facilities contain covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to declare dividends and to redeem and repurchase capital stock. The senior secured credit facilities also limit the Company’s ability to incur additional liens, engage in sale-leaseback transactions and incur additional indebtedness and make investments.

As of December 29, 2006, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the senior secured credit facilities.

Indentures for the Notes

The indentures for the senior subordinated notes of the Company restrict the Company’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness; pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase capital stock; issue or allow any person to own preferred stock of restricted subsidiaries; in the case of non-guarantor subsidiaries, guarantee indebtedness without also guaranteeing the notes; in the case of restricted subsidiaries, create or permit to exist dividend or payment restrictions with respect to the Company; make investments; incur or permit to exist liens; enter into transactions with affiliates; merge, consolidate or amalgamate with another company; and transfer or sell assets.

As of December 29, 2006, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the indentures for the senior subordinated notes.

Cross Defaults

The Company’s failure to comply with the covenants in its senior secured credit facilities or its indentures for the senior subordinated notes or the Company’s inability to comply with financial ratio tests or other restrictions could result in an event of default under the indentures for the senior subordinated notes or the senior secured credit facilities. Additionally, a payment default or default that results in the acceleration of indebtedness aggregating $25,000 or more, including, without limitation, indebtedness under the senior secured credit facilities, the indentures for the senior subordinated notes and indebtedness under the Company’s Receivables Facility and foreign lines of credit, is also an event of default under the senior secured credit facilities, the indentures for the senior subordinated notes and the indenture for Holdings’ senior discount notes. Further, specified defaults under the credit facilities and the indentures for the senior subordinated notes constitute defaults under the Company’s Receivables Facility, some of the Company’s foreign lines of credit and the Company’s license agreements with SCJ. A default, if not cured or waived, may permit acceleration of the Company’s indebtedness or result in a termination of its license agreements.

Interest Rate Swaps

In connection with the senior secured credit facilities, the Company is party to eight interest rate swaps, as described in Note 15.

Stockholders’ Agreement

In connection with the acquisition of DiverseyLever, Holdings entered into a Stockholders’ Agreement with its stockholders–Holdco and Marga B.V. The Stockholders’ Agreement was amended and restated on May 1, 2006. The Stockholders’ Agreement limits Holdings’ and the Company’s ability to effect various transactions, including among others, entering into certain transactions with affiliates, issuing additional shares of capital stock or other equity or equity-related interests, incurring certain types of indebtedness and making certain investments.

 

(15) Financial Instruments

The Company sells its products in more than 160 countries and approximately 72% of the Company’s revenues are generated outside North America. The Company’s activities expose it to a variety of market risks, including the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. These financial risks are monitored and managed by the Company as an integral part of its overall risk management program.

The Company maintains a foreign currency risk management strategy that uses derivative instruments (foreign currency forward contracts) to protect its interests from fluctuations in earnings and cash flows caused by the volatility in currency exchange rates.

 

F-22


Movements in foreign currency exchange rates pose a risk to the Company’s operations and competitive position, since exchange rate changes may affect the profitability and cash flow of the Company, and business and/or pricing strategies of competitors.

Certain of the Company’s foreign business unit sales and purchases are denominated in the customers’ or vendors’ local currency. The Company purchases foreign currency forward contracts as hedges of foreign currency denominated receivables and payables and as hedges of forecasted foreign currency denominated sales and purchases. These contracts are entered into to protect against the risk that the future dollar-net-cash inflows and outflows resulting from such sales, purchases, firm commitments or settlements will be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates.

At December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, the Company held 42 and 69 foreign currency forward contracts as hedges of foreign currency denominated receivables and payables with aggregate notional amounts of $300,848 and $494,281, respectively. Because the terms of such contracts are primarily less than three months, the Company did not elect hedge accounting treatment for these contracts. The Company records the changes in the fair value of those contracts within other (income) expense, net, in the consolidated statements of operations. Total net realized and unrealized (gains) losses recognized on these contracts were $16,003, ($24,369) and $6,386 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

As of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, the Company held 88 and 21 foreign currency forward contracts as hedges of forecasted foreign currency denominated sales and purchases with aggregate notional amounts of $35,662 and $11,504, respectively. The maximum length of time of which the Company typically hedges cash flow exposures is 12 months. To the extent that these contracts are designated and qualify as cash flow hedging instruments, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified as a component to net income in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Net unrealized (gains) losses on cash flow hedging instruments of ($22) and $65 were included in accumulated other comprehensive income at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively. There was no ineffectiveness related to cash flow hedging instruments during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 or December 30, 2005. Gains and losses existing at December 29, 2006, which are expected to be reclassified into the consolidated statements of operations from other comprehensive income during fiscal year 2007, are not expected to be significant.

The Company is party to three euro denominated interest rate swaps. All of these swaps were entered into in May 2002, with an expiration date in May 2007. These swaps were purchased to hedge the Company’s floating interest rate exposure on term loan B (see Note 14) with a final maturity of December 2011. Under the terms of these swaps, the Company pays a fixed rate of 4.8% and three-month EURIBOR on the notional amount of the euro swaps for the life of the swaps. In connection with the April 2005 amendment to the senior secured credit facilities, all euro denominated term debt was paid in full. As a result, the three euro swaps were caused to be ineffective, requiring all previously unrealized losses to be recorded as a component of interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations at the repayment date. In April 2005, the Company recognized $8,692 of accumulated losses in interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations. Subsequent to April 2005, gains resulting from changes in the fair value of the euro swaps in the amounts of $4,206 and $3,157 are recognized in interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

The Company is also party to five U.S. dollar denominated interest rate swaps. Four of these swaps were entered into in May 2002, with an expiration date in May 2007. These swaps were purchased to hedge the Company’s floating interest rate exposure on term loan B (see Note 14) with a final maturity of December 2011. Under the terms of these swaps, the Company pays a fixed rate of 4.8% and receives three-month LIBOR on the notional amount of U.S. dollar swaps for the life of the swaps. In addition, the Company entered into one U.S. dollar interest rate swap in 2006, with a beginning date of May 2007 and an expiration date of May 2009. This swap was entered into to hedge an additional portion the Company’s floating interest rate exposure on term loan B (see Note 14) with a final maturity of December 2011. Under the terms of the swap, the Company pays a fixed rate of 5.26% and receives three-month LIBOR on the notional amount of the swap. There was no ineffectiveness related to the U.S. dollar swaps during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 or December 30, 2005.

 

F-23


All interest rate swaps are designated and qualify as cash flows hedging instruments and, therefore, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified as a component to net income in the same period or periods during which the hedged exposure (interest) affects earnings. The net unrealized losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, were $412 and $113 for the years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

 

(16) Restructuring Liabilities

November 2005 Restructuring Program

On November 7, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a restructuring program (“November 2005 Plan”), which is expected to take two to three years to implement, and includes a redesign of the Company’s organization structure, the closure of a number of manufacturing and other facilities and a workforce reduction of approximately 10%, in addition to previously planned divestitures. In addition to the divestiture of the Polymer Business, the Company is considering the potential divestiture of, or exit from, certain other non-core or underperforming businesses.

In connection with the November 2005 Plan, the Company recognized expense of $112,996 and $4,462 for the involuntary termination of 1,415 and 27 employees, of which 1,167 and 19 were actually terminated as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively. In fiscal year 2006, approximately 500 terminated employees were associated with the exit from a majority of the service-oriented laundry and ware wash business in the United States. The Company also recorded $1,791 and $47 for other restructuring related costs during the twelve months ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

The activities associated with the November 2005 Plan for fiscal year ended December 29, 2006 were as follows:

 

     Employee-
Related
    Other     Total  

Liability recorded as restructuring expense

   $ 4,462     $ 47     $ 4,509  

Liability Adjustments 1

     383       —         383  

Cash Paid 2

     (2,545 )     —         (2,545 )
                        

Liability balances as of December 30, 2005

   $ 2,300     $ 47     $ 2,347  

Liability recorded as restructuring expense

     112,996       1,791       114,787  

Cash Paid 2

     (46,323 )     (586 )     (46,909 )
                        

Liability balances as of December 29, 2006

   $ 68,973     $ 1,252     $ 70,225  
                        

 

1

Liability adjustments reflect the reclassification of amounts previously recorded in other liabilities.

 

2

Cash paid is reduced by $3,317 due to the effects of foreign exchange.

Exit and Acquisition-Related Restructuring Programs

During fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, in connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, the Company recorded liabilities for the involuntary termination of former DiverseyLever employees and other exit costs associated with former DiverseyLever facilities. As of December 30, 2005, the Company had terminated 717 employees in completion of programs. The Company continues to make cash payments representing contractual obligations associated with involuntary terminations and lease payments on closed facilities.

 

F-24


     Exit Plans     Acquisition Related
Restructuring Plans
 
     Employee-
Related
    Other     Total     Employee-
Related
    Other     Total  

Liability balances as of January 2, 2004

   $ 24,821     $ 3,411     $ 28,232     $ 5,173     $ 1,393     $ 6,566  

Liability recorded as restructuring expense

     —         —         —         20,404       579       20,983  

Liability Reclassifications 1

     (182 )     182       —         369       (369 )     —    

Liability Adjustments 2

     (2,932 )     (1,405 )     (4,337 )     (173 )     (285 )     (458 )

Cash Paid 3

     (20,511 )     (1,894 )     (22,405 )     (18,576 )     (997 )     (19,573 )
                                                

Liability balances as of December 31, 2004

     1,196       294       1,490       7,197       321       7,518  

Liability recorded as restructuring expense

     —         —         —         12,567       601       13,168  

Liability Adjustments 2

     —         —         —         7       17       24  

Cash Paid 3

     (796 )     (280 )     (1,076 )     (14,492 )     (920 )     (15,412 )
                                                

Liability balances as of December 30, 2005

     400       14       414       5,279       19       5,298  

Liability recorded as restructuring expense

     —         —         —         (232 )     —         (232 )

Cash Paid 3

     (138 )     3       (135 )     (2,421 )     (150 )     (2,571 )
                                                

Liability balances as of December 29, 2006

   $ 262     $ 17     $ 279     $ 2,626     $ (131 )   $ 2,495  
                                                

 

1

Liability reclassifications include reclassification between previously determined employee-related and other plan liabilities based on clarification of original assumptions. All charges related to the liability reclassifications were recorded in the proper period.

 

2

Liability adjustments reflect the reclassification of amounts previously recorded in other liabilities.

 

3

Cash paid includes the effects of foreign exchange.

 

(17) Other (Income) Expense, Net

The components of other (income) expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations, include the following:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Foreign currency translation (gain) loss

   $ (11,384 )   $ 25,675     $ (4,474 )

Forward contracts (gain) loss

     16,003       (24,369 )     6,386  

Loss on hyperinflationary country foreign currency translations

     —         —         1,773  

Other, net

     613       (346 )     1,704  
                        
   $ 5,232     $ 960     $ 5,389  
                        

 

(18) Income Taxes

The income tax provision for the Company has been calculated as if the entities included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements file separately from their parent holding company, Holdings.

As a result of the separation from SCJ in 1999, the Company and its former parent, Holdco, entered into a tax sharing agreement to allocate responsibility for taxes between SCJ and the Company. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the Company received $3,796 from SCJ in 2005 representing adjustments resulting from the closure of the U.S. income tax audit for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2000 and June 29, 2001; however, the payment is subject to further adjustment as a result of current and potential future tax audits as well as tax carryforward and carryback provisions. The payment relates to the ability to carryback certain credits to the pre-separation period that were generated by the Company subsequent to separation. These credits were generated and benefited by the Company in periods prior to 2005.

 

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The provision (benefit) for income taxes for continuing operations was comprised of:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Current tax expense (benefit):

      

Federal

   $ (85,241 )   $ (5,546 )   $ 1,962  

State

     (11,444 )     41       136  

Foreign

     25,854       21,283       19,949  

Deferred tax expense (benefit):

      

Federal

     (930 )     100,643       (22,317 )

Foreign

     (15,324 )     22,407       8,957  
                        
   $ (87,085 )   $ 138,828     $ 8,687  
                        

A reconciliation of the difference between the statutory U.S. federal income tax benefit to the Company’s income tax expense (benefit) for continuing operations is as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
    December 31,
2004
 

Statutory U.S. federal income tax benefit

   $ (77,674 )   $ (20,098 )   $ (1,209 )

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

     (11,444 )     41       136  

Effect of foreign operations

     (670 )     (384 )     (4,187 )

Nondeductible goodwill

     —         2,137       —    

Nondeductible expenses

     5,730       4,181       5,597  

Increase in valuation allowance

     3,552       151,758       1,632  

Foreign earnings deemed remitted

     (3,472 )     1,722       6,779  

Other

     (3,107 )     (529 )     (61 )
                        

Income tax expense (benefit)

   $ (87,085 )   $ 138,828     $ 8,687  
                        

Deferred income taxes are recorded to reflect the tax consequences on future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year end.

The differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts that give rise to significant portions of deferred income tax liabilities or assets include the following:

 

     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
 

Deferred tax assets:

    

Employee benefits

   $ 68,848     $ 94,497  

Inventories

     8,198       7,842  

Accrued expenses

     55,374       40,890  

Net operating loss carryforwards

     155,213       181,104  

Foreign tax credits

     51,094       70,035  

Valuation allowance

     (204,668 )     (251,831 )
                
   $ 134,059     $ 142,537  
                

Deferred tax liabilities:

    

Tangible assets

   $ 8,206     $ 12,492  

Intangible assets

     127,350       123,519  

Foreign earnings deemed remitted

     13,951       27,127  

Other, net

     5,428       9,084  
                
   $ 154,935     $ 172,222  
                

The Company reported an effective income tax rate of 33.5% on pre-tax income from discontinued operations for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006. The effective income tax rate was increased by state and local income taxes and a large permanent difference attributable to the excess of tax gain over book gain on the divestiture of the Polymer Business segment, and decreased by a

 

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reduction in valuation allowance against pre-2006 U.S. tax losses and U.S. foreign tax credits. In accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” the income tax benefit from use of the current year pre-tax losses and credits from continuing operations to offset the tax on the gain from the divestiture of the Polymer Business segment is reported as an income tax benefit for continuing operations.

The Company has foreign net operating loss carryforwards totaling $451,173 that expire as follows: fiscal 2007 – $1,749; fiscal 2008 – $5,230; fiscal 2009 – $19,565; fiscal 2010 – $43,775; fiscal 2011 – $51,869; fiscal 2012 and beyond – $186,555; and no expiration – $142,430.

The Company also has foreign tax credit carryforwards totaling $38,921 that expire as follows: fiscal 2012 and beyond—$29,009; and no expiration - $9,912. The Company also has U.S. state net operating loss carryforwards totaling $383,844. The state net operating loss carryforwards expire in various amounts over one to twenty years. Valuation allowances of $204,668 and $251,831 as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively, have been provided for deferred income tax benefits related to the foreign, federal and state loss carryforwards, tax credits, and other net deferred tax assets where it is more likely than not that amounts may not be realized. The valuation allowance at December 29, 2006, includes $2,142 related to acquired foreign loss carryforwards. Any tax benefits subsequently recognized for the acquired foreign loss carryforwards will be allocated to reduce goodwill.

The valuation allowance at December 30, 2005 was determined in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The combination of historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan caused the Company to reconsider the need for a valuation allowance against its U.S. deferred tax assets. Forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed is difficult when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent years. In certain cases, the negative evidence associated with historical losses cannot be overcome by management’s expectation of future taxable income. Based on the historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan, it was no longer more likely than not that U.S. deferred tax assets would be fully realized. Accordingly, the Company recorded a charge for an additional U.S. valuation allowance of $140,181 for the year ended December 30, 2005. However, in connection with the divestiture of the Polymer Business segment, $63,126 of the allowance was reversed in fiscal year 2006, the benefit for which was recognized in discontinued operations.

The valuation allowance at December 29, 2006 was also determined in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Based on the continued historical U.S. tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan, the Company continued to conclude that it was not more likely than not that U.S. deferred tax assets would be fully realized. Accordingly, the Company recorded a charge for an additional U.S. valuation allowance of $2,077 for continuing operations for the year ended December 29, 2006. The Company does not believe the valuation allowances recorded in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 are indicative of future cash tax expenditures. If the November 2005 Plan produces the results anticipated by management, the Company anticipates that all or a portion of the valuation allowance would reverse in future periods, similar to the partial reduction of valuation allowance in discontinued operations for fiscal year 2006 related to the divestiture of the Polymer Business segment.

Pretax income (loss) from foreign continuing operations was $(4,902), $75,341 and $91,870, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Federal and state income taxes are provided on international subsidiary income distributed to or taxable in the U.S. during the year. As of December 29, 2006, federal and state taxes have not been provided for the repatriation of unremitted earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries, which are considered to be permanently reinvested. A determination of the unrecognized deferred tax liability associated with permanently reinvested foreign subsidiary earnings is not practicable.

The Company closed income tax audits for Holdings (U.S.) for the 2002 and 2003 tax periods, for JohnsonDiversey (France) S.A.S. for the 2002 through 2004 tax periods, for Johnson Professional Co., Ltd. (Japan) for the 2003 through 2005 tax periods, and other income tax audits covering various entities for various previous tax periods. Based on the results of these income tax audits, the Company reduced tax contingency reserve by $22,102 in 2006, of which $10,631 was recorded as a credit to goodwill and $11,471 was recorded as a credit to income tax expense from continuing operations. The Company continues to provide tax contingency reserve for known income tax exposures globally.

 

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In June, 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48). The Company is required to adopt FIN 48 beginning in fiscal year 2007. The interpretation contains a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the income tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company is still assessing the impacts of the adoption of FIN 48. Based on a preliminary analysis, management believes that adoption of FIN 48 will not have a material impact on retained earnings. However, the final analysis will be completed in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007.

On June 10, 2004, the Company completed the sale of shares of Whitmire. The sale of shares resulted in a capital loss of $3,568 for U.S. income tax purposes. As of the year ended December 30, 2005, the Company had recorded a full valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset related to this capital loss. This valuation allowance was reversed in fiscal year 2006 since the capital loss was used to offset the gain on the divestiture of the Polymer Business segment for U.S. income tax purposes.

 

(19) Defined Benefit Plans

The Company provides retirement and other defined benefits to its employees worldwide. The retirement benefits are provided mainly through pension and other defined benefit plans. Under the acquisition agreement with Unilever, the Company has agreed to maintain the employees’ benefit programs for DiverseyLever employees who joined the Company at their current level for at least three years. Otherwise, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate its employee benefit plans at any time.

Employees around the world participate in various local pension and other defined benefit plans. These plans provide benefits that are generally based on years of credited service and a percentage of the employee’s eligible compensation, either earned throughout that service or during the final years of employment. Some smaller plans also provide long-service payments. Under the constitutions of Unilever’s plans, the Company’s plans have received transfer payments based on an equitable distribution of funds in respect of transferring employees. All such payments due relative to the transferring liability, measured using U.S. GAAP at the time of the agreement, have been settled by a cash payment from Unilever to the Company. The Company received $2,723 from Unilever in settlement of the agreement during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

Global Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The following table provides a summary of the changes in the Company’s plans’ benefit obligations, assets and funded status during fiscal years 2006 and 2005, and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets, in respect of those countries where the pension liabilities exceeded a certain threshold (approximately $5,000).

 

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     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005  
     North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
    North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
 

Change in benefit obligations:

            

Benefit obligation at beginning of period

   $ 247,329     $ 77,690     $ 495,630     $ 222,132     $ 85,665     $ 417,802  

Service cost

     11,118       1,348       20,198       11,267       1,543       20,849  

Interest cost

     14,412       1,566       20,287       13,269       1,588       20,775  

Plan participant contributions

     —         —         2,871       434       —         3,682  

Actuarial loss or (gain)

     (4,451 )     (3,091 )     (32,655 )     10,162       4,617       53,180  

Benefits paid

     (25,174 )     (3,061 )     (22,111 )     (11,737 )     (4,538 )     (15,785 )

(Gain)/Loss due to exchange rate movements

     117       (618 )     49,706       1,652       (11,185 )     (56,886 )

Plan amendments

     131       —         (10,326 )     —         —         —    

Acquisitions

     —         —         9,523       —         —         54,499  

Curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits

     (676 )     (4,689 )     (50,740 )     150       —         (2,486 )
                                                

Benefit obligation at end of period

   $ 242,806     $ 69,145     $ 482,383     $ 247,329     $ 77,690     $ 495,630  
                                                

Change in plan assets:

            

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period

   $ 170,119     $ 34,324     $ 317,359     $ 158,565     $ 38,999     $ 258,937  

Actual return on plan assets

     18,440       1,550       24,345       12,713       210       41,932  

Employer contribution

     47,861       4,166       28,671       9,009       4,669       24,297  

Plan participant contributions

     —         —         2,871       434       —         3,682  

Benefits paid

     (25,174 )     (3,061 )     (22,111 )     (11,737 )     (4,538 )     (15,785 )

Gain/(Loss) due to exchange rate movements

     (84 )     (305 )     34,094       1,135       (5,016 )     (35,634 )

Acquisitions

     —         —         7,578       —         —         39,930  

Settlements

     —         (4,672 )     (45,147 )     —         —         —    
                                                

Fair value of plan assets at end of period

   $ 211,162     $ 32,002     $ 347,660     $ 170,119     $ 34,324     $ 317,359  
                                                

Net amount recognized:

            

Funded status

   $ (31,644 )   $ (37,143 )   $ (134,723 )   $ (77,210 )   $ (43,366 )   $ (178,271 )

Employer contributions between measurement date and year-end

     35       —         —         20,043       —         —    

Unrecognized net actuarial loss

     71,137       25,015       48,348       84,579       33,469       86,675  

Unrecognized prior service cost

     (69 )     23       (12,790 )     (251 )     30       (3,977 )

Unrecognized transition obligation

     —         325       1,995       —         602       —    
                                                

Net amount recognized

   $ 39,459     $ (11,780 )   $ (97,170 )   $ 27,161     $ (9,265 )   $ (95,573 )
                                                

Net amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets consists of:

            

Prepaid benefit cost

   $ 42,962     $ 637     $ 289     $ 31,815     $ 333     $ 1,461  

Accrued benefit liability

     (3,503 )     (12,417 )     (97,459 )     (4,654 )     (9,598 )     (97,034 )

Additional minimum liability

     (59,154 )     (24,686 )     (12,247 )     (67,371 )     (33,505 )     (22,889 )

Intangible assets

     174       347       961       216       633       927  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     58,980       24,339       11,286       67,155       32,872       21,962  
                                                

Net amount recognized

   $ 39,459     $ (11,780 )   $ (97,170 )   $ 27,161     $ (9,265 )   $ (95,573 )
                                                

In December 2006, in association with restructuring activities in Japan, the Company recognized curtailment and settlement charges of $1,951 due to early retirements.

In June 2006, in association with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, the Company curtailed defined benefits to former North American Polymer employees resulting in a curtailment loss of $778, which is included in discontinued operations. In conjunction with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, the Company remeasured its defined benefit plan obligations in North America and the Netherlands resulting in a $25,118 reduction of additional minimum pension liabilities, primarily as a result of an increase in discount rate assumptions.

In April 2006, the Company curtailed its participation in a defined benefit plan in the Netherlands sponsored by SCJ. The active participant plan obligations were settled in June 2006 and the inactive participant obligations were settled in December 2006. The net result was a settlement gain of $147.

In April 2006, the Company’s Turkish and Danish subsidiaries curtailed and settled certain defined benefit plans resulting in a settlement gain of $2,158 and settlement loss of $1,495, respectively.

Effective with the beginning of fiscal year 2006, the Company determined that its defined benefit plan at its subsidiary in Ireland met the materiality threshold for accounting and reporting under SFAS No. 87, “Employers’

 

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Accounting for Pensions.” The plan assets, obligations and related activity are shown in the acquisitions line of the tables represented above.

Prior to fiscal year 2005, the Company participated with SCJ, a related party, in certain defined benefit plans at its Dutch and U.K. subsidiaries, and had not accounted for these plans under SFAS No. 87. In connection with the anticipated formal separation of the plans, the plan assets, obligations and related activity were separated in fiscal year 2005 and are included in the acquisition line of the tables represented above. In fiscal year 2005, the Company made an adjustment to account for the plans under SFAS No. 87, which did not have a significant impact on its results of operations for the year ended December 30, 2005, or any prior periods. In connection with these plans, the Company recorded additional minimum pension liabilities of $9,861 as of December 30, 2005.

Pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets at year end were as follows:

 

     December 29, 2006    December 30, 2005
     North
America
Plans
   Japan
Plans
   Rest of
World
Plans
   North
America
Plans
   Japan
Plans
   Rest of
World
Plans

Projected benefit obligation

   $ 190,550    $ 68,986    $ 258,631    $ 240,119    $ 77,586    $ 391,877

Accumulated benefit obligation

     188,137      68,328      232,792      225,203      76,928      333,585

Fair value of plan assets

     164,528      31,237      152,344      162,375      33,989      237,182

Actuarial calculations were computed using the following weighted-average rates:

 

     December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005  
     North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
    North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
 

Weighted-average discount rate

   5.66 %   2.25 %   4.82 %   5.65 %   2.00 %   4.16 %

Weighted-average rate of increase in future compensation levels

   4.41 %   4.00 %   3.11 %   4.40 %   4.00 %   2.77 %

Weighted-average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   7.91 %   2.75 %   6.93 %   7.90 %   2.00 %   6.43 %

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005     December 31, 2004  
     North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
    North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
    North
America
Plans
    Japan
Plans
    Rest of
World
Plans
 

Service cost

   $ 11,118     $ 1,348     $ 20,198     $ 11,267     $ 1,543     $ 20,849     $ 9,267     $ 1,722     $ 20,557  

Interest cost

     14,412       1,566       20,287       13,269       1,588       20,775       11,949       1,627       16,675  

Expected return on plan assets

     (14,734 )     (610 )     (21,044 )     (14,175 )     (633 )     (18,550 )     (12,168 )     —         (12,688 )

Amortization of net loss

     3,322       2,348       2,613       3,645       2,497       2,508       2,524       2,908       718  

Amortization of transition obligation

     —         234       182       —         252       —         —         256       —    

Amortization of prior service cost

     (28 )     5       (679 )     (31 )     (161 )     (108 )     (35 )     (207 )     (236 )

Curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits

     1,448       1,951       188       150       —         (2,406 )     —         —         —    
                                                                        

Net periodic pension cost

   $ 15,538     $ 6,842     $ 21,745     $ 14,125     $ 5,086     $ 23,068     $ 11,537     $ 6,306     $ 25,026  
                                                                        

The amortization of any prior service cost is determined using a straight-line amortization of the cost over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive benefits under the plan.

 

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Expected pension benefit disbursements for each of the next five years and the five succeeding years are as follows:

 

Year

   North
America
Plans
   Japan
Plans
   Rest of
World
Plans

2007

   $ 12,128    $ 3,139    $ 10,623

2008

     9,956      3,721      15,353

2009

     20,315      3,313      14,496

2010

     12,831      3,437      16,845

2011

     14,059      3,700      17,070

Next five years thereafter

     89,021      17,268      112,692

The Company also has an unfunded supplemental separation pay plan. This plan provides retirement benefits for employees formerly with SCJ who were hired before 1995. The projected benefit obligation was $5,903 and $7,081 as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively, and is included in pension and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The accumulated benefit obligation was $4,357 and $4,869 as of December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The Company uses a measurement date of October 31 for its U.S. based pension plans, and December 31 for its non-U.S. based pension plans.

The following represents the weighted-average asset allocation by asset category for the Company’s North America, Japan and Rest of World defined benefit pension plans on December 29, 2006:

 

     North America Plans     Japan Plans     Rest of World Plans  

Asset Class

   Allocation     Target     Allocation     Target     Allocation     Target  

Non-U.S. Equities

   18 %   18 %   29 %   29 %   38 %   38 %

U.S. Equities

   29 %   30 %   10 %   10 %   10 %   10 %

Non-U.S. Fixed Income

   7 %   7 %   8 %   8 %   37 %   37 %

U.S. Fixed Income

   40 %   40 %   8 %   8 %   2 %   2 %

Non-U.S. Real Estate

   0 %   0 %   0 %   0 %   8 %   8 %

U.S. Real Estate

   3 %   2 %   0 %   0 %   3 %   3 %

Cash and Cash Equivalents

   3 %   3 %   45 %   45 %   2 %   2 %

Employer Contributions

The Company expects to contribute approximately $24,544, $6,093 and $20,063 respectively, to its North America, Japan and Rest of World defined benefit pension plans during fiscal year 2007.

Investment Policies & Strategies

A diversified strategic asset allocation that efficiently and prudently generates investment returns that will meet the objectives of the trust is developed using an asset / liability study for each trust. These studies incorporate specific plan objectives as well as long-term capital market returns and volatilities. Managers are selected to manage assets in given asset class based on their ability to provide returns at or above a passive investment in their asset class. These managers are evaluated annually on their risk adjusted returns. The actual asset allocations are monitored and adjusted toward the strategic target when appropriate. Investment guidelines have been developed and provided to the managers.

A number of philosophical beliefs are inherent in the allocation of assets. Over the long term, equities are expected to outperform fixed income investments. The long-term nature of the trust makes it well suited to bear the added volatility from equities in exchange for the greater long-term expected return. Accordingly, the trusts’ asset allocation usually favors a higher allocation to equities versus fixed income unless circumstances warrant otherwise.

Non-U.S. equities serve to diversify some of the volatility of the U.S. equity market while providing comparable long-term returns. Additionally, non-U.S. equities expand the investment opportunities of the funds. In some countries, governmental or regulatory restrictions require that a certain percentage be invested in the home country’s capital markets.

 

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Alternative asset classes, such as private equity and real estate may be utilized for additional diversification and return potential where appropriate. Allocation to real estate tends to be higher in Europe than the rest of the world.

Fixed income managers will be afforded the opportunity to invest in essentially all sectors of the fixed income market albeit restricted in some instances by investment guidelines to limit exposure to the more volatile security sectors.

Long-Term Rate of Return Assumptions

The expected long-term rate of return assumptions were chosen from the range of likely results of compound average annual returns over a long-term time horizon. Historical returns and volatilities are modeled to determine the final asset allocations that best meet the objectives of asset/liability studies. These asset allocations, when viewed over a long-term historical view of the capital markets, yield an expected return on assets as follows:

 

North America

   Expected Return  

Canada

   7.50 %

United States

   8.00 %

Japan

      

Japan

   2.75 %

Rest of World

      

Belgium

   7.25 %

Germany

   5.50 %

Ireland

   6.50 %

Netherlands

   6.75 %

Switzerland

   5.75 %

United Kingdom

   7.00 %

 

(20) Other Post-Employment Benefits

In addition to providing pension benefits, the Company provides for a portion of healthcare, dental, vision and life insurance benefits for certain retired employees, primarily at its North American segment. Covered employees retiring from the Company on or after attaining age 50 and who have rendered at least ten years of service to the Company are entitled to post-retirement healthcare, dental and life insurance benefits. These benefits are subject to deductibles, co-payment provisions and other limitations. Contributions made by the Company are equivalent to benefits paid. The Company may change or terminate the benefits at any time. The Company has elected to amortize the transition obligation over a 20-year period. The status of these plans, including a reconciliation of benefit obligations, a reconciliation of plan assets and the funded status of the plans follows:

 

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     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
 

Change in benefit obligations:

    

Benefit obligation at beginning of period

   $ 96,223     $ 84,590  

Service cost

     2,506       3,355  

Interest cost

     5,300       4,896  

Actuarial loss

     4,970       8,340  

Benefits paid

     (5,897 )     (4,259 )

(Gain)/Loss due to exchange rate movements

     506       (699 )

Curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits

     (6,937 )     —    
                

Benefit obligation at end of period

   $ 96,671     $ 96,223  
                

Change in plan assets:

    

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period

   $ —       $ —    

Employer contribution

     5,897       4,259  

Plan participants contribution

     820       840  

Benefits paid

     (6,717 )     (5,099 )
                

Fair value of plan assets at end of period

   $ —       $ —    
                

Net amount recognized:

    

Funded status

   $ (96,671 )   $ (96,223 )

Employer contributions between measurement date and year-end

     1,043       1,160  

Unrecognized net actuarial loss

     31,782       33,462  

Unrecognized prior service cost

     (2,816 )     (2,816 )
                

Accrued benefit costs

   $ (66,662 )   $ (64,417 )
                

The accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations were determined using a weighted-average discount rate of 5.82% and 5.73% at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively. The components of net periodic benefit cost for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
     December 29,
2006
    December 30,
2005
   December 31,
2004

Service cost

   $ 2,506     $ 3,355    $ 3,065

Interest cost

     5,300       4,896      4,741

Amortization of net loss

     1,050       751      531

Amortization of transition obligation

     —         287      287

Amortization of prior service cost

     (191 )     50      48

Curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits

     (927 )     —        —  
                     

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 7,738     $ 9,339    $ 8,672
                     

In June 2006, in association with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, the Company curtailed defined benefits and retiree welfare benefits to former North American Polymer employees, resulting in a curtailment loss of $4,068 for retiree welfare benefits.

Effective the beginning of fiscal year 2006, a new healthcare system was introduced in the Netherlands. The new system required that all residents and non-residents working in the Netherlands subscribe to private health insurance with an insurer of their choice, regardless of income level. In association with the new system, the Company and affected employees negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement that discontinued the Company- sponsored postretirement medical subsidy, resulting in a curtailment gain of $4,557 during the first quarter of fiscal 2006.

 

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For the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, healthcare cost trend rates were assumed to be in a range of 3% to 4% for international plans and 9% downgrading to 5% by 2011 for domestic plans. For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2005, healthcare cost trend rates were assumed to be in a range of 3% to 4% for international plans and 10% downgrading to 5% by 2011 for domestic plans. The assumed healthcare cost trend rate has a significant effect on the amounts reported for the healthcare plans. A one percentage point change on assumed healthcare cost trend rates would have the following effect for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006:

 

     One Percentage
Point Increase
   One Percentage
Point Decrease
 

Effect on total of service and interest cost components

   $ 793    $ (707 )

Effect on post-retirement benefit obligation

     9,336      (8,036 )

The amortization of any prior service cost is determined using a straight-line amortization of the cost over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive benefits under the plan.

Expected post-retirement benefits for each of the next five years and succeeding five years are as follows:

 

Year

    

2007

   $ 4,262

2008

     4,695

2009

     5,557

2010

     6,392

2011

     6,866

Next five years thereafter

     36,496

The Company adopted FASB Staff Position No. 106-2 “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003,” during fiscal year 2004. In accordance with the proposed guidance, the Company and its actuarial advisors determined that benefits provided to certain plan participants are expected to be at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D, and, accordingly, the Company was entitled to a subsidy. The expected subsidy reduced the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at January 1, 2004 by $6,100, and net periodic benefit cost by $748 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. The Company was not required to amend its postretirement health care plans to qualify for the federal subsidy.

 

(21) Other Employee Benefit Plans

Discretionary Profit-Sharing Plan

The Company has a discretionary profit-sharing plan covering certain employees. Under the plan, the Company expensed $9,680, $9,432 and $8,394 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Defined Contribution Plans

The Company has various defined contribution benefit plans which cover certain employees. The Company has expanded use of such plans in select countries where they have been used to supplement or replace defined benefit plans.

In the Company’s North American segments, participants can make voluntary contributions in accordance with the provisions of their respective plan, which includes a 40l(k) tax-deferred option. In association with these plans, the Company paid $5,319 and $5,449 for matching contributions during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively. The Company’s other business segments contributed $5,326 and $2,260 to defined contribution plans during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively.

 

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(22) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The book values of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, trade payables and derivative instruments, approximates their respective fair values.

The book values and estimated fair values of borrowings are reflected below:

 

     December 29, 2006    December 30, 2005
     Book Value    Fair Value    Book Value    Fair Value

Short-term borrowings and current portion of long term debt

   $ 48,603    $ 48,603    $ 55,417    $ 55,417

Long-term borrowings

     1,046,942      1,073,745      1,350,845      1,355,011

The fair values of long-term borrowings were estimated using quoted market prices. The book values of short-term borrowings approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of the lines of credit (see Note 14).

 

(23) Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has a long-term incentive plan (the “Plan”) that provides for the right to purchase stock of Holdco, the parent of Holdings, for certain members of senior management of the Company.

In December 2005, the Company and Holdco approved the cancellation of the Plan. In connection with this decision, Holdco commenced an offer to purchase all of its outstanding class C common stock, options to purchase its class C common stock and class B common stock held by senior management of the Company and current or former employees of SCJ. The offer expired in March 2006. Pursuant to the offer, holders of Holdco’s class C common stock who tendered shares in the offer received $139.25 in cash, without interest, for each share of class C common stock tendered. Holders of options received a cash payment as follows: (a) for options with an exercise price less than $139.25 per share, an amount equal to the difference between $139.25 and the exercise price for each share of class C common stock issuable upon exercise of the options and (b) for options with an exercise price equal to or greater than $139.25 per share, $8.00 for each share of class C common stock issuable upon exercise of the options. Holders of class B common stock received $83.30 for each share of class B common stock tendered. Those participants who chose not to accept the tender offer will continue to participate under existing Plan terms; however, the Company will not grant further awards under the Plan.

The Company recorded $393 and $5,136 in selling, general and administrative expenses in the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005, respectively, in recognition of the costs associated with the participants accepting the tender offer. The offer was approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee in December 2005 and its outcome on the financial results of the Company was both probable and reasonably estimable as of December 2005.

Options issued under the modified Plan were 0, 153,622, and 108,637 for the periods ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively. Further, the board of directors approved discretionary stock options to certain employees under the modified Plan. Discretionary stock options issued under the Plan were 0, 4,570, and 16,075 for the periods ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Compensation expense recorded by the Company related to restricted stock and debt forgiveness, net of forfeitures, was ($522), ($171), and $1,941 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively. During fiscal year 2006, 11,805 restricted stock shares were forfeited resulting in a $713 reduction in compensation expense.

 

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A summary of stock option activity and average exercise price is as follows:

 

     Number of Shares     Weighted- Average
Exercise Price

Shares under option at January 2, 2004

   304,105     $ 112.05

Options granted

   124,712       136.61

Options lapsed or surrendered

   (13,800 )     118.61

Options exercised

   (5,968 )     107.13
        

Shares under option at December 31, 2004

   409,049       119.39

Options granted

   158,192       143.06

Options lapsed or surrendered

   (47,041 )     126.81

Options exercised

   (19,062 )     118.41
        

Shares under option at December 30, 2005

   501,138       126.20

Options tendered

   (375,588 )     129.45

Options lapsed or surrendered

   (1,809 )     135.94

Options exercised

   (230 )     111.53
        

Shares under option at December 29, 2006

   123,511     $ 116.12
        

Information related to stock options outstanding and stock options exercisable as of December 29, 2006, is as follows:

 

Weighted-Average

Price Range

   Number of Shares   

Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual

Life (in Years)

   Outstanding    Exercisable   

$   82.63

   26,316    26,316    3

   114.16

   27,675    27,675    4

   136.05

   9,960    9,960    2

   106.93

   11,375    11,375    3

   115.07

   12,500    —      4

   136.79

   16,920    —      4

   143.06

   18,765    —      5
            
   123,511    75,326   
            

Exercisable options held by employees at December 29, 2006 were 75,326. The weighted-average exercise price for options exercisable December 29, 2006 was $104.95.

As of December 29, 2006, there was a total of 48,185 nonvested shares outstanding at weighted-average fair value of $43.81 per share, and there was $1,130 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements. The cost is expected to be recognized over the next three years.

Adoption of New Cash-Based Long-Term Incentive Program

In December 2005, the Company approved a new long-term incentive program, which became effective at the beginning of fiscal year 2006. The new program is not stock-based; rather, it provides for the accumulation of long-term cash awards based on three-year financial performance periods. The new awards are earned through service. The compensation expense related to the services rendered for the year ended December 29, 2006 was $5,778.

 

(24) Lease Commitments

The Company leases certain plant, office and warehouse space as well as machinery, vehicles, data processing and other equipment under long-term, noncancelable operating leases. Certain of the leases have renewal options at reduced rates and provisions

 

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requiring the Company to pay maintenance, property taxes and insurance. Generally, all rental payments are fixed. At December 29, 2006, the future payments for all operating leases with remaining lease terms in excess of one year, and excluding maintenance, taxes and insurance, in each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter were as follows:

 

Year

    

2007

   $ 56,281

2008

     38,868

2009

     23,529

2010

     11,110

2011

     9,098

Thereafter

     42,511
      
   $ 181,397
      

Total rent expense under all leases was $75,813, $75,781 and $74,953 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

(25) Related-Party Transactions

The Company purchases certain raw materials and products from SCJ, which, like the Company, is majority-owned by the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson. Total inventory purchased from SCJ was $29,003, $31,019 and $27,133 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

SCJ also provides certain administrative, business support and general services, including shared facility services to the Company. In addition, the Company leases certain facilities from SCJ. Charges for these services and leases totaled $14,923, $12,134 and $13,918 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

The Company licenses the use of certain trade names, housemarks and brand names from SCJ. Payments to SCJ under the license agreements governing the names and marks totaled $4,666, $4,482 and $4,473 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

SCJ purchases certain raw materials and products from the Company. Total inventory purchased by SCJ from the Company was $14,786, $21,627 and $19,260 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

In June 2006, in connection with the divestiture of the Polymer Business, the Company entered a new toll manufacturing agreement with SCJ (see Note 8). In addition, the Company and SCJ entered a toll manufacturing agreement covering its North American business. Under both agreements, SCJ will support and perform certain manufacturing functions at its Waxdale operation in the United States. The Company paid SCJ $2,383 during the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006 in association with these tolling agreements.

The Company has a banking relationship with the Johnson Financial Group, which is majority-owned by the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson. Service fees paid to the Johnson Financial Group totaled $140, $137 and $143, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

The Company leases its North American headquarters building from Willow Holdings, Inc., which is controlled by the descendants of Samuel Curtis Johnson. The Company’s operating lease costs were $806, $789 and $812 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Several of the Company’s management were indebted to the Company in connection with their purchases of shares of class C common stock of Holdco (see Note 27). These loans were outstanding in the amount of $860, net of the forgiven portion, as of December 30, 2005. There were no outstanding loans as of December 29, 2006.

On May 3, 2002, in connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business from Unilever, the Company entered into a sales agency agreement, a transitional services agreement and a dispensed products license agreement with Unilever. The sales agency

 

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agreement will expire on May 2, 2007, unless extended. The Company is currently in discussions with Unilever to replace this arrangement prior to the expiration of the sales agency agreement. Amounts earned under the sales agency agreement totaled $85,516, $94,105 and $92,975 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Under the dispensed products license agreement, Unilever has granted the Company a license to use certain intellectual property relating to the products the Company sells for use in certain personal care product dispensing systems. The dispensed products license agreement expires on May 2, 2007, and automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless terminated by either party under certain circumstances. Payments to Unilever under the dispensed products license agreement totaled $877, $764 and $756 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

Under the transitional services agreement, Unilever provided the Company with a wide range of support services that were intended to ensure the smooth transition of the DiverseyLever business from Unilever to the Company. Unilever provided most services for no more than 24 months, and, accordingly, services under the transitional services agreement have been terminated. Payments to Unilever under the transitional services agreement totaled $1,906 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

In association with the continuation of various support services and reimbursement of benefit related costs not covered by the transitional service agreement, the Company paid Unilever $845, $912 and $722 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

The Company purchases certain raw materials and products from Unilever, acts as a co-packer for Unilever and also sells certain finished goods to Unilever as a customer. Total purchases of inventory by the Company from Unilever, excluding inventories associated with the sales agency agreement, were $16,346, $12,453 and $11,843, respectively, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. Total sales of finished product by the Company to Unilever were $48,167, $44,544 and $39,437, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

The Company recognized interest income of $2,464, $3,317 and $3,536 for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, related to certain long-term acquisition related receivables from Unilever. The Company received $0, $4,773 and $136 during the fiscal years ended December 29, 2006, December 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, in partial settlement of the interest due.

In July 2005, the Company purchased two minority equity interests from Holdco, including a North American business for $994 and a Dutch business associated with its former polymer segment for $2,000.

Related-party receivables and payables at December 29, 2006 and December 30, 2005 consisted of the following:

 

     December 29, 2006    December 30, 2005

Included in accounts receivable – related parties:

     

Receivable from Holdco

   $ 534    $ 4,712

Receivable from Holdings

     330      303

Receivable from SCJ

     810      1,106

Receivable from Unilever

     25,987      21,856

Receivable from other related parties

     148      393

Long-term acquisition-related receivable from Unilever (see Note 5)

     71,392      65,194

Included in accounts payable – related parties:

     

Payable to SCJ

     5,494      2,861

Payable to Unilever

     49,929      50,021

Payable to other related parties

     31      94

Long-term acquisition-related payables to Unilever

     29,357      27,921

Long-term payable to other related parties

     123      321

Included in equity:

     

Notes receivable from management

     —        860

 

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(26) Other Comprehensive Income

Components of other comprehensive income are disclosed, net of tax, in the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity. The following table reflects the gross other comprehensive income and related income tax (expense) benefit.

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
     December 29, 2006     December 30, 2005  
     Gross     Tax     Net     Gross     Tax     Net  

Foreign Currency translation adjustments:

            

Balance at beginning of year

   $ 171,370     $ (15,655 )   $ 155,715     $ 278,433     $ (7,608 )   $ 270,825  

Foreign Currency translation adjustments

     81,706       (3,862 )     77,844       (107,063 )     (8,047 )     (115,110 )
                                                

Balance at end of year

     253,076       (19,517 )     233,559       171,370       (15,655 )     155,715  

Adjustments to minimum pension liability:

            

Balance at beginning of year

     (122,235 )     44,473       (77,762 )     (106,176 )     39,463       (66,713 )

Adjustments to minimum pension liability

     27,267       (7,820 )     19,447       (16,059 )     5,010       (11,049 )
                                                

Balance at end of year

     (94,968 )     36,653       (58,315 )     (122,235 )     44,473       (77,762 )

Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives:

            

Balance at beginning of year

     (275 )     97       (178 )     (16,378 )     5,247       (11,131 )

Gains (losses) in fair value of derivatives

     (626 )     236       (390 )     7,411       (2,412 )     4,999  

Reclassification of prior unrealized losses realized in net income

     275       (97 )     178       8,692       (2,738 )     5,954  
                                                

Balance at end of year

     (626 )     236       (390 )     (275 )     97       (178 )
                                                

Total accumulated other comprehensive income, net

   $ 157,482     $ 17,372     $ 174,854     $ 48,860     $ 28,915     $ 77,775  
                                                

 

(27) Stockholders’ Equity

During calendar years 1999, 2000 and 2005, the Company received notes from several of its empolyees in connection with their purchases of shares of Class C common stock of Holdco, which currently owns two-thirds of the equity interests of Holdings, the Company’s parent. None of the notes received by the Company in 2005 were from officers.

During fiscal year 2006, in association with the cancellation of the Company’s equity-based long-term incentive plan (see Note 23), all management loans related to purchases of Class C common stock of Holdco were repaid.

 

(28) Contingencies

The Company is subject to various legal actions and proceedings in the normal course of business. Although litigation is subject to many uncertainties and the ultimate exposure with respect to these matters cannot be ascertained, the Company does not believe the final outcome of any current litigation will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company has purchase commitments for materials, supplies, and property, plant and equipment incidental to the ordinary conduct of business. In the aggregate, such commitments are not in excess of current market prices. Additionally, the Company normally commits to some level of marketing related expenditures that extend beyond the fiscal year. These marketing expenses are necessary in order to maintain a normal course of business and the risk associated with them is limited. It is not expected that these commitments will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company maintains environmental reserves for remediation, monitoring, assessment and other expenses at one of its domestic facilities. While the ultimate exposure at this site continues to be evaluated, the Company does not anticipate a material effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, the Company conducted environmental assessments and investigations at DiverseyLever facilities in various countries. These investigations disclosed the likelihood of soil and/or groundwater contamination, or potential environmental regulatory matters. The Company continues to evaluate the nature and extent of the identified contamination and is preparing and executing plans to address the contamination. In fiscal 2002 and 2003, the Company estimated costs and recorded liabilities of $11,800 representing the expected extent of contamination and the expected likelihood of

 

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recovery for some of these costs from Unilever under the purchase agreement. During fiscal year 2005, the Company reduced its environmental reserves by $2,916 in conjunction with the completion of remediation activities or determination that the need for remediation was no longer probable. The reserve reduction was offset in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company intends to seek recovery from Unilever under indemnification clauses contained in the purchase agreement.

In connection with the acquisition of the DiverseyLever business, Holdings entered into the Stockholders’ Agreement with its stockholders, Holdco and Marga B.V., as amended and restated in May 2006. The Stockholders’ Agreement relates to, among other things:

 

   

restrictions on the transfer of Holdings’ shares held by the stockholders;

 

   

Holdings’ corporate governance, including board and committee representation and stockholder approval provisions;

 

   

the put and call options and rights of first offer and refusal with respect to shares held by Marga B.V.;

 

   

certain payments to Marga B.V. as described below; and

 

   

various other rights and obligations of Holdings and its stockholders, such as provisions relating to delivery of and access to financial and other information, payment of dividends and indemnification of directors, officers and stockholders.

Marga B.V.’s obligations under the Stockholders’ Agreement are guaranteed by Unilever N.V.

Put and Call Options. Under the Stockholders’ Agreement, at any time after May 3, 2008, Unilever has the right to require Holdings to purchase the shares then beneficially owned by Unilever. Holdings has the option to purchase the shares beneficially owned by Unilever at any time after May 3, 2010. Any exercise by Holdings of its call option must be for at least 50% of the shares beneficially owned by Unilever. Any exercise by Unilever of its put option must be for all of its shares.

Before May 3, 2010, Holdings’ obligations in connection with a put by Unilever are conditioned on a refinancing of the Company’s and Holdings’ indebtedness, including indebtedness under the Company’s senior subordinated notes and the Company’s senior secured credit facilities. In connection with the put, Holdings must use its reasonable best efforts prior to May 3, 2009, and its best efforts after that date, to consummate a refinancing and may be required to purchase less than all of the shares subject to the put under some circumstances. If Holdings purchases less than all of the shares subject to a put, Unilever may again put its remaining shares after a specified suspension period.

Following the exercise by Unilever of its put rights, if Holdings fails to purchase all of Unilever’s shares for cash by May 3, 2010, it must issue a promissory note to Unilever in exchange for the remaining shares. The maturity date of the promissory note will be either 90 days or one year after its issuance, depending on the level of Unilever’s ownership interest in Holdings at that time. The terms of the promissory note will provide Unilever with rights similar to its rights as a stockholder under the Stockholders’ Agreement, including board representation, veto and access and informational rights. The promissory note will contain various subordination provisions in relation to the Company’s and Holdings’ indebtedness.

If, after May 3, 2010, Unilever has not been paid cash with respect to its put option, Unilever may also:

 

   

require Holdings to privately sell Unilever’s shares or other shares of Holdings’ capital stock to a third party; and

 

   

require Holdings to sell its Japan businesses or any other business or businesses that may be identified for sale by a special committee of Holdings’ board of directors. The special committee is required to identify such other business or businesses after May 3, 2009 and prior to May 3, 2010 and to engage an investment banking firm to assist it with such identification and evaluation.

 

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The exercise of these remedies, other than sales of Unilever’s shares, is subject to compliance with the agreements relating to the Company’s and Holdings’ indebtedness.

The price for Holdings’ shares subject to a put or call option will be based on Holdings’ enterprise value at the time the relevant option is exercised, plus its cash and minus its indebtedness. Holdings’ enterprise value cannot be less than eight times the EBITDA of Holdings and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for the preceding four fiscal quarters, as calculated in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement. If Holdings, Unilever and their respective financial advisors cannot agree on an enterprise value, the issue will be submitted to an independent third-party for determination.

If Holdings purchases less than all of the shares beneficially owned by Unilever in connection with the exercise of the put or call option, Unilever may elect to fix the price for its remaining shares not purchased. If Unilever does not elect to fix the price, the price will float and a new price will be determined based on the enterprise value the next time a put or call option is exercised.

Contingent Payments. Under the Stockholders’ Agreement, Holdings may be required to make payments to Unilever in each year from 2007 through 2010 so long as Unilever continues to beneficially own 5% or more of Holdings’ outstanding shares. The amount of each payment will be equal to 25% of the amount by which the cumulative cash flows of Holdings and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, for the period from May 3, 2002, through the end of the fiscal year preceding the payment (not including any cash flow with respect to which Unilever received a payment in a prior year), exceed:

 

   

$727,000 in 2006;

 

   

$975,000 in 2007;

 

   

$1,200,000 in 2008; and

 

   

$1,425,000 in 2009.

The aggregate amount of all these payments cannot exceed $100,000. Payment of these amounts is subject to compliance with the agreements relating to Holdings and the Company’s senior indebtedness including, without limitation, the senior discount notes of Holdings, the Company’s senior subordinated notes and the Company’s senior secured credit facilities.

Holdings did not meet the cumulative cash flow requirement for the measurement period ended December 29, 2006 and will not be required to make a contingent payment in fiscal year 2007.

Transfer of Shares. Under the Stockholders’ Agreement, a stockholder controlled by Unilever may transfer its shares of Holdings to another entity of which Unilever owns at least an 80% interest, and a stockholder controlled by Holdco may transfer its shares of Holdings to another entity of which Holdco owns at least an 80% interest.

In addition, at any time after May 3, 2007, Unilever may sell all, but not less than all, of its shares of Holdings to no more than one purchaser (an “Early Sale”), subject to certain restrictions, including, but not limited to, the requirement that all consents and approvals are obtained, the sale not violating or resulting in the termination of the Company’s license agreement with SCJ and the sale not constituting a change of control under the Company’s senior secured credit facilities. Further, the purchaser of Holdings’ shares from Unilever cannot be a competitor of SCJ and must be approved by Holdco, which approval cannot be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If Unilever sells its shares of Holdings to a third party, that third party would be entitled to the same rights and be subject to the same obligations applicable to Unilever under the Stockholders’ Agreement.

From May 3, 2007 through May 3, 2008, prior to commencing an Early Sale, Unilever must notify Holdings of its intention to sell its shares and Holdings has the right of first offer to purchase the shares beneficially owned by Unilever at the price and on the terms specified by Unilever. If Holdings does not elect to purchase the shares, Unilever may commence an Early Sale. Prior to completing that sale, however, Unilever must again offer the shares to Holdings, and Holdings has a right of first refusal to purchase the shares. The price for the shares under Holdings’ right of first refusal would be the price at which the shares are offered to the

 

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third-party purchaser plus a premium equal to 3% of that third-party price, with a maximum aggregate premium of $15,000 and a minimum aggregate premium of $10,000. The maximum and minimum limitations applicable to the premium are prorated to the extent that Holdings had previously purchased shares held by Unilever. The premium would be paid by Holdco. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Unilever has not notified Holdings of its intention to sell its shares pursuant to an Early Sale prior to May 3, 2008, Unilever would be required to first exercise its put option prior to selling its shares to a third party as described in this paragraph.

Purchase of Additional Shares from Holdco. Under the Stockholders’ Agreement, on the earlier of May 3, 2010 and the date on which Unilever sells all of its shares of Holdings to Holdings or a third party in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, Unilever will have the right to buy from Holdco that number of class A common shares of Holdings (the “Additional Shares”) equal to the lesser of (i) 1.5% of the total outstanding shares of Holdings and (ii) the largest whole number of class A common shares, the aggregate value (as determined pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement) of which does not exceed $40,000. The purchase price to be paid by Unilever to Holdco for such Additional Shares would be $.01 per share. Unilever may then require the immediate repurchase by Holdco of the Additional Shares at a price determined in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement. The obligations to transfer the Additional Shares and repurchase those shares are obligations solely of Holdco.

 

(29) Segment Information

Following divestiture of its Polymer Business segment, the Company reevaluated its operating segments and concluded that a geographic presentation, at present, appropriately reflects management’s decision-making structure and provides investors with a basis from which to understand and assess its business. Effective with the filing of its annual report on From 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, the Company modified its segment information disclosure to comply with its conclusion and the requirements SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” Accordingly, fiscal years prior to fiscal year ended December 29, 2006 have been restated to conform to current year presentation.

Information regarding the Company’s operating segments is shown below. Each segment is individually managed with separate operating results that are reviewed regularly by the executive management. Each segment’s accounting policies are consistent with those used by the Company.

The following table represents operating segment information. Statements of operations, except depreciation and amortization, include results from continuing operations only.

 

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     Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2006  
    

North

America

    Europe     Japan   

Latin

America

   Asia
Pacific
   

Eliminations/

Other 1

   

Total

Company

 

Net sales

   $ 828,524     $ 1,435,942     $ 295,735    $ 195,388    $ 193,416     $ (20,752 )   $ 2,928,253  

Operating profit

     (53,810 )     (10,632 )     10,088      12,512      (991 )     (66,253 )     (109,086 )

Depreciation and amortization

     73,527       57,694       7,501      8,153      7,730       43,364       197,969  

Interest expense

     10,848       69,022       888      4,593      3,669       31,558       120,578  

Interest income

     15,159       11,586       9      219      499       (14,477 )     12,995  

Total assets

     70,543       1,920,219       275,499      180,936      176,105       679,470       3,302,772  

Goodwill, net

     190,356       747,638       110,410      75,988      60,389       (6,005 )     1,178,776  

Capital expenditures, including capitalized computer software

     17,284       36,316       4,352      8,408      7,689       19,146       93,195  

Long-lived assets 2

     307,437       1,057,960       150,930      108,268      87,929       266,419       1,978,943  
    

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2005

 
    

North

America

    Europe     Japan   

Latin

America

   Asia
Pacific
   

Eliminations/

Other 1

   

Total

Company

 

Net sales

   $ 846,873     $ 1,440,237     $ 329,016    $ 173,406    $ 179,105     $ (20,115 )   $ 2,948,522  

Operating profit

     18,205       72,929       23,163      10,243      5,766       (52,837 )     77,469  

Depreciation and amortization

     51,348       57,307       7,799      7,388      8,427       51,179       183,448  

Interest expense

     10,864       92,400       3,666      7,956      4,690       23,277       142,853  

Interest income

     4,644       14,190       1      611      117       (10,707 )     8,856  

Total assets

     83,004       1,658,180       292,459      181,753      155,924       937,573       3,308,893  

Goodwill, net

     184,059       683,607       112,894      74,153      53,872       9,588       1,118,173  

Capital expenditures, including capitalized computer software

     16,724       31,684       2,807      7,069      7,161       26,724       92,169  

Long-lived assets 2

     371,528       986,036       161,475      105,365      80,538       285,694       1,990,636  
    

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

 
    

North

America

    Europe     Japan   

Latin

America

   Asia
Pacific
   

Eliminations/

Other 1

   

Total

Company

 

Net sales

   $ 822,301     $ 1,412,729     $ 330,589    $ 139,346    $ 164,596     $ (19,880 )   $ 2,849,681  

Operating profit

     9,849       111,140       22,157      11,264      8,976       (43,390 )     119,996  

Depreciation and amortization

     61,649       60,615       8,018      6,196      8,145       49,646       194,269  

Interest expense

     12,366       95,220       3,915      7,454      4,534       645       124,134  

Interest income

     1,143       18,532       1      242      42       (13,702 )     6,258  

Total assets

     173,431       2,018,983       358,700      167,467      160,157       733,271       3,612,009  

Goodwill, net

     184,053       790,288       129,282      69,765      56,511       13,551       1,243,450  

Capital expenditures, including capitalized computer software

     24,649       42,199       2,441      6,583      8,959       44,971       129,802  

Long-lived assets 2

     411,230       1,169,074       200,212      98,625      85,617       313,766       2,278,524  

 

1

Eliminations/Other includes the Company’s corporate operating and holding entities, discontinued operations and corporate level eliminations and consolidating entries.

 

2

Long-lived assets includes property, plant and equipment, capital software, intangible items and investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries.

 

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(30) Subsidiary Guarantors of Senior Subordinated Notes

The Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s 100% owned subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”). Such guarantees are full and unconditional, to the extent allowed by law, and joint and several. Separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented because the guarantors are unconditionally, jointly, and severally liable under the guarantees, and the Company believes such separate statements or disclosures would not be useful to investors. The following supplemental financial information sets forth, on an unconsolidated basis, statements of operations, balance sheets and statements of cash flows information for the Company (“Parent Company”), for the Guarantor Subsidiaries and for the Company’s non-guarantor subsidiaries (the “Non-guarantor Subsidiaries”), each of which were determined on a combined basis with the exception of eliminating investments in combined subsidiaries and certain reclassifications, which are eliminated at the consolidated level. The supplemental financial information reflects the investments of the Company in the Guarantor Subsidiaries and Non-guarantor Subsidiaries using the equity method of accounting.

As of December 29, 2006, in order to achieve compliance with the requirements of SFAS No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows,” the Company reclassified cash flows associated with intercompany notes receivable from net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to cash flows from financing activities in its condensed consolidating statement of cash flows. In addition, the Company separately disclosed intercompany financing activity within the cash flows from financing activities. Prior year balances have been reclassified as follows:

 

     Reclassifications for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2005:
     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (52,036 )   $ 68,231     $ 88,148     $ (104,343 )   $ —  

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings

     23,976       (3,000 )     122,197       (143,173 )     —  

Proceeds from (repayments of) long-term borrowings

     (27,751 )     106       (219,871 )     247,516       —  
                                      

Intercompany financing

   $ (55,811 )   $ 65,337     $ (9,526 )   $ —       $ —  
                                      
    

 

Reclassifications for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004:

      Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (16,640 )   $ (101,286 )   $ (42,263 )   $ 160,189     $ —  

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings

     259,118       (91 )     (59,148 )     (199,879 )     —  

Proceeds from (repayments of) long-term borrowings

     10,323       3,625       (53,638 )     39,690       —  
                                      

Intercompany financing

   $ 252,801     $ (97,752 )   $ (155,049 )   $ —       $ —  
                                      

 

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Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006:

 

     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Net product and service sales

   $ 671,662     $ 85,514     $ 2,196,097     $ (110,536 )   $ 2,842,737  

Sales agency fee income

     4,233       9       81,274       —         85,516  
                                        
     675,895       85,523       2,277,371       (110,536 )     2,928,253  

Cost of sales

     420,576       52,416       1,341,357       (111,565 )     1,702,784  
                                        

Gross profit

     255,319       33,107       936,014       1,029       1,225,469  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     366,759       20,514       771,969       —         1,159,242  

Research and development expenses

     32,605       —         27,921       —         60,526  

Restructuring expense

     42,508       —         72,279       —         114,787  
                                        

Operating profit

     (186,553 )     12,593       63,845       1,029       (109,086 )

Other (income) expense:

          

Interest expense

     146,975       275       74,746       (101,418 )     120,578  

Interest income

     (42,597 )     (63,762 )     (8,054 )     101,418       (12,995 )

Other (income) expense, net

     (283,932 )     (8,177 )     (43,579 )     340,920       5,232  
                                        

Income (loss) before taxes

     (6,999 )     84,257       40,732       (339,891 )     (221,901 )

Provision for income taxes

     (125,080 )     30,220       7,775       —         (87,085 )
                                        

Income (loss) before minority interests

     118,081       54,037       32,957       (339,891 )     (134,816 )

Minority interests in net income of subsidiaries

     —         —         25       —         25  
                                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     118,081       54,037       32,932       (339,891 )     (134,841 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     201       178,673       74,249       —         253,123  
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 118,282     $ 232,710     $ 107,181     $ (339,891 )   $ 118,282  
                                        
Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2005:  
     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Net product and service sales

   $ 706,065     $ 91,860     $ 2,178,422     $ (121,930 )   $ 2,854,417  

Sales agency fee income

     4,313       41       89,751       —         94,105  
                                        
     710,378       91,901       2,268,173       (121,930 )     2,948,522  

Cost of sales

     430,174       61,484       1,322,003       (121,758 )     1,691,903  
                                        

Gross profit

     280,204       30,417       946,170       (172 )     1,256,619  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     362,302       14,191       728,447       —         1,104,940  

Research and development expenses

     35,130       —         21,403       —         56,533  

Restructuring expense

     6,768       —         10,909       —         17,677  
                                        

Operating profit

     (123,996 )     16,226       185,411       (172 )     77,469  

Other (income) expense:

          

Interest expense

     137,267       509       104,146       (99,069 )     142,853  

Interest income

     (38,219 )     (63,209 )     (6,497 )     99,069       (8,856 )

Other (income) expense, net

     (135,619 )     429       (36,986 )     173,136       960  
                                        

Income (loss) before taxes

     (87,425 )     78,497       124,748       (173,308 )     (57,488 )

Provision for income taxes

     79,172       16,266       43,390       —         138,828  
                                        

Income (loss) before minority interests

     (166,597 )     62,231       81,358       (173,308 )     (196,316 )

Minority interests in net income of subsidiaries

     —         —         (65 )     —         (65 )
                                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     (166,597 )     62,231       81,423       (173,308 )     (196,251 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     —         20,012       9,642       —         29,654  
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ (166,597 )   $ 82,243     $ 91,065     $ (173,308 )   $ (166,597 )
                                        
Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004:  
     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Net product and service sales

   $ 715,331     $ 87,089     $ 2,096,016     $ (141,730 )   $ 2,756,706  

Sales agency fee income

     5,293       102       87,580       —         92,975  
                                        
     720,624       87,191       2,183,596       (141,730 )     2,849,681  

Cost of sales

     419,063       61,691       1,242,756       (135,107 )     1,588,403  
                                        

Gross profit

     301,561       25,500       940,840       (6,623 )     1,261,278  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     347,412       15,469       696,948       —         1,059,829  

Research and development expenses

     34,399       —         26,529       —         60,928  

Restructuring expense

     9,851       —         10,674       —         20,525  
                                        

Operating profit

     (90,101 )     10,031       206,689       (6,623 )     119,996  

Other (income) expense:

          

Interest expense

     112,950       2,112       103,887       (94,815 )     124,134  

Interest income

     (34,844 )     (57,574 )     (8,655 )     94,815       (6,258 )

Other (income) expense, net

     (149,693 )     (2,226 )     3,077       154,231       5,389  
                                        

Income before taxes

     (18,514 )     67,719       108,380       (160,854 )     (3,269 )

Provision for income taxes

     (32,180 )     11,674       29,193       —         8,687  
                                        

Income (loss) before minority interests

     13,666       56,045       79,187       (160,854 )     (11,956 )

Minority interests in net income of subsidiaries

     —         —         186       —         186  
                                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     13,666       56,045       79,001       (160,854 )     (12,142 )

Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     —         17,966       7,842       —         25,808  
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 13,666     $ 74,011     $ 86,843     $ (160,854 )   $ 13,666  
                                        

 

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Condensed consolidating balance sheet at December 29, 2006:

 

     Parent
Company
   Guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated
Assets              

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 83,601    $ 481    $ 124,231    $ —       $ 208,313

Accounts receivable

     4,883      495      545,943      —         551,321

Intercompany receivables

     —        703,619      —        (703,619 )     —  

Inventories

     50,892      5,873      204,377      (127 )     261,015

Other current assets

     23,810      2,916      129,269      450       156,445

Current assets of discontinued operations

     4,100      —        —        —         4,100
                                   

Total current assets

     167,286      713,384      1,003,820      (703,296 )     1,181,194

Property, plant and equipment, net

     94,826      1,863      330,312      (5,289 )     421,712

Capitalized software, net

     54,520      507      6,013      —         61,040

Goodwill and other intangibles, net

     132,926      146,116      1,199,860      10,287       1,489,189

Intercompany advances

     465,044      406,434      26,921      (898,399 )     —  

Other assets

     104,984      —        30,704      (420 )     135,268

Investments in subsidiaries

     1,777,633      23,016      —        (1,800,649 )     —  

Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations

     14,369      —        —        —         14,369
                                   

Total assets

   $ 2,811,588    $ 1,291,320    $ 2,597,630    $ (3,397,766 )   $ 3,302,772
                                   
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity              

Current liabilities:

             

Short-term borrowings

   $ —      $ —      $ 35,649    $ —       $ 35,649

Current portion of long-term debt

     8,750      —        4,204      —         12,954

Accounts payable

     79,142      1,353      325,128      —         405,623

Intercompany payables

     543,670      —        159,949      (703,619 )     —  

Accrued expenses

     42,286      148,479      285,380      5,984       482,129

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     2,943      —        —        —         2,943
                                   

Total current liabilities

     676,791      149,832      810,310      (697,635 )     939,298

Intercompany note payable

     38,120      168,681      691,598      (898,399 )     —  

Long-term borrowings

     1,034,330      —        12,612      —         1,046,942

Other liabilities

     113,253      43,454      210,799      (68 )     367,438

Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations

     4,423      —        —        —         4,423
                                   

Total liabilities

     1,866,917      361,967      1,725,319      (1,596,102 )     2,358,101

Stockholders’ equity

     944,671      929,353      872,311      (1,801,664 )     944,671
                                   

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 2,811,588    $ 1,291,320    $ 2,597,630    $ (3,397,766 )   $ 3,302,772
                                   

 

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Condensed consolidating balance sheet at December 30, 2005:

 

     Parent
Company
   Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated
Assets             

Current assets:

            

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 105,614    $ 307     $ 52,265    $ —       $ 158,186

Accounts receivable

     12,524      448       492,350      —         505,322

Intercompany receivables

     261,634      433,866       —        (695,500 )     —  

Inventories

     61,318      5,502       185,016      (144 )     251,692

Other current assets

     13,224      3,466       112,113      —         128,803

Current assets of discontinued operations

     —        21,428       49,732      —         71,160
                                    

Total current assets

     454,314      465,017       891,476      (695,644 )     1,115,163

Property, plant and equipment, net

     119,920      2,082       316,986      (6,743 )     432,245

Capitalized software, net

     81,570      1,115       8,311      —         90,996

Goodwill and other intangibles, net

     175,971      146,133       1,130,919      7,714       1,460,737

Deferred income taxes

     —        —         —        —         —  

Intercompany advances

     414,956      390,669       —        (805,625 )     —  

Other assets

     107,543      (10,455 )     38,337      (296 )     135,129

Investments in subsidiaries

     1,542,879      61,994       2,085      (1,606,958 )     —  

Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations

     6,293      41,562       26,768      —         74,623
                                    

Total assets

   $ 2,903,446    $ 1,098,117     $ 2,414,882    $ (3,107,552 )   $ 3,308,893
                                    
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity             

Current liabilities:

            

Short-term borrowings

   $ —      $ 39     $ 43,380    $ —       $ 43,419

Current portion of long-term debt

     7,750      —         4,248      —         11,998

Accounts payable

     77,138      1,348       294,556      —         373,042

Intercompany payables

     510,304      7,423       177,769      (695,496 )     —  

Accrued expenses

     122,319      18,933       223,074      (1,017 )     363,309

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     —        13,509       23,672      —         37,181
                                    

Total current liabilities

     717,511      41,252       766,699      (696,513 )     828,949

Intercompany note payable

     —        171,488       634,137      (805,625 )     —  

Long-term borrowings

     1,333,853      —         16,992      —         1,350,845

Other liabilities

     123,904      40,619       228,661      1,281       394,465

Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations

     —        886       5,570      —         6,456
                                    

Total liabilities

     2,175,268      254,245       1,652,059      (1,500,857 )     2,580,715

Stockholders’ equity

     728,178      843,872       762,823      (1,606,695 )     728,178
                                    

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 2,903,446    $ 1,098,117     $ 2,414,882    $ (3,107,552 )   $ 3,308,893
                                    

 

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Condensed consolidating statement of cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006:

 

     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ 418,625     $ (226,501 )   $ 135,402     $ (335,154 )   $ (7,628 )

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Capital expenditures, net

     (34,553 )     8,768       (59,812 )     (441 )     (86,038 )

Acquisitions of businesses

     10,269       46,613       (16,870 )     (51,612 )     (11,600 )

Proceeds from divestitures

     9,917       369,759       109,926       —         489,602  
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (14,367 )     425,140       33,244       (52,053 )     391,964  

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings

     —         (39 )     (9,819 )     —         (9,858 )

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     100,000       —         —         —         100,000  

Repayments of long-term borrowings

     (427,751 )     —         (5,813 )     —         (433,564 )

Intercompany financing

     17,403       552       (17,955 )     —         —    

Proceeds from (repayments of) additional paid in capital

     (154,156 )     (61,404 )     11,776       203,784       —    

Payment of debt issuance costs

     —         —         —         —         —    

Dividends paid

     —         (131,213 )     (52,259 )     183,423       (49 )
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (464,504 )     (192,104 )     (74,070 )     387,207       (343,471 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     38,233       (7,292 )     (25,507 )     —         5,434  
                                        

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     (22,013 )     (757 )     69,069       —         46,299  

Beginning balance 1

     105,614       1,238       55,162         162,014  
                                        

Ending balance

   $ 83,601     $ 481     $ 124,231     $ —       $ 208,313  
                                        

 

1        Guarantor, Non-guarantor and Consolidated columns include cash and cash equivalents for discontinued operations at December 30, 2005 of $931, $2,897 and $3,828, respectively.

           

 

Condensed consolidating statement of cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2005:

 

     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (16,854 )   $ 144,087     $ 170,214     $ (162,277 )   $ 135,170  

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Capital expenditures, net

     (34,308 )     (3,400 )     (51,151 )     —         (88,859 )

Acquisitions of businesses

     23,680       (5,390 )     (20,843 )     (3,561 )     (6,114 )

Proceeds from divestitures

     979       4,000       18,404       —         23,383  
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (9,649 )     (4,790 )     (53,590 )     (3,561 )     (71,590 )

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings

     (39,300 )     39       (170 )     —         (39,431 )

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     432,178       —         21,044       —         453,222  

Repayments of long-term borrowings

     (43,242 )     —         (248,157 )     —         (291,399 )

Intercompany financing

     (55,811 )     65,337       (9,526 )     —         —    

Proceeds from (repayments of) additional paid in capital

     (74,119 )     (91,715 )     113,287       52,547       —    

Payment of debt issuance costs

     (6,594 )     —         (641 )     —         (7,235 )

Dividends paid

     (40,437 )     (56,791 )     (56,502 )     113,291       (40,439 )
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     172,675       (83,130 )     (180,665 )     165,838       74,718  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (41,555 )     (55,394 )     92,621       —         (4,328 )
                                        

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     104,617       773       28,580       —         133,970  

Beginning balance

     991       465       26,588       —         28,044  
                                        

Ending balance 1

   $ 105,608     $ 1,238     $ 55,168     $ —       $ 162,014  
                                        

 

1        Guarantor, Non-guarantor and Consolidated columns include cash and cash equivalents for discontinued operations at December 30, 2005 of $931, $2,897 and $3,828, respectively.

           

 

Condensed consolidating statement of cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004:

 

     Parent
Company
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Consolidating
Adjustments
    Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (58,182 )   $ 178,941     $ 235,278     $ (157,261 )   $ 198,776  

Cash flows from investing activities:

          

Capital expenditures, net

     (64,757 )     1,863       (54,880 )     —         (117,774 )

Acquisitions of businesses

     33,439       (21,129 )     2,453       (18,731 )     (3,968 )
                                        

Proceeds from divestitures

     —         48,423       —         —         48,423  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (31,318 )     29,157       (52,427 )     (18,731 )     (73,319 )

Cash flows from financing activities:

          

Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings

     39,300       —         21,386       —         60,686  

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     —         —         2,531       —         2,531  

Repayments of long-term borrowings

     (122,663 )     —         (33,709 )     —         (156,372 )

Intercompany financing

     252,801       (97,752 )     (155,049 )     —         —    

Proceeds from (repayments of) additional paid in capital

     (78,631 )     (80,587 )     52,945       106,273       —    

Payment of debt issuance costs

     9,644       —         (10,981 )     —         (1,337 )

Dividends paid

     (14,888 )     (63,051 )     (6,711 )     69,719       (14,931 )
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     85,563       (241,390 )     (129,588 )     175,992       (109,423 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     4,747       32,751       (50,031 )     —         (12,533 )
                                        

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     810       (541 )     3,232       —         3,501  

Beginning balance

     —         1,187       23,356       —         24,543  
                                        

Ending balance 1

   $ 810     $ 646     $ 26,588     $ —       $ 28,044  
                                        

 

1        Guarantor, Non-guarantor and Consolidated columns include cash and cash equivalents for discontinued operations at December 31, 2004 of $428, $1,559 and $1,987, respectively.

           

 

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(31) Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

 

     1st Quarter     2nd Quarter    3rd Quarter    4th Quarter  
     March 31,
2006
    April 1,
2005
    June 30,
2006
   July 1,
2005
   September 29,
2006
    September 30,
2005
   December 29,
2006
   December 30,
2005
 

Net sales 1

   $ 691,371     $ 715,800     $ 757,381    $ 776,821    $ 739,471     $ 742,850    $ 740,030    $ 713,051  

Gross profit 1

     284,587       304,129       327,237      339,757      312,957       321,635      300,688      291,098  

Net income (loss) 2

     (111,913 )     (7,844 )     230,709      5,143      (16,115 )     8,425      15,601      (172,321 )

 

1

Amounts include results from continuing operations. Prior year data has been restated to conform to the current year presentation.

 

2

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company estimated and recorded an impairment charge of $5,139 on amortizable intangible assets associated with its divestiture of the Auto-Chlor branch operation in the southern United States. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company revised its original estimate resulting in the reversal of $2,366 of that impairment charge (see Note 7).

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company divested of its Polymer Business segment (see Note 8) resulting in after tax gain of approximately $225,447.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company recorded restructuring expense of $42,800 and selling, general and administrative expenses of $57,600 related to the November 2005 Plan (see Note 16).

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005, the Company recorded compensation expense of $5,136 associated with the cancellation of its long-term incentive program (see Note 23) and additional interest expense of $10,343 in relation to its debt restructuring (see Note 14). In addition, based on the combination of historical United States tax losses and the anticipated additional expenses to be incurred in the U.S. as part of the November 2005 Plan, the Company recorded a charge for a valuation allowance against its U.S. deferred tax assets of $140,181 (see Note 18).

 

F-49


JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

3.1    Certificate of Incorporation of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on July 31, 2002 (Reg. No. 333-97427)(the “JDI Form S-4”))
3.2    Bylaws of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.20 to the JDI Form S-4)
4.1    Indenture between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and each of the guarantors named therein and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee, dated as of May 3, 2002, relating to the $300,000,000 9.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to the JDI Form S-4)
4.2    Indenture between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and each of the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, dated as of May 3, 2002, relating to the €225,000,000 9.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.1    Asset and Equity Interest Purchase Agreement, dated May 1, 2006, by and among Johnson Polymer, LLC, JohnsonDiversey Holdings II B.V. and BASF Aktiengesellschaft (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2006)
10.2    Purchase Agreement among JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.), JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and Conopco, Inc., dated as of November 20, 2001 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.3    First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement by and among JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.), JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and Conopco, Inc., dated as of February 11, 2002 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.4    Second Amendment to the Purchase Agreement by and among JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.), JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and Conopco, Inc., dated as of April 5, 2002 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.3 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.5    Third Amendment to the Purchase Agreement by and among JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.), JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and Conopco, Inc., dated as of May 3, 2002 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.4 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.6    Master Sales Agency Agreement among Unilever N.V., Unilever PLC and JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.), dated as of May 3, 2002 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.5 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.7    Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement among JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (amended and restated), Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. and Marga B.V., dated as of May 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 4, 2006)
10.8    Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2005, among JohnsonDiversey, Inc., as borrower, JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., the lenders and issuers party thereto, as lenders, Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., General Electric Capital Corporation and National City Bank of the Midwest, each as a co-documentation agent, and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., as sole arranger and book runner (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on December 19, 2005)
10.9    Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2005, by JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a/, Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.) and each of the other entities on the signature pages thereof in favor of Citicorp, USA, Inc. as administrative agent (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on December 19, 2005)

 

E-1


Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

10.10    Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2002, by JohnsonDiversey, Inc., JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.) and the other loan parties signatories thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.8 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.11    Agreement between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and JohnsonDiversey, Inc., dated as of May 3, 2002, with respect to, among other things, the house marks (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.9 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.12    Agreement between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.), dated as of May 3, 2002, with respect to, among other things, the house marks (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.10 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.13    Technology Disclosure and License Agreement among S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.) dated as of May 3, 2002 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.11 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.14    Omnibus Amendment of Leases among S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.) and JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.), dated November 20, 2001 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.12 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.15    Lease Agreement between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) for Waxdale Building 65, 8311 16th Street, Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, dated July 3, 1999 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.13 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.16    Lease Agreement between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.) for Waxdale Buildings 50, 57 and 59, 8311 16th Street, Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, dated July 3, 1999 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.14 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.17    Real Estate and Equipment Lease Agreement between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) for Waxdale Buildings 59 and 63, 8311 16th Street, Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, dated July 3, 1999 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.15 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.18    Lease Agreement between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.) for Waxdale Buildings 52, 53, 54, 66, 66A, 71 & 72, 8311 16th Street, Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, dated July 3, 1999 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.16 to the JDI Form S-4)*
10.19    Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2001, between Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.), as originator, and JWPR Corporation, as buyer (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.18 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.20    Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2001, between U S Chemical Corporation, as originator, and JWPR Corporation, as buyer (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.19 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.21    Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2001, between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.), as originator, and JWPR Corporation, as buyer (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.20 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.22    Amendment No. 1 to Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003, between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.), as originator, and JWPR Corporation, as buyer (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.35 to the JDHI Form S-4)
10.23    Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003, between The Butcher Company, as originator, and JohnsonDiversey, Inc., as buyer (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.36 to the JDHI Form S-4)
10.24    Receivables Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2001, among Johnson Polymer, LLC (formerly known as Johnson Polymer, Inc.), U S Chemical Corporation, Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc., JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.), JWP Investments, Inc. and JWPR Corporation (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.21 to the JDI Form S-4)
10.25    Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006, among JWPR Corporation, as Seller and Servicer, Chariot Funding LLC and Liberty Street Funding Corp., as conduits, and JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and Bank of Nova Scotia, As Financial Institutions and Agents

 

E-2


Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

10.26    Amendment No.1 to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2006, among JWPR Corporation, as Seller and Servicer, Liberty Street Funding Corp., and Bank of Nova Scotia, As Financial Institution and Agent.
10.27    Amendment No.2 to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2006, among JWPR Corporation, as Seller and Servicer, Liberty Street Funding Corp., and Bank of Nova Scotia, As Financial Institution and Agent.
10.28    Amendment No.3 to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2006, among JWPR Corporation, as Seller and Servicer, Liberty Street Funding Corp., and Bank of Nova Scotia, As Financial Institution and Agent.
10.29    Receivables Offer Deed, dated as of 24 October, 2003 between JohnsonDiversey UK Ltd., as originator, and JWPR Corporation, as buyer.
10.30    Amendment No. 1 to Receivables Offer Deed, dated as of 24 October, 2003, between JohnsonDiversey UK Ltd, as originator, and JWPR Corporation, as buyer.
10.31    Deed of Trust and Charge, dated as of 19 January, 2007 between JohnsonDiversey UK Ltd., as originator, JWPR Corporation, as buyer, and Bank of Nova Scotia, as financial institution and agent.
10.32    Stock Purchase Agreement by and among JWP Investments, Inc., Sorex Holdings, Ltd. and Whitmire Holdings Inc. dated as of June 9, 2004 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on June 25, 2004)
10.33    Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.31 to Amendment No. 2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on November 21, 2002 (Reg. No. 333-97247)**
10.34    Form of Stock Option Agreement under Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.32 to the JDI Form S-4)**
10.35    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and Gregory F. Clark, dated November 8, 1999 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.35 to the JDI Form S-4)**
10.36    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and David S. Andersen, dated November 8, 1999 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.36 to the JDI Form S-4)**
10.37    Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly known as S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.) and S. Curtis Johnson, dated December 6, 2001 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.30 to the JDI Form S-4)**
10.38    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Thomas Gartland, executed July 17, 2003 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on November 14, 2003)**
10.39    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Mark S. Cross, executed August 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on November 14, 2003) **
10.40    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Diarmuid P. Ryan, executed May 3, 2004 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on November 12, 2004)**
10.41    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Joseph F. Smorada, executed November 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on November 12, 2004) **
10.42    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Dr. Stephen A. Di Biase, executed December 7, 2004 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.50 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on March 21, 2005) **

 

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Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

10.43    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Pedro Chidichimo, dated as of October 31, 2005 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on November 8, 2005)**
10.44    Retirement Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Gregory E. Lawton, dated as of February 3, 2006 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.40 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. filed with the SEC on March 21, 2006)**
10.45    Employment Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Edward F. Lonergan, dated as of March 17, 2006 (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.47 to the Annual report on Form 10-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on March 21, 2006)**
10.46    Separation Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and J. Gary Raley, dated as of June 28, 2006**
10.47    Retirement Agreement between JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and JoAnne Brandes, dated as of January 25, 2007**
10.48    Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 by and among JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc., and Marga B.V. (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2006)
10.49    Lease Amendment, Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 by and among S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2006)
10.50    Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 by and among S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2006)
10.51    Termination Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 by and between S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2006)
10.52    Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 by and among S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Johnson Polymer, LLC (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2006)
10.53    First Amendment to Asset and Equity Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2006, by and among Johnson Polymer, LLC, JohnsonDiversey Holdings II B.V. and BASF Aktiengesellschaft (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to JohnsonDiversey, Inc.’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 7, 2006, File No. 333-97427)
10.54    Amended and Restated Performance Bonus Opportunity Plan for Key Executives and Officers**
10.55    Restructuring Incentive Plan, Effective as of January 1, 2006**
10.56    Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan, Effective as of January 1, 2006**
10.57    Profit Sharing Plan, Effective as of January 1, 2007**
14.1    JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Finance Officers Ethics Policy (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 14.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of JohnsonDiversey, Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2003)
21.1    Subsidiaries of JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
24.1    Power of Attorney
31.1    Principal Executive Officer’s Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2    Principal Financial Officer’s Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1    Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

* Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. The omitted material has been filed separately with the SEC.

 

** Management contract or compensatory plan.

 

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