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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended      June 30, 2007          
OR
     
o   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 0-9576
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
New Jersey   22-1759452
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
Routes 55 & 553, P.O. Box 888, Pitman, New Jersey   08071-0888
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(856) 589-0500
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
Not Applicable
 
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 (the “Exchange Act”) 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 þ No o
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 o   Accelerated Filer þ   Non-Accelerated Filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
The Registrant had 2,695,759 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 30, 2007.
 
 

 


 

K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
             
        Page No.
PART I.          
   
 
       
         
   
 
       
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        2  
   
 
       
        3  
   
 
       
        4 - 13  
   
 
       
      14 - 21  
   
 
       
      21-22  
   
 
       
      22-23  
   
 
       
PART II.          
   
 
       
      24  
   
 
       
      24  
   
 
       
SIGNATURES  
 
    25  
 K-Tron International, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan
 Certification
 Certification
 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in Thousands except Per Share Data)
                 
    (Unaudited)        
    June 30,     December 30,  
    2007     2006  
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 16,678     $ 14,038  
Restricted cash
    45       420  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $799 and $852
    29,217       23,364  
Inventories, net
    24,685       23,467  
Deferred income taxes
    1,617       1,617  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    3,212       3,649  
 
           
Total current assets
    75,454       66,555  
 
           
 
               
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net
    27,722       29,316  
PATENTS, net
    1,402       1,457  
GOODWILL
    25,046       24,094  
OTHER INTANGIBLES, net
    17,454       17,762  
NOTES RECEIVABLE AND OTHER ASSETS
    1,494       1,665  
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES
    113       147  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 148,685     $ 140,996  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 1,416     $ 404  
Accounts payable
    10,958       8,397  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    9,590       11,618  
Accrued commissions
    3,486       3,009  
Customer advances
    7,629       8,233  
Income taxes payable
    4,775       4,270  
Deferred income taxes
    1,662       1,662  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    39,516       37,593  
 
           
 
               
LONG-TERM DEBT, net of current portion
    26,565       34,364  
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES
    3,583       3,583  
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
          75  
SERIES B JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED SHARES, $.01 par value — authorized 50,000 shares; none issued
           
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Preferred stock, $.01 par value — authorized 950,000 shares; none issued
           
Common stock, $.01 par value — authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued 4,697,333 shares and 4,615,623 shares
    47       46  
Paid-in capital
    23,741       20,319  
Retained earnings
    79,387       69,255  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    3,360       3,275  
 
           
 
    106,535       92,895  
Treasury stock, 2,002,574 shares — at cost
    (27,514 )     (27,514 )
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    79,021       65,381  
 
           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 148,685     $ 140,996  
 
           
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
(Dollars in Thousands except Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     July 1,     June 30,     July 1,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
REVENUES:
                               
Equipment and parts
  $ 44,077     $ 34,436     $ 88,416     $ 64,614  
Services and freight
    3,397       2,325       5,942       4,261  
Other
    92             92        
 
                       
Total revenues
    47,566       36,761       94,450       68,875  
COST OF REVENUES:
                               
Equipment and parts
    24,317       18,375       49,080       35,412  
Services and freight
    2,692       2,121       5,174       4,047  
 
                       
Total cost of revenues
    27,009       20,496       54,254       39,459  
 
                       
Gross profit
    20,557       16,265       40,196       29,416  
OPERATING EXPENSES:
                               
Selling, general and administrative
    12,320       10,321       23,926       19,191  
Research and development
    611       588       1,202       1,173  
 
                       
 
    12,931       10,909       25,128       20,364  
 
                       
Operating income
    7,626       5,356       15,068       9,052  
 
                               
INTEREST (EXPENSE), net
    (433 )     (210 )     (900 )     (366 )
 
                       
Income before income taxes
    7,193       5,146       14,168       8,686  
 
                               
INCOME TAX PROVISION
    1,940       1,790       4,036       3,013  
 
                       
 
                               
NET INCOME
    5,253       3,356       10,132       5,673  
 
                               
RETAINED EARNINGS:
                               
Beginning of period
    74,134       58,700       69,255       56,383  
 
                       
End of period
  $ 79,387     $ 62,056     $ 79,387     $ 62,056  
 
                       
 
                               
EARNINGS PER SHARE:
                               
Basic
  $ 1.96     $ 1.29     $ 3.79     $ 2.19  
 
                       
Diluted
  $ 1.84     $ 1.20     $ 3.56     $ 2.04  
 
                       
 
                               
Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic)
    2,684,000       2,597,000       2,674,000       2,587,000  
 
                       
 
                               
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding (diluted)
    2,859,000       2,796,000       2,846,000       2,777,000  
 
                       
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     July 1,  
    2007     2006  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net income
  $ 10,132     $ 5,673  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Gain on disposition of asset
    (92 )      
Depreciation and amortization
    2,677       2,238  
Non-cash compensation
    192       118  
Deferred income taxes
    34       (36 )
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of business acquired:
               
Accounts receivable, net
    (5,642 )     (1,069 )
Inventories, net
    (1,083 )     (2,001 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    616       (140 )
Other assets
    241       297  
Accounts payable
    2,509       1,460  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    (722 )     149  
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    8,862       6,689  
 
           
 
               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Proceeds from disposition of asset
    406        
Businesses acquired, net of cash received
    (1,854 )     (7,116 )
Capital expenditures
    (903 )     (1,615 )
Restricted cash
    375       (221 )
Other
    (26 )     (35 )
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (2,002 )     (8,987 )
 
           
 
               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net repayments under notes payable to banks
          (804 )
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
    4,010        
Principal payments on long-term debt
    (10,803 )     (3,713 )
Tax benefit from stock option exercises
    1,518        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    1,064       460  
 
           
Net cash used in financing activities
    (4,211 )     (4,057 )
 
           
 
               
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    (9 )     412  
 
           
 
               
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    2,640       (5,943 )
 
           
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
               
Beginning of period
    14,038       15,051  
 
           
End of period
  $ 16,678     $ 9,108  
 
           
 
               
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Interest
  $ 1,223     $ 455  
Income taxes
  $ 2,108     $ 3,814  
 
               
Seller financing for businesses acquired
  $ 635     $ 3,000  
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K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2007
(Unaudited)
1.   Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of K-Tron International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“K-Tron” or the “Company”). All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of a normal recurring nature) considered necessary for a fair presentation of results for interim periods have been made. All references to the second quarter or first six months of 2007 or 2006 mean the 13-week or 26-week period ended June 30, 2007 or July 1, 2006.
The unaudited financial statements herein should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006 which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Certain reclassifications were made to the prior year’s consolidated financial statements to conform them to the current year presentation.
2.   Acquisition
On March 27, 2007, the Company purchased certain assets of Wuxi Chenghao Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi Chenghao”), a privately-owned company in the People’s Republic of China. The purchased assets were transferred from the seller to a newly-created Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise established by the Company which conducts its business under the name Wuxi K-Tron Colormax Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi K-Tron Colormax”). The total cost of the transaction over a five-year period, including the $1,000,000 purchase price and payments under related employment and other arrangements with Wuxi Chenghao’s owner, could be as much as approximately $3,500,000.
3.   New Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes: an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”. Interpretation 48, which clarifies Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, establishes the criterion that an individual tax position has to meet for some or all of the benefits of that position to be recognized in the Company’s financial statements. Interpretation 48 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and was adopted by the Company effective December 31, 2006. On initial application, Interpretation 48 was

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applied to all tax positions for which the statute of limitations remained open. Only tax positions that met the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the adoption date were recognized and, with respect to later dates, only those that met or meet the threshold on those later dates have been or will be recognized at those dates. The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and also in various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. Tax laws and regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to interpretation and require significant judgment to apply. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2003. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax liabilities in interest expense and recognizes penalties in operating expenses. The Company had accrued approximately $153,000 for the payment of interest and penalties at December 30, 2006. Subsequent changes to accrued interest and penalties have not been significant. The adoption of Interpretation 48 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In September 2006, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements”. SAB No. 108 expresses the SEC staff’s views regarding the process of quantifying financial statement misstatements. The SEC staff believes registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. The SEC staff will not object if a registrant records a one-time cumulative effect adjustment to correct errors existing in prior years that previously had been considered immaterial, quantitatively and qualitatively, based on appropriate use of the registrant’s approach. SAB No. 108 describes the circumstances where this would be appropriate as well as required disclosures to investors. SAB No. 108 is effective for fiscal years ending on or after November 15, 2006. The Company adopted SAB No. 108 during its fiscal year ended December 30, 2006. The adoption of SAB No. 108 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, a standard that provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 157 also responds to investors’ requests for expanded information about the extent to which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure fair value and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. SFAS No. 157 applies whenever other standards require (or permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 157 does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances. SFAS No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop fair value assumptions. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company has not yet determined the impact on its consolidated financial statements of adopting SFAS No. 157 effective December 30, 2007.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115”, which provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. The objective of SFAS No. 159 is to reduce both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets

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and liabilities differently. SFAS No. 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company has not yet determined the impact on its consolidated financial statements of adopting SFAS No. 159 effective December 30, 2007.
4.   Inventories
Inventories consist of the following:
                 
    June 30,     December 30,  
    2007     2006  
    (in thousands)  
Components
  $ 17,961     $ 18,697  
Work-in-process
    7,930       5,580  
Finished goods
    643       739  
Inventory reserves
    (1,849 )     (1,549 )
 
           
 
  $ 24,685     $ 23,467  
 
           
5.   Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of the following:
                                 
    June 30, 2007     December 30, 2006  
    Gross             Gross        
    Carrying     Accumulated     Carrying     Accumulated  
    Amount     Amortization     Amount     Amortization  
            (in thousands)          
Amortized intangible assets
                               
Patents
  $ 2,881     $ 1,479     $ 2,855     $ 1,398  
Drawings
    4,980       644       4,980       545  
Customer relationships
    8,598       690       8,598       481  
 
                       
 
  $ 16,459     $ 2,813     $ 16,433     $ 2,424  
 
                       
 
                               
Unamortized intangible assets
                               
Trademarks and tradenames
  $ 5,210             $ 5,210          
 
                           
The amortized intangible assets are being amortized on the straight-line basis (half-year expense in the year of acquisition for patents) over the expected periods of benefit, which range from 10 to 50 years. The weighted average remaining life of the amortizable intangible assets is 29 years. The amortization expense of intangible assets for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and July 1, 2006 was $389,000 and $264,000.

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Goodwill increased by $952,000 during the first six months of 2007 with $1,105,000 related to the purchase of certain assets of Wuxi Chenghao, partially offset by a $153,000 tax gross-up refund from the shareholder of Premier Pneumatics, Inc., which was acquired on October 5, 2006.
6.   Accrued Warranty
The Company offers a one-year warranty on a majority of its products. Warranty is accrued as a percentage of sales, based upon historical experience, on a monthly basis and is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. The following is an analysis of accrued warranty for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and July 1, 2006:
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     July 1,  
    2007     2006  
    (in thousands)  
Beginning balance
  $ 1,538     $ 989  
Accrued warranty of acquired business
    50       150  
Accrual of warranty expense
    970       613  
Warranty costs incurred
    (636 )     (444 )
Foreign exchange adjustment
    (1 )     30  
 
           
Ending balance
  $ 1,921     $ 1,338  
 
           
7.   Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consists of the following, with the annual interest rates shown being those in effect on June 30, 2007:
                 
    June 30,     December 30,  
    2007     2006  
    (in thousands)  
U.S. revolving line of credit
  $ 23,300     $ 30,000  
U.S. mortgage, interest at 6.45%
    1,460       1,553  
U.S. term note, interest at 5.00%
    3,000       3,000  
Other
    221       215  
 
           
 
    27,981       34,768  
Less current portion
    (1,416 )     (404 )
 
           
 
  $ 26,565     $ 34,364  
 
           

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As of June 30, 2007, interest on the $23,300,000 borrowing under the U.S. revolving line of credit was payable at the following interest rates for the periods ending on the dates indicated:
                         
            Expiration of        
            Interest Rate        
    Amount     Period     Per Annum Rate  
Prime rate loan
  $ 550,000             7.250 %
Three-month LIBOR loan
    6,000,000       7/31/2007       6.230 %
Two-month LIBOR loan
    2,500,000       8/29/2007       6.215 %
Six-month LIBOR loan
    4,250,000       11/30/2007       6.255 %
Three-year interest rate swap
    5,000,000       10/13/2009       6.085 %
Four-year interest rate swap
    5,000,000       10/13/2010       6.095 %
 
                     
 
  $ 23,300,000                  
 
                     
On July 31, 2007, the $6,000,000 expiring LIBOR loan was replaced by a six-month $4,000,000 LIBOR loan at 6.245% per annum which becomes due on January 31, 2008, and by a $2,000,000 Prime rate loan at 7.250% per annum.
8.   Earnings Per Share
The Company previously adopted SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share”, which requires that the Company report Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share. Basic Earnings Per Share represents net income less preferred dividends divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted Earnings Per Share is calculated similarly, except that the denominator includes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of options, warrants, convertible securities and other instruments with dilutive effects if exercised.
The Company’s Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share are calculated as follows:
                         
    For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2007  
(Dollars and Shares in Thousands                    
except Per Share Data)   Net Income Available                
    To Common             Earnings  
    Shareholders     Shares     Per Share  
Basic
  $ 5,253       2,684     $ 1.96  
 
                       
Common share equivalent of outstanding options
          175       (0.12 )
 
                 
Diluted
  $ 5,253       2,859     $ 1.84  
 
                 

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    For the Three Months Ended July 1, 2006  
(Dollars and Shares in Thousands                    
except Per Share Data)   Net Income Available                
    To Common             Earnings  
    Shareholders     Shares     Per Share  
Basic
  $ 3,356       2,597     $ 1.29  
 
                       
Common share equivalent of outstanding options
          199       (0.09 )
 
                 
Diluted
  $ 3,356       2,796     $ 1.20  
 
                 
                         
    For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007  
(Dollars and Shares in Thousands                    
except Per Share Data)   Net Income Available                
    To Common             Earnings  
    Shareholders     Shares     Per Share  
Basic
  $ 10,132       2,674     $ 3.79  
 
                       
Common share equivalent of outstanding options
          172       (0.23 )
 
                 
Diluted
  $ 10,132       2,846     $ 3.56  
 
                 
                         
    For the Six Months Ended July 1, 2006  
(Dollars and Shares in Thousands                    
except Per Share Data)   Net Income Available                
    To Common             Earnings  
    Shareholders     Shares     Per Share  
Basic
  $ 5,673       2,587     $ 2.19  
 
                       
Common share equivalent of outstanding options
          190       (0.15 )
 
                 
Diluted
  $ 5,673       2,777     $ 2.04  
 
                 
Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during a given time period. Such weighted average number includes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options after the assumed repurchase of common shares with the related proceeds at the average market price during the period.
9.   Share-Based Compensation
The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”, effective January 1, 2006. SFAS No. 123(R) requires the Company to recognize expense related to the fair value of share-based compensation awards, including employee and director stock grants and options.

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Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), the Company accounted for stock options using the intrinsic value method of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and it did not recognize compensation expense in its income statement for options granted that had an exercise price equal to or greater than the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. However, the Company did record compensation expense related to restricted stock grants based on the market value of its common stock at the date of grant and the vesting period of the grant. As required by SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, the Company also provided certain pro forma disclosures for stock option awards as if the fair value-based approach of SFAS No. 123 had been applied.
The Company has elected to use the modified prospective transition method as permitted by SFAS No. 123(R) and therefore has not restated its financial results for prior periods. Under this transition method, the Company applies the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R) to stock option awards granted, modified, repurchased or cancelled after December 31, 2005. Additionally, for unvested stock option awards granted prior to the effective date of the Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) which have not been fully expensed in prior years, either in the Company’s income statement or in pro forma disclosures in the notes thereto, the Company recognizes compensation expense in the same manner as was used in its income statement or for pro forma disclosures prior to the effective date of its adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).
There was no cost for stock option compensation for the first six months of 2007. The pre-tax cost for stock option compensation was approximately $62,000 ($38,000 after tax) for the first six months of 2006.
As of June 30, 2007, the Company did not have any prospective cost of stock option compensation to be expensed.
The Company issued 9,000 shares of restricted common stock in May of each of 2007 and 2006, with each grant vesting on the four-year anniversary of the date of grant. Compensation expense related to this restricted stock is recognized ratably over the four years based on the fair value of the shares at date of grant, which was $93.50 per share in 2007 and $51.50 per share in 2006.
There were no stock options granted in 2006 or in the first six months of 2007.
10.   Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income is the total of net income, the changes (net of tax) in the unrealized gain or loss on a foreign exchange hedge and on interest rate swaps and the change in foreign currency translation adjustments, which were the Company’s only non-owner changes in equity in the first six months of 2007 and 2006. For the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and July 1, 2006, the following table sets forth the Company’s comprehensive income:

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    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     July 1,     June 30,     July 1,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
            (in thousands)          
Net income
  $ 5,253     $ 3,356     $ 10,132     $ 5,673  
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange hedge, net of tax
          (114 )           (114 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax
    71       (6 )     50       (6 )
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
    (104 )     1,455       35       1,688  
 
                       
Comprehensive income
  $ 5,220     $ 4,691     $ 10,217     $ 7,241  
 
                       
11.   Management Geographic Information
The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”. SFAS No. 131 introduced a model for segment reporting called the management approach. The management approach is based on the way that the chief operating decision-maker organizes segments within a company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company is engaged in one business segment, material handling equipment and systems. The Company operates in two primary geographic locations, North and South America (the “Americas”) and Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia (“EMEA/Asia”).
For the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and July 1, 2006, the following table sets forth the Company’s geographic information:
                                 
            EMEA/     Elimi-     Consoli-  
    Americas     Asia     nations     dated  
            (in thousands)          
THREE MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2007
                               
Revenues
                               
Sales to unaffiliated customers
  $ 31,756     $ 15,810     $     $ 47,566  
Sales to affiliates
    1,269       1,515       (2,784 )      
 
                       
Total sales
  $ 33,025     $ 17,325     $ (2,784 )   $ 47,566  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
  $ 4,861     $ 2,800     $ (35 )   $ 7,626  
 
                       
Interest (expense), net
                            (433 )
 
                             
Income before income taxes
                          $ 7,193  
 
                             

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            EMEA/     Elimi-     Consoli-  
    Americas     Asia     nations     dated  
            (in thousands)          
THREE MONTHS ENDED July 1, 2006
                               
Revenues
                               
Sales to unaffiliated customers
  $ 24,557     $ 12,204     $     $ 36,761  
Sales to affiliates
    794       906       (1,700 )      
 
                       
Total sales
  $ 25,351     $ 13,110     $ (1,700 )   $ 36,761  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
  $ 4,342     $ 1,024     $ (10 )   $ 5,356  
 
                         
Interest (expense), net
                            (210 )
 
                             
Income before income taxes
                          $ 5,146  
 
                             
                                 
            EMEA/     Elimi-     Consoli-  
    Americas     Asia     nations     dated  
            (in thousands)          
SIX MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2007
                               
Revenues
                               
Sales to unaffiliated customers
  $ 60,097     $ 34,353     $     $ 94,450  
Sales to affiliates
    2,305       2,528       (4,833 )      
 
                       
Total sales
  $ 62,402     $ 36,881     $ (4,833 )   $ 94,450  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
  $ 8,092     $ 6,998     $ (22 )   $ 15,068  
 
                         
Interest (expense), net
                            (900 )
 
                             
Income before income taxes
                          $ 14,168  
 
                             
                                 
            EMEA/     Elimi-     Consoli-  
    Americas     Asia     nations     dated  
            (in thousands)          
SIX MONTHS ENDED July 1, 2006
                               
Revenues
                               
Sales to unaffiliated customers
  $ 45,446     $ 23,429     $     $ 68,875  
Sales to affiliates
    1,472       1,636       (3,108 )      
 
                       
Total sales
  $ 46,918     $ 25,065     $ (3,108 )   $ 68,875  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
  $ 7,228     $ 1,864     $ (40 )   $ 9,052  
 
                         
Interest (expense), net
                            (366 )
 
                             
Income before income taxes
                          $ 8,686  
 
                             

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For the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and July 1, 2006, the following table sets forth revenues from external customers:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     July 1,     June 30,     July 1,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
            (in thousands)          
Americas
                               
U.S.
  $ 25,230     $ 20,102     $ 47,665     $ 37,810  
All others
    6,526       4,455       12,432       7,636  
 
                       
Total
    31,756       24,557       60,097       45,446  
 
                       
EMEA/Asia
                               
France
    937       850       1,639       1,586  
Germany
    2,723       1,887       5,489       4,312  
Netherlands
    1,463       241       6,576       612  
United Kingdom
    2,445       2,881       3,935       5,107  
All others
    8,242       6,345       16,714       11,812  
 
                       
Total
    15,810       12,204       34,353       23,429  
 
                       
 
  $ 47,566     $ 36,761     $ 94,450     $ 68,875  
 
                       

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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Introduction
     We are engaged in one principal business segment — material handling equipment and systems. We operate in two primary geographic locations — North and South America (the “Americas”) and Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia (“EMEA/Asia”).
     Within the material handling equipment and systems segment, we have two main business lines, which are our process and size reduction business lines.
     On March 3, 2006, we purchased all of the outstanding stock of J.M.J. Industries, Inc., which operated its business under the Gundlach tradename (“Gundlach”). The purchase price was $9,154,500, of which $6,154,500 was paid in cash and $3,000,000 by delivery of an unsecured promissory note bearing interest at 5% per annum and payable in three equal, annual installments of $1,000,000 on March 3 in each of 2008, 2009 and 2010. We also paid off all of the acquired company’s bank debt, which amounted to approximately $1,347,000. We did not borrow any money in connection with either the acquisition or the payoff of the bank debt. The Gundlach operation is part of our size reduction business line.
     On October 5, 2006, we purchased all of the outstanding stock of Premier Pneumatics, Inc. (“Premier”). The preliminary purchase price was $27,565,000, all of which was paid in cash, including a $2,000,000 escrow. The final purchase price of $27,453,000 included a $112,000 adjustment paid to us based on Premier’s net working capital as of the closing date. In February 2007, we also made a preliminary payment of $1,567,000 to the seller in connection with our Internal Revenue Code section 338(h)(10) election (“Premier 338(h)(10) election”) with respect to this acquisition. The amount owed to the seller under the Premier 338(h)(10) election was finalized in April 2007 and reduced by $153,000 to $1,414,000, and the seller returned $153,000 to us. We financed the purchase price and related costs of the Premier acquisition under a new five-year, $50,000,000 unsecured credit facility entered into on September 29, 2006 between Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania and us and our U.S. subsidiaries (the “Citizens Credit Facility”). The Premier operation is part of our process business line.
     On March 27, 2007, we purchased certain assets of Wuxi Chenghao Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi Chenghao”), a privately-owned company in the People’s Republic of China. The purchased assets were transferred from the seller to a newly-created Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise which we established that conducts its business under the name Wuxi K-Tron Colormax Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi K-Tron Colormax”). The total cost of the transaction over a five-year period, including the $1,000,000 purchase price and payments under related employment and other arrangements with Wuxi Chenghao’s owner, could be as much as approximately $3,500,000. The Wuxi K-Tron Colormax operation is part of our process business line.
     The following provides information that management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. All references in this Item 2 to the second quarter or first six months of 2007 or 2006 mean the 13-week or 26-week period ended June 30, 2007 or July 1, 2006.

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Critical Accounting Assumptions, Estimates and Policies; Recent Accounting Pronouncements
     This discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on the accounting policies used and disclosed in our 2006 consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes that were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and included as part of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006 (our “2006 Form 10-K”). The preparation of those financial statements required management to make assumptions and estimates that affected the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual amounts or results could differ from those based on such assumptions and estimates.
     Our critical accounting policies are described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis included in our 2006 Form 10-K. There have been no changes in these accounting policies.
     Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to our 2006 consolidated financial statements contained in our 2006 Form 10-K. Information concerning our implementation and the impact of recent accounting standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board is included in the notes to our 2006 consolidated financial statements and also in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. We did not adopt any accounting policy in the first six months of 2007 that had a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations
Overview
     For the second quarter and first six months of 2007, we reported revenues of $47,566,000 and $94,450,000 and net income of $5,253,000 and $10,132,000, compared to revenues of $36,761,000 and $68,875,000 and net income of $3,356,000 and $5,673,000 for the same periods in 2006. We believe that the increases in our revenues and net income in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 compared to the same periods in 2006 were primarily the result of generally stronger business conditions and increased capital spending by our customers in EMEA/Asia (including the recognition of approximately $5,000,000 in revenues in the first quarter of 2007 from the second of two large orders previously disclosed), contributions from the October 5, 2006 Premier and March 3, 2006 Gundlach acquisitions and, to a lesser degree, the positive effect of a weaker U.S. dollar in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 versus the same periods in 2006 on the translation of the revenues and profits of our foreign operations into U.S. dollars. Our effective tax rates for the second quarter and first six months of 2007 were 27.0% and 28.5%, down from 34.8% and 34.7% in the same periods of 2006. These decreases were primarily due to a second quarter 2007 income tax benefit of approximately $410,000 from the finalization of a Swiss tax audit for the years 2004 and 2005 and to a higher proportion of earnings from EMEA/Asia in the second quarter and first six months of 2007, which are taxed at an overall lower rate than earnings in the United States.

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Foreign Exchange Rates
     We are an international company, and we derived approximately 36% and 34% of our revenues for the first six months of 2007 and 2006 from products manufactured in, and services performed from, our facilities located outside the United States, primarily in Europe. With our global operations, we are sensitive to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, also referred to as foreign exchange rates, which can affect both the translation of financial statement items into U.S. dollars as well as transactions where the revenues and related expenses may initially be accounted for in different currencies, such as sales made from our Swiss manufacturing facility in currencies other than the Swiss franc.
     Since we receive substantial revenues from activities in foreign jurisdictions, our results can be significantly affected by changes in foreign exchange rates, particularly in U.S. dollar exchange rates with respect to the Swiss franc, euro and British pound sterling and, to a lesser degree, other currencies. When the U.S. dollar weakens against these currencies, the U.S. dollar value of non-U.S. dollar-based sales increases. When the U.S. dollar strengthens against these currencies, the U.S. dollar value of non-U.S. dollar-based sales decreases. Correspondingly, the U.S. dollar value of non-U.S. dollar-based costs increases when the U.S. dollar weakens and decreases when the U.S. dollar strengthens. Overall, our revenues in U.S. dollars generally benefit from a weaker dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger dollar relative to major currencies worldwide, especially those identified above. In particular, a general weakening of the U.S. dollar against other currencies would positively affect our revenues, gross profit and operating income as expressed in U.S. dollars (provided that the gross profit and operating income numbers from foreign operations are not losses, since in the case of a loss, the effect would be to increase the loss), whereas a general strengthening of the U.S. dollar against such currencies would have the opposite effect. In addition, our revenues and income with respect to sales transactions may be affected by changes in foreign exchange rates where the sale is made in a currency other than the functional currency of the facility manufacturing the product subject to the sale.
     For the second quarter and first six months of 2007 and 2006, the changes in certain key foreign exchange rates affecting us were as follows:
                                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,           July 1,   June 30,           July 1,
    2007           2006   2007           2006
Average U.S. dollar equivalent of one Swiss franc
    0.818               0.807       0.814               0.789  
  % change vs. prior year
            +1.4 %                     +3.2 %        
 
                                               
Average U.S. dollar equivalent of one euro
    1.349               1.260       1.329               1.232  
  % change vs. prior year
            +7.1 %                     +7.9 %        

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    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,           July 1,   June 30,           July 1,
    2007           2006   2007           2006
Average U.S. dollar equivalent of one British pound sterling
    1.987               1.833       1.970               1.793  
  % change vs. prior year
            +8.4 %                     +9.9 %        
 
                                               
Average Swiss franc equivalent of one euro
    1.649               1.561       1.633               1.561  
  % change vs. prior year
            +5.6 %                     +4.6 %        
 
                                               
Average Swiss franc equivalent of one British pound sterling
    2.429               2.271       2.420               2.272  
  % change vs. prior year
            +7.0 %                     +6.5 %        
Presentation of Results and Analysis
     The following table sets forth our results of operations, expressed as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,   July 1,   June 30,   July 1
    2007   2006   2007   2006
Total revenues
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
Cost of revenues
    56.8       55.8       57.4       57.3  
 
                               
Gross profit
    43.2       44.2       42.6       42.7  
Selling, general and administrative
    25.9       28.0       25.3       27.9  
Research and development
    1.3       1.6       1.3       1.7  
 
                               
Operating income
    16.0       14.6       16.0       13.1  
Interest expense, net
    0.9       0.6       1.0       0.5  
 
                               
Income before income taxes
    15.1       14.0       15.0       12.6  
Income tax provision
    4.1       4.9       4.3       4.4  
 
                               
Net income
    11.0 %     9.1 %     10.7 %     8.2 %
 
                               
     The following table sets forth our backlog at the end of the periods indicated:
                         
    June 30, 2007     Dec. 30, 2006     July 1, 2006  
Backlog (at June 30, 2007 foreign exchange rates, in thousands of dollars)
  $ 54,412     $ 49,893     $ 40,944  
 
                 
     Total revenues increased by $10,805,000 or 29.4% in the second quarter of 2007 and by $25,575,000 or 37.1% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the same periods in 2006. We believe that these increases were primarily the result of generally stronger business conditions and increased spending on capital equipment by our customers in EMEA/Asia (including the

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recognition of approximately $5,000,000 in revenues in the first quarter of 2007 from the second of two large orders previously disclosed), contributions from the October 5, 2006 Premier and March 3, 2006 Gundlach acquisitions and, to a lesser degree, a $365,000 and $1,315,000 positive effect of a weaker U.S. dollar in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 versus the same periods in 2006 on the translation of the revenues of our foreign operations into U.S. dollars.
     Gross profit as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 43.2% in the second quarter of 2007 from 44.2% for the same period in 2006 and decreased to 42.6% in the first six months of 2007 from 42.7% for the same period last year. We believe that these decreases primarily reflected a change in the sales mix of the products and services that we sold within our two business lines. Sales mix refers to the relative amounts of different products sold and services provided. Gross margin levels vary with the product sold or service provided. For example, sales of replacement parts in the size reduction business line generally carry a higher gross margin than sales of equipment within that line.
     Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expense increased by $1,999,000 or 19.4% in the second quarter of 2007 and by $4,735,000 or 24.7% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the same periods in 2006. We believe that the increase in the second quarter of 2007 was primarily due to the inclusion of the Premier business that was acquired October 5, 2006, a higher employee bonus accrual, higher sales commissions related to increased revenues and the unfavorable effect of a weaker U.S. dollar on the translation of foreign costs into U.S. dollars. The increase for the first six months of 2007 was primarily the result of these same items and also the inclusion in 2007 of six months of the Gundlach business acquired March 3, 2006 versus four months in 2006. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A decreased to 25.9% and 25.3% in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 versus 28.0% and 27.9% in the second quarter and first six months of 2006.
     Research and development (“R&D”) expense increased 3.9% in the second quarter and 2.5% for the first six months of 2007 compared to the same periods in 2006 due primarily to the effect of a weaker U.S. dollar in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 on the translation into U.S. dollars of our R&D expenses incurred in Switzerland.
     Interest expense, net of interest income, increased by $223,000 or 106.2% in the second quarter of 2007 and by $534,000 or 145.9% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the same periods in 2006. These increases were primarily due to the financing of the October 5, 2006 acquisition of Premier and, in the case of the six month comparison, also because of lower interest income in the first quarter of 2007, the effects of which were partially offset by the effect of lower debt levels, excluding the borrowings related to the Premier acquisition, in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 versus the same periods in 2006.
     Income before income taxes increased to $7,193,000 in the second quarter of 2007 and $14,168,000 in the first six months of 2007 compared to $5,146,000 and $8,686,000 for the same periods in 2006. The increases of $2,047,000 in the second quarter of 2007 and $5,482,000 for the first six months of 2007 were primarily the net result of the items discussed above.
     The income tax provisions for the second quarters of 2007 and 2006 were $1,940,000 and $1,790,000, and the overall effective tax rates were 27.0% and 34.8%. The income tax provisions for the first six months of 2007 and 2006 were $4,036,000 and $3,013,000, and the

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overall effective tax rates were 28.5% and 34.7%. The lower effective tax rates in 2007 versus 2006 were primarily due to a second quarter 2007 income tax benefit of approximately $410,000 from the finalization of a Swiss tax audit for the years 2004 and 2005 and to a higher proportion of earnings from EMEA/Asia in the second quarter and first six months of 2007, which are taxed at an overall lower rate than earnings in the United States.
     Our backlog at constant foreign exchange rates increased by $4,519,000 or 9.1% at the end of the second quarter of 2007 compared to the end of fiscal year 2006, from $49,893,000 to $54,412,000. Our backlog at constant foreign exchange rates increased by $13,468,000 or 32.9% at the end of the second quarter of 2007 compared to the end of the second quarter of 2006, from $40,944,000 to $54,412,000. These increases primarily reflected stronger demand for equipment in our process and size reduction business lines in the Americas as well as our acquisition of Premier in the fourth quarter of 2006. A significant part of our backlog at June 30, 2007 consisted of orders that were expected to be shipped within 120 days.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Capitalization
     Our capitalization at the end of the second quarter of 2007 and at the end of fiscal years 2006 and 2005 is summarized below:
                         
    June 30,     December 30,     December 31,  
(Dollars in Thousands)   2007     2006     2005  
Short-term debt, including current portion of long-term debt
  $ 1,416     $ 404     $ 4,316  
Long-term debt
    26,565       34,364       12,675  
 
                 
Total debt
    27,981       34,768       16,991  
Shareholders’ equity
    79,021       65,381       49,520  
 
                 
Total debt and shareholders’ equity
  $ 107,002     $ 100,149     $ 66,511  
 
                 
(total capitalization)
                       
Percent total debt to total capitalization
    26 %     35 %     26 %
Percent long-term debt to equity
    34 %     53 %     26 %
Percent total debt to equity
    35 %     53 %     34 %
     The weighted average annual interest rate on total debt at June 30, 2007 was 6.11%.
     Total debt decreased by $6,787,000 in the first six months of 2007 ($6,793,000 at constant foreign exchange rates). At June 30, 2007, and subject to certain conditions which may limit the amount that may be borrowed at any particular time, we had $26,700,000 of unused borrowing capacity under the Citizens Credit Facility and $8,712,000 of unused borrowing capacity under our foreign loan agreements.
Other Items
     At June 30, 2007, working capital was $35,938,000 compared to $28,962,000 at December 30, 2006, and the ratio of current assets to current liabilities at those dates was 1.91 and 1.77. In the first six months of 2007 and 2006, we utilized internally generated funds and our lines of credit to meet our working capital needs.

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     Net cash provided by operating activities was $8,862,000 in the first six months of 2007 compared to $6,689,000 for the same period of 2006. This $2,173,000 increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to higher net income, a greater increase in accounts payable, a smaller increase in inventories and an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets, partially offset by a larger increase in accounts receivable and a decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, in each case when comparing changes in these categories of assets and liabilities for this year’s first six months versus last year’s first six months.
     Net cash used in investing activities for the first six months of 2007 was primarily for the Premier 338(h)(10) election, the purchase of certain assets of Wuxi Chenghao and capital additions, partially offset by a reduction of restricted cash associated with letters of credit and proceeds from the disposition of an asset, while net cash used in investing activities for the first six months of 2006 was primarily for the acquisition of Gundlach and capital additions.
     Net cash used in financing activities in the first six months of 2007 was for net reductions in debt, partially offset by the proceeds of stock option exercises and the tax benefit associated therewith. Net cash used in financing activities in the first six months of 2006 was primarily for net reductions in debt, partially offset by the proceeds from stock option exercises.
     Shareholders’ equity increased $13,640,000 in the first six months of 2007 compared to the end of fiscal year 2006, of which $10,132,000 was from net income, $1,905,000 was from the issuance of common stock pursuant to restricted stock grants and the exercise of stock options, $1,518,000 was from the tax benefit associated with such stock option exercises, $35,000 was from favorable changes in foreign exchange rates, primarily the translation of Swiss francs into U.S. dollars between the beginning and the end of the six-month period, and $50,000 was from an unrealized gain, net of taxes, attributable to two interest rate swaps.
Future Payments Under Contractual Obligations
     We are obligated to make future payments under various contracts such as debt agreements and lease agreements, and we are subject to certain other commitments and contingencies. There have been no material changes to Future Payments Under Contractual Obligations as reflected in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis in our 2006 Form 10-K, except for a $6,700,000 reduction in the balance due in 2011 under the Citizens Credit Facility. Refer to Notes 8 and 15 to the consolidated financial statements in our 2006 Form 10-K for additional information on long-term debt and commitments and contingencies.
Risk Factors
     In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” in our 2006 Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our 2006 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results.

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Forward-Looking Statements
     The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. We and our representatives may from time to time make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking”, including statements contained in this report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports to our shareholders and news releases. All statements that express expectations, estimates, forecasts or projections are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. In addition, other written or oral statements which constitute forward-looking statements may be made by us or on our behalf. Words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “projects”, “forecasts”, “may”, “should”, variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult to predict. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks described above under the heading “Risk Factors”. Many of the factors that will determine our future results are beyond the ability of management to control or predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in or suggested by any forward-looking statements that we may make. The forward-looking statements contained in this report include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates and interest rates on our business and financial results. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
     We are currently exposed to certain market risks related to (i) fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and (ii) interest rate changes.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
     The primary currencies for which we have exchange rate exposure are the U.S. dollar versus the Swiss franc, the U.S. dollar versus the euro, the U.S. dollar versus the British pound sterling, the Swiss franc versus the euro and the Swiss franc versus the British pound sterling. We do not, as a routine matter, use hedging vehicles to manage foreign exchange exposures. Foreign cash balances in currencies other than the Swiss franc are limited in amount in order to manage the transaction exposure caused by the marking to market of non-Swiss franc balances to Swiss franc values on the balance sheet of our Swiss subsidiary.
     As of June 30, 2007, a 10% unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rates affecting balance sheet transactional exposures would have resulted in a reduction in our pre-tax income for the first six months of 2007 of approximately $825,000, or 6%. This hypothetical reduction on transactional exposures is based on the differences between the June 30, 2007 actual foreign exchange rates and hypothetical rates assuming a 10% unfavorable change in foreign exchange rates on that date.
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income component of shareholders’ equity on our balance sheet. Using the above example, a hypothetical change in translation adjustments would be calculated by multiplying the net assets of our non-U.S. operations by a 10% unfavorable change in the applicable foreign exchange rates. The result of this calculation would be to reduce shareholders’ equity by approximately $4,959,000, or 6% of our June 30, 2007 shareholders’ equity of $79,021,000.
Interest Rate Risk
     We have credit facilities or loans that require us to pay interest at rates that may change periodically. These variable rate obligations expose us to the risk of increased interest expense if short-term interest rates rise. We limit our exposure to increased interest expense from rising short-term interest rates by including in our debt portfolio various amounts of fixed rate debt as well as by the use of interest rate swaps. As of June 30, 2007, we had total debt of $27,981,000, $4,460,000 of which was subject to fixed interest rates which ranged from 5.00% to 6.45%, $13,521,000 of which was subject to variable interest rates which ranged from 6.215% to 7.25% and $10,000,000 of which was variable rate debt subject to two interest rate swaps with fixed interest rates at 6.085% and 6.095%, subject to increase or decrease in the event of a change in the level of our ratio of funded debt to adjusted earnings before interest expense, tax expense and depreciation and amortization expenses at the end of the most recent measurement period, as described in the Citizens Credit Facility. A 100 basis point increase in interest rates on the $13,521,000 of variable rate debt would increase annual interest expense by approximately $135,000.
  Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     An evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report was carried out by us under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. A controls system cannot provide absolute assurance, however, that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. In addition, since we acquired certain assets of Wuxi Chenghao Machinery Co., Ltd. on March 27, 2007 and transferred them to Wuxi K-Tron Colormax Machinery Co., Ltd., a newly-formed business, our ability to effectively apply our disclosure controls and procedures to Wuxi K-Tron Colormax Machinery Co., Ltd. is inherently limited by the short period of time that we have had to evaluate that operation since the acquisition.

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Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
     No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during our 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 II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  (a)   The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on May 11, 2007.
 
  (b)   Not applicable
 
  (c)   Shareholders of the Company were asked to vote on a proposal to elect one Class II director. The Board of Directors nominated Robert A. Engel as the Class II director. There were no other nominations. Mr. Engel was elected as the Class II director, with the result of the vote being as follows:
                 
    Number of Votes
    For   Withheld
Robert A. Engel
    2,409,286       82,578  
      Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast; therefore, votes cast in the election were not recorded against or as an abstention, nor were broker non-votes recorded.
 
  (d)   Not applicable
Item 6.   Exhibits.
  10.1   K-Tron International, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended on May 11, 2007**
 
  31.1   Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
  31.2   Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
  32.1   Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
 
  **   Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed or incorporated as an exhibit

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
Date: August 7, 2007  By:   RONALD R. REMICK    
    Ronald R. Remick   
    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Duly authorized officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant) 
 
 
     
  By:   ALAN R. SUKONECK    
    Alan R. Sukoneck   
    Vice President, Chief Accounting and Tax Officer
(Duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer of the Registrant) 
 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit  
Number Description
  10.1    
K-Tron International, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended on May 11, 2007**
       
 
  31.1    
Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
       
 
  31.2    
Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
       
 
  32.1    
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
**   Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed or incorporated as an exhibit