EX-99 2 y71307exv99.htm EX-99: PRESS RELEASE EX-99
Exhibit 99
Pall Corporation Fourth Quarter Sales Up 11.9%
Full Year Sales Increase 14.3%
East Hills, NY (September 15, 2008) — Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) today reported sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended July 31, 2008.
Sales and Earnings Overview
Fourth quarter sales grew to $723.2 million, an 11.9% increase over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were $0.57, up from $0.13 a year earlier. Net earnings were $69.9 million, compared to $16.8 million. Pro forma EPS, excluding restructuring and other charges, were $0.61 versus last year’s $0.46, an increase of 32.6%.
For the full fiscal year ended July 31, 2008, sales were $2.6 billion, a 14.3% increase over fiscal year 2007. Net earnings were $217.3 million compared to $127.5 million. Diluted EPS were $1.76, up from $1.02 and pro forma EPS, excluding restructuring and other charges, were $1.97 versus $1.48, an increase of 33.1%.
Sales in local currency (“LC”) increased $30.4 million, or 4.7%, in the quarter, and $162.6 million, or 7.2%, for the year. Foreign currency translation increased reported sales by $46.5 million or 7.2%, for the quarter, and $159.1 million, or 7.1%, for the year. The impact of foreign currency translation added approximately $0.05 to EPS in the quarter and $0.14 for the year.
Eric Krasnoff, Chairman and CEO, stated, “Pall has again successfully executed on its strategic plan. We also exceeded sales and earnings expectations for the year. Sales growth in the quarter was again broad-based and across many markets. Geographically, the highest growth came from Asia. Strong sales throughout the year combined with cost reduction and process improvement initiatives resulted in an operating margin of 15.2%, an 80 basis point improvement.”
Industrial — Fourth Quarter Highlights
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
                         
Sales:   JULY 31, 2008     % CHANGE     % CHANGE IN LC  
Energy, Water & Process Technologies (a)
  $ 288,344       12.3       4.0  
Aerospace & Transportation
    90,156       26.6       20.9  
Microelectronics
    81,570       12.9       5.6  
 
                     
Total Industrial segment
  $ 460,070       15.0       7.3  
 
                     
                 
            % OF SALES
Gross profit
  $ 202,662       44.1  
Operating profit
  $ 79,154       17.2  
 
(a)   Formerly General Industrial.
Starting with this quarter, the General Industrial market has been renamed Energy, Water & Process Technologies (“EWPT”). This new moniker better reflects its market focus. For the quarter, EWPT grew 4% overall, with systems sales down 2.5%. EWPT systems sales grew 16.4% for the full year.

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In Aerospace & Transportation, Commercial Aerospace sales grew 20.1% in the quarter. This was fueled by strong after-market demand and increased sales to regional and business airframe manufacturers. Military sales increased 17.2% led by the U.S.
Microelectronics sales were up 5.6%. Increasing production of solar cells and strength in the display and thin-film rigid disc markets contributed. Western Hemisphere results reflect the semiconductor market cyclical downturn.
Operating profit increased in the quarter 16.1% to $79.2 million while operating profit margin improved to 17.2%.
Life Sciences — Fourth Quarter Highlights
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
                         
Sales:   JULY 31, 2008     % CHANGE     % CHANGE IN LC  
Medical
  $ 131,794       1.1       (3.2 )
BioPharmaceuticals
    131,347       13.3       4.6  
 
                     
Total Life Sciences segment
  $ 263,141       6.9       0.5  
 
                     
                 
            % OF SALES
Gross profit
  $ 135,615       51.5  
Operating profit
  $ 53,910       20.5  
Within Life Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals sales increased 4.6% in the quarter, and 10.8% for the full year. Pall continues to win business for new drugs and factories as evidenced by the 41.1% increase in systems sales in the year. The Company is also benefitting from increased production of biotechnology drugs and vaccines. The recent acquisition of GeneSystems further expands Pall’s capabilities in the biopharmaceuticals, medical, food and water safety markets.
Medical sales decreased 3.2% in the quarter, reflecting lower Blood Filtration sales in the Western Hemisphere. Improved pricing provided some offset.
Operating profit for Life Sciences increased in the quarter 10.2% to $53.9 million. The effect of price increases and favorable product and market mix improved operating margins to 20.5%.
Conclusion/Outlook
Mr. Krasnoff concluded, “Pall Corporation has turned in another solid year of sales and earnings growth. In 2009, we expect pro forma EPS to be in the range of $2.15 to $2.30. Pall is well positioned and capitalizing on growing global demand for fluid management technologies and services. We look forward to presenting Pall’s new five-year strategic plan at our Investor Day on October 29, 2008.”
Conference Call
On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at 8:30 am ET, Pall Corporation will host a conference call to review these results. The call will be webcast and individuals can access it at www.pall.com/investor. Listening to the webcast requires audio speakers and Microsoft Windows Media Player software. The webcast will be archived for 30 days.

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About Pall Corporation
Pall Corporation is the global leader in the rapidly growing field of filtration, separation and purification. Pall is organized into two businesses: Life Sciences and Industrial. These businesses provide leading-edge products to meet the demanding needs of customers in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, transfusion medicine, energy, electronics, water purification, aerospace, transportation and broad industrial markets. Total revenues for fiscal year 2008 were $2.6 billion. The Company is headquartered in East Hills, New York and has extensive operations around the world. For more information visit Pall at http://www.pall.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The matters discussed in this release contain “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Results for 2008 are preliminary until the Company’s Form 10-K is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before September 29, 2008.
Forward-looking statements contained in this release and in the Company’s other written and oral reports are based on current Company expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. All statements regarding future performance, earnings projections, earnings guidance, management’s expectations about its future cash needs and effective tax rate, and other future events or developments are forward-looking statements. In some cases forward looking statements can be identified by the use of terms such as “anticipate”, “should”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “predict”, “potential”, or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks relating to the Company’s restatement of prior period financial statements, including the risks associated with the pending IRS audit and pending SEC and Department of Justice investigations and litigation proceedings; risks associated with the Company’s planned cash management initiatives, which may result in changes in the Company’s effective tax rate; changes in product mix and product pricing may affect the Company’s operating results particularly as the systems business expands in which significantly longer sales cycles are experienced with less predictable revenue and profitability and less certainty of future revenue streams from related consumable product offerings and services; increases in costs of manufacturing and operating costs, including energy and raw materials; the Company’s ability to achieve the savings anticipated from its cost reduction and margin improvement initiatives including the timing of completion of its facilities rationalization initiative; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; regulatory approval or market acceptance of new technologies; changes in demand for the Company’s products and business relationships with key customers and suppliers including delays or cancellations in shipments; success in enforcing patents and protecting proprietary products and manufacturing techniques; risks associated with the completion or integration of acquisitions; domestic and international competition; and global and regional economic conditions, including particularly the impact of current challenging conditions in the United States that may also have global implications; and legislative, regulatory and political developments. The Company makes these statements as of the date of this disclosure and expressly disclaims any obligation to update them. You should carefully consider these factors as well as the additional risk factors outlined in more detail in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K under Item 1A, Risk Factors, and in other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Management uses certain non-GAAP measurements to assess the Company’s current and future financial performance. The non-GAAP measurements do not replace the presentation of Pall’s GAAP financial results. These measurements provide supplemental information to assist management in analyzing the Company’s financial position and results of operations. The Company has chosen to provide this information to facilitate meaningful comparisons of past, present and future operating results and as a means to emphasize the results of ongoing operations.

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PALL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in Thousands)
                 
    JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007  
 
               
Assets:
               
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 454,065     $ 443,036  
Accounts receivable
    617,079       551,393  
Inventories
    492,977       471,467  
Other current assets
    95,518       140,481  
 
           
Total current assets
    1,659,639       1,606,377  
 
           
 
               
Property, plant and equipment, net
    662,985       607,900  
Other assets
    634,122       494,569  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 2,956,746     $ 2,708,846  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:
               
 
               
Short-term debt
  $ 29,314     $ 41,720  
Accounts payable, income taxes and other current liabilities
    544,649       790,470  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    573,963       832,190  
 
           
 
               
Long-term debt
    747,051       591,591  
Deferred taxes and other non-current liabilities
    496,497       224,464  
 
           
Total liabilities
    1,817,511       1,648,245  
 
               
Stockholders’ equity
    1,139,235       1,060,601  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 2,956,746     $ 2,708,846  
 
           

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PALL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
                                 
    FOURTH QUARTER ENDED     YEAR ENDED  
    JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007     JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007  
 
                               
Net sales
  $ 723,211     $ 646,340     $ 2,571,645     $ 2,249,905  
Cost of sales
    384,934       344,246 (b)     1,360,810       1,190,549 (b)
 
                       
Gross profit
    338,277       302,094       1,210,835       1,059,356  
 
                       
% of sales
    46.8 %     46.7 %     47.1 %     47.1 %
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    204,202       181,750       749,519       675,005  
Research and development
    18,123       17,247       71,647       62,414  
 
                       
Earnings before restructuring and other charges/(gains), net (“ROTC”), interest expense, net, and income taxes
    115,952       103,097       389,669       321,937  
ROTC
    3,415 (a)     292 (b)     31,538 (a)     22,352 (b)
Interest expense, net
    6,848       9,430       32,576       39,056  
 
                       
Earnings before income taxes
    105,689       93,375       325,555       260,529  
Provision for income taxes
    35,774 (a)     76,597 (b)     108,276 (a)     133,032 (b)
 
                       
Net earnings
  $ 69,915     $ 16,778     $ 217,279     $ 127,497  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.58     $ 0.14     $ 1.77     $ 1.04  
Diluted
  $ 0.57     $ 0.13     $ 1.76     $ 1.02  
 
                               
Average shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    120,550       123,114       122,445       123,115  
Diluted
    121,908       124,551       123,686       124,393  
 
                               
Net earnings as reported
  $ 69,915     $ 16,778     $ 217,279     $ 127,497  
ROTC and one-time purchase accounting adjustment, after pro forma tax effect
    2,325 (a)     462 (b)     21,414 (a)     16,599 (b)
Tax adjustments
    2,436 (a)     39,993 (b)     4,871 (a)     39,993 (b)
 
                       
Pro forma earnings
  $ 74,676     $ 57,233     $ 243,564     $ 184,089  
 
                       
 
                               
Diluted earnings per share as reported
  $ 0.57     $ 0.13     $ 1.76     $ 1.02  
ROTC and one-time purchase accounting adjustment, after pro forma tax effect
    0.02 (a)     0.01 (b)     0.17 (a)     0.14 (b)
Tax adjustments
    0.02 (a)     0.32 (b)     0.04 (a)     0.32 (b)
 
                       
Pro forma diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.61     $ 0.46     $ 1.97     $ 1.48  
 
                       
 
(a)   ROTC in the quarter and year includes charges of $2,436 (1 cent per share, after pro forma tax effect) and $12,457 (7 cents per share, after pro forma tax effect), respectively, primarily comprised of severance and other costs related to the Company’s cost reduction programs, including its facilities rationalization initiative. ROTC in the quarter and year also includes $979 (1 cent per share, after pro forma tax effect) and $19,081 (10 cents per share, after pro forma tax effect) primarily comprised of legal and other professional fees related to the previously reported matters under inquiry by the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors.
 
    Provision for income taxes includes a charge of $2,436 (2 cents per share) in the quarter and year ended July 31, 2008 related to an adjustment to the net tax cost of the anticipated repatriation of approximately $160 million of foreign earnings and a charge of $2,435 (2 cents per share) in the year ended July 31, 2008 resulting from newly enacted tax legislation in a foreign tax jurisdiction. Pro forma earnings exclude these items as it is deemed to be non-recurring in nature.
 
(b)   Cost of sales includes income of $148 in the quarter and charges of $2,745 (2 cents after pro for a tax effect) in the year primarily comprised of incremental depreciation and other adjustments recorded primarily in conjunction with the Company’s facilities rationalization initiative.
 
    ROTC in the quarter includes charges of $292 (1 cent per share after pro forma tax effect) primarily comprised of severance and other costs related to the Company’s cost reduction programs, including its facilities rationalization initiative, partly offset by income from a legal settlement and income from an insurance recovery related to an environmental matter. ROTC in the year were $22,352 (12 cents per share, after pro forma tax effect) primarily comprised of severance costs, other exit costs and an impairment charge on certain long-lived assets partly offset by a gain on the sale of a facility and income from legal settlements. In addition, the year includes a charge related to environmental matters, net of insurance recoveries.
 
    Provision for income taxes in the quarter and year includes a charge of $39,993 (32 cents per share) for the net tax cost of the anticipated repatriation of approximately $160 million of foreign earnings which had previously been asserted to be indefinitely reinvested and a change in estimate in fiscal year 2007 of certain income tax reserves. Pro forma earnings exclude these items as they are deemed to be non-recurring in nature.

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PALL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in Thousands)
                 
    YEAR ENDED  
    JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007  
 
               
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 190,806     $ 332,928  
 
           
 
               
Investing activities:
               
 
               
Disposals of long-lived assets
    10,137       47,734  
Capital expenditures
    (123,854 )     (97,763 )
Other
    (7,970 )     (5,398 )
 
           
Net cash used by investing activities
    (121,687 )     (55,427 )
 
           
 
               
Financing activities:
               
 
               
Dividends paid
    (59,945 )     (56,228 )
Notes payable and long-term borrowings
    112,245       (91,965 )
Purchase of treasury stock
    (148,850 )     (61,795 )
Other
    20,209       47,540  
 
           
Net cash used by financing activities
    (76,341 )     (162,448 )
 
           
 
               
Cash flow for period
    (7,222 )     115,053  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    443,036       317,657  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    18,251       10,326  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 454,065     $ 443,036  
 
           
 
               
Free cash flow:
               
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 190,806     $ 332,928  
Less capital expenditures
    123,854       97,763  
 
           
Free cash flow
  $ 66,952     $ 235,165  
 
           

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PALL CORPORATION
SUMMARY OPERATING PROFIT BY SEGMENT
(Unaudited)
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
                                 
    FOURTH QUARTER ENDED     YEAR ENDED  
    JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007     JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007  
 
                               
Industrial
                               
Sales
  $ 460,070     $ 400,134     $ 1,596,414     $ 1,369,718  
Cost of sales (a)
    257,408       222,895       887,512       755,614  
 
                       
Gross profit
    202,662       177,239       708,902       614,104  
% of sales
    44.1 %     44.3 %     44.4 %     44.8 %
 
                               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    116,349       101,598       432,326       381,436  
Research and development
    7,159       7,435       30,721       28,554  
 
                       
Operating profit
  $ 79,154     $ 68,206     $ 245,855     $ 204,114  
% of sales
    17.2 %     17.0 %     15.4 %     14.9 %
 
                       
 
                               
Life Sciences
                               
Sales
  $ 263,141     $ 246,206     $ 975,231     $ 880,187  
Cost of sales (a)
    127,526       121,499       473,298       432,190  
 
                       
Gross profit
    135,615       124,707       501,933       447,997  
% of sales
    51.5 %     50.7 %     51.5 %     50.9 %
 
                               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    70,741       65,954       263,233       248,851  
Research and development
    10,964       9,812       40,926       33,860  
 
                       
Operating profit
  $ 53,910     $ 48,941     $ 197,774     $ 165,286  
% of sales
    20.5 %     19.9 %     20.3 %     18.8 %
 
                       
 
                               
CONSOLIDATED:
                               
Operating profit
  $ 133,064     $ 117,147     $ 443,629     $ 369,400  
General corporate expenses
    17,112       14,198       53,960       44,718  
 
                       
Earnings before ROTC, interest and income taxes
    115,952       102,949       389,669       324,682  
ROTC (a)
    3,415       144       31,538       25,097  
Interest expense, net
    6,848       9,430       32,576       39,056  
 
                       
Earnings before income taxes
  $ 105,689     $ 93,375     $ 325,555     $ 260,529  
 
                       
 
(a)   Included in ROTC for the purpose of evaluation of segment profitability are incremental depreciation and other adjustments recorded in cost of sales of $148 and $2,745 in the quarter and year ended July 31, 2007, respectively, primarily recorded in conjunction with the Company’s facilities rationalization initiative.

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PALL CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL SEGMENT SALES INFORMATION BY MARKET AND GEOGRAPHY
(Unaudited)
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
                                         
                            EXCHANGE     % CHANGE  
                            RATE     IN LOCAL  
FOURTH QUARTER ENDED   JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007     % CHANGE     IMPACT     CURRENCY  
 
                    |--- --- ---- ---- ---Increase/(Decrease)- --- ---- ---- --- --|   
Industrial                  
By Market:
                                       
Energy, Water & Process Technologies (a)
  $ 288,344     $ 256,678       12.3     $ 21,349       4.0  
Aerospace & Transportation
    90,156       71,191       26.6       4,100       20.9  
Microelectronics
    81,570       72,265       12.9       5,257       5.6  
 
                                 
Total Industrial
  $ 460,070     $ 400,134       15.0     $ 30,706       7.3  
 
                                 
 
                                       
By Geography:
                                       
Western Hemisphere
  $ 126,538     $ 118,702       6.6     $ 675       6.0  
Europe
    185,077       156,695       18.1       19,445       5.7  
Asia
    148,455       124,737       19.0       10,586       10.5  
 
                                 
Total Industrial
  $ 460,070     $ 400,134       15.0     $ 30,706       7.3  
 
                                 
 
                                       
Life Sciences
                                       
By Market:
                                       
Medical
  $ 131,794     $ 130,318       1.1     $ 5,606       (3.2 )
BioPharmaceuticals
    131,347       115,888       13.3       10,181       4.6  
 
                                 
Total Life Sciences
  $ 263,141     $ 246,206       6.9     $ 15,787       0.5  
 
                                 
 
                                       
By Geography:
                                       
Western Hemisphere
  $ 101,305     $ 106,245       (4.7 )   $ 235       (4.9 )
Europe
    125,889       108,645       15.9       13,039       3.9  
Asia
    35,947       31,316       14.8       2,513       6.8  
 
                                 
Total Life Sciences
  $ 263,141     $ 246,206       6.9     $ 15,787       0.5  
 
                                 
 
(a)   Formerly General Industrial.

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PALL CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL SEGMENT SALES INFORMATION BY MARKET AND GEOGRAPHY
(Unaudited)
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
                                         
                            EXCHANGE     % CHANGE  
                            RATE     IN LOCAL  
YEAR ENDED   JULY 31, 2008     JULY 31, 2007     % CHANGE     IMPACT     CURRENCY  
 
                    |--- --- ---- ---- ---Increase/(Decrease)- --- ---- ---- --- --|   
 
                                       
Industrial                  
By Market:
                                       
Energy, Water & Process Technologies (a)
  $ 981,291     $ 821,957       19.4     $ 72,644       10.6  
Aerospace & Transportation
    306,571       254,675       20.4       14,498       14.7  
Microelectronics
    308,552       293,086       5.3       16,438       (0.3 )
 
                                 
Total Industrial
  $ 1,596,414     $ 1,369,718       16.6     $ 103,580       9.0  
 
                                 
 
                                       
By Geography:
                                       
Western Hemisphere
  $ 431,068     $ 398,428       8.2     $ 3,297       7.4  
Europe
    637,533       536,094       18.9       64,388       6.9  
Asia
    527,813       435,196       21.3       35,895       13.0  
 
                                 
Total Industrial
  $ 1,596,414     $ 1,369,718       16.6     $ 103,580       9.0  
 
                                 
 
                                       
Life Sciences
                                       
By Market:
                                       
Medical
  $ 491,798     $ 475,369       3.5     $ 20,483       (0.9 )
BioPharmaceuticals
    483,433       404,818       19.4       35,071       10.8  
 
                                 
Total Life Sciences
  $ 975,231     $ 880,187       10.8     $ 55,554       4.5  
 
                                 
 
By Geography:
                                       
Western Hemisphere
  $ 379,591     $ 377,301       0.6     $ 1,432       0.2  
Europe
    469,450       391,500       19.9       44,905       8.4  
Asia
    126,190       111,386       13.3       9,217       5.0  
 
                                 
Total Life Sciences
  $ 975,231     $ 880,187       10.8     $ 55,554       4.5  
 
                                 
 
(a)   Formerly General Industrial.
Contact:
Pall Corporation
Patricia Iannucci
V.P. Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Telephone: 516-801-9848
Email: piannucci@pall.com

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