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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

 

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

OR

 

 

 

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

 

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

 

Commission file number: 001-12648

 

UFP Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

04-2314970

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

100 Hale Street, Newburyport, MA  USA

 

01950-3504

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(978) 352-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

UFPT

The NASDAQ Stock Market L.L.C.

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.          Yes ☐         No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.         Yes ☐         No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.         Yes ☒         No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).         Yes ☒         No ☐

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
    
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
    
  Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.         ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.         ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).         Yes          No ☒

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $299,763,047, based on the closing sales price of $44.06 per share of such stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on June 30, 2020.

 

As of March 4, 2021, there were 7,519,979 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the registrant outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Document

 

Parts of this Form 10-K Into Which Incorporated

Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

Part III

 

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PART I

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the statements contained in this Report are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). Management and representatives of UFP Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) also may from time to time make forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s prospects; statements about the potential further impact the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic may have on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, including with respect to the different markets in which the Company participates, the demand for its products, the well-being and availability of the Company’s employees, the continuing operation of the Company’s locations, delayed payments by the Company’s customers and the potential for reduced or canceled orders, the Company’s efforts to address the pandemic, including regarding the safety of its employees, the maintenance of its facilities and the sufficiency of the Company’s supply chain, inventory, liquidity and capital resources, including increased costs in connection with such efforts, the impact of the pandemic on the businesses of the Company’s suppliers and customers, and the overall impact the pandemic may have on the Company’s financial results in 2021; statements about the Company’s acquisition strategies and opportunities and the Company’s growth potential and strategies for growth; expectations regarding customer demand; expectations regarding the Company’s liquidity and capital resources, including the sufficiency of its cash reserves and the availability of borrowing capacity to fund operations and/or potential future acquisitions; anticipated revenues and the timing of such revenues; expectations regarding the potential impact of the proposed phase out of LIBOR by the end of 2021; expectations about shifting the Company’s book of business to higher-margin, longer-run opportunities; anticipated trends and potential advantages in the different markets in which the Company competes, including the medical, aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets, and the Company’s plans to expand in certain of its markets; statements regarding anticipated advantages the Company expects to realize from its investments and capital expenditures; statements regarding anticipated advantages to improvements and alterations at the Company’s existing plants; expectations regarding the Company’s manufacturing capacity, operating efficiencies, and new production equipment; statements about new product offerings and program launches; statements about the Company’s participation and growth in multiple markets; statements about the Company’s business opportunities; and any indication that the Company may be able to sustain or increase its sales, earnings or earnings per share, or its sales, earnings or earnings per share growth rates.

 

Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect the Company’s business and prospects, and otherwise cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by such forward-looking statements, or otherwise, including without limitation: the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the markets in which the Company participates, including its impact on the Company’s customers, suppliers and employees, as well as the U.S. and worldwide economies; the timing, scope and effect of further governmental, regulatory, fiscal, monetary and public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; risks and uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, including risks relating to decreased, including substantially decreased, demand for the Company’s products; risks relating to the potential closure of any of the Company’s facilities or the unavailability of key personnel or other employees; risks that the Company’s inventory, cash reserves, liquidity or capital resources may be insufficient; risks relating to delayed payments by our customers and the potential for reduced or canceled orders; risks relating to the increased costs associated with the Company’s efforts to respond to the pandemic; risks associated with the identification of suitable acquisition candidates and the successful, efficient execution of acquisition transactions, the integration of any such acquisition candidates, the value of those acquisitions to our customers and shareholders, and the financing of such acquisitions; risks related to our indebtedness and compliance with covenants contained in our financing arrangements, and whether any available financing may be sufficient to address our needs; risks related to the proposed phase out of LIBOR by the end of 2021; risks associated with efforts to shift the Company’s book of business to higher-margin, longer-run opportunities; risks associated with the Company’s entry into and growth in certain markets; risks and uncertainties associated with seeking and implementing manufacturing efficiencies and implementing new production equipment; risks and uncertainties associated with growth of the Company’s business and increases to sales, earnings and earnings per share; and risks associated with new product and program launches. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially.

 

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In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “potential,” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could be different from the results described in or anticipated by our forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty of estimates, forecasts, and projections, and may be materially better or worse than anticipated. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements represent our current beliefs, estimates and assumptions and are only as of the date of this Report. We expressly disclaim any duty to provide updates to forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this Report, in order to reflect changes in circumstances or expectations, or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. All of the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed above and under “Risk Factors” set forth in Part I Item 1A of this Report, as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed elsewhere in this Report. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. We caution you that these risks are not exhaustive. We operate in a continually changing business environment and new risks emerge from time to time.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, or “the Company” refer to UFP Technologies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

The Company is an innovative designer and custom manufacturer of components, subassemblies, products and packaging utilizing highly specialized foams, films, and plastics primarily for the medical market. The Company manufactures its products by converting raw materials using laminating, molding, radio frequency and impulse welding and fabricating manufacturing techniques. The Company is an important link in the medical device supply chain and a valued outsource partner to many of the top medical device manufacturers in the world. The Company’s single-use and single-patient devices and components are used in a wide range of medical devices, disposable wound care products, infection prevention, minimally invasive surgery, wearables, orthopedic soft goods, and orthopedic implant packaging.

 

The Company is diversified by also providing highly engineered products and components to customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets. Typical applications of its products include military uniform and gear components, automotive interior trim, athletic padding, environmen‐tally friendly protective packaging, air filtration, abrasive nail files, and protective cases and inserts.

 

The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1993.

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts and results of operations of UFP Technologies, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dielectrics, Inc. (“Dielectrics”), Moulded Fibre Technology, Inc., Simco Industries, Inc., and UFP Realty LLC (“UFP Realty”), and UFP Realty’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, UFP MA, LLC, UFP CO, LLC, UFP FL, LLC, UFP TX, LLC, UFP MI, LLC, and UFP IA, LLC. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The vast majority of the Company’s assets are located within the United States. FlexShield®, FirmaLite®, Winepacks®, BioShell®, T-Tubes®, Tri-Covers®, Erasables®, Design Nail®, Pro-Sticks®, Cryoshell® Case Fit®, Alloshell®, ControlClean®, Flash Shiner® and Mambo® are our U.S. registered trademarks. Each trademark, trade name, or service mark of any other company appearing in this Report belongs to its respective holder.

 

Available Information

 

The Company’s Internet website address is http://www.ufpt.com. Through its website, the Company makes available, free of charge, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These SEC reports can be accessed through the investor relations section of the Company’s website. The information found on the Company’s website is not part of this or any other report filed with or furnished to the SEC. You may read and copy any materials filed with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding the Company and other issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s Internet website address is http://www.sec.gov.

 

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Market Overview

 

The applications for the Company’s products are numerous and diverse. The Company sells its products into distinct markets with its primary focus on the Medical market:

 

 

Medical  The global medical market is large, growing, and varied but the Company targets specific segments where its access to highly specialized materials combined with its design and manufacturing expertise helps customers differentiate products, minimize the patient’s risk of infection, improve patient outcomes, and increase their client’s speed to market. The product segments include: infection prevention, medical devices, orthopedics, wound care, surgical instruments, diagnostics, and biopharma.

 

 

Automotive -  Automotive companies are challenged with creating quieter, safer and more efficient vehicles. The Company partners with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and its own material manufacturers to develop customized solutions to solve automakers’ biggest challenges.

 

 

Aerospace & Defense – With regard to the aerospace market, the Company primarily targets commercial aircraft manufacturers to address the need for improved safety, better fuel economy, lower emissions, and overall passenger comfort. With regard to the defense market, as a long-time supplier to military defense contractors and law enforcement, the Company provides highly innovative solutions to ensure soldier safety, improve comfort, and protect mission critical equipment.

 

 

Consumer & Electronics – The Company manufactures protective packaging for large and fragile consumer products. The rise of direct-to-consumer shipping as well as a need for environmentally friendly packaging has increased demand for the company’s molded fiber products. For the sports and leisure segment, the Company is an innovator in comfort cushioning for helmets and other protective gear.

 

 

Industrial – The applications for the Company’s industrial products are highly diverse. Examples include air and liquid filters, tool control cases, insulation, seals, and gaskets.

 

Products

 

The Company’s custom products are targeted at macro market trends and create specific opportunities in niche segments where the Company’s access to specialty materials, engineering know-how, and processing expertise can be leveraged to create value for its customers. Examples of its custom products targeted to specific markets include:

 

 

Medical – Single patient use surfaces, advanced wound care, infection prevention, disposables for surgical procedures and endoscopic procedures, orthopedic implants, orthopedic appliances, biopharma drug manufacturing. In general, the Company’s solutions are all aimed at improving treatment outcomes while reducing risk and cost.

 

 

Automotive – Molded components designed to make cars lighter (therefore more fuel efficient), quieter, and safer. Applications include load floors, sun shades, SUV cargo cover handles, driveshaft damping, engine & manifold covers, acoustic insulation, quarter panels and wheel liners.

 

 

Aerospace & Defense– With regard to the aerospace market, molded composites for commercial aviation to make planes lighter and safer. The Company is focused on specialty foam (PVDF) tubing for a leader in the industry. With regard to the defense market, molded composites for military gear to improve the safety and comfort of soldiers. Applications include backpack components, knee and elbow pads, eyewear, and helmets.

 

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Consumer and Electronic Packaging – 100% recycled protective packaging for B2C brands primarily focused on electronics, candles, wine, and other high-volume consumer products using the “next day” carrier infrastructure.

 

 

Specialty Case Solutions – Reusable cases and custom inserts to quickly and safely deploy high-end, customized product solutions. Applications include military equipment and high-value commercial electronics.

 

Regulatory Climate and Environmental Considerations

 

The Company’s medical customers typically require FDA approval for their products and therefore sometimes require their suppliers to manufacture in facilities that are FDA approved and comply with the ISO 13485 quality standard for medical devices. The Company has seven manufacturing locations that are ISO 13485 certified and four that are FDA approved. The Company’s automotive customers sometimes require their suppliers to certify their manufacturing locations to the IATF 16949 automotive quality standard. The Company’s Grand Rapids, MI facility meets this requirement. The Company’s molded fiber packaging operation manufactures environmentally friendly and sustainable products made primarily from post-consumer newsprint and water. As a further commitment to protecting the environment, the Clinton, IA and El Paso, TX operations are certified to ISO 14001, an international environmental standard. The packaging industry has been subject to user, industry, and legislative pressure to develop environmentally responsible packaging alternatives that reduce, reuse, and recycle packaging materials. Government authorities have enacted legislation relating to source reduction, specific product bans, recycled content, recyclability requirements, and “green marketing” restrictions. In order to provide packaging that complies with all regulations regardless of a product’s destination, manufacturers seek packaging materials that meet both environmentally-related demands and performance specifications. Some packaging manufacturers have responded by reducing product volume and ultimate waste product disposal through reengineering traditional packaging solutions; adopting new manufacturing processes; participating in recovery and reuse systems for resilient materials that are inherently reusable; creating programs to recycle packaging following its useful life; and developing materials that use a high percentage of recycled content in their manufacture. Wherever feasible, the Company aims to employ one or more of these techniques to create environmentally-responsible packaging solutions. In addition to offering molded fiber packaging products made from recycled paper derived primarily from post-consumer newspaper waste, the Company actively promotes its philosophy of reducing product volume and resulting post-user product waste. The Company designs products to provide optimum performance with minimum material. In addition, the Company bales and disposes of certain of its urethane foam scrap for use in the carpeting industry. The Company’s Newburyport, MA facility utilizes solar power to provide approximately 11% of its electricity, with plans to increase capacity in the future. The Company is aware of public support for environmentally-responsible packaging and products. Future government action may impose restrictions affecting the industry in which the Company operates. There can be no assurance that any such action will not adversely impact the Company’s products and business.

 

Marketing and Sales

 

The Company markets to the target industries it serves by promoting specific solutions, materials, and manufacturing capabilities and services. The Company is marketed through websites, trade shows and expositions, social media, online advertising, and press releases. Its relationships with key material suppliers are also an important part of its marketing and sales efforts. The Company markets and sells its products in the United States principally through a direct sales force. The Company also uses independent manufacturer representatives to sell its products. The Company’s sales people, in conjunction with Company engineers, collaborate with customers and in-house design and manufacturing experts to develop custom-engineered solutions on a cost-effective basis. For the year ended December 31, 2020, no one customer’s sales exceeded 10% of total sales. Seasonality is not a major factor in the Company’s sales. See the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in Part IV, Item 15, of this Report for net sales by market.

 

Manufacturing

 

The Company’s manufacturing operations consist primarily of cutting, routing, molding, vacuum-forming, laminating, radio frequency and impulse welding and assembling. For medical custom-molded foam products and thermoplastic welded devices, the Company’s skilled engineering personnel analyze specific customer requirements to design and build prototype products to determine product functionality. Upon customer approval, prototypes are converted to final designs for commercial production runs. Molded cross-linked foam products are produced in a thermoforming process using heat, pressure, and precision metal tooling. Plastics and other materials are sealed using radio frequency and impulse welding. Reticulated polyurethane foam is also used for many high-performance medical products requiring precision fluid or air management. These products are typically fabricated using high speed die-cutting or waterjet cutting. Laminated products for medical, military, and personal comfort and protection are produced through a process whereby the foam medium is heated to the melting point. The heated foam is then typically bonded to a non-foam material through the application of mechanical pressure.

 

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The Company also engineers components for automotive use as interior trim and structural applications. These components are produced using a compression molding process to create highly functional composites consisting of various materials such as polypropylene/fiberglass panels, nonwovens, and fabrics. Highly specialized polypropylene based nonwoven material is used for automotive interior noise reduction and is fabricated using a die cut process. Foam for packaging, filtration, acoustical, and thermal insulation products that do not utilize cross-linked foam are fabricated by cutting shapes from blocks of foam, using specialized cutting tools, routers, water jets, and hot wire equipment, and assembling these shapes into the final product using a variety of foam welding or gluing techniques. Products can be used on a stand-alone basis or bonded to another foam product or other material such as a corrugated medium.

 

Molded fiber products are manufactured by vacuum-forming a pulp of recycled or virgin paper materials onto custom-engineered molds. With the application of vacuum and air, the molded parts are pressed and transferred to an in-line dryer, from which they exit ready for packing or subsequent value-added operations. The Company does not manufacture any of the raw materials used in its products. With the exception of certain grades of cross-linked foam and technical polyurethane foams, these raw materials are available from multiple supply sources. Although the Company relies upon a limited number of suppliers for cross-linked and technical polyurethane foams, the Company’s relationships with its suppliers are good, and the Company expects that these suppliers will be able to meet its requirements for these foams. Any delay or interruption in the supply of raw materials could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business.

 

Research and Development

 

The Company’s engineering personnel continuously explore design and manufacturing techniques, as well as new and innovative materials to meet the unique demands and specifications of its customers. Because the Company’s products tend to have relatively short life cycles, research and development is an integral part of the Company’s ongoing cost structure.

 

Competition

 

The medical contract manufacturing industry is highly competitive as is the foam and plastics converting industry as a whole. While there are several national companies that convert foam and plastics, the Company’s primary competition is from smaller independent regional manufacturing companies. These companies generally market their products in specific geographic areas from neighboring facilities. In addition, the Company’s foam and fiber packaging products compete against products made from alternative materials, including expanded polystyrene foams, die-cut corrugated, plastic peanuts, plastic bubbles, and foam-in-place urethane. The Company’s custom engineered products face competition primarily from smaller companies that typically concentrate on production of products for specific industries. The Company expects to compete effectively in the engineered products market due to its ability to address its customers' primary vendor selection criteria, including price, product performance, product reliability, and customer service, as well as its access to a wide variety of materials, its engineering expertise, its ability to combine foams with other materials such as plastics and laminates, and its ability to manufacture products in a clean room environment.

 

Patents and Other Proprietary Rights

 

The Company relies upon trade secrets, patents, and trademarks to protect its technology and proprietary rights. The Company believes the improvement of existing products, reliance upon trade secrets and unpatented proprietary know-how, and the development of new products are generally as important as patent protection in establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage. Nevertheless, the Company has obtained patents and may continue to make efforts to obtain patents, when available, although there can be no assurance that any patent obtained will provide substantial protection or be of commercial benefit to the Company, or that its validity will be upheld if challenged. The Company has a total of 17 active patents relating to technologies including foam, packaging, tool control technologies, radio frequency welding, automotive superforming processes and to certain nail file technologies. The Company also has patent applications in process. There can be no assurance that any patent or patent application will provide significant protection for the Company’s products and technology or will not be challenged or circumvented by others. The expiration dates for the Company’s patents range from 2021 through 2038.

 

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Human Capital Management

 

As of January 23, 2021, the Company had a total of 860 full-time employees (compared to 986 full-time employees as of January 25, 2020) and 150 temporary employees (compared to 168 temporary employees at January 25, 2020). The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreements. The Company considers its employee relations to be good.

 

The Company strives to promote a workplace that is professional, provides opportunity for career growth and treats all workers with dignity and respect. This policy covers the conduct of the Company's employees in their work-related dealings with each other, as well as interactions with our customers, vendors and other business partners. The Company will not tolerate unlawful discrimination and harassment in the workplace; it expressly prohibits any form of unlawful discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or any other legally protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

 

The Company’s employees are tasked with upholding our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, which we view as an important component of our operating strategy. Our compliance hotline is maintained for the confidential reporting of any suspected policy violations or unethical business conduct.

 

The Company’s commitment to its employees starts at the top with an executive level officer – Senior Vice President of Human Resources – reporting to the CEO, attending all board meetings, and having significant involvement with the board’s compensation committee. This commitment is reflected in our efforts to attract, engage and retain the best people possible.

 

Compensation and Benefits

 

The Company’s compensation and benefits offerings are supported by regular third-party benchmarking surveys. In addition to competitive compensation practices, the Company offers annual stock award bonus programs to reward and retain executives and key employees. Access to company subsidized health, life and disability insurance; a matching 401(k) plan; and paid time off for vacation, illness and personal reasons, are the highlights of the Company’s benefits available to all employees. For those employees struggling with life’s challenges, we offer employee assistance programs.

 

Growth and Development

 

The Company supports every employee’s opportunity for career growth. We offer tuition reimbursement for employees to further their industry-related formal education; access to virtual training and education platforms; reimbursement to attend work-related seminars; and on-the-job training and cross-training to improve job skills. Our talent management program provides feedback on performance, identifies employees with potential for advancement, and allows for personalized career development plans.

 

The Company’s commitment to its employees has resulted in several national, regional and local “Best in Class” awards.

 

Safety and COVID-19

 

As an essential manufacturing company, we take our responsibility to our essential employees’ health and safety seriously. Our corporate safety officer reports directly to the SVP of HR. He works with dedicated safety officers at each of our plants to implement safety programs and training, and to ensure compliance, he conducts regular safety audits.

 

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In February of 2020, the Company formed a Coronavirus task force including executive management, HR, safety and operations leaders. Safety measures include:

 

 

Mandatory mask wearing

 

Increased cleaning protocols

 

Providing additional PPE and cleaning supplies

 

Establishing social distancing procedures

 

Installing plexiglass dividers where social distancing was difficult

 

Adjusting attendance policies to encourage sick employees to stay home

 

Implementing temperature screening

 

Implementing contact tracing protocols

 

Requiring non-essential personnel to work from home

 

Prohibiting non-essential business travel

 

COVID specific safety audits

 

In addition to safety efforts, the Company paid spot bonuses over the course of the year to essential employees required to perform their work in our plants. Through these efforts, we have kept our employees safe, maintained morale, and kept the supply lines open to our medical, defense and industrial customers.

 

ITEM 1A.         RISK FACTORS

 

You should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in this Report before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock. These are the risks and uncertainties we believe are most important for you to consider. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, which we currently deem immaterial or which are similar to those faced by other companies in our industry or business in general, may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks or uncertainties occurs, our business, financial condition and operating results would likely suffer. In that event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to our Business

 

The COVID-19 pandemic could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.

 

COVID-19 was identified in late 2019 and has spread globally. The rapid spread has resulted in weaker demand and constrained supply and the implementation of numerous measures to try to contain the virus, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter in place orders and shutdowns. These factors have impacted and may continue to impact all or portions of our workforce and operations.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global recession and it is uncertain when a sustained economic recovery may occur. While all of our operations are located in the United States, we participate in a global supply chain, and the existence of a worldwide pandemic, the fear associated with COVID-19, or any, pandemic, and the reactions of governments around the world in response to COVID-19, or any, pandemic, to regulate the flow of labor and products and impede the travel of personnel, may impact our ability to conduct normal business operations, which could adversely affect our results of operations and liquidity.

 

Uncertainties related to the magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, including new strains, may significantly adversely affect our business. These uncertainties include: the duration and impact of the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in any geographic regions in which we or our supply chain suppliers operate; prolonged reduction or closure of the Company’s operations, disruptions in the supply chain; and the impact of the pandemic on our customers’ business operations and their resulting demand for our products. It is unclear when a sustained economic recovery could occur and what a recovery may look like. All of these factors could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.

 

The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s financial and operational results will be determined by the length of time that the pandemic continues, its effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the supply chain, as well as the effect of governmental regulations imposed in response to the pandemic. The overall magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued fluidity of the situation could materially and adversely impact our business, results of operations and/or financial condition.

 

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We depend on a small number of customers for a large percentage of our revenues. The loss of any such customer, a reduction in sales to any such customer, or the decline in the financial condition of any such customer could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

A limited number of customers typically represent a significant percentage of our revenues in any given year. Our top ten customers represented approximately 38.3%, 34.7% and 29.3% of our total revenues in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. No one customer’s sales exceeded 10% of total sales for the year ended December 31, 2020. The loss of a significant portion of our expected future sales to any of our large customers would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Likewise, a material adverse change in the financial condition of any of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our ability to collect accounts receivable from any such customer. At December 31, 2020 and  2019, one customer represented approximately 13.3% and 13.9% of gross accounts receivable, respectively.

 

Our business could be harmed if our products contain undetected errors or defects or do not meet applicable specifications.

 

Based on customer specifications, we are continuously developing new products and improving existing products. Our existing and newly introduced products can contain undetected errors or defects. In addition, these products may not meet their performance specifications under all conditions or for all applications. If, despite internal testing and testing by customers, any of our products contain errors or defects or fail to meet applicable specifications, then we may be required to enhance or improve those products or technologies. We may not be able to do so on a timely basis, if at all, and may only be able to do so at considerable expense. If a particular error or defect is repeated throughout our production process, the cost of repairing such defect may be highly disproportionate to the original cost of the product or component. In addition, any significant errors, defects, or other performance failures could render our existing and/or future products unreliable or ineffective and could lead to decreased confidence in our products, adverse customer reaction, negative publicity, mandatory or voluntary recalls, or legal claims, the occurrence of any of which could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Further, if our products are defectively designed, manufactured or labeled, contain defective components or are misused, we may become subject to costly litigation by our customers. Product liability claims could divert management's attention from our core business, be expensive to defend and result in sizable damage awards against us.

 

New technologies could result in the development of new products by our competitors and a decrease in demand for our products, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our failure to develop new technologies, or anticipate or react to changes in existing technologies, could result in a decrease in our sales and a loss of market share to our competitors. Our financial performance depends on our ability to design, develop and manufacture new products and product enhancements on a timely and cost-effective basis. We may not be able to successfully identify new product opportunities or develop and bring new products to market in a timely and cost-effective manner.

 

Products or technologies developed by other companies may render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive. Our failure to identify or capitalize on any fundamental shifts in technologies, relative to our competitors, could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position within our industry and harm our relationships with our customers.

 

If we fail to comply with specific provisions in our customer contracts or with government contracting or Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, our business could be materially adversely affected.

 

Our customer contracts, particularly with respect to contracts for which the government is a direct or indirect customer, may include unique and specialized requirements. This may also include contracts with customers that derive goods subject to FDA regulations. Failure to comply with the specific provisions in our customer contracts, or any violation of government or FDA contracting regulations, could result in termination of the contracts, increased costs to us, suspension of payments, imposition of fines, and suspension from future government contracting. Further, any negative publicity related to our failure to comply with the provisions in our customer contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

 

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We may pursue acquisitions or other strategic relationships that involve inherent risks, any of which may cause us to not realize anticipated benefits.

 

Our business strategy includes the potential acquisition of businesses and other business combinations that we expect will complement and expand our business. In addition, we may also pursue other strategic relationships or opportunities. We may not be able to success‐fully identify suitable acquisition or other strategic opportunities or complete any particular acquisition, combination, or other transaction on acceptable terms. Our identification of suitable acquisition candidates and strategic opportunities involves risks inherent in assessing the values, strengths, weaknesses, risks and profitability of these opportunities including their effects on our business, diversion of our management’s attention and risks associated with unanticipated problems or unforeseen liabilities. Our failure to identify suitable acquisition or other strategic opportunities may restrict our ability to grow our business. If we are successful in pursuing future acquisitions or strategic opportunities, we may be required to expend significant funds, incur additional debt, or issue additional securities, which may materially and adversely affect our results of operations and be dilutive to our stockholders. If we spend significant funds or incur additional debt, our ability to obtain financing for working capital or other purposes could decline and we may be more vulnerable to economic downturns and competitive pressures. In addition, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to finance additional acquisitions or that we will realize any anticipated benefits from acquisitions or other strategic opportunities that we complete. When we successfully acquire another business, the process of successfully integrating the acquired operations into our existing operations may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and may require significant financial re‐sources that would otherwise be available for the ongoing development or expansion of our existing business. Decreases in customer loyalty or product orders, failure to retain and develop the acquired workforce, failure to integrate financial reporting systems, failure to establish and maintain appropriate controls or unknown or contingent liabilities could adversely affect our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of an acquisition. The integration of an acquired business whether or not successful, requires significant efforts which may result in additional expenses and divert the attention of our management and technical personnel from other projects. These transactions are inherently risky, and there can be no assurance that any past or future transaction will be successful.

 

Failure to retain key personnel could impair our ability to execute our business strategy.

 

The continuing service of our executive officers and essential sales, engineering, technical and management personnel, together with our ability to attract and retain such personnel, is an important factor in our continuing ability to execute our strategy. There is substantial competition to attract such employees, and the loss of any such key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results. The same could be true if we were to experience a high turnover rate among sales, engineering and technical personnel and we were unable to replace them.

 

We operate in highly competitive industries and we may be unable to compete successfully, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We face intense competition in all markets and in each area of our business, in some cases from our own customers bringing programs in-house. Our primary competition for our products is from smaller, independent, regional manufacturing companies. Our current competitors may increase their participation in, or new competitors may enter into, the markets in which we compete. In addition, our suppliers may acquire or develop the capability and desire to compete with us. If our suppliers choose to expand their own operations, through acquisitions or otherwise, and begin manufacturing and selling products directly to our customers, it could reduce our pricing or sales volume and overall profitability. If we are unable to compete successfully with new or existing competitors, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Further, technological innovation by any of our existing competitors, or new competitors entering any of the markets in which we do business, could put us at a competitive disadvantage and could cause us to lose market share. Increased competition for the sales of our products could result in price reductions, reduced margins and loss of market share, which could materially adversely affect our prospects, business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Our markets are cyclical, which may result in fluctuations in our results of operations.

 

Demand for our products, especially in the automotive and aerospace and defense markets, is cyclical. Downturns in economic conditions or reductions in government spending typically have an adverse effect on these markets due to decreased demand for products. We seek to reduce our exposure to industry downturns and cyclicality by marketing our products to diversified and varied markets. However, we may experience substantial period-to-period fluctuations in our results of operations due to the cyclical nature of demand for our products in the markets in which we compete.

 

The cost of the raw materials we use to manufacture our products, particularly petroleum and petroleum-based raw materials, are subject to escalation and could increase, which may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The cost of raw materials, including petroleum and petroleum-based raw materials such as resins, used in the production of our products, represents a significant portion of our direct manufacturing costs. Any fluctuations in the price of petroleum, or any other material used in the production of our products, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Such price increases could reduce demand for our products. If we are not able to buy raw materials at fixed prices, or pass on price increases to our customers, we may lose orders or enter into orders with less favorable terms, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Security breaches, including cybersecurity incidents and other disruptions could compromise our information, expose us to liability and harm our reputation and business.

 

In the ordinary course of our business we collect and store sensitive data, including intellectual property, personal information, our proprietary business information and that of our customers, suppliers and business partners, and personally identifiable information of our customers and employees in our data centers and on our networks. The secure maintenance and transmission of this information is critical to our operations and business strategy. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of confidential information. Computer hackers may attempt to penetrate our computer systems and, if successful, misappropriate personal or confidential business information. In addition, an associate, contractor, or other third-party with whom we do business may attempt to circumvent our security measures in order to obtain such information and may purposefully or inadvertently cause a breach involving such information. Despite the security measures we have in place and any additional measures we may implement in the future to safeguard our systems and to mitigate potential security risks, our facilities and systems, and those of our third-party service providers, could be vulnerable to security breaches. Any such compromise of our data security and access, public disclosure, or loss of personal or confidential business information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, regulatory penalties, disruption of our operations, damage to our reputation, loss of our customers’ willingness to transact business with us, and subject us to additional costs and liabilities which could materially adversely affect our business.

 

We may be unable to protect our proprietary technology from infringement.

 

We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, and unpatented proprietary know-how and trade secrets to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. We enter into confidentiality agreements with suppliers, customers, employees, consultants and potential acquisition candidates as necessary to protect our know-how, trade secrets and other proprietary information. However, these measures and our patents and trademarks may not afford complete protection of our intellectual property, and it is possible that third parties may copy or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information and technology without authorization or otherwise infringe on our intellectual property rights. We cannot assure that our competitors will not independently develop equivalent or superior know-how, trade secrets or production methods. Significant impairment of our intellectual property rights could harm our business or our ability to compete. For example, if we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of our technologies, our profit margins could be reduced as competitors could more easily imitate our products, possibly resulting in lower prices or lost sales for certain products. In such a case, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.

 

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Fluctuations in the supply of components and raw materials we use in manufacturing our products could cause production delays or reductions in the number of products we manufacture, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our business is subject to the risk of periodic shortages of raw materials. We purchase raw materials pursuant to purchase orders placed from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Failure or delay by such suppliers in supplying us necessary raw materials could adversely affect our ability to manufacture and deliver products on a timely and competitive basis.

 

While we believe that we may, in certain circumstances, secure alternative sources of these materials, we may incur substantial delays and significant expense in doing so, the quality and reliability of alternative sources may not be the same and our operating results may be materially adversely affected. Alternative suppliers might charge significantly higher prices for materials than we currently pay. Under such circumstances, the disruption to our business could have a material adverse impact on our customer relationships, business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

In addition, we are dependent on a relatively small number of suppliers for cross-linked foam and technical polyurethane foams. While we believe that we have developed strong relationships with these suppliers, any failure or delay by such suppliers in supplying us these necessary products could adversely affect our ability to manufacture and deliver products on a timely and competitive basis.

 

Our products could infringe the intellectual property rights of others, which may lead to litigation that could itself be costly, result in the payment of substantial damages or royalties, and prevent us from using technology that is essential to our products.

 

We cannot guarantee that our products, manufacturing processes or other methods do not infringe the patents or other intellectual property rights of third parties. Infringement and other intellectual property claims and proceedings brought against us, whether successful or not, could result in substantial costs and harm our reputation. Such claims and proceedings can also distract and divert our management and key personnel from other tasks important to the success of our business. In addition, intellectual property litigation or claims could force us to do one or more of the following:

 

 

cease selling or using any of our products that incorporate the asserted intellectual property, which would adversely affect our revenues;

 

 

pay substantial damages for past use of the asserted intellectual property;

 

 

obtain a license from the holder of the asserted intellectual property, which license may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all; and/or

 

 

redesign or rename, in the case of trademark claims, our products to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties, which may be costly and time-consuming, even if possible.

 

In the event of an adverse determination in an intellectual property suit or proceeding, or our failure to license essential technology, our sales could be harmed, and our costs could increase, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

 

We use electricity and natural gas at our manufacturing facilities to operate our equipment. Over the past several years, prices for electricity and natural gas have fluctuated significantly. An outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, or a natural disaster, could result in a real or perceived shortage of petroleum and/or natural gas, which could result in an increase in the cost of electricity or energy generally as well as an increase in the cost of our raw materials, of which many are petroleum-based. In addition, increased energy costs negatively impact our freight costs due to higher fuel prices. Future limitations on the availability or consumption of petroleum products and/or an increase in energy costs, particularly electricity for plant operations, could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations. 

 

Risks Related to our Share Ownership and our Capital Structure

 

As a public company, we need to comply with the reporting obligations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, among other laws and regulations. If we fail to comply with the reporting obligations of these laws or if we fail to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting, our business, financial condition, and results of operations and investors confidence in us, could be materially and adversely affected.

 

As a public company, we are required to comply with the periodic reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, including preparing annual reports, quarterly reports and current reports. We are also subject to certain of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts which, among other things, require enhanced disclosure of business, financial, compensation and governance information. Our failure to prepare and disclose this information in a timely manner could subject us to penalties under federal securities laws, expose us to lawsuits, and restrict our ability to access financing. We may identify areas requiring improvement with respect to our internal control over financial reporting, and we may be required to design enhanced processes and controls to address issues identified. This could result in significant delays and cost to us and require us to divert substantial resources, including management time, from other activities. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we may not be able to ensure that we can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting. Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to help prevent fraud.

 

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Restrictions in our credit facilities may limit our business and financial activities, including our ability to obtain additional capital in the future.

 

In February 2018, we entered into a Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., which provided for a $50 million revolving credit facility and a $20 million term loan facility. In December 2020, we amended the credit facility to among other things, extend its life through December 31, 2025. This Credit Agreement contains covenants imposing various restrictions on our business and financial activities. These restrictions may affect our ability to operate our business and undertake certain financial activities and may limit our ability to take advantage of potential business or financial opportunities as they arise. The restrictions these covenants place on us include limitations on our ability to incur liens, incur indebtedness, make investments, dissolve or merge or consolidate with or into another entity, dispose of certain property, and make restricted payments. The Credit Agreement also requires us to meet certain financial ratios, including a minimum fixed-charge coverage ratio and a maximum total funded debt to EBITDA ratio. The breach of any of these covenants or restrictions could result in a default under the Credit Agreement, which could have a material adverse impact to our business, financial condition and results of operation.

 

We are also exposed to the risk of increasing interest rates as our revolving credit facility is at a variable interest rate. Any material changes in interest rates could result in higher interest expense and related payments for us. We have entered into an interest rate swap agreement that modifies our variable interest rate exposure with regards to the term loan by converting the term loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate in order to hedge against the possibility of rising interest rates during the term of the loan.

 

Provisions of our corporate charter documents and Delaware law, may dissuade potential acquirers, prevent the replacement or removal of our current management and may thereby affect the price of our common stock.

 

The board of directors has the authority to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions, including voting rights of those shares without any further vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible financings, acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We have no present plans to issue shares of preferred stock.

 

Further, certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and Delaware law could delay or make more difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving us or, for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting common stock. These include provisions that classify our board of directors, limit the ability of stockholders to take action by written consent, call special meetings, remove a director for cause, amend the bylaws, or approve a merger with another company. In addition, our bylaws set forth advance notice procedures for stockholders to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring matters before an annual meeting of stockholders.

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stock‐holder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. For purposes of Section 203, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder, and an “interested stockholder” is a person who, either alone or together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within the past three years did own) 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock.

 

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General Risk Factors

 

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including health and safety laws and regulations, and the cost of complying, or our failure to comply, with such requirements could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including health and safety laws and regulations. The risks of substantial costs and liabilities related to compliance with these laws and regulations are an inherent part of our business. Despite our intention to comply with these laws and regulations, we cannot guarantee that we will at all times comply with all such requirements. Compliance with health and safety legislation and other regulatory requirements may prove to be more limiting and costly than we anticipate and may also increase substantially in future years. If we violate, or fail to comply with these requirements, we could be fined or otherwise sanctioned by regulators. In addition, these requirements are complex, change frequently and may become more stringent over time, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our operations could be disrupted by natural or human causes beyond our control.

 

Our operations are subject to the risk of disruption by hurricanes, severe storms, floods and other forms of severe weather, earthquakes and other natural disasters, accidents, fire, power shortages, geopolitical unrest, war and other military action, terrorist attacks and other hostile acts, public health issues, epidemics or pandemics, and other events, such as raw material or supply scarcity, that are beyond our control and the control of the third parties on which we depend. Any of these catastrophic events, whether in the United States or abroad, may have a strong negative impact on the global economy, our employees, facilities, suppliers, or customers, and could decrease demand for our products or our customers’ products, create delays and inefficiencies in our supply chain and make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver products to our customers in a timely manner. If there is a natural disaster or other serious disruption at any of our facilities, we may experience plant shutdowns or periods of reduced production as a result of equipment failures, loss of power, delays in delivery of raw materials or supplies, personnel absences, or extensive damage to any of our facilities, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, our insurance coverage may not adequately compensate us for losses incurred as a direct or indirect result of natural or other disasters.

 

ITEM 1B.         UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

 

None.

 

ITEM 2.         PROPERTIES

 

The following table presents certain information relating to each of the Company’s design and manufacturing properties:

 

Location

Square

Feet

Lease

Expiration Date

Principal Use

Georgetown, Massachusetts

57,600

Company Owned

Fabrication, molding, test lab, clean room and warehousing

Newburyport, Massachusetts

183,000

Company Owned

Headquarters, fabrication, molding, tooling, test lab, clean room, warehousing and engineering

Huntsville, Alabama

9,000

6/30/2026

Engineering, design and fabrication

Grand Rapids, Michigan

255,260

Company Owned

Fabrication, molding, warehousing and engineering

Rancho Dominguez, California

56,000

11/14/2022

Fabrication, molding and engineering

Denver, Colorado

18,270

Company Owned

Fabrication and molding

Denver, Colorado

28,383

Company Owned

Fabrication, molding and engineering

Kissimmee, Florida

49,400

Company Owned

Fabrication, molding, test lab and engineering

El Paso, Texas

127,730

Company Owned

Warehousing, fabrication and molded fiber operations

Clinton, Iowa

60,000

Company Owned

Molded fiber operations and engineering

Clinton, Iowa

62,000

Company Owned

Molded fiber operations

Chicopee, Massachusetts

103,792

1/31/2023

Fabrication, molding, clean room and engineering

 

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ITEM 3.         LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

From time to time, the Company may be a party to various suits, claims and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management of the Company, these suits, claims and complaints should not result in final judgments or settlements that, in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

ITEM 4.         MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

PART II

 

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

 

Market Price

 

The Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “UFPT”. The following table sets forth the range of high and low quotations for the common stock as reported by NASDAQ for the quarterly periods from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

High

   

Low

 

First Quarter

  $ 37.58     $ 27.80  

Second Quarter

    42.87       34.05  

Third Quarter

    46.42       38.00  

Fourth Quarter

    50.00       38.22  

 

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

High

   

Low

 

First Quarter

  $ 52.59     $ 30.80  

Second Quarter

    47.77       34.06  

Third Quarter

    48.77       37.39  

Fourth Quarter

    48.96       36.69  

 

Number of Stockholders

 

As of March 4, 2021, there were 74 holders of record of the Company’s common stock.

 

Since many of the shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, the Company is unable to estimate the total number of beneficial stockholders represented by these holders of record.

 

Dividends

 

The Company did not pay any dividends in 2020 or 2019. The Company presently intends to retain all its earnings to provide funds for the operation of its business and strategic acquisitions, although it would consider paying cash dividends in the future. Any decision to pay dividends will be at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors and will depend upon the Company’s operating results, strategic plans, capital requirements, financial condition, provisions of the Company’s borrowing arrangements, applicable law and other factors the Company’s board of directors considers relevant.

 

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

On June 16, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. There was no share repurchase activity for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company repurchased 29,559 shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $587 thousand.  At December 31, 2020, approximately $9.4 million was available for future repurchases of the Company's common stock under this authorization.

 

ITEM 6.         SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s consolidated financial data for the periods presented. You should read the following financial information together with the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the notes to those financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Report. The selected statements of income data for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 and the selected balance sheet data as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 , are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this Report. The selected statements of income data for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the selected balance sheet data at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Report.

 

Selected Consolidated Financial Data:

 

   

Years Ended December 31

 
   

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

Consolidated Statements of Income data

 

2020

   

2019

   

2018

   

2017

   

2016

 

Net sales

  $ 179,373     $ 198,381     $ 190,455     $ 147,843     $ 146,132  

Gross profit

  $ 44,684     $ 53,959     $ 48,308     $ 35,487     $ 34,650  

Operating income

  $ 16,732     $ 24,708     $ 19,612     $ 11,693     $ 12,237  

Net income from consolidated operations

  $ 13,369     $ 19,750     $ 14,311     $ 9,210     $ 7,970  

Diluted earnings per common share

  $ 1.77     $ 2.63     $ 1.93     $ 1.26     $ 1.10  

Weighted average number of diluted common shares outstanding

    7,568       7,516       7,430       7,337       7,275  

 

   

As of December 31

 
   

(in thousands)

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets data

 

2020

   

2019

   

2018

   

2017

   

2016

 

Working capital

  $ 56,727     $ 36,466     $ 34,968     $ 65,131     $ 60,291  

Total assets

  $ 203,204     $ 188,758     $ 189,598     $ 138,207     $ 127,934  

Current installments of long-term debt

  $ -     $ -     $ 2,857     $ -     $ 856  

Long-term debt, excluding current installments

  $ -     $ -     $ 22,286     $ -     $ -  

Total liabilities

  $ 26,311     $ 26,767     $ 49,141     $ 14,495     $ 14,881  

Total stockholders' equity

  $ 176,893     $ 161,991     $ 140,457     $ 123,712     $ 113,053  

 

ITEM 7.         MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Overview

 

The Company is an innovative designer and custom manufacturer of components, subassemblies, products and packaging utilizing highly specialized foams, films, and plastics primarily for the medical market. The Company manufactures its products by converting raw materials using laminating, molding, radio frequency and impulse welding and fabricating manufacturing techniques. The Company is diversified by also providing highly engineered products and components to customers in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets. The Company consists of a single operating and reportable segment.

 

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The Company’s current strategy includes further organic growth and growth through strategic acquisitions.

 

As further summarized below, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and we believe it will continue to have, negative effects on our business and financial results. In particular, sales for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased 9.6% to $179.4 million from $198.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to the impact on demand for product as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gross margin decreased to 25.0% for the year ended December 31, 2020, from 27.2% in 2019. Operating income and net income for the year ended December 31, 2020 both decreased by 31.7%, respectively.

 

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUR BUSINESS

 

Through much of 2020, COVID-19 spread across the country to areas in which our products are designed, manufactured, distributed or sold. The spread of COVID-19 and the response to it negatively impacted operating conditions for our business in 2020. Although we expect COVID-19 will continue to have negative impacts on our operating results in future periods, the magnitude and duration of the continuing impact is uncertain.

 

To stall the spread of COVID-19, authorities in states in which we do business implemented numerous measures, including social distancing guidelines, travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, curfews, stay-at-home orders, and business shutdowns. These measures have impacted and will likely further impact us, our customers, consumers, employees, suppliers and other third parties with whom we do business. It is uncertain how these and any future measures in response to the pandemic will impact our business, including whether and to what extent they will result in further changes in demand for our products or further increases in operating costs. The timing of distribution and the effectiveness of recently introduced vaccines is also uncertain. Our top priorities continue to be ensuring the health and safety of our workforce and serving our various constituencies with as little disruption as possible.

 

Our operations expose us to risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the cost of manufacturing our goods, including higher labor costs, maintenance costs and manufacturing inefficiencies due to employee absenteeism and significantly enhanced cleaning and sterilization. Elective medical procedures and exams have been delayed or canceled, there has been a significant reduction in physician office visits, and hospitals have postponed or canceled capital purchases. We believe that these responses negatively impacted demand for the Company’s components for medical devices. Additionally, many of our customers in the automotive markets experienced closures of their businesses in connection with the pandemic. Such closures negatively impacted the demand for our automobile component products particularly in the second quarter. Any continued reduced demand for our products, including reduced need for components for medical devices as well as continued economic uncertainty, could adversely and materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as those of our customers.

 

To ensure the health and safety of our employees and to comply with governmental orders, since March 2020 we have required or enabled certain employees to work from home or remotely where practicable, and expanded IT and communication support to enhance their productivity; adjusted work spaces and shifted schedules to facilitate social distancing and sterilization for those who continue to work in our facilities; enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures at our facilities; required face coverings and worked to procure and distributed personal protective equipment; implemented health checks and visitor protocols and restricted travel.

 

In response to the economic uncertainties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we initiated and at present are continuing certain cost-cutting measures, including restrictions on travel and labor cost reduction measures (including employee terminations).

 

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Although the impact of the pandemic on our business and financial results will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, and which may vary by market, we have a strong liquidity position, solid balance sheet, and access to capital which we expect will enable us to effectively manage through the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)

 

The CARES Act was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the United States. The CARES Act and related notices include several significant provisions, including delaying certain payroll tax payments and estimated income tax payments that we expect to defer to future periods. Accordingly, the Company has deferred social security payments of approximately $1.6 million as of December 31, 2020. We do not currently expect the CARES Act to have a material impact on our financial results, including on our annual estimated effective tax rate, or on our liquidity. We will continue to monitor and assess the impact the CARES Act may have on our business and financial results.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth, for the years indicated, the percentage of revenues represented by the items as shown in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income:

 

   

2020

   

2019

   

2018

 

Net sales

    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %

Cost of sales

    75.1 %     72.8 %     74.6 %

Gross profit

    24.9 %     27.2 %     25.4 %

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

    15.3 %     14.7 %     14.5 %

Loss on sale of fixed assets

    0.3 %     0.0 %     0.0 %

Acquisition costs

    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.6 %

Operating income

    9.3 %     12.5 %     10.3 %

Total other expense

    0.2 %     0.5 %     0.7 %

Income before taxes

    9.1 %     12.0 %     9.6 %

Income tax expense

    1.6 %     2.0 %     2.1 %

Net income from consolidated operations

    7.5 %     10.0 %     7.5 %

 

2020 Compared to 2019

 

Sales

 

Net sales decreased 9.6% to $179.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 from net sales of $198.4 million in 2019. The decrease in sales was primarily due to the impact on demand for product as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe that the cancellation or delay of elective medical procedures in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the demand for the Company’s components for medical devices. We refer you to “Recent Developments—COVID-19” above for additional discussion of product demand.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit as a percentage of sales (“Gross Margin”) decreased to 24.9% for the year ended December 31, 2020, from 27.2% in 2019. As a percentage of sales, material and direct labor costs collectively decreased approximately 2.2%, while overhead increased approximately 4.4%. The decrease in collective material and labor costs as a percentage of sales was primarily due to gains in manufacturing efficiencies resulting from continuous improvement initiatives and an improvement in the overall book of business. The increase in overhead as a percentage of sales was primarily due to fixed overhead costs measured against decreased sales.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”) decreased approximately 6.0% to $27.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, from $29.3 million in 2019. As a percentage of sales, SG&A increased to 15.3%, from 14.7% in 2019. The decrease in SG&A was primarily due to decreases in compensation programs and company-wide travel and entertainment. The increase in SG&A as a percentage of sales was primarily due to relatively fixed SG&A expenses measured against lower sales.

 

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Interest Income and Expense

 

Net interest expense was approximately $83 thousand and $674 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease in net interest expense was primarily due to lower debt levels.

 

Other Expense

 

Other expense was approximately $366 thousand and $388 thousand for years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Other expense was primarily generated by changes in the fair value of the swap liability, which is driven by anticipated future interest rate changes as well as a declining notional amount.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company recorded income tax expense, as a percentage of income before income tax expense, of 17.9% for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to 16.5% for the same period in 2019. The increase in the effective tax rate for the current period as compared to the prior period was largely due to a lower anticipated effective tax rate in 2019 due to credits available for increased research activities. The Company notes the potential for volatility in its effective tax rate, as any windfall or shortfall tax benefits related to its share-based compensation plans will be recorded directly into income tax expense.

 

2019 Compared to 2018

 

Sales

 

Net sales increased 4.2% to $198.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 from net sales of $190.5 million in 2018. The increase in sales was primarily due to increased sales to customers in the medical, and aerospace and defense markets of 16.9%, and 5.0%, respectively. These increases were partially offset by a collective decline in sales to the consumer, electronics, and industrial markets of 24.1%. The increase in sales to customers in the medical market was primarily due to strong sales at Dielectrics (including one additional month of sales of $3.1 million) as well as increased demand from legacy UFP medical customers. The increased demand for sales to customers in the aerospace & defense market is due to increased government spending. The collective decline in sales to customers in the consumer, electronics and industrial markets was primarily due to decreased demand for molded fiber packaging.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit as a percentage of sales (“Gross Margin”) increased to 27.2% for the year ended December 31, 2019, from 25.4% in 2018. As a percentage of sales, material and direct labor costs collectively decreased approximately 0.5%, while overhead decreased approximately 1.3%. The decrease in collective material and labor costs as a percentage of sales is primarily due to gains in manufacturing efficiencies resulting from continuous improvement initiatives and an improvement in the overall book of business. The decline in overhead as a percentage of sales was primarily due to leveraging fixed overhead costs against increased sales as well as targeted cost cuts.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”) increased approximately 5.8% to $29.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, from $27.7 million in 2018. As a percentage of sales, SG&A increased to 14.7% in 2019, from 14.5% in 2018. The increase in SG&A is primarily due to one extra month of operations at Dielectrics as well as compensation increases and new strategic management hires at the Company’s plants.

 

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Interest Income and Expense

 

The Company had net interest expense of approximately $0.7 million and $1.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in net interest expense was primarily due to lower debt levels.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company recorded income tax expense, as a percentage of income before income tax expense, of 16.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to 22.2% for the same period in 2018. The decline in the Company’s effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2019, was largely due to a significant increase in the amount of business tax credits earned in its federal and state 2018 tax returns due, in part, to qualifying research expenses at Dielectrics.

 

The Company notes the potential for volatility in its effective tax rate, as any windfall or shortfall tax benefits related to its share-based compensation plans will be recorded directly into income tax expense.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Company generally funds its operating expenses, capital requirements, and growth plan through internally generated cash and bank credit facilities.

 

Cash Flows

 

Net cash provided by operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $25.0 million and was primarily a result of net income generated of approximately $13.4 million, depreciation and amortization of approximately $8.3 million, loss on sale of fixed assets of approximately $0.5 million, share-based compensation of approximately $1.8 million, an increase in deferred taxes of approximately $0.1 million, a decrease in accounts receivable of approximately $2.2 million primarily due to lower sales in the last two months of 2020 as compared to 2019, a decrease in refundable income taxes of approximately $0.3 million, and an increase in other long-term liabilities of approximately $1.1 million due primarily to the deferral of employer social security tax payments in connection with the CARES Act. These cash inflows and adjustments to income were partially offset by an increase in inventory of approximately $0.4 million, an increase in prepaid expenses of approximately $0.3 million, and increase in other assets of approximately $0.1 million, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $1.2 million due to the timing of vendor payments in the ordinary course of business and reductions in accrued compensation, and a decrease in deferred revenue of approximately $0.7 million.

 

Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $4.3 million and was primarily the result of additions of manufacturing machinery and equipment and various building improvements across the Company.

 

Net cash used for financing activities was approximately $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, resulting from payments of statutory withholding for stock options exercised and restricted stock units vested of approximately $0.8 million, partially offset by net proceeds received upon stock options exercises of approximately $0.5 million.

 

Outstanding and Available Debt

 

As of December 31, 2020, under the Company’s Restated Credit Agreement (as described below), the Company had (i) outstanding $0.7 million in standby letters of credit, drawable as a financial guarantee on worker’s compensation insurance policies and (ii) no other amounts outstanding.

 

On February 1, 2018, the Company, as the borrower, entered into an unsecured $70 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as the initial lender, Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, and certain other lenders from time to time party thereto. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement amended and restated the Company’s prior credit agreement.

 

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On December 31, 2020, the Company, as the borrower, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and sole lender, entered into a First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated February 1, 2018 (as amended, the “Restated Credit Agreement”).

 

The First Amendment amended the Restated Credit Agreement by (i) extending the scheduled maturity date from February 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025, and (ii) creating procedures and guidelines for establishing a successor benchmark rate if LIBOR ceases to be available during the term of the revolving credit facility. The Restated Credit Agreement called for interest of LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 1.0% to 1.5% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate less a margin that ranges from 0.25% to zero. The First Amendment calls for interest of LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 1.25% to 1.75% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate plus a margin that ranges from zero to 0.25%. In both cases the applicable margin remains dependent upon Company performance. The First Amendment also added certain representations and covenants concerning compliance by the Company with legal requirements.

 

The credit facilities under the Restated Credit Agreement consist of a $20 million unsecured term loan to the Company and an unsecured revolving credit facility, under which the Company may borrow up to $50 million. The proceeds of the Restated Credit Agreement may be used for general corporate purposes, as well as permitted acquisitions. The Company’s obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Under the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to a minimum fixed-charge coverage financial covenant as well as a maximum total funded debt to EBITDA financial covenant. The Restated Credit Agreement contains other covenants customary for transactions of this type, including restrictions on certain payments, permitted indebtedness and permitted investments. As of December 31, 2020, the applicable interest rate was approximately 1.15% and the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Restated Credit Agreement.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company used interest-rate-related derivative instruments to manage its exposure related to changes in interest rates on certain of its variable-rate debt instruments. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging. Derivative financial instruments expose the Company to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Company, creating credit risk for the Company. When the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Company owes the counterparty and, therefore, in these circumstances the Company is not exposed to the counterparty’s credit risk. The Company minimizes counterparty credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with carefully selected major financial institutions based upon their credit profile. Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of a derivative instrument that results from a change in interest rates.

 

The Company assesses interest rate risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities. The Company’s debt obligations exposed the Company to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. The Company believed that it was prudent to limit the variability of a portion of its interest payments. To meet this objective, in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company entered into a $20 million, 5-year interest rate swap agreement under which the Company receives three-month LIBOR plus the applicable margin and pays a 2.7% fixed rate plus the applicable margin. The swap modified the Company’s interest rate exposure by converting the term loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate in order to hedge against the possibility of rising interest rates during the term of the loan. The notional amount was $11,428,568 at December 31, 2020. The fair value of the swap as of December 31, 2020 was approximately $(465) thousand and is included in other liabilities. Changes in the fair value and net cash settlement amounts related to the swap are recorded in other expense and resulted in expense of approximately $366 thousand and $388 thousand during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

As the Company has paid the remaining balance of the term loan in its entirety, there is no longer underlying debt to hedge against with the swap. The changes in the fair value of the swap will continue to be accounted for as a financial instrument until the sooner of the time that the Company elects to cancel it or until its maturity.

 

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Future Liquidity

 

The Company requires cash to pay its operating expenses, purchase capital equipment, and to service its contractual obligations. The Company’s principal sources of funds are its operations and its amended and restated credit facility. The Company generated cash of approximately $25.0 million in operations during the year ended December 31, 2020; however, the Company cannot guarantee that its operations will generate cash in future periods. The Company’s longer-term liquidity is contingent upon future operating performance and draws on the revolving credit facility are possible. Further, the continued economic uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could affect the Company’s long-term ability to access the public markets and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue operations.

 

Throughout fiscal 2021, the Company plans to continue to add capacity to enhance operating efficiencies in its manufacturing plants. The Company may consider additional acquisitions of companies, technologies, or products that are complementary to its business. The Company believes that its existing resources, including its revolving credit facility, together with cash expected to be generated from operations, will be sufficient to fund its cash flow requirements, including capital asset acquisitions, through the next twelve months.

 

The Company may also require additional capital in the future to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions or other investments. These capital requirements could be substantial. The Company anticipates that any future expansion of its business will be financed through existing resources, cash flow from operations, the Company's revolving credit facility, or other new financing. The Company cannot guarantee that it will be able to meet existing financial covenants or obtain other new financing on favorable terms, if at all. The Company's liquidity will be impacted to the extent additional stock repurchases are made under the Company's stock repurchase program.

 

Stock Repurchase Program

 

The Company accounts for treasury stock under the cost method, using the first-in, first-out flow assumption, and includes treasury stock as a component of stockholders’ equity. On June 16, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Under the program, the Company is authorized to repurchase shares through Rule 10b5-1 plans, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block purchases or otherwise in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The stock repurchase program will end upon the earlier of the date on which the plan is terminated by the Board or when all authorized repurchases are completed. The timing and amount of stock repurchases, if any, will be determined based upon our evaluation of market conditions and other factors. The stock repurchase program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time, and the Company has no obligation to repurchase any amount of its common stock under the program. There were no share repurchases during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018. At December 31, 2020, approximately $9.4 million was available for future repurchases of the Company’s common stock under this authorization.

 

Critical Accounting Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company evaluates its estimates, including those listed below, on an ongoing basis. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, including current and anticipated worldwide economic conditions, both in general and specifically in relation to the packaging and component product industries, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this Report. The Company believes the following critical accounting policies necessitated that significant judgments and estimates be used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Company has reviewed these policies with its Audit Committee.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue when a customer obtains control of a promised good or service. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for promised goods or services. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the core principles of ASC 606 which include (1) identifying the contract with a customer, (2) identifying separate performance obligations within the contract, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognizing revenue. The Company recognizes all but an immaterial portion of its product sales upon shipment. The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of tooling and machinery primarily upon customer acceptance, with the exception of certain tooling where control does not transfer to the customer, resulting in revenue being recognized over the estimated time for which parts are produced with the use of each respective tool. The Company recognizes revenue from engineering services, which are primarily product development services, as the services are performed or as otherwise determined based on the substance of the agreement. The Company recognizes revenue from bill and hold transactions at the time the specified goods are complete and available to the customer. In the ordinary course of business, the Company accepts sales returns from customers for defective goods, such amounts being immaterial. Although only applicable to an insignificant number of transactions, the Company has elected to exclude sales taxes from the transaction price. The Company has elected to account for shipping and handling activities for which the Company is responsible under the terms and conditions of the sale not as performance obligations but rather as fulfillment costs. These activities are required to fulfill the Company’s promise to transfer the good and are expensed when revenue is recognized.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill is tested for impairment annually and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired. Impairment testing for goodwill is done at a reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level but can be combined when reporting units within the same segment have similar economic characteristics. An impairment loss generally would be recognized when the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. The Company consists of a single reporting unit. The Company last performed “step 1” of the goodwill impairment test as of December 31, 2018. In testing goodwill for impairment at December 31, 2018, the Company primarily utilized the guideline public company (“GPC”) method under the market approach and the discounted cash flows method (“DCF”) under the income approach to determine the fair value of the reporting unit for purposes of testing the reporting unit’s carrying value of goodwill for impairment. The GPC method derives a value by generating a multiple of EBITDA through the comparison of the Company to similar publicly traded companies. The DCF approach derives a value based on the present value of a series of estimated future cash flows at the valuation date by the application of a discount rate, one that a prudent investor would require before making an investment in our equity securities. The key assumptions used in our approach included:

 

 

The reporting unit’s estimated financials and five-year projections of financial results, which were based on our strategic plans and long-range forecasts. Sales growth rates represent estimates based on current and forecasted sales mix and market conditions. The profit margins were projected based on historical margins, projected sales mix, current expense structure and anticipated expense modifications.

 

 

The projected terminal value which reflects the total present value of projected cash flows beyond the last period in the DCF. This value reflects a growth rate for the reporting unit, which is approximately the same growth rate of expected inflation into perpetuity.

 

 

The discount rate determined using a Weighted Average Cost of Capital method (“WACC”), which considered market and industry data as well as Company-specific risk factors.

 

 

Selection of guideline public companies which are similar in size and market capitalization to each other and to the Company.

 

As of December 31, 2018, based on our calculations under the above noted approach, the fair value of the reporting unit significantly exceeded the carrying value of the reporting unit. In performing these calculations, management used its most reasonable estimates of the key assumptions discussed above. If our actual operating results and/or the key assumptions utilized in management’s calculations differ from our expectations, it is possible that a future impairment charge may be necessary.

 

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The Company’s annual impairment testing date is December 31. The Company performed a qualitative assessment (“step 0”) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and determined that it was more likely than not that the fair value of its reporting unit exceeded its’ carrying amount. As a result, the Company is not required to proceed to a “step 1” impairment assessment. Factors considered included the 2018 step 1 analysis and the calculated excess fair value over carrying amount, financial performance, forecasts and trends, market cap, regulatory and environmental issues, macro-economic conditions, industry and market considerations, raw material costs and management stability.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Refer to Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

 

ITEM 7A.      QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The following discussion of the Company’s market risk includes “forward-looking statements” that involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

 

Market risk represents the risk of changes in value of a financial instrument caused by fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and equity prices. At December 31, 2020, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents consisted of bank accounts in U.S. dollars, and their valuation would not be affected by market risk. Interest under the Company’s credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. calls for interest of LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 1.25% to 1.75% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate less a margin that ranges from 0.25% to zero. Therefore, future operations could be affected by interest rate changes. As of December 31, 2020, the applicable interest rate was approximately 1.15%. The Company uses interest-rate-related derivative instruments to manage its exposure related to changes in interest rates. In connection with this credit facility, the Company entered into a $20 million, 5-year interest rate swap agreement under which the Company receives three-month LIBOR plus the applicable margin and pays a 2.7% fixed rate plus the applicable margin. The swap modified the Company’s interest rate exposure by converting the term loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate in order to hedge against the possibility of rising interest rates during the term of the loan.

 

ITEM 8.         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

The consolidated financial statements and supplementary data of the company are listed under Part IV, Item 15, in this Report.

 

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

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A.      CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act 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 required disclosure.

 

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance, as opposed to absolute assurance, of achieving their internal control objectives.

 

Management conducted an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on the assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2020, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective.

 

The Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, has been audited by Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, who also audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Grant Thornton’s attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is included herein.

 

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B.        OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

 

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10.         DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The information required by this Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

 

ITEM 11.         EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The information required by this Item 11 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

 

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

 

The information required by this Item 12 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

 

ITEM 13.         CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

The information required by this Item 13 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

 

ITEM 14.         PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

The information required by this Item 14 is hereby incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed by the Company within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year.

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15.         EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) (1)   Financial Statements  Page
     
  Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule F-2
  Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-3
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 F-5
  Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 F-6
  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 F-7
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 F-8
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9
     
(a) (2)  Financial Statement Schedule  
     
  Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts F-30
     
  All other schedules have been omitted because they are not required, not applicable, or the required information is otherwise included.  
     
(a) (3)  Exhibits  

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Number

Description of Exhibit

3.01

Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

3.02

Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2009 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

3.03

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 12, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

3.04

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of UFP Technologies, Inc., dated June 10, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 12, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

4.01

Specimen Certificate for shares of the Company’s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on December 15, 1993) (filed in paper format).

4.02

Description of Capital Stock (contained in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.01 hereto).

10.01

Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on December 15, 1993) (filed in paper format). #

10.02

Executive Non-qualified Excess Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2006, filed with the SEC on November 13, 2006 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.03

Employment Agreement with R. Jeffrey Bailly dated October 8, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.04

2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.66 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2013 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.05

Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement with R. Jeffrey Bailly (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.56 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2011 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.06

Facility Lease between the Company and Susana Property Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.61 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2012, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

10.07

Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement with R. Jeffrey Bailly (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.62 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on February 22, 2013 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

 

 

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Number

Description of Exhibit

10.08

Form of 2016 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.09

Form of 2016 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.10

Form of 2017 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2017 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.11

Form of 2017 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2017 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.12

Form of 2018 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.13

Form of 2018 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.14

Form of 2019 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.15

Form of 2019 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.16

Form of 2019 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.17 Form of 2019 Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.18

Form of 2020 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on August 7, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.19

Form of 2020 Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on August 7, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.20

First Amendment to Facility Lease between the Company and Susana Property Co. dated July 6, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2017 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

 

 

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Number

Description of Exhibit

10.21

Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2018 among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer, Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

10.22

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2018, by and among the Company, the Sellers defined therein, Dielectrics and the Sellers’ Representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

10.23

Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Personal Goodwill, dated as of January 30, 2018, by and among the Company and Eric C. Stahl (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

10.24

 

Lease dated as of February 1, 2018, by and between Eric C. Stahl and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

10.25 Amended and Restated 2003 Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2018 (SEC File No. 001-12648)) #

10.26

Form of 2020 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.27

Form of 2020 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.28

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 31, 2020, by and among, the Company, the guarantors and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and sole lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 4, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)).

10.29

Form of 2021 CEO Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

10.30

Form of 2021 Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021 (SEC File No. 001-12648)). #

21.01

Subsidiaries of the Company. *

23.01

Consent of Grant Thornton LLP. *

 

 

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Number

Description of Exhibit

31.01

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *

31.02

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *

32.01

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. **

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document. *

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. *

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document. *

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document. *

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document. *

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. *

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)
   
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

      

ITEM 16.         Form 10-K Summary

 

None.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Date:

March 12, 2021

 

By:

/s/ R. Jeffrey Bailly

 

 

 

 

 

R. Jeffrey Bailly, President

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

         

/s/ R. Jeffrey Bailly

 

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,

 

March 12, 2021

R. Jeffrey Bailly

 

President, and Director

 

 

         

/s/ Ronald J. Lataille

 

Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President,

 

March 12, 2021

Ronald J. Lataille

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

 

         

/s/ Daniel C. Croteau

 

Director

 

March 12, 2021

Daniel C. Croteau

 

 

 

 

         

/s/ Cynthia Feldmann

 

Director

 

March 12, 2021

Cynthia Feldmann

 

 

 

 

         

/s/ Marc Kozin

 

Director

 

March 12, 2021

Marc Kozin

 

 

 

 

         

/s/ Thomas Oberdorf

 

Director

 

March 12, 2021

Thomas Oberdorf

 

 

 

 

         

/s/ Robert W. Pierce, Jr.

 

Director

 

March 12, 2021

Robert W. Pierce, Jr.

 

 

 

 

         

/s/ Lucia Luce Quinn

 

Director

 

March 12, 2021

Lucia Luce Quinn

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

and Financial Statement Schedule

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019

And for the Years Ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

 

 

With Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F-1

 

 

UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule

 

 

Page  

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

F-3

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

F-6

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

F-7

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

F-8

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-9

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

F-30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F-2

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Board of Directors and Shareholders

UFP Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of UFP Technologies, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, included the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes and financial statement schedule under Item 15(a) (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), and our report dated March 12, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion.

 

Basis for opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Critical audit maters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

 

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2005.

 

Boston, Massachusetts

March 12, 2021

 

 

F-3

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Board of Directors and Shareholders

UFP Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on internal control over financial reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of UFP Technologies (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by COSO.

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, and our report dated March 12, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

 

Basis for opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (“Management’s Report”). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Definition and limitations of internal control over financial reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

March 12, 2021

 

 

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UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Assets

        

Current assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $24,234  $3,743 

Receivables, net

  26,428   28,648 

Inventories

  18,642   18,276 

Prepaid expenses

  2,560   2,304 

Refundable income taxes

  -   279 

Total current assets

  71,864   53,250 

Property, plant and equipment

  118,388   116,089 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

  (64,633)  (59,350)

Net property, plant and equipment

  53,755   56,739 

Goodwill

  51,838   51,838 

Intangible assets, net

  19,718   20,975 

Non-qualified deferred compensation plan

  3,724   2,775 

Finance lease right of use assets

  100   - 

Operating lease right of use assets

  2,052   3,034 

Other assets

  153   147 

Total assets

 $203,204  $188,758 

Liabilities and Stockholders Equity

        

Current liabilities:

        

Accounts payable

 $4,121  $4,577 

Accrued expenses

  7,944   8,483 

Deferred revenue

  1,887   2,574 

Finance lease liabilities

  15   - 

Operating lease liabilities

  1,154   1,150 

Income taxes payable

  16   - 

Total current liabilities

  15,137   16,784 

Deferred income taxes

  5,057   4,921 

Non-qualified deferred compensation plan

  3,810   2,788 

Finance lease liabilities

  86   - 

Operating lease liabilities

  950   1,940 

Other liabilities

  1,271   334 

Total liabilities

  26,311   26,767 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

          

Stockholders’ equity:

        

Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

  -   - 

Common stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 7,529,625 and 7,500,066 shares issued and outstanding, respectively at December 31, 2020; and 7,475,768 and 7,446,209 shares issued and outstanding, respectively, at December 31, 2019

  75   74 

Additional paid-in capital

  32,484   30,952 

Retained earnings

  144,921   131,552 

Treasury stock at cost, 29,559 shares at December 31, 2020 and 2019

  (587)  (587)

Total stockholders' equity

  176,893   161,991 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $203,204  $188,758

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 
             

Net sales

 $179,373  $198,381  $190,455 

Cost of sales

  134,689   144,422   142,147 

Gross profit

  44,684   53,959   48,308 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

  27,493   29,251   27,654 

Acquisition costs

  -   -   1,089 

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

  459   -   (47)

Operating income

  16,732   24,708   19,612 

Interest income

  -   -   47 

Interest expense

  (83)  (674)  (1,320)

Other (expense) income

  (366)  (388)  64 

Income before income tax provision

  16,283   23,646   18,403 

Income tax expense

  2,914   3,896   4,092 

Net income

 $13,369  $19,750  $14,311 

Net income per common share outstanding:

            

Basic

 $1.79  $2.66  $1.95 

Diluted

 $1.77  $2.63  $1.93 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

            

Basic

  7,484   7,424   7,347 

Diluted

  7,568   7,516   7,430 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity

Years Ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

(In thousands)

 

          

Additional

              

Total

 
  

Common Stock

  

Paid-in

  

Retained

  

Treasury Stock

  

Stockholders'

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Earnings

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Equity

 
                             

Balance at December 31, 2017

  7,280  $73  $26,664  $97,562   30  $(587) $123,712 
                             

Share-based compensation

  31   -   1,212   -   -   -   1,212 

Exercise of stock options

  79   1   1,269   -   -   -   1,270 

Net share settlement of restricted stock units

  (5)  -   (144)  -   -   -   (144)

Excess tax benefits on share-based

                            

compensation - adjustment

  -   -   167   -   -   -   167 

ASC 606 adjustments

  -   -   -   (71)  -   -   (71)

Net income

  -   -   -   14,311   -   -   14,311 
                             

Balance at December 31, 2018

  7,385  $74  $29,168  $111,802   30  $(587) $140,457 
                             

Share-based compensation

  29   -   1,591   -   -   -   1,591 

Exercise of stock options

  45   -   705   -   -   -   705 

Net share settlement of restricted stock units

  (13)  -   (512)  -   -   -   (512)

Net income

  -   -   -   19,750   -   -   19,750 
                             

Balance at December 31, 2019

  7,446  $74  $30,952  $131,552   30  $(587) $161,991 
                             

Share-based compensation

  43   1   1,806   -   -   -   1,807 

Exercise of stock options

  26   -   474   -   -   -   474 

Net share settlement of restricted stock units

  (15)  -   (748)  -   -   -   (748)

Net income

  -   -   -   13,369   -   -   13,369 
                             

Balance at December 31, 2020

  7,500  $75  $32,484  $144,921   30  $(587) $176,893 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

            

Net income from consolidated operations

 $13,369  $19,750  $14,311 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

            

Depreciation and amortization

  8,268   8,172   7,831 

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

  459   -   (47)

Share-based compensation

  1,807   1,591   1,212 

Interest expense on finance leases

  2   -   - 

Deferred income taxes

  136   792   1,881 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

            

Receivables, net

  2,220   (327)  (2,556)

Inventories

  (366)  1,300   (2,295)

Prepaid expenses

  (256)  (98)  (249)

Refundable income taxes

  295   2,006   (1,268)

Other assets

  (73)  110   (76)

Accounts payable

  (681)  (2,472)  1,113 

Accrued expenses

  (539)  25   1,472 

Deferred revenue

  (687)  67   35 

Non-qualified deferred compensation plan and other liabilities

  1,083   313   (44)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  25,037   31,229   21,320 
             

Cash flows from investing activities:

            

Additions to property, plant and equipment

  (4,368)  (5,778)  (5,428)

Acquisition of Dieletrics, net of cash acquired

  -   -   (76,978)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

  107   4   77 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (4,261)  (5,774)  (82,329)
             

Cash flows from financing activities:

            

Proceeds from advances on revolving line of credit

  5,500   -   36,000 

Payments on revolving line of credit

  (5,500)  (8,000)  (28,000)

Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt

  -   -   20,000 

Principal repayment of long-term debt

  -   (17,143)  (2,857)

Principal payments on finance lease obligations

  (11)  -   - 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

  474   705   1,270 

Payment of statutory withholding for restricted stock units vested

  (748)  (512)  (144)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (285)  (24,950)  26,269 
             

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

  20,491   505   (34,740)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

  3,743   3,238   37,978 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 $24,234  $3,743  $3,238 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-8

 

 

UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

(1)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

   
  UFP Technologies, Inc. (“the Company”) is an innovative designer and custom manufacturer of components, subassemblies, products and packaging utilizing highly specialized foams, films, and plastics primarily for the medical market. The Company manufactures its products by converting raw materials using laminating, molding, radio frequency and impulse welding and fabricating manufacturing techniques. The Company is diversified by also providing highly engineered products and components to customers in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets. The Company consists of a single operating and reportable segment.

 

 

(a)

Principles of Consolidation

   
  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and results of operations of UFP Technologies, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Moulded Fibre Technology, Inc., Simco Industries, Inc. Dielectrics, Inc. and UFP Realty LLC, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, UFP MA LLC, UFP CO LLC, UFP FL LLC, UFP TX LLC, UFP MI LLC, and UFP IA LLC. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has evaluated all subsequent events through the date of this filing.

 

 

(b)

Use of Estimates

   
  The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including allowance for doubtful accounts and the net realizable value of inventory, and the fair value of goodwill, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

(c)

Fair Value Measurement

   
  The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value for assets and liabilities, which are required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact and the market-based risk measurement or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and credit risk.
   
  The Company has not elected fair value accounting for any financial instruments for which fair value accounting is optional.

 

 

(d)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

   
  Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are stated at carrying amounts that approximate fair value because of the short maturity of those instruments. The carrying amount of the Company’s long-term debt approximates fair value as the interest rate on the debt approximates the Company’s current incremental borrowing rate.

 

 

(e)

Cash and Cash Equivalents

   
  The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.
   
  The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts that at times exceed federally insured limits. The Company periodically reviews the financial stability of institutions holding its accounts and does not believe it is exposed to any significant custodial credit risk on cash. The amounts contained within the Company’s main operating accounts at Bank of America and TD Bank at December 31, 2020, exceed the federal depository insurance limit by approximately $26.1 million.

 

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(f)

Accounts Receivable

   
  The Company periodically reviews the collectability of its accounts receivable. Provisions are recorded for accounts that are potentially uncollectable. Determining adequate reserves for accounts receivable requires management’s judgment. Conditions impacting the realizability of the Company’s receivables could cause actual asset write-offs to be materially different than the reserved balances as of December 31, 2020.

 

 

(g)

Inventories

   
  Inventories include material, labor, and manufacturing overhead and are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.
   
  The Company periodically reviews the realizability of its inventory for potential excess or obsolescence. Determining the net realizable value of inventory requires management’s judgment. Conditions impacting the realizability of the Company’s inventory could cause actual asset write-offs to be materially different than the Company’s current estimates as of December 31, 2020.

 

 

(h)

Property, Plant, and Equipment

   
  Property, plant, and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated or amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the related lease term, if shorter.
   
  Estimated useful lives of property, plant, and equipment are as follows:

 

Leasehold improvements   Shorter of estimated useful life or remaining lease term (years)
Buildings and improvements 20 - 40
Machinery & equipment 7 - 15
Furniture, fixtures, computers & software 3 - 7

 

  Property, plant, and equipment amounts are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded is calculated by the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value. No events or changes in circumstances arose during the year ended December 31, 2020 that required management to perform an impairment analysis.
   

 

(i)

Goodwill

   
  Goodwill is tested for impairment annually and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired. Impairment testing for goodwill is done at a reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level but can be combined when reporting units within the same segment have similar economic characteristics. An impairment loss generally would be recognized when the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. The Company consists of a single reporting unit. The Company last performed “step 1” of the goodwill impairment test as of December 31, 2018. In testing goodwill for impairment at December 31, 2018, the Company primarily utilized the guideline public company (“GPC”) method under the market approach and the discounted cash flows method (“DCF”) under the income approach to determine the fair value of the reporting unit for purposes of testing the reporting unit’s carrying value of goodwill for impairment. The GPC method derives a value by generating a multiple of EBITDA through the comparison of the Company to similar publicly traded companies. The DCF approach derives a value based on the present value of a series of estimated future cash flows at the valuation date by the application of a discount rate, one that a prudent investor would require before making an investment in our equity securities. The key assumptions used in our approach included:

 

 

The reporting unit’s estimated financials and five-year projections of financial results, which were based on strategic plans and long-range forecasts. Sales growth rates represent estimates based on current and forecasted sales mix and market conditions. The profit margins were projected based on historical margins, projected sales mix, current expense structure and anticipated expense modifications.

 

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The projected terminal value which reflects the total present value of projected cash flows beyond the last period in the DCF. This value reflects a growth rate for the reporting unit, which is approximately the same growth rate of expected inflation into perpetuity.

 

 

The discount rate determined using a Weighted Average Cost of Capital method (“WACC”), which considered market and industry data as well as Company-specific risk factors.
Selection of guideline public companies which are similar in size and market capitalization to each other and to the Company.

 

  As of December 31, 2018, based on calculations under the above noted approach, the fair value of the reporting unit significantly exceeded the carrying value of the reporting unit. In performing these calculations, management used its most reasonable estimates of the key assumptions discussed above. If the Company’s actual operating results and/or the key assumptions utilized in management’s calculations differ from our expectations, it is possible that a future impairment charge may be necessary.
   
  The Company’s annual impairment testing date is December 31. The Company performed a qualitative assessment (“step 0”) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and determined that it was more likely than not that the fair value of its reporting unit exceeded its’ carrying amount. As a result, the Company was not required to proceed to a “step 1” impairment assessment. Factors considered included the 2018 step 1 analysis and the calculated excess fair value over carrying amount, financial performance, forecasts and trends, market cap, regulatory and environmental issues, macro-economic conditions, industry and market considerations, raw material costs and management stability.
   
  Approximately $48.3 million of goodwill is deductible or has been fully deducted for tax purposes.
 
  

 

(j)

Intangible Assets

   
  Intangible assets with a definite life are amortized on a straight-line basis, with estimated useful lives ranging from 5 to 20 years. Intangible assets with a definite life are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that their carrying values may not be recoverable. No events or changes in circumstances arose during the year ended December 31, 2020 that required management to perform an impairment analysis.

 

 

(k)

Revenue Recognition

   
  The Company recognizes revenue when a customer obtains control of a promised good or service. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for promised goods or services. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the core principles of ASC 606 which include (1) identifying the contract with a customer, (2) identifying separate performance obligations within the contract, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognizing revenue. The Company recognizes all but an immaterial portion of its product sales upon shipment. The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of tooling and machinery primarily upon customer acceptance, with the exception of certain tooling where control does not transfer to the customer, resulting in revenue being recognized over the estimated time for which parts are produced with the use of each respective tool. The Company recognizes revenue from engineering services, which are primarily product development services, as the services are performed or as otherwise determined based on the substance of the agreement. The Company recognizes revenue from bill and hold transactions at the time the specified goods are complete and available to the customer. In the ordinary course of business, the Company accepts sales returns from customers for defective goods, such amounts being immaterial. Although only applicable to an insignificant number of transactions, the Company has elected to exclude sales taxes from the transaction price. The Company has elected to account for shipping and handling activities for which the Company is responsible under the terms and conditions of the sale not as performance obligations but rather as fulfillment costs. These activities are required to fulfill the Company’s promise to transfer the good and are expensed when revenue is recognized.

 

 

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(l)

Share-Based Compensation

   
  When accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee services, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the employee’s requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). Forfeitures are expensed as they occur. The Company issues share-based awards through several plans that are described in detail below.
   
  Incentive Plan
   
  In June 2003, the Company formally adopted the 2003 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). As amended and restated to date, the Plan is intended to benefit the Company by offering equity-based and other incentives to certain of the Company’s executives and employees who are in a position to contribute to the long-term success and growth of the Company, thereby encouraging the continuance of their involvement with the Company and/or its subsidiaries.
   
  Two types of equity awards may be granted to participants under the Plan: restricted shares or other stock awards. Restricted shares are shares of common stock awarded subject to restrictions and to possible forfeiture upon the occurrence of specified events. Other stock awards are awards that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, shares of common stock. Such awards may include Restricted Stock Unit Awards (“RSUs”), unrestricted or restricted stock, incentive and non-qualified stock options, performance shares, or stock appreciation rights. The Company determines the form, terms, and conditions, if any, of any awards made under the Plan. The maximum contractual term of options issued under this plan is 5 years.
   
  Through December 31, 2020, 1,275,035 shares of common stock have been issued under the 2003 Incentive Plan, none of which have been restricted. An additional 88,412 shares are being reserved for outstanding grants of RSUs and other share-based compensation that are subject to various performance and time-vesting contingencies. The Company has also granted awards in the form of stock options under this Plan. Through December 31, 2020, 185,000 options have been granted and 10,000 options are outstanding. At December 31, 2020, 800,834 shares or options are available for future issuance in the 2003 Incentive Plan.
   
  Director Plan
   
  Effective July 15, 1998, the Company adopted the 1998 Director Plan, which was amended and renamed on June 3, 2009 as the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (the “Director Plan”). The Director Plan was amended on March 7, 2013, to (i) prohibit the repricing of stock options or other equity awards without the consent of the Company’s shareholders, and (ii) prohibit the Company from buying out underwater stock options. The Director Plan, as amended, provides for the issuance of stock options and other equity-based securities to non-employee members of the Company’s board of directors. The maximum contractual term of options issued under this plan is 10 years.
   
  Through December 31, 2020, 379,918 options have been granted and 84,513 options are outstanding. For the year ended December 31, 2020, 4,776 RSUs are being reserved for outstanding grants of RSUs and 59,980 shares remained available to be issued under the Director Plan.

 

 

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(m)

Shipping and Handling Costs

   
  Costs incurred related to shipping and handling are included in cost of sales. Amounts charged to customers pertaining to these costs are included in net sales.

 

 

(n)

Income Taxes

   
  The Company’s income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating loss and tax credit carry‐forwards. Deferred tax expense or benefit results from the net change during the year in deferred tax assets and liabilities. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
   
  The Company evaluates the need for a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. The Company has considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance. Should the Company determine that it would not be able to realize all or part of its deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax assets would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.
   
  The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement. The Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in tax expense.
   

 

(o)

Segments and Related Information

   
  The Company follows the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 280, Segment Reporting, which establish standards for the way public business enterprises report information and operating segments in annual financial statements (see Note 17).

 

 

(p)

Treasury Stock

   
  The Company accounts for treasury stock under the cost method, using the first-in, first out flow assumption, and includes treasury stock as a component of stockholders’ equity. The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.

 

 

(q)

Research and Development

   
  On a routine basis, the Company incurs costs related to research and development activity. These costs are expensed as incurred. Approximately $8.2 million, $8.8 million and $10.5 million were expensed in the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
   
  Recent Accounting Pronouncements
   
  There are no newly issued accounting pronouncements that the Company expects to have a material effect on the financial statements.
   
  Revisions
   
  Certain revisions have been made to the December 31, 2019 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet to conform to the current year presentation relating to a reclassification of long-term operating lease liabilities to current operating lease liabilities. The reclassification resulted in an increase of current operating lease liabilities of $476 thousand and a decrease of long-term operating lease liabilities of $476 thousand. These revisions had no impact on previously reported earnings, net income or cash flows and are deemed immaterial to the previously issued financial statements.

 

 

F- 13

 
 

 

(2)

Revenue Recognition

   
  Disaggregated Revenue
   
  The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by the major types of goods and services sold to our customers (in thousands) (See Note 17 for further information regarding net sales by market):

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Net sales of:

            

Products

 $172,299  $193,016  $183,186 

Tooling and machinery

  2,787   2,730   4,302 

Engineering services

  4,287   2,635   2,967 

Total net sales

 $179,373  $198,381  $190,455 

 

  Contract balances
   
  Timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. When invoicing occurs prior to revenue recognition, the Company has deferred revenue (contract liabilities) included within “deferred revenue” on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
   
  The following table presents opening and closing balances of contract liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

  

Contract Liabilities

 
  

Years Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 
         

Deferred revenue - beginning of period

 $2,574  $2,507 

Increases due to consideration received from customers

  2,673   3,216 

Revenue recognized

  (3,360

)

  (3,149

)

Deferred revenue - end of period

 $1,887  $2,574 

 

  Revenue recognized during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 from amounts included in deferred revenue at the beginning of the period were approximately $1.7 million and $1.7 million, respectively.
   
  When invoicing occurs after revenue recognition, the Company has unbilled receivables (contract assets) included within “receivables” on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

F- 14

 
  The following table presents opening and closing balances of contract assets for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

  

Contract Assets

 
  

Years Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 
         

Unbilled Receivables - beginning of period

 $72  $65 

Increases due to revenue recognized - not invoiced to customers

  3,147   831 

Decreases due to customer invoicing

  (2,948

)

  (824

)

Unbilled Receivables - end of period

 $271  $72 

 

 

 

(3)

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Cash paid for:

            

Interest

 $71  $664  $1,303 

Income taxes, net of refunds

 $2,481  $1,255  $3,463 
             

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

            

Capital additions accrued but not yet paid

 $225  $213  $218 

 

 

 

(4)

Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses

   
  Receivables consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Accounts receivable–trade

 $26,912  $29,134 

Less allowance for credit losses

  (484

)

  (486

)

Receivables, net

 $26,428  $28,648 

 

  Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (ASC 326) which is required to be applied by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening retained earnings balance as of the adoption date. This ASU replaces the incurred loss impairment model with an expected credit loss impairment model for financial instruments, including trade receivables and contract assets. The amendment requires entities to consider forward-looking information to estimate expected credit losses, resulting in earlier recognition of losses for receivables that are current or not yet due, which were not considered under the previous accounting guidance. There was no impact to the Company’s opening retained earnings or its consolidated balance sheet upon adoption and as a result, the balances presented for December 31, 2019, which were derived under the incurred loss model are comparable to December 31, 2020.
   
  The Company is exposed to credit losses primarily through sales of products and services. The Company’s expected loss allowance methodology for accounts receivable is developed using historical collection experience, current and future economic and market conditions, and a review of the current status of customers' trade accounts receivables. Due to the short-term nature of such receivables, the estimate of the amount of accounts receivable that may not be collected is based on aging of the accounts receivable balances. Additionally, specific allowance amounts are established to record the appropriate provision for customers that have a higher probability of default due, in part, to their financial condition. The Company’s monitoring activities include timely account reconciliation, dispute resolution, payment confirmation, consideration of customers' financial condition and macroeconomic conditions. Balances are written off when determined to be uncollectible. Estimates based on an assessment of anticipated payment and all other historical, current and future information that is reasonably available are used to determine the allowance.

 

F- 15

 
  The following table provides a roll-forward of the allowance for credit losses that is deducted from accounts receivable to present the net amount expected to be collected for the years ended December 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

  

Allowance for Credit Losses

 
  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Allowance - beginning of period

 $486  $564 

Provision for (reversal of) expected credit losses

  13   (52

)

Amounts written off against the allowance, net of recoveries

  (15

)

  (26

)

Allowance - end of period

 $484  $486 

 

 

 

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Inventories

   
  Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Raw materials

 $12,229  $10,540 

Work in process

  1,991   2,279 

Finished goods

  4,422   5,457 

Total Inventory

 $18,642  $18,276 

 

 

 

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Other Intangible Assets

   
  The carrying values of the Company’s definite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2020 

Tradename & Brand

  

Non-

Compete

  

Customer

List

  

Total

 
Estimated useful life 10 years  

5 years

  

20 years

     

Gross amount

 $367  $462  $22,555  $23,384 

Accumulated amortization

  (107

)

  (270

)

  (3,289

)

 $(3,666

)

Net balance

 $260  $192  $19,266  $19,718 

 

 

December 31, 2019 

Tradename & Brand

  

Non-Compete

  

Customer List

  

Total

 
Estimated useful life 10 years  

5 years

  

20 years

     

Gross amount

 $367  $462  $22,555  $23,384 

Accumulated amortization

  (70

)

  (177

)

  (2,162

)

 $(2,409

)

Net balance

 $297  $285  $20,393  $20,975 

 

F- 16

 
  Amortization expense related to intangible assets was approximately $1.3 million, $1.3 million and $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The estimated remaining amortization expense as of December 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

 

2021

  1,257 

2022

  1,257 

2023

  1,172 

2024

  1,164 

2025

  1,164 

Thereafter

  13,704 

Total

 $19,718 

 

 

 

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Property, Plant and Equipment

   
  Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Land and improvements

 $3,191  $3,191 

Buildings and improvements

  36,017   35,502 

Leasehold improvements

  3,160   3,022 

Machinery & equipment

  67,880   66,438 

Furniture, fixtures, computers & software

  6,135   6,414 

Construction in progress

  2,005   1,522 
  $118,388  $116,089 
   

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense of Property, Plant and Equipment for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, were approximately $7.0 million, $6.9 million and $6.6 million, respectively.

 

 

 

 

(8)

Indebtedness

   
  On February 1, 2018, the Company, as the borrower, entered into an unsecured $70 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as the initial lender, Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, and certain other lenders from time to time party thereto. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement amended and restated the Company’s prior credit agreement.
   
  On December 31, 2020, the Company, as the borrower, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and sole lender, entered into a First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated February 1, 2018 (as amended, the “Restated Credit Agreement”).
   
  The First Amendment amended the Restated Credit Agreement by (i) extending the scheduled maturity date from February 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025, and (ii) creating procedures and guidelines for establishing a successor benchmark rate if LIBOR ceases to be available during the term of the revolving credit facility. The Restated Credit Agreement called for interest of LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 1.0% to 1.5% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate less a margin that ranges from 0.25% to zero. The First Amendment calls for interest of LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 1.25% to 1.75% or, at the discretion of the Company, the bank’s prime rate plus a margin that ranges from zero to 0.25%. In both cases the applicable margin remains dependent upon Company performance. The First Amendment also added certain representations and covenants concerning compliance by the Company with legal requirements.

 

F- 17

 
  The credit facilities under the Restated Credit Agreement consist of a $20 million unsecured term loan to the Company and an unsecured revolving credit facility, under which the Company may borrow up to $50 million. The proceeds of the Restated Credit Agreement may be used for general corporate purposes, as well as permitted acquisitions. The Company’s obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
   
  Under the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to a minimum fixed-charge coverage financial covenant as well as a maximum total funded debt to EBITDA financial covenant. The Restated Credit Agreement contains other covenants customary for transactions of this type, including restrictions on certain payments, permitted indebtedness and permitted investments. As of December 31, 2020, there were $0.7 million in standby letters of credit outstanding, drawable as a financial guarantee on worker’s compensation insurance policies. As of December 31, 2020, there were no amounts outstanding, the applicable interest rate was approximately 1.15% and the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Restated Credit Agreement.
   
  Derivative Financial Instruments
   
  The Company used interest-rate-related derivative instruments to manage its exposure related to changes in interest rates on certain of its variable-rate debt instruments. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging. Derivative financial instruments expose the Company to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Company, creating credit risk for the Company. When the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Company owes the counterparty and, therefore, in these circumstances the Company is not exposed to the counterparty’s credit risk. The Company minimizes counterparty credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with carefully selected major financial institutions based upon their credit profile. Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of a derivative instrument that results from a change in interest rates.
   
  The Company assesses interest rate risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities. The Company’s debt obligations exposed the Company to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. The Company believed that it was prudent to limit the variability of a portion of its interest payments. To meet this objective, in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company entered into a $20 million, 5-year interest rate swap agreement under which the Company receives three-month LIBOR plus the applicable margin and pays a 2.7% fixed rate plus the applicable margin. The swap modified the Company’s interest rate exposure by converting the term loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate in order to hedge against the possibility of rising interest rates during the term of the loan. The notional amount was $11,428,568 at December 31, 2020. The fair value of the swap as of December 31, 2020 was approximately $(465) thousand and is included in other liabilities. Changes in the fair value and net cash settlement amounts related to the swap are recorded in other expense and resulted in expense of approximately $366 thousand and $388 thousand during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
   
  As the Company has paid the remaining balance of the term loan in its entirety, there is no longer underlying debt to hedge against with the swap. The changes in the fair value of the swap will continue to be accounted for as a financial instrument until the sooner of the time that the Company elects to cancel it or until its maturity.

 

 

F- 18

 
 

 

(9)

Accrued Expenses

   
  Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Compensation

 $2,443  $3,961 

Benefits / self-insurance reserve

  921   1,033 

Paid time off

  1,538   1,315 

Short-term portion of deferred payroll tax

  810   - 

Other

  2,232   2,174 
  $7,944  $8,483 

 

 

 

(10)

Income Tax

   
  The Company’s income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 consists of the following (in thousands):

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Current

            

Federal

 $2,223  $2,920  $1,772 

State

  555   184   439 
   2,778   3,104   2,211 

Deferred

            

Federal

  (28

)

  485   1,917 

State

  164   307   (36

)

   136   792   1,881 
             

Total income tax provision

 $2,914  $3,896  $4,092 

 

 

F- 19

 
  The approximate tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Deferred tax assets:

        

Reserves

 $351  $362 

Inventory capitalization

  550   396 

Compensation programs

  802   578 

Equity-based compensation

  524   403 

Lease liability

  567   795 

Intangible assets

  -   73 

State tax credits, net of federal impact

  123   274 

Gross deferred tax assets

  2,917   2,881 

Valuation allowance

  (64

)

  (136

)

Net deferred tax assets

  2,853   2,745 
         

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Excess of book over tax basis of fixed assets

  (4,527

)

  (4,877

)

Goodwill

  (2,795

)

  (2,008

)

Right of use asset

  (554

)

  (781

)

Intangible assets

  (34

)

  - 

Total deferred tax liabilities

  (7,910

)

  (7,666

)

Net long-term deferred tax liabilities

 $(5,057

)

 $(4,921

)

 

  The amounts recorded as deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, represent the amount of tax benefits of existing deductible temporary differences or carryforwards that are more likely than not to be realized through the generation of sufficient future taxable income within the carryforward period. The Company has gross deferred tax assets of approximately $2.9 million at December 31, 2020, that it believes are more likely than not to be realized in the carryforward period. Management reviews the recoverability of deferred tax assets during each reporting period. The Company has provided a valuation allowance of approximately $64 thousand for deferred tax assets (net of federal tax benefit), primarily related to tax credits generated in its 2019 and 2018 Massachusetts state income tax return that are being carried forward to future periods. The Company is uncertain as to whether it will have sufficient future taxable income in Massachusetts to utilize the credits prior to their expiration date. The valuation allowance against the Company’s deferred tax assets may require adjustments in the future based on changes in the mix of temporary difference, changes in tax laws, and operating performance.
   
  The Company has approximately $156 thousand of tax credit carryforwards related to one state jurisdiction that expire between 2021 and 2034.

 

F- 20

 
  The actual tax provision for the years presented differs from the “expected” tax provision for those years, computed by applying the U.S. federal corporate rate of 21% to income before income tax expense as follows:

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Computed “expected” tax rate

  21

%

  21

%

  21

%

Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:

            

State taxes, net of federal tax benefit

  4.2   1.8   2.8 

Meals and entertainment

  0.1   0.2   0.2 

Tax credits

  (7.2

)

  (6.2

)

  (1.9

)

Non-deductible ISO stock option expense

  -   -   0.1 

Unrecognized tax benefits

  -   (0.7

)

  - 

Excess tax benefits on equity awards

  (1.2

)

  (0.7

)

  (1.3

)

Excess compensation

  0.8   0.6   0.8 

Other

  0.2   0.4   0.5 

Change in valuation allowance

  -   0.1   - 

Effective tax rate

  17.9

%

  16.5

%

  22.2

%

 

  The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The Company has not been audited by any state for income taxes with the exception of returns filed in Michigan which have been audited through 2004, income tax returns filed in Massachusetts which have been audited through 2007, income tax returns filed in Florida which have been audited through 2019, income tax returns filed in New Jersey which have been audited through 2012, and income tax returns in Colorado which have been audited through 2017. Certain tax credits in Iowa are currently being audited for the year 2018. Federal and state tax returns for the years 2016 through 2019 remain open to examination by the IRS and various state jurisdictions.
   
  A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits (“UTB”) resulting from uncertain tax positions is as follows (in thousands):

 

  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Gross UTB balance at beginning of fiscal year

 $-  $150 

Reductions for tax positions of prior years

  -   (150

)

Gross UTB balance at end of fiscal year

 $-  $- 

 

  At December 31, 2018, all of the unrecognized tax benefits related to tax returns of a specific state jurisdiction that were under examination. In January, 2019 the Company came to an agreement with the state and in February, 2019 the Company received a check in the amount of $156,000 as settlement of the unrecognized tax benefits.

 

 

 

 

(11)

Net Income Per Share

   
  Basic income per share is based upon the weighted average common shares outstanding during each year. Diluted income per share is based upon the weighted average of common shares and dilutive common stock equivalent shares outstanding during each year. The weighted average number of shares used to compute both basic and diluted income per share consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding during the year

  7,484   7,424   7,347 

Weighted average common equivalent shares due to stock options and restricted stock units

  84   92   83 

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding during the year

  7,568   7,516   7,430 

 

 

F- 21

 
  The computation of diluted earnings per share excludes the effect of the potential exercise of stock awards, including stock options, when the average market price of the common stock is lower than the exercise price of the related options during the period. These outstanding stock awards are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been antidilutive.
   
  For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the number of stock awards excluded from the computation was 14,892, 16,536 and 10,344, respectively.

 

 

 

(12)

Share-Based Compensation

   
  Share-based compensation is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). Share-based compensation is included in selling, general & administrative expenses as follows (in thousands):

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 

Share-based compensation related to:

 

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Common stock grants

 $400  $400  $505 

Stock option grants

  232   151   149 

Restricted Stock Unit awards

  1,175   1,040   558 

Total share-based compensation

 $1,807  $1,591  $1,212 

 

  The total income tax benefit recognized in the consolidated statements of income for share-based compensation arrangements was approximately $734 thousand, $653 thousand and $544 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
   
  Common stock grants
   
  The compensation expense for common stock granted during the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, was determined based on the market price of the shares on the date of grant.
   
  Stock option grants
   
  The compensation expense for stock options granted during the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, was determined as the fair value of the options using the Black Scholes valuation model. The assumptions are noted as follows:

 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Expected volatility

 32.8%  28.9%  27.7% 

Expected dividends

 

None

  

None

  

None

 

Risk-free interest rate

 0.3%  2.3%  2.7% 

Exercise price

 $43.95  $38.61  $31.20 

Expected term (years)

 6.1  6.0  6.0 

Weighted-average grant date fair value

 $14.10  $12.70  $10.15 

 

F- 22

 
  The stock volatility for each grant is determined based on a review of the experience of the weighted average of historical daily price changes of the Company’s common stock over the expected option term, and the risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected term of the option. The expected term is estimated based on historical option exercise activity.
   
  The following is a summary of stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

  

Shares Under Options

  

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 

(per share)
  

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
(in years)

 

  

Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)

 

 
                 

Outstanding December 31, 2019

  105,614  $25.34         

Granted

  14,892   43.95         

Exercised

  (25,993

)

  18.24         

Outstanding December 31, 2020

  94,513  $30.22   6.03  $1,548 

Exercisable at December 31, 2020

  79,621  $27.66   5.39  $1,508 

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2020

  94,513  $30.22   6.03  $1,548 

 

  During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the total intrinsic value of all options exercised (i.e., the difference between the market price and the price paid by the employees to exercise the options) was approximately $0.8 million, $1.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively, and the total amount of consideration received from the exercise of these options was approximately $0.5 million, $0.7 million and $1.3 million, respectively. At its discretion, the Company allows option holders to surrender previously-owned common stock in lieu of paying the exercise price and withholding taxes. During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, no shares were surrendered for this purpose.
   
  Restricted Stock Unit awards (RSUs)
   
  The Company grants RSUs to its directors, executive officers and employees. The stock unit awards are subject to various time-based vesting requirements, and certain portions of these awards are subject to performance criteria of the Company. Compensation expense on these awards is recorded based on the fair value of the award at the date of grant, which is equal to the Company’s closing stock price, and is charged, to expense ratably during the service period. No compensation expense is taken on awards that do not become vested, and the amount of compensation expense recorded is adjusted based on management’s determination of the probability that these awards will become vested.
   
  The following table summarizes information about stock unit award activity during the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

  

Restricted Stock Units

  

Weighted Average Award Date Fair Value

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2019

  113,866  $28.36 

Awarded

  25,312   48.83 

Shares vested

  (34,485

)

  28.95 

Forfeitures

  (11,506

)

  35.49 

Outstanding at December 31, 2020

  93,187  $35.03 

 

F- 23

 
  At the Company’s discretion, RSU holders are given the option to net-share settle to cover the required minimum withholding tax, and the remaining amount is converted into the equivalent number of common shares. During the year ended December 31, 2020, 11,423 shares were redeemed for this purpose at an average market price of $49.91. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, 8,341 and 5,238 shares were redeemed for this purpose at an average market price of $33.69 and $27.60, respectively.
   
  The following summarizes the future share-based compensation expense the Company will record as the equity securities granted through December 31, 2020, vest (in thousands):

 

  

Options

  

Restricted
Stock Units

  

Total

 

2021

 $93  $983  $1,076 

2022

  -   588   588 

2023

  -   262   262 

2024

  -   23   23 

Total

 $93  $1,856  $1,949 

 

 

 

(13)

Leases

   
  The Company has operating and finance leases for offices, manufacturing plants, vehicles and certain office and manufacturing equipment. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. The Company accounts for each separate lease component of a contract and its associated non-lease components as a single lease component, thus causing all fixed payments to be capitalized. Variable lease payment amounts that cannot be determined at the commencement of the lease such as increases in lease payments based on changes in index rates or usage, are not included in the right of use (“ROU”) assets or lease liabilities. These are expensed as incurred and recorded as variable lease expense. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at the inception of a contract. Operating and finance lease ROU assets and operating and finance lease liabilities are stated separately in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. 
   
  ROU assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the net present value of fixed lease payments over the lease term. The Company's lease term includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that it will exercise that option. ROU assets are also adjusted for any deferred or accrued rent. As the Company's leases do not typically provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

 

F- 24

 

  

Year Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

($ in thousands)

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Lease Cost:

        

Finance lease cost:

        

Amortization of right of use assets

 $10  $- 

Interest on lease liabilities

  2   - 

Operating lease cost

  1,207   1,222 

Variable lease cost

  215   219 

Short-term lease cost

  28   27 

Total lease cost

 $1,462  $1,468 
         

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:

        

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 $1,212  $1,208 

Financing cash flows from finance leases

  11   - 

ROU assets obtained in exchange for finance lease obligations

  110   - 
         

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):

        

Finance

  6.33   - 

Operating

  1.78   2.69 

Weighted-average discount rate:

        

Finance

  2.26

%

  - 

Operating

  4.37

%

  4.45

%

 

  The aggregate future lease payments for leases as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

 

  December 31, 2020  December 31, 2019 
  

Finance

  

Operating

  

Operating

 

2021

 $17  $1,177  $1,173 

2022

  17   973   1,118 

2023

  17   38   957 

2024

  17   -   36 

2025

  17   -   - 

Thereafter

  23   -   - 

Total lease payments

  108   2,188   3,284 

Less: Interest

  (7

)

  (84

)

  (194

)

Present value of lease liabilities

 $101  $2,104  $3,090 

 

  Rent expense amounted to approximately $1.3 million, $1.2 million and $1.2 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

 

 

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Commitments and Contingencies

 

 

(a)

Leases – The Company has operating leases for certain facilities that expire through 2023. Certain of the leases contain escalation clauses that require payments of additional rent as well as increases in related operating costs. See Note 13 for details on lease commitments.

 

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(b)

Legal – From time to time, the Company may be a party to various suits, claims and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management of the Company, these suits, claims and complaints should not result in final judgments or settlements that, in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

 

 

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Employee Benefit Plans

   
  The Company maintains a profit-sharing plan for eligible employees. Contributions to the Plan are made in the form of matching contributions to employee 401(k) deferrals, as well as discretionary profit-sharing amounts determined by the Board of Directors to be funded by March 15 following each fiscal year. Contributions to the Plan were approximately $0.9 million, $1.0 million and $1.1 million for the years 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
   
  The Company has a partially self-insured health insurance program that covers all eligible participating employees. The maximum liability is limited by a stop loss of $225 thousand per insured person, along with an aggregate stop loss determined by the number of participants.
   
  The Company has an Executive, Non-qualified “Excess” Plan (“the Plan”), which is a deferred compensation plan available to certain executives. The Plan permits participants to defer receipt of part of their current compensation to a later date as part of their personal retirement or financial planning. Participants have an unsecured contractual commitment from the Company to pay amounts due under the Plan.
   
  The compensation withheld from Plan participants, together with gains or losses determined by the participants’ deferral elections is reflected as a deferred compensation obligation to participants and is classified within the liabilities section in the accompanying balance sheets. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the balance of the deferred compensation liability totaled approximately $3.8 million and $2.8 million, respectively. The related assets, which are held in the form of a Company-owned, variable life insurance policy that names the Company as the beneficiary, are classified within the other assets section of the accompanying balance sheets and are accounted for based on the underlying cash surrender values of the policies and totaled approximately $3.7 million and $2.8 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

 

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

   
  Financial instruments recorded at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets, or disclosed at fair value in the footnotes, are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. Hierarchical levels defined by ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, and directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with inputs to fair valuation of these assets and liabilities, are as follows:

 

Level 1

Valued based on unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date. An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

 

Level 2

Valued based on either directly or indirectly observable prices for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

 

Level 3

Valued based on management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

 

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  The following table presents the fair value and hierarchy levels, for financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

 

Level 2

 December 31, 2020  December 31, 2019 

Liabilities:

        

Derivative financial instruments

 $465  $325 

 

  Derivative financial instruments consist of an interest rate swap for which fair value is determined through the use of a pricing model that utilizes verifiable inputs such as market interest rates that are observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full term of the swap agreement.
   
  The Company has financial instruments, such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses, that are stated at carrying amounts that approximate fair value because of the short maturity of those instruments. The carrying amount of the Company’s long-term debt approximates fair value as the interest rate on the debt approximates the estimated borrowing rate currently available to the Company.

 

 

 

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Segment Data

   
  The Company consists of a single operating and reportable segment.
   
  Revenues from customers outside of the United States are not material. No customer comprised more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, one customer represented approximately 13.3% and 13.9% of gross accounts receivable, respectively. A vast majority of the Company’s assets are located in the United States.
   
  The Company’s custom products are primarily sold to customers within the Medical, Consumer, Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Industrial, and Electronics markets. Sales by market for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are as follows (in thousands):

 

  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Market

 

Net Sales

  

%

  

Net Sales

  

%

  

Net Sales

  

%

 
                         

Medical

 $120,206   67.0

%

 $128,915   65.0

%

 $110,282   57.9

%

Consumer

  18,263   10.2

%

  17,669   8.9

%

  24,989   13.1

%

Automotive

  14,607   8.1

%

  20,004   10.1

%

  20,022   10.5

%

Aerospace & Defense

  12,624   7.0

%

  13,778   6.9

%

  13,130   6.9

%

Industrial

  7,601   4.2

%

  9,607   4.8

%

  10,579   5.6

%

Electronics

  6,072   3.4

%

  8,408   4.2

%

  11,453   6.0

%

Net Sales

 $179,373   100

%

 $198,381   100

%

 $190,455   100

%

 

 

 

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Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

   
  Summarized quarterly financial data is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

 

2020

 

Q1

  

Q2

  

Q3

  

Q4

 

Net sales

 $48,277  $42,644  $43,299  $45,153 

Gross profit

  12,823   9,949   10,528   11,384 

Net income

  3,891   2,318   2,988   4,172 

Basic net income per share

  0.52   0.31   0.0   0.56 

Diluted net income per share

  0.52   0.31   0.0   0.55 

 

 

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2019

 

Q1

  

Q2

  

Q3

  

Q4

 

Net sales

 $47,328  $51,399  $49,394  $50,260 

Gross profit

  12,497   14,371   13,321   13,770 

Net income

  3,734   4,598   5,641   5,777 

Basic net income per share

  0.0   0.62   0.76   0.78 

Diluted net income per share

  0.0   0.62   0.75   0.77 

 

 

 

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Acquisition

   
  On February 1, 2018 the Company purchased 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Dielectrics Inc., pursuant to a stock purchase agreement and related agreements, for an aggregate purchase price of $80 million in cash. The purchase price was subject to adjustment based upon Dielectrics’ working capital at closing. An additional $250 thousand of consideration was paid by the Company as a result of the final working capital adjustment. A portion of the purchase price is being held in escrow to indemnify the Company against certain claims, losses and liabilities. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants customary for transactions of this type.
   
  Founded in 1954 and based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Dielectrics is a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of medical devices using thermoplastic materials. They primarily use radio frequency and impulse welding to design and manufacture solutions for the medical industry. The Company has leased the Chicopee location from a realty trust owned by the selling shareholder and affiliates. The lease is for five years with two five-year renewal options.
   
  The following table summarizes the allocation of consideration paid to the acquisition date fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on management’s estimates of fair value (in thousands):

 

Consideration Paid:

    

Cash paid at closing

 $80,000 

Working capital adjustment

  250 

Cash from Dielectrics

  (3,272

)

Total consideration

 $76,978 
     

Purchase Price Allocation:

    

Accounts receivable

 $4,384 

Inventory

  4,418 

Other current assets

  122 

Property, plant and equipment

  4,600 

Customer list

  22,555 

Non-compete

  462 

Trade name and brand

  367 

Goodwill

  44,516 

Total identifiable assets

 $81,424 

Accounts payable

  (1,325

)

Accrued expenses

  (946

)

Deferred revenue

  (2,175

)

Net assets acquired

 $76,978 

 

 

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  Acquisition costs associated with the transaction were approximately $1.1 million and were charged to expense in the year ended December 31, 2018. These costs were primarily for investment banking and legal fees and are reflected on the face of the income statement.
   
  The following table contains an unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018, as if the Dielectrics acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the period (in thousands):

 

  

Year Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2018

 
  

(Unaudited)

 

Sales

 $193,510 

Operating Income

 $19,464 

Net Income

 $14,110 

Earnings per share:

    

Basic

 $1.92 

Diluted

 $1.90 

 

  The above unaudited pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the Dielectrics acquisition occurred as presented. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in such pro forma information.

 

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Schedule II

 

 

UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule

 

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

 

Years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

 

 

Accounts receivable, allowance for credit losses:

 

  

2020

  

2019

  

2018

 

Balance at beginning of year

 
 $486  $564  $652 

Provision for (reversal of) bad debt

  13   (52)  (50)

Write-offs, net of recoveries

  (15)  (26)  (38)

Balance at end of year

 $484  $486  $564 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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