Exhibit 10(k)
AMENDED CONSULTING AGREEMENT
AND
COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE
AMENDED AGREEMENT, made this 28th day of July, 1999, by and between
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Bethlehem"), and Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, residing at 0000 xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
("Consultant").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, in recognition of the continued value to Bethlehem of
Consultant's extensive knowledge and expertise concerning the business of
Bethlehem, Bethlehem desires to be able to retain the Consultant after his
termination of employment to perform consulting services for Bethlehem, and the
Consultant desires to accept such position all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof; and
WHEREAS, Bethlehem and the Consultant desire to amend the Agreement
dated July 1, 1993 previously entered into by Bethlehem and the Consultant with
respect to the matters covered herein to reflect the agreed upon compensation
arrangement for the Consultant's services and certain other matters;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants
and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Retention of Consultant. Bethlehem agrees to retain Consultant to
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perform and Consultant agrees to perform, consulting services for Bethlehem
upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
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2. Term. The term of this Amended Agreement shall be effective on
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the date of the Consultant's termination of employment and shall extend to the
second anniversary of the date of the Consultant's termination of employment,
and shall thereafter be extended on a year-to-year basis, subject to
termination as provided in Section 9 of this Amended Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, the rights and
obligations of the parties provided in Section 7 of this Amended Agreement and
other Sections of this Amended Agreement relating to said matters dealt with in
Section 7 of this Amended Agreement shall not be affected by the termination of
this Amended Agreement prior to the fifth anniversary of the Consultant's
termination of employment and shall continue to be effective after such
termination of this Amended Agreement until the fifth anniversary of the
Consultant's termination of employment.
3. Duties and Extent of Services. Consultant agrees that during the
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term hereof, he shall offer assistance to Bethlehem and his successor(s) as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bethlehem during the transition period
following his termination of employment and furnish consulting services to
Bethlehem with respect to the operation of Bethlehem's businesses, including
but not limited to services in the areas of corporate strategy, governance,
international trade, governmental and public affairs, union relations, legal
and community affairs, at such times as are reasonably requested by Bethlehem,
but in no event shall such time exceed 45 hours per month unless the parties
shall otherwise agree. Consultant agrees that he shall serve Bethlehem during
the term hereof faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability under the
direction of the
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Chairman and Board of Directors of Bethlehem, and he further agrees that he
shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action or knowingly approve the
taking of any action by any other person which would injure the business of
Bethlehem or bring Bethlehem into disrepute.
Consultant shall have the right, during the term hereof, to engage or
participate in, or become employed by, or render advisory or other services in
connection with, any and all other business activities, other than for a firm,
corporation or business enterprise which then directly or indirectly competes
with any of the business operations or activities of Bethlehem as provided in
Section 7 of this Amended Agreement.
Consultant will coordinate his activities hereunder with the Senior
Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer unless otherwise designated by
the Chairman or the Board.
4. Remuneration. Bethlehem agrees to pay Consultant, as full
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compensation for all of the services to be rendered by Consultant under and
pursuant to this Amended Agreement, as follows:
(a) Subject to Section 10, an annual retainer fee of $200,000, payable
$50,000 quarterly in advance, shall be paid to Consultant during the term of
this Amended Agreement commencing within thirty (30) days following the
Consultant's termination of employment. No hourly fees or payments shall be
payable in addition to such annual retainer fee(s) with respect to the
Consultant's furnishing of services during the term of this Amended Agreement
unless the parties shall otherwise agree.
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(b) Bethlehem shall reimburse Consultant for all reasonable expenses
properly incurred by him on behalf of Bethlehem in the performance of his
duties hereunder, provided that proper vouchers are submitted to Bethlehem by
Consultant evidencing such expenses and the purposes for which the same were
incurred.
5. No Employment Relationship. Consultant shall be an independent
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contractor and shall have no power to bind Bethlehem or to assume or to create
any obligation or responsibility, expressed or implied, on behalf of or in the
name of Bethlehem. It is specifically acknowledged by the parties that
Bethlehem shall not, with respect to Consultant's consultative services,
exercise such control over him as would indicate or establish that a
relationship of employer and employee exists between him and Bethlehem.
6. Confidentiality. Consultant agrees that during the period
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referred to in Section 7 of this Amended Agreement, or at any time thereafter,
he will not disclose or reveal to anyone (other than persons within Bethlehem,
including its subsidiaries and affiliates, and then only as required in the
performance of his duties) any confidential information relating to the
business, techniques, products, operations and affairs of Bethlehem, which is
not generally known or recognized as standard practice.
7. Restrictive Covenant. Consultant agrees that, during the period
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beginning on the date of the Consultant's termination of employment and ending
on the later of (a) the fifth anniversary of the date of the Consultant's
termination of employment or (b) the end of the term of this Amended Agreement,
he shall not, without the prior written approval of the Board of Directors,
directly or indirectly become an officer or
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director of, or become employed by, or render advisory or other services to, or
make any financial investment in, any firm, corporation or business enterprise
directly or directly or indirectly competitive with any of the business
operations or activities of Bethlehem as currently conducted. Consultant also
agrees that, during the period this covenant is in effect and upon reasonable
request by Bethlehem, he will disclose to Bethlehem the nature and extent of
his business activities which disclosure shall be in sufficient detail to
permit Bethlehem to make a reasonable determination that his activities are in
conformance with his obligations under this Amended Agreement.
Nothing contained in this Section 7 shall prohibit or restrict the
Consultant from being employed by a law firm that may provide services to a
client which is a competitor of Bethlehem provided that the Consultant shall
not directly or indirectly assist in the providing of such services. Also,
nothing contained in this Section 7 shall prohibit or restrict the Consultant
from making any investment in a corporation or other entity whose securities
are listed on a United States or Canadian securities exchange or actively
traded in the over-the-counter market, so long as such investment does not give
the Consultant the right to control or influence the policy decisions of any
business operations or activities which are, directly or indirectly, in
competition with any of the business operations or activities of Bethlehem.
The geographical area to which this provision refers is the United
States. It is intended that the foregoing provision shall be severable and
shall apply separately and distinctly to each of the said states of the United
States and within such states to each of the counties and municipalities
therein with the same force and effect as though the said
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covenant was separately expressed with respect to each state, country and
municipality. The Consultant declares that the territorial and time
limitations under this Amended Agreement are reasonable and are properly
required for the adequate protection of Bethlehem.
8. Indemnification. Bethlehem shall indemnify and defend The
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Consultant against any and all claims, actions, expenses and liabilities
related to or arising from services performed for Bethlehem by the Consultant
under this Agreement. Bethlehem shall be responsible for the defense of any
actual or threatened legal or administrative action, including any attorney's
fees incurred by the Consultant, against the Consultant to which this
indemnification provision applies, provided that the Consultant cooperates with
the defense and resolution of the action. This indemnification provision shall
be in addition to any other indemnification that may be available to the
Consultant, and shall apply provided the Consultant has acted in good faith in
what he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of Bethlehem and has
not engaged in willful misconduct.
9. Notices. Any notices and other communications which are required
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or permitted hereunder, shall be sufficiently given if in writing and
personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to the parties at their respective addresses, or to
such other address or addresses as any party shall have given notice of
pursuant hereto.
10. Termination. This Amended Agreement shall be subject to
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termination as follows:
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(a) at any time, by the mutual consent of the parties, and
(b) as of the second anniversary of the date of the Consultant's
termination of employment or as of any succeeding anniversary date, by
Bethlehem or the Consultant for any reason upon ninety (90) days prior written
notice to the other party.
In the case of termination date of this Amended Agreement, the annual
retainer fee for such year of services shall be subject to pro-ration based on
the ratio of (i) the period measured from the beginning of the year to the date
of termination to (ii) the entire year.
11. Arbitration. Disputes arising out of or in connection with the
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interpretation and application of this Amended Agreement shall be discussed by
the Consultant and Bethlehem in good faith negotiations for the purpose of
reaching an amicable resolution. Any such disputes which cannot be settled
amicably within thirty (30) days after written notice by one party to the other
(or after such longer period agreed to in writing by the parties), shall
thereafter be settled by binding arbitration in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to be
conducted pursuant to the rules and procedures then obtaining of the American
Arbitration Association and judgment on the award rendered in such arbitration
may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
12. Successors. This Amended Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
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and shall be binding upon Consultant's heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and legal representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon Bethlehem and their successors, but Consultant's obligations may
not be delegated and, except as otherwise provided herein, Consultant may not
assign, transfer, pledge, encumber,
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hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this Amended Agreement, or any of his
rights hereunder (whether by operation of law or otherwise), and any such
attempted delegation or disposition shall be null and void without effect.
13. Successor Corporations. It is understood and agreed by
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Consultant that in the event the business of Bethlehem shall be carried on by a
successor to Bethlehem, this Amended Agreement shall apply to his consulting
services for such successor corporation.
14. Severability. If at any time subsequent to the date hereof, any
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provision of this Amended Agreement shall be held by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of
no force and effect, but the illegality or unenforceability of such provision
shall have no effect upon and shall not impair the enforceability of any other
provision of this Amended Agreement.
15. General. This Amended Agreement has been made in the
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and shall be governed by, construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This Amended
Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the transactions referred to herein or contemplated hereby and may be
amended, modified or supplemented only by a written instrument signed by each
of the parties. This Amended Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of
which shall constitute but one and the same
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instrument. The paragraph headings contained in this Amended Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not be a part of this Amended
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amended
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION
By: /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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CONSULTANT
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Exhibit 10(l)
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
AND
COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE
AGREEMENT, made this 31st day of January, 2000, by and between
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Bethlehem"), and X. X.
Xxxxx, residing at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
("Consultant").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, in recognition of the continued value to Bethlehem, of
Consultant's extensive knowledge and expertise concerning the business of
Bethlehem, Bethlehem desires to be able to retain the Consultant after his
termination of employment to perform consulting services for Bethlehem, and the
Consultant desires to accept such position all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants
and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Retention of Consultant. Bethlehem agrees to retain Consultant to
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perform, and Consultant agrees to perform, consulting services for Bethlehem
upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
2. Term. The retention of Consultant hereunder shall be effective on
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the date of the Consultant's termination of employment and shall terminate on
the fourth anniversary of the date of the Consultant's termination of
employment, unless sooner terminated by mutual written consent of the parties.
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3. Duties and Extent of Services. Consultant agrees that during the
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term hereof, he shall furnish consulting services to Bethlehem with respect to
the operation of Bethlehem's businesses at such times as are reasonably
requested by Bethlehem, but in no event shall such time exceed 30 hours per
month unless the parties shall otherwise agree. Consultant agrees that he
shall serve Bethlehem during the term hereof faithfully, diligently and to the
best of his ability under the direction of the Chairman and Board of Directors
of Bethlehem, and he further agrees that he shall not, directly or indirectly,
take any action or knowingly approve the taking of any action by any other
person which would injure the business of Bethlehem or bring Bethlehem into
disrepute.
Consultant shall have the right, during the term hereof, to engage or
participate in, or become employed by, or render advisory or other services in
connection with, any and all other business activities, other than for a firm,
corporation or business enterprise which then directly or indirectly competes
with any of the business operations or activities of Bethlehem as provided in
Section 7 of this Agreement.
4. Remuneration. Bethlehem agrees to pay Consultant, as full
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compensation for all of the services to be rendered by Consultant under and
pursuant to this Agreement, on a monthly basis at the rate of $200 per hour
worked after the third month following Consultant's termination of employment
or on such other basis or at such other rate as the parties may mutually agree.
Such payments by Bethlehem shall be paid to Consultant at the end of each month
in which services are rendered.
Bethlehem shall reimburse Consultant for all reasonable expenses
properly incurred by him on behalf of Bethlehem in the performance of his
duties hereunder, provided that proper vouchers are submitted to Bethlehem by
Consultant evidencing such expenses
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and the purposes for which the same were incurred.
In addition, Bethlehem agrees to pay Consultant a retainer fee of
$146,001 which shall be due and payable in three (3) equal installments of
$48,667 each as follows: (1) at the end of the first month following
Consultant's termination of employment, (2) at the end of the second month
following Consultant's termination of employment, and (3) at the end of the
third month following Consultant's termination of employment.
5. No Employment Relationship. Consultant shall be an independent
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contractor and shall have no power to bind Bethlehem or to assume or to create
any obligation or responsibility, expressed or implied, on behalf of or in the
name of Bethlehem. It is specifically acknowledged by the parties that
Bethlehem shall not, with respect to Consultant's consultative services,
exercise such control over him as would indicate or establish that a
relationship of employer and employee exists between him and Bethlehem.
6. Confidentiality. Consultant agrees that during the term of this
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Agreement, or at any time thereafter, he will not disclose or reveal to anyone
(other than persons within Bethlehem, including it subsidiaries and affiliates,
and then only as required in the performance of his duties) any confidential
information relating to the business, techniques, products, operations and
affairs of Bethlehem, which is not generally known or recognized as standard
practice.
7. Restrictive Covenant. Consultant agrees that, during the term of
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this Agreement, he shall not, without the prior written approval of the Board
of Directors, directly or indirectly become an officer or director of, or
become employed by, or render advisory or other services to, or make any
financial investment in, any firm, corporation or business enterprise directly
or indirectly competitive with any of the business operations or activities of
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Bethlehem. Consultant also agrees that, during the term of this Agreement and
upon request by Bethlehem, disclose to Bethlehem the nature and extent of his
business activities which disclosure shall be in sufficient detail to permit
Bethlehem to make a reasonable determination that his activities are in
conformance with his obligations under this Agreement.
Nothing contained in this Section 7 shall prohibit or restrict the
Consultant from making any investment in a corporation or other entity whose
securities are listed on a United States or Canadian securities exchange or
actively traded in the over-the-counter market, so long as such investment does
not give the Consultant the right to control or influence the policy decisions
of any business operations or activities which are, directly or indirectly, in
competition with any of the business operations or activities of Bethlehem.
The geographical area to which this provision refers is the United
States. It is intended that the foregoing provision shall be severable and
shall apply separately and distinctly to each of the said states of the United
States and within such states to each of the counties and municipalities
therein with the same force and effect as though the said covenant was
separately expressed with respect to each state, county and municipality. The
Consultant declares that the territorial and time limitations under this
Agreement are reasonable and are properly required for the adequate protection
of Bethlehem.
8. Notices. Any notices and other communications which are required
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or permitted hereunder, shall be sufficiently given if in writing and
personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to the parties at their respective addresses, or to
such other address or addresses as any party shall have given notice of
pursuant hereto.
9. Arbitration. Disputes arising out of or in connection with the
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interpretation and application of this Agreement shall be discussed by the
Consultant and Bethlehem in good faith negotiations for the purpose of reaching
an amicable resolution. Any such disputes which cannot be settled amicably
within thirty (30) days after written notice by one party to the other (or
after such longer period agreed to in writing by the parties), shall thereafter
be settled by binding arbitration in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to be conducted
pursuant to the rules and procedures then obtaining of the American Arbitration
Association and judgment on the award rendered in such arbitration may be
entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
10. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
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shall be binding upon Consultant's heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and legal representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon Bethlehem and their successors, but Consultant's obligations may not be
delegated and, except as otherwise provided herein, Consultant may not assign,
transfer, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this Agreement,
or any of his rights hereunder (whether by operation of law or otherwise), and
any such attempted delegation or disposition shall be null and void without
effect.
11. Successor Corporations. It is understood and agreed by
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Consultant that in the event the business of Bethlehem shall be carried on by a
successor to Bethlehem, this Agreement shall apply to his consulting services
for such successor corporation.
12. Severability. If at any time subsequent to the date hereof, any
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provision of this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of
no force and effect, but the illegality or unenforceability of such provision
shall have no effect upon and shall not impair the
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enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
13. General. This Agreement has been made in the Commonwealth of
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Pennsylvania and shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This Agreement contains the
entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
referred to herein or contemplated hereby and may be amended, modified or
supplemented only by a written instrument signed by each of the parties. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute but one and
the same instrument. The paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and shall not be a part of this Agreement.
14. Prior Agreement. This Agreement cancels and supercedes the
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Agreement dated July 1, 1993, between the parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION
By: /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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CONSULTANT:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Bethlehem Steel 1999 Annual Report
Letter to Stockholders
To Our Stockholders:
Last year was difficult and challenging for Bethlehem, as it was for most
companies in our industry. There were two principal reasons for our
disappointing net loss of $183 million. First, we were seriously injured by
unprecedented levels of dumped and subsidized steel imports. Second, we had
higher operating costs related to outages taken for extensive planned
modernization and related maintenance work, principally at our Sparrows Point
Division.
As a result of dumped and subsidized steel imports, shipments were reduced
and prices depressed. Average steel prices for our products were down 9% from
1998 prices. Generally for Bethlehem, every 1% increase or decrease in the
average realized price per ton for our products results in an increase or
decrease in our net sales and pre-tax income of about $40 million.
We took effective legal, governmental and public affairs actions to reduce
unfair trade. As a result, after five consecutive quarters of price declines, we
began to experience some price restoration in the fourth quarter of 1999 and the
first quarter of 2000 and our order entry has been strengthening.
During 1999, we also took steps to improve our long-term profitability and
we made steady progress toward our Vision to Be the Premier Steel Company:
. we completed the safest and most environmentally compliant year in the
history of our Company;
. we entered into new five-year labor agreements with the United Steelworkers
of America that we believe to be fair, reasonable and in the interests of
our employees and the Company;
. we completed a number of very significant strategic projects at Sparrows
Point, including the reline of the "L" Blast Furnace, and made substantial
progress on construction of the new Cold Mill;
. we completed the successful integration of the Bethlehem and Xxxxxx plate
businesses, and in January of this year completed our planned divestiture
of Xxxxxx' stainless businesses;
. we increased the size of our revolving credit arrangement;
. we received the General Motors Supplier of the Year Award for the fourth
consecutive year and won similar awards from other customers;
. we formed two joint-venture companies to help serve the automotive
industry --Columbus Coatings Company and Columbus Processing Company;
. we advanced e-business and e-commerce by becoming an equity partner in
MetalSite, an Internet metals marketplace, and we became one of the first
in the American steel industry to offer our customers "real-time" status of
their orders on our website; and
. we completed a successful transition to the year 2000 with no adverse
computer issues.
Since 1992, we have been transforming Bethlehem into a more competitive and
modern steel company by focusing on value-added products; utilizing our superior
capabilities in technology to provide value-added services to our customers;
restructuring through the elimination of underperforming businesses;
reorganizing through the establishment of individual business units; reducing
our unfunded pension obligation; rebuilding our financial strength and improving
our credit ratings; entering into joint ventures in key product lines; and
investing in new facilities and modernizing our existing operations.
Upon completion of Sparrows Point's Cold Mill in 2000 and other projects
mentioned later in this report, Bethlehem will be well- positioned to achieve
and sustain superior rates of return on the capital we have invested in our
businesses, and to continue to rebuild our financial strength and achieve our
objective of an investment-grade credit rating. Our investments in facilities
and employee development will increase our productivity and help us to improve
continuously in everything we do in order to be even more competitive.
While we have made considerable progress in reshaping our company over the
last few years, we face many challenges including excess steel capacity,
restoring fair trade in steel and the rising cost of health care. Given the
extremely competitive environment in which we operate, we must further increase
the intensity of our cost-reduction efforts. We recently announced a series of
aggressive actions to improve production and administrative efficiencies and to
lower costs. Key changes include consolidating three of our major flat-rolled
production divisions -- Xxxxx Harbor, Sparrows Point and Bethlehem Xxxxxx Plate
(BLP) -- into two divisions, establishing a Shared Services unit and a smaller
Corporate Center and reducing our salaried workforce company-wide.
In consolidating our three business divisions, BLP's operations in
Coatesville and Conshohocken will be part of the Sparrows Point Division and
BLP's 110-inch and 160-inch plate xxxxx located at Xxxxx Harbor will be part of
that Division. Our plate product customers recognize the value of the Bethlehem
Xxxxxx Plate name and, therefore, we will continue to market plate under that
name. The Shared Services unit will consolidate various services that are now
performed separately at the business divisions and at various corporate
departments.
We especially want to express our thanks to Xxxxx Xxxxx, former Vice
Chairman and Director, who retired this year after 41 years of service with
Bethlehem, and to Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, two of our Directors, who
will be retiring in April of this year. We greatly appreciate the valuable and
dedicated service they have provided to Bethlehem.
Since 1992, I have been privileged to serve as your Chairman. Your
management has taken significant actions since then to restructure and transform
Bethlehem into a stronger company to compete in the global steel market. We are
now completing an orderly transition to be effective April 25, 2000 to a new
management team under the very able leadership of Xxxxx Xxxxxx, who will succeed
me as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. His extensive background in
commercial matters, steel operations and general management provides him with
the experience required to lead Bethlehem successfully into its Second Hundred
Years.
Xxxxx and I share a common goal that all Bethlehem employees understand
what is required to be consistently profitable and to take those daily actions
that will give Bethlehem a competitive leadership position and provide you, our
stockholders, with increased value.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President and
Chief Operating Officer
January 26, 2000
Year in Review
Operations
During 1999, we took steps to further strengthen the competitive position of our
four core steel businesses.
Xxxxx Harbor
The Xxxxx Harbor Division represents about 40% of our sales and ships flat-
rolled sheet products, primarily to the automotive and service center markets.
At Xxxxx Harbor, we believe we have one of the most efficient producers of steel
anywhere in the world. It has many competitive strengths, including its location
and facility layout. Keeping Xxxxx Harbor's leadership position as one of the
best steel businesses in the world will require some continuing capital
investments and productivity improvements that are currently in the planning
stages.
A major project currently under way to enhance the overall competitiveness
of Xxxxx Harbor is our recently formed Columbus Coatings Company, a 50-50 joint
venture with The LTV Corporation, to serve the automotive industry's growing
requirements for hot dip galvanized and galvannealed sheet steel. The new
company will have an annual capacity of approximately 500,000 tons of premium
corrosion-resistant steel for automotive applications. Construction of this
state-of-the-art facility has started, and production is scheduled to begin
during the fourth quarter of 2000.
Xxxxx Harbor sells about half of its finished product to the automotive
industry, and this new coating line joint venture will further strengthen and
grow Xxxxx Harbor's position with the major automotive companies located in
North America.
Xxxxx Harbor is already a supplier of choice to the very demanding
automotive market. Its consistent and excellent performance with General Motors,
its largest customer, has earned it the GM Supplier of the Year Award for four
consecutive years, something no other steel company in the world has achieved.
Sparrows Point
The Sparrows Point Division represents about 30% of our sales and ships flat-
rolled sheet products, primarily to the construction, service center and
container markets. Sparrows Point has undergone the most significant
transformation of all of our core businesses. Over the three-year period -- 1998
through 2000 -- Sparrows Point will have completed eight very significant
strategic projects:
. construction of a new cold sheet mill complex,
. reline of its "L" Blast Furnace,
. installation of pulverized coal injection for its blast furnace,
. modernization of its basic oxygen furnace steelmaking shop,
. construction of a new 30-acre scrap-processing yard,
. installation of a new wide-slab caster,
. renovations to its hot strip mill and
. construction of a new roll grinding facility.
The largest of these projects is the new, fully automated and continuous cold
sheet mill complex, which is right on schedule. All of the buildings have been
erected, cranes are operational and all six mill stands have been installed.
Certain components of the mill, such as the hydrogen annealing line and the
packaging and shipping facilities, have started. The pickler, skin pass mill,
temper mill and tandem mill are all scheduled to start up in the first quarter
of 2000, with full production expected to be achieved later in the year.
We believe that these projects will result in significant improvements to
Sparrows Point's competitiveness and return on capital employed. Of the eight
projects at Sparrows Point, three of them -- the pulverized coal injection
facility, the new scrap-processing yard and the new roll grinding facility --
are in partnership with third parties, and each of these projects has new and
more flexible labor contracts covering them.
Bethlehem Xxxxxx Plate (BLP)
The Bethlehem Xxxxxx Plate Division represents about 20% of our sales and ships
carbon and alloy plate products, primarily to the construction, machinery and
energy markets. BLP was especially hard hit by the high levels of unfairly
traded steel imports this past year. As a result, plate prices dropped
precipitously to very low levels, and the Division took immediate steps to
significantly reduce costs to help offset the adverse affect of these lower
prices. We are just now beginning to see an improvement in plate market
conditions, and we have recently achieved some modest restoration of plate
prices.
During this past year, we achieved the operating, administrative and other
synergies that we had planned with the acquisition of Xxxxxx. We also completed
certain improvements to the Xxxxxxx plate mill in Conshohocken in accordance
with our agreement to provide conversion services to Allegheny Xxxxxx
Corporation. Additionally, with the sale of our stainless sheet operations in
Massillon, Ohio in January 2000, we have completed the planned divestiture of
the stainless and distribution assets that we acquired as part of the
acquisition of Xxxxxx.
As discussed elsewhere in this report, we have announced that BLP will be
consolidated into our Xxxxx Harbor and Sparrows Point Divisions as part of a
series of aggressive actions to improve production and administrative
efficiencies and lower costs.
Excess global plate capacity and new domestic capacity being built by
competitors means we will continue to face a very challenging business
environment in the coming years. As a result, we must continue to aggressively
reduce costs while improving quality and service. We believe that we can become
North America's premier plate supplier with the widest range of plate products
on the continent.
Pennsylvania Steel Technologies (PST)
The Pennsylvania Steel Technologies business represents about 10% of our sales,
and ships railroad rails, specialty blooms, flat bars and large-diameter pipe,
primarily to the transportation, forging and energy markets.
PST is one of only two domestic rail producers. This past year, PST's rail
business was limited because of the sharp reduction in demand by the Class One
railroads, caused in part by the mergers and acquisitions occurring in the
railroad industry. As a result, rail demand declined significantly from 1998
levels. We anticipate a rebound in the rail market during 2000 to more normal
levels. However, additional domestic capacity recently announced by a potential
competitor means PST will continue to face intense competition.
PST recently rolled an entirely new section of railroad rail that promises
longer life through better wheel-to-rail contact. To be the first in the world
to roll this new section underscores PST's dedication to new technology in the
rail business.
PST's other major product lines, including its specialty bloom and large-
diameter pipe businesses, also suffered this past year. This was primarily
because of weakness in energy-related markets. These markets have improved
somewhat in recent months and our orders for specialty bloom products have been
strengthening.
Concentrating on Steel
We believe that by concentrating on steel, with a focus on being a high-quality,
low-cost producer, we will be among the most competitive producers for our
products and the markets we serve. We also believe that stockholder value is
inextricably linked to our ability to profitably serve our customers, promote
partnerships among our employees, fully engage our suppliers and be a good
corporate citizen.
Customers
We know that our long-term success depends on our customers' long-term success.
We recognize that they have many choices of materials and steel suppliers, and
that we will be their primary choice only by providing what they need, when they
need it and at fair and competitive prices.
Because steel users have many options in today's competitive global
marketplace, our commercial team must be better informed, equipped and prepared
to meet the needs of our customers. We have instituted our Customer Success
Process, a cross-functional approach that involves multiple disciplines, to
serve our customers. This dynamic process requires customer involvement and uses
fact-based information and analysis. We expect significant benefits from this
process in the years ahead.
Employees
While companies have many important assets, its employees are the most
important. We will be successful only through the efforts of our employees
working together as a team with a sense of common purpose and shared goals. We
work hard every day at promoting partnerships among our employees by fostering
trust, open and honest communications, ongoing education and training, and an
acceptance of individual accountability and responsibility.
We conducted a comprehensive review of our compensation, benefits, work
environment and learning and development programs. The purpose of this review
was to ensure that our programs reward employees for their contributions toward
improving our performance. Bethlehem provides competitive pay and benefits,
challenging work, learning opportunities and a safe work environment for its
employees. At the same time, employees are responsible for helping us achieve
our objectives, satisfy our customers, be flexible and partner with one another
in their work.
We began to train employees company-wide in Six Sigma, a disciplined
methodology for reducing process variability. We will continue to expand
implementation of Six Sigma for manufacturing and transactional processes to
eliminate defects and reduce waste in everything we do, from entering purchase
orders to manufacturing and delivering products. The Six Sigma methodology is
one of our continuous improvement tools for making a significant impact on the
bottom line of our business and satisfying our customers.
We entered into five-year labor agreements with the United Steelworkers of
America that cover represented employees at all of our locations. We believe
that these are fair and competitive labor agreements. We established a new
annual incentive plan that closely aligns our employees' interests with those of
our stockholders. We believe that this supports our objective to have
partnerships among employees, to have clear performance expectations, to
effectively measure progress and to share the Company's success.
Suppliers
Suppliers represent a significant part of Bethlehem's business. They are an
integral part of our success because their products and services result in high-
quality, competitively priced products for our customers. Together with our
suppliers, we are working aggressively to reduce the costs of the approximately
$3 billion of goods and services purchased each year through the ongoing
implementation of a process we refer to as Strategic Sourcing.
The Strategic Sourcing effort began in late 1995 with a simple, easy-to-
understand objective -- achieve significant, sustainable reductions in total
costs of purchased goods and services. The process brings together employees
from throughout the Company to take a well-coordinated and continuous look at
the marketplace, the purchasing process and alternative suppliers, and we have
achieved some very meaningful results.
In 1998, we established a Supplier Awards Program that recognizes suppliers
that meet or exceed demanding criteria of quality, performance and cost. The
Awards Program emphasizes the value we place on suppliers that share our Vision.
This past year, we selected 15 companies from the more than 7,000 worldwide
providers of products and services. Their performances exemplify the standards
we are working to develop with all of our suppliers.
The following companies were recognized as Premier Suppliers of the Year for
their performance in 1999: AMCI/Xxxxxx, Alloy Sling Chain Industries, Ltd.,
Xxxxx Refractories, Xxxxxxxxxxx Industrial Service Co., Considar, Inc., Elkem
Metals Co. L.P., Ficel Transport, Inc., General Conservation Corporation, Xxxx
Metals Division of Xxxx Carbon,
Inc., Landstar Xxxxx, X.X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx & Son, Inc., Motion Industries, Inc., A.
Xxxx Xxxx, Showa Denko Carbon, Inc. and Xxxxxxxx Manufacturing Co.
Safety, Environment and Good Citizenship
In last year's Annual Report, we reported that our safety and environmental
performance for 1998 was the best ever recorded by our Company. We are
especially proud to report that during 1999 we improved on those results and
completed the safest and most environmentally compliant year in the history of
our Company. Compared with 1998, our lost workday case incidence rate declined
by 21%, our all-injury rate declined by 10% and our recordable case rate
declined by 9%. Since 1994, when we began a joint safety performance improvement
effort with the United Steelworkers of America, our lost workday case incidence
rate declined by 67%, and our all-injury and recordable case rates declined by
53%. A major corporate objective is to have zero lost workdays.
During 1999, we further improved on our excellent 1998 environmental
performance. Compared with 1998, our Environmental Compliance Index, our
corporate method of measuring environmental compliance, declined by 10%. Our
corporate objective is zero environmental incidents.
Achieving our objective of Being a Good Citizen is substantially enhanced
through corporate leadership practices that improve the quality of life and help
solve social problems in our communities. We focus on communities where we have
an operating presence and, in a limited way, in other areas where our
participation will help influence others to address quality of life issues.
Our good citizenship approach emphasizes charitable contributions,
volunteerism and economic development. Giving to the United Way at all of our
facilities and individual volunteerism at educational, health services and other
nonprofit organizations are regular practices of our employees. Our brownfields
economic development initiatives involving almost 3,000 acres at former steel
operating sites in Bethlehem and Johnstown, Pennsylvania and in Lackawanna, New
York are industry-leading examples of the public-private partnerships that can
help revitalize communities. In 1999, we were honored by Pennsylvania's Governor
Xxx Xxxxx with a Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence, recognizing our
economic revitalization initiatives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as a national
model for brownfields development. In 1999, Bethlehem became the first company
to receive approval from both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for a brownfields
remediation plan developed under Pennsylvania's voluntary clean-up program.
Technology
Our research efforts are focused on achieving quality improvements and cost
reductions in our operations and working closely with our major customers to
identify and incorporate process and product technologies that will benefit our
customers' manufacturing operations. For example, we are developing high-
strength steels that are readily manufacturable in terms of weldability and
formability and that allow automakers to produce cars that are lighter and more
fuel-efficient, while maintaining superior crashworthiness.
Similarly, we are supporting the production of high-performance plate for
the bridge market. We recently developed as-rolled high-strength steels that are
available in longer lengths than the conventional heat-treated grades and that
help reduce customers' fabrication costs. We also provide welding guidelines and
corrosion and welding data that demonstrate the excellent properties, and thus
superior service performance, of these steels.
As a result of a well-planned approach over the last five years, we achieved
a smooth transition to the year 2000 and continued to operate our business and
manufacturing systems and to serve our customers with no adverse computer
issues. Also, of great importance, the costs associated with this Y2K effort
were very low compared with competitor and industry norms and were charged to
normal operating expenses.
Electronic Business
The emerging area of electronic business (e-business) has become increasingly
important as we attempt to extend our efforts to reduce our costs and serve our
customers. It involves enhanced interactions with our customers, improvements in
the speed and efficiency of our manufacturing operations, additional
effectiveness of our administrative processes and improved linkage and value
from our entire supply chain.
Internally, we have developed Internet web-based applications at
xxxxxxxxx.xxx that provide customers access to order data that is important to
their day-to-day operations. Cost of access, ease of use and timely availability
of these data improve the effectiveness of our customer relationships and also
reduce the total cost of doing business for both organizations. In addition, we
are deploying intranet-based applications in such areas as production reporting,
logistics and human resources.
Externally, our recent equity investment in MetalSite, a business-to-
business on-line metals marketplace, extends our leadership in the e-business
and electronic data interchange (EDI) marketplace. MetalSite provides additional
sales channels for our products, integrates order-to-delivery business processes
and enables buyers and sellers to be brought together on a global basis. Our
overall e-business strategy will continue to address these areas while
specifically targeting improvements in customer satisfaction and the
streamlining of business processes.
Rebuilding Financial Strength
We were disappointed this past year with our overall financial performance. Our
net loss, combined with our high level of capital expenditures, caused us to
incur additional debt and increase our financial leverage.
Our objective is unchanged. We want to achieve a capital structure that will
earn us an investment-grade credit rating. To do this, we know that we must
further reduce our total debt, including our retiree obligations, and increase
our stockholders' equity.
We have made some progress during the past six years in improving our
financial condition, especially in reducing our unfunded pension obligation. Our
balance sheet pension liability at the end of 1999 was $410 million compared
with $1.6 billion at the end of 1993. Additionally, we had a net unrecognized
gain that is not reflected in the pension liability shown on the balance sheet.
While accounting rules do not permit the immediate recognition of this net gain,
the market value of our pension trust assets at year-end of over $6 billion was
essentially equal to our projected benefit obligation. In other words, on this
basis our pension obligation was essentially fully funded at the end of 1999.
Our liquidity totaled $334 million at the end of last year. This consisted
of about $100 million in cash and $235 million of available borrowings under our
revolving credit arrangement. During 1999, we increased the size of our
revolving credit arrangement by $60 million, to $660 million.
We expect to maintain an adequate level of liquidity during 2000 primarily
with cash provided from operations, further reductions in inventory, additional
asset sales and available funds under our bank and other financing arrangements.
International Steel Trade
Unfairly traded imports continue to injure Bethlehem and the American steel
industry. Both shipments and prices were depressed from pre-crisis levels.
Average steel prices for domestic steel companies for all products in 1999 were
down from average 1998 steel prices and represent the largest aggregate decline
in nearly 20 years. Overall declines in steel prices for domestic steel
companies were 8% for hot rolled, 7% for cold rolled and 14% for plate.
Our trade position is simple and clear. We believe in: (1) open trade, (2)
market-based trade, (3) rule-based trade and (4) enforcement of the rules when
trade is unfair and injurious.
We have continued to take appropriate legal, governmental affairs and public
affairs actions. Our legal actions have included bringing appropriate trade
cases. Our government affairs actions are centered on working closely with the
Administration and Congress for the full and unyielding enforcement and
strengthening of U.S. trade laws. Our public affairs activities have been
coordinated with the United Steelworkers of America in the Stand Up for Steel
Campaign. We will continue to take all appropriate actions and believe that they
will in due course help to restore fair trade in steel.
Financial Review and Operating
Analysis
Our net loss for 1999 was $183 million, or $1.72 per diluted share. Results for
1999 were especially depressed from record levels of unfairly traded steel
imports and higher costs in connection with extensive outages and maintenance
costs for planned modernization projects. Net income for 1998 was $120 million,
or $.64 per diluted share, including an after-tax charge of $29 million related
to closing our Sparrows Point plate mill. Net income for 1997 was $281 million,
or $2.03 per diluted share, including an after-tax gain of $113 million related
to the sale of our equity interest in Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC).
Excluding the effects of the charge and gain, net income for 1998 was $149
million ($.87 per diluted share) and net income for 1997 was $168 million ($1.11
per diluted share). Sales in 1999 were $3.9 billion compared with $4.5 billion
in 1998 and $4.6 billion in 1997.
Xxxxxx Acquisition
In May 1998, we acquired all of the outstanding stock of Xxxxxx Inc. for about
$560 million. See Note C, Acquisition of Xxxxxx Inc., to the Consolidated
Financial Statements for a description of the composition of the purchase price,
assets acquired and method of accounting for the acquisition. The acquisition
strengthened our position as the leading producer and supplier of carbon and
alloy steel plate products. In addition, we acquired certain stainless steel
plate and sheet manufacturing and distribution businesses that we intended to
dispose of. Through January 2000, we have sold and liquidated stainless
businesses, property and working capital generating net proceeds of about $316
million.
During 1998, we completed the sale of certain stainless assets to Allegheny
Xxxxxx Corporation (Allegheny) for $175 million. We also entered into agreements
with Allegheny to provide it with conversion services to produce stainless steel
slabs and coiled plate. We received $105 million in cash, and a non-interest-
bearing note for the remaining $70 million that was paid in 1999. In 1999, we
sold the stainless distribution business Washington Specialty Metals Corporation
for about $70 million, and the stainless sheet operations in Washington,
Pennsylvania for about $20 million. In January 2000, we completed our planned
divestiture of Xxxxxx' stainless businesses with the sale of the sheet
operations in Massillon, Ohio. During this period, we liquidated substantially
all stainless related working capital.
During the fourth quarter of 1998, we closed the Sparrows Point 160-inch
plate mill in order to more fully utilize plate facilities at Xxxxx Harbor,
Coatesville and Conshohocken to take advantage of the merged facilities'
capabilities. In connection with the consolidation of our plate production, we
recorded a charge of $35 million ($29 million after tax) during 1998 to write
off the net book value of certain equipment and to recognize employee benefit-
related costs.
Operating Results
Our loss from operations was $179 million for 1999 compared with income from
operations of $225 million (excluding the $35 million charge related to the
closing of the Sparrows Point plate mill) for 1998, and $239 million (excluding
the $135 million gain related to the sale of our equity interest in IOC) for
1997. Operating results for 1999 declined precipitously from 1998 primarily due
to (1) significantly lower realized prices and lower shipments from
unprecedented levels of steel imports, especially for plate products, and (2)
approximately $70 million of higher operating costs related to planned
modernization and maintenance outages, and the temporary idling of our majority-
owned iron ore operation located in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Results declined in 1998 from 1997 primarily due to lower shipments and
lower realized prices resulting from high levels of unfairly traded steel
imports that flooded the market in the second half of 1998. The reduction of
shipments and prices resulting from imports was partially offset by increased
shipments resulting from our acquisition of Xxxxxx and by lower costs. Costs
improved principally from exiting underperforming businesses, reduced pension
expense and improved operating performance at Pennsylvania Steel Technologies,
Inc. (PST).
The effects of changes in average realized steel prices, shipments and
product mix on sales during the last two years were as follows:
Increase (decrease) from prior year
1999 1998
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Realized Prices (9)% (2)%
Shipments (4) (1)
Product Mix -- --
(13)% (3)%
Raw steel production was 9.4 million tons in 1999, 10.2 million tons in 1998 and
9.6 million tons in 1997. The decrease in 1999 was due to the reline of our "L"
Blast Furnace at Sparrows Point and was partially offset by the full-year impact
of the acquisition of Xxxxxx. The increase in 1998 was due to the acquisition of
Xxxxxx.
The Xxxxx Harbor Division shipped 3.7 million tons of sheet and strip
products in 1999 compared with 3.6 million tons in 1998 and 3.9 million tons in
1997. Xxxxx Harbor's 1999 operating results declined principally from
significantly lower realized prices, caused primarily by unfairly traded steel
imports, partially offset by lower costs.
The Sparrows Point Division shipped 2.7 million tons of sheet and tin mill
products in 1999, 2.6 million tons in 1998 and 2.8 million tons in 1997.
Sparrows Point's 1999 operating results declined principally from lower realized
prices caused primarily by unfairly traded steel imports. Sparrows Point also
incurred approximately $60 million of higher operating costs in connection with
the reline of its "L" Blast Furnace and certain other planned modernization and
maintenance outages.
Bethlehem Xxxxxx Plate (BLP) shipped 1.7 million tons of plate products in
1999. Bethlehem shipped 1.7 million tons of plate products in 1998, including
425,000 tons from the Coatesville and Conshohocken facilities acquired in the
Xxxxxx acquisition, and 1.4 million tons in 1997. The operating profit of our
plate products declined due to significantly lower realized prices principally
from record levels of unfairly traded steel imports that started in the second
half of 1998 and was partially offset by lower costs.
Results declined slightly at PST in 1999 primarily due to lower rail
shipments. Rail consumption was significantly lower in 1999 primarily due to the
merger and acquisition activity among the domestic railroads. The adverse effect
of lower shipments was almost completely offset by lower costs, which were
primarily due to lower raw material scrap prices.
Percentage of Bethlehem's Net Sales by Major Product
1999 1998 1997
Steel mill products:
Hot rolled sheets 14.0% 13.3% 14.9%
Cold rolled sheets 19.0 16.8 17.2
Coated sheets 30.8 28.6 31.5
Tin mill products 7.2 6.7 7.4
Plates 20.9 22.3 15.2
Rail products 2.7 4.4 4.3
Other steel mill products 2.6 4.5 4.5
Other products and services
(including raw materials) 2.8 3.4 5.0
100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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During 1999, our largest customer, General Motors Corporation, accounted for
slightly more than 10% of our consolidated net sales.
Percentage of Steel Mill Product Shipments by Principal Market
(Based on tons shipped) 1999 1998 1997
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Service Centers, Processors and Converters 49.7% 46.9% 46.9%
Transportation
(including automotive) 21.3 23.0 24.9
Construction 12.9 12.1 11.0
Containers 5.4 5.2 5.8
Machinery 4.2 4.9 4.7
Other 6.5 7.9 6.7
100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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Liquidity and Capital Structure
At December 31, 1999, total liquidity, comprising cash, cash equivalents and
funds available under our credit arrangements, totaled $334 million compared
with $479 million at December 31, 1998. At December 31, 1999, funds available
under our credit arrangements totaled $235 million.
Cash provided from operations before funding postretirement benefits in 1999
decreased to $202 million from $487 million in 1998 due to lower earnings, which
was partially offset by changes in working capital, principally inventory. Net
sales of accounts receivable under our bank credit agreement were $70 million in
1999 and $64 million in 1998. Cash provided from operations before funding
postretirement benefits in 1998 decreased to $487 million from $551 million in
1997 due to lower earnings and changes in working capital, principally
inventory. Other sources of cash in 1999 included new borrowings of $250 million
and asset sales of $184 million. New borrowings included $160 million from our
inventory credit agreement, a $60 million short-term loan arrangement for a
portion of our Sparrows Point cold mill capital expenditures, and about $28
million of our $50 million construction financing arrangement for the wide-slab
casting project at Sparrows Point. Asset sales consisted primarily of the sale
of our stainless and distribution assets acquired from Xxxxxx, including the
collection of the $70 million note from Allegheny for its purchase of stainless
assets in 1998. See Xxxxxx Acquisition above.
Principal uses of cash during 1999 included capital expenditures, debt
payments and pension funding. We contributed $45 million to our pension fund in
1999 compared with $150 million in 1998. Our pension liability decreased to $410
million at December 31, 1999. Over the past six years, our pension liability has
been reduced by about $1.2 billion from $1.6 billion at December 31, 1993. We
have contributed amounts to our pension fund substantially in excess of amounts
required under current law and regulations. Because of these contributions and
better than expected earnings performance on our pension fund assets, we
currently have a funding standard credit balance that would allow us to defer
pension funding for several years, although we presently have no plans to do so.
Major uses of cash for 2000 are expected to be capital expenditures of about
$250 million, pension funding and debt payments. We expect to maintain an
adequate level of liquidity during 2000, primarily with operating cash flow,
further reductions in inventory, additional asset sales and available funds
under our bank and other financing arrangements.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures were $557 million in 1999 compared with $328 million in
1998 and $228 million in 1997.
Capital expenditures for 1999 included several major projects at Sparrows
Point including the reline of the "L" Blast Furnace, upgrades to the BOF shop,
continuing construction of a new cold mill complex and preliminary work for the
conversion of a continuous slab caster to a continuous wide-slab caster. Other
capital expenditures included an investment in new joint ventures, Columbus
Coatings Company and Columbus Processing Company, and an equity interest in
MetalSite, an Internet marketplace where companies can buy and sell metal
products and services. Capital expenditures also included certain improvements
we made to the Xxxxxxx plate mill in Conshohocken in accordance with our
agreement to provide conversion services to Allegheny. See Xxxxxx Acquisition
above.
At December 31, 1999, the estimated cost of completing all authorized
capital expenditures was about $410 million compared with $610 million at
December 31, 1998. We expect all authorized capital expenditures to be completed
during the 2000-2002 period.
Derivative Financial Instruments and Related Market Risk
We are exposed to certain risks associated with the change in foreign currency
rates, interest rates and commodity prices. We seek to minimize the potential
adverse impact of those market risks through the use of appropriate management
techniques including derivative financial instruments. Our exposure to changes
in the value of foreign currencies is minimal.
We are exposed to interest rate risk arising from having certain variable
rate financing arrangements, and we use interest rate swaps to fix a portion of
the interest rates on these financings. The fair value of these swaps at
December 31, 1999 was a liability of $1 million.
We also use derivative financial instruments to manage the price risk for a
portion of our annual requirements for natural gas and zinc and other metals.
The fair value of these instruments at December 31, 1999 was an asset of $10
million. These instruments, which have maturity dates that coincide with our
expected purchases of the commodities, allow us to establish our cost for the
hedged portion of the commodity requirement, which reduces our exposure to
future price volatility. To the extent we have not entered into derivative
financial instruments, our cost will increase or decrease as the market prices
for the commodities rise or fall.
Common Stock Market and Dividend Information
1999 Prices* 1998 Prices*
Period High Low High Low
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First Quarter $10.688 $7.688 $15.500 $ 8.063
Second Quarter 10.938 7.375 17.125 11.063
Third Quarter 8.688 6.750 13.438 7.000
Fourth Quarter 8.500 5.875 10.750 7.313
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* The principal market for Bethlehem Common Stock is the New York Stock
Exchange. Bethlehem Common Stock is also listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange.
The high and low sales prices of Bethlehem Common Stock as reported in the
consolidated transaction system are shown in the table. The trading symbol for
Bethlehem Common Stock is BS. Bethlehem has not paid a dividend on its Common
Stock since the fourth quarter of 1991.
Employees and Employment Costs
At the end of 1999, we had about 15,500 employees compared with about 17,000
employees at the end of 1998 and 15,600 employees at the end of 1997. In May of
1998, we acquired Xxxxxx which had about 3,300 employees. About three-quarters
of our employees are covered by our labor agreements with the United
Steelworkers of America (USWA).
On August 1, 1999, Bethlehem and the USWA entered into new five-year labor
agreements covering USWA-represented employees at Bethlehem's facilities in
Xxxxx Harbor, Lackawanna, Sparrows Point, Coatesville and Steelton. The Xxxxx
Harbor and Sparrows Point Divisions continue to be covered by one agreement,
while separate agreements were continued for PST and BLP's Coatesville facility.
The main labor agreement, which expires August 1, 2004, provides for wage
increases of $2 per hour over the life of the contract and improved pension
benefits. The new contract also aligns profit sharing more closely with
Bethlehem's overall financial performance.
Under the profit sharing provisions of the new 1999 labor agreements, which
become effective beginning with plan year 2000, most employees at our steel
operations will participate in profit sharing based on 10% of adjusted
consolidated annual income before taxes. Under the profit sharing provisions of
our 1993 labor agreements, which were effective through plan year 1999, most
employees at our steel operations participated in profit sharing based on 8% of
adjusted consolidated annual income before taxes, unusual items and expenses
applicable to the plan, plus 2% of adjusted profits of certain operations,
payable in the following year. A minimum payment of 14 cents per hour worked was
required but has been eliminated from the new plan. Profit sharing is also paid
to non-represented employees based on specific Corporate and Business Unit plans
and performance.
Under other provisions of the labor agreements, we are required to pay
"shortfall amounts" each year up to 10% of the first $100 million and 20% in
excess of $100 million of consolidated income before taxes, unusual items and
expenses applicable to the shortfall plan. Shortfall amounts, which recently
have been averaging $6 million per year, arise when employees terminate
employment and ESOP Preference Stock, held in trust for employees for certain
wage and benefit payments in prior years, is converted into Common Stock and
sold for amounts less than the stated value of the Preference Stock ($32 for
Series A and $40 for Series B). We issued approximately 1,500 shares of Series B
Preference Stock in 1999 and approximately 18,000 shares in 1998 to a trustee
for the benefit of employees for 1998 and 1997. We expect to issue about 80,000
shares in early 2000 for the 1999 plan year.
We paid about $37 million in 1999 for income-related bonus, profit sharing
and shortfall amounts, and expect to pay about $700,000 in early 2000.
Employment Cost Summary *
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1997
Salaries and Wages $ 857 $ 899 $ 914
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Employee Benefits:
Pension Plans:
Actives 54 80 95
Retirees (14) 5 60
Medical and Insurance:
Actives 129 122 135
Retirees 152 140 122
Payroll Taxes 73 74 74
Workers' Compensation 22 27 21
Savings Plan and Other 18 20 18
Total Benefit Costs 434 468 525
Total Employment Costs $1,291 $1,367 $1,439
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* Excluding Discontinued Stainless Operations
Environmental Matters
We are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and
regulations concerning, among other things, air emissions, waste water
discharges and solid and hazardous waste disposal. During the five years ended
December 31, 1999, we spent about $100 million for environmental control
equipment. Expenditures for new environmental control equipment totaled
approximately $11 million in 1999, $13 million in 1998 and $15 million in 1997.
The costs incurred in 1999 to operate and maintain existing environmental
control equipment were approximately $115 million (excluding interest costs but
including depreciation charges of $14 million) compared with $114 million in
1998 and $112 million in 1997.
Bethlehem and federal and state regulatory agencies conduct negotiations to
resolve differences in interpretation of certain environmental control
requirements. In some instances, those negotiations are held in connection with
the resolution of pending environmental proceedings. We believe that there will
not be any significant curtailment or interruptions of any of our important
operations as a result of these proceedings and negotiations. We cannot predict
the specific environmental control requirements that we will face in the future.
Based on existing and anticipated regulations under present legislation, we
currently estimate that capital expenditures for installation of new
environmental control equipment will average about $15 million per year over the
next two years. However, estimates of future capital expenditures and operating
costs required for environmental compliance are subject to numerous
uncertainties, including the evolving nature of regulations, possible imposition
of more stringent requirements, availability of new technologies and the timing
of expenditures.
Although it is possible that our future results of operations, in particular
quarterly or annual periods, could be materially affected by the future costs of
environmental compliance, we believe that the future costs of environmental
compliance will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial
position or on our competitive position with respect to other integrated
domestic steelmakers that are subject to the same environmental requirements.
Forward-looking Statements
This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements. The use of the words
"expect", "believe", "intent", "should", "plan" and similar words are intended
to identify these statements as forward-looking. In accordance with provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, reference is made to
Item 1 of Bethlehem's 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed
before the end of March 2000, and to "Cautionary Statement" of Bethlehem's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 24, 1998 for important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected. Prior to the filing of
Bethlehem's 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K, reference should be made to
Bethlehem's 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of these factors.
Consolidated Statements of Income
Year Ended December 31
(Dollars in millions, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997
Net Sales $3,914.8 $4,477.8 $4,631.2
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Costs and Expenses:
Cost of sales 3,708.8 3,883.2 4,053.3
Depreciation and amortization (Note A) 257.5 246.5 231.0
Selling, administration and general expense 127.1 123.6 107.9
Estimated loss (gain) on exiting businesses (Note B) -- 35.0 (135.0)
Total Costs and Expenses 4,093.4 4,288.3 4,257.2
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Income (Loss) from Operations (178.6) 189.5 374.0
Financing Income (Expense):
Interest and other financing costs (Note A) (51.9) (55.4) (47.5)
Interest income 8.3 10.0 9.2
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Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (222.2) 144.1 335.7
Benefit (Provision) for Income Taxes (Note D) 39.0 (24.0) (55.0)
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Net Income (Loss) (183.2) 120.1 280.7
Dividends on Preferred and Preference Stock 41.2 41.7 41.6
Net Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Stock $ (224.4) $ 78.4 $ 239.1
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Net Income (Loss) per Common Share (Note K):
Basic $ (1.72) $ 0.64 $ 2.13
Diluted $ (1.72) $ 0.64 $ 2.03
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The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31
(Dollars in millions, except per share data) 1999 1998
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Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (Note A) $ 99.4 $ 137.8
Receivables (Notes C and E) 235.0 307.2
Inventories (Notes A and E)
Raw materials and supplies 292.3 319.9
Finished and semifinished products 572.5 720.7
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Total inventories 864.8 1,040.6
Other current assets 10.2 9.2
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Total Current Assets 1,209.4 1,494.8
Investments and Miscellaneous Assets 123.1 98.0
Property, Plant and Equipment, less accumulated
depreciation of $4,263.6 and $4,119.4 (Note A) 2,899.7 2,655.7
Deferred Income Tax Asset - net (Note D) 960.0 920.0
Net Assets of Discontinued Stainless Operations (Note C) 3.0 100.0
Goodwill, less accumulated amortization of $19.0 and $7.0 (Notes A and C) 341.0 353.0
Total Assets $5,536.2 $5,621.5
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 427.6 $ 417.9
Accrued employment costs 117.2 147.7
Other postretirement benefits (Note G) 175.0 160.0
Accrued taxes (Note D) 56.4 53.4
Debt and capital lease obligations (Note E) 110.0 44.4
Other current liabilities 147.2 161.8
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Total Current Liabilities 1,033.4 985.2
Pension Liability (Notes B and G) 410.0 415.0
Other Postretirement Benefits (Notes B and G) 1,645.0 1,630.0
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Note E) 754.1 627.7
Deferred Gain (Note F) 117.4 136.0
Other Long-term Liabilities 299.2 338.1
Stockholders' Equity (Notes H, I and J):
Preferred Stock - at $1 per share par value (aggregate liquidation
preference of $481.2); Authorized 20,000,000 shares 11.6 11.6
Preference Stock - at $1 per share par value (aggregate liquidation
preference of $69.4); Authorized 20,000,000 shares 2.0 2.2
Common Stock - at $1 per share par value; Authorized 250,000,000;
Issued 133,588,922 and 132,227,787 shares 133.6 132.2
Common Stock - Held in treasury 2,118,615 and 2,080,799 shares at cost (60.6) (60.3)
Additional Paid-in Capital 1,961.5 1,991.6
Accumulated Deficit (771.0) (587.8)
Total Stockholders' Equity 1,277.1 1,489.5
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $5,536.2 $5,621.5
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The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Year Ended December 31
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1997
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Operating Activities:
Net Income (Loss) $(183.2) $ 120.1 $ 280.7
Adjustments for items not affecting cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization (Note A) 257.5 246.5 231.0
Estimated loss (gain) on exiting businesses (Note B) -- 35.0 (135.0)
Deferred income taxes (Note D) (39.0) 18.0 53.0
Other - net 0.6 16.1 28.2
Working capital (excluding investing and financing activities):
Receivables - operating (65.7) 99.4 11.6
Receivables - net sold (Note E) 70.0 64.0 (6.0)
Inventories 175.7 (59.0) 115.6
Accounts payable 10.8 (13.1) (24.5)
Employment costs and other (24.7) (40.5) (3.7)
Cash Provided from Operations Before Funding Postretirement Benefits 202.0 486.5 550.9
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Funding Postretirement Benefits (Note G):
Pension funding more than expense (5.0) (65.0) (270.0)
Retiree healthcare and life insurance benefit payments less than expense 20.0 10.0 --
Cash Provided from Continuing Operating Activities 217.0 431.5 280.9
Cash Provided from Operating Activities of
Discontinued Stainless Operations (Note C) 9.6 22.2 --
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Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures (557.0) (328.0) (228.2)
Purchase of Xxxxxx (Note C):
Paid to Xxxxxx stockholders, net of cash acquired -- (327.8) --
Transaction and other related payments (6.6) (41.4) --
Cash proceeds from asset sales and other 183.6 308.8 191.8
Cash Used for Investing Activities (380.0) (388.4) (36.4)
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Financing Activities:
Borrowings (Note E) 249.7 201.6 1.9
Debt and capital lease payments (Note E) (65.1) (290.4) (53.4)
Cash dividends paid (Note J) (40.4) (40.4) (40.4)
Other payments (29.2) (50.7) (36.8)
Cash Provided from (Used for) Financing Activities 115.0 (179.9) (128.7)
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents (38.4) (114.6) 115.8
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Period 137.8 252.4 136.6
- End of Period $ 99.4 $ 137.8 $ 252.4
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Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Interest paid, net of amount capitalized $ 46.1 $ 50.2 $ 52.6
Income taxes paid (received) - net (Note D) 0.7 (14.2) 7.6
Capital lease obligations incurred 7.9 -- --
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The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
A. Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and all majority-owned subsidiaries and
joint ventures.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash equivalents consist primarily of overnight
investments, certificates of deposit and other short-term, highly liquid
instruments generally with original maturities at the time of acquisition of
three months or less. Cash equivalents are stated at cost plus accrued interest,
which approximates market.
Inventories - Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (principally FIFO) or
market.
Property, Plant and Equipment - Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost.
Maintenance, repairs and renewals that neither materially add to the value of
the property nor appreciably prolong its life are charged to expense. Gains or
losses on dispositions of property, plant and equipment are recognized in
income. Interest is capitalized on significant construction projects and totaled
$26 million in 1999 and $7 million in both 1998 and 1997.
Our property, plant and equipment by major classification are as follows:
December 31
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998
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Land (net of depletion) $ 39.9 $ 33.2
Buildings 651.0 649.2
Machinery and equipment 5,949.8 5,720.7
Accumulated depreciation (4,263.6) (4,119.4)
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2,377.1 2,283.7
Construction-in-progress 522.6 372.0
Total $ 2,899.7 $ 2,655.7
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Depreciation - Depreciation is based upon the estimated useful lives of each
asset group. That life is 18 years for most steel producing assets. Steel
producing assets, other than blast furnace linings, are depreciated on a
straight-line basis adjusted by an activity factor. This factor is based on the
ratio of production and shipments for the current year to the average production
and shipments for the current and preceding four years at each operating
location. Annual depreciation after adjustment for this activity factor is not
less than 75% or more than 125% of straight-line depreciation. Depreciation
after adjustment for this activity factor was $10 million less than straight-
line in 1999, $1 million less than straight line in 1998 and $5 million more
than straight-line in 1997. Through December 31, 1999, $5 million more
accumulated depreciation has been recorded under this method than would have
been recorded under straight-line depreciation. The cost of blast furnace
linings is depreciated on a unit-of- production basis.
Amortization - Goodwill, resulting from the acquisition of Xxxxxx, is being
amortized over a 30-year life using the straight-line method. Amortization was
$12 million in 1999 and $7 million in 1998. See Note C, Acquisition of Xxxxxx
Inc.
Asset Impairment - We periodically evaluate the carrying value of property,
plant and equipment and goodwill when events and circumstances warrant such a
review. Property, plant and equipment is considered impaired when the
anticipated undiscounted future cash flows from a logical grouping of assets is
less than its carrying value. In that event,
we recognize a loss equal to the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the
fair market value of assets (less estimated disposal costs, for assets to be
disposed of). See Note B, Estimated (Loss) Gain on Exiting Businesses.
Foreign Currency, Interest Rate and Commodity Price Risk Management -
Periodically, we enter into financial contracts to manage risks. We use foreign
currency exchange contracts to manage the cost of firm purchase commitments for
capital equipment or other purchased goods and services denominated in a foreign
currency. We use interest rate swap agreements to fix the interest rate on
certain floating rate financings. We use commodity contracts to fix the cost of
a portion of our annual requirements for natural gas, zinc and other metals.
Generally, foreign currency and commodity contracts are for periods of less than
a year. The gains or losses on these contracts are reflected in the cost of
goods or services purchased when the contracts are settled. Net payments or
receipts on interest rate swaps are reflected in interest expense. Gains or
losses on swaps settled or terminated are deferred and amortized to interest
expense over the life of the related debt.
Beginning January 1, 2001, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
requires that we recognize all financial derivative contracts as either assets
or liabilities on the balance sheet and measure them at fair value. At December
31, 1999, the fair value of all financial derivative contracts was an asset of
$9 million (an asset of $10 million for natural gas and metal contracts, net of
a $1 million liability for interest rate swaps). Gains or losses on these
contracts, to the extent they have been effective as xxxxxx, will continue to be
recognized when they are settled. Gains or losses on interest rate swaps settled
or terminated will no longer be deferred but recognized in income immediately.
Adoption of Statement No. 133 is not expected to have a material impact on our
operating results or financial position.
Environmental Expenditures - Environmental expenditures that increase the life
or efficiency of property, plant and equipment, or that will reduce or prevent
future environmental contamination are capitalized. Expenditures that relate to
existing conditions caused by past operations and have no significant future
economic benefit are expensed. Environmental expenses are accrued at the time
the expenditure becomes probable and the cost can be reasonably estimated. We do
not discount any recorded obligations for future remediation expenditures to
their present value nor do we record recoveries of environmental remediation
costs from insurance carriers and other third parties, if any, as assets until
their receipt is deemed probable.
Revenue Recognition - We recognize substantially all revenues when products are
shipped to customers and risks of ownership change.
Use of Estimates - In preparing these financial statements, we make estimates
and use assumptions that affect some of the reported amounts and disclosures.
See, for example, Note D, Taxes; Note F, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities;
and Note G, Postretirement Benefits. In the future, actual amounts received or
paid could differ from those estimates.
B. Estimated (Loss) Gain on Exiting Businesses
In 1998, we recorded a $35 million ($29 million after-tax, or $.23 per diluted
share) charge in connection with closing the Sparrows Point 160-inch plate mill.
This loss included $25 million for the net book value of certain assets and $10
million for employee benefit related costs ($5 million for pensions, $2 million
of postretirement benefits other than pensions, and $3 million for severance and
other benefits).
In 1997, we sold our 37.57 percent interest in the Iron Ore Company of Canada
for about $145 million. This sale resulted in a gain of $135 million ($113
million after tax, or $.92 per diluted share).
C. Acquisition of Xxxxxx Inc.
On May 29, 1998, Bethlehem acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of
Xxxxxx Inc. The aggregate purchase price of $560.6 million comprised cash of
$327.8 million, the issuance of 15.1 million shares of Bethlehem Common Stock
valued at $184.8 million, and transaction related costs of $48.0 million. The
acquisition was accounted for as a purchase. Accordingly, Xxxxxx' results are
included in the Consolidated Financial Statements from the date of acquisition.
The fair value (in millions) of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is
as follows:
Current assets $ 187.8
Property, plant and equipment 265.1
Net assets of discontinued stainless and
distribution businesses 316.0
Deferred tax asset, other 70.4
Goodwill 360.0
Current liabilities (110.0)
Postretirement benefit liabilities (230.0)
Debt (268.5)
Other long-term liabilities (30.2)
Purchase price, net of cash acquired $ 560.6
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Through January 2000, we have completed our planned divestiture of the stainless
and distribution businesses acquired in the Xxxxxx purchase for amounts
essentially equal to $316 million. Since the date of acquisition, these
operations were accounted for as discontinued operations and incurred operating
losses of about $36 million. The net assets of these businesses are shown
separately on the balance sheet and consist primarily of property, plant and
equipment and working capital.
The unaudited pro forma combined historical results (excluding stainless and
distribution businesses) as if Xxxxxx had been acquired at the beginning of 1997
are estimated to be:
December 31
(Dollars in millions, except per share) 1998 1997
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Net Sales $4,717.5 $5,147.7
Income from Operations 200.1 404.3
Net Income 121.4 286.2
Net Income Per Share:
Basic $ .62 $ 1.92
Diluted .62 1.86
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D. Taxes
Our benefit (provision) for income taxes are as follows:
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1997
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Federal - deferred $ 39 $ (18) $ (53)
Federal, state and foreign - current -- (6) (2)
Total benefit (provision) $ 39 $ (24) $ (55)
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The benefit (provision) for income taxes differs from the amount computed by
applying the federal statutory rate to pre-tax income (loss). The computed
amounts and the items comprising the total differences are as follows:
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1997
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Pre-tax income (loss):
United States $(223) $ 142 $ 333
Foreign 1 2 3
Total $(222) $ 144 $ 336
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Computed amounts $ 78 $ (50) $ (118)
Change in valuation allowance (39) 25 55
Percentage depletion 6 6 5
Goodwill amortization (4) (3) --
Dividend received deduction -- -- 3
Other differences - net (2) (2) --
Total benefit (provision) $ 39 $ (24) $ (55)
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The components of our net deferred income tax asset are as follows:
December 31
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998
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Temporary differences:
Employee benefits $ 865 $ 855
Depreciable assets (290) (315)
Other 200 200
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Total 775 740
Operating loss carryforward 490 465
Alternative minimum tax credits 35 35
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Deferred income tax asset 1,300 1,240
Valuation allowance (340) (320)
Deferred income tax asset - net $ 960 $ 920
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Temporary differences represent the cumulative taxable or deductible amounts
recorded in our financial statements in different years than recognized in our
tax returns. Our employee benefits temporary difference includes amounts
expensed in our financial statements for postretirement pensions, health care
and life insurance that become deductible in our tax return upon payment or
funding in qualified trusts. The depreciable assets temporary difference
represents principally cumulative tax depreciation in excess of financial
statement depreciation. Other temporary differences represent principally
various expenses accrued for financial reporting purposes that are not
deductible for tax reporting purposes until paid. At December 31, 1999, we had
regular tax net operating loss carryforwards of about $1.4 billion and
alternative minimum tax loss carryforwards of about $600 million. A regular net
operating loss of about $65 million is expected to expire when we file our 1999
federal tax return later in 2000. Regular federal tax net operating loss carry-
forwards of about $145 million and $220 million will expire in 2000 and 2001,
with the balance expiring in varying amounts from 2005 through 2019, if we are
unable to use the amounts in the related federal income tax returns. Under
certain conditions involving future changes in Bethlehem's ownership, Section
382 of the Internal Revenue Code could substantially reduce and limit the annual
utilization of our net operating loss carryforwards.
FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires that we record a
valuation allowance when it is "more likely than not that some portion or all of
the deferred tax assets will not be realized." It further states, "forming a
conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed is difficult when there is
negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent years." The ultimate
realization of this deferred tax asset depends on our ability to generate
sufficient taxable income in the future. Excluding estimated (losses) gains on
exiting businesses, Bethlehem has reported net income for five of the past six
years, and has undergone substantial restructuring and made strategic capital
expenditures during the last several years. Also, we have tax planning
opportunities that could affect taxable income including selection of
depreciation methods and lives, sales of assets and timing of contributions to
our pension trust fund.
Based on our current outlook for 2000, 2001 and beyond, we believe that our
deferred tax asset will be realized by future operating results together with
tax planning opportunities. However, our significant net operating loss
carryforwards and future tax deductions from temporary differences make it
appropriate to record a valuation allowance. Accordingly, we have provided a
valuation allowance equal to 50% of the deferred tax asset related to our
operating loss carry-forward and certain temporary differences. We have provided
a valuation allowance for other postretirement benefits, except for the
temporary differences of $1,555 million as of January 1, 1992 (See Note G,
Postretirement Benefits) and of $195 million assumed in connection with the
acquisition of Xxxxxx (See Note C, Acquisition of Xxxxxx Inc.). If we have a tax
loss in any year in which our tax deduction for other postretirement benefits
exceeds our financial statement expense, the tax law currently provides for a
20-year carryforward of that loss against future taxable income. Because we
should have sufficient time to realize these future tax benefits, we believe a
valuation allowance is not appropriate for the deferred tax asset related to
these temporary differences for other postretirement benefits.
If we are unable to generate sufficient taxable income in the future through
operating results or tax planning opportunities, we will be required to reduce
our net deferred tax asset through a charge to income tax expense (reducing our
stockholders' equity). On the other hand, if we achieve sufficient profitability
to use all of our deferred income tax asset, we will reduce the valuation
allowance through a reduction in income tax expense (increasing our
stockholders' equity).
In addition to income taxes, we incurred costs for certain other taxes as
follows:
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1997
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Employment taxes $ 73.3 $ 73.8 $ 74.0
Property taxes 34.2 34.4 26.5
State taxes and other 11.7 12.2 11.9
Total other taxes $119.2 $ 120.4 $112.4
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E. Debt and Capital Lease Obligations
December 31
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998
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Notes and loans:
5.69% - 5.99% Galvanizing lines financing $ 37.4 $ 74.9
10-3/8%, Due 2003 105.0 105.0
7-5/8%, Due 2004 150.0 150.0
6-1/2%, Due 2006 75.0 75.0
2% - 9.64%, Due 2000-2009 4.7 7.5
Cold mill financing, LIBOR plus 1.925%, Due 2000 60.0 --
Wide-slab caster financing, LIBOR plus 3%,
Due 2000-2004 28.3 --
Inventory credit agreement, LIBOR plus
1.125%, Due 2003 140.0 --
Debentures:
6-7/8%, Due 1999 -- 4.0
8-3/8%, Due 2001 41.6 41.6
8.45%, Due 2005 90.2 90.8
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds:
7-1/2% - 8%, Due 2015-2024 128.9 128.9
Capital lease obligations 7.6 --
Unamortized debt discount (4.6) (5.6)
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Total 864.1 672.1
Amounts due within one year (110.0) (44.4)
Long-term $ 754.1 $627.7
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Maturities and sinking fund requirements for the next five years are $110
million in 2000, $58 million in 2001, $20 million in 2002, $265 million in 2003,
and $167 million in 2004. At December 31, 1999 and 1998, the estimated fair
value of our debt was not materially different from the recorded amounts.
The galvanizing lines financing is collateralized by such equipment at our
Sparrows Point and Xxxxx Harbor Divisions and will be repaid in 2000.
The 10-3/8% Notes are senior in right of payment to all existing and future
subordinated indebtedness of Bethlehem. As unsecured senior obligations, the
Notes will effectively be subordinate to secured indebtedness of Bethlehem.
These Notes contain covenants that impose certain limitations on our ability to
incur or repay debt, to pay dividends and make other distributions on or redeem
capital stock, or to sell, merge, transfer or encumber assets. See Note J,
Stockholders' Equity.
We have a credit arrangement, through June 2003, with a group of 15 domestic
and international banks for $660 million, $150 million of which can be used for
letters of credit. The arrangement consists of a $340 million receivables
sale/purchase agreement through a wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary and a
$320 million secured inventory credit agreement.
As of December 31, 1999, we had sold to the banks an ownership interest in
trade receivables of $288 million in exchange for $212 million in cash, $12
million in letters of credit and required reserves of $64 million. The
receivables were sold at a discount, based on defined short-term, investment
grade, interest rates and a fixed fee per annum for the letters of credit. The
banks are required to pay us cash for the face amount of the letters of credit
upon expiration. We pay a .15% per annum fee on the daily available commitment.
Receivables from banks are for cash and required reserves that will be
returned to us upon expiration of the letters of credit and liquidation of
receivable ownership. Supplemental information on the receivable balances at
December 31, 1999 and 1998 follows:
December 31
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998
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Trade and other $178.1 $193.3
Notes 0.8 65.6
Banks 75.7 68.3
Allowances (19.6) (20.0)
Total receivables - net $235.0 $307.2
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Under the secured credit agreement, inventories are pledged as collateral for
any borrowings and letters of credit. Borrowings under the agreement are subject
to collateral coverage requirements and incur interest based on defined short-
term interest rates. We had $140 million of borrowings outstanding under this
agreement at December 31, 1999. We pay a .375% per annum fee on the daily
available commitment.
Our secured credit agreement and galvanizing lines financing agreements
contain restrictive covenants that require Bethlehem to maintain a minimum
adjusted consolidated tangible net worth. At December 31, 1999, our adjusted
tangible net worth as defined by these agreements exceeded the more restrictive
of these requirements by about $300 million.
At December 31, 1999, outstanding interest rate swap agreements with notional
amounts totaling $56 million effectively fix a portion of the interest rate on
our floating rate financings at 5.75% to 8.70%. These interest rate swap
agreements expire in 2000 and 2001.
F. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
In July 1998, we sold the No. 1 Coke Oven Battery at Xxxxx Harbor and entered
into nine-year agreements to operate the facility and purchase about 800,000
tons of coke per year through year 2008. During 1999, we purchased 857,000 tons
of coke at a cost of $103 million. The gain on the sale of about $160 million
was deferred and is being recognized over the nine year life of the operating
and purchase agreements. In 1999, $18 million of the gain was recognized as a
reduction in cost of goods sold.
In April 1997, we sold our interest in the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC)
and entered into a 14-year agreement to purchase up to 1.8 million tons of iron
ore per year through the year 2004 and about 500,000 tons in the years 2005
through 2011. In 1999, we purchased iron ore from IOC at a cost of $45 million.
We, along with other parties, have guaranteed the debt of certain joint
ventures totaling $85 million as of December 31, 1999.
At December 31, 1999, we had outstanding approximately $40 million of purchase
orders for additions and improvements to our properties.
The domestic steel industry is subject to various environmental laws and
regulations imposed by federal, state and local governments. Because of the
continuing evolution of the specific regulatory requirements and available
technology to comply with the requirements, we cannot reasonably estimate the
future capital expenditures and operating costs required to comply with these
laws and regulations. Although it is possible that our future operating results
in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by the
future costs of environmental compliance, we believe that such costs will not
have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or on our
competitive position with respect to other integrated domestic steelmakers
subject to the same environmental requirements.
In the ordinary course of our business, we are involved in various pending or
threatened legal actions. In our opinion, adequate reserves have been recorded
for losses that are likely to result from these proceedings. If such reserves
prove to be inadequate, however, we would incur a charge to earnings that could
be material to the results of operations in a particular future quarterly or
annual period. We believe that any ultimate liability arising from these actions
will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position.
Future minimum payments under noncancellable operating leases at December 31,
1999 were $27 million in 2000, $29 million in 2001, $25 million in 2002, $23
million in 2003, $22 million in 2004 and $106 million thereafter. Total rental
expense under operating leases was $35 million, $41 million and $40 million in
1999, 1998 and 1997.
G. Postretirement Benefits
We have noncontributory defined benefit pension plans that provide
postretirement benefits for substantially all our employees. Defined benefits
are based on years of service and the five highest consecutive years of
pensionable earnings during the last ten years prior to retirement or a minimum
amount based on years of service. We fund annually the amount required under
ERISA minimum funding standards plus additional amounts as appropriate. In
addition, we currently provide other postretirement benefits for health care and
life insurance to most employees and their dependents.
The following sets forth the plans' funded status at our valuation date
together with certain actuarial assumptions used and the amounts recognized in
our consolidated balance sheets and income statements:
Pension Benefits Other Benefits
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1999 1998
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Change in benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation - beginning of year $6,255 $5,495 $ 2,430 $2,055
Current service cost 60 55 11 9
Interest cost 405 407 158 153
Actuarial adjustments (254) 379 305 191
Xxxxxx acquisition -- 460 11 195
1999 plan amendments 218 -- 20 --
Other -- 4 -- 2
Benefits / administration fees paid (569) (545) (185) (175)
Projected benefit obligation - November 30 6,115 6,255 2,750 2,430
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Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year 5,915 4,930 120 120
Actual return on plan assets 709 959 -- 9
Xxxxxx acquisition -- 425 -- 10
Employer contributions 42 153 -- --
Benefits / administration fees paid (576) (552) (20) (19)
Fair value of plan assets - November 30 6,090 5,915 100 120
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Unfunded projected benefit obligation 25 340 2,650 2,310
Unrecognized:
Net actuarial gain (loss) 785 315 (810) (520)
Initial net obligation (71) (105) -- --
Prior service from plan amendments (329) (142) (20) --
December accruals / contributions - net -- 7 -- --
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Total recognized obligation at December 31 410 415 1,820 1,790
Current -- -- (175) (160)
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Long-term $ 410 $ 415 $ 1,645 $1,630
Pension Benefits Other Benefits
(Dollars in millions) 1999 1998 1997 1999 1998 1997
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Components of net expense:
Current service cost $ 60 $ 55 $ 48 $ 11 $ 9 $ 7
Interest cost 405 407 395 158 153 148
Expected return on plan assets (496) (447) (375) (7) (9) (11)
Amortizations:
Initial net obligation 34 34 34 -- -- --
Plan amendments 29 29 29 -- -- --
Actuarial loss -- -- -- 23 12 6
PBGC, Multiemployer, other 8 7 24 15 15 15
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Net expense $ 40 $ 85 $ 155 $ 200 $ 180 $ 165
Assumptions:
Expected return on plan assets 8.75% 9.00% 9.00% 6.75% 7.375% 9.00%
Discount rate - expense 6.75% 7.375% 7.75% 6.75% 7.375% 7.75%
Discount rate - projected obligation 8.00% 6.75% 7.375% 8.00% 6.75% 7.375%
Rate of compensation increase 2.90% 3.10% 3.10% 2.90% 3.10% 3.10%
Trend rate
- beginning next year n/a n/a n/a 9.5% 5.0% 6.0%
- ending rate n/a n/a n/a 4.5% 4.6% 4.6%
- ending year n/a n/a n/a 2010 2001 2001
As a result of recent actuarial losses from trend rates, retirement ages and
mortality and our 1999 agreement with the United Steelworkers of America that
expires in 2004, we performed a detailed review of expected future retiree
health care costs in 1999. This review resulted in changing our expected future
health care trend rates, retirement ages and mortality at November 30, 1999.
Based on the November 30, 1999 unfunded projected benefit obligations, we expect
our 2000 expense for pensions to be about $55 million and other postretirement
benefits to be about $264 million. A one percentage point change in assumed
health care cost trend rates would have an effect of $20 million on total
service and interest cost components of the 2000 other postretirement benefits
expense and of $220 million on the November 30, 1999 projected benefit
obligation for other postretirement benefits.
H. Stockholder Rights Agreement
We have a Stockholder Rights Agreement under which holders of Common Stock have
rights to purchase a new series of Preference Stock or, under certain
circumstances, additional shares of Common Stock. When exercisable under clause
(1) of the following sentence, each right entitles the holder to purchase one
one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preference Stock at an
exercise price of $60 per unit, and when exercisable under clauses (2) or (3) of
the following sentence, each right entitles the holder (other than the acquirer)
to purchase, for the right's exercise price, a number of shares of Common Stock
(or, in certain circumstances, other consideration) worth twice the right's
exercise price. The rights will become exercisable if (1) a person or group
commences a tender or exchange offer that would result in such person or group
owning 15% or more of the Common Stock, (2) a person or group acquires 15% or
more of Common Stock or (3) a person or group acquires 5% or more of Common
Stock and makes a filing under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976. Subsequently, upon the occurrence of certain events, holders of rights
will be entitled to purchase Common Stock of Bethlehem or a third-party acquirer
worth twice the right's exercise price. We may redeem the rights under certain
circumstances at one cent per right. If the rights are not redeemed or extended,
they will expire in October 2008.
I. Stock Options
At December 31, 1999, we had options outstanding under Plans approved by our
stockholders in 1988, 1994 and 1998. New options can be granted only under the
1998 Plan, which reserved 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock for such use. At
December 31, 1999, options on 2,605,300 shares of Common Stock were available
for granting. Under the plans, the option price is the fair market value of our
Common Stock on the date the option is granted. Options issued under the 1998
Plan become exercisable one to four years after the date granted and expire ten
years from the date granted. Exercisable options may be surrendered for the
difference between the option price and the quoted market price of the Common
Stock on the date of surrender. Depending on the circumstances, option holders
receive either Common Stock, cash, or a combination of Common Stock and cash.
Because of the surrender component in our options, related expense is recognized
periodically based on the difference between the option price and current quoted
market prices. Compensation expense recognized and weighted average fair value
for the options granted in 1999, 1998 and 1997 were not material.
At the time of our merger with Xxxxxx, all outstanding and unexercised stock
options of Xxxxxx converted into options to purchase Bethlehem Common Stock and
immediately vested.
Changes in options outstanding during 1999, 1998 and 1997 were as follows:
Weighted
Number of Average
Options Price
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Balance December 31, 1996 3,491,650 $17
Granted 656,200 8
Terminated or canceled (377,100) 17
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Balance December 31, 1997 3,770,750 15
Granted 736,250 15
Assumed in Xxxxxx acquisition 3,834,539 9
Terminated or canceled (240,576) 20
Surrendered or exercised (2,880,665) 9
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Balance December 31, 1998 5,220,298 14
Granted 1,074,950 9
Terminated or canceled (318,506) 18
Surrendered or exercised (294,665) 9
Balance December 31, 1999 5,682,077 $13
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Options exercisable at the end of 1999, 1998 and 1997 were 3,884,315; 3,379,823
and 2,083,250.
Information on our stock options at December 31, 1999 follows:
Range of Number of Average Average Number of Average
Exercise Options Exercise Contractual Options Exercise
Prices Outstanding Price Life Exercisable Price
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$6.41 - 8.61 1,131,534 $ 8 7 Years 807,834 $ 8
9.23 - 11.12 1,020,117 10 8 Years 250,167 10
12.38 - 14.53 1,643,093 14 5 Years 1,490,043 14
15.25 - 16.47 784,823 15 8 Years 233,761 15
17.625 - 20.375 1,102,510 19 3 Years 1,102,510 19
Total 5,682,077 13 6 Years 3,884,315 14
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J. Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock Preference Stock Common Stock Common Stock Additional
(Shares in thousands and dollars $1.00 Par Value $1.00 Par Value $1.00 Par Value Held in Treasury Paid-In Accumulated
in millions, except per share data) Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Deficit
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Balance December 31, 1996 11,623 $11.6 2,518 $ 2.5 113,851 $113.9 2,018 $(59.7) $ 1,886.3 $(988.6)
Net income for year 280.7
Dividends on Preferred Stock (40.4)
Preference Stock:
Stock dividend 124 0.1 (0.1)
Issued 35 0.3
Converted (331) (0.3) 331 0.3
Common Stock:
Acquired 39 (0.3)
Issued 866 0.8 7.9
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Balance December 31, 1997 11,623 11.6 2,346 2.3 115,048 115.0 2,057 (60.0) 1,854.0 (707.9)
Net income for year 120.1
Dividends on Preferred Stock (40.4)
Preference Stock:
Stock dividend 116 0.1 (0.1)
Issued 18 0.1 0.1
Converted (305) (0.3) 305 0.3
Common Stock:
Acquired 24 (0.3)
Issued 16,875 16.9 178.0
Balance December 31, 1998 11,623 11.6 2,175 2.2 132,228 132.2 2,081 (60.3) 1,991.6 (587.8)
Net loss for year (183.2)
Dividends on Preferred
Stock (40.4)
Preference Stock:
Stock dividend 108 0.1 (0.1)
Issued 3 0.1
Converted (276) (0.3) 276 0.3
Common Stock:
Acquired 38 (0.3)
Issued 1,085 1.1 10.3
Balance December 31, 1999 11,623 $11.6 2,010 $ 2.0 133,589 $133.6 2,119 $(60.6) $ 1,961.5 $(771.0)
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In all years presented, total non-owner changes in equity was the same as net
income or loss.
Preferred and Preference Stock issued and outstanding:
December 31
(Shares in thousands) 1999 1998
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Preferred Stock -Authorized 20,000 shares
$5.00 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock 2,500 2,500
$2.50 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock 4,000 4,000
$3.50 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock 5,123 5,123
Preference Stock - Authorized 20,000 shares
Series "A" 5% Cumulative Convertible Preference Stock 1,383 1,514
Series "B" 5% Cumulative Convertible Preference Stock 627 661
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Each share of $3.50 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock issued in 1993 is
convertible into 2.39 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain events. Each
share of the $5.00 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and the $2.50
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock issued in 1983 is convertible into 1.77
and .84 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain events.
In accordance with our labor agreements, we issue Preference Stock to a
trustee under the Employee Investment Program. Series "A" and Series "B" of
Preference Stock have a cumulative dividend of 5% per annum payable at our
option in cash, Common Stock or additional shares of Preference Stock. Each
share of Preference Stock is entitled to vote with Common Stock on all matters
and is convertible into one share of Common Stock.
Under the covenants of our 10-3/8% Notes, we can pay future dividends on our
Common Stock, among certain other restrictions, only if such cumulative
dividends do not exceed the aggregate net cash proceeds from the sale of capital
stock plus 50% of our consolidated net income and minus 100% of our consolidated
net loss since the second quarter of 1993, excluding certain restructuring
charges and other adjustments. The amount available at December 31, 1999 under
this covenant was about $280 million.
K. Earnings Per Share
The following presents the details of our earnings per share calculations:
(Shares in thousands and dollars in millions, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997
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Basic Earnings Per Share
Net income (loss) $ (183.2) $ 120.1 $ 280.7
Less dividend requirements:
$2.50 preferred dividend-cash (10.0) (10.0) (10.0)
$5.00 preferred dividend-cash (12.5) (12.5) (12.5)
$3.50 preferred dividend-cash (17.9) (17.9) (17.9)
5% preference dividend-stock (0.8) (1.3) (1.2)
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Total preferred and preference dividends (41.2) (41.7) (41.6)
Net income (loss) applicable to Common Stock $ (224.4) $ 78.4 $ 239.1
Average Shares of Common Stock outstanding 130,199 122,585 112,439
Basic Earnings Per Share $ (1.72) $ 0.64 $ 2.13
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(Shares in thousands and dollars in millions, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997
Diluted Earnings Per Share
Net income (loss) $ (183.2) $ 120.1 $ 280.7
Less dividend requirements:
$2.50 preferred dividend-cash (10.0) (10.0) (10.0)
$5.00 preferred dividend-cash (12.5) (12.5) (12.5)
$3.50 preferred dividend-cash (17.9) (17.9) --
5% preference dividend-stock (0.8) -- --
Net income (loss) applicable to Common Stock $ (224.4) $ 79.7 $ 258.2
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Average shares of Common Stock equivalents
and other potentially dilutive securities outstanding:
Common Stock 130,199 122,585 112,439
Stock Options * 429 --
$2.50 Preferred Stock * * *
$5.00 Preferred Stock * * *
$3.50 Preferred Stock * * 12,255
5% Preference Stock * 2,175 2,346
Total 130,199 125,189 127,040
Diluted Earnings Per Share $ (1.72) $ 0.64 $ 2.03
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* Antidilutive
L. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
(Dollars in millions, except per share data) 1999 1998
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
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Net sales $959.5 $984.8 $958.3 $1,012.2 $1,132.5 $1,189.7 $1,143.1 $1,012.5
Cost of sales 888.4 915.5 962.0 942.9 957.0 1,008.8 988.4 929.0
Net income (loss) (25.6) (29.7) (89.8) (38.1) 68.6 37.6 37.1 (23.2)
Net income (loss) per Common Share
- basic $(0.28) $(0.31) $(0.77) $ (0.37) $ 0.51 $ 0.23 $ 0.21 $ (0.26)
- diluted $(0.28) $(0.31) $(0.77) $ (0.37) $ 0.49 $ 0.23 $ 0.21 $ (0.26)
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Report of Independent Auditors
To the Board of Directors
and Stockholders of
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related
consolidated statements of income and of cash flows present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and its
subsidiaries at December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States, which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed
above.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
January 26, 2000
Five-Year Financial and Operating Summaries
(Dollars in millions, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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Earnings Statistics
Net sales $ 3,914.8 $ 4,477.8 $ 4,631.2 $ 4,679.0 $ 4,867.5
Costs and Expenses:
Employment costs 1,291.0 1,367.0 1,439.0 1,555.0 1,683.5
Materials and services 2,499.0 2,593.2 2,683.8 2,680.6 2,592.7
Depreciation and amortization 257.5 246.5 231.0 268.7 284.0
Taxes (other than employment and income taxes) 45.9 46.6 38.4 38.1 38.4
Estimated loss (gain) on exiting businesses -- 35.0 (135.0) 465.0 --
Total Costs and Expenses 4,093.4 4,288.3 4,257.2 5,007.4 4,598.6
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Income (loss) from operations (178.6) 189.5 374.0 (328.4) 268.9
Financing income (expense):
Interest and other financing costs (51.9) (55.4) (47.5) (53.3) (60.0)
Interest income 8.3 10.0 9.2 5.9 7.7
Benefit (provision) for income taxes 39.0 (24.0) (55.0) 67.0 (37.0)
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Net income (loss) (183.2) 120.1 280.7 (308.8) 179.6
Dividends on Preferred and Preference Stock 41.2 41.7 41.6 41.9 42.4
Net income (loss) applicable to Common Stock $ (224.4) $ 78.4 $ 239.1 $ (350.7) $ 137.2
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Net income (loss) per Common share
- basic $ (1.72) $ 0.64 $ 2.13 $ (3.15) $ 1.24
- diluted $ (1.72) $ 0.64 $ 2.03 $ (3.15) $ 1.23
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Balance Sheet Statistics
Cash and cash equivalents $ 99.4 $ 137.8 $ 252.4 $ 136.6 $ 180.0
Receivables, inventories and other current assets 1,110.0 1,357.0 1,211.6 1,351.8 1,345.8
Current liabilities (1,033.4) (985.2) (910.8) (957.4) (1,049.6)
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Working capital $ 176.0 $ 509.6 $ 553.2 $ 531.0 $ 476.2
Current ratio 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5
Property, plant and equipment - net $ 2,899.7 $ 2,655.7 $ 2,357.7 $ 2,419.8 $ 2,714.2
Total assets 5,536.2 5,621.5 4,802.6 5,109.9 5,700.3
Total debt and capital lease obligations 864.1 672.1 493.4 546.7 638.3
Stockholder's equity 1,277.1 1,489.5 1,215.0 966.0 1,238.3
Total debt as a percent of invested capital 40% 31% 29% 36% 34%
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Other Statistics
Capital expenditures $ 557.0 $ 328.0 $ 228.2 $ 259.0 $ 266.8
Raw steel production capability
at year end (net tons in thousands) 11,300 11,300 10,500 10,500 11,500
Raw steel production (net tons in thousands) 9,406 10,191 9,599 9,447 10,449
Steel products shipped (net tons in thousands) 8,416 8,683 8,802 8,782 8,986
Pensioners receiving benefits at year end 74,600 74,300 70,400 70,100 71,000
Average number of employees
receiving pay (excluding stainless employees) 15,500 15,900 16,400 17,800 19,500
Common Stock outstanding at
year end (shares in thousands) 131,027 129,490 112,991 111,834 110,708
Common stockholders at year end 33,000 35,000 35,000 37,000 39,000
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