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General: Liquidity (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2013
Policies  
Liquidity

Liquidity

 

Recurring losses continue to produce negative cash flows from operating activities. As of March 29, 2013 the total stockholders’ deficit was $25,802 as compared to $24,644 as of December 31, 2012.  The Company believes existing sources of liquidity and expected results of operations will be adequate to fund its obligations, including cash payments due to the Pension Plan trust, in amounts sufficient to satisfy regulatory funding standards through 2013 and the first six months of 2014. The Company also believes, based on Pension Plan funding estimates, that it will not be able to meet the total Plan funding amounts expected to become due to satisfy regulatory funding standards as scheduled in 2014 and beyond. In order to preserve the liquid resources required to maintain adequate working capital levels for the business through 2014, the Company has not made the cash contributions to the Pension Plan trust in sufficient amounts to satisfy regulatory funding standards. In January 2013, the Company initiated an application process for the distress termination of the Pension Plan in accordance with provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). If the distress termination is approved, the ERISA Title IV insurance fund, which is administered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) would take possession of the assets in the Pension Plan trust and pay future Pension Plan benefits (see Note 4). Through this process, the Company will seek to negotiate, with the PBGC, a settlement of its Pension Plan liabilities on terms that are feasible for the Company to continue in business as a going concern through 2014 and beyond, which is consistent with the purposes of the provisions of ERISA. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in these efforts.  The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.