-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WUj6BqrgkqTD7S2DHxLghvvzaD8KuhsWYF84xCjkri31MtXXhj0UcCTs3G4aWGov DMV/1dwlS9tIiu8bWcDbAg== 0000950152-07-005158.txt : 20070618 0000950152-07-005158.hdr.sgml : 20070618 20070618140517 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950152-07-005158 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070612 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070618 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THOR INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000730263 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR HOMES [3716] IRS NUMBER: 930768752 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09235 FILM NUMBER: 07925273 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 419 W PIKE ST CITY: JACKSON CENTER STATE: OH ZIP: 45334 BUSINESS PHONE: 9375966849 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 419 W PIKE STREET CITY: JACKSON CENTER STATE: OH ZIP: 45334 8-K 1 l26675ae8vk.htm THOR INDUSTRIES, INC. 8-K Thor Industries, Inc. 8-K
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 12, 2007
Thor Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  001-09235
(Commission File Number)
  93-0768752
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
419 West Pike Street,
Jackson Center, Ohio

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
45334-0629
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (937) 596-6849
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On June 12, 2007, the Board of Directors of Thor Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a revised compensation package for non-employee directors. Each non-employee director will receive an annual cash retainer of $170,000, payable quarterly, plus expenses. The lead director and the chair of the Audit Committee will each receive an additional annual cash retainer of $20,000, payable quarterly. Currently, the Company does not anticipate awarding additional equity compensation to non-employee directors.
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     On June 12, 2007, the Company filed Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) disclosing, among other things, the estimated income before income taxes and net income of the Company for the three months ended January 31, 2007 and April 30, 2007. A copy of the Company’s Form 12b-25 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
     In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information set forth in Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing thereunder or under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     
Item 5.02
  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On June 12, 2007, the Company filed Form 12b-25 with the SEC disclosing that the Company was not able to timely file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2007.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
   
99.1
  Copy of Form 12b-25, filed by the Company with the SEC
on June 12, 2007.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
     This report includes “forward-looking statements” that involve uncertainties and risks. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from the Company’s expectations. The estimates noted in Item 2.02 above have not yet been subject to a SAS 100 review by the Company’s independent, registered public accounting firm and may be subject to change until the Company finalizes its quarterly financial statements. Other factors which could cause materially different results include, among others, the Company’s ability to become current in its filings with the SEC, additional issues that may arise in connection with the findings of the Audit Committee’s investigation relating to the Company’s Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc. operating subsidiary and the SEC’s requests for additional information, fuel prices, fuel availability, interest rate increases, increased material costs, the success of new product introductions, the pace of acquisitions, cost structure improvements, competition and general economic conditions and the other risks and uncertainties discussed more fully in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended July 31, 2006, and in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended October 31, 2006. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or correct any forward-looking statements made herein due to the occurrence of events after the issuance of this report, except as required under the federal securities laws.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Thor Industries, Inc.
 
 
Date: June 18, 2007  By:   /s/ Walter Bennett    
    Name:   Walter Bennett   
    Title:   Executive Vice President   
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit
   
Number   Description
 
   
99.1
  Copy of Form 12b-25, filed by the Company with the SEC on
June 12, 2007.

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 12b-25
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
           
(Check one):   o  Form 10-K o  Form 20-F o  Form 11-K x  Form 10-Q o  Form 10-D o  Form N-SAR o  Form N-CSR
 
         
 
  For Period Ended:   April 30, 2007
 
     
 
         
    o   Transition Report on Form 10-K  
 
         
    o   Transition Report on Form 20-F  
 
         
    o   Transition Report on Form 11-K  
 
         
    o   Transition Report on Form 10-Q  
 
         
    o   Transition Report on Form N-SAR  
 
         
 
  For the Transition Period Ended:    
 
       

Read Instruction (on back page) Before Preparing Form. Please Print or Type.
Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained herein.
If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the Item(s) to which the notification relates:
PART I — REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Thor Industries, Inc.
 
Full Name of Registrant
N/A
 
Former Name if Applicable

419 West Pike Street
 
Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number)
Jackson Center, Ohio 45334-0629
 
City, State and Zip Code
PART II — RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)
If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate)
           
x
    (a)   The reason described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense
       
    (b)   The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on Form 10-K, Form 20-F, Form 11-K, Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q or subject distribution report on Form 10-D, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the prescribed due date*; and
       
      (c)   The accountant’s statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.

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*   The timing of the filing of the Form 10-Q is addressed more fully in Part III of this Form 12b-25.
PART III — NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, N-SAR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)
On January 29, 2007, Thor Industries, Inc. (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) initiated an independent investigation regarding certain accounting issues at the Registrant’s Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc. operating subsidiary (“Dutchmen”), primarily involving inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cost of products sold. The Registrant promptly and voluntarily informed the SEC of the Audit Committee’s investigation, and has been responding to SEC staff requests for additional information in connection with the staff’s investigation. The Audit Committee, assisted by independent outside legal counsel and accounting experts, thoroughly investigated the accounting issues raised at Dutchmen. The Audit Committee and its advisors also reviewed the internal controls at Dutchmen and other subsidiaries.
On April 9, 2007, the Registrant announced that on April 4, 2007 the Board of Directors, acting upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee and management, concluded that the Registrant’s previously issued, consolidated financial statements relating to the fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the three months ended October 31, 2006 contained in the Registrant’s filings with the SEC, including related reports of the Registrant’s independent, registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and press releases, should no longer be relied upon.
Upon completing their investigation, the Audit Committee’s independent advisors presented the findings and recommendations of the investigation to the Registrant’s Board of Directors on April 17, 2007 and April 30, 2007 and to the SEC staff on May 4, 2007. The Audit Committee’s investigation confirmed the Registrant’s determination that income before income taxes recorded by Dutchmen was overstated in the amount of approximately $26,000,000 in the aggregate from fiscal year 2004 to the second quarter of fiscal year 2007, as a result of misconduct by Dutchmen’s former Vice President of Finance, the senior financial officer of Dutchmen, by which he intentionally understated the cost of products sold. Dutchmen’s Vice President of Finance manipulated accounts reflecting inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cost of products sold, by entering and approving his own inaccurate journal entries as well as reconciling the related accounts, and prepared fraudulent supporting documentation, with the net effect of overstating Dutchmen’s income before income taxes by approximately $26,000,000 during the relevant period. The Audit Committee’s investigation found no evidence to conclude that anyone else, at Dutchmen or elsewhere in the Company, knew of or participated in this misconduct or that there was theft or misappropriation of company assets. The Audit Committee’s investigation also identified issues with respect to internal controls at Dutchmen, certain of the Registrant’s other operating subsidiaries, and the Registrant’s corporate finance and accounting office.
The Registrant has restated its previously issued financial statements as of July 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 31, 2006, and the financial results in each of the quarterly periods in 2006 and 2005, and the financials statements as of and for the three months ended October 31, 2006. The restatement followed the Registrant’s evaluation, considering the results from the Audit Committee’s investigation, of accounting practices employed at Dutchmen during these periods.
The restated financial statements as of July 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 31, 2006, and the financial results in each of the quarterly periods in 2006 and 2005, are reported in the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed on June 11, 2007. The restated financial statements as of and for the three months ended October 31, 2006 will be reported in the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A which will be filed on or about June 12, 2007. The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended January 31, 2007 will be filed as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
Because of the time demands on the Registrant’s corporate finance department with respect to the restated financial statements and the preparation of reports for prior periods, the Registrant was not able to timely file its quarterly

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report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2007 by the prescribed due date of June 11, 2007. The Registrant intends to file the Form 10-Q as soon as reasonably practicable.
PART IV — OTHER INFORMATION
(1)   Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification
         
Walter Bennett    (937)    596-6849 
(Name)
  (Area Code)   (Telephone Number)
(2)   Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed ? If answer is no, identify report(s).
    Yes o     No x
 
   
The Registrant has not filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2007. 
(3)   Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?
    Yes x     No o
 
   
 
      If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made.
 
      It is estimated that the Registrant’s income before income taxes for the three months ended April 30, 2007 was approximately $53.96 million, as compared to approximately $76.24 million for the corresponding three months ended April 30, 2006, as restated. The Registrant’s net income for the three months ended April 30, 2007 is estimated to be approximately $35.57 million, as compared to approximately $48.67 million for the corresponding three months ended April 30, 2006, as restated.
 
      It is estimated that the Registrant’s income before income taxes for the three months ended January 31, 2007 was approximately $26.24 million, as compared to approximately $47.56 million for the corresponding three months ended January 31, 2006, as restated. The Registrant’s net income for the three months ended January 31, 2007 is estimated to be approximately $18.25 million, as compared to approximately $29.91 million for the corresponding three months ended January 31, 2006, as restated.
 
      The lower estimates for the second and third quarters of fiscal year 2007 result primarily from lower sales volume.
 
      The estimates noted above have not yet been subject to a SAS 100 review by the Registrant’s independent, registered public accounting firm and may be subject to change until the Registrant finalizes its quarterly financial statements.
 
      This report includes “forward looking statements” that involve uncertainties and risks. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from the Registrant’s expectations. The estimates noted above have not yet been subject to a SAS 100 review by the Registrant’s independent, registered public accounting firm and may be subject to change until the Registrant finalizes its quarterly financial statements. Other factors which could cause materially different results include, among others, the Registrant’s ability to become current in its filings with the SEC, additional issues that may arise in connection with the findings of the Audit Committee’s investigation and the SEC’s requests for additional information, fuel prices, fuel availability, interest rate increases, increased material costs, the success of new product introductions, the pace of acquisitions, cost structure improvements, competition and general economic conditions and the other risks and uncertainties discussed more fully in the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended July 31, 2006, and in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended October 31, 2006, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may be accessed at http://www.sec.gov. The Registrant disclaims any obligation to update or correct any forward-looking statements made herein due to the occurrence of events after the issuance of this report, except as required under the federal securities laws.

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Thor Industries, Inc.
 
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
             
Date:
  June 12, 2007   By:   /s/ Walter Bennett
 
           
        Name:   Walter Bennett
        Title:   Executive Vice President
ATTENTION
Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).

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