-----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, Ef11F+/xQL8AIHoviuOYnGBMOUKu+43Cy2OB39qLpJKhiv5FWiMzrNbteMerFRAk AGz5eRscLi9ov0Ij4iRx6A== 0001193125-08-137205.txt : 20080620 0001193125-08-137205.hdr.sgml : 20080620 20080620122445 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-137205 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080620 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080620 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FASTENAL CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000815556 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-BUILDING MATERIALS, HARDWARE, GARDEN SUPPLY [5200] IRS NUMBER: 410948415 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16125 FILM NUMBER: 08909552 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2001 THEURER BLVD CITY: WINONA STATE: MN ZIP: 55987 BUSINESS PHONE: 5074545374 11-K 1 d11k.htm FORM 11-K Form 11-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

x Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (No fee required)

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, or

 

¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (No fee required)

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 0-16125

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

(S.E.C. registration No. 333-52765 and No. 333-134211)

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and address of its principal executive office:

FASTENAL COMPANY

2001 Theurer Boulevard

Winona, Minnesota 55987

 

 

 


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REQUIRED INFORMATION

The Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan (Plan) is subject to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). In accordance with Item 4 and in lieu of the requirements of Items 1-3 of Form 11-K, the following Plan financial statements and schedule prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA are included herein:

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007

Notes to Financial Statements

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2007


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FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2007 and 2006

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007

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Notes to Financial Statements

   8

Supplemental Schedule

  

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2007

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Trustees of Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards 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. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 19, 2008

 

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FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

     2007    2006

Assets:

     

Investments, at fair value:

     

Investment funds

   $ 47,815,747    36,956,498

Fastenal Company common stock

     22,279,401    15,993,099

Cash

     126,009    37,784

Pending settlement fund

     17,467    5,600

Accrued income

     5,006    2,849
           

Total investments at fair value

     70,243,630    52,995,830

Employer contribution receivable

     4,466,672    3,051,466
           

Total assets at fair value

     74,710,302    56,047,296
           

Liabilities:

     

Excess deferrals payable

     382,644    265,012

Benefit claims payable

     —      37,784

Unclaimed plan forfeiture fund

     156    2,221
           

Net assets available for benefits at fair value

     74,327,502    55,742,279
           

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     25,985    32,887
           

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 74,353,487    55,775,166
           

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year ended December 31, 2007

 

     2007  

Additions:

  

Investment income:

  

Interest and dividends

   $ 4,220,067  

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

     2,358,293  
        

Total investment income, net

     6,578,360  

Contributions:

  

Participant

     11,233,211  

Rollover

     97,054  

Employer

     4,466,672  
        

Total contributions

     15,796,937  
        

Total additions to plan assets

     22,375,297  
        

Deductions:

  

Benefits paid to participants

     (3,796,976 )
        

Total deductions

     (3,796,976 )
        

Net increase

     18,578,321  

Net assets available for benefits:

  

Beginning of year

     55,775,166  
        

End of year

   $ 74,353,487  
        

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

(1) Description of the Plan

The following description of the Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

  (a) General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all full-time and part-time U.S. employees of Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries (the Company). Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan beginning on January 1 or July 1 after completing 12 months of service and attaining the age of 21. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

 

  (b) Contributions

Participants’ contributions are recorded in the period that the participants’ payroll deductions are made. Participants may contribute an amount not less than 1% or more than 100% of their eligible compensation. Employee contributions are 100% vested at all times. Effective January 2005, a discretionary employer matching contribution was implemented as a new feature to the Plan. During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company made a discretionary contribution of $4,466,672 and $3,051,466, respectively, to the Plan.

The Company does not limit participant contributions; however, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 allows a maximum participant annual pretax contribution of $15,500 and $15,000 for calendar years 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Highly compensated employees may be limited to lower contribution percentages in order for the Plan to satisfy the discrimination tests of the Internal Revenue Code. Changes in contributions are allowed based on the provisions of the Plan.

 

  (c) Participant Allocation of Income and Loss

The net income or loss of each fund at each valuation date is allocated to each participant’s account in the same ratio that such account bears to the total of all participants’ accounts invested in the fund as of the valuation date. The basis for allocation is the time-weighted balance in the participant’s account during the period.

 

  (d) Payment of Benefits

Distributions may be made upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

   

Any termination of employment,

 

   

Death of an actively employed participant prior to the normal retirement date (age 65),

 

   

Termination of the Plan,

 

 

 

Participant is still employed and has reached age 59  1/2,

 

   

Disability,

 

   

Participant is still employed and has suffered a financial hardship, or

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

   

Participant is still employed and has completed a rollover of funds into the Plan.

 

  (e) Investment Fund Transfers

Participants may direct a transfer of all or a portion of their current account balances among investment funds in 1% increments on a daily basis.

 

  (f) Plan Termination

The Company intends to continue the Plan indefinitely, but reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time.

 

  (g) Administrative Costs

The Company pays the cost of administering the Plan. Investment manager fees are paid from the investment funds.

 

  (h) Investment Options

Upon enrollment, each participant shall direct that contributions be invested in one or more of the following investment options in increments of 1%:

 

   

American Funds Capital World Growth & Income Fund (R-3) – Managed by Capital Research & Management. The fund invests on a global basis in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of common stocks and other equity securities.

 

   

American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund (R-3) – Managed by Capital Research & Management. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in stocks of issuers located in Europe and the Pacific Basin. The Fund invests primarily in common and preferred stocks, convertibles, American Depository Receipts, European Depository Receipts, bonds, and cash.

 

   

American Funds The Growth Fund of America (R-3) – Managed by Capital Research & Management. The Fund emphasizes companies that appear to offer opportunities for long-term growth, and may invest in cyclical companies, turnaround, and value situations. The Fund invests primarily in common stocks, convertibles, preferred stocks, U.S. government securities, bonds, and cash. The Fund may invest up to 15% of assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the U.S. and not included in the S&P 500.

 

   

Delaware Investment Diversified Income Fund (A) – Managed by Delaware Management Company. The Fund allocates its investments principally among three sectors of the fixed-income securities market: the U.S. Investment Grade Sector, the U.S. high-yield sector, and the International Sector. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities.

 

   

Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Value Fund (A) – Managed by Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management. The Fund primarily invests in common stocks of large capitalization U.S. companies. The Fund also invests in stocks with high cash dividends or payout yields relative to the market.

 

   

Hotchkis & Wiley Mid Cap Value Fund (A) – Managed by Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings for

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

 

investment purposes in common stocks of mid-capitalization U.S. companies. The Advisor currently considers mid-cap companies to be those with market capitalizations like those found in the Russell Midcap Index. The Fund can invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign securities.

 

   

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (A) – Managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The investment objective of the Fund is to provide high total investment return through a fully managed investment policy utilizing United States and foreign equity, debt, and money market securities, the combination of which will be varied from time to time both with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends.

 

   

Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust – The Trust is a collective trust maintained by Merrill Lynch Bank USA to which BlackRock Investment Management, LLC provides nondiscretionary investment advice. The Trust seeks to provide preservation of capital, liquidity, and current income at levels that are typically higher than those provided by money-market funds. The Trust invests primarily in a broadly diversified portfolio of Guaranteed Investment Contracts (GICs, including BICs, synthetic GICs, and separate accounts) and in high-quality money-market securities. Participants purchase units that the Trust seeks to maintain at $1 per unit, although this cannot be assured. (Although the Trust purchases Guaranteed Investment Contracts, neither the Trust nor its units are guaranteed.).

 

   

Munder Mid Cap Core Growth Fund (A) – Managed by Munder Capital Management. The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of mid-capitalization companies included in the S&P MidCap 400 Index.

 

   

Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund (A) – Managed by OppenheimerFunds. The Fund seeks capital appreciation. The Fund invests mainly in common stocks of U.S. issuers that have market capitalizations under $3 billion (small cap) and $3 billion - $13 billion (mid cap).

 

   

Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund (A) – Managed by Van Kampen Inv. Adv. Corp. The Fund invests at least 65% of its total assets in income-producing equity securities (including common stocks and convertible securities) and investment-grade debt securities.

 

   

Victory Diversified Stock Fund (A) – Managed by Victory Capital Advisers, Inc. The Fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities and securities convertible into common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges and issued by large, established companies. The Fund seeks to invest in both growth and value securities.

 

   

Aggressive Goal Manager Portfolio Model – The model directs 10% of its assets to bond funds and 90% to stock funds [10% in Delaware Diversified Income Fund (A); 25% in American EuroPacific Growth Fund (R3), 20% in American Growth Fund of America Fund (R3), 20% in Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Value Fund (A), 15% in Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund (A), and 10% in Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund (A)]. The model will be rebalanced on a quarterly basis through purchases and sales of the investment options included within the model.

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

   

Moderate Goal Manager Portfolio Model – The model directs 10% of its assets to cash or cash equivalent (e.g., stable value), 30% to bond funds and 60% to stock funds [10% in Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust, 30% in Delaware Diversified Income Fund (A), 15% in American EuroPacific Growth Fund (R3), 15% in American Growth Fund of America Fund (R3), 15% in Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Value Fund (A), 10% in Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund (A), and 5% in Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund (A)]. The model will be rebalanced on a quarterly basis through purchases and sales of the investment options included within the model.

 

   

Conservative Goal Manager Portfolio Model – The model directs 30% of its assets to cash or cash equivalent (e.g., stable value), 50% to bond funds and 20% to stock funds [30% in Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust, 50% in Delaware Diversified Income Fund (A), 5% in American EuroPacific Growth Fund (R3), 7% in American Growth Fund of America Fund (R3), and 8% in Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Value Fund (A)]. The model will be rebalanced on a quarterly basis through purchases and sales of the investment options included within the model.

 

   

Fastenal Company Common Stock – This investment option invests in shares of Fastenal Company common stock.

The preceding plan description is intended for summary purposes only. The Plan document should be consulted for specific details.

 

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

  (a) Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

 

  (b) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of changes in net assets available for benefits during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

  (c) Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments of the Plan are stated at fair value. Fair value is the last reported sales price on the last business day of the month for securities traded on a national securities exchange. Fair value for shares of mutual and common collective trust funds is the net asset value of those shares or units, as determined by the respective fund.

Purchases and sales of investments are reflected on a trade-date basis. Net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments includes gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held, during the year. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Accrued investment income is reflected in the investment balance.

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

  (d) Fully Benefit-Responsive Investments Contracts

In December 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans. This FSP requires that fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by defined-contribution plans to be reported at fair value. However, the FSP states that contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required by the FSP, the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefit is prepared on a contract value basis.

 

(3) Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable opinion letter, dated June 4, 2002, on the prototype document stating that the prototype plan format (which the Plan is utilizing) qualifies under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). This prototype plan is a nonstandardized plan and, therefore, the plan administrator has indicated it will not be applying for the Plan’s own determination letter. However, the plan administrator believes the Plan is a qualified plan and does not believe any events have occurred that might adversely affect the Plan’s qualified status.

 

(4) Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements as of December 31, 2007 to the Form 5500:

 

     2007  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 74,353,487  

Excess deferrals payable

     382,644  

Employer contribution receivable

     (4,466,672 )

Unclaimed plan forfeiture funds

     156  

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (25,985 )
        

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

   $ 70,243,630  
        

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FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

The following is a reconciliation of total additions and deductions per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007 to the Form 5500:

 

     2007  

Total additions per the financial statements

   $ 22,375,297  

Excess deferrals payable

     382,644  

Employer contribution receivable—beginning of year

     3,051,466  

Employer contribution receivable—end of year

     (4,466,672 )

Change in adjustment from contract value to fair value forfully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     6,902  
        

Total income per the Form 5500

   $ 21,349,637  
        

Total deductions per the financial statements

   $ (3,796,976 )

Decrease in benefit claims payable

     (37,784 )

Decrease in unclaimed plan forfeiture funds

     (2,065 )

2006 excess deferrals

     (265,012 )
        

Total expenses per the Form 5500

   $ (4,101,837 )
        

 

(5) Investments and Investment Income

Merrill Lynch Trust Company manages the Plan’s investment assets and executes transactions therein pursuant to discretionary authority granted by the Plan concerning purchases and sales of investments in the various funds.

Transactions for participant contributions to the Plan and benefits paid to participants are under the direct control of the plan administrator.

 

(6) Investments Representing 5% or More of the Plan’s Assets

The following presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets:

 

     2007    2006

Victory Diversified Stock Fund

   $ 6,862,433    5,996,523

American Funds The Growth Fund of America

     7,425,907    6,015,249

Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund

     9,313,500    7,626,129

American Capital World Growth & Income Fund

     9,703,221    7,645,176

Fastenal Company Common Stock

     22,279,401    15,993,099

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FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

During 2007, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value by a net $2,358,293 as follows:

 

     2007  

Investment funds

   $ (162,821 )

Fastenal Company Common Stock

     2,521,114  
        
   $ 2,358,293  
        

 

(7) Party-in-interest Transactions

The Plan engages in transactions involving the acquisition and disposition of investments with fiduciaries of the Plan including, but not limited to, the trustee and administrator of the Plan and the Company. The fiduciaries are considered parties-in-interest; however, the transactions are not considered prohibited transactions under ERISA.

 

(8) Risk and Uncertainties

The Plan offers a number of investment options to participants that are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility risk. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and participant accounts.

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, approximately 30% and 29%, respectively, of the Plan’s net assets were invested in the common stock of Fastenal Company. The underlying value of the Fastenal Company stock is entirely dependent upon the performance of Fastenal Company and the market’s evaluation of such performance. It is at least reasonably possible that changes in the fair value of Fastenal Company Common Stock in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

 

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Schedule

FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN

Schedule H, Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2007

 

Description

   Face
amount or
number of
shares
   Current
value

*  Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust

   2,887,370    $ 2,861,385

    Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Value Fund

   81,490      1,654,252

    Hotchkis & Wiley Mid Cap Value Fund

   60,393      1,230,212

    American Capital World Growth & Income Fund

   218,492      9,703,221

    American Funds The Growth Fund of America

   221,537      7,425,907

    American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund

   58,107      2,908,834

    Delaware Investment Diversified Income Fund

   297,887      2,621,409

*  BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

   96,549      1,909,747

    Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund

   253,567      9,313,500

    Victory Diversified Stock Fund

   386,181      6,862,433

    Munder Mid Cap Core Growth Fund

   23,931      715,283

    Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund

   68,955      609,564

*  Fastenal Company Common Stock

   551,197      22,279,401
         
        70,095,148

    Pending Settlement Fund

        17,467

    Cash

        126,009

    Accrued Income

        5,006
         
      $ 70,243,630
         

 

     

*  Denotes a party-in-interest.

     

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

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SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 20, 2008

 

FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(k) PLAN
By   Fastenal Company, Plan Administrator
By  

/s/ Daniel L. Florness

  Daniel L. Florness, Executive Vice-President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer


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23   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
99.1   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
EX-23 2 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors of Fastenal Company

Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333-52765 and no. 333-134211) on Form S-8 of Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries of our report dated June 19, 2008 with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007, and the supplemental Schedule H, line 4i – schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007, which report appears in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 11-K of the Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 19, 2008

EX-99.1 3 dex991.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

Exhibit 99.1

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of the Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) on Form 11-K for the period ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or about the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Willard D. Oberton, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel L. Florness, Executive Vice-President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of Fastenal Company (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Plan.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.

Date: June 20, 2008

 

/s/ Willard D. Oberton

   

/s/ Daniel L. Florness

Willard D. Oberton     Daniel L. Florness
President and Chief Executive Officer     Executive Vice-President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer
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