0000842295-11-000026.txt : 20110429 0000842295-11-000026.hdr.sgml : 20110429 20110429102947 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000842295-11-000026 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110428 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110429 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110429 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000842295 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810] IRS NUMBER: 742081929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17321 FILM NUMBER: 11791556 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 722 BURLESON CITY: CORPUS CHRISTI STATE: TX ZIP: 78402 BUSINESS PHONE: 361-883-5591 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 722 BURLESON CITY: CORPUS CHRISTI STATE: TX ZIP: 78402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HITOX CORPORATION OF AMERICA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 x8k1q2011.htm FORM 8K - FIRST QUARTER 2011 EARNINGS RELEASE Form 8K - 1st Qtr 2011 Earnings Results

 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):  April 28, 2011

TOR Minerals International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-17321
(Commission File Number)

722 Burleson Street
Corpus Christi, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

74-2081929
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


78402
(Zip Code)

(361) 883-5591
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02           RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On April 28, 2011, TOR Minerals International, Inc. (the "Company") announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.  Highlights for the first quarter of 2011 included:

 

•         Revenue increased 40% year over year to $9.6 million versus 1Q10: $6.9 million

•         Diluted net income to common shareholders: $697,000 versus 1Q10: $569,000

•         EPS: $0.22 versus 1Q10 EPS: $0.26

 

For the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, the Company reported diluted net income available to common shareholders of $697,000 or $0.22 per diluted share, on net sales of $9,585,000.  This compares with diluted net income available to common shareholders of $569,000, or $0.26 per share, on net sales of $6,856,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. 

 

Revenue by Product Group (in ,000's)

 

1Q11

 

1Q10

 

% Change

TiO2 Pigments

 $

4,454 

 $

2,980 

49%

Specialty Aluminas

4,142 

2,901 

43%

Other

989 

975 

1%

Total

 

 $

9,585 

 

 $

6,856 

 

40%

 

Net sales increased 40 percent during the first quarter of 2011 due to strong increases in sales of the Company's primary product categories.  Sales of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments, which include HITOX® and TIOPREM® products, increased 49 percent to $4.5 million benefiting from both higher prices and volumes.  Sales of specialty alumina, which includes ALUPREM®, HALTEX® and OPTILOAD® product groups, grew 43 percent during the first quarter of 2011 due to increased demand for existing and new specialty alumina products in Europe and North America.  Commenting on sales trends, Dr. Olaf Karasch, Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our TiO2 pigment business is benefiting from increasing tightness in the global supply of titanium dioxide.  As a result, market interest in re-formulation is high and we have had success in both raising prices and gaining many new global customers. This includes new business for TIOPREM which represented 10% of our TiO2 pigment sales and is growing.  At the same time, our specialty alumina business is benefiting from new business and growing acceptance of our OPTILOAD products, which helps further diversifying our customer, geographic and product mix." 

 

During the first quarter of 2011, operating income increased to $866,000, or 9.0% of sales, compared to operating income of $744,000, or 10.9% of sales, reported in the same period a year ago.  First quarter benefits from increased pricing and sales volumes were more than offset by lower fixed cost absorption in the company's Malaysian plant, as well as increased raw material and energy costs.  Combined with a one-time increase in employee incentive costs, these factors resulted in a 1.9 percentage point decrease in operating margin.  "While our margin percentage declined, we posted solid results for the first quarter, which was the second highest quarterly profit recorded in more than a decade," said Dr. Karasch.  "Furthermore, pricing on our specialty TiO2 products lags that of commodity TiO2.  While our pricing has been favorable, it has yet to have a major impact on our profitability.  Going forward, we expect our pricing to catch up and provide a more meaningful contribution to year-over-year comparisons."

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The Company plans to invest approximately $2 million into its Netherlands plant this summer to meet current and anticipated future demand for its specialty alumina products. "Our Netherlands plant is near capacity and we expect business with our current customers to fill a significant portion of our expanded capacity.  With continued traction from existing products and expected new product developments, this is the right time to invest in our expansion," said Dr. Karasch.  "While improving, our Malaysian plant is still underutilized, which results in inconsistent quarterly profitability in our TiO2 business.  Demand for our TiO2 pigments continues to grow, and this year we expect to run the plant for eight to nine months versus approximately six months last year.  The increase in utilization combined with improved pricing, should be more than enough to offset increasing raw material and other input costs, and result in a bottom line that grows faster than the top line for the balance of the year," Dr. Karasch concluded. 

TOR Minerals hosted a conference call at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on April 28, 2011 to further discuss first quarter results.  The call was simultaneously Webcast, and can be accessed via the News section on the Company's website at www.torminerals.com.

Headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas, TOR Minerals International is a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty mineral and pigment products for high performance applications with manufacturing and regional offices located in the United States, Netherlands and Malaysia.

A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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ITEM 9.01           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a)

Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
Not applicable.

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information.
Not applicable.

(c)

Shell Company transaction
Not applicable

(d)

Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished in accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-B:

Exhibit
Number


Description

99.1

Press Release, dated April 28, 2011, announcing the Company's first quarter 2011 earnings results


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.

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
_____________________
(Registrant)

Date:  April 29, 2011

/s/ BARBARA RUSSELL

Barbara Russell
Chief Financial Officer



EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

Description

 

99.1

Press Release, dated April 28, 2011, announcing the Company's first quarter 2011 earnings results

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EX-99 2 exhibit99.htm EXHIBIT 99 - PRESS RELEASE Exhibit 99 - Press Release

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

TOR Minerals Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

 

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, April 28, 2011 - TOR Minerals International (Nasdaq: TORM), producer of synthetic titanium dioxide and color pigments, specialty aluminas, and other high performance mineral fillers, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.  Highlights for the first quarter of 2011 included:

 

•         Revenue increased 40% year over year to $9.6 million versus 1Q10: $6.9 million

•         Diluted net income to common shareholders: $697,000 versus 1Q10: $569,000

•         EPS: $0.22 versus 1Q10 EPS: $0.26

 

For the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, the Company reported diluted net income available to common shareholders of $697,000 or $0.22 per diluted share, on net sales of $9,585,000.  This compares with diluted net income available to common shareholders of $569,000, or $0.26 per share, on net sales of $6,856,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. 

 

Revenue by Product Group (in ,000's)

 

1Q11

 

1Q10

 

% Change

TiO2 Pigments

 $

4,454 

 $

2,980 

49%

Specialty Aluminas

4,142 

2,901 

43%

Other

989 

975 

1%

Total

 

 $

9,585 

 

 $

6,856 

 

40%

 

Net sales increased 40 percent during the first quarter of 2011 due to strong increases in sales of the Company's primary product categories.  Sales of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments, which include HITOX® and TIOPREM® products, increased 49 percent to $4.5 million benefiting from both higher prices and volumes.  Sales of specialty alumina, which includes ALUPREM®, HALTEX® and OPTILOAD® product groups, grew 43 percent during the first quarter of 2011 due to increased demand for existing and new specialty alumina products in Europe and North America.  Commenting on sales trends, Dr. Olaf Karasch, Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our TiO2 pigment business is benefiting from increasing tightness in the global supply of titanium dioxide.  As a result, market interest in re-formulation is high and we have had success in both raising prices and gaining many new global customers. This includes new business for TIOPREM which represented 10% of our TiO2 pigment sales and is growing.  At the same time, our specialty alumina business is benefiting from new business and growing acceptance of our OPTILOAD products, which helps further diversifying our customer, geographic and product mix." 

 

During the first quarter of 2011, operating income increased to $866,000, or 9.0% of sales, compared to operating income of $744,000, or 10.9% of sales, reported in the same period a year ago.  First quarter benefits from increased pricing and sales volumes were more than offset by lower fixed cost absorption in the company's Malaysian plant, as well as increased raw material and energy costs.  Combined with a one-time increase in employee incentive costs, these factors resulted in a 1.9 percentage point decrease in operating margin.  "While our margin percentage declined, we posted solid results for the first quarter, which was the second highest quarterly profit recorded in more than a decade," said Dr. Karasch.  "Furthermore, pricing on our specialty TiO2 products lags that of commodity TiO2.  While our pricing has been favorable, it has yet to have a major impact on our profitability.  Going forward, we expect our pricing to catch up and provide a more meaningful contribution to year-over-year comparisons."


The Company plans to invest approximately $2 million into its Netherlands plant this summer to meet current and anticipated future demand for its specialty alumina products. "Our Netherlands plant is near capacity and we expect business with our current customers to fill a significant portion of our expanded capacity.  With continued traction from existing products and expected new product developments, this is the right time to invest in our expansion," said Dr. Karasch.  "While improving, our Malaysian plant is still underutilized, which results in inconsistent quarterly profitability in our TiO2 business.  Demand for our TiO2 pigments continues to grow, and this year we expect to run the plant for eight to nine months versus approximately six months last year.  The increase in utilization combined with improved pricing, should be more than enough to offset increasing raw material and other input costs, and result in a bottom line that grows faster than the top line for the balance of the year," Dr. Karasch concluded. 

TOR Minerals will host a conference call at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on April 28, 2011 to further discuss first quarter results. The call will be simultaneously Webcast, and can be accessed via the News section on the Company's website at www.torminerals.com.  Interested parties may also access the conference call via telephone by dialing 877-407-8033.

Headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas, TOR Minerals International is a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty mineral and pigment products for high performance applications with manufacturing and regional offices located in the United States, Netherlands and Malaysia.

 

This statement provides forward-looking information as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and, therefore, is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the actual results, business conditions, business developments, losses and contingencies and local and foreign factors will not differ materially from those suggested in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including market conditions, general economic conditions, including the present slow down in U.S. construction and the risks of a general business slow down or recession, the increasing cost of energy, raw materials and labor, competition, the receptivity of the markets for our anticipated new products, advances in technology, changes in foreign currency rates, freight price increase, commodity price increases, delays in delivery of required equipment and other factors.

Contact for Further Information
Dave Mossberg,
Three Part Advisors, LLC
817 310-0051


TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Three Months
Ended March 31,

 

 

2011

 

2010

NET SALES

 $

9,585 

 $

6,856 

Cost of sales

7,494 

5,206 

GROSS MARGIN

 

2,091 

 

1,650 

Technical services and research and development

66 

57 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

1,159 

849 

OPERATING INCOME

 

866 

 

744 

OTHER EXPENSE:

Interest expense

(96)

(121)

Loss on foreign currency exchange rate

(48)

(28)

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX

 

722 

 

595 

Income tax expense

47 

11 

NET INCOME

 $

675 

 $

584 

Less:  Preferred Stock Dividends

15 

15 

Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders

 $

660 

 $

569 

Plus:  6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense

22 

- 

Plus:  Preferred Stock Dividends

15 

- 

Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders

 $

697 

 $

569 

 

 

 

 

 

Income per common share:

Basic

 $

0.34 

 $

0.30 

Diluted

 $

0.22 

 $

0.26 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

1,941 

1,891 

Diluted

3,149 

2,193 


TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

March 31,
2011

 

December 31,
2010

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

2,396 

$

2,559 

Trade accounts receivable, net

4,873 

3,888 

Inventories

11,467 

11,021 

Other current assets

935 

728 

Total current assets

19,671 

18,196 

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net

19,489 

18,952 

OTHER ASSETS

24 

23 

Total Assets

$

39,184 

$

37,171 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Accounts payable

$

2,299 

$

2,544 

Accrued expenses

2,390 

1,436 

Notes payable under lines of credit

515 

783 

Export credit refinancing facility

33 

264 

Current deferred tax liability

60 

64 

Current maturities - capital leases

27 

46 

Current maturities of long-term debt - financial institutions

519 

533 

Total current liabilities

5,843 

5,670 

LONG-TERM DEBT, EXCLUDING CURRENT MATURITIES

Capital leases

14 

18 

Long-term debt - financial institutions

2,819 

2,847 

Long-term debt - convertible debentures, net

1,167 

1,176 

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITY

636 

582 

Total liabilities

10,479 

10,293 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

Series A 6% convertible preferred stock $.01 par value:
authorized, 5,000 shares; 160 and 200 shares issued and
outstanding at 3/31/2011 and 12/31/2010, respectively

2 

2 

Common stock $1.25 par value:  authorized, 6,000 shares;
2,029 and 1,934 shares issued and outstanding
at 3/31/2011 and 12/31/2010, respectively

2,507 

2,416 

Additional paid-in capital

25,834 

25,363 

Accumulated deficit

(4,919)

(5,579)

Accumulated other comprehensive income:

Cumulative translation adjustment

5,281 

4,676 

Total shareholders' equity

28,705 

26,878 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 $

39,184 

$

37,171 


TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)

Three Months Ended March 31,

2011

 

2010

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

Net Income

$

675 

$

584 

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

Depreciation

499 

469 

Share-based compensation

2 

- 

Warrant interest expense

17 

17 

Deferred income taxes

41 

10 

Changes in working capital:

Trade accounts receivables

(897)

(489)

Inventories

(290)

(225)

Other current assets

(186)

(200)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

603 

870 

Net cash provided by operating activities

464 

1,036 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

(513)

(102)

Net cash used in investing activities

(513)

(102)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

Net payments on lines of credit

(317)

(732)

Net payments on export credit refinancing facility

(235)

- 

Payments on capital lease

(25)

(39)

Payments on long-term bank debt

(122)

(158)

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock,
and exercise of common stock options

534 

2 

Preferred stock dividends paid

(15)

(15)

Net cash used in financing activities

(180)

(942)

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents

66 

73 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

(163)

65 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

2,559 

1,002 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

2,396 

$

1,067 

Supplemental cash flow disclosures:

 

Interest paid

$

96 

$

104 

Income taxes paid

$

- 

$

- 

Non-cash financing activities:

 

Conversion of debentures

$

25 

$

-