0000950134-01-507764.txt : 20011101 0000950134-01-507764.hdr.sgml : 20011101 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-01-507764 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20001231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20011031 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VARI L CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000917173 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC [3669] IRS NUMBER: 060678347 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-23866 FILM NUMBER: 1771031 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4895 PEORIA STREET CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80239 BUSINESS PHONE: 3033711560 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11101 EAST 51ST AVENUE CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80239 11-K 1 d91683e11-k.txt FORM 11-K FOR FISCAL YEAR END DECEMBER 31, 2000 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 11-K [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ______________ to _______________. Commission File No. 0-23866 A. Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: VARI-L COMPANY, INC. 4895 Peoria Street Denver, Colorado 80239 (303) 371-1560 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trustee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Vari-L Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan Date: October 30, 2001 By: /s/ JOSEPH H. KISER ----------------------------------------- Joseph H. Kiser, Trustee 2 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules December 31, 2000 and 1999 (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon) 3 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Table of Contents
PAGE Independent Auditors' Report 5 Statements of Net Assets Available for Participant Benefits - December 31, 2000 and 1999 6 Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Participant Benefits - Years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 7 Notes to Financial Statements 8 SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) - December 31, 2000 13 Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) - December 31, 1999 14
4 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT The Plan Administrator Vari-L Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan: We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Vari-L Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended. 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 auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. 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 plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are 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. The supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. KPMG LLP Denver, Colorado October 10, 2001 5 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Statements of Net Assets Available for Participant Benefits December 31, 2000 and 1999
ASSETS 2000 1999 ----------- ----------- Cash $ 72 39 Investments at fair value: Money market funds 700 800 Vari-L Company, Inc. common stock 175,761 4,013,210 ----------- ----------- Total investments 176,461 4,014,010 Employer contribution receivable 113 20,290 ----------- ----------- Net assets available for participant benefits, including distributions payable to participants of $0 and $20,294 as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively $ 176,646 4,034,339 =========== ===========
See accompanying notes to financial statements. 6 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Participant Benefits Years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999
ADDITIONS 2000 1999 ------------ ------------ Employer contributions $ 9,470 84,541 Investment income (loss): Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments (3,837,449) 3,121,459 Interest and dividends 50 59 ------------ ------------ Total additions (deletions) (3,827,929) 3,206,059 ------------ ------------ DEDUCTIONS Distributions paid to participants 29,764 64,274 ------------ ------------ Net increase (decrease) (3,857,693) 3,141,785 Net assets available for participant benefits: Beginning of year 4,034,339 892,554 ------------ ------------ End of year $ 176,646 4,034,339 ============ ============
See accompanying notes to financial statements. 7 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2000 and 1999 (1) DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN The following description of the Vari-L Company, Inc. Profit Sharing 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 was established by Vari-L Company, Inc. (the Company) effective January 1, 1990, for the benefit of its employees and beneficiaries. The Plan was subsequently amended and restated effective April 19, 1994 and has since been amended. The Plan is a defined contribution plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). All employees who have completed at least 1,000 hours of service during the first twelve months of their employment, or during any Plan year and have reached 21 years of age, are eligible to participate. Once employees are admitted to the Plan, they remain in the Plan until termination of employment regardless of the number of hours worked in succeeding years. Employees become eligible to participate in the Plan on January 1 or July 1 after meeting the eligibility requirements. (b) CONTRIBUTIONS The Company makes discretionary contributions, as determined by its Board of Directors. Employer contributions for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 were $9,470 and $84,541, respectively. Employees may make voluntary after-tax contributions to the Plan of up to 10% of their compensation. There were no employee contributions to the Plan for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999. (c) PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS Company contributions and amounts forfeited by terminated participants are allocated among active participants who are employees on the last day of the Plan year in the same proportion as the compensation of each respective participant during the year to the total compensation of all participants during the year. Compensation is limited as required by the Internal Revenue Code. Net investment income (or loss) for the year is allocated to the participants' accounts based upon the beginning of the year balance, less any distributions, in each individual participant's account. 8 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2000 and 1999 (d) VESTING Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contributions, adjusted by actual earnings and losses thereon, and vest in Company contributions, adjusted by actual earnings and losses thereon, in accordance with the following table:
YEARS OF SERVICE VESTING % --------------------------- ------------------------- 1 0% 2 0% 3 20% 4 40% 5 60% 6 80% 7 100%
Participants become 100% vested in Company contributions on the earlier of death, permanent disability or normal retirement age. (e) FORFEITURES Amounts forfeited by terminated participants are allocated to the remaining participant accounts at the end of every plan year. Forfeitures during the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 were $14,036 and $15,087, respectively. (f) PAYMENT OF BENEFITS Upon termination of service due to death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive a lump-sum distribution, equal to the value of the participant's vested interest in their account, or periodic installments, as selected by the participant within defined limits, not to exceed the lesser of ten years, or the life expectancy of the participant. Distributions may be made in cash or stock. (g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Certain administrative functions are performed by officers and employees of the Company, without compensation from the Plan. Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company. (h) PLAN TERMINATION The Company has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100% vested in their accounts. 9 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2000 and 1999 (2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (a) BASIS OF ACCOUNTING The financial statements of the Plan are presented on the accrual basis of accounting. (b) INVESTMENT VALUATION AND INCOME RECOGNITION Investments are recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices. Money market funds are recorded at cost which approximates market value. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded as earned. Purchases and sales of securities are reflected on a trade date basis. Gain or loss on sale of securities is based upon average cost. The Plan presents, in the statements of changes in net assets available for participant benefits, the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments which consists of the realized gains or losses and the unrealized gains or losses on those investments. (c) USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan administrator to make certain estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the statement of net assets available for benefits and the reported amounts of additions and deductions in net assets during the reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. (d) PAYMENT OF BENEFITS Benefits are recorded when paid. (3) INVESTMENTS Investments representing 5% or more of net assets available for plan benefits as of December 31, are as follows:
FAIR VALUE --------------------------------------- 2000 1999 ------------------ ----------------- Vari-L Company, Inc. common stock $ 175,761 4,013,210
10 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2000 and 1999 (4) CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPANT BENEFITS BY INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999
VARI-L NON- COMPANY, INC. MONEY PARTICIPANT- COMMON MARKET DIRECTED STOCK FUNDS CASH TOTAL ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Net assets available for participant benefits at December 31, 1998 $ 891,751 800 3 892,554 Additions to net assets attributed to: Employer contribution 84,541 -- -- 84,541 Investment income (loss): Net realized and unrealized appreciation in fair value of investments 3,121,459 -- -- 3,121,459 Interest and dividends -- -- 59 59 Distributions paid to participants (64,251) -- (23) (64,274) ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Net increase in net assets available for participant benefits 3,141,749 -- 36 3,141,785 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Net assets available for participant benefits at December 31, 1999 4,033,500 800 39 4,034,339 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Additions to net assets attributed to: Employer contribution 9,470 -- -- 9,470 Investment income (loss): Net realized and unrealized depreciation in fair value of investments (3,837,449) -- -- (3,837,449) Interest and dividends -- -- 50 50 Distributions paid to participants (29,647) (100) (17) (29,764) ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets available for benefits (3,857,626) (100) 33 (3,857,693) ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Net assets available for participant benefits at December 31, 2000 $ 175,874 700 72 176,646 ============ ============ ============ ============
11 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2000 and 1999 (5) RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500 The following presents a reconciliation between the statements of net assets available for plan benefits included in the accompanying financial statements and the Form 5500 at December 31:
1999 ------------ Net assets available for participant benefits - financial statements $ 4,034,339 Benefits payable to participants (20,294) ------------ Net assets available for participant benefits - Form 5500 $ 4,014,045 ============
The following presents a reconciliation between the distributions paid to participants in the statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits included in the accompanying financial statements and the Form 5500 for the years ended December 31:
2000 1999 ------------ ------------ Distributions paid to participants - financial statements $ 29,764 64,274 Distributions payable to participants - end of year -- 20,294 Distributions payable to participants - beginning of year (20,294) -- ------------ ------------ Distributions paid to participants - Form 5500 $ 9,470 84,568 ============ ============
Distributions payable to participants are recorded as a liability on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to year end but not yet paid as of that date. (6) TAX STATUS The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on October 5, 1995, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The Plan has since been amended. The Plan administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and thus continues to be tax exempt. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements. 12 SCHEDULE 1 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2000
HISTORICAL NUMBER OF FAIR DESCRIPTION COST SHARES OR UNITS VALUE ------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ Cash $ 72 72 $ 72 Money market fund 700 700 700 Vari-L common stock 236,862 117,174 175,761 ------------ $ 176,533 ============
All investments are held by Wells Fargo Bank West, N.A. which is a party-in-interest. See accompanying independent auditors' report. 13 SCHEDULE 2 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 1999
HISTORICAL NUMBER OF FAIR DESCRIPTION COST SHARES OR UNITS VALUE ------------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ Cash $ 39 39 $ 39 Money market fund 800 800 800 Vari-L common stock 236,862 117,174 4,013,210 ------------ $ 4,014,049 ============
All investments are held by Wells Fargo Bank West, N.A. which is a party-in-interest. See accompanying independent auditors' report. 14 VARI-L COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN Index to Exhibits December 31, 2000 and 1999
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION ------- ----------- 1 Consent of KPMG LLP
15 EX-99.1 3 d91683ex99-1.txt CONSENT OF KPMG LLP EXHIBIT 1 Independent Auditors' Consent The Board of Directors Vari-L Company, Inc.: We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 33-88666) on Form S-8 of Vari-L Company, Inc. of our report dated October 10, 2001, relating to the statements of net assets available for participant benefits of the Vari-L Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for participant benefits for the years then ended and related schedules for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 11-K of the Vari-L Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan. KPMG LLP Denver, Colorado October 30, 2001