UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

-----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, PXHmGznrIJ1RXeH9/wmp3ZTlI18BGxf6ntEgW5RRpqVCDcv41F+koKbkvGgnEkaF BaXGS7JkzxTBUMSyDMuy0A== 0000906318-02-000027.txt : 20020415 0000906318-02-000027.hdr.sgml : 20020415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000906318-02-000027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20011230 FILED AS OF DATE: 20020322 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STANDARD REGISTER CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000093456 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS [2761] IRS NUMBER: 310455440 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11699 FILM NUMBER: 02582449 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 ALBANY ST CITY: DAYTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45401 BUSINESS PHONE: 5134341000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 ALBANY STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 1167 CITY: DAYTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45401-1167 10-K 1 sr10k02.htm THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY FORM 10-K UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001

Commission file number 1-1097

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

OHIO	31-0455440
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

600 ALBANY STREET, DAYTON OHIO	45408
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(937) 221-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT

	Name of each exchange
Title of each class	on which registered

Common stock $1.00 par value	New York Stock Exchange

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT

None

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant' knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

The aggregate market value of all stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant at March 12, 2002 was approximately $307,417,607, based on a closing sales price of $26.75 per share on March 12, 2002.

At March 12, 2002, the number of shares outstanding of the issuer's classes of common stock are as follows:

Common stock, $1.00 par value	23,057,650 shares
Class A stock, $1.00 par value	4,725,000 shares

Parts I, II, and IV incorporates information by reference from the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001.

Part III incorporates information by reference from the Proxy Statement for Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 17, 2002.

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

FORM 10-K

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item Description

Page

Item 1. Business

Item 2. Properties

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related

Shareholder Matters

Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition

and Results of Operations

Item 7a. Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting

and Financial Disclosure

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

Safe Harbor Statement

This report includes forward-looking statements covered by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results for fiscal year 2002 and beyond could differ materially from the Company’s current expectations. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “anticipates,” “projects,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “targets,” and other similar expressions that indicate trends and future events. Factors that could cause the Company’s results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, without limitation, variation in demand and acceptance of the Company’s products and ser vices, the frequency, magnitude and timing of paper and other raw-material-price changes, general business and economic conditions beyond the Company’s control, timing of the completion and integration of acquisitions, the consequences of competitive factors in the marketplace, cost-containment strategies, and the Company’s success in attracting and retaining key personnel. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of new information since these statements may no longer be accurate or timely.

PART I

Item 1. - BUSINESS

General Overview

The Standard Register Company (the “Company”), a publicly traded company (SR:NYSE), began operations in 1912 in Dayton, Ohio. Throughout its history, the Company's core business has been the design, manufacture, and sale of business forms. Currently the Company is one of the largest providers of customized business forms in the United States. It is a leader in document management for the financial industry – with 20 of the largest 25 banks as customers. It also serves 18 of the nation’s largest Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) in the healthcare industry. Outside the United States, the Company provides technology and support to business form companies in approximately 30 countries. With today’s ever changing business environment, the Company continuously focuses not only on design, manufacturing, and the sale o f business forms, but also on a wider range of technological products and services that facilitate the recording, storage, and communication of business transactions and information.

In the first month of fiscal 1998, the Company acquired Uarco, Incorporated, a provider of document management services, increasing the size of the Company by 50%. The Company paid $245 million in cash and financed the purchase by borrowing $230 million under a bank revolving credit agreement. $60 million of goodwill was created.

On April 1, 1999, the Company sold its promotional direct mail printing operation, Communicolor, to R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company for $98 million, recording an after-tax gain of $16 million. This gain, net of operating losses incurred by this division prior to the sale, increased the Company’s net income in 1999 by $15 million or $0.54 per diluted share.

Renewal Plan

In July 2000, the Company began work on a restructuring and renewal plan (the “Renewal Plan”) designed to recover the market value of the Company and establish a solid platform for long-term earnings growth.

Late in that year, management concluded that as much as 20% of its customer accounts did not return sufficient margin to justify the levels of investment and overhead required to support them. The effect of this low margin business was to drive the Company’s overall return on capital to a level below its cost of capital.

A second conclusion was that the Company was becoming increasingly over invested in markets with below-average growth prospects. Further, this tendency was being reinforced by a functional organizational structure that did not nurture those elements of the business that had significant growth potential.

Finally, it was apparent that the Company had many strong attributes, including leadership positions in the hospital and financial services markets, a track record of providing innovative document and work flow solutions valued by its customers, strong cash flow from a diversified base of renewable business, and a very strong financial condition.

In the fourth quarter 2000, as a by-product of work done to develop the Renewal Plan, the Company recognized impairment of long-term assets totaling $74 million and current asset write-offs of $8 million. The asset impairment included $48 million of goodwill originated in the 1998 acquisition of Uarco, $18 million of idled production equipment, $6 million of software no longer utilized, and a $2 million write-down in an investment in which the Company owned an approximate 10% interest.

In order to reduce excess capacity and fixed operating costs, the Company closed four manufacturing facilities during 2000, its Dayton, Ohio equipment plant and printing plants in Toccoa, Georgia; Corning, Iowa; and Dayton, Ohio. The Company also offered an early retirement plan to select employees in its Dayton, Ohio headquarters. These actions produced pretax restructuring charges totaling $25 million.

In January 2001, the Company announced a Renewal Plan comprised of four components: restructuring, reorganization, performance improvement, and early stage investments for future growth. Management’s judgment was that all four of these elements were critical to renewing the Company’s value. Most of the emphasis in 2001 was directed to restructuring and reorganization. However, several key investments were also initiated in the year to lay the groundwork for operational improvement and growth in 2002 and beyond.

Restructuring

During the latter part of 2000, the Company had analyzed each of its product lines and every customer with over $5 million of revenue to determine the current level of profitability. In the restructuring component, management decided to eliminate that portion of its business that likely could not be improved to provide an acceptable return, representing an estimated $225 to $250 million of the Company’s $1.3 billion in annual revenue. The annual revenue base at the end of 2001 was approximately $1.1 billion.

The restructuring program also included consolidation of sales region offices, manufacturing plants and warehouse closures. In conjunction with these actions, the Company targeted a $125 million reduction in annualized costs, including manufacturing fixed costs, selling, general, and administrative expense, and depreciation. The objective was for the annualized value of the cost reductions to exceed the annualized loss of contribution margin on the eliminated business.

The Company slightly exceeded its goal of reducing annualized fixed costs by $125 million. During the restructuring, 25 plants and print centers were closed. Some production capacity was relocated to other locations, but overall capacity was reduced by about 30%, in line with the Renewal Plan. In addition, 29 warehouses were closed and their operations were consolidated into other locations. The savings resulted from the closings and consolidations and a corresponding decrease in employment of 2,330 persons, equivalent to 29% of the workforce.

In the first quarter of 2001, the Company recorded expenses for restructuring and asset impairment of $71 million and $42 million, respectively. Restructuring costs were primarily for severance and other personnel-related costs. The impairment charges resulted from facilities and equipment to be removed from operation. In addition to this first quarter provision, the Company also recorded net restructuring expenses totaling $13 million for the second, third, and fourth quarters for items which could not be accrued at the time the restructuring was announced, such as the relocation of equipment and personnel during those subsequent periods.

Reorganization

An important element of the Renewal Plan was the change from a single functional organizational structure to four strategic business units (“SBUs”) with distinct profiles and missions primarily organized along product lines: Document Management, Fulfillment Services, Label Solutions, and SMARTworks.com, Inc. In order to promote focus, accountability, and growth, each SBU was equipped with its own marketing, sales, manufacturing, and line support functions. The Company recruited experienced executives to head up each SBU.

The Company now operates in four business segments that are aligned with the SBUs. Information concerning the revenues, operating profit, identifiable assets, and capital expenditures of each business segment for years 1999 through 2001 appears under Note 14 “Segment Reporting” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001. Such information is incorporated by reference and is included as Exhibit 13.1 of this report.

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

Document Management provides custom printed documents, workflow consulting, integrated system solutions, and storage and distribution services that help customers optimize internal information processes, enhance output, and scale with technology. This SBU accounted for approximately 78%, 78%, and 80% of the Company’s consolidated revenues in 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. It primarily serves Fortune 2000 companies in the healthcare, financial, insurance, and manufacturing markets. The customer base includes most of the largest 25 banks in the United States and has the largest market share of hospitals in the United States. The types of products and services offered include:

Document audit and analysis

Workflow consulting

Paper and e-forms design and output

Secure documents

Digital print-on-demand

Commercial printing and binding

Document-handling systems

Distributed printers and software

Document warehousing and distribution services

Global sourcing of print solutions

This SBU provides a wide array of printed documents and selected services that facilitate the recording, storage, and communication of business information. Document Management sells a full suite of solutions that include documents, hardware, software, and services. Customers select Standard Register when they want to outsource the management of documents (ordering, inventorying or distributing) or to buy document-related products to print data on or process documents. Some portions of this SBU provide mature products, such as traditional business forms that exhibit slow growth or modest decline, while other portions provide integrated solutions with solid growth potential. In addition, this SBU is launching a professional services business unit that will assist customers in designing and implementing cost-effective document management practices.

Stanfastâ was established in 1983 based on the concept of providing short-run documents to the Company’s forms management accounts. The trend towards outsourcing is driving rapid growth in the print on demand market and Stanfast’s nationwide network of distributive print centers allows the Company to provide value and service to our customers. Document Management now has 22 Stanfast print centers across the nation specializing in just-in-time production of business documents using traditional offset printing and newer digital print and image technology.

Market Trends - The industry demand for several categories of traditional business forms, which represent about two-thirds of this SBU’s revenue, has been flat or in modest decline in recent years as a result of inroads made by competing technologies. Notwithstanding this trend, this SBU has a significant opportunity to increase its market share in accounts that value the Company’s emphasis on quality, innovation, service, and workflow efficiency. The remaining categories have good growth potential. Market trends include:

Outsourcing of document management is a growing trend – the market is growing 18% per year.

Customers are increasingly viewing documents that touch customers as strategic to their business.

Customers are migrating to single source suppliers

Paper-based documents are being automated to electronic documents

Industry consolidation is creating larger and more diverse printing companies

Competition – Principal competitors include Moore Corporation Limited, Wallace Computer Services, and Relizon, a privately held company spun off from Reynolds and Reynolds. These companies offer a similar set of products and services. In addition, the Company competes against local and regional brokers and distributors. The Company believes it possesses several strategic competitive advantages including: recognized leadership in secure documents (particularly in the healthcare and financial markets), knowledge and experience in document workflow management, national reputation and geographic coverage, and a complete document line.

Backlog – Document Management’s backlog of custom printing orders at February 24, 2002 was approximately $31.9 million. All orders are expected to be filled within the ensuing year.

FULFILLMENT SERVICES

Fulfillment Services creates and delivers client-driven, high-value solutions through the end-to-end management of client’s customer communication processes, both print and electronic. This SBU accounted for approximately 10%, 9%, and 7% of the Company’s consolidated revenues in 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. It focuses on outsourcing services that primarily serve mid- to large companies in the financial, healthcare, insurance and membership markets. The types of products and services offered include:

Billing and statement solutions

Internet/electronic document presentment

Variable digital color solutions

CD_ROM archiving

One-to-one marketing communications

Customer information cards, kits, packages, and policies

Targeted (profile-based) cross-selling programs

This SBU provides customers with complete fulfillment services, including programming, design, printing, imaging and distribution of documents. In addition, the Company is taking advantage of the trend to outsource plastic card services by offering packages for ATMs, prepaid phone cards, membership cards, smart cards, and numerous other card programs.

Fulfillment consists of a series of steps. A document is designed and programming sets up the format and the data from the host location. The document is printed and then put on an electronic web site, processed through finishing equipment, or kitted into a customized package and mailed to the end consumer. The creation of packages requires special inserting equipment or manual labor to manage the kitting process. Therefore, most customers outsource this activity so as not to worry about obsolescence of the technology or scheduling of temporary labor.

Market Trends - The overall market for document outsourcing and related services in the United States is forecasted at $26 billion and projected to grow to $59 billion by 2004. This is a growing market as customers try to personalize documents and target specific end user profiles to market to consumers. The ability to distribute these documents “on demand” will fuel growth in this area. There are about a dozen competitors in the market that have national coverage for statements and kits, and it is also a large and rapidly growing market. The companies compete on capabilities and price. Market trends include:

Document outsourcing has typically involved many manual processes, but is utilizing more technology as it matures

Consumers and businesses are migrating to online digital statements – known as electronic bill presentment and payment

Competition – Principal competitors include Moore Corporation Limited, Wallace Computer Services, ADP Investor Communications Services, Vestcom, Bowne, and Scicom among others. Some of these companies are much smaller or are regional. Others are quite large and concentrate on specific market segments.

Backlog – Fulfillment Services’ backlog of orders at February 24, 2002 was approximately $4.1 million. All orders are expected to be filled within the ensuing year.

LABEL SOLUTIONS

Label Solutions offers identification solutions designed to improve customers’ operational and financial performance. Its products and services help reduce cycle time, error rate, and processing costs while enhancing the integrity and security associated with distribution, manufacturing, inventory control, product identification, regulatory compliance, healthcare, and other applications. This SBU accounted for approximately 12%, 13%, and 13% of the Company’s consolidated revenues in 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. This SBU is a major domestic producer of custom pressure-sensitive labels in the United States and the fourth largest label converter in the world. Label Solutions produces flexographic, screen and offset printed labels, bar code/automatic ID systems, pressure-sensitive labels, compliance labels, and variable image products t hat use the latest laser and thermal transfer technology. Applications are sold primarily in the healthcare, manufacturing, and distribution markets. The types of products and services offered include:

Custom and stock label products

Form/label combinations

Automatic identification and data-collection systems

Software and system integration

Compete packaged solutions for distribution warehousing and manufacturing

Market Trends – Driven by a steady increase in both consumer and industrial end-use applications, the market for pressure sensitive labels in North America is projected to exhibit steady growth. The price of raw material is expected to decline as a percentage of total applied costs. The need for operational efficiency is likely to drive consolidation in the industry and companies in the industry will increasingly incorporate technologies such as Internet-based commerce, digital presses, and environmentally friendly adhesives and inks. All of these factors will make the industry more efficient, allowing it to compete for new markets with alternative technologies such as shrink sleeve and in mold label technology. (Source: Tag and Labels Manufacturers Institute.) Market trends include:

Increasing demands for Radio Frequency Identification, linerless, laser, thermal, and on-press adhesives

Media recommendations by printer manufacturers influencing designs

One-stop shopping – customers buying labels as part of a package with printers/software/service

Increasing amount of variable data by the customer

Removable adhesive use growing

Internet dot.com companies creating increased demand for shipping labels.

Competition – Principal competitors include Moore Corporation Limited, Wallace Computer Services, and Relizon. The Company also competes against regional and local manufacturers.

Backlog – Label Solutions’ backlog of custom printing orders at February 24, 2002 was approximately $6.9 million. All orders are expected to be filled within the ensuing year.

SMARTworks.com, Inc.

SMARTworks.com, Inc. (“SMARTworks.com”) was formed July 1, 2000, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to capitalize on a growth opportunity and to meet industry and customer demand. This SBU provides market-specific e-business solutions that enable on-line connectivity via the Internet between buyers and suppliers of business printing. By streamlining procedures and providing better controls, SMARTworks.com solutions enable organizations to improve their operational efficiencies by significantly reducing the overall costs associated with designing, procuring, distributing, and managing printed and electronic documents throughout the enterprise. This SBU provides services to other business segments of the Company, principally Document Management. This SBU also markets its services through other third-party channels and directly to it s customers. Current SMARTworks.com customers number 750, with a total of 73,000 users. The types of products and services offered include:

E-procurement and e-catalog solutions

Usage/order tracking systems

Internet-based, customized, collateral-design tools

Print-management tools

Solution-integration services

Custom solution development

SMARTworks.com operates as an Application Service Provider (ASP) of its SMARTworks Web application. This application provides the first supplier-independent open platform for enterprise print management across all broad printing markets. SMARTworks.com’s open platform provides customers with maximum flexibility in managing all print activities and relationships with multiple best-in-class print providers. With SMARTworks, authorized users can manage users and groups, inquire about product activity, enter production orders, and generate reports on usage trends, dollar expenditures, order histories, inventory information, and low stock notices. Authorized users can also rely on the application to manage daily work in process and to analyze documents for on going process improvement recommendations.

Print categories include commercial printers, quick printers, forms manufacturers, statement printers, office supplies companies, and facilities managers. To manage a print program, companies must establish and maintain relationships with a multitude of print providers. The challenge this creates for customers is that their resulting print program typically contains 20-40 percent inefficiency arising from waste, obsolescence, redundancy, poor quality, and other inefficiencies. Positioned at the center of print management, SMARTworks.com provides an integrated platform to manage a customer’s entire print program across the enterprise.

Market Trends – SMARTworks.com operates within the $115 billion United States print industry. The print industry has many different categories, each distinguished by one or two large competitors and many smaller competitors. In this highly fragmented, capital-intensive market, over 50,000 printers and publishers compete for market share. Market trends within the emerging Internet business include:

Click and Mortar businesses – printers or print brokers who use the Internet as their primary channel and bill the customer for product purchased

Print ASP – Internet services that automate or streamline processes between customers and suppliers for a fee

Competition – ImageX and I-Print are examples of “click and mortar” businesses. Noosh and Impresse are examples of Print ASPs. Operating as an ASP of the SMARTworks Web application, this SBU offers customers the only service of its kind for enterprise print management. SMARTworks.com is in an early stage of its life cycle as it is the first and only tool of its kind in the marketplace.

Marketing and Distribution

Document Management has direct sales teams that are assigned to larger customers. Sales support is assigned to the team or is maintained in sales support centers, based on the size of the account. Fulfillment Services and Label Solutions each have their own dedicated sales force. Their products and services can also be sold by Document Management’s sales force as part of a large account total solution. SMARTworks.com uses channel partners that resell the SMARTworks service to their customers. End users remain the customers of the channel partner, not of SMARTworks.com. Initial channel partners are the sales forces of the Company’s other SBUs. Targeted channel partners include generic e-procurement software providers, software providers, expense reduction consultants, emerging vertical marketplaces, print-specific services , and corporate cost consultants. SMARTworks.com is also establishing a direct sales force.

Documents are printed at 36 geographically disbursed locations in the U.S. Documents are shipped directly to customers or are stored by the Company in warehouses for subsequent on-demand delivery. The management of document inventories to provide just-in-time delivery is a major element of customer service.

During 2001, the Company launched Customer Relationship Management systems to improve sales productivity by automating repetitive and administrative tasks, reducing selling costs, and enhancing account management. The Company plans to continue to invest in strategic marketing tools to help in its one-to-one marketing and e-business efforts.

Raw Materials

The Company purchases raw paper in a wide variety of weights, grades, and colors from various paper mills in the United States and Canada. Carbonless paper, inks, and printing supplies are available nationally and are purchased from leading vendors. Continuing efforts are made to assure adequate supplies to meet present and future sales objectives. The Company fills its needs by ordering from suppliers of long-standing relationship.

Research and Development

During 2001, the Company had engineering and research expense of $14.4 million compared to $10.3 and $8.9 million for 2000 and 1999, respectively. Engineering and research spending for 2001 primarily focused on two areas: the design and development of new products, services, software and technologies, and process improvement activities. The design and development of new products and technologies also includes equipment design and development used in production as well as the integration of new technologies available in the marketplace. Spending on software application development by SMARTworks increased significantly in 2001. Process improvement activities primarily relate to improving the manufacturing of products offered by the Company. The Company adopted Six Sigma as a means to improve quality, customer service, and productivity. These eff orts are entirely company sponsored and involve 84 professional employees.

Intellectual Property

The Company has several patents related to documents, equipment labels, and security products that provide a competitive advantage or which generate license income. None of these, individually, have a material effect upon the business.

Seasonal

No material portion of the Company's business could be considered seasonal.

Customers

The business of the Company taken as a whole, or by individual business segment, is not dependent upon any single customer or a few customers. No single customer accounts for 10% or more of total consolidated revenue.

Governmental and Environmental Regulation

The Company has no significant exposure with regard to the renegotiation or termination of government contracts. Expenditures made by the Company in order to comply with federal, state, or local provisions of environmental protection have not had a material effect upon the Company's capital expenditures, earnings, or competitive position.

Employees

At December 30, 2001, the Company had 5,692 employees compared to 8,022 and 8,208 at December 31, 2000 and January 2, 2000, respectively.

International Operations

No material portion of the Company's revenues or net income is derived from sales to foreign customers. The Company does offer technical assistance to foreign business forms manufacturers and receives royalties for these services.

Item 2 – PROPERTIES

The Company’s corporate offices are located in Dayton, Ohio. SMARTworks.com, Inc. occupies separate facilities, also located in Dayton, Ohio. The following table summarizes the Company’s major production facilities:

Square

Location

Footage

Business Segment

__________________________

_______________

______________________

Fayetteville, Arkansas

146,349

Document Management

Kirksville, Missouri

190,784

Document Management

Middlebury, Vermont

115,698

Document Management

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

82,209

Document Management

Phoenix, Arizona (Stanfast)

86,000

Document Management

Salisbury, Maryland

114,607

Document Management

Shelbyville, Indiana

60,930

Document Management

York, Pennsylvania

214,110

Document Management

Charlotte, North Carolina

57,191

Fulfillment Services

Sacramento, California

22,000

Fulfillment Services

Spring Grove, Illinois

101,285

Fulfillment Services

Tolland, Connecticut

56,159

Fulfillment Services

Radcliff, Kentucky

79,000

Label Solutions

Tampa, Florida

39,634

Label Solutions

Terre Haute, Indiana

53,757

Label Solutions

Of these facilities, Phoenix, Arizona, Sacramento, California, Tampa, Florida, and Tolland, Connecticut are leased.

In addition, the Company operates 21 smaller Stanfast Print Centers. In most cases these facilities are located in major metropolitan locations in the U.S. and are leased.

The Company's current capacity, augmented by modest capital additions, is expected to be sufficient to meet production requirements for the foreseeable future. Capacity utilization varies significantly by press size and feature capability. Most presses are in the 55-80 percent utilization range, averaging an estimated 70 percent overall. The Company believes its production facilities are suitable to meet future production needs.

Item 3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

(a.)

No material claims or litigation are pending against the Company.

(b.)

The Company has been named as a potentially responsible party by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or has received a similar designation by state environmental authorities in several situations. None of these matters have reached the stage where a significant liability has been assessed against the Company. The Company has evaluated each of these matters and believes that none of them individually, nor all of them in the aggregate, would give rise to a material charge to earnings or a material amount of capital expenditures. This assessment is notwithstanding the ability of the Company to recover on existing insurance policies or from other parties that the Company believes would be held as joint and several obligors under any such liabilities. However, since thes e matters are in various stages of process by the relevant environmental authorities, future developments could alter these conclusions. However, management does not now believe that there is a likelihood of a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Company in these circumstances.

Item 4 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to shareholders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

Name	Age	Office and Experience	Officer Since
Donna L. Beladi	52	Vice President, Business Development. Ms. Beladi has served in this position since January, 2000. Previously she held positions as Associate Vice President, Corporate Planning & Development and Director of Business Planning. Prior to joining Standard Register in January 1996, she was Associate Vice President, Strategy and Planning, Computer Systems Group at NCR Corporation from 1995 to 1996. From 1994 to 1995, she was Associate Vice President, Industry Marketing Strategy at NCR Corporation.	2000
Craig J. Brown	52	Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brown has served in his current position since March 1995, having previously served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from April 1987 to March 1995.	1987
Robert J. Crescenzi	51	Mr. Crescenzi joined the Company in January 2001 as Vice President - Six Sigma. Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President of Customer Satisfaction and Quality at Compaq Corp. from 1997 through 2000. From 1985 to 1997, he was Director of Corporate Quality at Norand Corp.	2001

Name	Age	Office and Experience	Officer Since

Peter A. Dorsman	46	Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2000. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager-Manufacturing Operations, from July 1999 to February 2000, and Senior Vice President and General Manager-Document Management and Systems Division from January 1998 to July 1999. He was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Equipment Division from January 1996 to January 1998. Prior to joining Standard Register in January 1996, he held a number of senior marketing, strategic planning, and sales management positions with NCR Corporation.	1996
Paul H. Granzow	74	Chairman, Board of Directors. Mr. Granzow has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 1984. He is co-trustee of the John Q. Sherman Trust.	1984
Jeffrey P. Kenny	43	Mr. Kenny assumed the position of President – Label Solutions in October 2001. Prior to joining Standard Register, he was Chief Operating Officer for W/S Packaging Group from 1996 to 2001. From 1994 to 1996, he was General Manager, Prime Label Business of Fasson Roll Division, Avery Dennison Corp.	2001
Kathryn A. Lamme	55	Vice President- Secretary and Deputy General Counsel. Ms. Lamme has served in this position since joining Standard Register in March 1998. Previously she was a partner with the law firm of Turner, Granzow & Hollenkamp.	1998
Mark E. Little	44	Mr. Little assumed the position of President – Document Management in November 2001. Prior to joining Standard Register, he was with Kinko’s from 1999 to 2001, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales and Market Services. In 1998, he was a Principal with The Alexander Group, Inc. From 1992 through 1997, he served with Learning International in various management positions, culminating with Senior Vice President, Client Services.	2001
J. Doug Patterson	47	Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining Standard Register in January 1998, Mr. Patterson served as Vice President, Information Systems for Uarco Incorporated since November 1993.	1998
Dennis L. Rediker	58	Mr. Rediker assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2000. In 1993 he joined English China Clays plc as President, American Pacific Division. He was elected Chief Executive Officer of English China Clays plc in 1996. He led the merger with Imerys' in 1999 and then was named Chief Executive Officer of Imerys' Pigments and Additives Group in 1999. He has served on The Standard Register Company's Board of Directors since 1995.	2000
Jeffrey R. Relick	46	Mr. Relick assumed the position of President – Fulfillment Services in January 2001. Prior to joining Standard Register, he was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Synxis Corporation from August 1999 to January 2001. Previously he was Vice President and General Manager, Industry Markets, for Moore Business Communications Services from January 1999 to August 1999, and Vice President and General Manager, Telecommunications Markets, for Moore Business Communications Services from February 1994 to December 1998.	2001
M. Jay Romans	51	Mr. Romans assumed the position of Senior Vice President – Human Resources in April 2001. Prior to joining Standard Register, he was President of Romans & Associates from 2000 to April 2001. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Romans held the position of Vice President, Human Resources for Becton Dickinson Corporation, and from 1995 to 1997 he was Senior Partner of STS International, a consulting firm.	2001
Laurie A. Spiegelberg	35	Ms. Spiegelberg assumed the position of Vice President – Corporate Communications in August 2001. Prior to joining Standard Register, she was Vice President-Corporate Communications for Brady Corporation from 1996 to 2001. In 1996, Ms. Spiegelberg held the position of Global Communication and Public Relations Manager at GE Medical Systems. From 1989 to 1996 she was Corporate Communications Manager/Specialist for the Brady Corporation.	2001

There are no family relationships among any of the officers. Officers are elected at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, which is held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, for a term of office covering one year.

PART II

Item 5 - MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

(a.)

The common stock of the Registrant is traded on the New York Stock Exchange National Market under the symbol SR. The range of high and low market prices and dividends paid per share for each quarterly period during the two most recent fiscal years are presented below.

2001
	Cash
Quarter	Dividend	High	Low	Last

1st	$ 0.23	$ 18.65	$ 14.00	$ 16.30
2nd	$ 0.23	$ 18.90	$ 15.52	$ 17.45
3rd	$ 0.23	$ 19.40	$ 14.50	$ 14.50
4th	$ 0.23	$ 19.55	$ 14.75	$ 18.53


2000
	Cash
Quarter	Dividend	High	Low	Last

1st	$ 0.23	$ 18.75	$ 12.06	$ 12.87
2nd	$ 0.23	$ 15.50	$ 12.56	$ 14.25
3rd	$ 0.23	$ 16.00	$ 12.38	$ 16.00
4th	$ 0.23	$ 15.50	$ 11.94	$ 14.25

(b.)

The number of shareholders of record of the Company's common stock, including restricted shares, as of March 12, 2002 was 3,011, excluding individual holders whose shares are held by nominees. There are also 16 holders of Class A stock.

(c.)

Dividend policy - The Company expects to continue paying quarterly cash dividends in the future, however, the amounts paid will be dependent upon earnings and the future financial condition of the Company. No events have occurred which would indicate a curtailment of the payment of dividends.

Item 6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to “Six-Year Financial Summary” of the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001, Exhibit 13.1 herein.

Item 7 – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis” of the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001, Exhibit 13.1 herein.

Item 7A - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET

RISK

INTEREST RATES

The Company is exposed to interest rate risk arising from fluctuations in interest rates on its borrowings under its revolving credit facility agreement (the “Credit Facility”). At December 30, 2001, the Company had $200 million borrowed against the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility incurs interest at a floating rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a spread dependent upon the net debt to total capital ratio. The Company has an additional $3.5 million of debt with a fixed interest rate of 6.125%.

The Company’s objectives in managing its exposure to interest rate changes are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower its overall borrowing costs. The Company has a $200 million five-year interest rate swap that fixed the Company’s borrowing rate at 5.84% plus the spread and bank fees through January 2003. The all-in annual fixed cost of the $200 million of borrowings under the credit facility agreement is 6.65% at December 30, 2001. The use of interest rate swaps is solely to minimize the Company’s interest rate exposure and not for speculative or trading purposes.

Had the Company not entered in the interest rate swap, a hypothetical 100 basis point movement in prevailing interest rates on the $200 million of borrowings under the Credit Facility would result in a $2.0 million annualized effect on the Company’s interest expense.

The Company also has short-term investments of $148.0 million as of December 30, 2001 that primarily bear interest at variable rates. A hypothetical 100 basis point movement in the interest rate would result in an approximate $1.5 million annualized effect on the Company’s investment income

COMMODITY PRICES

Paper is the principal raw material in the production of business forms. Because the Company has historically been successful in adjusting its sales prices in response to changes in paper costs, management does not believe a 10% change in paper costs would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

Item 8 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to “Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” together with the report thereon of Battelle & Battelle LLP and “Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)” of the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001, Exhibit 13.1 herein.

Item 9 - CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None

PART III

Item 10 – DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

The Information required by this item relating to directors and executive officers of the Company is incorporated herein by reference to that part of the information under “Election of Directors”, and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” of the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 17, 2002. Certain information concerning executive officers of the Company appears under “Executive Officers of the Registrant” at Part I, pages 11 through 13, of this report.

Item 11 – EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” of the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 17, 2002.

Item 12 – SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to “ Owners of More than 5% of the Common and Class A Stock of Standard Register” and “Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers” of the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 17, 2002.

Item 13 – CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 17, 2002.

PART IV

Item 14 -

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)

Documents filed as part of this report.

Financial statements and financial statement schedule

Financial Statements:

The following financial statements of Standard Register included in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001, are incorporated by reference at Item 8 of this report.

Independent Auditors’ Report

Consolidated Balance Sheet – December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000

Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income – Years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000

Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity – Years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated financial statement schedule

Schedule

Number

Description

Page

II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves 21

All other financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable

or because the required information is shown in the financial statements or in the

notes thereto.

3. Exhibits

The exhibits as listed on the accompanying index to exhibits on page 20 are filed as part of this Form 10-K.

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

The Company filed no current reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended December 30, 2001.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Standard Register Company has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on March 22, 2002.

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

By: /S/ D. L. Rediker

D. L. Rediker, President,

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of The Standard Register Company and in the capacities indicated on March 22, 2002:

Signatures	Title


/S/ P. H. Granzow	Chairman of the Board and Director
P. H. Granzow


/S/ C. J. Brown	Senior Vice-President, Treasurer,
C. J. Brown	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

P. H. Granzow, pursuant to power of attorneys which are being filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has signed below on March 22, 2002 as attorney-in-fact for the following directors of the Registrant:

R. W. Begley, Jr.	A. Scavullo
F. D. Clarke, III	J. J. Schiff, Jr.
G. G. Keeping	J.Q. Sherman, II
D. L. Rediker

/S/ P. H. Granzow

P. H. Granzow

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

	ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

3.1	Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Company and Code of Regulations. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-8687.

3.2	Certificate of Amendment by the Shareholders to the Amended Articles of Incorporation of The Standard Register Company. Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1995.

	INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES

4.1	The Credit Agreement between Standard Register and the following banking institutions: KeyBank National Association, The Chase Manhattan Bank, National City Bank, The Fifth Third Bank, The Bank of New York, Bank One Michigan, Firstar Bank N.A., Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Bank of America N.A., and Standard Federal Bank, incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2001.

	MATERIAL CONTRACTS

10.1	The Standard Register Company Non-Qualified Retirement Plan, incorporated by reference from Form 10-K for year ended January 2, 1994.

10.2	The Standard Register Company Officers' Supplemental Non-Qualified Retirement Plan, incorporated by reference from Form 10-K for year ended January 2, 1994.

10.3	The Standard Register Company Incentive Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference from the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 17, 1996.

10.4	The Standard Register Company Deferred Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference from Registration Statement No. 333-43055.

10.5	The Standard Register Company Management Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held April 16, 1997.

10.6	Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 26, 1997, incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed January 15, 1998.

10.7	The Standard Register Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by reference from Registration Statement No. 333-05321.

10.8.	Employment Agreement between The Standard Register Company and Dennis L. Rediker, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, incorporated by reference from Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

	COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS

11.1	Computation of per share earnings is included in exhibit 13.1.

	ANNUAL REPORT TO SECURITY HOLDERS

13.1	Standard Register Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 30, 2001. Those portions of the Annual Report as are specifically referenced under Parts I, II, and IV of this report are filed herein.

	CONSENTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

23.1	Consent of Independent Auditors.
	POWER OF ATTORNEY

24.1	Power of Attorney of R. W. Begley, Jr., F. D. Clark III, G.G. Keeping, D. L. Rediker, A. Scavullo, J. J. Schiff, Jr., J. Q. Sherman II.

SCHEDULE II

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001

(Dollars in thousands)

Column A	Column B	Column C	Column D	Column E

		Charged
	Balance at	(credited)		Balance
	beginning	to costs		at end
Description	of period	and expenses	Deductions	of period

Year Ended December 30, 2001
Allowance for doubtful
accounts	$ 6,238	$ 3,966	$ 1,054(a)	$ 9,150
Inventory obsolescence	3,283	(21)	655(b)	2,607
Restructuring liability	8,583	58,304(d)	51,580(c,e)	15,307

Year Ended December 31, 2000
Allowance for doubtful
accounts	$ 3,477	$ 7,490	$ 4,729(a)	$ 6,238
Inventory obsolescence	3,449	2,475	2,641(b)	3,283
Restructuring liability	3,550	24,633(d)	19,600(c,e)	8,583

Year Ended January 2, 2000
Allowance for doubtful
accounts	$ 14,158	$ 5,762	$ 16,443(a)	$ 3,477
Inventory obsolescence	4,342	2,999	3,892(b)	3,449
Restructuring liability	14,843		11,293(c)	3,550

(a) Net uncollectible accounts written off

(b) Obsolete inventory scrapped or written down to realizable value

(a)

Payment of exit costs for acquired business

(b)

Recognized in connection with restructuring plan

(c)

Payment of costs in connection with restructuring plan

EX-13 3 srex13.htm EXHIBIT 13.1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Exhibit 13.1

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY SIX YEAR FINANCIAL SUMMARY (Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)


	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*	*1998*	*1997*	*1996*
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
Revenue	$1,196,435	$ 1,353,759	$ 1,393,986	$1,369,918	$ 910,825	$ 877,832
Cost of sales	781,339	872,603	888,356	875,526	551,407	540,522
Gross margin	415,096	481,156	505,630	494,392	359,418	337,310
Engineering and research	14,385	10,289	8,875	9,012	8,626	7,292
Selling and administrative	304,499	354,542	344,388	332,252	220,265	205,010
Depreciation and amortization	45,419	54,694	50,858	45,027	27,466	25,814
Asset impairments	41,512	73,746	-	-	-	-
Restructuring charges	84,014	24,633	-	-	-	-
Interest expense	12,755	12,691	13,850	14,044	288	532
Investment income and other	(3,171)	(2,750)	(1,878)	(1,635)	(2,879)	(2,050)
Income taxes (benefits)	(34,984)	(17,514)	33,797	38,679	41,949	41,710
Income (loss) from continuing
operations	(49,333)	(29,175)	55,740	57,013	63,723	59,002
Income (loss) from discontinued
operations	-	-	(509)	2,570	3,171	4,155
Gain on sale of discontinued
operations	-	-	15,670	-	-	-
Net income (loss)	$ (49,333)	$ (29,175)	$ 70,901	$ 59,583	$ 66,894	$ 63,157

DILUTED PER SHARE DATA
Income (loss) from continuing
operations	$ (1.79)	$ (1.06)	$ 1.98	$ 1.99	$ 2.22	$ 2.05
Income (loss) from discontinued
operations	-	-	(0.02)	0.09	0.11	0.14
Gain on sale of discontinued
operations	-	-	.056	-	-	-
Net income (loss)	$ (1.79)	$ (1.06)	$ 2.52	$ 2.08	$ 2.33	$ 2.19
Dividends paid	$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 0.88	$ 0.84	$ 0.80	$ 0.76
Shareholders' equity	$ 15.03	$ 17.92	$ 19.82	$ 18.35	$ 17.17	$ 15.80
YEAR-END FINANCIAL DATA
Current ratio	3.9	4.3	4.2	3.6	3.5	4.0
Working capital	$ 362,917	$ 370,671	$ 363,643	$ 343,439	$ 271,799	$ 259,148
Plant and equipment	$ 225,216	$ 310,218	$ 328,143	$ 368,161	$ 260,035	$ 235,958
Total assets	$ 837,783	$ 902,606	$ 961,639	$ 985,077	$ 647,018	$ 588,113
Long-term debt	$ 202,300	$ 202,930	$ 203,520	$ 234,075	$ 4,600	$ 4,600
Shareholders' equity	$ 415,290	$ 494,154	$ 541,731	$ 520,965	$ 487,935	$ 453,246

OTHER DATA
Number of shares
outstanding at year-end	27,634,864	27,575,804	27,339,452	28,388,636	28,418,364	28,689,906
Number of employees	5,692	8,022	8,208	8,682	6,440	6,445
Capital expenditures	$ 25,647	$ 65,792	$ 67,567	$ 65,733	$ 61,287	$ 57,783

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

THE RENEWAL PLAN AND QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS

In July 2000, the Company began work on a plan designed to recover the market value of the Company and establish a solid platform for long-term earnings growth.

Late in that year, management concluded that as much as 20% of its customer accounts did not return sufficient margin to justify the levels of investment and overhead required to support them. The effect of this low-margin business was to drive the Company’s overall return on capital to a level below its cost of capital.

In January 2001, the Company announced the Renewal Plan, comprised of four components: restructuring, reorganization, performance improvement, and early stage investments for future growth. Management’s judgment was that all four of these elements were critical to renewing the Company’s value. Most of the emphasis in 2001 was directed to restructuring and reorganization. However, several key investments were also initiated in the year to lay the groundwork for operational improvement and growth in 2002 and beyond.

In the restructuring component, management decided to eliminate that portion of its business that likely could not be improved to provide an acceptable return, representing an estimated $225 to $250 million of the Company’s $1.3 billion in annual revenue. In conjunction with these actions, the Company targeted a $125 million reduction in annualized costs, including manufacturing fixed costs, selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expense, and depreciation. The cost reductions would result primarily from the reduction of an estimated 2,400 jobs, and a 30% reduction in production capacity. The objective was for the annualized value of the cost reductions to exceed the annualized loss of contribution margin on the eliminated business.

In the first quarter of 2001, the Company recorded expenses for restructuring and asset impairment of $71 million and $42 million, respectively. Restructuring costs were primarily for severance and other employer-related costs, contract exit and termination costs, and inventory and other asset write-downs. The impairment charges resulted from facilities and equipment to be removed from operation. In addition to this first quarter provision, the Company also recorded net restructuring expenses totaling $13 million for the second, third, and fourth quarters for items which could not be accrued at the time the restructuring was announced, such as the relocation of equipment and personnel during those subsequent periods.

These restructuring actions were to take place over the first three quarters of 2001. Since the cost reductions could not proceed until after the business was eliminated, profitability in each of the first three quarters of the year was expected to be well below previous period results. In addition, the significant amount of production equipment relocated from closed facilities created high training and conversion costs at receiving plants, further reducing profitability during this nine-month restructuring period.

The Company announced the following financial goals for the restructuring:

Complete the elimination of low-margin business within the first three quarters of 2001 while maintaining good customer service.

Reduce annualized fixed operating costs by $125 million.

Achieve Net Income of $0.45 per diluted share before restructuring expenses in the fourth quarter 2001. This would represent a 41% increase over the $0.32 per share operating result (net income before impairment and restructuring costs) for the fourth quarter 2000.

Finance the cash restructuring costs from internally generated funds and maintain a strong financial condition.

The table below presents an analysis of the quarterly results of operations for the fourth quarter 2000 through the fourth quarter 2001, segregating restructuring expense, impairment expense, and other non-operating write-offs and adjustments from the underlying operations of the Company. The reader’s attention is drawn, in particular, to the comparison of the 2000 and 2001 fourth quarters, which bracketed the restructuring period.

The discussion of sequential quarterly results that follows is consistent with the manner in which the Company planned and communicated its restructuring. A discussion of annual results follows the quarterly discussion.

STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
		Restructuring Period
	4Q00	1Q01	2Q01	3Q01	4Q01
Operations
Revenue	$351	$318	$306	$278	$286
Gross Margin	125	114	105	90	112
% Revenue	35.5%	35.8%	34.3%	32.2%	*39.0%*
SG&A Expense	96	88	80	75	76
EBITDA	29	26	25	14	36
% Revenue	8.3%	8.2%	8.1%	5.1%	*12.4%*
Depreciation & Amortization	12	14	13	11	9
EBIT	17	12	12	4	27
Interest Expense	3	3	3	3	3
Investment Income	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)
Pretax Income	14	10	10	1	25
Net Income Before Non-Operating Items	9	6	6	2	14
Earnings Per Diluted Share	0.32	0.22	0.22	0.06	*0.51*
Non-Operating Items
Restructuring	(7)	(71)	(2)	(5)	(5)
Asset Impairment	(74)	(42)	0	0	0
Write-Offs/Adjustments	(8)	0	(5)	0	0
Pretax Effect	(89)	(113)	(7)	(5)	(5)
Net Income Effect	(55)	(67)	(4)	(3)	(3)
Total Net income (Loss)	$(46)	$(61)	$2	$(1)	$11
Earnings Per Diluted Share (Loss)	(1.67)	(2.22)	0.07	(0.05)	*0.41*

Revenue declined in each of the first, second, and third quarters as low-margin business was eliminated. The fourth quarter 2001 revenue rebounded from the third quarter result, signaling the end of the restructuring and reflecting typical seasonality. The fourth quarter 2001 revenue was $65 million below that in the fourth quarter 2000, representing a seasonally adjusted annualized decrease of approximately $250 million, within the expected range announced at the outset of the restructuring.

The Company slightly exceeded its goal of reducing annualized fixed costs by $125 million. The savings resulted from the consolidation of production facilities, warehouses, and sales offices and a corresponding decrease in employment of 2,330 persons, equivalent to 29% of the workforce. The effects of these reductions are reflected in the improved percentage gross margin, lower SG&A expense, and reduced depreciation expense.

The percentage gross margin trended lower during the restructuring period as a result of the timing of business eliminations and subsequent cost reductions described earlier, as well as higher training costs that pushed variable manufacturing expense temporarily higher. The fourth quarter 2001 gross margin was 39.0% compared to 35.5% in the quarter preceding the restructuring period, reflecting an improved mix of business and the reduction in fixed overhead manufacturing costs. During the restructuring, 25 plants and print centers were closed. Some production capacity was relocated to other locations, but overall capacity was reduced by about 30%, in line with the original plan.

In addition, 29 warehouses were closed and their operations were consolidated into other locations. The consolidation of the warehousing network was the single restructuring action that continued into the fourth quarter. This was planned to ensure uninterrupted service to customers during the heavy restructuring activity of the first three quarters of the year.

The Company received a payment from a vendor during the fourth quarter 2001 as a result of price negotiations related to past purchases. The portion of the payment related to the first three quarters of 2001 added approximately $2 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, to the fourth quarter results.

SG&A expense declined in the first, second, and third quarters primarily as a result of job eliminations. The fourth quarter 2001 expense of $76 million was $20 million below the comparable period of 2000, representing an $80 million annualized decrease. The company eliminated positions in its headquarters and field selling organizations, closing 149 sales offices and consolidating their operations into 43 regional locations and adopting virtual offices for selected markets. As will be more fully described later, this significant decrease in expense occurred despite new or increased investments in Six Sigma, sales productivity software, SMARTworks, and two new growth initiatives.

Depreciation and amortization declined as a result of the reduction in assets. There was $1 million in goodwill amortization in the fourth quarter 2000, but no goodwill amortization in any period of 2001.

Interest expense changed little over the five-quarter period, reflecting stable debt balances and an interest rate swap that fixed the interest rate at 5.84% over the LIBOR spread and fees paid to banks under a revolving credit agreement.

Effective May 11, 2001, the Company replaced its existing bank revolving credit agreement with a new revolver that contains a higher spread over LIBOR, reflecting market changes since the original revolver was established. This change effectively raises the Company’s all-in fixed rate from 6.09% to 6.65%. The interest rate swap has a notional value of $200 million, identical to the borrowings under the revolver, and matures in January 2003.

In the final analysis, the Company completed the restructuring in accordance with its timetable, eliminated low-margin business within the range forecasted in the Renewal Plan, and exceeded the targeted cost reductions. Fourth quarter 2001 Earnings Per Share before restructuring and impairment were over 50% above pre-restructuring levels and exceeded the Company’s goal.

ANNUAL OPERATING RESULTS

The table below presents an analysis of operations for years 2001, 2000, and 1999 with operating and non-operating results segregated in the same manner as described above. Quarterly results for 2001 are also shown for reference.

STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

		Quarters				Annual
	1Q01	2Q01	3Q01	4Q01	2001	2000	1999
Operations
Revenue	$318	$306	$278	$286	$1,188	$1,354	$1,394
% Change					-12.3%	-2.9%	-1.8%
Gross Margin	114	105	90	112	420	484	506
% Revenue	35.8%	34.3%	32.2%	39.0%	35.3%	35.8%	36.3%
SG&A Expense	88	80	75	76	319	360	353
EBITDA	26	25	14	36	101	124	152
% Revenue	8.2%	8.1%	5.1%	12.4%	8.5%	9.2%	10.9%
Depreciation & Amortization	14	13	11	9	45	55	51
EBIT	12	12	4	27	55	69	102
Interest Expense	3	3	3	3	13	13	14
Investment Income	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(3)	(3)	(2)
Pretax Income	10	10	1	25	46	59	90
Net Income Before Non-Operating Items	6	6	2	14	28	36	56
Earnings Per Diluted Share	0.22	0.22	0.06	0.51	1.02	1.33	1.99
Non-Operating Items
Restructuring	(71)	(2)	(5)	(5)	(84)	(25)	0
Asset Impairment	(42)	0	0	0	(42)	(74)	0
Write-Offs/Adjustments	0	(5)	0	0	(5)	(8)	0
Discontinued Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0	26
Pretax Effect	(113)	(7)	(5)	(5)	(130)	(106)	26
Net Income Effect	(67)	(4)	(3)	(3)	(77)	(65)	15
Total Net income (Loss)	$(61)	$2	$(1)	$11	$(49)	$(29)	$71
Earnings Per Diluted Share	(2.22)	0.07	(0.05)	0.41	(1.79)	(1.06)	2.52

Revenue declined from $1.4 billion in 1999 to $1.2 billion in 2001, dropping $40 million or 2.9% in 2000, and an additional $166 million or 12.3% in 2001. The decline in 2000 was primarily a function of lower industry demand for traditional business forms and the loss of approximately $20 million in annual business from some member hospitals of the Novation group purchasing organization. The more precipitous drop in 2001 revenue primarily reflected the planned elimination of low-margin business in the restructuring. Applying seasonality to the fourth quarter 2001 revenue yields a post-restructuring annual run-rate of approximately $1.115 billion.

The percentage gross margin dropped by 0.5 percentage points in each of 2000 and 2001. The decline in 2000 reflected the effect of lower production volumes, mitigated by cost reductions from plant closings early in the year. The decrease in 2001 was the result of the elimination of low-margin business, the required lag in cost reductions, and higher training and other production costs during the first three quarters’ restructuring period. The 39.0% post-restructuring performance in the fourth quarter of 2001 compares favorably to all preceding periods above, reflecting an improved mix of business and the benefit of the cost reductions.

SG&A expense increased in 2000 by $7 million and then declined in 2001 by $41 million. The increase in 2000 primarily reflected an increase in expenditures for internal use software and additional SMARTworks development costs. Expenses came down steadily during the 2001 restructuring period as a result of the facility and personnel actions described earlier.

The Company’s investments are increasingly taking the form of operating expense rather than capital expenditures as the emphasis shifts from production assets to building software capability and intellectual assets. The following are examples of “P&L investments” made in 2001 that are expected to either improve operating performance or foster growth in future years:

The Company adopted Six Sigma as a means to improve quality, customer service, and productivity. Expense totaled $2.4 million in the year for personnel acquisition and training. Six Sigma expense for 2002 is forecasted at $8 million.

The Company installed sophisticated application software to improve the customer service and productivity of sales personnel. Expense for the year totaled $4.3 million for installation and training. The Company expects to incur expense of $5.0 million in 2002.

The Company continued its investment in its e-business subsidiary, SMARTworks.com, Inc. Total expense in 2001 was $19 million compared to $9 million in 2000, with most spending directed to application and sales channel development.

The Company established a consulting unit designed to leverage the Company’s industry knowledge and workflow expertise into consulting engagements aimed at improving the customer’s productivity and profitability. Start-up costs were $1.0 million in 2001.

The Company’s pension plan had pretax income of $6 million, $4 million, and $8 million for years 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. The general downturn of the stock market during 2001 negatively impacted investment returns in the year. This decline in investment returns resulted in actuarial losses that will be amortized to expense in future years. The Company expects to have pension income in 2002. At currently projected actuarial assumptions, the Company expects to begin to incur pension expense in 2004.

Depreciation and amortization decreased by $9 million in 2001, reversing a long-standing trend of increasing annual expense. Capital spending exceeded depreciation by an average of approximately $20 million annually for the years 1998 through 2000, which had pushed annual expense higher. In 2001, capital spending was less than half the rate of the two previous years and a significant number of assets were idled, reducing depreciation by $5 million. In addition, the Company had no goodwill on its books during 2001; by comparison, goodwill amortization was $4 million in each of the prior two years.

Interest expense and income changed little over the three years. The overall effective tax rate for 2001 was 41.5% (credit). This compares to rates of 37.5% (credit) and 37.7% for years 2000 and 1999, respectively. The variation in tax rates in the three years relates primarily to differences in the timing of the incurrence and deductions of capital losses; excluding these items, the effective tax rates were 40.0%, 39.3%, and 40.0% for years 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. The Company expects its 2002 effective tax rate to be approximately 40.0%.

Overall, net income before the non-operating items identified above declined $20 million from 1999 to 2000. This decrease is primarily attributable to the loss of contribution margin on the $40 million drop in revenue and the $11 million increase in SG&A expense and depreciation.

The $8 million decline in 2001 net income before restructuring and other non-operating items is primarily a function of the low profitability during the restructuring period, described earlier in detail.

NON-OPERATING ITEMS

In 1999, the Company sold its promotional direct mail division, Communicolor, recording a gain on the sale. The results of this discontinued division’s operations in 1999, including the gain, produced $15 million of net income, equivalent to $0.54 per share.

In 2000, the Company implemented an early retirement plan and closed production facilities in the first and fourth quarters, recording $25 million in restructuring charges for the year. A total of $82 million in asset impairments and current asset write-offs associated with the development of the Renewal Plan were also recorded in the fourth quarter, as described earlier.

In 2001, asset impairments and restructuring expenses were $42 million and $84 million, respectively. These expenses were discussed earlier.

In addition, three items contributed to second quarter 2001 write-offs and adjustments that reduced pretax income by $5 million. First, a cutoff error at the end of the prior year resulted in an $8.8 million understatement of revenue. Second, the value of finished goods was reduced by $21.4 million as a result of the accumulation of many individually small transactional errors that were traced as far back as January 1998 when a new cost system was installed. Third, the Company changed an accounting procedure to provide for the proper matching of cost to revenue for warehousing services. Previously, cost was reported up front, as incurred, instead of being matched to revenue as the stored product was shipped from the warehouse and invoiced. The effects of these three items are summarized below. The net effect of these three adjustments is shown as a non-operating item in the preceding quarterly and annual exhibits.

		Cost of	Gross
	Revenue	Sales	Margin
Revenue Cutoff	$8.8		$8.8
Finished Goods Inventory		$21.4	(21.4)
Costing Policy Change		(8.1)	8.1
Total	$8.8	$13.3	($4.5)

SEGMENT REPORTING

An important element in the Renewal Plan was the 2001 change from a functional organizational structure to one with a small Corporate Center and four Strategic Business Units (SBU). In order to promote focus, accountability, and growth, each SBU was equipped with its own marketing, sales, manufacturing, and line support functions. The Company recruited experienced executives to head up each Strategic Business Unit.

The segment discussions that follow include quarterly, as well as annual, operating results in order to indicate the pre and post restructuring performance. The segment results exclude expenses for restructuring, impairment, and other write-offs and adjustments, LIFO inventory adjustments and goodwill amortization, all of which are not allocated to the segment.

Document Management

This SBU provides custom printed documents, workflow consulting, integrated system solutions, and storage and distribution services. It primarily serves Fortune 2000 companies in the healthcare, financial, and manufacturing markets.

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

			Quarters				Annual
	4Q00	1Q01	2Q01	3Q01	4Q01	2001	2000	1999
Revenue	$278	$250	$235	$218	$225	$928	$1,062	$1,121
% Change						-12.6%	-5.3%

Operating EBIT	$20	$14	$13	$6	$24	$57	$71	$99
% Revenue	7.1%	5.7%	5.5%	2.9%	10.6%	6.2%	6.7%	8.8%

Identifiable Assets					$374
% Annualized Return on Assets (1)					14.6%

(1) Fourth quarter Earnings Before Interest & Tax (EBIT) times 4, converted to after tax basis, divided by assets.

The industry demand for several categories of traditional business forms, which represent about two-thirds of this SBU’s total revenue, has been flat or in modest decline in recent years as a result of inroads made by competing technologies. Notwithstanding this trend, the Company has a significant opportunity to increase its market share in accounts that value the Company’s emphasis on quality, innovation, service, and workflow efficiency. The remaining one-third of this SBU, including Document Systems, Consulting, Print-on-Demand, and International have good growth potential.

The decline in 2001 revenue and the improvement in operating profit reflect the restructuring described earlier. This SBU provides significant cash flow to the Company.

Fulfillment Services

This SBU helps its clients communicate effectively with their customers, providing information or marketing materials customized for each recipient. This may take the form of monthly billing statements, customized information kits, or one-to-one marketing communications. Its major markets are financial services, healthcare, and membership.

FULFILLMENT SERVICES
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
			Quarters				Annual
	4Q00	1Q01	2Q01	3Q01	4Q01	2001	2000	1999
Revenue	$32.4	$28.6	$33.3	$29.5	$29.4	$120.8	$117.7	$101.9
% Change						2.6%	15.5%

Operating EBIT	$0.4	($0.1)	$0.5	($1.0)	$1.1	$0.5	$1.4	$0.6
% Revenue	1.2%	-0.4%	1.6%	3.5%	3.8%	0.4%	1.1%	0.6%

Identifiable Assets					$46
% Annualized Return on Assets (1)					5.6%

(1) Fourth quarter Earnings Before Interest & Tax (EBIT) times 4, converted to after tax basis, divided by assets.

The growth in year 2001 revenue lagged behind that for 2000 as a result of business eliminated in the restructuring. The restructuring improved the mix of business, eliminated some overcapacity, and pushed percentage operating margins modestly higher by the fourth quarter 2001. The focus for this SBU in 2002 will be on a return to top-line growth and improvements in profitability, the latter to be achieved in part as a result of a concerted Six Sigma process-improvement effort.

Label Solutions

This SBU provides custom and stock labels on both a stand-alone basis and as part of an integrated labeling system. Applications are sold primarily into healthcare, manufacturing, and distribution markets.

LABEL SOLUTIONS
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
			Quarters				Annual
	4Q00	1Q01	2Q01	3Q01	4Q01	2001	2000	1999
Revenue	$41.2	$38.8	$37.0	$31.2	$31.7	$138.7	$173.8	$171.5
% Change						-20.2%	1.3%

Operating EBIT	($0.1)	$0.5	$1.8	$2.0	$3.1	$7.4	$6.5	$11.2
% Revenue	-0.2%	1.2%	4.9%	6.6%	9.7%	5.3%	3.7%	6.5%

Identifiable Assets					$51
% Annualized Return on Assets (1)					13.8%

(1) Fourth quarter Earnings Before Interest & Tax (EBIT) times 4, converted to after tax basis, divided by assets.

Revenue growth of this SBU has lagged the industry in recent years. A longer sell cycle, specialty applications, and the need for systems integration have argued for a dedicated sales force, which is now being established. In addition, low-margin business was eliminated in 2001 during the Company’s restructuring. The focus for this SBU will be on selling integrated solutions, such as that described earlier for automating package labeling.

Margins improved consistently during the restructuring period, reflecting a better business mix and lower manufacturing costs brought on by improved utilization.

SMARTworks.com, Inc.

This SBU, a wholly owned subsidiary established in July 2000, enables sellers and buyers of print and other office supplies to transact business efficiently over the Internet. In addition, its solutions enable its users to manage purchases to minimize errors, missed deadlines, and obsolescence, which can be significant for printed materials.

SMARTworks provides services to other Strategic Business Units, principally Document Management. Document Management’s sales representatives and customers use SMARTworks’ application to manage the ordering and control of printed documents. SMARTworks also markets its services through other third-party channels and directly to its customers. Current SMARTworks customers number 750, with a total of 73,000 users.

SMARTWORKS.COM, INC.
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
			Quarters				Annual
	4Q00	1Q01	2Q01	3Q01	4Q01	2001	2000	1999
Revenue	$1.7	$1.9	$2.2	$1.9	$1.9	$7.8	$3.4	$0.0
% Change						133.9%

Operating EBIT	($2.9)	($2.7)	($2.2)	($2.8)	($3.3)	($11.0)	($4.3)	$0.0
Identifiable Assets					$6.4

This start-up operation has invested heavily in the development of its application, internal infrastructure, and more recently its marketing and direct sales. SMARTworks grew out of an internal support function where it was a very effective tool in support of the sale of documents, which accounts for its high usage but low external revenue. The focus for this SBU is to broaden its application and increase sales to third-party customers. Operating expenses are expected to level off in 2002.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

The Company has been named as one of a number of potentially responsible parties at several waste disposal sites, none of which has ever been Company owned. The Company’s policy is to accrue for investigation and remediation at sites where costs are probable and estimable. At this writing, there are no identified environmental liabilities that are expected to have a material adverse effect on the operating results, financial condition, or cash flows of the Company.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

An important objective of the restructuring was to reduce the level of asset investment to improve productivity and generate cash flow. The exhibit below presents a summary analysis of the composition of the Company’s investment and capital structure before and after the restructuring.

STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
NET INVESTMENT & CAPITAL STRUCTURE
		Restructuring Period
Net Investment	Dec-00	Mar-01	Jun-01	Sep-01	Dec-01
Working Capital (Excl Cash & Debt)	$323	$306	$280	$221	$215
Turnover	4.3x				*5.3x*
Capital Assets @NBV	310	261	253	251	225
Restructuring Liability	(9)	(71)	(54)	(32)	(15)
All Other Net Assets	16	40	41	35	29
Total	$641	$537	$521	$475	$454
Turnover	2.2x				*2.5x*
Annualized Return on Invested Capital	6%				*14%*

Capital Structure
Total Debt	$204	$203	$203	$203	$203
Less Cash	(57)	(89)	(100)	(135)	(164)
Net Debt	147	114	103	68	39
Equity	494	423	418	407	415
Total	$641	$537	$521	$475	$454
Net Debt: Total Capital	23%				9%

The level of working capital defined above decreased at a faster rate than revenue, generating improved asset turnover and significant cash flow. Capital expenditures were just $26 million, compared to $66 million and $67 million for 2000 and 1999, respectively. Capital spending for 2002 is forecasted in the $45 million to $55 million range, excluding acquisitions.

The low capital spending during the restructuring, plus the closure of facilities and the disposal of equipment, produced a 27% drop in capital assets. Overall asset turnover improved 15% from 2.2x to 2.5x and the annualized return on assets increased from 6% in the fourth quarter 2000 to 14% in the final quarter of 2001.

Debt remained relatively steady, ending at $203 million. Cash and short-term investments increased by $107 million during the year, producing a year-end net debt position of $39 million, representing just 9% of total capital. This reflects the Company’s strong financial condition.

The Company has a revolving credit facility with 10 banks providing commitments of up to $170 million expiring in May 2005, plus additional commitments with the same banks for up to $85 million expiring in May 2002. At the Company’s option in May 2002, amounts outstanding under the latter commitments may be extended up to one year in the form of a term loan.

The Company is actively seeking acquisitions that will add talent, technology and capabilities that align with the growth strategies of each SBU. The expectation is that the acquisition targets would be moderate in size, having annual revenue of $25 million to $100 million.

Management believes that the combination of internally generated funds, available cash reserves, and the existing credit facility are sufficient to fund the Company’s operation over the next year. In management’s judgment, the Company’s strong balance sheet could support additional debt financing, if necessary, to pursue its acquisition plan.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

Board of Directors and Shareholders

The Standard Register Company

Dayton, Ohio

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of The Standard Register Company and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 30, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’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 consolidated financial position of The Standard Register Company and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 30, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/Battelle & Battelle LLP

Battelle & Battelle LLP

Dayton, Ohio

January 28, 2002

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in thousands)


	*December 30,*	*December 31,*
A S S E T S	*2001*	*2000*

CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 163,502	$ 56,381
Trading securities	290	295
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $9,150 and $6,238, respectively	182,494	246,932
Inventories	74,042	131,812
Prepaid income taxes	28,199	10,154
Deferred income taxes	28,309	21,773
Prepaid expense	13,400	16,906
Total current assets	490,236	484,253




PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Buildings and improvements	86,577	93,168
Machinery and equipment	245,573	312,529
Office equipment	152,734	155,251
Total	484,884	560,948
Less accumulated depreciation	274,003	284,301
Depreciated cost	210,881	276,647
Plant and equipment under construction	6,196	25,432
Land	8,139	8,139
Total plant and equipment	225,216	310,218





OTHER ASSETS
Prepaid pension expense	107,677	94,276
Other	14,654	13,859
Total other assets	122,331	108,135


Total assets	$ 837,783	$ 902,606

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Dollars in thousands)
	*December 30,*	*December 31,*
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	*2001*	*2000*
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 630	$ 590
Accounts payable	32,652	37,821
Accrued compensation	42,895	34,182
Customer deposits	322	259
Deferred service contract income	4,876	6,910
Accrued restructuring	15,307	8,583
Other current liabilities	30,637	25,237
Total current liabilities	127,319	113,582

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-term debt	202,300	202,930
Retiree health care obligation	50,862	52,798
Deferred compensation	12,544	10,515
Deferred income taxes	20,975	28,627
Deferred cost of interest rate swap	8,493	-
Total long-term liabilities	295,174	294,870

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, $1.00 par value:
Authorized 101,000,000 shares
Issued 2001 - 24,825,553; 2000 - 24,704,329	24,826	24,704
Class A stock, $1.00 par value:
Authorized 9,450,000 shares
Issued - 4,725,000	4,725	4,725
Capital in excess of par value	39,854	38,123
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(6,206)	(934)
Retained earnings	403,009	477,731
Treasury stock at cost:
2001 - 1,797,150 shares; 2000 - 1,748,082 shares	(46,124)	(45,364)
Unearned compensation - restricted stock	(1,735)	(1,981)
Common stock held in grantor trust, at cost:
2001 - 118,539 shares; 2000 - 105,443 shares	(3,059)	(2,850)
Total shareholders' equity	415,290	494,154

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 837,783	$ 902,606

See accompanying notes.

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Dollars in thousands)
	*52 Weeks Ended*	*52 Weeks Ended*	*52 Weeks Ended*
	*December 30,*	*December 31,*	*January 2,*
	*2001*	*2000*	*2000*
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss)	$ (49,333)	$ (29,175)	$ 70,901
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	46,105	54,792	53,042
Asset impairments	41,512	73,746	-
Restructuring charges	64,096	24,633	-
Gain on sale of discontinued operations	-	-	(26,238)
Loss on sale of assets	2,135	4,502	603
Gain on sale of other investments	(3,299)	-	-
Deferred income taxes	(10,635)	(19,655)	5,094
Restructuring spending	(32,305)	(11,240)	(11,293)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of
effects from disposition:
Trading securities	5	85	6,150
Accounts receivable	61,856	15,073	10,246
Inventories	41,396	(2,810)	2,730
Income taxes	(18,045)	(8,706)	(2,783)
Other assets	(11,954)	(13,974)	(17,220)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	3,628	(4,895)	5,096
Customer deposits	63	(4)	(2,875)
Deferred income	(2,034)	(982)	(512)
Other liabilities	4,530	7,775	3,019

Net cash provided by operating activities	137,721	89,165	95,960

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to plant and equipment	(25,647)	(65,792)	(67,567)
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations	-	-	97,937
Proceeds from sale of plant and equipment	15,185	466	3,205
Additions to other investments	(1,418)	-	(58)
Proceeds from sale of other investments	6,899	-	-

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(4,981)	(65,326)	33,517

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Principal payments on long-term debt	(590)	-	(31,080)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	1,016	817	1,672
Purchase of treasury stock	(760)	(1)	(28,210)
Dividends paid	(25,285)	(25,231)	(24,694)

Net cash used in financing activities	(25,619)	(24,415)	(82,312)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND
CASH EQUIVALENTS	107,121	(576)	47,165

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	56,381	56,957	9,792

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
AT END OF YEAR	$ 163,502	$ 56,381	$ 56,957

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURES

Cash paid during the year for:
Interest	$ 12,611	$ 12,680	$ 12,456
Income taxes (refunded)	(6,304)	10,847	41,202

See accompanying notes.

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME


(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)


	*52 Weeks Ended*	*52 Weeks Ended*	*52 Weeks Ended*
	*December 30,*	*December 31,*	*January 2,*
	*2001*	*2000*	*2000*
REVENUE
Products	$ 984,188	$ 1,142,393	$ 1,203,564
Services	212,247	211,366	190,422
Total revenue	1,196,435	1,353,759	1,393,986

OPERATING EXPENSES
Cost of sales	781,339	872,603	888,356
Engineering and research	14,385	10,289	8,875
Selling and administrative	304,499	354,542	344,388
Depreciation and amortization	45,419	54,694	50,858
Asset impairments	41,512	73,746	-
Restructuring charges	84,014	24,633	-
Total cost and expense	1,271,168	1,390,507	1,292,477

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	(74,733)	(36,748)	101,509

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest expense	(12,755)	(12,691)	(13,850)
Investment income and other	3,171	2,750	1,878
Total other expense	(9,584)	(9,941)	(11,972)

INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING
OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	(84,317)	(46,689)	89,537

INCOME TAXES (BENEFIT)	(34,984)	(17,514)	33,797

INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING
OPERATIONS	(49,333)	(29,175)	55,740

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Loss from operations, net of applicable
income taxes of ($350)	-	-	(509)
Gain on sale, net of applicable income
taxes of $10,568	-	-	15,670

NET INCOME (LOSS)	$ (49,333)	$ (29,175)	$ 70,901

BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
Income (loss) from continuing operations	($1.79)	($1.06)	$1.99
Loss from discontinued operations	-	-	(0.02)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations	-	-	0.56
Net income (loss)	($1.79)	($1.06)	$2.53

DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Income (loss) from continuing operations	($1.79)	($1.06)	$1.98
Loss from discontinued operations	-	-	(0.02)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations	-	-	0.56
Net income (loss)	($1.79)	($1.06)	$2.52

NET INCOME (LOSS)	$ (49,333)	$ (29,175)	$ 70,901

Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of
$134, $349, and $(501) deferred income tax
(expense) benefit	(199)	(517)	744
Deferred cost on interest rate swap, net of $4,095
deferred income tax benefit	(6,075)	-	-

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)	$ (55,607)	$ (29,692)	$ 71,645

See accompanying notes.

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Dollars in thousands)


*52 Weeks Ended*

*52 Weeks Ended*

*52 Weeks Ended*
	*December 30,*	*December 31,*	*January 2,*
	*2001*	*2000*	*2000*
COMMON STOCK
Beginning balance	$ 24,704	$ 24,468	$ 24,391
Shares issued under:
Management Incentive Plan	28	-	-
Dividend Reinvestment Plan	51	67	36
Restricted Stock Award, net	35	169	-
Stock Option Plan	8	-	41
Ending balance	$ 24,826	$ 24,704	$ 24,468

CLASS A STOCK	$ 4,725	$ 4,725	$ 4,725

CAPITAL IN EXCESS OF PAR VALUE
Beginning balance	$ 38,123	$ 35,669	$ 33,957
Excess of market over par
value of shares issued under:
Management Incentive Plan	369	(44)	27
Dividend Reinvestment Plan	842	842	841
Restricted Stock Award, net	405	1,910	-
Stock Option Plan	115	-	783
Fund grantor trust with treasury shares	-	(254)	61
Ending balance	$ 39,854	$ 38,123	$ 35,669

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSSES
Beginning balance	$ (934)	$ (417)	$ (1,161)
Minimum pension liability	(199)	(517)	744
Cumulative effect of FASB 133 adoption	1,002	-	-
Fair value of interest rate swap	(6,075)	-	-
Ending balance	$ (6,206)	$ (934)	$ (417)

RETAINED EARNINGS
Beginning balance	$ 477,731	$ 525,835	$ 479,679
Net income (loss)	(49,333)	(29,175)	70,901
Dividends declared (2001 - $.92 per share;
2000 - $.69 per share; 1999 - $.89 per share)	(25,389)	(18,929)	(24,745)
Ending balance	$ 403,009	$ 477,731	$ 525,835

TREASURY STOCK AT COST
Beginning balance	$ (45,364)	$ (46,540)	$ (19,614)
Cost of common shares purchased	(760)	(1)	(28,210)
Shares issued under Management Incentive Plan	-	174	404
Fund grantor trust with treasury shares	-	1,003	880
Ending balance	$ (46,124)	$ (45,364)	$ (46,540)

UNEARNED COMPENSATION - RESTRICTED STOCK
Beginning balance	$ (1,981)	$ -	$ -
Issuance of restricted stock, net	(440)	(2,079)	-
Amortization of unearned compensation	686	98	-
Ending balance	$ (1,735)	$ (1,981)	$ -

COMMON STOCK HELD IN GRANTOR TRUST
Beginning balance	$ (2,850)	$ (2,009)	$ (1,012)
Shares issued under Dividend Reinvestment Plan	(104)	(92)	(56)
Shares issued under Management Incentive Plan	(105)	-	-
Fund grantor trust with treasury shares	-	(749)	(941)
Ending balance	$ (3,059)	$ (2,850)	$ (2,009)

Total shareholders' equity	$ 415,290	$ 494,154	$ 541,731

See accompanying notes.

THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Standard Register Company is a leading domestic supplier of printed documents, document management services, outsourcing services, pressure sensitive labels, and e-procurement services. The Company markets its products and services primarily through direct sales organizations operating throughout the United States.

The accounting policies that affect the more significant elements of the financial statements are summarized below.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fiscal Year - The Company’s fiscal year is the 52 or 53-week period ending the Sunday nearest to December 31. Fiscal years 2001, 2000, and 1999 ended on December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000, respectively. Fiscal years 2001, 2000 and 1999 each included 52 weeks.

Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Standard Register Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) after elimination of intercompany transactions, profits and balances.

Cash Equivalents - The Company classifies as cash equivalents all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. The carrying value of cash equivalents approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Trading Securities - Securities are classified as trading when held for short-term periods in anticipation of market gains and are reported at fair market value, with unrealized gains and losses included in income.

Inventories - Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. Substantially all inventory costs are determined by the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. Finished products include printed forms stored for future shipment and invoicing to customers.

Plant and Equipment - Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Costs of normal maintenance and repairs are charged to expense when incurred. Upon the disposition of assets, their cost and related depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and the resulting gain or loss is included in current income. Impairment of asset value is recognized whenever events or circumstances indicate that carrying amounts are not recoverable.

Depreciation - For financial reporting purposes, depreciation is computed by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets. Depreciation expense from continuing operations was $45,419 in 2001, $50,683 in 2000, and $46,847 in 1999. Estimated asset lives are:

*Classification*	*Years*

Buildings and improvements	10-40
Machinery and equipment	5-15
Office furniture and equipment	5-15

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Revenue Recognition - The Company generally recognizes product and related services revenue upon shipment to the customer, legal title passing to the customer and satisfaction of all significant obligations of the contract. Under contractual arrangements with some customers, custom forms, which are stored for future delivery, are recognized as revenue when manufacturing is complete and the order is invoiced under normal credit terms. Revenue from equipment service contracts is recognized ratably over the term of the contract.

Income Taxes - The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial and tax bases, using enacted rates.

Derivative Instruments - The Company utilizes derivative financial instruments to reduce interest rate risks. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (see Note 13).

Earnings Per Share - Basic earnings per share is the per share allocation of net income available to shareholders based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share represents the per share allocation of net income based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding plus all common shares that potentially could have been issued under the Company’s stock option program.

Stock-Based Compensation - The Company accounts for stock-based employee compensation arrangements in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and related interpretations. Pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share, as calculated under the provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, are disclosed for stock options in Note 10.

Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Comprehensive income (loss) represents net income (loss) and any revenues, expenses, gains and losses that, under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are excluded from net income and recognized directly as a component of shareholders’ equity. Components of comprehensive income (loss) for the Company include net income (loss), the minimum pension liability adjustment and the fair value of derivatives adjustment.

Engineering and Research - Engineering and research costs are charged to expense as incurred. These costs relate to the development of new products and to the improvement of existing products and services. These efforts are entirely company sponsored.

Costs of Computer Software - The Company accounts for the costs of software developed for internal use and web-site development costs according to Accounting Standards Executive Committee Statement of Position (SOP) 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed for or Obtained for Internal Use”. Such costs have generally been expensed in accordance with the application provisions of this SOP.

Advertising - The Company expenses costs of advertising as incurred.

Reclassifications - Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation.

Shipping and Handling Fees - In 2001, the Company adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-10, “Accounting for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs.” EITF 00-10 requires companies to classify shipping and handling fees billed to customers as revenues and classify shipping and handling costs paid to vendors as cost of sales. Previously, such revenues and related expenses were netted in revenues. The adoption of this standard increased both net sales and cost of sales by approximately $82,818, $90,672, and $69,183 for 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively, and thus had no impact on reported earnings. Previously reported quarterly sales have been increased to reflect implementation of EITF 00-10 (see Note 18).

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - The FASB issued SFAS No. 141, "Business Combinations", which addresses the financial accounting and reporting for business combinations. SFAS No. 141 requires that all business combinations be accounted for by a single method (the purchase method), modifies the criteria for recognizing intangible assets, and expands disclosure requirements. The provisions of SFAS No. 141 apply to all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. It is anticipated that SFAS No. 141 will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

The FASB issued SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets", which addresses financial accounting and reporting for acquired goodwill and other intangible assets. Intangible assets that are acquired in an acquisition should be recognized and, if necessary, amortized. It also requires that goodwill and intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives not be amortized, but rather tested at least annually for impairment using a fair-value-based test, and intangible assets that have finite useful lives be amortized over their useful lives. In addition, SFAS No. 142 expands the disclosure requirements about goodwill and other intangible assets in the years subsequent to their acquisition. The Company must adopt SFAS No. 142 in fiscal year 2002. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired after June 30, 2001 are subject immediately to the provisions of SFAS No. 142. It is anticipated that SFAS No. 142 will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

The FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations", effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. This statement will require the Company to record a long-lived asset and related liability for the estimated future costs of retiring certain assets. The estimated asset retirement obligation, discounted to reflect present value, will grow to reflect accretion of the interest component. The related retirement asset will be amortized over the economic life of the related asset. Upon adoption of this statement, a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle would be recorded at the beginning of the effective year to recognize the deferred asset and related accumulated amortization to date, and the estimated discounted asset retirement liability together with cumulative accretion since the inception of the liability. The Company will perform assessments and obtain the appraisals required to estimate the future retirement costs. The Company has not evaluated the potential effect, if any, of this standard, and cannot currently estimate the cumulative effect, if any, of this change in accounting principle. Currently, the Company plans to adopt this statement during the first quarter of fiscal 2003.

The FASB issued SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. This statement is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and interim periods within those fiscal years. SFAS No. 144 establishes an accounting model for long-lived assets, including discontinued operations, to be disposed of by sale. This statement requires that long-lived assets be measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell, whether reported in continuing operations or in discontinued operations. Therefore, discontinued operations will no longer be measured at net realizable value or include amounts for operating losses that have not yet occurred. SFAS No. 144 also broadens the reporting of discontinued operations to include components of an entity with operations that can be distinguished from the rest of th e entity and that will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the entity in a disposal transaction. It is anticipated that SFAS No. 144 will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

NOTE 2 – RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGES

2001 Restructuring - In January 2001, the Company announced a plan to restructure its operations (the Plan). The Plan intended to deliver cost reductions through the reduction of overhead, the consolidation of plants, warehouses, and sale offices, and the alignment of Corporate resources with its future business model. Costs to be incurred included severance and employer related costs, contract exit and termination costs, inventory and other asset write-downs and other costs directly related to the restructuring effort. Based upon original estimates, the Plan was expected to result in a total charge of $69,934 ($41,524, after tax) that was recorded in the first quarter of 2001.

Due to the nature of the charges and the duration of the program, estimates of the timing and amount of cost savings required significant judgment and changed during 2001. The Plan resulted in the closing of 25 production facilities. In addition, 149 sales offices and 29 warehouses were consolidated into other locations. In connection with the closing of these facilities, the Company recorded $24,288 in severance and employer related costs related to the elimination of 2,330 positions Company wide. The employment reduction primarily affected employees in the manufacturing, sales, warehousing, and administrative positions. The remaining liability balance is expected to be paid in 2002.

Liabilities recorded for contract exit and termination costs aggregated $20,814 and include $12,837 for various contractual commitments on leased facilities. The majority of the $13,202 inventory and other assets write-downs are in relation to excess supplies inventory and inventory from lost customers due to the restructuring program. The remaining liability balance of contract exit and termination costs is expected to be paid through 2006.

Pre-tax components of the restructuring activity in fiscal 2001 were as follows:

			*Reconciliation of A ccrual*
		*Charges*		*Adjustments*		*Balance*
	*2001*	*Directly to*	*Charges to*	*to Charges to*		*Accrued at*
	*Restructuring*	*Restructuring*	*Restructuring*	*Restructuring*	*Incurred*	*December 30,*
	*Expense*	*Expense*	*Accrual*	*Accrual*	*in 2001*	*2001*

Severance and employer
related costs	$ 24,288	$ -	$ 30,916	$ (6,628)	$ (21,115)	$ 3,173

Contract exit and
termination costs	26,701	5,887	21,297	(483)	(9,112)	11,702

Inventories and other asset
write-downs	18,994	5,792	17,721	(4,519)	(13,064)	138

Implementation costs	14,031	14,031	-	-	-	-

Total	$ 84,014	$ 25,710	$ 69,934	$ (11,630)	$ (43,291)	$ 15,013

In addition to the original charge, the Company incurred $5,887 of contract exit and termination costs and $5,792 of inventory and other asset write-downs that were in excess of the originally estimated charges and charged directly to restructuring expense. Implementation costs related to the relocation of equipment and personnel from closed facilities were also charged directly to restructuring expense as incurred.

NOTE 2 – RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGES (CONTINUED)

2000 Restructuring - In the first and fourth quarters of 2000, the Company announced the reduction of 364 employees and the closing of four production facilities. In connection with this program, the Company recorded a provision of $24,633 ($14,915 after tax). At December 31, 2000, this program had $6,932 remaining in the liability balance. As of December 30, 2001, this program has been substantially completed and the remaining liability balance is $294. The remaining liability is for non-cancelable lease obligations. There were no material changes to the program since its announcement in the first and fourth quarters of 2000.

Previous Restructuring - At December 31, 2000, the restructuring plan established with the acquisition of Uarco, Inc. had $1,651 remaining in the liability balance. As of December 30, 2001, this program has been completed and has no remaining liability balance.

2001 Impairment - In conjunction with the reorganization, management performed a review of its existing property and equipment and, based on its evaluation, determined that there was a significant impairment of long-lived assets associated with plants that were closed. Certain assets that had no long-term strategic value were either written off or written down to estimated fair market value if the asset was to be sold. The amount of non-cash write-offs related to impaired assets was $41,512.

2000 Impairment - In the fourth quarter of 2000, the Company completed a balance sheet review that identified assets whose carrying amounts are not recoverable. As a result of this review, the Company recorded asset impairment charges totaling $73,746. These charges include the write-off of goodwill of $48,129, write-off of unamortized software costs of $6,280, $17,242 of machinery and equipment write-downs, and a $2,095 investment impairment.

The write-off of goodwill is based on the market value method of assessing enterprise level goodwill for impairment. The impairment of goodwill results from the continued decline during 1999 and 2000 of the market price of the Company’s stock. The software cost write-off relates to license fees and other costs incurred for projects that were subsequently abandoned. The machinery and equipment write-downs relate to idle manufacturing assets held for disposal. The investment impairment is recognized for permanent decline in value of a company in which the Company had a 10% equity interest. In addition to the impairment, goodwill amortization for 2000 and 1999 was $4,011.

NOTE 3 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On April 1, 1999, the Company sold substantially all of the business and operating assets of its Communicolor promotional direct mail operation for approximately $97,900 in cash. The transaction resulted in a gain of $15,670, net of income taxes of $10,568. This business has been accounted for as a discontinued operation and the operating results of Communicolor have been excluded from continuing operations and reported as a separate line on the statement of income for fiscal year 1999. Revenue reclassified to discontinued operations was $16,053 for fiscal year 1999.

NOTE 4 – INVENTORIES

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market determined by the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. If the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method had been used, these inventories would have been $38,348 higher at December 30, 2001 and $42,003 higher at December 31, 2000.

Inventories at the respective year-ends are as follows:

	*December 30,*	*December 31,*
	*2001*	*2000*

Finished products	$ 57,899	$ 104,806
Jobs in process	9,215	18,451
Materials and supplies	6,928	8,555

Total	$ 74,042	$ 131,812

NOTE 4 – INVENTORIES

During fiscal years 2001 and 2000, inventory quantities were reduced. These reductions resulted in liquidations of LIFO inventory quantities carried at lower costs prevailing in prior years as compared with the cost of current year purchases, the effect of which decreased cost of sales by approximately $5,809 and $464 and decreased net loss by approximately $3,470 and $274 or $.13 and $.01 per share for fiscal years 2001 and 2000, respectively.

NOTE 5 – LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	*December 30,*	*December 31,*
	*2001*	*2000*

Revolving credit facility	$ 200,000	$ 200,000
Industrial development revenue bonds	2,930	3,520
Total	202,930	203,520
Less current portion	630	590

Long-term portion	$ 202,300	$ 202,930

The Company has a $255,000 unsecured revolving credit facility agreement with ten banks. The agreement provides a four-year commitment of up to $170,000, maturing May 2005 and a one-year commitment plus a one-year term loan extension at the Company’s option, maturing May 2003, of up to $85,000. The credit facility incurs interest at a floating rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a spread dependent upon the Company’s net debt to total capital ratio. At December 30, 2001, the Company had borrowings outstanding under this agreement of $200,000.

At December 31, 2000, the Company had borrowings outstanding of $200,000 under a $300,000 revolving credit agreement that was replaced by the current agreement on May 11, 2001.

The Company entered into a $200,000 five-year interest rate swap that fixed the Company’s borrowing rate at 5.84% plus the spread and bank fees through January 2003 (see Note 13). The all-in annual fixed cost of the $200,000 of borrowings under the credit facility agreement is 6.65% and 6.09% at December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively.

Long-term debt also includes industrial development revenue bonds issued by Rutherford County, Tennessee. Interest is payable semi-annually at 6.125%. Required annual bond principal payments subsequent to fiscal 2001 are as follows: 2002 - $630 and 2003 - $2,300.

NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES

The provision (benefit) for income taxes, relating to continuing operations, consists of the following:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*
Current:
Federal	$ (23,353)	$ 1,714	$ 16,067
State and local	(996)	427	2,857
	(24,349)	2,141	18,924

Deferred	(10,635)	(19,655)	14,873

Total	$ (34,984)	$ (17,514)	$ 33,797

NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)

The significant components of the deferred tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*
Depreciation	$ (11,085)	$ 3,929	$ 4,114
Goodwill impairment	1,615	(19,379)	-
Restructuring	(2,692)	(3,471)	-
Pension	5,570	3,087	5,775
Inventories	752	44	459
State and local income tax benefit	(2,165)	-	-
Federal tax credit	(1,555)	-	-
Compensation and benefits	399	(2,544)	(483)
Accounts and notes receivable	(1,858)	(1,112)	4,236
Retiree health care benefits	779	550	359
Litigation	484	(805)	-
Other	(879)	46	413
Total	$ (10,635)	$ (19,655)	$ 14,873

The components of the current net deferred tax asset and long-term net deferred tax liability are as follows:

	*December 30,*	*December 31,*
	*2001*	*2000*
Deferred tax asset:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 3,660	$ 2,512
Inventories	2,275	3,027
State and local income tax benefit	2,165	-
Federal tax credit	1,555	-
Compensation and benefits	11,279	11,678
Restructuring	6,163	3,471
Litigation	321	805
Other	891	280
Total (current asset)	$ 28,309	$ 21,773

Deferred tax liability:
Depreciation	$ 19,079	$ 30,164
Notes receivable	(710)	-
Goodwill impairment	(17,764)	(19,379)
Pension	44,327	38,890
Retiree health care benefits	(20,480)	(21,259)
Interest rate swap	(3,420)	-
Other	(57)	211
Total (long-term liability)	$ 20,975	$ 28,627

The reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate and the effective tax rate follows:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*
Statutory federal income tax rate	(35.0)%	(35.0)%	35.0%
State and local income taxes	(5.3)	(5.3)	5.3
Capital loss	-	1.8	-
Utilization of capital loss carryover	(1.5)	-	(2.3)
Other	0.3	1.0	(0.3)
Effective tax rate	(41.5)%	(37.5)%	37.7%

NOTE 7 – CAPITAL STRUCTURE

The Company has two classes of capital stock issued and outstanding, Common and Class A. These are equal in all respects except voting rights and restrictions on ownership of Class A stock. Each of the 22,909,864 shares of Common outstanding has one vote, while each of the 4,725,000 outstanding shares of Class A is entitled to five votes. Class A stock is convertible into Common stock on a share-for-share basis at which time ownership restrictions are eliminated.

The Company repurchased Common stock shares for treasury as follows: 2001 – 49,068 shares at average cost of $15.50; 2000 – 24 shares at average cost of $25.95; and 1999 – 1,137,901 shares at average cost of $24.79.

NOTE 8 – COMMON STOCK HELD IN GRANTOR TRUST

During 1998, the Company established a grantor trust (“Trust”) to fund the Company’s obligations under a deferred compensation plan for eligible participants. The benefits payable from the Trust are included in the “Deferred compensation” liability shown on the Company’s balance sheet. Although the Trust is funded with both cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, obligations under the deferred compensation plan are intended to be settled only in cash. Therefore, the shares of the Company’s common stock held by the Trust are not considered to be potentially dilutive. Company shares held by the Trust were 118,539 and 105,443 at December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively.

Company shares funding the Trust are recorded as “Common stock held in grantor trust” at their fair market value as of the transfer date. “Capital in excess of par value” is increased for any differences between the cost of the shares and their recorded fair value. Increases or decreases in the deferred compensation liability, that result from changes in the value of the Company’s common stock held by the Trust, are recognized in current income.

NOTE 9 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

The number of shares outstanding for calculation of earnings per share (EPS) is as follows:

(Shares in thousands)	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	27,602	27,401	28,051

Dilutive effect of stock options	-	-	96

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	27,602	27,401	28,147

The effects of stock options on diluted EPS are reflected through the application of the treasury stock method. Under this method, proceeds received by the Company, based on assumed exercise, are hypothetically used to repurchase the Company’s shares at the average market price for the period. Outstanding options to purchase 1,273 shares during fiscal year 1999 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the exercise prices of the options were greater than the average market price of the shares; therefore, the effect would be anti-dilutive. Due to the net loss incurred in fiscal years 2001 and 2000, no outstanding options were included in the diluted EPS computation because they would automatically result in anti-dilution.

NOTE 10 – STOCK OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK

The Company has a plan under which stock options may be granted to officers and key employees for the purchase of a maximum of 3,000,000 shares of common stock. Under the terms of the plan, options may be either incentive or non-qualified. The options have a term of ten years. The exercise price per share, determined by a committee of the Board of Directors, may not be less than the fair market value on the grant date. The options are exercisable over periods determined when granted.

The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related interpretations in accounting for its stock option plan. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized in the Company’s financial statements. Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock option plan been determined based on the fair value of such awards at the grant dates, consistent with the methods of SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, the Company’s total and per share net income would have been reduced as follows:

		*2001*	*2000*	*1999*

Net income (loss)	As reported	$ (49,333)	$ (29,175)	$ 70,901
	Pro forma	(49,343)	(29,351)	67,852

Basic earnings per share	As reported	$ (1.79)	$ (1.06)	$ 2.53
	Pro forma	(1.79)	(1.07)	2.42

Diluted earnings per share	As reported	$ (1.79)	$ (1.06)	$ 2.52
	Pro forma	(1.79)	(1.07)	2.41

The weighted average fair values of options granted in fiscal years 2001, 2000 and 1999 were estimated at $3.88, $3.05, and $7.82 per share, respectively, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*

Risk-free interest rate	4.2%	5.8%	5.5%
Dividend yield	4.6%	4.6%	2.8%
Expected life	5 years	5 years	5 years
Expected volatility	30.3%	30.9%	29.5%

The stock option activity is summarized as follows:

	*2001*		*2000*		*1999*
		*Weighted*		*Weighted*		*Weighted*
		*Average*		*Average*		*Average*
		*Exercise*		*Exercise*		*Exercise*
	*Shares*	*Price*	*Shares*	*Price*	*Shares*	*Price*

Outstanding,
beginning of year	2,137,092	$ 23.070	1,564,890	$ 30.424	1,757,340	$ 30.385
Granted	436,000	18.950	912,870	13.157	18,000	29.049
Exercised	(8,000)	15.438	-	-	(40,950)	20.125
Canceled	(322,856)	26.571	(340,668)	29.862	(169,500)	32.363

Outstanding,
end of year	2,242,236	21.722	2,137,092	23.070	1,564,890	30.424

NOTE 10 – STOCK OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK (CONTINUED)

Following is a summary of the status of stock options outstanding at December 30, 2001:

*Number*	*Number*	*Exercise*	*Remaining*
*Outstanding*	*Exercisable*	*Price*	*Term*

204,250	204,250	$ 20.125	4 years
105,000	105,000	32.375	5 years
110,600	107,400	35.313	6 years
400,300	244,400	34.125	7 years
149,396	137,467	30.250	7 years
5,000	5,000	28.975	8 years
150,670	93,174	15.053	9 years
706,520	186,125	12.625	9 years
48,500	-	16.108	10 years
15,000	-	16.117	10 years
347,000	-	19.470	10 years

Certain officers of the Company participate in a restricted stock program. In fiscal years 2001 and 2000, the Company awarded 38,000 and 168,839 restricted shares of common stock, respectively. The market value of these shares awarded for fiscal years 2001 and 2000 were $477 and $2,079, respectively. These amounts are recorded as unearned compensation-restricted stock and are shown as a reduction of shareholders’ equity. Unearned compensation is being amortized to expense over vesting periods of three, four and five years, and amortization for fiscal years 2001 and 2000 amounted to $685 and $98, respectively. In fiscal 2001 there were forfeitures of 3,000 restricted shares with a market value of $37.

All restricted stock program participants are entitled to receive cash dividends and to vote their shares. However, the sale or transfer of these shares are restricted during the vesting period. In addition, participants are entitled to future restricted stock awards in 2002 if certain financial objectives are achieved.

NOTE 11 – PENSION PLANS

The Company has qualified defined benefit plans covering substantially all of its employees. The benefits are based on years of service and the employee’s compensation at the time of retirement, or years of service and a benefit multiplier. The Company funds its pension plans based on allowable federal income tax deductions. Contributions are intended to provide not only for benefits attributed to service to date but also for benefits expected to be earned in the future. The Company also has two non-qualified plans that provide benefits in addition to those provided in the qualified plans.

Pension fund assets are invested in a broadly diversified portfolio consisting primarily of publicly-traded common stocks and fixed income securities.

NOTE 11 – PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED)

The following sets forth the reconciliation of the benefit obligations and plan assets and the funded status for all Company pension plans:

*Change in Benefit Obligation*	*2001*	*2000*
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$ 411,220	$ 403,831
Service cost	11,873	12,203
Interest cost	27,707	29,469
Early retirement window	-	4,064
Amendments	-	(88)
Actuarial loss	32,839	13,258
Benefits paid	(76,201)	(51,517)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$ 407,438	$ 411,220

*Change in Plan Assets*
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$ 494,185	$ 484,946
Actual return on plan assets	(40,923)	56,974
Participants’ contributions	-	870
Employer contributions	7,723	2,912
Benefits paid	(76,201)	(51,517)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$ 384,784	$ 494,185

Funded status	$ (22,654)	$ 82,965
Unrecognized net actuarial loss	130,518	8,682
Unrecognized prior service cost	2,224	4,938
Minimum pension liability	(2,411)	(2,309)
Prepaid pension expense shown in balance sheet	$ 107,677	$ 94,276

Minimum pension liability:
Intangible asset	$ 514	$ 745
Deferred income tax benefit	764	630
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	1,133	934
Total	$ 2,411	$ 2,309

Net periodic benefit income includes the following components:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*
Service cost of benefits earned	$ 11,873	$ 12,203	$ 11,778
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	27,707	29,469	29,587
Expected return on plan assets	(48,395)	(52,773)	(51,987)
Amortization of prior service costs	1,861	2,348	2,358
Curtailment loss	853	568	-
Amortization of net loss from prior periods	321	232	160
Cost of early retirement window	-	4,064	-
Net periodic benefit income	$ (5,780)	$ (3,889)	$ (8,104)

NOTE 11 – PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED)

The fluctuation in unrecognized net actuarial loss for 2001 compared with 2000 is due primarily to the actual return on plan assets for 2001 being less than the expected return and changing the discount rate for the determination of the accumulated benefit obligations for 2001 from 7.5% to 7.0%.

The weighted average discount rates used in determining the actuarial present value of the projected benefit obligation were 7.0% for 2001 and 7.5% for 2000 and 1999. The rate of increase for future compensation levels used in determining the obligation was 5.0% for 2001, 2000 and 1999. The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 10.0% in 2001 and 10.5% in 2000 and 1999.

The Company’s two non-qualified plans have no plan assets. The total unfunded projected benefit obligations of these two plans were $15,122, $21,477, and $18,406 at the respective 2001, 2000, and 1999 year-ends. The related accumulated benefit obligations were $12,197; $17,808; and $14,857 at the same respective year-ends.

Substantially all of the Company’s employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) savings plan. Expenses recorded for employer matching contributions under this plan totaled $2,542; $2,913; and $1,172 for 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively.

NOTE 12 – POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS OTHER THAN PENSIONS

In addition to providing pension benefits, the Company provides certain health care benefits for eligible retired employees. The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the benefit obligation and the funded status for this plan:

*Change in Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation*	*2001*	*2000*

Beginning balance	$ 41,571	$ 49,884

Service cost	-	-
Interest cost	3,000	3,588
Amendments	-	(8,951)
Actuarial loss	14,452	1,499

Net retiree benefits paid	(4,021)	(4,449)

Ending balance	$ 55,002	$ 41,571

Plan assets	-	-

Funded status	$ 55,002	$ 41,571
Unrecognized net actuarial (loss) gain	(12,375)	2,276
Unrecognized prior service cost	8,235	8,951

Retiree health care obligation shown in balance sheet	$ 50,862	$ 52,798

The components of postretirement benefit cost are as follows:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*

Service cost	$ -	$ -	$ -
Interest cost	3,000	3,588	3,587
Amortization of prior service cost	(716)	-	-
Amortization of net gain from prior periods	(199)	(411)	(240)

Net postretirement benefit cost	$ 2,085	$ 3,177	$ 3,347

NOTE 12 – POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS OTHER THAN PENSIONS (CONTINUED)

The funding policy is to pay claims as they occur. Payments for postretirement health benefits, net of retiree contributions, amounted to $4,021, $4,449 and $4,240 in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

The fluctuation in unrecognized net actuarial loss in 2001 compared with unrecognized net actuarial gain in 2000 is due primarily to changing the discount rate for the determination of the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation from 7.5% to 7.0%.

The accumulated benefit obligation was determined using the unit credit method and assumed discount rates of 7.0% for 2001 and 7.5% for 2000 and 1999. The assumed current health care cost trend rate is 8.5% in 2001 and 8.0% in 2000 and 1999, and gradually decreases to 5.0% in the year 2007.

A one percent increase in the assumed health care cost trend rate would result in a $346 increase in the interest component of expense for 2001 and a $6,044 increase in the postretirement benefit obligation at December 30, 2001. Similarly, a one percent decrease would result in a $307 decrease in the interest component of 2001 expense and a $5,372 decrease in the postretirement benefit obligation at December 30, 2001.

NOTE 13 – DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, which was amended in June 2000 by SFAS No. 138. SFAS No. 133, as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities. The new standards require that an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. Changes in the fair value of those instruments will be reported in earnings or other comprehensive income depending on the use of the derivative and whether it qualifies for hedge accounting. The accounting for gains and losses associated with changes in the fair value of the derivative and the effect on the consolidated financial statements will depend on its hedge designation and whether the hedge is highly effective in ac hieving offsetting changes in fair value of cash flows of the asset or liability hedged.

The Company has entered into an interest rate swap contract under which the Company agrees to pay a fixed-rate of interest times a notional principal amount, and to receive in return an amount equal to a specified variable-rate amount times a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are contractual agreements between two parties for the exchange of interest payments on notational principal amount and agreed upon fixed or floating rates, for defined time periods. The notional amounts of the contract are not exchanged. No other cash payments are made unless the contract is terminated prior to maturity, in which case the amount paid or received in settlement is established by an agreement at the time of termination, and usually represents the net present value, at current rates of interest, of the remaining obligations to exchange payments under the terms of th e contract.

The interest rate swap contract under which the Company agreed to pay a fixed rate of interest is considered to be a hedge against the change in the amount of future cash flows associated with the Company’s interest payments of the Company’s variable-rate debt obligations. Accordingly, this interest rate swap contract is reflected at fair value in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and the related gains or losses on this contract are deferred in shareholders’ equity as a component of comprehensive income. These deferred gains or losses are then amortized as an adjustment to interest expense over the same period in which the related interest payments that are being hedged are recognized in income. However, to the extent that any of these contracts are not considered to be perfectly effective in offsetting the change in the value of interest paym ents being hedged, any changes in fair value relating to the ineffective portion of these contracts are immediately recognized in income. The net effect of this accounting on operating results is that interest expense on the portion of variable-rate debt being hedged is generally recorded based on fixed interest rates.

NOTE 13 – DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)

At December 30, 2001, the Company had an interest rate swap contract to pay fixed rates of interest (average rate of 5.84%) and receive variable rates of interest (average three-month LIBOR rate of 1.88%) on $200,000 notional principal amount of indebtedness. This agreement terminates on January 27, 2003.

The Company adopted SFAS No. 133, as amended, on January 1, 2001, resulting in a cumulative effect of approximately $1,002 after-tax ($1,677 pre-tax) being credited to other comprehensive income. At December 30, 2001 the Company has recorded a liability for the fair value of this interest rate swap of $8,493, net of taxes of approximately $3,420. This amount is reflected in other comprehensive income, as the Company has designated the contract as a cash flow hedge.

In the unlikely event that the counterparty fails to perform under the contract, the Company bears the credit risk that payments due to the Company, if applicable, may not be collected.

NOTE 14 – SEGMENT REPORTING

On January 25, 2001, the Company announced a new business strategy designed to recover the market value of the Company and establish a platform for long-term earnings growth and shareholder return. As part of this new business strategy, the Company has migrated from a single functional organizational structure to four strategic business units with distinct profiles and missions primarily organized along product lines: Document Management, Fulfillment Services, Label Solutions and SMARTworks.com.

SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” requires companies to provide certain information about their operating segments. As of the fourth quarter 2001, the Company is operating under the new business strategy and thus has four reporting segments subject to SFAS No. 131. Document Management provides a wide array of printed documents and selected services that facilitate the recording, storage, and communication of business information. Document Management consists principally of business forms, PC-based printing systems, secure documents, form/label combinations, digital print networks, print-on-demand and document related equipment. Document Management consists of six business units that have been aggregated for segment reporting purposes. Fulfillment Services is focused on o utsourcing services. Document outsourcing is the delegation to a supplier of the creation, production, processing, printing, mailing or electronic transmission, or fulfillment of any type of printed or electronic documents. Fulfillment Services produces personalized statements, customized kits, warehousing and kitting operations, retail cards, commercial printing and print and mail type services. Label Solutions provides products and services relating to flexographic, screen and offset printed labels, bar code/automatic ID systems, pressure sensitive labels, compliance labels and variable image products. Label Solutions produces distribution labels, screen-printed labels and other pressure sensitive labels. SMARTworks.com operates as an Application Service Provider (ASP) of its own Web application. Operating as an ASP, SMARTworks.com offers an end-to-end solution for procuring, managing and significantly reducing the overall cost of paper and electronic documents across all broad print categories.

The segments are managed and reported internally primarily by the type of products they produce and the markets they serve. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company evaluates segment performance based on operating income. No single customer provided more than 10% of the Company’s revenue in 2001.

Due to the Company’s reporting requirements under SFAS No. 131, the Company is required to restate prior period information. The Company did not classify assets by segments prior to the reorganization that commenced during 2001. As a result, it is not practicable to discern asset related information and depreciation expense for 2000 and 1999 for the designated segments. Accordingly, 2000 and 1999 realigned asset related information and depreciation expense amounts have not been presented. The SMARTworks.com subsidiary began operations during the third quarter of 2000.

NOTE 14 – SEGMENT REPORTING (CONTINUED)

Information about the Company’s operations by segment is as follows:

		*Document*		*Label*	*SMART-*
		*Management*	*Fulfillment*	*Solutions*	*works.com*	*Total*
Revenue from external customers	2001	$ 928,045	$ 120,811	$ 138,704	$ 37	$ 1,187,597
	2000	1,062,182	117,744	173,833	-	1,353,759
	1999	1,120,523	101,935	171,528	-	1,393,986
Intersegment revenues	2001	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ 7,805	$ 7,805
	2000	-	-	-	3,352	3,352
Operating income (loss)	2001	$ 57,439	$ 533	$ 7,413	$(10,961)	$ 54,424
	2000	71,065	1,354	6,494	(4,264)	74,649
	1999	98,759	618	11,177	-	110,554
Identifiable assets	2001	$ 373,794	$ 46,096	$ 51,317	$ 6,367	$ 477,574
Fixed asset additions	2001	$ 14,842	$ 2,917	$ 1,163	$ 3,038	$ 21,960
Depreciation	2001	$ 27,009	$ 4,284	$ 3,166	$ 1,098	$ 35,557

Reconciling information between reportable segments and the Company’s consolidated financial statements is as follows:

	*2001*	*2000*	*1999*
Revenues from external customers	$ 1,187,597	$ 1,353,759	$ 1,393,986
Corporate and unallocated	8,838	-	-
Total consolidated revenues	$ 1,196,435	$ 1,353,759	$ 1,393,986

Operating Income (Loss)	$ 54,424	$ 74,649	$ 110,554
Other deductions	(3,200)	(3,446)	(1)
LIFO adjustment	(431)	(5,562)	(5,035)
Goodwill amortization	-	(4,010)	(4,009)
Asset impairment	(41,512)	(73,746)	-
Restructuring	(84,014)	(24,633)	-
Total other expense	(9,584)	(9,941)	(11,972)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before
income taxes	$ (84,317)	$ (46,689)	$ 89,537

Identifiable Assets	$ 477,574
Corporate and unallocated	360,209
Total consolidated assets	$ 837,783

Fixed Asset Additions	$ 21,960
Corporate and unallocated	3,687
Total consolidated fixed asset additions	$ 25,647

Depreciation	$ 35,557
Corporate and unallocated	9,862
Total consolidated depreciation	$ 45,419

NOTE 15 – CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk principally consist of cash and equivalents, short-term investments, and trade receivables. The Company’s credit risk with respect to trade receivables is, in management’s opinion, limited due to industry and geographic diversification. As disclosed on the balance sheet, the Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to cover estimated credit losses.

NOTE 16 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

	*December 30, 2001*		*December 31, 2000*
	*Fair*	*Carrying*	*Fair*	*Carrying*
	*Value*	*Amount*	*Value*	*Amount*
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$ 163,502	$ 163,502	$ 56,381	$ 56,381
Trading securities	290	290	295	295
Interest rate swap	-	-	1,677	-

Liabilities
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 202,949	$ 202,930	$ 203,552	$ 203,520
Interest rate swap	8,493	8,493	-	-

The carrying amount of cash equivalents approximates fair value because of the short maturities of those instruments. The fair value of trading securities is based on quoted market prices. The fair values of the interest rate swap and long-term debt are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the Company’s assumed incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements and are supplemented with quotes from counterparties. The interest rate swap represents amounts that the Company would pay (December 30, 2001) or receive (December 31, 2000) to terminate/replace this contract. The Company has no present plans to terminate/replace significant portions of this contract.

NOTE 17 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Purchase commitments for capital improvements aggregated $269 at December 30, 2001. Also, the Company has purchase commitments for equipment for resale of $963 at December 30, 2001. The Company has no purchase agreements with suppliers extending beyond normal quantity requirements.

The Company is obligated under several leases expiring at various dates. Annual expense under these leases was $31,281 in 2001, $45,357 in 2000, and $46,223 in 1999.

NOTE 17 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

Rental commitments under existing leases at December 30, 2001, are:

				*Computer and*
	*Real*	*Sales*	*Transportation*	*Other*
	*Estate*	*Offices*	*Equipment*	*Equipment*	*Total*

2002	$ 10,611	$ 6,749	$ 210	$ 3,729	$ 21,299
2003	8,887	4,517	210	2,376	15,990
2004	5,620	2,683	210	944	9,457
2005	4,109	1,572	88	293	6,062
2006	2,763	680	88	11	3,542
Later years	1,356	48	82	1	1,487

In the opinion of management, no litigation or claims, including proceedings under governmental laws and regulations related to environmental matters, are pending against the Company which will have an adverse material effect on its financial condition.

NOTE 18 - QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

Summarized quarterly financial data follow:

(Dollars in thousands, except per	*Quarters Ended*
share amounts)	*April 1,*	*July 1,*	*September 30,*	*December 30,*
	*2001*	*2001*	*2001*	*2001*

Revenue	$ 317,597	$ 314,971	$ 278,174	$ 285,693

Gross margin*	113,686	100,259	89,638	111,513

Net income (loss)	(61,094)	1,913	(1,429)	11,277

Basic and diluted earnings per share	(2.22)	.07	(.05)	.41

(Dollars in thousands, except per	*Quarters Ended*
share amounts)	*April 2,*	*July 2,*	*October 1,*	*December 31,*
	*2000*	*2000*	*2000*	*2000*

Revenue	$ 336,879	$ 340,889	$ 324,680	$ 351,311

Gross margin*	119,601	122,483	117,353	121,719

Net income (loss)	(1,915)	10,403	8,356	(46,019)

Basic and diluted earnings per share	(.07)	.38	.31	(1.67)

* Revenue less cost of sales.

EX-23 4 srex23.htm EXHIBIT 23.1 Converted by FileMerlin

EX-23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

As independent auditors, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our reports included in and incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K, into the Company's previously filed Registration Statements File No.'s 333-02683, 333-05231, 333-15851, 333-43055, 333-51189, 333-51181, 333-57779 and 333-84483.

/S/ BATTELLE & BATTELLE LLP

BATTELLE & BATTELLE LLP

Dayton, Ohio

March 21, 2002

EX-24 5 srex24.htm EXHIBIT 24.1 EX-24

EX-24.1

P O W E R O F A T T O R N E Y

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints D. L. Rediker and P. H. Granzow, and each of them, jointly and severally, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution, and each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned the Annual Report on Form 10-K, and any amendments thereto, of The Standard Register Company for the year ended December 30, 2001, and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file such report with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their or his substitutes, shal l do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature	Title	Date


/S/ P. H. Granzow	Chairman of the Board	February 14, 2002
P. H. Granzow


/S/ D. L. Rediker	President and Chief Executive	February 14, 2002
D. L. Rediker	Officer and Director


/S/ C. J. Brown	Senior Vice President-Administration,	February 14, 2002
C. J. Brown	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer


/S/ R. W. Begley, Jr.	Director	February 14, 2002
R. W. Begley, Jr.


/S/ F. D. Clark, III	Director	February 14, 2002
F. D. Clark, III


/S/ G. G. Keeping	Director	February 14, 2002
G. G. Keeping


/S/ D. L. Rediker	Director	February 14, 2002
D. L. Rediker


/S/ A. Scavullo	Director	February 14, 2002
A. Scavullo


/S/ J. J. Schiff, Jr.	Director	February 14, 2002
J. J. Schiff, Jr.


/S/ J. Q. Sherman, II	Director	February 14, 2002
J. Q. Sherman, II

Signed and acknowledged in the presence of:

/S/ P. H. Granzow	/S/ K. A. Lamme
P. H. Granzow, Chairman of the	K. A. Lamme, Corporate Vice President,
Board of Directors of The Standard	Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
Register Company	of The Standard Register Company

	[Corporate Seal]

STATE OF OHIO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY:

The foregoing Directors of The Standard Register Company personally appeared before me, a Notary Public for the State of Ohio, and each of them acknowledged that they did sign this Power of Attorney, and that it is the free act and deed of each said Director.

I have signed and sealed this Power of Attorney at Dayton, Ohio on February 14, 2002.

/S/ K. A. Lamme

Kathryn A. Lamme

[ Notary Seal ]

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