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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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NEW
JERSEY
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22-1463699
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(State
of other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
No.)
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206
Van Vorst Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
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07302
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(Address
of principal executive
offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Small reporting company o
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(Do
not check if a small
reporting
company)
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BEL
FUSE INC.
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INDEX
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Forward Looking Information |
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Part
I
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Item
1.
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Business
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1
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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9
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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14
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Item
2.
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Properties
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14
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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16
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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18
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Part
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant's Common Equity, Related
Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
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19
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data
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22
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Item
7.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
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24
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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45
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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45
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Item
9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements With Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure
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46
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures
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46
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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48
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Part
III
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Item
10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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48
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation
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48
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters
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48
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BEL
FUSE INC.
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INDEX
(Con't)
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Page
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Part
III (Con't)
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and
Director Independence
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48
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
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48
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Part
IV
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Item
15.
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Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules
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49
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Signatures |
52
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·
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Discrete
components
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·
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Power
transformers
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·
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MagJack®
integrated connector modules
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·
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Power
conversion modules
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·
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Integrated
modules
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·
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Miniature
fuses
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·
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Surface
mount PTC devices and fuses
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·
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Radial
PTC devices and micro fuses
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·
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Passive
jacks
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·
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Plugs
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·
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Cable
assemblies
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Product
Group
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Function
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Applications
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Magnetics
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Discrete
Components
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Condition,
filter and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate
data/voice/video transmission.
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Network
switches, routers, hubs and PCs used in 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet,
Power over Ethernet (PoE), home networking and cable modem
applications.
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Power
Transformers
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Safety
isolation and distribution.
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Power
supplies, alarm, fire detection and security systems, HVAC, lighting
and
medical equipment.
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MagJack®
Integrated Connectors
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Condition,
filter and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate
data/voice/video transmission and provide RJ45 and USB
connectivity.
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Network
switches, routers, hubs and PCs used in 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet,
Power over Ethernet (PoE), home networking and cable modem
applications.
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Modules
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Power
Conversion Modules (DC-DC Converters)
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Convert
DC voltage level to other DC level as required to meet the power
needs of
low voltage silicon devices.
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Networking
equipment, distributed power architecture, telecom devices, computers
and
peripherals.
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Integrated
Modules
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Condition,
filter and isolate the electronic signal to ensure accurate
data/voice/video transmission.
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Broadband,
home networking and telecom equipment supporting ISDN, T1E1 and
DSL
technologies.
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Circuit
Protection
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Miniature
Fuses
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Protects
devices by preventing current in an electrical circuit from exceeding
acceptable levels.
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Power
supplies, electronic ballasts and consumer electronics.
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Surface
mount PTC devices and fuses
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Protects
devices by preventing current in an electrical circuit from exceeding
acceptable levels. PTC devices can be reset to resume
functionality.
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Cell
phone chargers, consumer electronics, power supplies and set
top
boxes.
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Radial
PTC devices and micro fuses
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Protects
devices by preventing current in an electrical circuit from exceeding
acceptable levels. PTC devices can be reset to resume
functionality.
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Cell
phones, mobile computers, IC and battery protection, power supplies
and
telecom line cards.
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Interconnect
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Passive
Jacks
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RJ45
and RJ11 connectivity for data/voice/video transmission.
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Network
routers, hubs, switches and patch panels deployed in Category
5e, 6, 6a
and 7a cable systems.
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Plugs
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RJ45
and RJ11 connectivity for data/voice/video transmission.
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Network
routers, hubs, switches and patch panels deployed in Category
5e, 6, 6a
and 7a cable systems.
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Cable
Assemblies
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RJ45
and RJ11 connectivity for data/voice/video transmission.
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Structured
Category 5e, 6, 6a and 7a cable systems (premise
wiring).
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·
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announcements
of technological or competitive
developments;
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·
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acquisitions
or strategic alliances by us or our
competitors;
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·
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the
gain or loss of a significant customer or
order;
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·
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changes
in estimates of our financial performance or changes in recommendations
by
securities analysts regarding us or our industry;
or
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·
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general
market or economic conditions.
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Location
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Approximate
Square
Feet
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Owned/
Leased
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Percentage
Used
for
Manufacturing
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Dongguan,
People's
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Republic
of China
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346,000
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Leased
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61
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%
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Zhongshan,
People's
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||||||||||
Republic
of China
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365,000
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Leased
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67
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%
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Zhongshan,
People's
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||||||||||
Republic
of China
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117,000
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Owned
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100
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%
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Zhongshan,
People's
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||||||||||
Republic
of China
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78,000
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Owned
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100
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%
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Hong
Kong
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43,000
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Owned
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7
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%
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Praha,
Czech Republic
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4,800
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Leased
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11
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%
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Louny,
Czech Republic
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11,000
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Owned
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75
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%
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Dominican
Republic
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41,000
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Leased
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85
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%
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Cananea,
Mexico
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28,000
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Leased
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65
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%
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Inwood,
New York
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39,000
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Owned
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40
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%
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Glen
Rock, Pennsylvania
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74,000
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Owned
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60
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%
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Westboro,
MA
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22,000
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Leased
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85
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%
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1,168,800
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Item 4. |
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
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Item 5. |
Market
for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
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Class
A
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Class
A
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Class
B
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Class
B
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High
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Low
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High
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Low
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Year
Ended December 31, 2006
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First
Quarter
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$
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34.50
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$
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24.59
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$
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40.16
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$
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31.83
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|||||
Second
Quarter
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29.00
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25.75
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34.85
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29.24
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Third
Quarter
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31.25
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24.95
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37.61
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29.49
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Fourth
Quarter
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32.95
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25.99
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37.92
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30.90
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Year
Ended December 31, 2007
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First
Quarter
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38.11
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27.36
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38.71
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31.22
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Second
Quarter
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39.47
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34.10
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39.88
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33.42
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Third
Quarter
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38.17
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32.60
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36.59
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29.55
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Fourth
Quarter
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38.08
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31.81
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36.19
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27.19
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(d)
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Securities
authorized for issuance under the Equity Compensation
Plans
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Plan
Category
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Number
of Securities to be
Issued
Upon Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
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Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
of Outstanding Options,
Warrants
and Rights
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Number
of Securities Remaining
Available
for Future Issuance
Under
Equity Compensation
Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected
in Column (a))
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by
security holders
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70,000
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$
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28.42
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816,285
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||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved
by security holders
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-
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-
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-
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|||||||
Totals
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70,000
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$
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28.42
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816,285
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(e)
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Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Period
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Total
Number of Shares Purchased
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Average
Price Paid per Share
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Total
Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans
or Programs
(a)
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Maximum
Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or
Programs
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October
1, 2007 - October 31, 2007
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21,071
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$
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36.18
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21,071
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121,880
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||||||||
November
1, 2007 - November 30, 2007
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10,595
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34.31
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10,595
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110,225
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|||||||||
December
1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
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14,267
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33.81
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14,267
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94,531
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|||||||||
Totals
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45,933
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$
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35.01
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45,933
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94,531
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(a) |
These
share repurchases were made as part of a plan authorized by the
Board of
Directors during 2000 whereby
the Company is authorized to purchase up to 10% of the Company's
outstanding common shares.
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Years
Ended December 31,
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2007
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2006
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2005
(a)
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2004
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2003
(a)
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(In
thousands of dollars, except per share data)
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Selected
Statements of Operations Data:
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Net
sales
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$
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259,137
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$
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254,933
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$
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215,916
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$
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190,022
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$
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158,498
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||||||
Cost
of sales
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203,007
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192,985
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156,147
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132,776
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113,813
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|||||||||||
Selling,
general and
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||||||||||||||||
administrative
expenses
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36,117
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37,800
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33,152
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31,302
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26,757
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|||||||||||
Gain
on sale of property, plant and equipment
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(5,499
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)
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-
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-
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-
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-
|
||||||||||
Casualty
loss/fixed asset impairment (c) (d)
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-
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1,030
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-
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1,033
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-
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|||||||||||
Interest
income - net
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4,046
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2,780
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1,098
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525
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249
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|||||||||||
Gain
on sale of marketable securities, net of
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||||||||||||||||
impairment
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2,146
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5,150
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-
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-
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-
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|||||||||||
Lawsuit
proceeds (b)
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-
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-
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-
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2,935
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-
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|||||||||||
Earnings
before provision
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||||||||||||||||
for
income taxes
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31,704
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31,048
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27,715
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28,371
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18,177
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|||||||||||
Income
tax provision
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5,368
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5,845
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7,482
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3,649
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4,413
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|||||||||||
Net
earnings
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26,336
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25,203
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20,233
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24,722
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13,764
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|||||||||||
Earnings
per Class A common
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||||||||||||||||
share
- basic
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2.11
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2.03
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1.67
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2.10
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1.15
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|||||||||||
Earnings
per Class A common
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||||||||||||||||
share
- diluted
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2.11
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2.03
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1.67
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2.10
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1.15
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|||||||||||
Earnings
per Class B common
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||||||||||||||||
share
- basic
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2.25
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2.16
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1.79
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2.22
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1.28
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Earnings
per Class B common
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||||||||||||||||
share
- diluted
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2.24
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2.15
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1.77
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2.16
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1.27
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Cash
dividends declared per
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||||||||||||||||
Class
A common share
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0.20
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0.16
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0.16
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0.16
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0.08
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|||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared per
|
||||||||||||||||
Class
B common share
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0.24
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0.20
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0.20
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0.20
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0.20
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As
of December 31,
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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||||||||
(In
thousands of dollars, except per share data and
percentages)
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Selected
Balance Sheet Data and Ratios:
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Working
capital
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$
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173,171
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$
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144,677
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$
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128,203
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$
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127,624
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$
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102,370
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Total
assets
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293,860
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268,497
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242,056
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217,777
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181,817
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Long
term debt
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-
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-
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-
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6,500
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8,500
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|||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
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244,527
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222,150
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201,577
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178,461
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146,855
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|||||||||||
Return
on average
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||||||||||||||||
total
assets (e)
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9.34
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%
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9.65
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%
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8.83
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%
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12.37
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%
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7.95
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%
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||||||
Return
on average
|
||||||||||||||||
stockholders'
|
||||||||||||||||
equity
(e)
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11.30
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%
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11.81
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%
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10.75
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%
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15.20
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%
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9.93
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%
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(a)
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See
Item 1 for information regarding the acquisitions during 2005 of
Galaxy
and Netwatch.
Further, during
2003, the
Company acquired Advanced
Power Components plc (“APC”) and
the Passive Components Group of Insilco
Technologies, Inc.
These transactions were accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting and, accordingly, the results of operations of Galaxy,
Netwatch, the Passive Components Group of Insilco and APC have been
included in the Company's financial statements since their respective
dates of acquisition.
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(b) |
The
Company was a party to an arbitration proceeding related to the
acquisition of its Telecom Components business in 1998. The Company
asserted that the seller breached the terms of a related Global
Procurement Agreement dated October 2, 1998 and sought damages related
thereto. During December 2004, the Company and the seller settled
this
matter. The settlement resulted in a payment to the Company and an
unconditional release by the seller of all counterclaims against
the
Company. The net gain of $2.9 million from the settlement is included
in
the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended
December 31, 2004.
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(c)
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During
2006, the Company
incurred a loss of $1.0 million as a result of a fire at its leased
manufacturing facility in the Dominican Republic.
The loss was
for raw materials and equipment in excess of estimated insurance
proceeds.
The production at this facility was substantially restored during
July
2006.
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(d)
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During
the year ended December 31, 2004 the Company wrote down fixed assets,
principally machinery and equipment, with a net book value of
$1.0
million,
at
its Asia manufacturing facilities. The Company considered these fixed
assets to be surplus equipment which was replaced by equipment with
more
advanced technology.
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(e)
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Returns
on average total assets and stockholders’ equity are computed for any year
by dividing net income for such year by the average balances of total
assets or stockholders’ equity on the last day of each quarter during such
year and on the last day of the immediately preceding
year.
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Percentage
of Net Sales
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||||||||||
Years
Ended December 31,
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2007
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2006
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2005
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||||||||
Net
sales
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100.0
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%
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100.0
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%
|
100.0
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%
|
||||
Cost
of sales
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78.3
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75.7
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72.3
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|||||||
Selling,
general and
|
||||||||||
administrative
expenses
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13.9
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14.8
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15.4
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|||||||
Gain
on sale of property, plant
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||||||||||
and
equipment
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(2.1
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)
|
-
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-
|
||||||
Casualty
loss
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-
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0.4
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-
|
|||||||
Interest
expense and other costs
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||||||||||
(interest
income)
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(1.6
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)
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(1.1
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)
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(0.5
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)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of marketable
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||||||||||
securities,
net of impairment charge
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(0.8
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)
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(2.0
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)
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-
|
|||||
Earnings
before provision for
|
||||||||||
income
taxes
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12.2
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12.2
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12.8
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|||||||
Income
tax provision
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2.1
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2.3
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3.5
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|||||||
Net
earnings
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10.2
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9.9
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9.4
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Increase
(Decrease) from
Prior
Period
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|||||||
2007
compared
with
2006
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2006
compared
with
2005
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|||||
Net
sales
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1.6
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%
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18.1
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%
|
|||
Cost
of sales
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5.2
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23.6
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|||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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(4.5
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)
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14.0
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||||
Net
earnings
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4.5
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24.6
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·
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The
Company established a $1.2 million warranty accrual for a defective
part,
including a $0.4 million inventory write-off of materials on hand
related
to this matter which are deemed to be
unusable.
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·
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The
Company incurred a 4.5% increase in material costs as a percentage
of net
sales. The increase in raw material costs is principally related
to
increased manufacturing of value-added products, which have a higher
raw
material content than the Company’s other products, increased costs for
raw materials such as copper, gold and plastic resin and increased
transportation costs. Since the majority of the manufacturing is
conducted
in Asia, the increased material costs negatively impact the Company’s
operating profits in Asia.
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·
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The
Company is currently paying higher wage rates and benefits to its
production workers in the PRC than it paid in prior periods. These
higher
rates and benefits are reflected in the Company’s cost of sales and result
from new labor regulations and a continuing tightening of the labor
market.
|
·
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Sales
of the Company’s DC-DC power products have increased by $16.3 million in
2007 compared to 2006. While these products are strategic to Bel’s growth
and important to total earnings, they return lower gross profit percentage
margins as a larger percentage of their bills of materials are purchased
components. As these sales continue to increase, the Company’s average
gross profit percentage will likely decrease.
|
·
|
Legal
and professional fees decreased by $1.0 million from 2006 principally
due
to the implementation of an internal audit and SOX function which
reduced
audit and external consultant fees
significantly.
|
·
|
A
reduction in depreciation and amortization expense of $0.7 million
was
primarily due to lower amortization of intangibles due to certain
intangibles becoming fully
amortized.
|
·
|
Sales
commissions decreased by $0.3 million during 2007, due to higher
sales
volume in house accounts during 2007 as compared to 2006. In addition,
there was a $0.2 million reduction in travel and tradeshow expenses
in
2007.
|
·
|
Offsetting
these factors in part, administrative salaries and related benefits
increased by $0.5 million as a result of increased bonus expense
in 2007.
During the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company modified its bonus
structure for 2008 such that bonuses are now earned based on performance
and service during the fourth quarter of the previous calendar year
and
the first three quarters of the current calendar year, as opposed
to the
prior structure whereby it was based on performance and service of
the
four calendar quarters of the current year. This resulted in the
Company
recording bonus expense in 2007 for the 2007 calendar year, plus
an
additional accrual for the first quarter of the 2008 bonus period.
Such
additional accrual amounted to approximately $0.5 million in the
fourth
quarter of 2007.
|
Payments
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
|
Less
than 1 year
|
|
1-3
years
|
|
3-5
years
|
|
More
than
5
years
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditure obligations
|
$
|
4,546
|
$
|
4,546
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Operating
leases
|
5,255
|
1,595
|
1,899
|
1,317
|
444
|
|||||||||||
Raw
material purchase obligations
|
22,309
|
22,309
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
32,110
|
$
|
28,450
|
$
|
1,899
|
$
|
1,317
|
$
|
444
|
BEL
FUSE INC.
|
||
INDEX
|
||
Financial
Statements
|
Page
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered
|
||
Public
Accounting Firm
|
F-1
- F-2
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of
|
||
December
31, 2007 and 2006
|
F-3
- F-4
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for Each
|
||
of
the Three Years in the Period Ended
|
||
December
31, 2007
|
F-5
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity
|
||
for
Each of the Three Years in the Period Ended
|
||
December
31, 2007
|
F-6
- F-7
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for
|
||
Each
of the Three Years in the Period Ended
|
||
December
31, 2007
|
F-8
- F-10
|
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-11
- F-44
|
|
Condensed
Selected Quarterly Financial Data -
|
||
Years
Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
||
(Unaudited)
|
F-45
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
83,875
|
$
|
76,761
|
|||
Marketable
securities
|
3,273
|
15,576
|
|||||
Short-term
investment
|
20,542
|
-
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable - less allowance for doubtful
|
|||||||
accounts
of $977 and $1,087 at December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
and 2006, respectively
|
52,217
|
43,766
|
|||||
Inventories
|
39,049
|
46,297
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current
|
|||||||
assets
|
1,446
|
1,382
|
|||||
Refundable
income taxes
|
3,168
|
-
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
2,661
|
1,666
|
|||||
Assets
held for sale
|
-
|
848
|
|||||
Total
Current Assets
|
206,231
|
186,296
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment - net
|
41,113
|
44,289
|
|||||
Restricted
cash
|
4,553
|
-
|
|||||
Long-term
investment
|
2,536
|
-
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
4,364
|
3,425
|
|||||
Intangible
assets - net
|
1,181
|
1,892
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
28,447
|
28,117
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
5,435
|
4,478
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
293,860
|
$
|
268,497
|
|||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
|||||||
(dollars
in thousands, except share and per share data)
|
|||||||
December
31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
16,145
|
$
|
17,245
|
|||
Accrued
expenses
|
12,113
|
12,713
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
4,007
|
11,094
|
|||||
Dividends
payable
|
795
|
567
|
|||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
33,060
|
41,619
|
|||||
Long-term
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Deferred
gain on sale of property
|
4,645
|
-
|
|||||
Liability
for uncertain tax positions
|
6,930
|
-
|
|||||
Minimum
pension obligation and
|
|||||||
unfunded
pension liability
|
4,698
|
4,728
|
|||||
Total
Long-term Liabilities
|
16,273
|
4,728
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities
|
49,333
|
46,347
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, no par value, authorized 1,000,000
|
|||||||
shares;
none issued
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Class
A common stock, par value $.10 per share -
|
|||||||
authorized
10,000,000 shares; outstanding
|
|||||||
2,545,644
and 2,702,677 shares, respectively
|
|||||||
(net
of 1,072,770 treasury shares)
|
255
|
270
|
|||||
Class
B common stock, par value $.10 per share -
|
|||||||
authorized
30,000,000 shares; outstanding
|
|||||||
9,286,627
and 9,167,665 shares, respectively
|
|||||||
(net
of 3,218,310 treasury shares)
|
929
|
917
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
29,107
|
31,826
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
214,580
|
190,953
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(344
|
)
|
(1,816
|
)
|
|||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
244,527
|
222,150
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND
|
|||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
$
|
293,860
|
$
|
268,497
|
|||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
||||||||||
(dollars
in thousands, except share and per share data)
|
||||||||||
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
|
||||||||||
Net
Sales
|
$
|
259,137
|
$
|
254,933
|
$
|
215,916
|
||||
Costs
and expenses:
|
||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
203,007
|
192,985
|
156,147
|
|||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
36,117
|
37,800
|
33,152
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of property, plant and equipment
|
(5,499
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Casualty
loss
|
-
|
1,030
|
-
|
|||||||
233,625
|
231,815
|
189,299
|
||||||||
Income
from operations
|
25,512
|
23,118
|
26,617
|
|||||||
Interest
expense and other costs
|
(123
|
)
|
(71
|
)
|
(325
|
)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of marketable securities, net of impairment
|
2,146
|
5,150
|
-
|
|||||||
Interest
income
|
4,169
|
2,851
|
1,423
|
|||||||
Earnings
before provision for income taxes
|
31,704
|
31,048
|
27,715
|
|||||||
Income
tax provision
|
5,368
|
5,845
|
7,482
|
|||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
26,336
|
$
|
25,203
|
$
|
20,233
|
||||
Earnings
per share
|
||||||||||
Earnings
per Class A common share
|
||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
2.11
|
$
|
2.03
|
$
|
1.67
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
2.11
|
$
|
2.03
|
$
|
1.67
|
||||
Weighted
average Class A common shares
|
||||||||||
outstanding
- basic
|
2,637,409
|
2,702,677
|
2,702,677
|
|||||||
Weighted
average Class A common shares
|
||||||||||
outstanding
- diluted
|
2,637,409
|
2,702,677
|
2,702,677
|
|||||||
Earnings
per Class B common share
|
||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
2.25
|
$
|
2.16
|
$
|
1.79
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
2.24
|
$
|
2.15
|
$
|
1.77
|
||||
Weighted
average Class B common shares
|
||||||||||
outstanding
- basic
|
9,244,198
|
9,104,897
|
8,807,498
|
|||||||
Weighted
average Class B common shares
|
||||||||||
outstanding
- diluted
|
9,266,016
|
9,149,445
|
8,890,581
|
|||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars
in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Compre-
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
Class
A
|
|
Class
B
|
|
Additional
|
|
Stock-
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
hensive
|
|
Retained
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
Common
|
|
Common
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
Based
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Total
|
|
Income
|
|
Earnings
|
|
Income
(loss)
|
|
Stock
|
|
Stock
|
|
Capital
|
|
Compensation
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2005
|
$
|
178,461
|
$
|
149,949
|
$
|
5,387
|
$
|
270
|
$
|
866
|
$
|
21,989
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
4,116
|
20
|
4,096
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefits arising from the disposition of non-qualified incentive
stock
options
|
430
|
430
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared on Class A common stock
|
(431
|
)
|
(431
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared on Class B common stock
|
(1,760
|
)
|
(1,760
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of restricted common stock
|
5,214
|
15
|
5,199
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
stock-based compensation
|
(3,742
|
)
|
$
|
(3,742
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Currency
translation adjustment
|
(669
|
)
|
$
|
(669
|
)
|
(669
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gain or loss on marketable securities - net of
taxes
|
(454
|
)
|
(454
|
)
|
(454
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
179
|
179
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
20,233
|
20,233
|
20,233
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
19,110
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
201,577
|
167,991
|
4,264
|
270
|
901
|
31,714
|
(3,563
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
3,187
|
14
|
3,173
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefits arising from the disposition of non-qualified incentive
stock
options
|
336
|
336
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared on Class A common stock
|
(431
|
)
|
(431
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared on Class B common stock
|
(1,810
|
)
|
(1,810
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of restricted common stock
|
-
|
2
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
stock-based compensation
|
(1,403
|
)
|
(1,403
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Currency
translation adjustment
|
387
|
$
|
387
|
387
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gain or loss on marketable securities - net of
taxes
|
(4,820
|
)
|
(4,820
|
)
|
(4,820
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
1,571
|
1,571
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Adoption
of SFAS No. 123 (R)
|
-
|
(3,563
|
)
|
3,563
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Unfunded
SERP liability-net of taxes upon adoption of SFAS No.
158
|
(1,647
|
)
|
(1,647
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
25,203
|
25,203
|
25,203
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
20,770
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
222,150
|
190,953
|
(1,816
|
)
|
270
|
917
|
31,826
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Compre-
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
Class
A
|
|
Class
B
|
|
Additional
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
hensive
|
|
Retained
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
Common
|
|
Common
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
|||||||
|
|
Total
|
|
Income
|
|
Earnings
|
|
Income
(loss)
|
|
Stock
|
|
Stock
|
|
Capital
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
$
|
222,150
|
$
|
190,953
|
$
|
(1,816
|
)
|
$
|
270
|
$
|
917
|
$
|
31,826
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
1,452
|
6
|
1,446
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefits arising from the disposition of
non-qualified incentive stock options
|
149
|
149
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared on Class A common
stock
|
(534
|
)
|
(534
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared on Class B common
stock
|
(2,175
|
)
|
(2,175
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of restricted common stock
|
-
|
7
|
(7
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Termination
of restricted common stock
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase/retirement
of Class A common
stock
|
(5,733
|
)
|
(15
|
)
|
(5,718
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Currency
translation adjustment
|
960
|
960
|
960
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
holding gains on marketable securites
arising during the year, net of taxes
|
2,077
|
2,077
|
2,077
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
adjustment for gains included
in net earnings, net of taxes
|
(2,058
|
)
|
(2,058
|
)
|
(2,058
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
1,410
|
1,410
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unfunded SERP liability, net
of taxes
|
493
|
493
|
493
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
26,336
|
26,336
|
26,336
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
27,808
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
$
|
244,527
|
$
|
214,580
|
$
|
(344
|
)
|
$
|
255
|
$
|
929
|
$
|
29,107
|
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||
(dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
26,336
|
$
|
25,203
|
$
|
20,233
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net
|
||||||||||
cash
provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
7,921
|
9,027
|
10,104
|
|||||||
Casualty
loss
|
-
|
1,030
|
-
|
|||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,465
|
1,571
|
248
|
|||||||
Excess
tax benefits from share-based
|
||||||||||
payment
arrangements
|
(149
|
)
|
(336
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of marketable securities, net of
|
||||||||||
impairment
charge in 2007 of $294
|
(2,146
|
)
|
(5,150
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of property, plant and equipment
|
(5,499
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Other,
net
|
207
|
678
|
1,464
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(2,039
|
)
|
(988
|
)
|
(3,602
|
)
|
||||
Changes
in operating assets
|
||||||||||
and
liabilities (net of acquisitions)
|
(6,250
|
)
|
(12,003
|
)
|
2,825
|
|||||
Net
Cash Provided by
|
||||||||||
Operating
Activities
|
19,846
|
19,032
|
31,272
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Purchase
of property, plant and equipment
|
(9,169
|
)
|
(9,364
|
)
|
(7,746
|
)
|
||||
Purchase
of intangible asset
|
(100
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Purchase
of marketable securities
|
(11,801
|
)
|
(3,634
|
)
|
(17,999
|
)
|
||||
Redesignation
of cash equivalent to
|
||||||||||
investment
(Note 4)
|
(25,684
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Redemption
of investment
|
2,284
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Payment
of investment banking advisory fee
|
-
|
(300
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Payment
for acquisitions - net of cash acquired
|
-
|
(6,961
|
)
|
(20,807
|
)
|
|||||
Proceeds
from sale of marketable securities
|
26,647
|
24,490
|
1,622
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from sale of property, plant and equipment
|
11,332
|
-
|
253
|
|||||||
Net
Cash (Used in) Provided by
|
||||||||||
Investing
Activities
|
(6,491
|
)
|
4,231
|
(44,677
|
)
|
|||||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
|
||||||||||
(dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings
|
-
|
-
|
12,000
|
|||||||
Loan
repayments
|
-
|
-
|
(19,361
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
1,452
|
3,187
|
4,116
|
|||||||
Dividends
paid to common shareholders
|
(2,473
|
)
|
(2,223
|
)
|
(2,183
|
)
|
||||
Purchase
and retirement of Class A
|
||||||||||
common
stock
|
(5,733
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Excess
tax benefits from share-based
|
||||||||||
payment
arrangements
|
149
|
336
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
Cash (Used In) Provided by
|
||||||||||
Financing
Activities
|
(6,605
|
)
|
1,300
|
(5,428
|
)
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
|
364
|
200
|
(367
|
)
|
||||||
|
||||||||||
Net
Increase (decrease) in
|
||||||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
7,114
|
24,763
|
(19,200
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
||||||||||
-
beginning of year
|
76,761
|
51,998
|
71,198
|
|||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
||||||||||
-
end of year
|
$
|
83,875
|
$
|
76,761
|
$
|
51,998
|
||||
|
||||||||||
Changes
in operating assets
|
||||||||||
and
liabilities (net of acquisitions) consist of:
|
||||||||||
Increase
in accounts
|
||||||||||
receivable
|
$
|
(7,934
|
)
|
$
|
(4,280
|
)
|
$
|
(2,638
|
)
|
|
Decrease
(increase) in inventories
|
7,482
|
(13,501
|
)
|
(1,145
|
)
|
|||||
(Increase)
decrease in prepaid expenses
|
||||||||||
and
other current assets
|
(1
|
)
|
288
|
809
|
||||||
Increase
in other assets
|
(1,135
|
)
|
(499
|
)
|
(384
|
)
|
||||
(Decrease)
increase in accounts payable
|
(1,184
|
)
|
2,658
|
3,630
|
||||||
(Decrease)
increase in income taxes
|
(3,194
|
)
|
1,590
|
3,072
|
||||||
(Decrease)
increase in
|
||||||||||
accrued
expenses
|
(284
|
)
|
1,741
|
(519
|
)
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
(6,250
|
)
|
$
|
(12,003
|
)
|
$
|
2,825
|
||
|
||||||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Concluded)
|
||||||||||
(dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Supplementary
information:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
10,809
|
$
|
4,451
|
$
|
6,578
|
||||
Interest
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
71
|
$
|
325
|
||||
Details
of acquisitions:
|
||||||||||
Fair
value of assets acquired (excluding
|
||||||||||
cash
acquired of $312 in 2005)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,077
|
||||
Intangibles
|
-
|
447
|
2,658
|
|||||||
Goodwill
|
-
|
6,000
|
12,546
|
|||||||
|
- |
6,447
|
21,281
|
|||||||
Amounts
paid (held back) on
|
||||||||||
acquisition
payment
|
-
|
514
|
(474
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
paid for acquisitions
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,961
|
$
|
20,807
|
||||
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements.
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Numerator:
|
||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
26,336
|
$
|
25,203
|
$
|
20,233
|
||||
Less
Dividends declared:
|
||||||||||
Class
A
|
534
|
431
|
431
|
|||||||
Class
B (1)
|
2,217
|
1,810
|
1,760
|
|||||||
Undistributed
earnings
|
$
|
23,585
|
$
|
22,962
|
$
|
18,042
|
||||
Undistributed
earnings allocation - basic:
|
||||||||||
Class
A undistributed earnings
|
$
|
5,039
|
$
|
5,061
|
$
|
4,080
|
||||
Class
B undistributed earnings
|
18,546
|
17,901
|
13,962
|
|||||||
Total
undistributed earnings
|
$
|
23,585
|
$
|
22,962
|
$
|
18,042
|
||||
Undistributed
earnings allocation - diluted:
|
||||||||||
Class
A undistributed earnings
|
$
|
5,030
|
$
|
5,041
|
$
|
4,051
|
||||
Class
B undistributed earnings
|
18,555
|
17,921
|
13,991
|
|||||||
Total
undistributed earnings
|
$
|
23,585
|
$
|
22,962
|
$
|
18,042
|
||||
Net
earnings allocation - basic:
|
||||||||||
Class
A undistributed earnings
|
$
|
5,573
|
$
|
5,492
|
$
|
4,511
|
||||
Class
B undistributed earnings
|
20,763
|
19,711
|
15,722
|
|||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
26,336
|
$
|
25,203
|
$
|
20,233
|
||||
Net
earnings allocation - diluted:
|
||||||||||
Class
A undistributed earnings
|
$
|
5,564
|
$
|
5,472
|
$
|
4,482
|
||||
Class
B undistributed earnings
|
20,772
|
19,731
|
15,751
|
|||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
26,336
|
$
|
25,203
|
$
|
20,233
|
||||
Denominator:
|
||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||
Class
A - basic and diluted
|
2,637,409
|
2,702,677
|
2,702,677
|
|||||||
Class
B - basic
|
9,244,198
|
9,104,897
|
8,807,498
|
|||||||
Dilutive
impact of stock options and
|
||||||||||
unvested
restricted stock awards
|
21,818
|
44,548
|
83,083
|
|||||||
Class
B - diluted
|
9,266,016
|
9,149,445
|
8,890,581
|
|||||||
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||||
Class
A - basic
|
$
|
2.11
|
$
|
2.03
|
$
|
1.67
|
||||
Class
A - diluted
|
$
|
2.11
|
$
|
2.03
|
$
|
1.67
|
||||
Class
B - basic
|
$
|
2.25
|
$
|
2.16
|
$
|
1.79
|
||||
Class
B - diluted
|
$
|
2.24
|
$
|
2.15
|
$
|
1.77
|
(1) |
Includes
dividends on restricted shares which were expensed in the fourth
quarter
of 2007
|
Year
Ended
|
||||
|
December
31, 2005
|
|||
Net
earnings - as reported
|
$
|
20,233
|
||
Add:
Stock-based compensation
|
||||
expense
included in net earnings,
|
||||
net
of taxes, as reported
|
179
|
|||
Deduct:
Total stock-based
|
||||
employee
compensation expense
|
||||
determined
under fair value based
|
||||
method
for all awards,
|
||||
net
of taxes
|
(643
|
)
|
||
Net
earnings- pro forma
|
$
|
19,769
|
||
Earnings
per Class A common share -
|
||||
basic-as
reported
|
$
|
1.67
|
||
Earnings
per Class A common share -
|
||||
basic-pro
forma
|
$
|
1.63
|
||
Earnings
per Class A common share -
|
||||
diluted-as
reported
|
$
|
1.67
|
||
Earnings
per Class A common share -
|
||||
diluted-pro
forma
|
$
|
1.63
|
||
Earnings
per Class B common share -
|
||||
basic-as
reported
|
$
|
1.79
|
||
Earnings
per Class B common share -
|
||||
basic-pro
forma
|
$
|
1.74
|
||
Earnings
per Class B common share -
|
||||
diluted-as
reported
|
$
|
1.77
|
||
Earnings
per Class B common share -
|
||||
diluted-pro
forma
|
$
|
1.73
|
Year
Ended
|
|
|||
|
|
December
31, 2005
|
||
Net
sales
|
$
|
221,227
|
||
Net
earnings
|
20,026
|
|||
Earnings
per share - diluted
|
||||
Class
A
|
1.65
|
|||
Class
B
|
1.75
|
Total
|
|
Asia
|
|
North
America
|
|
Europe
|
|||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2006
|
$
|
22,428
|
$
|
6,407
|
$
|
14,413
|
$
|
1,608
|
|||||
Goodwill
related to contingent
|
|||||||||||||
purchase
price payments
|
6,000
|
6,000
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Purchase
price adjustment -
|
|||||||||||||
reclassification
to intangible assets
|
(670
|
)
|
-
|
(670
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Other
purchase price and foreign
|
|||||||||||||
exchange
adjustments
|
359
|
-
|
323
|
36
|
|||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
28,117
|
12,407
|
14,066
|
1,644
|
|||||||||
Foreign
exchange
|
330
|
-
|
-
|
330
|
|||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
$
|
28,447
|
$
|
12,407
|
$
|
14,066
|
$
|
1,974
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
|
Asia
|
|
North
America
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
Gross
Carrying
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Gross
Carrying
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Gross
Carrying
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Amortization
|
|
Amount
|
|
Amortization
|
|
Amount
|
|
Amortization
|
|||||||
Patents
and Product
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Information
|
$
|
2,750
|
$
|
2,385
|
$
|
2,468
|
$
|
2,150
|
$
|
282
|
$
|
235
|
|||||||
Customer
relationships
|
1,830
|
1,014
|
-
|
-
|
1,830
|
1,014
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
4,580
|
$
|
3,399
|
$
|
2,468
|
$
|
2,150
|
$
|
2,112
|
$
|
1,249
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
|
Asia
|
|
North
America
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
Gross
Carrying
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Gross
Carrying
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Gross
Carrying
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Amortization
|
|
Amount
|
|
Amortization
|
|
Amount
|
|
Amortization
|
|||||||
Patents
and Product
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Information
|
$
|
2,935
|
$
|
2,251
|
$
|
2,653
|
$
|
2,044
|
$
|
282
|
$
|
207
|
|||||||
Customer
relationships
|
1,830
|
648
|
-
|
-
|
1,830
|
648
|
|||||||||||||
Covenants
not-to-compete
|
5,300
|
5,274
|
4,500
|
4,500
|
800
|
774
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
10,065
|
$
|
8,173
|
$
|
7,153
|
$
|
6,544
|
$
|
2,912
|
$
|
1,629
|
Year
Ending
|
Amortization
|
|||
December
31,
|
Expense
|
|||
2008
|
$
|
536
|
||
2009
|
432
|
|||
2010
|
131
|
|||
2011
|
24
|
|||
2012
|
10
|
Weighted-Average
|
||
Intangible
Asset
|
Estimated
Life
|
|
Patents
and product information
|
1.3
years
|
|
Customer
relationships
|
2.2
years
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Raw
materials
|
$
|
24,089
|
$
|
24,374
|
|||
Work
in progress
|
2,434
|
3,531
|
|||||
Finished
goods
|
12,526
|
18,392
|
|||||
$
|
39,049
|
$
|
46,297
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||||
Land
|
$
|
3,239
|
$
|
3,585
|
|||
Buildings
and improvements
|
27,035
|
25,167
|
|||||
Machinery
and equipment
|
55,425
|
59,083
|
|||||
Construction
in progress
|
3,431
|
1,881
|
|||||
89,130
|
89,716
|
||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
48,017
|
45,427
|
|||||
$
|
41,113
|
$
|
44,289
|
Balance
January 1, 2007
|
$
|
12,396
|
||
Additions
based on tax positions
|
||||
related
to the current year
|
1,669
|
|||
Additions
for tax positions of prior years
|
1,000
|
|||
Expiration
of statutes of limitations
|
(1,382
|
)
|
||
Reductions
for tax positions of prior years
|
(699
|
)
|
||
Settlements
|
(3,793
|
)
|
||
Balance
December 31, 2007
|
$
|
9,191
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
4,294
|
$
|
4,784
|
$
|
4,590
|
||||
Foreign
|
2,598
|
1,619
|
6,250
|
|||||||
State
|
515
|
430
|
244
|
|||||||
7,407
|
6,833
|
11,084
|
||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
and state
|
(2,119
|
)
|
(928
|
)
|
(1,420
|
)
|
||||
Foreign
|
80
|
(60
|
)
|
(2,182
|
)
|
|||||
(2,039
|
)
|
(988
|
)
|
(3,602
|
)
|
|||||
$
|
5,368
|
$
|
5,845
|
$
|
7,482
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Tax
provision
|
||||||||||
computed
at the Federal
|
||||||||||
statutory
rate of 35%, 34% and 34%
|
$
|
11,096
|
$
|
10,556
|
$
|
9,423
|
||||
Increase
(decrease) in taxes resulting from:
|
||||||||||
Repatriation
of foreign earnings
|
||||||||||
net
of foreign tax credit of $520 (1)
|
-
|
-
|
3,100
|
|||||||
Different
tax rates and permanent differences
|
||||||||||
applicable
to foreign operations
|
(4,992
|
)
|
(4,816
|
)
|
(5,128
|
)
|
||||
Utilization
of net operating loss carryforward
|
-
|
(66
|
)
|
(122
|
)
|
|||||
Utilization
of research and development tax credits
|
(365
|
)
|
(409
|
)
|
(630
|
)
|
||||
State
taxes, net of federal benefit
|
335
|
279
|
161
|
|||||||
Other,
including qualified production activity credits,
|
||||||||||
non-qualified
disposition of incentive stock options,
|
||||||||||
fair
value of vested stock awards over accruals and
|
||||||||||
amortization
of purchase accounting intangibles
|
(706
|
)
|
301
|
678
|
||||||
$
|
5,368
|
$
|
5,845
|
$
|
7,482
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
||||
|
|
Tax
Effect
|
|
Tax
Effect
|
|||
Deferred
Tax Assets - current:
|
|||||||
Unrealized
depreciation in
|
|||||||
marketable
securities
|
$
|
1,007
|
$
|
801
|
|||
United
States net operating loss
|
|||||||
carryforward
|
241
|
-
|
|||||
Foreign
tax credits carryforward
|
564
|
-
|
|||||
Reserves
and accruals
|
849
|
865
|
|||||
$
|
2,661
|
$
|
1,666
|
||||
Deferred
Tax Assets - noncurrent:
|
|||||||
Deferred
gain on sale of property,
|
|||||||
plant
and equipment
|
$
|
1,765
|
$
|
-
|
|||
United
States net operating loss
|
|||||||
carryforward
|
-
|
887
|
|||||
Unfunded
pension liability
|
481
|
686
|
|||||
Depreciation
|
222
|
188
|
|||||
Amortization
|
773
|
519
|
|||||
State
net operating loss and
|
|||||||
credits
carryforward
|
331
|
338
|
|||||
Other
accruals
|
1,123
|
1,145
|
|||||
Valuation
allowances
|
(331
|
)
|
(338
|
)
|
|||
$
|
4,364
|
$
|
3,425
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||||
Sales
commissions
|
$
|
2,930
|
$
|
1,716
|
|||
Subcontracting
labor
|
1,723
|
2,033
|
|||||
Salaries,
bonuses and
|
|||||||
related
benefits
|
4,208
|
4,147
|
|||||
Other
|
3,252
|
4,817
|
|||||
$
|
12,113
|
$
|
12,713
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||
Net
sales from unrelated
|
||||||||||
entities
and country
|
||||||||||
of
Company's domicile:
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
78,091
|
$
|
73,241
|
$
|
69,089
|
||||
Asia
|
151,550
|
153,037
|
131,104
|
|||||||
Europe
|
29,496
|
28,655
|
15,723
|
|||||||
$
|
259,137
|
$
|
254,933
|
$
|
215,916
|
|||||
Net
sales:
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
90,939
|
$
|
80,860
|
$
|
80,836
|
||||
Asia
|
182,301
|
182,808
|
151,992
|
|||||||
Europe
|
30,680
|
30,105
|
16,967
|
|||||||
Less
intergeographic
|
||||||||||
revenues
|
(44,783
|
)
|
(38,840
|
)
|
(33,879
|
)
|
||||
$
|
259,137
|
$
|
254,933
|
$
|
215,916
|
|||||
Income
from Operations:
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
6,515
|
$
|
2,658
|
$
|
4,020
|
||||
Asia
|
17,488
|
19,622
|
22,391
|
|||||||
Europe
|
1,509
|
838
|
206
|
|||||||
$
|
25,512
|
$
|
23,118
|
$
|
26,617
|
|||||
Long
Lived Assets:
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
18,786
|
$
|
18,026
|
||||||
Asia
|
26,757
|
30,050
|
||||||||
Europe
|
1,005
|
690
|
||||||||
$
|
46,548
|
$
|
48,766
|
|||||||
Capital
Expenditures:
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
1,453
|
$
|
2,823
|
$
|
1,328
|
||||
Asia
|
7,069
|
6,783
|
6,322
|
|||||||
Europe
|
196
|
227
|
96
|
|||||||
$
|
8,718
|
$
|
9,833
|
$
|
7,746
|
|||||
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
||||||||||
expense:
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
1,841
|
$
|
2,314
|
$
|
2,526
|
||||
Asia
|
5,887
|
6,476
|
7,364
|
|||||||
Europe
|
193
|
237
|
214
|
|||||||
$
|
7,921
|
$
|
9,027
|
$
|
10,104
|
December
31,
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|||||
Change
in benefit obligation:
|
||||||||||
Projected
benefit obligation at beginning of year
|
$
|
4,728
|
$
|
4,476
|
$
|
2,890
|
||||
Service
cost
|
313
|
325
|
332
|
|||||||
Interest
cost
|
282
|
243
|
212
|
|||||||
Plan
amendments
|
-
|
-
|
445
|
|||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(75
|
)
|
(131
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
||||
Actuarial
(gains) losses
|
(550
|
)
|
(185
|
)
|
635
|
|||||
Minimum
pension obligation and
|
||||||||||
unfunded
pension liability
|
$
|
4,698
|
$
|
4,728
|
$
|
4,476
|
||||
Funded
status of plan:
|
||||||||||
Under
funded status
|
$
|
(4,698
|
)
|
$
|
(4,728
|
)
|
$
|
(4,476
|
)
|
|
Unrecognized
net loss
|
-
|
-
|
870
|
|||||||
Unrecognized
prior service costs
|
-
|
-
|
1,811
|
|||||||
Accrued
pension cost
|
$
|
(4,698
|
)
|
$
|
(4,728
|
)
|
$
|
(1,795
|
)
|
|
Change
in plan assets:
|
||||||||||
Fair
value of plan assets, beginning of year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Company
contributions
|
75
|
131
|
38
|
|||||||
Benefit
paid
|
(75
|
)
|
(131
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
||||
Fair
value of plan assets, end of year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Balance
sheet amounts:
|
||||||||||
Minimum
pension obligation and
|
||||||||||
unfunded
pension liability
|
$
|
4,698
|
$
|
4,728
|
||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
$
|
(1,154
|
)
|
$
|
(1,647
|
)
|
The
components of SERP expense are as
follows:
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|||
Service
cost
|
$
|
313
|
$
|
325
|
$
|
332
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
282
|
243
|
212
|
|||||||
Net
amortization and deferral
|
146
|
161
|
155
|
|||||||
Total
SERP expense
|
$
|
741
|
$
|
729
|
$
|
699
|
||||
Assumption
percentages:
|
||||||||||
Discount
rate
|
6.50
|
%
|
6.00
|
%
|
5.50
|
%
|
||||
Rate
of compensation increase
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
Years
Ending
|
||||
December
31,
|
||||
2008
|
$
|
75
|
||
2009
|
75
|
|||
2010
|
130
|
|||
2011
|
74
|
|||
2012
|
74
|
|||
2013
- 2017
|
1,168
|
Stock
Options
|
Shares
|
Weighted-
Average Exercise Price
|
Weighted-
Average Remaining Contractual Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value (in 000's)
|
|||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2007
|
137,813
|
$
|
25.59
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(63,313
|
)
|
22.94
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Cancelled
|
(4,500
|
)
|
18.89
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
70,000
|
$
|
28.42
|
1.8
years
|
$
|
177
|
|||||||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2007
|
36,500
|
$
|
26.72
|
1.2
years
|
$
|
177
|
Nonvested
options
|
Options
|
Weighted-Average
Grant-Date Fair Value
|
|||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2006
|
91,000
|
$
|
25.78
|
||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Vested
|
(53,000
|
)
|
$
|
23.09
|
|||
Forfeited
|
(4,500
|
)
|
$
|
18.89
|
|||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2007
|
33,500
|
$
|
30.28
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average Award Price
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Term
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2007
|
167,000
|
$
|
34.93
|
|||||||
Granted
|
74,200
|
$
|
36.40
|
|||||||
Vested
|
(34,250
|
)
|
$
|
35.49
|
||||||
Forfeited
|
(11,550
|
)
|
$
|
36.95
|
||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
195,400
|
$
|
35.31
|
3.43
|
Years
Ending
|
||||
December
31,
|
||||
2008
|
$
|
1,595
|
||
2009
|
1,107
|
|||
2010
|
792
|
|||
2011
|
695
|
|||
2012
|
622
|
|||
Thereafter
|
444
|
|||
$
|
5,255
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
$
|
2,101
|
$
|
1,141
|
|||
Unrealized
holding loss on available-for-sale
|
|||||||
securities
under SFAS No. 115, net of
|
|||||||
taxes
of $(789) and $(801) as of
|
|||||||
December
31, 2007 and 2006
|
(1,291
|
)
|
(1,310
|
)
|
|||
Unfunded
SERP liability related to SFAS
|
|||||||
No.
158, net of taxes of $(483) and $(686)
|
|||||||
as
of December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
(1,154
|
)
|
(1,647
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
$
|
(344
|
)
|
$
|
(1,816
|
)
|
CONDENSED
SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA
|
||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
(In
thousands, except per share
data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Year
|
|
|||||||
|
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|
Ended
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
March
31,
|
|
June
30,
|
|
September
30,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2007
|
|
2007
|
|
2007
|
|
2007
(1)
|
|
|||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
61,807
|
$
|
61,612
|
$
|
66,379
|
$
|
69,339
|
$
|
259,137
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
13,916
|
13,014
|
14,091
|
15,109
|
56,130
|
|||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
4,009
|
6,158
|
5,914
|
10,255
|
26,336
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
per Class A common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.49
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
0.83
|
$
|
2.11
|
||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.49
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
0.83
|
$
|
2.11
|
||||||
Earnings
per Class B common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.50
|
$
|
0.88
|
$
|
2.25
|
||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.50
|
$
|
0.88
|
$
|
2.24
|
|
Total
Year
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Quarter
Ended
|
Ended
|
||||||||||||||
|
March
31,
|
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2006
|
2006
|
2006
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
54,626
|
$
|
66,474
|
$
|
73,260
|
$
|
60,573
|
$
|
254,933
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
14,639
|
16,212
|
17,450
|
13,647
|
61,948
|
|||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
3,997
|
8,763
|
7,745
|
4,698
|
25,203
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
per Class A common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
0.62
|
$
|
0.38
|
$
|
2.03
|
||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
0.62
|
$
|
0.38
|
$
|
2.03
|
||||||
Earnings
per Class B common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.75
|
$
|
0.66
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
2.16
|
||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
0.75
|
$
|
0.66
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
2.15
|
(1) |
Quarterly
amounts of earnings per share may not agree to the total for the
year due
to rounding.
|
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||
SCHEDULE
II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
|
||||||||||
(Amounts
in thousands)
|
Column
A
|
Column
B
|
|
Column
C
|
|
Column
D
|
|
Column
E
|
|
Column
F
|
|||||||
|
|
Charged
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
Balance
at
|
|
to
profit
|
|
Charged
|
|
Deductions
|
|
Balance
|
|
|||||
|
|
beginning
|
|
and
loss
|
|
to
other
|
|
(describe)
|
|
at
close
|
|
|||||
Description
|
|
of
period
|
|
or
income
|
|
accounts
(b)
|
|
(a)
|
|
of
period
|
||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful
|
||||||||||||||||
accounts
|
$
|
1,087
|
$
|
(50
|
)
|
$
|
48
|
|
$
|
108
|
$
|
977
|
||||
Allowance
for excess and
|
||||||||||||||||
obsolete
inventory
|
$
|
5,004
|
$
|
(1,134
|
)
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
621
|
$
|
3,266
|
|||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful
|
||||||||||||||||
accounts
|
$
|
1,107
|
$
|
707
|
$
|
109
|
|
$
|
836
|
$
|
1,087
|
|||||
Allowance
for excess and
|
||||||||||||||||
obsolete
inventory
|
$
|
5,017
|
$
|
1,470
|
$
|
(65
|
)
|
$
|
1,418
|
$
|
5,004
|
|||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful
|
||||||||||||||||
accounts
|
$
|
1,610
|
$
|
275
|
$
|
25
|
|
$
|
803
|
$
|
1,107
|
|||||
Allowance
for excess and
|
||||||||||||||||
obsolete
inventory
|
$
|
5,471
|
$
|
867
|
$
|
475
|
$
|
1,796
|
$
|
5,017
|
(a) |
Write
offs
|
(b) |
Includes
foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
Item
15.
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Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules
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Page
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(a)
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Financial
Statements
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1.
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Financial
statements filed as a part of this
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Annual
Report on Form 10-K:
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Report
of Independent Registered
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Public
Accounting Firm
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F-1
- F-2
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31,
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2007
and 2006
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F-3
- F-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations for Each
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of
the Three Years in the Period Ended
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December
31, 2007
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F-5
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Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity
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for
Each of the Three Years in the Period
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Ended
December 31, 2007
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F-6
- F-7
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for Each
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of
the Three Years in the Period Ended
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December
31, 2007
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F-8
- F-10
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-
11 - F-44
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Condensed
Selected Quarterly Financial Data - Years
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Ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006 (Unaudited)
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F-45
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2.
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Financial
statement schedules filed as part of
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this
report:
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Schedule
II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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S-1
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All
other schedules are omitted because they are
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inapplicable,
not required or the information is
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included
in the consolidated financial statements or notes
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thereto.
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3.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1
of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999.
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3.2
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By-laws,
as amended, are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-2 (Registration No. 33-16703) filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25,
1987.
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10.1
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Agency
agreement dated October 1, 1988 between Bel Fuse Ltd. and Rush Profit
Ltd.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's annual
report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1994.
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10.2
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2002
Equity Compensation Program.
Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant’s proxy statement for its 2002 annual meeting of
shareholders.
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10.3
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Credit
and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2007, by and among
Bel
Fuse, Inc., as Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto
and the
Bank of America, N.A., as Lender. Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2007 and incorporated
herein by reference.
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10.4
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Amended
and Restated Bel Fuse Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, dated
as of
April 17, 2007. Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2007 and incorporated herein by
reference.
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10.5
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Contract
for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate dated July 15, 2004 between
Bel Fuse
Inc. and Fields Development Group Co. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
10.9 of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004.
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11.1
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A
statement regarding the computation of earnings per share is omitted
because such computation can be clearly determined from the material
contained in this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
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14.1
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Bel
Fuse Inc. Code of Ethics, adopted February 11,
2004
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Item15. |
Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form
8-K
(continued)
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant.
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23.1
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.
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24.1 |
Power
of attorney (included on the signature
page)
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31.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification
of the Vice President of Finance pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes
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Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.2 |
Certification
of the Vice-President of Finance pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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BY: | /s/ Daniel Bernstein | |||
Daniel Bernstein, President, Chief Executive |
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Officer and Director |
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/S/
Daniel Bernstein
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President,
Chief
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March
17, 2008
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Daniel
Bernstein
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Executive
Officer and
Director
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/s/
Howard Bernstein
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Director
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March
17, 2008
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Howard
B. Bernstein
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/s/
Robert H. Simandl
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Director
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March
17, 2008
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Robert
H. Simandl
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/s/
Peter Gilbert
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Director
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March
17, 2008
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Peter
Gilbert
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/s/
John Tweedy
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Director
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March
17, 2008
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John
Tweedy
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/s/
John Johnson
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Director
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March
17, 2008
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John
Johnson
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Avi Eden
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Director
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March
17, 2008
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Avi
Eden
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/s/
Colin Dunn
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Vice-President
-
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Colin
Dunn
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Finance
and Secretary
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March
17, 2008
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3
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INTRODUCTION
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4
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RESPONSIBILTIES
TO SHAREHOLDERS
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7
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RESPONSIBILITIES
TO BEL
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8
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RESPONSIBILITIES
TO EACH OTHER
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10
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RESPONSIBILITIES
TO CONSUMERS
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11
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RESPONSIBILITIES
TO BUSINESS PARTNERS
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12
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RESPONIBILTIES
TO OUR COMMUNITIES
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14
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REPORTING
VIOLATIONS
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14
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ETHICS
& COMPLIANCE CHECK
LIST
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15
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WAIVERS
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant
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Name
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Jurisdiction
of Incorporation
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Bel
Components Ltd.
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Hong
Kong
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Bel
Connector Inc.
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Delaware
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Bel
Fuse Delaware Inc.
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Delaware
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Bel
Fuse Europe Ltd.
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United
Kingdom
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Bel
Fuse Limited
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Hong
Kong
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Bel
Fuse Macau LDA
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Macao
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Bel
Fuse (Macao Commerical
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Offshore)
Limited
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Macao
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Bel
Power (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd.
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PRC
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Bel
Stewart GmbH
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Germany
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Bel
Stewart Limited
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Hong
Kong
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Bel
Transformer Inc.
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Delaware
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Bel
Ventures Inc.
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Delaware
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Bel
Power Inc.
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Massachusetts
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Netwatch
s.r.o.
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Czech
Republic
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Signal
Dominicana, S.A.
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Dominican
Republic
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Stewart
Connector Systems de
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Mexico,
S.A. de C.V.
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Mexico
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Top
East Corporation Limited
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Hong
Kong
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/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP | |||
New York, New York | |||
March 14, 2008 |
(a)
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designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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(b)
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designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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(c)
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evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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(d)
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disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
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(a)
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all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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(b)
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any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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Date: March 17, 2008 | /s/ Daniel Bernstein | |
Daniel Bernstein
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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(a)
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designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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(b)
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designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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(c)
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evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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(d)
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disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
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(a)
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all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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(b)
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any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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Date: March 17, 2008 | /s/ Colin Dunn | |
Colin Dunn
Vice-President - Finance and
Secretary
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Dated: March 17, 2008 | By: | /s/ Daniel Bernstein |
Daniel Bernstein, President and Chief Executive
Officer
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Dated: March 17, 2008 | ||
By: | /s/ Colin Dunn | |
Colin
Dunn, Vice President -
Finance
and Secretary
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