Full Press Release Details
Lakeland Industries, Inc. Reports Fiscal
2014 Second Quarter Financial Results
Reports Operating Income of $1.3 million
Sales up 4.9% consolidated and 22.0%,
excluding Brazil, over Q2 last year
RONKONKOMA, NY - September 12, 2013
-- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE), a leading global manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities,
healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, today announced financial results for its second quarter
of fiscal year 2014 ended July 31, 2013.
The Company completed a new financing of
$15.0 million Senior debt and $3.5 million Junior debt during the recently completed second quarter. Excluding operations in Brazil,
the Company is reporting the most profitable quarter in many years.
Financial Results Highlights-second quarter of fiscal 2014,
and Recent Company Developments:
Operating Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA - Lakeland Consolidated with and without Brazil (000's)*
| Three Months Ended July 31 2013 | Three Months Ended July 31 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lakeland consolidated | Brazil** | Lakeland worldwide excluding Brazil | Lakeland consolidated | Brazil** | Lakeland worldwide excluding Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | 24,639 | 1,701 | 22,938 | 23,499 | 4,698 | 18,801 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year over year growth (decline) | 4.9 | % | (63.8 | )% | 22.0 | % | ----- | ----- | ----- | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 7,462 | 117 | 7,345 | 7,131 | 1,322 | 5,809 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin | 30.3 | % | 6.9 | % | 32.0 | % | 30.3 | % | 28.1 | % | 30.9 | % | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | 6,165 | 998 | 5,167 | 6,979 | 1,565 | 5,414 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expense as % of sales | 25.0 | % | 58.7 | % | 22.5 | % | 29.7 | % | 33.3 | % | 28.8 | % | ||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 1,297 | (881 | ) | 2,178 | 152 | (243 | ) | 395 | ||||||||||||||||
| Less other expenses | (296 | ) | (360 | ) | 64 | 1,750 | 1,750 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Add other income | 27 | - | 27 | (26 | ) | - | (26 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Add depreciation and amortization | 343 | 77 | 266 | 371 | 65 | 306 | ||||||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | 1,371 | (1,164 | ) | 2,535 | 2,247 | 1,572 | 675 | |||||||||||||||||
| Equity compensation | 84 | - | 84 | 46 | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil arbitration judgment | - | - | - | (2,126 | ) | (2,126 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees relating to financing | (75 | ) | - | (75 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| QingDao plant relocation costs and costs of sale | 160 | - | 160 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil foreign exchange losses | 360 | 360 | - | 376 | 376 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| ADJUSTED EBITDA | 1,900 | (804 | ) | 2,704 | 543 | (178 | ) | 721 |
| Six Months Ended July 31 2013 | Six Months Ended July 31 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | 46,376 | 3,484 | 42,892 | 47,480 | 9,888 | 37,592 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year over year growth (decline) | (2.3 | )% | (64.8 | )% | 14.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 13,542 | 416 | 13,126 | 14,443 | 3,612 | 10,831 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin | 29.2 | % | 11.9 | % | 30.6 | % | 30.4 | % | 36.5 | % | 28.8 | % | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | 12,482 | 2,227 | 10,255 | 14,266 | 3,481 | 10,785 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expense as % of sales | 26.9 | % | 63.9 | % | 23.9 | % | 30.0 | % | 35.2 | % | 28.7 | % | ||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 1,060 | (1,811 | ) | 2,871 | 177 | 131 | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
| Less other expenses | (452 | ) | (387 | ) | (65 | ) | (8,565 | ) | (8,565 | ) | - | |||||||||||||
| Other Income | 28 | - | 28 | 33 | - | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and Amortization | 777 | 189 | 588 | 746 | 137 | 609 | ||||||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | 1,413 | (2,009 | ) | 3,422 | (7,609 | ) | (8,297 | ) | 688 | |||||||||||||||
| Equity compensation | 159 | - | 159 | 177 | - | 177 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil arbitration judgment | - | - | - | 7,874 | 7,874 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Brazil severance | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Financing Fees in Other Expense (adjustments) | 75 | - | 75 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Qingdao plant relocation costs and costs of sale | 480 | - | 480 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil Foreign Exchange losses | 387 | 387 | - | 692 | 692 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| ADJUSTED EBITDA | 2,594 | (1,542 | ) | 4,136 | 1,134 | 269 | 865 |
Management's Comments
Christopher J. Ryan stated, "As I
have said in previous public disclosures, our focus and time is being devoted to downsizing the expenses in Brazil to conform same
to its existing sales and we hope to be there by our fiscal year end in January 2014.
"We decreased operating expenses
by $1.8 million in the last six months and we will continue to reduce expenses where appropriate. In the fiscal year ended January
31, 2013, we had $17.0 million of DuPont product revenues and $28.0 million of such revenues in FY11. In the current Q2, we lost
$3.0 million in revenues in Brazilian operations compared to last year. We are responding by eliminating expenses that supported
these revenues, while developing new revenues to replace these lost revenues. In spite of the lost DuPont and Brazilian revenues,
overall sales increased 4.9% in Q2 of fiscal 2014 compared with Q2 last year. Most of the gains are in the US and China.
Financial Results Conference Call
Lakeland will host a conference call at
4:30 PM (EDT) today to discuss the Company's second quarter fiscal 2014 financial results. The conference call will be hosted
by Christopher J. Ryan, Lakeland's President and CEO, and Gary Pokrassa, Lakeland's Chief Financial Officer. Investors
can listen to the call by dialing 800-860-2442 (Domestic), 412-858-4600 (International), or 1-866-605-3852 (Canada) Pass
A conference call replay will be available
by dialing 877-344-7529 (Domestic) or 412-317-0088 (International), Pass Code 10033395.
About Lakeland Industries, Inc.:
Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE)
manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of safety garments and accessories for the industrial protective clothing market. The
Company's products are sold by a direct sales force and through independent sales representatives to a network of over 1,200
safety and mill supply distributors. These distributors in turn supply end user industrial customers such as chemical/petrochemical,
automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, janitorial, pharmaceutical and high technology electronics manufacturers, as
well as hospitals and laboratories. In addition, Lakeland supplies federal, state, and local government agencies, fire and police
departments, airport crash rescue units, the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many other
federal and state agencies. For more information concerning Lakeland, please visit the Company online at www.lakeland.com.
Christopher Ryan, CJRyan@lakeland.com
Gary Pokrassa, GAPokrassa@lakeland.com
"Safe Harbor" Statement under
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as
described from time to time in Press Releases and Forms 8-K, registration statements, quarterly and annual reports and other reports
and filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or made by management. All statements, other than statements of historical
facts, which address Lakeland's expectations of sources or uses for capital or which express the Company's expectation
for the future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies can be identified as forward-looking statements. As
a result, there can be no assurance that Lakeland's future results will not be materially different from those described
herein as "believed," "projected," "planned," "intended," "anticipated,"
"estimated" or "expected," or other words which reflect the current view of the Company with respect to
future events. We caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company hereby expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change
in the Company's expectations or any change in events conditions or circumstances on which such statement is based.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement its consolidated
financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the
Company uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and consolidated income, excluding Brazil. The
presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to,
the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures for
financial and operational decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes that they
provide useful information about operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future
prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision
making. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company in this press release may be different from the methods used by other
For more information on the non-GAAP
financial measures, please see the Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Financial Measures tables in this press release. These accompanying
tables include details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the
related reconciliations between these financial measures.
Lakeland Industries, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
(In thousands except share
| July 31, 2013 | January 31, 2013 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,834 | $ | 6,737 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 13,644 | 13,783 | ||||||
| Inventories | 40,418 | 39,271 | ||||||
| Deferred income tax | 3,861 | ----- | ||||||
| Assets of discontinued operations in India | 206 | 813 | ||||||
| Prepaid income tax | 1,484 | 1,565 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 1,973 | 1,703 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 67,420 | 63,872 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 12,461 | 14,090 | ||||||
| Prepaid VAT and other taxes, noncurrent | 2,402 | 2,461 | ||||||
| Security deposits | 1,189 | 1,546 | ||||||
| Other assets, net | 1,663 | 478 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 871 | 871 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 86,006 | $ | 83,318 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 9,263 | $ | 6,704 | ||||
| Accrued compensation and benefits | 991 | 976 | ||||||
| Other accrued expenses | 2,421 | 2,409 | ||||||
| Liabilities of discontinued operations in India | ----- | 25 | ||||||
| Current maturity of long-term debt | ----- | 100 | ||||||
| Current maturity of arbitration settlement | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Short-term borrowing | 2,340 | 1,579 | ||||||
| Term loans to TD Bank | ----- | 5,550 | ||||||
| Borrowings under revolving credit facility | 10,403 | 9,559 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 26,418 | 27,902 | ||||||
| Accrued arbitration award in Brazil (net of current maturities) | 4,259 | 4,711 | ||||||
| Canadian warehouse loan, net of current maturities | ----- | 1,298 | ||||||
| Subordinated debt, net of OID | 1,302 | ----- | ||||||
| Other liabilities - accrued legal fees in Brazil | 76 | 87 | ||||||
| VAT taxes payable long term | 3,331 | 3,329 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 35,386 | 37,327 | ||||||
| Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $.01 par; authorized 1,500,000 shares - (none issued) | ------- | -------- | ||||||
| Common stock, $.01 par; authorized 10,000,000 shares, issued 5,707,422 and 5,688,600; outstanding 5,350,981 and 5,332,159 at July 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013, respectively | 57 | 57 | ||||||
| Treasury stock, at cost; 356,441 shares at July 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013, respectively | (3,352 | ) | (3,352 | ) | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 53,341 | 50,973 | ||||||
| Retained earnings deficit | 2,854 | (473 | ) | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (2,280 | ) | (1,214 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 50,620 | 45,991 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 86,006 | $ | 83,318 |
LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC. AND
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
Three months and six months
ended July 31, 2013 and 2012
| THREE MONTHS ENDED | SIX MONTHS ENDED | |||||||||||||||
| July 31, | July 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 24,639 | $ | 23,499 | $ | 46,376 | $ | 47,480 | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | 17,177 | 16,368 | 32,834 | 33,037 | ||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 7,462 | 7,131 | 13,542 | 14,443 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | 6,165 | 6,979 | 12,482 | 14,266 | ||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 1,297 | 152 | 1,060 | 177 | ||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange charge (loss) Brazil | (360 | ) | (376 | ) | (387 | ) | (692 | ) | ||||||||
| Arbitration judgment in Brazil | -------- | 2,126 | -------- | (7,874 | ) | |||||||||||
| Other expense and other income, net | 91 | (26 | ) | (37 | ) | 33 | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | (467 | ) | (259 | ) | (741 | ) | (495 | ) | ||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 561 | 1,617 | (105 | ) | (8,851 | ) | ||||||||||
| Benefit from income taxes | 3,610 | 27 | 3,432 | 373 | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 4,171 | $ | 1,644 | $ | 3,327 | $ | (8,478 | ) | |||||||
| Net income (loss) per common share | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.75 | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.61 | $ | (1.62 | ) | |||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.74 | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.60 | $ | (1.62 | ) | |||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 5,559,573 | 5,271,997 | 5,445,348 | 5,235,957 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | 5,668,236 | 5,441,167 | 5,519,073 | 5,235,957 |