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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
or
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD from                      to                     
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010
Commission file number 1-3560
P. H. Glatfelter Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Pennsylvania   23-0628360
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
96 South George Street, Suite 500    
York, Pennsylvania 17401   (717) 225-4711
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for at least the past 90 days. Yes þ No o.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o    Accelerated filer þ    Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes o No þ.
As of October 31, 2010, P. H. Glatfelter Company had 45,859,616 shares of common stock outstanding.
 
 

 


 

P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION        
       
 
       
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION        
       
 
       
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SIGNATURES  
 
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PART I
Item 1 — Financial Statements
P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited)
                                 
    Three months ended     Nine months ended  
    September 30     September 30  
In thousands, except per share   2010     2009     2010     2009  
 
Net sales
  $ 379,097     $ 312,358     $ 1,079,153     $ 882,889  
Energy and related sales — net
    3,312       2,132       8,834       6,194  
     
Total revenues
    382,409       314,490       1,087,987       889,083  
Costs of products sold
    326,669       232,025       952,571       704,303  
     
Gross profit
    55,740       82,465       135,416       184,780  
 
                               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    27,782       29,303       91,299       80,364  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    (150 )     (9 )     (318 )     (681 )
     
Operating income
    28,108       53,171       44,435       105,097  
Non-operating income (expense)
                               
Interest expense
    (6,565 )     (4,528 )     (19,045 )     (14,798 )
Interest income
    232       318       570       1,583  
Other — net
    (251 )     204       (3,868 )     86  
     
Total other income (expense)
    (6,584 )     (4,006 )     (22,343 )     (13,129 )
     
Income before income taxes
    21,524       49,165       22,092       91,968  
Income tax (benefit) provision
    (17,913 )     3,171       (17,074 )     14,566  
     
Net income
  $ 39,437     $ 45,994     $ 39,166     $ 77,402  
     
 
                               
Earnings per share
                               
Basic
  $ 0.86     $ 1.01     $ 0.85     $ 1.70  
Diluted
    0.85       1.00       0.85       1.69  
 
                               
Cash dividends declared per common share
    0.09       0.09       0.27       0.27  
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding
                               
Basic
    45,950       45,699       45,898       45,649  
Diluted
    46,286       45,865       46,330       45,712  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
                 
    September 30     December 31  
In thousands   2010     2009  
 
Assets
               
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 63,333     $ 135,420  
Accounts receivable net
    160,859       119,319  
Inventories
    193,808       168,370  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    65,060       96,947  
     
Total current assets
    483,060       520,056  
 
               
Plant, equipment and timberlands — net
    623,783       470,632  
 
               
Other assets
    225,892       199,606  
     
Total assets
  $ 1,332,735     $ 1,190,294  
     
 
               
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
               
Current liabilities
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $     $ 13,759  
Short-term debt
    1,026       3,888  
Accounts payable
    98,876       63,604  
Dividends payable
    4,191       4,170  
Environmental liabilities
    608       440  
Other current liabilities
    104,104       100,249  
     
Total current liabilities
    208,805       186,110  
 
               
Long-term debt
    332,058       236,936  
 
               
Deferred income taxes
    89,962       96,668  
 
               
Other long-term liabilities
    164,583       159,876  
     
Total liabilities
    795,408       679,590  
 
               
Commitments and contingencies
           
 
               
Shareholders’ equity
               
Common stock
    544       544  
Capital in excess of par value
    49,004       46,746  
Retained earnings
    738,427       711,765  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (124,311 )     (119,885 )
     
 
    663,664       639,170  
Less cost of common stock in treasury
    (126,337 )     (128,466 )
     
Total shareholders’ equity
    537,327       510,704  
     
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,332,735     $ 1,190,294  
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
                 
    Nine months ended  
    September 30  
In thousands   2010     2009  
 
Operating activities
               
Net income
  $ 39,166     $ 77,402  
Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operations:
               
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    48,802       45,823  
Pension expense, net of unfunded benefits paid
    6,422       5,045  
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)
    (12,755 )     (18,599 )
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    (318 )     (681 )
Share-based compensation
    4,333       3,704  
Alternative fuel mixture credits, net of credits applied to taxes due
          (34,888 )
Change in operating assets and liabilities
               
Accounts receivable
    (18,606 )     197  
Inventories
    1,358       33,645  
Prepaid and other current assets
    35,868       5,245  
Accounts payable
    20,731       1,492  
Environmental matters
    11       (7,383 )
Accruals and other current liabilities
    (5,904 )     8,220  
Other
    4,272       292  
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
    123,380       119,514  
 
               
Investing activities
               
Expenditures for purchases of plant, equipment and timberlands
    (23,269 )     (16,704 )
Proceeds from disposals of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    333       728  
Proceeds from timberland installment sale note receivable
          37,850  
Acquisition of Concert Industries Corp., net of cash acquired
    (229,080 )      
     
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities
    (252,016 )     21,874  
 
               
Financing activities
               
Proceeds from $100 million 7⅛% note offering, net of original issue discount
    95,000        
Payments of note offering and credit facility costs
    (5,297 )      
Net repayments of revolving credit facility
          (1,623 )
Net repayments of short term debt
    (2,979 )     (2,640 )
Repayment of Note payable, due March 2013
          (34,000 )
Principal repayments — 2011 Term Loan
    (14,000 )     (12,000 )
Payments of dividends
    (12,556 )     (12,433 )
Proceeds from stock options exercised and other
    147        
     
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
    60,315       (62,696 )
 
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (3,766 )     5,314  
     
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (72,087 )     84,006  
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period
    135,420       32,234  
     
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period
  $ 63,333     $ 116,240  
     
 
               
Supplemental cash flow information
               
Cash paid (received) for
               
Interest
  $ 11,788     $ 9,523  
Income taxes
    (43,004 )     16,175  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1.   ORGANIZATION
     P. H. Glatfelter Company and subsidiaries (“Glatfelter”) is a manufacturer of specialty papers and fiber-based engineered products. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, our manufacturing facilities are located in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania; Chillicothe and Freemont, Ohio; Gatineau, Quebec, Canada; Gloucestershire (Lydney), England; Caerphilly, Wales; Gernsbach and Falkenhagen, Germany; Scaër, France; and the Philippines. Our products are marketed throughout the United States and in over 85 other countries, either through wholesale paper merchants, brokers and agents or directly to customers.
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES
     Basis of Presentation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) include the accounts of Glatfelter and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
     We prepared these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP”). In our opinion, the financial statements reflect all normal, recurring adjustments needed to present fairly our results for the interim periods. When preparing these financial statements, we have assumed that you have read the audited consolidated financial statements included in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K (“2009 Form 10-K”).
     Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingencies as of the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management believes the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of these financial statements are reasonable, based upon currently available facts and known circumstances, but recognizes that actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions.
3.   ACQUISITION
     On February 12, 2010, we completed the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding stock of Concert Industries Corp. (“Concert”), a manufacturer of highly absorbent cellulose based airlaid non-woven materials, for cash totaling $231.9 million based on the currency exchange rates on the closing date, and net of a post-closing working capital adjustment. Concert, with approximately 590 employees, has operations located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and Falkenhagen, Brandenburg, Germany. Annual revenues totaled $203.0 million in 2009.
     Concert manufactures highly absorbent cellulose based airlaid non-woven materials used in products such as feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products, pre-moistened cleaning wipes, food pads, napkins and tablecloths, and baby wipes. The acquisition of Concert affords us the opportunity to grow with the industry leaders in feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products. We believe that our acquisition of Concert provides us with an industry-leading global business that sells highly specialized, engineered fiber-based products to niche markets with substantial barriers to entry.
     The share purchase agreement provides for, among other terms, i) an adjustment to the purchase price based on final working capital as of the closing balance sheet, which has yet to be fully agreed to; and ii) indemnification provisions for claims that may arise, including among others, uncertain tax positions and other third party claims.
     During the second quarter of 2010, we and the sellers reached agreement on certain working capital related adjustments that reduced the purchase price by $3.9 million. In addition, as a result of further evaluation of asset appraisals, contingencies and other factors, in accordance with FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations, we have determined that certain retrospective adjustments to the February 12, 2010 provisional allocation of the purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed were required.


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     The following summarizes the impact of the adjustments recorded in the second and third quarters of 2010 and retrospectively reflected in the financial statements. This provisional purchase price allocation is based on information currently available to management:
                         
    As originally        
In thousands   presented   Adjustment   Adjusted
 
Assets
                       
Cash
  $ 2,792     $     $ 2,792  
Accounts receivable
    24,703             24,703  
Inventory
    28,034             28,034  
Prepaid and other current assets
    5,941       (1,327 )     4,614  
Plant, equipment and timberlands
    177,253       8,068       185,321  
Intangible assets
    3,138       1,902       5,040  
Deferred tax assets and other assets
    20,738       (6,572 )     14,166  
     
Total
    262,599       2,071       264,670  
Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    25,322       591       25,913  
Deferred tax liabilities
    1,267       2,166       3,433  
Other long term liabilities
    212       3,240       3,452  
     
Total
    26,801       5,997       32,798  
     
Total purchase price
  $ 235,798     $ (3,926 )   $ 231,872  
 
     The adjustments set forth above did not materially impact previously reported results of operations, earnings per share, or cash flows.
     We are in the process of finalizing potential additional working capital adjustments and final valuations of assets acquired, including plant and equipment and intangible assets, certain contingencies and the impact on taxes of any final adjustments to such valuations, all necessary to account for the Concert transaction in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting set forth in FASB ASC 805. Accordingly, the provisional purchase price allocation set forth above is based on all information available to us at the present time and is subject to change, and such changes could be material.
     For purposes of allocating the total purchase price, assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their estimated fair market value. The allocation set forth above is based on management’s estimate of the fair value using valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow models, appraisals and similar methodologies. The amount allocated to intangible assets represents the estimated value of technology and customer sales contracts and relationships. Deferred tax assets reflect the estimated value of future tax deductions acquired in the transaction.
     Acquired property plant and equipment are being depreciated on a straight-line basis with estimated remaining lives ranging from 5 years to 40 years. Intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated remaining life of 11 to 20 years reflecting the expected future value.
     During the first nine months of 2010, we incurred legal, professional and advisory costs directly related to the Concert acquisition totaling $7.2 million. All such costs are presented under the caption “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Deferred financing fees incurred in connection with issuing debt related to the acquisition totaled $3.1 million through September 30, 2010. The unamortized fees are recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet under the caption “Other assets”.
     In addition, in connection with the Concert acquisition, we entered into a series of forward foreign currency contracts to hedge the acquisition’s Canadian dollar purchase price. All contracts were settled for cash during the first quarter of 2010 and resulted in a $3.4 million loss, net of realized currency translation gains, which is presented under the caption “Other-net” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
     Our results of operations for the first nine months of 2010 include the results of Concert prospectively since the acquisition was completed on February 12, 2010. All such results are reported herein as the Advanced Airlaid Materials business unit, a new reportable segment. Net sales and operating income of Concert included in our consolidated results of operations totaled $58.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively, for the third quarter of 2010. Net sales and operating income were $138.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively, for the first nine months of 2010.


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     The table below summarizes pro forma financial information as if the acquisition and related financing transaction occurred as of January 1, 2009:
                   
    Three months ended
    September 30
In thousands, except per share   2010     2009
       
Pro forma
                 
Net sales
  $ 379,097       $ 368,035  
Net income
    39,844         52,477  
Diluted earnings per share
    0.86         1.14  
       
                   
    Nine months ended
    September 30
In thousands, except per share   2010     2009
       
Pro forma
                 
Net sales
  $ 1,104,802       $ 1,035,210  
Net income
    51,036         85,951  
Diluted earnings per share
    1.10         1.88  
       
     For purposes of presenting the above pro forma financial information, non-recurring legal, professional and transaction costs directly related to the acquisition have been eliminated. This unaudited pro forma financial information above is not necessarily indicative of what the operating results would have been had the acquisition been completed at the beginning of the respective period nor is it indicative of future results.
4.   GAINS ON DISPOSITIONS OF PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND TIMBERLANDS
     Sales of timberlands and other assets in the first nine months of 2010 and 2009 are summarized in the following table:
                         
Dollars in thousands   Acres   Proceeds   Gain (loss)
 
2010
                       
Timberlands
    71     $ 182     $ 168  
Other
    n/a       151       150  
     
 
          $ 333     $ 318  
 
 
                       
2009
                       
Timberlands
    189     $ 728     $ 699  
Other
    n/a             (18 )
     
 
          $ 728     $ 681  
 
5.   ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURE CREDITS
     The U.S. Internal Revenue Code provided a tax credit for companies that use alternative fuel mixtures to produce energy to operate their businesses. The credit, equal to $0.50 per gallon of alternative fuel contained in the mixture, was refundable to the taxpayer. We began mixing black liquor and diesel fuel in late February 2009 and filed an application to be registered as an alternative fuel mixer with the Internal Revenue Service in March 2009. On May 11, 2009, we were notified by the Internal Revenue Service that our application to be registered as an alternative fuel mixer was approved. We subsequently filed an excise tax refund claim for the alternative fuel mixture consumed at our Spring Grove, PA and Chillicothe, OH facilities during the period February 20, 2009 through May 17, 2009 and received a payment from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) on June 30, 2009 in the amount of $29.7 million.
     For the period May 18, 2009 through September 30, 2009, we earned an additional $45.8 million of alternative fuel mixture credits. Of this amount, $10.9 million was used to reduce estimated interim tax payments. We claimed the balance of this amount as a non-taxable income tax credit in connection with the filing of our 2009 federal corporate income tax return.
     The accompanying condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009 includes $33.0 million and $73.8 million, respectively, recorded as a credit to cost of products sold representing alternative fuel mixture credits earned through September 30, 2009, net of associated expenses. On an after-tax basis, we recognized $32.9 million of alternative fuel mixture credits during the third quarter of 2009 and $63.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2009.


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6.   EARNINGS PER SHARE
     The following table sets forth the details of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS):
                 
    Three months ended
    September 30
In thousands, except per share   2010   2009
 
Net income
  $ 39,437     $ 45,994  
     
Weighted average common shares outstanding used in basic EPS
    45,950       45,699  
Common shares issuable upon exercise of dilutive stock options and restricted stock awards
    336       166  
     
Weighted average common shares outstanding and common share equivalents used in diluted EPS
    46,286       45,865  
     
 
               
Earnings per share
               
Basic
  $ 0.86     $ 1.01  
Diluted
    0.85       1.00  
 
                 
    Nine months ended
    September 30
In thousands, except per share   2010   2009
 
Net income
  $ 39,166     $ 77,402  
     
Weighted average common shares outstanding used in basic EPS
    45,898       45,649  
Common shares issuable upon exercise of dilutive stock options and restricted stock awards
    432       63  
     
Weighted average common shares outstanding and common share equivalents used in diluted EPS
    46,330       45,712  
     
 
               
Earnings per share
               
Basic
  $ 0.85     $ 1.70  
Diluted
    0.85       1.69  
 
     The following table sets forth the number of potential common shares that have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the indicated period due to their anti-dilutive nature.
                 
    2010   2009
 
Three months ended September 30
    1,531,675       1,244,410  
Nine months ended September 30
    1,519,175       2,287,620  
 
7.   INCOME TAXES
     Income taxes are recognized for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The effects of income taxes are measured based on enacted tax laws and rates.
     As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had $44.5 million, including acquisition accounting adjustments, and $40.1 million, respectively, of gross unrecognized tax benefits. As of September 30, 2010, if such benefits were to be recognized, approximately $40.6 million would be recorded as a component of income tax expense, thereby affecting our effective tax rate.
     We, or one of our subsidiaries, file income tax returns with the United States Internal Revenue Service, as well as various state and foreign authorities. The following table summarizes, by major jurisdiction, tax years that remain subject to examination and years for which examinations are currently in progress:
                 
            Examination in
Jurisdiction   Open tax year   progress
 
 
               
United States
               
Federal
    2007 — 2009       N/A  
State
    2005 — 2009       2004 & 2006 — 2008  
Canada (1)
    2005 — 2007       2008 — 2009  
Germany (1)
    2007 — 2009       2003 — 2009  
France
    2006 — 2009       N/A  
United Kingdom
    2006 — 2009       N/A  
Philippines
    N/A       2007 — 2009  
 
(1)— includes provincial or similar local jurisdictions, as applicable
     The amount of income taxes we pay is subject to ongoing audits by federal, state and foreign tax authorities, which often result in proposed assessments. Management performs a comprehensive review of its global tax positions on a quarterly basis and accrues amounts for uncertain tax positions. Based on these reviews and the result of discussions and resolutions of matters with certain tax authorities and the closure of tax years subject to tax audit, reserves are adjusted as necessary. However, future results may include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are determined or resolved or as such statutes are closed. Due to potential for resolution of federal, state, and foreign examinations, and the expiration of various statutes of limitation, it is reasonably possible our gross unrecognized tax benefits balance may be reduced within the next twelve months by as much as $16.2 million. Substantially all of this relates to tax positions taken in Germany and the United Kingdom.


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     We recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense. Interest expense recognized in the third quarter of 2010 totaled $0.2 million and $0.1 million in the third quarter of 2009. The comparable amounts for the first nine months of 2010 and 2009 were $0.7 million and $0.7 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2010, accrued interest payable was $4.9 million, including acquisition accounting adjustments, and as of December 31, 2009, accrued interest payable was $3.8 million. We did not record any penalties associated with uncertain tax positions during the first nine months of 2010 or 2009.
     Cellulosic Biofuel Production Credit In March 2010, our application to be registered as a cellulosic biofuel producer was approved by the Internal Revenue Service. The U.S. Internal Revenue Code provides a non refundable tax credit equal to $1.01 per gallon for taxpayers that produce cellulosic biofuel. In a memorandum dated June 28, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance concluding that black liquor sold or used before January 1, 2010, qualifies for the cellulosic biofuel producer credit (“CBPC”) and no further certification of eligibility was needed.
     In connection with the filing of our 2009 income tax return, we claimed $23.1 million, net of taxes, of CBPC, and as a result we expect to receive $14.8 million of a cash tax refund during the fourth quarter. The CBPC claimed is attributable to black liquor produced and burned from January 1, 2009 through February 20, 2009, the date we began mixing black liquor and diesel fuel to qualify for alternative fuel mixture credits.
8.   STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
     The P. H. Glatfelter Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) provides for the issuance of up to 5,500,000 shares of Glatfelter common stock to eligible participants in the form of restricted stock units, restricted stock awards, non-qualified stock options, performance shares, incentive stock options and performance units.
     Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”) Awards of RSUs are made under our LTIP. The RSUs vest based solely on the passage of time on a graded scale over a three, four, and five-year period. The following table summarizes RSU activity during the first nine months of the indicated periods:
                 
Units   2010   2009
 
Beginning balance
    564,037       486,988  
Granted
    202,589       205,360  
Forfeited
    (19,953 )     (6,000 )
Restriction lapsed/shares delivered
    (31,323 )     (5,747 )
     
Ending balance
    715,350       680,601  
 
     The following table sets forth RSU compensation expense for the periods indicated:
                 
    September 30
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Three months ended
  $ 436     $ 448  
Nine months ended
    1,274       1,175  
 


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     Stock Only Stock Appreciation Rights (SOSARs) Under terms of the SOSAR, the recipients receive the right to a payment in the form of shares of common stock equal to the difference, if any, in the fair market value of one share of common stock at the time of exercising the SOSAR and the strike price. The SOSARs vest ratably over a three year period and have a term of ten years.
     The following table sets forth information related to outstanding SOSARS.
                                 
    2010     2009  
            Wtd Avg             Wtd Avg  
            Exercise             Exercise  
SOSARS   Shares     Price     Shares     Price  
 
Outstanding at Jan. 1,
    1,762,020     $ 11.84       718,810     $ 14.63  
Granted
    455,050       13.81       1,043,210       9.91  
Exercised
                       
Canceled/forfeited
    (64,420 )     11.71              
 
                           
Outstanding at Sept 30,
    2,152,650     $ 13.04       1,762,020     $ 11.84  
 
                               
SOSAR Grants
                               
Weighted average grant date fair value per share
  $ 4.67             $ 2.83          
Aggregate grant date fair value
(in thousands)
  $ 2,117             $ 2,957          
Black-Scholes Assumptions
                               
Dividend yield
    2.60 %             3.63 %        
Risk free rate of return
    2.51               2.26          
Volatility
    42.32               40.59          
Expected life
  6 yrs             6 yrs          
 
     The following table sets forth SOSAR compensation expense for the periods indicated:
                 
    September 30
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Three months ended
  $ 486     $ 596  
Nine months ended
    1,671       1,293  
 
9.   RETIREMENT PLANS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS
     The following table provides information with respect to the net periodic costs of our pension and post retirement medical benefit plans.
                 
    Three months ended
    September 30
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Pension Benefits
               
Service cost
  $ 2,415     $ 2,158  
Interest cost
    5,897       5,861  
Expected return on plan assets
    (10,046 )     (9,884 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    614       537  
Amortization of unrecognized loss
    3,314       3,186  
     
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 2,194     $ 1,858  
     
 
               
Other Benefits
               
Service cost
  $ 730     $ 654  
Interest cost
    843       878  
Expected return on plan assets
    (134 )     (122 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    (305 )     (308 )
Amortization of unrecognized loss
    385       519  
     
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 1,519     $ 1,621  
 
                 
    Nine months ended
    September 30
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Pension Benefits
               
Service cost
  $ 7,108     $ 6,475  
Interest cost
    17,950       17,582  
Expected return on plan assets
    (30,190 )     (29,663 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    1,845       1,610  
Amortization of unrecognized loss
    10,218       9,559  
     
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 6,931     $ 5,563  
     
 
               
Other Benefits
               
Service cost
  $ 2,189     $ 1,963  
Interest cost
    2,528       2,634  
Expected return on plan assets
    (403 )     (365 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    (917 )     (925 )
Amortization of unrecognized loss
    1,154       1,556  
     
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 4,551     $ 4,863  
 
                 
    September 30,   Dec. 31,
In millions   2010   2009
 
Pension Plan Assets
               
Fair value of plan assets at end of period
  $ 499.1     $ 485.7  
 


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10.   COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
     The following table sets forth comprehensive income and its components:
                 
    Three months ended  
    September 30  
In thousands   2010     2009  
 
Net income
  $ 39,437     $ 45,994  
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    22,887       7,892  
Amortization of unrecognized retirement obligations, net of tax
    2,409       2,465  
     
Comprehensive income
  $ 64,733     $ 56,351  
 
                 
    Nine months ended  
    September 30  
In thousands   2010     2009  
 
Net income
  $ 39,166     $ 77,402  
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (11,922 )     15,945  
Amortization of unrecognized retirement obligations, net of tax
    7,496       7,077  
     
Comprehensive income
  $ 34,740     $ 100,424  
 
11.   INVENTORIES
     Inventories, net of reserves, were as follows:
                 
    Sept. 30,   Dec. 31,
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Raw materials
  $ 54,417     $ 44,150  
In-process and finished
    86,460       78,340  
Supplies
    52,931       45,880  
     
Total
  $ 193,808     $ 168,370  
 
12.   LONG-TERM DEBT
     Long-term debt is summarized as follows:
                 
    Sept. 30,   Dec. 31,
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Revolving credit facility, due April 2011
    n/a     $  
Revolving credit facility, due May 2014
  $        
Term Loan, due April 2011
          14,000  
7⅛% Notes, due May 2016
    200,000       200,000  
7⅛% Notes, due May 2016 - net of original issue discount
    95,363        
Term Loan, due January 2013
    36,695       36,695  
     
Total long-term debt
    332,058       250,695  
Less current portion
          (13,759 )
     
Long-term debt, net of current portion
  $ 332,058     $ 236,936  
 
     On April 29, 2010, we entered into a new four-year, $225 million, multi-currency, revolving credit agreement with a consortium of banks. The new agreement replaced and terminated our revolving credit agreement due April 2011 and matures May 31, 2014.
     For all US dollar denominated borrowings under the new agreement, the interest rate is either, at our option, (a) the bank’s base rate plus an applicable margin (the base rate is the greater of the bank’s prime rate, the
federal funds rate plus 50 basis points, or the daily LIBOR rate plus 100 basis points); or (b) daily LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 175 basis points to 275 basis points according to our corporate credit rating determined by S&P and Moody’s. For non-US dollar denominated borrowings, interest is based on (b) above.
     The credit agreement contains a number of customary covenants for financings of this type that, among other things, restrict our ability to dispose of or create liens on assets, incur additional indebtedness, repay other indebtedness, limits certain intercompany financing arrangements, make acquisitions and engage in mergers or consolidations. We are also required to comply with specified financial tests and ratios, each as defined in the credit agreement, including: i) maximum net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) ratio; and ii) a consolidated EBITDA to interest expense ratio. A breach of these requirements would give rise to certain remedies under the credit agreement, among which are the termination of the agreement and accelerated repayment of the outstanding borrowings plus accrued and unpaid interest under the credit facility.
     On April 28, 2006 we completed an offering of $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 7⅛% Senior Notes due 2016 (“7⅛% Notes”). Net proceeds from this offering totaled approximately $196.4 million, after deducting the commissions and other fees and expenses relating to the offering. The proceeds were primarily used to redeem $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of our then outstanding 67/8% notes due July 2007, plus the payment of applicable redemption premium and accrued interest.
     On February 5, 2010, we issued an additional $100 million in aggregate principal amount of 7⅛% Notes due 2016 (together with the April 28, 2006 offering, the “Senior Notes”). The notes were issued at 95.0% of the principal amount. Net proceeds from this offering after deducting offering fees and expenses, were used to fund, in part, the Concert acquisition. The original issue discount is being accreted as a charge to income on the effective interest method.
     Interest on the Senior Notes accrues at the rate of 7⅛% per annum and is payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1.
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thereunder. As of September 30, 2010, we were not aware of any violations of our debt covenants.
     In November 2007, we sold approximately 26,000 acres of timberland. In connection with that transaction, we formed GPW Virginia Timberlands LLC (“GPW Virginia”) as an indirect, wholly owned and bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of ours. GPW Virginia received as consideration for the timberland sold in that transaction a $43.2 million, interest-bearing note that matures in 2027 from the buyer, Glawson Investments Corp. (“Glawson”), a Georgia corporation, and GIC Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by Glawson. The Glawson note receivable is fully secured by a letter of credit issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. In January 2008, GPW Virginia monetized the Glawson note receivable by entering into a $36.7 million term loan agreement (the “2008 Term Loan”) with a financial institution. The 2008 Term Loan is secured by all of the assets of GPW Virginia, including the Glawson note receivable, the related letter of credit and additional notes with an aggregate principal amount of $9.2 million that we issued in favor of GPW Virginia (the “Company Note”). The 2008 Term Loan bears interest at a six month reserve adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin rate of 1.20% per annum. Interest on the 2008 Term Loan is payable semiannually. The principal amount of the 2008 Term Loan is due on January 15, 2013, but GPW Virginia may prepay the 2008 Term Loan at any time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. During the first nine months of 2010, GPW Virginia received aggregate interest income of $0.8 million under the Glawson note receivable and the Company Note and, in turn, interest expense of $0.5 million under the 2008 Term Loan.
     Under terms of the above transaction, minimum credit ratings must be maintained by the letter of credit issuing bank. An “event of default” is deemed to have occurred under the debt instrument governing the Note Payable unless actions are taken to cure such default within 60 days from the date such credit rating falls below the specified minimum. Potential remedial actions include: (i) amending the terms of the applicable debt instrument; (ii) a replacement of the letter of credit with an appropriately rated institution; or (iii) repaying the Note Payable.
     P. H. Glatfelter Company guarantees debt obligations of all its subsidiaries. All such obligations are recorded in these consolidated financial statements.
     As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had $6.7 million and $5.7 million, respectively, of letters of credit issued to us by certain financial institutions. Such letters of credit reduce amounts available under our revolving credit facility. The letters of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2010, primarily
provide financial assurances for the benefit of certain state workers compensation insurance agencies in conjunction with our self-insurance program. We bear the credit risk on this amount to the extent that we do not comply with the provisions of certain agreements. No amounts are outstanding under the letters of credit.
13.   ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION
     During 2008, we recorded $11.5 million, net present value, of asset retirement obligations related to the legal requirement to close several lagoons at the Spring Grove, PA facility. Historically, lagoons were used to dispose of residual waste material. Closure of the lagoons will be accomplished by filling the lagoons, installing a non-permeable liner which will be covered with soil to construct the required cap over the lagoons. The amount referred to above, in addition to an upward revision in the fourth quarter of 2009, was accrued with a corresponding increase in the carrying value of the property, equipment and timberlands caption on the consolidated balance sheet. The amount capitalized is being depreciated as a charge to operations on the straight-line basis in relation to the expected closure period. Following is a summary of activity recorded during the first nine months of 2010 and 2009:
                 
In thousands   2010   2009
 
Balance at January 1,
  $ 11,292     $ 11,606  
Accretion
    457       472  
Payments
    (1,008 )     (1,697 )
     
Balance at September 30,
  $ 10,741     $ 10,381  
 
     Of the total liability at September 30, 2010, $1.5 million is recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, under the caption “Other current liabilities” and $9.2 million is recorded under the caption “Other long-term liabilities.”
14.   FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
     The amounts reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and short-term debt approximate fair value. The following table sets forth carrying value and fair value of long-term debt:
                                   
    September 30, 2010       December 31, 2009  
    Carrying     Fair       Carrying     Fair  
In thousands   Value     Value       Value     Value  
           
Fixed-rate bonds
  $ 295,363     $ 300,250       $ 200,000     $ 196,750  
Variable rate debt
    36,695       38,525         50,695       51,209  
           
Total
  $ 332,058     $ 338,775       $ 250,695     $ 247,959  
       
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net of unamortized original issue discount. This fixed rate debt is publicly registered, but is thinly traded, and therefore, market prices are not readily available. Accordingly, the values set forth above are based on debt instruments with similar characteristics, or Level 2. The fair value of the remaining debt instruments was estimated using discounted cash flow models based on interest rates obtained from readily available, independent sources, or Level 3.
     As part of our overall risk management practices, we enter into foreign exchange forward contracts primarily designed to mitigate the impact changes in currency exchange rates have on intercompany financing transactions. All such contracts are not designated as hedges for financial accounting purposes and, accordingly, changes in value of the foreign exchange forward contract and the offsetting underlying intercompany transactions are reflected in the accompanying statement of operations under the caption “Other – net.” The fair values of the foreign exchange forward contracts are considered to be Level 2 and are recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet under the caption “Prepaid and other current assets” and “Other current liabilities.”
     As of September 30, 2010, we had the following outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts, all of which have original maturities of one month and mature on October 29, 2010:
         
In millions   Notional
 
Sell euro for US dollar
  62.0  
Buy euro for US dollar
  1.1  
Buy euro for Bristish pound
  4.5  
Sell GBP for US dollar
  £ 2.3  
Sell Canadian dollar for US dollar
  C$ 6.0  
Sell Philippine peso for US dollar
  PHP 247.0  
 
     The net fair value of the contracts set forth above was a liability of $0.9 million at September 30, 2010.
15.   COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
     Fox River — Neenah, Wisconsin
     Background We have significant uncertainties associated with environmental claims arising out of the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) in sediments in the lower Fox River and in the Bay of Green Bay Wisconsin (“Site”). As part of the 1979 acquisition of the Bergstrom Paper Company we acquired a facility located at the Site (the “Neenah Facility”). In part, the Neenah Facility used wastepaper as a source of fiber. At no time did the Neenah Facility utilize PCBs in the pulp and paper making process, but discharges to the lower
Fox River from the Neenah Facility which may have contained PCBs from wastepaper may have occurred from 1954 to the late 1970s. Any PCBs that our Neenah Facility discharged into the lower Fox River resulted from the presence of PCBs in NCR®-brand carbonless copy paper in the wastepaper that was recycled at the Neenah Facility. We closed the Neenah Facility in June 2006.
     The United States, the State of Wisconsin and various state and federal governmental agencies (collectively, the “Governments”), as well as private parties, have found PCBs in sediments in the bed of the Fox River, apparently from a number of sources at municipal and industrial facilities along the upstream and downstream portions of the Site. The Governments have identified manufacturing and recycling of NCR®-brand carbonless copy paper as the principal source of that contamination.
     The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has divided the lower Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay site into five “operable units” numbered from the most upstream (“OU1”) to the most downstream (“OU5”). OU1 is the reach from primarily Lake Winnebago to the dam at Appleton, and is comprised of Little Lake Butte des Morts. Our Neenah Facility discharged its wastewater into OU1. OU2 extends from the dam at Appleton to the dam at Little Rapids, OU3 from the dam at Little Rapids to the dam at De Pere, OU4 from the dam at De Pere to the mouth of the river, and OU5 from the mouth into the lower portion of Green Bay. The river extends 39 miles from the upstream end of OU1 to the downstream end of OU4.
     Our liabilities, if any, for this contamination primarily arise under the federal Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “Superfund”). The Governments have sought to recover “response actions” or “response costs,” which are the costs of studying and cleaning up contamination, from various “responsible parties.” In addition, various natural resource trustee agencies of the United States, the States of Wisconsin and Michigan, and several Indian Tribes (the “Natural Resources Trustees” or “Trustees”) have sought to recover natural resource damages (“NRDs”), including natural resource damage assessment costs. Parties that have incurred response costs or NRDs either voluntarily or in response to the governments’ and Trustees’ demands may have an opportunity to seek contribution or other recovery of some or all of those costs from other parties who are jointly and severally responsible under Superfund for those costs. Therefore, as we incur costs, we also acquire a claim against other parties who may not have paid their equitable share of those costs. As others incur costs, they acquire a claim against us to the extent that they claim that we have not paid our equitable share of the total. Any party that resolves its liability to the United States or a


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state in a judicially or administratively approved settlement agreement obtains protection from contribution claims for matters addressed in the settlement.
     For these reasons, all of the parties who are potentially responsible (“PRPs”) under CERCLA for response costs or NRDs have exposure to liability for: (a) the cost of past response actions taken by anyone else, (b) the cost of past NRD payments or restoration projects incurred by anyone else, (c) the cost of response actions to be taken in the future, and (d) NRDs. All of this exposure is subject to substantial defenses, including, for example, that the PRP is not liable or not jointly and severally liable for any particular cost or damage, that the cost or damage is not recoverable under CERCLA or any other law, or that the recovery is barred by the passage of time. In addition, a party that has incurred or committed to incur costs or has paid NRDs may be able to claim credit for that cost or payment in any equitable allocation of response costs or NRDs in any action for reallocation of costs.
     As is discussed more fully below in this Note 15, the current state of our exposure to liability for contamination at the Site is as follows:
     (a) EPA has ordered us and other parties, including Appleton Papers Inc. (“API”) and NCR Corporation (“NCR”) to implement the remedy in OU2-5;
     (b) a federal district court has ruled that neither API nor NCR may recover in contribution from either us or any other of the paper recyclers ordered by EPA to clean up the Site any costs of response or any NRDs that either of them incur or pay in connection with the Site; NCR and API have stated their intention to appeal this ruling;
     (c) we have completed the remedy in OU1 in conjunction with WTM I Company (“WTM I”) and with some financial contribution from Menasha Corporation (“Menasha”) and API/NCR; we have also made payments toward NRDs and other costs of response at the site;
     (d) the same federal district court is currently considering whether we and WTM I have a right to recover those response costs and payments of NRDs described in subsection (c) above from NCR and API; and
     (e) the United States and the State of Wisconsin have commenced a lawsuit against us and eleven other parties in federal district court seeking to recover from each of the defendants, jointly and severally, all of the governments’ past costs of response, a declaration as to liability for all of the governments’ future costs of response, and compensation for natural resource damages, as well as injunctive relief to require remedial action with respect to Operable Units 2-5 as called for by the order referred to in subsection (a) above.
     Cleanup Decisions. Our liability exposure depends importantly on the decisions made by EPA and the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (“WDNR”) as to how the Site will be cleaned up and consequently the costs and timing of those response actions. The nature of the response actions has been highly controversial. EPA issued a record of decision (“ROD”) selecting response actions for OU1 and OU2 in December 2002. EPA issued a separate ROD selecting response actions for OU3, OU4, and OU5 in March 2004 and in June 2007.
     EPA amended the RODs for OUs 2-5 in June 2007 to require less dredging and more capping and covering of sediments containing PCBs. The governments have concluded that these methods will result in a reduction in the costs for this portion of the cleanup. Others disagree. Likewise, in June 2008, EPA also amended the ROD for OU1.
     The governments’ lawsuit may allow for litigation over the selection of the remedy. If that issue were to be litigated, and if we were to be successful in modifying the remedy, our exposure could be reduced materially.
     NRD Assessment. The Natural Resources Trustees have engaged in work to assess NRDs at and arising from the Site. The United States and the State of Wisconsin allege in their lawsuit that various documents prepared by the Trustees taken together constitute a required NRD Assessment under the regulations. We disagree. The Trustees’ 2009 estimate of NRDs and associated costs ranges from $287 million to $423 million, some of which has already been satisfied. With specific respect to NRD claims, we and others contended that the Trustees’ claims are barred or otherwise defendable on a number of legal bases including that the applicable three year statute of limitations has expired.
     Past Costs Demand. By letter dated January 15, 2009, EPA demanded that we and six other parties reimburse EPA for approximately $17.6 million in costs that EPA claims it incurred as necessary costs of response not subject to any other agreement in this matter. In response, we and the other parties which were contacted notified the EPA that the supporting documentation provided by EPA did not allow us fully to evaluate this demand and we requested that the EPA provide additional supporting information for the claimed costs. EPA has not yet responded to this request. The governments allege in their lawsuit that the United States has incurred more than $16.5 million in unreimbursed response costs for the Site and that the State of Wisconsin has incurred certain other, unspecified, unreimbursed responses costs. Accordingly we are unable to estimate reasonably our potential liability for these costs.
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paid both by us and by others. The procedural context of any work done, costs incurred, and damages paid also impact our ultimate exposure.
     Since 1991, the governments and various groups of potentially responsible parties, including us, have entered into a series of agreements, orders, and decrees under which we and others have performed work, incurred costs, or paid damages in connection with the Site. As a result, some parties have contributed or performed substantial work at the Site and at least one party, Fort Howard Corporation (whose successor is either the Fort James Operating Company or Georgia Pacific Corporation) has resolved its NRD liability at the Site.
     Notably, in April 2004, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin entered a consent decree (“OU1 Consent Decree”) in United States v. P.H. Glatfelter Co., No. 2:03-cv-949, under which we and WTM I Corp. have been implementing the remedy in OU1. We have divided costs evenly, but have received a $7 million contribution from Menasha Corp. and a $10 million contribution that the United States taken from a separate settlement in United States v. Appleton Papers Inc., No. 2:01-cv-816, that obligated NCR and Appleton Papers to contribute to certain NRD projects. In June 2008, the parties entered into an amendment to the OU1 Consent Decree (“Amended OU1 Consent Decree”). This amendment allowed for implementation of the amended remedy for OU1 and committed us and WTM I to implement that remedy without a cost limitation on that commitment. We and WTM I have substantially completed the amended remedy for OU1 other than monitoring and maintenance.
     Further, in November 2007, EPA issued an administrative order for remedial action (“UAO”) to Appleton Papers Inc., CBC Coating, Inc. (formerly known as Riverside Paper Corporation), Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, L.P. (formerly known as Fort James Operating Company), Menasha Corporation, NCR Corporation, us, U.S. Paper Mills Corp., and WTM I Company directing those respondents to implement the amended remedy in OU2-5. Shortly following issuance of the UAO, Appleton Papers Inc. and NCR Corp. commenced litigation against us and others, as described below. Accordingly, we have no vehicle for complying with the UAO’s overall requirements other than answering a judgment in the litigation, and we have so informed EPA. However, in February 2009, the EPA sent a demand to each of the respondents on the UAO other than WTM I seeking payment of the government’s oversight costs under the UAO for the period from November 2007 through August 2008. In February 2009, we notified the EPA that we believed that its demand could prove distracting to litigation commenced by Appleton Papers and NCR against the other UAO
respondents. In order to remove this distraction, and in the spirit of cooperation, we stated that we would satisfy the EPA’s demand, an amount which was insignificant, in full. We paid this amount. Others have satisfied subsequent, insignificant demands by EPA for oversight costs.
     Cost estimates. Estimates of the Site remediation change over time as we, or others, gain additional data and experience at the Site. In addition, disagreement exists over the likely costs for some of this work. On February 26, 2010, EPA issued an “explanation of Significant Differences”—a document explaining changes to a remedy (“ESD”), including changes in cost, that are significant but which do not require the issuance of a new Record of Decision. In that ESD, EPA estimated the cost for the OU 2-5 remedy to be $701 million. EPA estimates costs as a range, in this case from $491 million to $1.05 billion. This estimate is slightly different than, but not inconsistent with, an estimate of the total cost for remediation of the Site that the Governments prepared for purposes of justifying a recent “de minimis” settlement with certain parties whose liability at the Site the United States and the Governments believe to be insignificant. That settlement was approved by the federal court in Green Bay on December 16, 2009. In their brief in support of that settlement, the Governments estimated the total past costs incurred at the Site – including the OU1 project — to be $200 million. In addition, they estimated the cost of implementing the remedy set forth in the amended ROD for OU2-5 (the downstream portions of the Site) to total between $600 million and $700 million exclusive of amounts already spent. For purposes of the settlement, the Governments took the high end of that range and applied a 50% contingency to arrive at a cost estimate for future cleanup work of $1.05 billion. Based upon independent estimates commissioned by various potentially responsible parties, we have no reason to disagree with the Governments’ assertion that future costs to implement the amended remedy for OU2-5 are likely to fall between $700 million and $1.05 billion.
     NRDs. The Trustees have claimed that we are jointly and severally responsible for NRDs with a value between $176 million and $333 million. In their recently filed brief, they further claim that this range should be inflated to 2009 dollars and then certain unreimbursed past assessment costs should be added, so that the range of their claim would be $287 million to $423 million. We deny (a) liability for most of these NRDs, (b) that if anyone is liable, that we are jointly and severally liable for the full amount; and (c) that the Trustees can pursue this claim at this late date as the limitations period for NRD claims is three years from discovery.
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agree on a binding, final, allocation of costs and damages among themselves. All costs that they have incurred to date have been incurred individually, or under interim, nonbinding allocations. However, the consent decree in United States v. P. H. Glatfelter Co. affords us and WTM I contribution protection for claims seeking to reallocate costs of implementing the OU1 remedy, and Fort James Operating Co. (now Georgia-Pacific) has certain rights under its consent decree. Otherwise, the parties have not litigated their internal allocation with us except as described below.
     NCR and Appleton Papers Inc. commenced litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin captioned Appleton Papers Inc. v. George A. Whiting Paper Co., No. 2:08-cv-16, seeking to reallocate costs and damages allegedly incurred or paid or to be incurred or paid by NCR or Appleton Papers (the “Whiting Litigation”). They have to date joined a number of defendants, dismissed some of those, filed a parallel action, and consolidated the two cases. At present, the case involves allocation claims among the two plaintiffs and 28 defendants: us, George A. Whiting Paper Co., Menasha Corporation, Green Bay Packaging Inc., International Paper Company, Leicht Transfer & Storage Company, Neenah Foundry Company, Newpage Wisconsin System Inc., The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company, Wisconsin Public Service Corp., the Cities of Appleton, De Pere, and Green Bay, Brown County, Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, Heart of the Valley Metropolitan Sewerage District, Neenah-Menasha Sewerage Commission, WTM I Company, U.S. Paper Mills Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Fort James Operating Company, CBC Coating Company, Inc., Fort James Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, LaFarge North America Inc., Union Pacific Railroad Company, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As the result of certain third-party claims, federal agencies other than the Corps of Engineers are also involved in this allocation.
     On December 16, 2009, the Court granted motions for summary judgment in our favor on the contribution claims brought by NCR and Appleton Papers Inc. in the Whiting litigation. The Court held that neither NCR nor Appleton Papers may seek contribution from us or other recyclers under CERCLA. The Court made no ruling as to any other allocation, the liability of NCR or Appleton Papers to us for costs we have incurred, or our liability to the governments or Trustees. NCR and Appleton Papers have stated their intention to appeal but an appeal is not yet timely because the Court has not entered a final judgment.
     As described above, we have counterclaims against NCR and Appleton Papers Inc. to recover the costs we have incurred and may later incur and the damages we
have paid and may later pay in connection with the Fox River site. Other defendants have similar claims. On January 20, 2010, the Court issued an order inviting submissions from the parties as to whether the counterclaims of the defendants, as well as certain additional claims, could be resolved without a trial within approximately six months. On April 3, 2010, we and others, including NCR and Appleton Papers Inc., filed separate motions for summary judgment on the counterclaims of the defendants. In the aggregate, the defendants’ motions seek a declaration that NCR and Appleton Papers, Inc. are liable to them for any future costs defendants may come to pay and seek recovery of just less than $210 million in past costs, plus interest on some of the recovery. Our summary judgment motion sought recovery of $58.6 million in past costs and the declaration. The Court has not yet ruled on any of the separate motions for summary judgment on the counterclaims of the defendants.
     As noted above, on December 16, 2009, the Court approved a de minimis party consent decree (“Consent Decree”) settlement among the United States, the State of Wisconsin, and eleven defendants resolving those defendants’ liability for this site. The eleven settling defendants are: George A. Whiting Paper Co.; Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District; Green Bay Packaging, Inc.; Heart of the Valley Metropolitan Sewerage District; International Paper Co.; LaFarge North America Inc.; Leicht Transfer and Storage Co.; Neenah Foundry Co.; Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.; Union Pacific Railroad Co.; and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (collectively, the “Eleven Settling Defendants”). The Consent Decree reflects the conclusion by the United States and the State of Wisconsin that each of the Eleven Settling Defendants qualifies for treatment as a de minimis party under CERCLA. The Consent Decree requires the Settling Defendants to make a collective payment of $1,875,000. Those Eleven Settling Defendants have moved for judgment in the Whiting Litigation based upon the protections in the Consent Decree. In addition, the Governments on September 25, 2009, lodged a separate consent decree in the same case that would, if entered, resolve the liabilities of the City of De Pere. Under that consent decree, the City of De Pere would pay $210,000 to resolve its liability at the Site. That Consent Decree has since been approved and entered. API and NCR have appealed those two Consent Decrees to the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at Docket No. 10-2480.
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responsibility for costs and damages arising from the presence of PCBs in OU1.
     Other Litigation. On October 14, 2010, the United States and the State of Wisconsin filed an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin captioned United States v. NCR Corp., No. 1:10-cv-910-WCG (the “Government Action”), against twelve parties, including us. The Government Action seeks to recover from each of the defendants, jointly and severally, all of the governments’ past costs of response, a declaration as to liability for all of the governments’ future costs of response, and compensation for natural resource damages, as well as injunctive relief to require remedial action with respect to Operable Units 2-5. Although we have not filed our answer to the Government Action and are in the process of reviewing the Government Action, we continue to believe that we have substantial defenses to the claims included in the Government Action, as well as claims for contribution and counterclaims against other parties including the United States.
     Simultaneously with their filing of the Government Action, the United States and Wisconsin provided notice of a proposed settlement of their claims against one of the defendants, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP. The terms of this proposed settlement were set forth in a proposed consent decree. The United States will not move for entry of the consent decree until it has published the proposed consent decree and received public comments on the proposed consent decree. If the United States were to move for entry of the consent decree and were the court to enter the decree as a judgment, that settlement would limit the Company’s ability, or any other party’s ability, to seek contribution from Georgia-Pacific in this matter. The proposed consent decree calls for payment of $6 million plus interest to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and $1 million plus interest to the EPA’s Hazardous Substance Response Superfund. Payments made by Georgia-Pacific under that consent decree should offset the governments’ recoveries against any other party dollar-for-dollar.
     Reserves for the Fox River Site. As of September 30, 2010, our reserve for our claimed liability at the Fox River, including our remediation and ongoing monitoring obligations at OU1, our claimed liability for the remediation of OU2-5, our claimed liability for NRDs associated with PCB contamination at the Site and all pending, threatened or asserted and unasserted claims against us relating to PCB contamination at the Site totaled $17.0 million. No additional amounts were accrued during 2010 or 2009. Of our total reserve for the Fox River, $0.6 million is recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets under the caption “Environmental liabilities” and the remaining is recorded under the caption “Other long term liabilities.”
     Under the OU1 Consent Decree which was signed in 2004, we contributed $27.0 million to past and future costs and NRDs. Since the initial funding, we contributed an additional total of $15.5 million pursuant to various supplements or amendments to the OU1 Consent Decree. No payments were required to be made since January 2009. WTM I has contributed parallel amounts. These funds were placed into an escrow account from which we and WTM I pay for work on the project. As required by the Amended Consent Decree, in a quarterly report submitted to EPA in November 2009, we and WTM I concluded that the amounts in the escrow account would be sufficient to pay for the estimated cost of the work at OU1, including operation, maintenance, and other post-construction expenses. However, there can be no assurance that these amounts will in fact suffice. WTM I has filed a bankruptcy petition in the Bankruptcy Court in Richmond. There can be no assurance should additional amounts be required to complete the project that WTM I will be able to fulfill its obligation to pay half the additional cost.
     We believe that we have strong defenses to liability for remediation of OU2-5 including the existence of ample data that indicate that PCBs did not leave OU1 in concentrations that could have caused or contributed to the need for cleanup in OU2-5. Others, including the EPA and other PRPs, disagree with us and, as a result, the EPA has issued a UAO to us and to others to perform the OU2-5 work, and filed the Government Action seeking, in part, the same relief. NCR and Appleton Papers commenced the Whiting Litigation and joined us and others as defendants, but did not prevail. Additional claims are likely to be filed in the litigation associated with the remediation of the Site.
     Even if we are not successful in establishing that we are not liable for the remediation of OU2-5, we do not believe that we would be allocated a significant percentage share of liability in any equitable allocation of the remediation costs and other potential damages associated with OU2–5. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include reserves for defense costs for the Whiting Litigation, the Government Action, or any future defense costs related to our involvement at the Fox River which could be significant.
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any known insurance, indemnity or cost sharing agreements between PRPs and third parties. In addition, our assessment is based upon the magnitude, nature, location and circumstances associated with the various discharges of PCBs to the river and the relationship of those discharges to identified contamination. We will continue to evaluate our exposure and the level of our reserves, including, but not limited to, our potential share of the costs and NRDs, if any, associated with the Fox River site.
     Other than with respect to the Amended OU1 Consent Decree, the amount and timing of future expenditures for environmental compliance, cleanup, remediation and personal injury, NRDs and property damage liabilities cannot be ascertained with any certainty due to, among other things, the unknown extent and nature of any contamination, the response actions that may ultimately be required, the availability of remediation equipment, and landfill space, and the number and financial resources of any other PRPs.
     Other Information. Based in part upon the Court’s December 16, 2009 ruling and the Court’s January 10, 2010 order in the Whiting Litigation, we continue to believe that a volumetric allocation would not constitute an equitable allocation of the potential liability for the contamination at the Fox River. We contend that other factors, such as the location of contamination, the location of discharge, and a party’s role in causing discharge, must be considered in order for the allocation to be equitable.
     The Wisconsin DNR and FWS have each published studies, the latter in draft form, estimating the amount of PCBs discharged by each identified PRP’s facility to the lower Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay. These reports estimate the Neenah Facility’s share of the volumetric discharge to be as high as 27%. We do not believe the volumetric estimates used in these studies are accurate because (a) the studies themselves disclose that they are not accurate and (b) the volumetric estimates contained in the studies are based on assumptions that are unsupported by existing data on the Site. We believe that the Neenah Facility’s volumetric contribution is significantly lower than the estimates set forth in these studies.
     We previously entered into interim cost-sharing agreements with four of the other PRPs, which provided for those PRPs to share certain costs relating to scientific studies of PCBs discharged at the Site (“Interim Cost Sharing Agreements”). These Interim Cost Sharing Agreements do not establish the final allocation of remediation costs incurred at the Site. Based upon our evaluation of the Court’s December 16, 2009 ruling in the Whiting Litigation as well as the volume, nature and location of the various discharges of PCBs at the Site and the relationship of those discharges to identified
contamination, we believe our allocable share of liability at the Site is less than our share of costs under the Interim Cost Sharing Agreements.
     Range of Reasonably Possible Outcomes. Our analysis of the range of reasonably possible outcomes is derived from all available information, including but not limited to official documents such as RODs, discussions with the United States and other PRPs, as well as legal counsel and engineering consultants. Based on our analysis of the current RODs and cost estimates for work to be performed at the Site, we believe that it is reasonably possible that our costs associated with the Fox River matter may exceed our cost estimates and the aggregate amounts accrued for the Fox River matter by amounts that are insignificant or that could range up to $265 million over a period that is currently undeterminable but that could range beyond 15 years. We believe that the likelihood of an outcome in the upper end of the monetary range is significantly less than other possible outcomes within the range and that the possibility of an outcome in excess of the upper end of the monetary range is remote. The summary judgment in our favor in the Whiting Litigation, if sustained on appeal, suggests that outcomes in the upper end of the monetary range have become somewhat less probable, while increases in cost estimates for some of the work may militate in the opposite direction.
     Summary. Our current assessment is that we will be able to manage this environmental matter without a long-term, material adverse impact on the Company. This matter could, however, at any particular time or for any particular year or years, have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, liquidity and/or results of operations or could result in a default under our loan covenants. Moreover, there can be no assurance that our reserves will be adequate to provide for future obligations related to this matter, that our share of costs and/or damages will not exceed our available resources, or that such obligations will not have a long-term, material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, liquidity or results of operations. If we are not successful in obtaining acknowledgment that the remedial work at OU1 has been substantially completed and/or should a court grant the United States relief which requires us either to perform directly or to contribute significant amounts towards remedial action at Operable Units 2-5 or to natural resource damages, those developments could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, liquidity and results of operations and might result in a default under our loan covenants.


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16. SEGMENT INFORMATION
     The following table sets forth financial and other information by business unit for the periods indicated:
                                                                                           
    Three months ended September 30
In millions   Specialty Papers     Composite Fibers     Advanced Airlaid Materials     Other and Unallocated     Total  
    2010       2009     2010       2009     2010       2009     2010       2009     2010       2009  
                                     
Net sales
  $ 217.3       $ 211.6     $ 103.7       $ 100.7     $ 58.0       $     $       $     $ 379.1       $ 312.4  
Energy and related sales, net
    3.3         2.1                                                 3.3         2.1  
                                   
Total revenue
    220.6         213.8       103.7         100.7       58.0                             382.4         314.5  
Cost of products sold
    184.3         178.1       85.6         85.7       54.9               1.8         (31.8 )     326.7         232.0  
                                   
Gross profit
    36.3         35.7       18.2         15.0       3.1               (1.8 )       31.8       55.7         82.5  
SG&A
    13.4         14.9       8.5         9.2       1.9               4.1         5.3       27.8         29.3  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands
                                              (0.2 )             (0.2 )        
                                   
Total operating income (loss)
    22.9         20.8       9.7         5.8       1.2               (5.7 )       26.5       28.1         53.2  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                              (6.6 )       (4.0 )     (6.6 )       (4.0 )
                                   
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 22.9       $ 20.8     $ 9.7       $ 5.8     $ 1.2       $     $ (12.3 )     $ 22.5     $ 21.5       $ 49.2  
                                   
 
                                                                                         
Supplementary Data
                                                                                         
Net tons sold
    195.4         199.9       22.8         20.2       22.1                             240.3         220.1  
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
  $ 8.9       $ 10.6     $ 5.7       $ 6.1     $ 2.0       $     $       $     $ 16.6       $ 16.8  
Capital expenditures
    5.1         2.1       2.7         3.2                                   7.8         5.2  
                               
       
    Nine months ended September 30
In millions   Specialty Papers     Composite Fibers     Advanced Airlaid Materials     Other and Unallocated     Total  
    2010       2009     2010       2009     2010       2009     2010       2009     2010       2009  
                                     
Net sales
  $ 633.8       $ 595.6     $ 307.2       $ 287.3     $ 138.1       $     $       $     $ 1,079.2       $ 882.9  
Energy and related sales, net
    8.8         6.2                                                 8.8         6.2  
                                   
Total revenue
    642.6         601.8       307.2         287.3       138.1                             1,088.0         889.1  
Cost of products sold
    560.9         528.2       255.8         246.1       130.4               5.6         (70.0 )     952.6         704.3  
                                   
Gross profit
    81.7         73.6       51.5         41.2       7.8               (5.6 )       70.0       135.4         184.8  
SG&A
    40.1         40.8       26.6         26.3       4.4               20.2         13.3       91.3         80.4  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands
                                              (0.3 )       (0.7 )     (0.3 )       (0.7 )
                                   
Total operating income (loss)
    41.6         32.8       24.9         14.9       3.4               (25.4 )       57.4       44.4         105.1  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                              (22.3 )       (13.1 )     (22.3 )       (13.1 )
                                   
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 41.6       $ 32.8     $ 24.9       $ 14.9     $ 3.4       $     $ (47.8 )     $ 44.3     $ 22.1       $ 92.0  
                                   
 
                                                                                         
Supplementary Data
                                                                                         
Net tons sold
    576.3         556.2       67.1         59.4       53.2                             696.6         615.6  
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
  $ 26.2       $ 28.4     $ 17.6       $ 17.5     $ 5.0       $     $       $     $ 48.8       $ 45.8  
Capital expenditures
    13.8         9.1       6.0         7.5       3.5                       0.1       23.3         16.7  
                               
The mathematical accuracy of certain amounts set forth above may be impacted by the rounding of the individual line items.

     Results of individual business units are presented based on our management accounting practices and management structure. There is no comprehensive, authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; therefore, the financial results of individual business units are not necessarily comparable with similar information for any other company. The management accounting process uses assumptions and allocations to measure performance of the business units. Methodologies are refined from time to time as management accounting practices are enhanced and businesses change. The costs incurred by support areas not directly aligned with the business unit are primarily allocated based on an estimated utilization of support area services or are included in “Other and Unallocated” in the table above.
     Management evaluates results of operations of the business units before non-cash net pension income or expense, acquisition and integration related charges, unusual items, certain corporate level costs, and the effects of asset dispositions. Management believes that this is a more meaningful representation of the operating performance of its core businesses, the profitability of business units and the extent of cash flow generated from these core operations. Such amounts are presented under the caption “Other and Unallocated.” This presentation is aligned with the management and operating structure of our company. It is also on this basis that our performance is evaluated internally and by our Board of Directors.


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17. GUARANTOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Our Senior Notes have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by certain of our 100%-owned domestic subsidiaries: PHG Tea Leaves, Inc., Mollanvick, Inc., The Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company, and Glatfelter Holdings, LLC.
     The following presents our condensed consolidating statements of income and cash flow, and our condensed consolidating balance sheets. These financial statements reflect P. H. Glatfelter Company (the parent), the guarantor subsidiaries (on a combined basis), the non-guarantor subsidiaries (on a combined basis) and elimination entries necessary to combine such entities on a consolidated basis.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the
three months ended September 30, 2010
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousand   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Net sales
  $ 217,335     $ 13,086     $ 161,762     $ (13,086 )   $ 379,097  
Energy and related sales — net
    3,312                         3,312  
     
Total revenues
    220,647       13,086       161,762       (13,086 )     382,409  
Costs of products sold
    187,526       11,579       140,643       (13,079 )     326,669  
     
Gross profit
    33,121       1,507       21,119       (7 )     55,740  
–Selling, general and administrative expenses
    16,506       591       10,685             27,782  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    (123 )           (27 )           (150 )
     
Operating income
    16,738       916       10,461       (7 )     28,108  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                       
Interest expense
    (6,254 )           (311 )           (6,565 )
Interest income
    (52 )     2,036       (1,282 )     (470 )     232  
Other income (expense) — net
    9,195       27       14       (9,487 )     (251 )
     
Total other income (expense)
    2,889       2,063       (1,579 )     (9,957 )     (6,584 )
     
Income (loss) before income taxes
    19,627       2,979       8,882       (9,964 )     21,524  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (19,810 )     492       1,585       (180 )     (17,913 )
     
Net income
  $ 39,437     $ 2,487     $ 7,297     $ (9,784 )   $ 39,437  
     
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the
three months ended September 30, 2009
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousands   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Net sales
  $ 211,635     $ 12,816     $ 100,723     $ (12,816 )   $ 312,358  
Energy and related sales — net
    2,132                         2,132  
     
Total revenues
    213,767       12,816       100,723       (12,816 )     314,490  
Costs of products sold
    147,464       11,568       85,808       (12,815 )     232,025  
     
Gross profit
    66,303       1,248       14,915       (1 )     82,465  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    19,495       566       9,242             29,303  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    (8 )     (1 )                 (9 )
     
Operating income
    46,816       683       5,673       (1 )     53,171  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                       
Interest expense
    (4,148 )           (380 )           (4,528 )
Interest income
    1,230       1,115       (202 )     (1,825 )     318  
Other income (expense) — net
    339       45       86       (266 )     204  
     
Total other income (expense)
    (2,579 )     1,160       (496 )     (2,091 )     (4,006 )
     
Income (loss) before income taxes
    44,237       1,843       5,177       (2,092 )     49,165  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (1,757 )     929       4,699       (700 )     3,171  
     
Net income (loss)
  $ 45,994     $ 914     $ 478     $ (1,392 )   $ 45,994  
     
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the
nine months ended September 30, 2010
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousand   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Net sales
  $ 633,778     $ 37,440     $ 445,375     $ (37,440 )   $ 1,079,153  
Energy and related sales — net
    8,834                         8,834  
     
Total revenues
    642,612       37,440       445,375       (37,440 )     1,087,987  
Costs of products sold
    571,217       32,272       386,354       (37,272 )     952,571  
     
Gross profit
    71,395       5,168       59,021       (168 )     135,416  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    56,088       1,759       33,452             91,299  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    (123 )     (168 )     (27 )           (318 )
     
Operating income
    15,430       3,577       25,596       (168 )     44,435  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                       
Interest expense
    (18,059 )           (986 )           (19,045 )
Interest income
    (777 )     5,456       (3,339 )     (770 )     570  
Other income (expense) — net
    16,870       (1,290 )     3,225       (22,673 )     (3,868 )
     
Total other income (expense)
    (1,966 )     4,166       (1,100 )     (23,443 )     (22,343 )
     
Income (loss) before income taxes
    13,464       7,743       24,496       (23,611 )     22,092  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (25,702 )     2,046       6,944       (362 )     (17,074 )
     
Net income (loss)
  $ 39,166     $ 5,697     $ 17,552     $ (23,249 )   $ 39,166  
     
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the
nine months ended September 30, 2009
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousands   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Net sales
  $ 595,606     $ 35,306     $ 287,283     $ (35,306 )   $ 882,889  
Energy and related sales — net
    6,194                         6,194  
     
Total revenues
    601,800       35,306       287,283       (35,306 )     889,083  
Costs of products sold
    461,449       32,016       246,301       (35,463 )     704,303  
     
Gross profit
    140,351       3,290       40,982       157       184,780  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    51,819       1,639       26,906             80,364  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands, net
    20       (701 )                 (681 )
     
Operating income
    88,512       2,352       14,076       157       105,097  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                       
Interest expense
    (12,867 )     (5 )     (1,926 )           (14,798 )
Interest income
    745       4,023       (310 )     (2,875 )     1,583  
Other income (expense) — net
    7,464       1,274       (92 )     (8,560 )     86  
     
Total other income (expense)
    (4,658 )     5,292       (2,328 )     (11,435 )     (13,129 )
     
Income (loss) before income taxes
    83,854       7,644       11,748       (11,278 )     91,968  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    6,452       3,169       5,979       (1,034 )     14,566  
     
Net income (loss)
  $ 77,402     $ 4,475     $ 5,769     $ (10,244 )   $ 77,402  
     
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2010
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousands   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Assets
                                       
Current assets
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 32,208     $ 445     $ 30,680     $     $ 63,333  
Other current assets
    269,385       447,644       214,479       (511,781 )     419,727  
Plant, equipment and timberlands — net
    244,396       6,952       372,435             623,783  
Other assets
    811,694       166,456       106,678       (858,936 )     225,892  
     
Total assets
  $ 1,357,683     $ 621,497     $ 724,272     $ (1,370,717 )   $ 1,332,735  
     
 
                                       
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
                                       
Current liabilities
  $ 330,107     $ 42,077     $ 360,681     $ (524,060 )   $ 208,805  
Long-term debt
    295,363             36,695             332,058  
Deferred income taxes
    71,123       13,811       44,668       (39,640 )     89,962  
Other long-term liabilities
    123,763       13,663       13,031       14,126       164,583  
     
Total liabilities
    820,356       69,551       455,075       (549,574 )     795,408  
Shareholders’ equity
    537,327       551,946       269,197       (821,143 )     537,327  
     
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,357,683     $ 621,497     $ 724,272     $ (1,370,717 )   $ 1,332,735  
     
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2009
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousands   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Assets
                                       
Current assets
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 76,970     $ 985     $ 57,465     $     $ 135,420  
Other current assets
    275,490       260,834       148,090       (299,778 )     384,636  
Plant, equipment and timberlands — net
    255,886       6,921       207,825             470,632  
Other assets
    600,116       145,304       75,731       (621,545 )     199,606  
     
Total assets
  $ 1,208,462     $ 414,044     $ 489,111     $ (921,323 )   $ 1,190,294  
     
 
                                       
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
                                       
Current liabilities
  $ 301,908     $ 1,357     $ 179,273     $ (296,428 )   $ 186,110  
Long-term debt
    200,241             36,695             236,936  
Deferred income taxes
    71,035       15,347       26,284       (15,998 )     96,668  
Other long-term liabilities
    124,574       13,531       9,654       12,117       159,876  
     
Total liabilities
    697,758       30,235       251,906       (300,309 )     679,590  
Shareholders’ equity
    510,704       383,809       237,205       (621,014 )     510,704  
     
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,208,462     $ 414,044     $ 489,111     $ (921,323 )   $ 1,190,294  
     
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for
the nine months ended September 30, 2010
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousands   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Net cash provided (used) by
                                       
Operating activities
  $ (67,569 )   $ 135,481     $ 56,238     $ (770 )   $ 123,380  
Investing activities
                                       
Purchase of plant, equipment and timberlands
    (13,297 )     (518 )     (9,454 )           (23,269 )
Proceeds from disposal plant, equipment and timberlands
    124       182       27             333  
Repayments from (advances of) intercompany loans, net
    (8,049 )     (134,715 )     5,393       137,371        
Acquisition of Concert Industries Corp., net of cash acquired
                (229,080 )           (229,080 )
     
Total investing activities
    (21,222 )     (135,051 )     (233,114 )     137,371       (252,016 )
Financing activities
                                       
Net (repayments of) proceeds from indebtedness
    75,703             (2,979 )           72,724  
Payment of dividends to shareholders
    (12,556 )                       (12,556 )
(Repayments) borrowings of intercompany loans, net
    (19,265 )     (200 )     156,836       (137,371 )      
Proceeds from stock options and other
    147                         147  
Payment of intercompany dividends
          (770 )           770        
     
Total financing activities
    44,029       (970 )     153,857       (136,601 )     60,315  
Effect of exchange rate on cash
                (3,766 )           (3,766 )
     
Net decrease in cash
    (44,762 )     (540 )     (26,785 )           (72,087 )
Cash at the beginning of period
    76,970       985       57,465             135,420  
     
Cash at the end of period
  $ 32,208     $ 445     $ 30,680     $     $ 63,333  
     
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for
the nine months ended September 30, 2009
                                         
    Parent           Non   Adjustments/    
In thousands   Company   Guarantors   Guarantors   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
Net cash provided (used) by
                                       
Operating activities
  $ 67,340     $ 5,990     $ 49,059     $ (2,875 )   $ 119,514  
Investing activities
                                       
Purchase of plant, equipment and timberlands
    (9,057 )     (138 )     (7,509 )           (16,704 )
Proceeds from disposal plant, equipment and timberlands
          728                   728  
Proceeds from installment note receivable
                37,850             37,850  
Repayments from (advances of) intercompany loans, net
    5,135       1,018             (6,153 )      
     
Total investing activities
    (3,922 )     1,608       30,341       (6,153 )     21,874  
Financing activities
                                       
Net repayments of indebtedness
    (13,623 )           (36,640 )           (50,263 )
Payment of dividends to shareholders
    (12,433 )                       (12,433 )
(Repayments) borrowings of intercompany loans, net
    (1,018 )     (5,200 )     65       6,153        
Payment of intercompany dividends
          (2,875 )           2,875        
     
Total financing activities
    (27,074 )     (8,075 )     (36,575 )     9,028       (62,696 )
Effect of exchange rate on cash
                5,314             5,314  
     
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    36,344       (477 )     48,139             84,006  
Cash at the beginning of period
    8,860       756       22,618             32,234  
     
Cash at the end of period
  $ 45,204     $ 279     $ 70,757     $     $ 116,240  
     
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the information in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included herein and Glatfelter’s Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
     Forward-Looking Statements This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding industry prospects and future consolidated financial position or results of operations, made in this Report on Form 10-Q are forward looking. We use words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “expects”, “future”, “intends” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Our actual results may differ significantly from such expectations. The following discussion includes forward-looking statements regarding expectations of, among others, net sales, costs of products sold, environmental costs, capital expenditures and liquidity, all of which are inherently difficult to predict. Although we make such statements based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from our expectations. Accordingly, we identify the following important factors, among others, which could cause our results to differ from any results that might be projected, forecasted or estimated in any such forward-looking statements:
i.   variations in demand for our products including the impact of any unplanned market-related downtime, or variations in product pricing;
 
ii.   changes in the cost or availability of raw materials we use, in particular pulpwood, market pulp, pulp substitutes, caustic soda and abaca fiber;
 
iii.   changes in energy-related costs and commodity raw materials with an energy component;
 
iv.   our ability to develop new, high value-added Specialty Papers, Composite Fibers and Advanced Airlaid Material products;
 
v.   the impact of exposure to volatile market-based pricing for sales of excess electricity;
 
vi.   the impact of competition, changes in industry production capacity, including the construction of new mills, the closing of mills and incremental changes due to capital expenditures or productivity increases;
vii.   the impairment of financial institutions and any resulting impact on us, our customers or our vendors;
 
viii.   the gain or loss of significant customers and/or on-going viability of such customers;
 
ix.   cost and other effects of environmental compliance, cleanup, damages, remediation or restoration, or personal injury or property damages related thereto, such as the costs of natural resource restoration or damages related to the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) in the lower Fox River on which our former Neenah mill was located;
 
x.   risks associated with our international operations, including local economic and political environments and fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
 
xi.   geopolitical events, including war and terrorism;
 
xii.   disruptions in production and/or increased costs due to labor disputes;
 
xiii.   the impact of unfavorable outcomes of audits by various state, federal or international tax authorities;
 
xiv.   enactment of adverse state, federal or foreign tax or other legislation or changes in government policy or regulation;
 
xv.   adverse results in litigation; and
 
xvi.   our ability to finance, consummate and integrate current or future acquisitions.
     Introduction We manufacture, both domestically and internationally, a wide array of specialty papers and fiber-based engineered products. We manage our business along three business units: i) Specialty Papers with revenues earned from the sale of carbonless papers and forms, book publishing, envelope & converting, and engineered products; ii) Composite Fibers with revenue from the sale of food & beverage filtration papers, metallized papers, composite laminates used for decorative furniture and flooring applications, and technical specialties; and iii) Advanced Airlaid Materials with revenue from the sale of airlaid non-woven fabric like materials used in feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products, cleaning pads and wipes, food pads, napkins and tablecloths, and baby wipes.
     Overview On February 12, 2010, we completed the acquisition of Concert Industries Corp. (“Concert”), a manufacturer of highly absorbent cellulose based airlaid non-woven materials with annual revenue in 2009 of $203 million. Our results of operations for the first nine months of 2010 include the results of Concert prospectively since the acquisition was completed.


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     Our reported results of operations for the first nine months of 2010 when compared with the same period of 2009 are lower primarily due to the amount of tax-related credits recorded in each period associated with cellulosic or alternative fuel mixtures. For the first nine months of 2010 net income included $23.1 million benefit from cellulosic biofuel credits compared to $63.3 million alternative fuel mixture credits for the first nine months of 2009.
     In addition, our 2010 year to date results include an aggregate of $10.4 million, after-tax, of acquisition and integration costs, together with a loss on forward foreign currency contracts that hedged the Canadian dollar purchase price, of the Concert acquisition. The loss on the hedged purchase price was $3.4 million, net of realized currency translation gains, and is presented under the caption “Other-net” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
     Operationally, our results were favorably affected by higher volumes shipped associated with improving demand in many of the markets served by our businesses and the inclusion of Concert. Higher average selling prices offset the adverse affect of rising input costs, particularly purchased pulp. Our results for the first nine months of 2009 were adversely impacted by market related downtime in both the Specialty Papers and Composite Fibers business units related to the weak economic environment. During 2010, demand for our products improved and, as a results, we did not incur market related downtime.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Nine months ended September 30, 2010 versus the
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
     The following table sets forth summarized results of operations:
                   
    Nine months ended September 30
In thousands, except per share   2010     2009
       
Net sales
  $ 1,079,153       $ 882,889  
Gross profit
    135,416         184,780  
Operating income
    44,435         105,097  
Net income
    39,166         77,402  
Earnings per share
    0.85         1.69  
       
     The consolidated results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 include the following significant items:
                 
    After-tax   Diluted EPS
In thousands, except per share   Gain (loss)        
 
2010
               
Cellulosic biofuel/alternative fuel mixture credit
  $ 23,100     $ 0.50  
Acquisition and integration costs
    (8,728 )     (0.18 )
Foreign currency hedge on acquisition price
    (1,673 )     (0.04 )
 
               
2009
               
Cellulosic biofuel/alternative fuel mixture credit
  $ 63,308     $ 1.38  
 
     The above items increased earnings by $12.7 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, in first nine months of 2010 and increased earnings by $63.3 million, or $1.38 per diluted share, in the first nine months of 2009.


                                                                                           
Business Units   Nine months ended September 30
In millions   Specialty Papers   Composite Fibers   Advanced Airlaid Materials   Other and Unallocated   Total
    2010     2009   2010     2009   2010     2009   2010     2009   2010     2009
                                   
Net sales
  $ 633.8       $ 595.6     $ 307.2       $ 287.3     $ 138.1       $     $       $     $ 1,079.2       $ 882.9  
Energy and related sales, net
    8.8         6.2                                                 8.8         6.2  
                                   
Total revenue
    642.6         601.8       307.2         287.3       138.1                             1,088.0         889.1  
Cost of products sold
    560.9         528.2       255.8         246.1       130.4               5.6         (70.0 )     952.6         704.3  
                                   
Gross profit
    81.7         73.6       51.5         41.2       7.8               (5.6 )       70.0       135.4         184.8  
SG&A
    40.1         40.8       26.6         26.3       4.4               20.2         13.3       91.3         80.4  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands
                                              (0.3 )       (0.7 )     (0.3 )       (0.7 )
                                   
Total operating income (loss)
    41.6         32.8       24.9         14.9       3.4               (25.4 )       57.4       44.4         105.1  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                              (22.3 )       (13.1 )     (22.3 )       (13.1 )  
                                   
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 41.6       $ 32.8     $ 24.9       $ 14.9     $ 3.4       $     $ (47.8 )     $ 44.3     $ 22.1       $ 92.0  
                                   
 
                                                                                         
Supplementary Data
                                                                                         
Net tons sold
    576.3         556.2       67.1         59.4       53.2                             696.6         615.6  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
  $ 26.2       $ 28.4     $ 17.6       $ 17.5     $ 5.0       $     $       $     $ 48.8       $ 45.8  
Capital expenditures
    13.8         9.1       6.0         7.5       3.5                       0.1       23.3         16.7  
                               
The mathematical accuracy of certain amounts set forth above may be impacted by the rounding of the individual line items.
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     Business Units Results of individual business units are presented based on our management accounting practices and management structure. There is no comprehensive, authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; therefore, the financial results of individual business units are not necessarily comparable with similar information for any other company. The management accounting process uses assumptions and allocations to measure performance of the business units. Methodologies are refined from time to time as management accounting practices are enhanced and businesses change. The costs incurred by support areas not directly aligned with the business unit are allocated primarily based on an estimated utilization of support area services or are included in “Other and Unallocated” in the table above.
     Management evaluates results of operations of the business units before non-cash net pension income or expense, acquisition and integration related charges, unusual items, certain corporate level costs, and the effects of asset dispositions. Management believes that this is a more meaningful representation of the operating performance of its core businesses, the profitability of business units and the extent of cash flow generated from these core operations. Such amounts are presented under the caption “Other and Unallocated.” This presentation is aligned with the management and operating structure of our company. It is also on this basis that our performance is evaluated internally and by our Board of Directors.
     Sales and Costs of Products Sold
                           
    Nine months ended    
    September 30        
In thousands   2010       2009     Change  
       
Net sales
  $ 1,079,153       $ 882,889     $ 196,264  
Energy and related sales — net
    8,834         6,194       2,640  
           
Total revenues
    1,087,987         889,083       198,904  
Costs of products sold
    952,571         704,303 (1)     248,268  
           
Gross profit
  $ 135,416       $ 184,780     $ (49,364 )
           
Gross profit as a percent of Net sales
    12.5 %       20.9 %        
       
(1)   Includes $73.8 million of alternative fuel mixture credits.
     The following table sets forth the contribution to consolidated net sales by each business unit:
                   
    Nine months ended
    September 30
Percent of Total   2010     2009
       
Business Unit
                 
Specialty Papers
    58.7 %       67.5 %
Composite Fibers
    28.5         32.5  
Advanced Airlaid Material
    12.8          
           
Total
    100.0 %       100.0 %
       
     Net sales for the first nine months of 2010 were $1,079.2 million, a 22.2% increase compared with $882.9 million for the same period of 2009, reflecting stronger business activity in the our Specialty Papers and Composite Fibers business units and the inclusion of Concert, now operated and reported as Advanced Airlaid Materials business unit.
     In the Specialty Papers business unit, net sales for the first nine months of 2010 increased $38.2 million, or 6.4%, to $633.8 million. The increase was primarily due to higher volumes shipped and a $15.3 million benefit from higher selling prices.
     Specialty Papers’ operating profit in the first nine months of 2010 improved by $8.8 million compared with the same period of 2009 primarily due to higher selling prices, a 3.6% increase in volumes shipped and the lack of market related downtime. These favorable factors were partially offset by higher maintenance costs primarily associated with the annual mill outages and with unplanned production interruptions.
     We sell excess power generated by the Spring Grove, PA facility. In addition, two of our facilities are registered generators of renewable energy credits (“RECs”). The following table summarizes this activity for the first nine months of 2010 and 2009:
                             
In thousands   2010     2009     Change
             
Energy sales
  $ 11,520       $ 15,268       $ (3,748 )
Costs to produce
    (7,912 )       (9,074 )       1,162  
                 
Net
    3,608         6,194         (2,586 )
Renewable energy credits
    5,226                 5,226  
                 
Total
  $ 8,834       $ 6,194       $ 2,640  
             


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     Prior to March 31, 2010, all energy sales were made pursuant to a long-term contract that expired at the end of the first quarter 2010. We continue to sell power but at market rates, the forward pricing for which is approximately 35% below the expired contract rate. We expect increased volatility and lower overall profitability.
     RECs represent sales of certified credits earned related to burning renewable sources of energy such as black liquor and wood waste. We sell RECs into an emerging and somewhat illiquid market. The extent and value of future revenues from REC sales is dependent on many factors outside of management’s control. Therefore, we may not be able to generate consistent additional sales of RECs in future periods.
     In Composite Fibers, net sales for the first nine months of 2010 were $307.2 million, an increase of $20.0 million, or 6.9%, from the same period of 2009. The improvement reflects strengthening demand in each of its product lines as volumes shipped increased 12.9%. On a constant currency basis, average selling prices were lower by $2.0 million, and the translation of foreign currencies unfavorably affected net sales by approximately $8.3 million.
     Lower raw material and energy costs, primarily natural gas, favorably affected this business unit’s profitability by $4.0 million. In addition, improving market conditions and business development increased production volumes eliminating market-driven down time. On a net basis, Composite Fibers’ operating profit increased $10.0 million, or 67.6%, in the period-to-period comparison.
     Results for Advanced Airlaid Materials are included from February 12, 2010, the date of the Concert acquisition. This business unit’s results were unfavorably affected by rising input costs that outpaced the timing of increases in selling prices. In addition, results were adversely impacted by operating inefficiencies and by $1.4 million as a result of charging cost of products sold for the write-up of acquired inventory to fair value.
     Pension Expense The following table summarizes the amounts of pension expense recognized for the periods indicated:
                           
    Nine months ended    
    September 30    
In thousands   2010     2009   Change
       
Recorded as:
                         
Costs of products sold
  $ 5,294       $ 3,756     $ 1,538  
SG&A expense
    1,637         1,807       (170 )
           
Total
  $ 6,931       $ 5,563     $ 1,368  
       
     The amount of pension expense recognized each year is determined using various actuarial assumptions and certain other factors, including the fair value of our pension assets as of the beginning of the year. The primary reason for the increase in pension expense in the comparison is due to changes in discount rates used.
     Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses totaled $91.3 million, a $10.9 million increase primarily due to acquisition and integration related costs associated with the Concert transaction and $4.4 million of SG&A from the inclusion of the acquired operations.
     Income taxes For the first nine months of 2010, we recorded an income tax benefit of $17.1 million on $22.1 million of pretax income. The comparable amounts in the same period of 2009 were income tax expense of $14.6 million on $92.0 million of pretax income. The benefit in 2010 was due to $23.1 million of cellulosic biofuel credits, net, recorded as an income tax benefit in the third quarter of 2010 as further discussed below. In addition, the 2010 year to date results of operations includes $14.8 million of acquisition and integration costs, most of which are non-deductible. The higher tax provision in 2009 was primarily due to the $75.6 million of alternative fuel mixture credit earned in that period.
     Cellulosic Biofuel Production Credit In March 2010, our application to be registered as a cellulosic biofuel producer was approved by the Internal Revenue Service. The U.S. Internal Revenue Code provides a non refundable tax credit equal to $1.01 per gallon for taxpayers that produce cellulosic biofuel. In a memorandum dated June 28, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance concluding that black liquor sold or used before January 1, 2010, qualifies for the cellulosic biofuel producer credit (“CBPC”) and no further certification of eligibility was needed.
     In connection with the filing of our 2009 income tax return, we claimed $23.1 million, net of taxes, of CBPC, and as a result we expect to receive $14.8 million of a cash tax refund during the fourth quarter. The CBPC claimed is attributable to black liquor produced and burned from January 1, 2009 through February 20, 2009, the date we began mixing black liquor and diesel fuel to qualify for alternative fuel mixture credits.


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     In October 2010, the IRS issued further guidance concluding that both the alternative fuel mixture credit and the cellulosic bio-fuel production credit can be claimed in the same year, but only for different volumes of black liquor.
     We are in the process of evaluating opportunities, if any, to claim additional credits from qualifying activities.
     Foreign Currency We own and operate facilities in Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Philippines. The functional currency of our Canadian operations is the U.S. dollar. However, in Germany and France it is the Euro, in the UK it is the British Pound Sterling, and in the Philippines the currency is the Peso. During the first nine months of 2010, Euro functional currency operations generated approximately 24.9% of our sales and 23.8% of operating expenses and British Pound Sterling operations represented 8.8% of net sales and 8.6% of operating expenses. The translation of the results from these international operations into U.S. dollars is subject to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
     The table below summarizes the effect from foreign currency translation on the first nine months of 2010 reported results compared to the first nine months 2009:
         
    Nine months  
In thousands   ended September 30  
    Favorable  
    (unfavorable)  
Net sales
  $ (8,255 )
Costs of products sold
    5,785  
SG&A expenses
    422  
Income taxes and other
    292  
 
     
Net income
  $ (1,756 )
 
     The above table only presents the financial reporting impact of foreign currency translations. It does not present the impact of certain competitive advantages or disadvantages of operating or competing in multi-currency markets.


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Three months ended September 30, 2010 versus the Three months ended September 30, 2009
     The following table sets forth summarized results of operations:
                   
    Three months ended September 30
In thousands, except per share   2010     2009
       
Net sales
  $ 379,097       $ 312,358  
Gross profit
    55,740         82,465  
Operating income
    28,108         53,171  
Net income
    39,437         45,994  
Earnings per share
    0.85         1.00  
       
     The consolidated results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 include the following significant items:
                 
    After-tax   Diluted EPS
In thousands, except per share   Gain (loss)        
 
2010
               
Cellulosic biofuel/alternative fuel mixture credit
  $ 23,100     $ 0.50  
Acquisition and integration costs
    (407 )     (0.01 )
 
               
2009
               
Cellulosic biofuel/alternative fuel mixture credit
  $ 32,890     $ 0.72  
 
     The above items increased earnings by $22.7 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, in third quarter of 2010 and increased earnings by $32.9 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2009.


                                                                                           
Business Units   Three months ended September 30
In millions   Specialty Papers   Composite Fibers   Advanced Airlaid Materials   Other and Unallocated   Total
    2010     2009   2010     2009   2010     2009   2010     2009   2010     2009
                                   
Net sales
  $ 217.3       $ 211.6     $ 103.7       $ 100.7     $ 58.0       $     $       $     $ 379.1       $ 312.4  
Energy and related sales, net
    3.3         2.1                                                 3.3         2.1  
                                   
Total revenue
    220.6         213.8       103.7         100.7       58.0                             382.4         314.5  
Cost of products sold
    184.3         178.1       85.6         85.7       54.9               1.8         (31.8 )     326.7         232.0  
                                   
Gross profit
    36.3         35.7       18.2         15.0       3.1               (1.8 )       31.8       55.7         82.5  
SG&A
    13.4         14.9       8.5         9.2       1.9               4.1         5.3       27.8         29.3  
Gains on dispositions of plant, equipment and timberlands
                                              (0.2 )             (0.2 )        
                                   
Total operating income (loss)
    22.9         20.8       9.7         5.8       1.2               (5.7 )       26.5       28.1         53.2  
Non-operating income (expense)
                                              (6.6 )       (4.0 )     (6.6 )       (4.0 )  
                                   
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 22.9       $ 20.8     $ 9.7       $ 5.8     $ 1.2       $     $ (12.3 )     $ 22.5     $ 21.5       $ 49.2  
                                   
 
                                                                                         
Supplementary Data
                                                                                         
Net tons sold
    195.4         199.9       22.8         20.2       22.1                             240.3         220.1  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
  $ 8.9       $ 10.6     $ 5.7       $ 6.1     $ 2.0       $     $       $     $ 16.6       $ 16.8  
Capital expenditures
    5.1         2.1       2.7         3.2                                   7.8         5.2  
                               
     The mathematical accuracy of certain amounts set forth above may be impacted by the rounding of the individual line items.
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     Sales and Costs of Products Sold
                           
    Three months    
    ended September 30    
In thousands   2010     2009   Change
Net sales
  $ 379,097       $ 312,358     $ 66,739  
Energy and related sales — net
    3,312         2,132       1,180  
           
Total revenues
    382,409         314,490       67,919  
Costs of products sold
    326,669         232,025 (1)     94,644  
           
Gross profit
  $ 55,740       $ 82,465       (26,725 )
           
Gross profit as a percent of Net sales
    14.7 %       26.4 %        
       
 
(1)   Includes $33.0 million of alternative fuel mixture credits.
     The following table sets forth the contribution to consolidated net sales by each business unit:
                   
    Three months ended
    September 30
Percent of Total   2010     2009
       
Business Unit
                 
Specialty Papers
    57.3 %       67.8 %
Composite Fibers
    27.4         32.2  
Advanced Airlaid Material
    15.3          
           
Total
    100.0         100.0 %
       
     Net sales for the third quarter of 2010 were $379.1 million, a 21.4% increase compared with $312.4 million for the third quarter of 2009, reflecting stronger market conditions for Composite Fibers and Specialty Papers products, as well as the top-line contributions of the Advanced Airlaid Materials business unit.
     In the Specialty Papers business unit, 2010 third quarter net sales increased $5.7 million, or 2.7%, to $217.3 million. The increase was primarily due to a $12.4 million benefit from higher average selling prices partially offset by lower volumes in the quarter-over-quarter comparison.
     Specialty Papers’ 2010 third quarter-operating profit increased $2.1 million compared with the prior-year quarter as the benefit of higher selling prices was partially offset by $5.8 million of higher raw material costs and $5.6 million of unfavorable operating and production activities primarily due to a press roll failure.
     The following table summarizes sales of excess power and related items for the third quarters of 2010 and 2009:
                             
In thousands   2010     2009     Change
             
Energy sales
  $ 3,850       $ 5,127       $ (1,277 )
Costs to produce
    (2,651 )       (2,995 )       344  
                 
Net
    1,199         2,132         (933 )
Renewable energy credits
    2,113                 2,113  
                 
Total
  $ 3,312       $ 2,132       $ 1,180  
             
     In Composite Fibers, 2010 third quarter net sales were $103.7 million, an increase of $3.0 million, or 3.0%, from the third quarter of 2009. The improvement in Composite Fibers’ net sales reflects strengthening demand in all of its product lines as volumes shipped increased 13.2%. Net sales increased despite an $8.5 million adverse impact from the translation of foreign currencies and a $0.9 million impact of lower selling prices.
     Composite Fibers’ operating profit increased $3.9 million, or 67.2%, in the quarter-to-quarter comparison. Improved market conditions and business development initiatives increased shipping volumes eliminating the need for market-driven down time together benefiting operating profit by $2.5 million. In addition, improved operating efficiencies contributed $3.6 million more than offset the net negative impact of higher fiber prices.
     Advanced Airlaid Materials’ operating income was negatively impacted by an increase in fluff pulp costs and a lag in related cost pass through arrangements. Operating income was also adversely impacted by operating inefficiencies and a less favorable mix of products sold.
     Pension Expense The following table summarizes the amounts of pension expense recognized for the periods indicated:
                           
    Three months ended    
    September 30    
In thousands   2010     2009   Change
       
Recorded as:
                         
Costs of products sold
  $ 1,703       $ 1,254     $ 449  
SG&A expense
    491         604       (113 )
           
Total
  $ 2,194       $ 1,858     $ 336  
       
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     Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses in the third quarter of 2010 totaled $27.8 million, a $1.5 million decrease compared to the same quarter of 2009, as the additional SG&A related to the inclusion of the Concerts results in 2010 were offset by lower incentive compensation, legal and professional costs.
     Income taxes For the third quarter of 2010, we recorded an income tax benefit of $17.9 million on $21.5 million of pretax income. The comparable amounts in the third quarter of 2009 were income tax expense of $3.2 million on $49.2 million of pretax income. The benefit in 2010 was due to $23.1 million of cellulosic biofuel credits, net, recorded in the third quarter of 2010. The higher tax provision in 2009 was primarily due to the $33.0 million of alternative fuel mixture credit earned in that period.
     Foreign Currency We own and operate facilities in Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Philippines. The functional currency of our Canadian operations is the U.S. dollar. However, in Germany and France it is the Euro, in the UK it is the British Pound Sterling, and in the Philippines the currency is the Peso. During the third quarter of 2010, Euro functional currency operations generated approximately 26.1% of our sales and 25.7% of operating expenses and British Pound Sterling operations represented 8.4% of net sales and 8.2% of operating expenses. The translation of the results from these international operations into U.S. dollars is subject to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
     The table below summarizes the effect from foreign currency translation on third quarter of 2010 reported results compared to the third quarter of 2009:
         
    Three months  
In thousands   ended September 30  
    Favorable  
    (unfavorable)  
Net sales
  $ (8,547 )
Costs of products sold
    6,704  
SG&A expenses
    574  
Income taxes and other
    220  
 
     
Net income
  $ (1,049 )
 
     The above table only presents the financial reporting impact of foreign currency translations. It does not present the impact of certain competitive advantages or disadvantages of operating or competing in multi-currency markets.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
     Our business is capital intensive and requires significant expenditures for new or enhanced equipment, for environmental compliance matters, to support our research and development efforts and for our business strategy. The following table summarizes cash flow information for each of the years presented:
                   
    Nine months ended
    September 30
In thousands   2010     2009
       
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
  $ 135,420       $ 32,234  
Cash provided by (used for)
                 
Operating activities
    123,380         119,514  
Investing activities
    (252,016 )       21,874  
Financing activities
    60,315         (62,696 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (3,766 )       5,314  
           
Net cash (used) provided
    (72,087 )       84,006  
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 63,333       $ 116,240  
       
     As of September 30, 2010, we had $63.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and $218.3 million available under our revolving credit agreement. At the end of 2009, we had $135.4 million of cash and $194.3 million available under our revolving credit agreement. Since the refinancing of the revolving credit agreement in April 2010 and the collection of the $54.6 million tax refund discussed below, we have not had any outstanding balances under the revolving credit agreement.
     Operating cash flow improved by $3.9 million in the first nine months of 2010 compared to the same period of 2009. Net cash provided by working capital and other items declined $4.0 million in comparison primarily due to cash used for accounts receivable and less cash generated from inventory reductions. In addition, operating cash flow in the first nine months of 2010 benefited from the collection of a $54.9 million tax refund related to alternative fuel mixture credits. In 2009 we funded an environmental payment associated with the Fox River matter using $6.5 million in cash.


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     Net cash used by investing activities totaled $252.0 million in the first nine months of 2010 reflecting the Concert acquisition. Capital expenditures totaled $23.3 million and $16.7 million in the first nine months of 2010 and 2009, respectively.
     Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $60.3 million in the first nine months of 2010, reflecting increased borrowings to fund the Concert acquisition including the proceeds, net of debt issue costs and original issue discount, from the issuance of $100.0 million of senior notes, at 95% of par. In the comparable period of 2009 net cash used for financing activities totaled $62.7 million, primarily reflecting reductions of debt including $34.0 million repaid in connection with the unwinding of the 2003 timberland installment sale.
     During the first nine months of 2010 and 2009 cash dividends paid on common stock totaled $12.6 million and $12.4 million, respectively. Our Board of Directors determines what, if any, dividends will be paid to our shareholders. Dividend payment decisions are based upon then-existing factors and conditions and, therefore, historical trends of dividend payments are not necessarily indicative of future payments.
     The following table sets forth our outstanding long-term indebtedness:
                     
    Sept. 30,     Dec. 31,
In thousands   2010     2009
       
Revolving credit facility, due April 2011
    n/a       $  
Revolving credit facility, due May 2014
  $       $  
Term Loan, due April 2011
            14,000  
7⅛% Notes, due May 2016
    200,000         200,000  
7⅛% Notes, due May 2016 - net of original issue discount
    95,363          
Term Loan, due January 2013
    36,695         36,695  
           
Total long-term debt
    332,058         250,695  
Less current portion
            (13,759 )
           
Long-term debt, net of current portion
  $ 332,058       $ 236,936  
       
     The significant terms of the debt obligations are set forth in Item 1 — Financial Statements — Note 12. Although we do not have immediate intentions to make use of our credit facility, we believe this agreement, and the banks that are party to it, provides us with ready access to liquidity should we need it.
     We are subject to loss contingencies resulting from regulation by various federal, state, local and foreign governmental authorities with respect to the environmental impact of mills we operate, or have operated. To comply with environmental laws and regulations, we have incurred substantial capital and operating expenditures in past years. We anticipate that environmental regulation of our operations will continue to become more burdensome and that capital and operating expenditures necessary to comply with environmental regulations will continue, and perhaps increase, in the future. In addition, we may incur obligations to remove or mitigate any adverse effects on the environment resulting from our operations, including the restoration of natural resources and liability for personal injury and for damages to property and natural resources. See Item 1 — Financial Statements — Note 15 for a summary of significant environmental matters.
     We expect to meet all of our near- and longer-term cash needs from a combination of operating cash flow, cash and cash equivalents, our credit facility or other bank lines of credit and other long-term debt. However, as discussed in Item 1 — Financial Statements — Note 15, an unfavorable outcome of various environmental matters could have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position, liquidity and/or results of operations.
     Our credit agreement contains a number of customary compliance covenants. A breach of these requirements would give rise to certain remedies under the credit agreement as amended, among which are the termination of the agreement and accelerated repayment of the outstanding borrowings plus accrued and unpaid interest under the credit facility. In addition, the Senior Notes contain cross default provisions that could result in all such notes becoming due and payable in the event of a failure to repay debt outstanding under the credit agreement at maturity or a default under the credit agreement, that accelerates the debt outstanding thereunder. As of September 30, 2010, we were not aware of any breach of any such requirements.
     Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had not entered into any off-balance-sheet arrangements. Financial derivative instruments, to which we are a party, and guarantees of indebtedness, which solely consist of obligations of subsidiaries and a partnership, are reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets included herein in Item 1 — Financial Statements.


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     Outlook For Specialty Papers, we expect shipping volumes in the fourth quarter of 2010 to be approximately five percent less than the third quarter of 2010 reflecting normal seasonality. Selling prices and input costs are expected to remain substantially unchanged in the same comparison; however, our mix of products sold is expected to be less favorable due to normal market softening in the fourth quarter. In addition, we expect Specialty Papers’ fourth quarter 2010 results relative to the 2010 third quarter to be adversely impacted by normal seasonal downtime, lower energy sales approximating $1 million, and additional LIFO related charges approximating $1 million.
     For Composite Fibers, the Company anticipates shipping volumes, selling prices and input costs in the fourth quarter of 2010 to be relatively in line with the third quarter of 2010. We also expect contracted energy prices to be higher, along with a slightly extended normal seasonal outage in December for maintenance work and inventory alignment as it enters 2011.
     Shipping volumes for the Advanced Airlaid Materials business unit in the fourth quarter of 2010 are expected to be apprioximatelt 5% lower than the third quarter and input costs are expected to remain in line. Selling prices are expected to be approximately $1.4 higher in the fourth quarter as we will contractually pass on the impact of the higher input costs from prior periods. Input costs are expected to be generally in line with third-quarter 2010 levels.


ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISKS
                                                         
    Year Ended December 31   At September 30, 2010
Dollars in thousands   2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   Carrying Value   Fair Value
 
Long-term debt
                                                       
Average principal outstanding
                                                       
At fixed interest rates — Bond
  $ 300,000     $ 300,000     $ 300,000     $ 300,000     $ 300,000     $ 295,363     $ 300,250  
At variable interest rates
    36,695       36,695       36,695       1,407             36,695       38,525  
                                             
 
                                                   $ 332,058     $ 338,775  
                                             
Weighted-average interest rate
                                                       
On fixed rate debt — Bond
    7.13 %     7.13 %     7.13 %     7.13 %     7.13 %                
On variable rate debt
    1.66       1.66       1.66       1.66                        
 
The table above presents average principal outstanding and related interest rates for the next five years. The amounts set forth above for fixed rate bonds represent the coupon rate. Such amounts include $100.0 million of bonds issued at a 5% original issue discount resulting in an 8.16% yield. Fair values included herein have been determined based upon rates currently available to us for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. Our market risk exposure primarily results from changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates. At September 30, 2010, we had long-term debt outstanding of $332.1 million, of which $36.7 million or 11.1% was at a variable interest rate.
     Variable-rate debt outstanding represents a cash collateralized borrowing incurred in connection with the 2007 timberland installment sale that accrues interest based on 6 month LIBOR plus a margin. At September 30, 2010, the interest rate paid on variable rate debt was 1.66%. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase or decrease in the interest rate on variable rate debt would increase or decrease annual interest expense by $0.4 million.
     We are subject to certain risks associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates to the extent our operations are conducted in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. During the first nine months of 2010, Euro functional currency operations generated approximately 24.9% of our sales and 23.8% of operating expenses and British Pound Sterling operations represented 8.8% of net sales and 8.6% of operating expenses.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
     Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Our chief executive officer and our principal financial officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of September 30, 2010, have concluded that, as of the evaluation date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
     Changes in Internal Controls On February 12, 2010, we completed the acquisition of Concert Industries Corp. We are in the process of incorporating Concert’s internal controls into our control structure. We consider the ongoing integration of Concert a material change in our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II
     ITEM 1.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
As more fully described herein in Part I, Item 1 – Financial Statements – Note 15 (“Note 15”), on October 14, 2010, the United States and the State of Wisconsin in an action captioned United States v. NCR Corp., No. 1:10-cv-910-WCG (the “Action”), commenced litigation against twelve parties, including us, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The Action seeks to recover on claims under Superfund arising out of the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) in sediments in the lower Fox River and in the Bay of Green Bay Wisconsin (the “Site”). The United States and Wisconsin seek to recover from each of the defendants, jointly and severally, all of the governments’ past costs of response, a declaration as to liability for all of the governments’ future costs of response, and compensation for natural resource damages, as well as injunctive relief to require remedial action with respect to certain portions of the Site known as Operable Units 2-5.
For a complete discussion of this Action and the Site, refer to Note 15.
     ITEM 6.      EXHIBITS
     The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as indicated.
     
31.1
  Certification of George H. Glatfelter II, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of John P. Jacunski, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification of George H. Glatfelter II, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
 
   
32.2
  Certification of John P. Jacunski, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
 
November 9, 2010  By   /s/ David C. Elder    
    David C. Elder   
    Corporate Controller   
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
31.1
  Certification of George H. Glatfelter II, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of John P. Jacunski, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification of George H. Glatfelter II, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
 
   
32.2
  Certification of John P. Jacunski, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Glatfelter, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
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