SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
( X ) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 - For the quarter ended September 30, 1995
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 1-640
NL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 13-5267260
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
Two Greenspoint Plaza, 16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 1200, Houston, TX 77060-2544
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 423-3300
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, and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No
Number of shares of common stock outstanding on October 25, 1995: 51,071,118
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 1994
and September 30, 1995 3-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Three and
nine months ended September 30, 1994 and 1995 5
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Deficit
- Nine months ended September 30, 1995 6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Nine
months ended September 30, 1994 and 1995 7-8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 9-14
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations 15-18
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 19-20
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 20
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
ASSETS December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 131,124 $ 152,795
Marketable securities 25,165 -
Accounts and notes receivable 137,753 169,539
Refundable income taxes 1,162 8,626
Inventories 185,173 208,958
Prepaid expenses 3,878 7,676
Deferred income taxes 2,177 2,254
Total current assets 486,432 549,848
Other assets:
Marketable securities 21,329 26,819
Investment in joint ventures 187,480 185,863
Prepaid pension cost 19,329 21,712
Deferred income taxes 2,746 711
Other 37,267 32,961
Total other assets 268,151 268,066
Property and equipment:
Land 20,665 22,523
Buildings 147,370 163,961
Machinery and equipment 582,138 636,605
Mining properties 87,035 91,691
Construction in progress 9,579 17,934
846,787 932,714
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion 438,960 484,181
Net property and equipment 407,827 448,533
$1,162,410 $1,266,447
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
(In thousands)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
Current liabilities:
Notes payable $ - $ 21,707
Current maturities of long-term debt 42,887 41,149
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 168,327 175,330
Payable to affiliates 11,348 9,631
Income taxes 20,762 11,368
Deferred income taxes 1,590 1,510
Total current liabilities 244,914 260,695
Noncurrent liabilities:
Long-term debt 746,762 750,683
Deferred income taxes 178,332 207,769
Accrued pension cost 76,242 75,295
Accrued postretirement benefits cost 65,299 62,026
Other 141,518 144,643
Total noncurrent liabilities 1,208,153 1,240,416
Minority interest 2,425 2,830
Shareholders' deficit:
Common stock 8,355 8,355
Additional paid-in capital 759,281 759,281
Adjustments:
Currency translation (125,494) (124,876)
Pension liabilities (1,635) (1,635)
Marketable securities (12) 3,294
Accumulated deficit (567,041) (515,551)
Treasury stock (366,536) (366,362)
Total shareholders' deficit (293,082) (237,494)
$1,162,410 $1,266,447
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September 30,
1994 1995 1994 1995
Revenues and other income:
Net sales $225,200 $255,339 $664,162 $789,688
Other, net 8,365 7,060 36,579 16,075
233,565 262,399 700,741 805,763
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales 168,033 169,058 493,914 526,722
Selling, general and
administrative 47,162 48,317 157,423 142,937
Interest 20,923 20,325 63,059 62,053
236,118 237,700 714,396 731,712
Income (loss) before
income taxes and
minority interest (2,553) 24,699 (13,655) 74,051
Income tax expense (1,901) (7,413) (12,204) (22,215)
Income (loss) before
minority interest (4,454) 17,286 (25,859) 51,836
Minority interest (124) 140 (620) (346)
Net income (loss) $ (4,578) $ 17,426 $(26,479) $ 51,490
Net income (loss) per share
of common stock $ (.09) $ .34 $ (.52) $ 1.00
Weighted average common and
common equivalent shares
outstanding 51,040 51,628 51,014 51,522
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Nine months ended September 30, 1995
(In thousands)
Additional Adjustments
Common paid-in Currency Pension Marketable
stock capital translation liabilities securities
Balance at December 31, 1994 $8,355 $759,281 $(125,494) $(1,635) $ (12)
Net income - - - - -
Adjustments - - 618 - 3,306
Treasury stock reissued - - - - -
Balance at September 30, 1995 $8,355 $759,281 $(124,876) $(1,635) $3,294
Accumulated Treasury
deficit stock Total
Balance at December 31, 1994 $(567,041) $(366,536) $(293,082)
Net income 51,490 - 51,490
Adjustments - - 3,924
Treasury stock reissued - 174 174
Balance at September 30, 1995 $(515,551) $(366,362) $(237,494)
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Nine months ended September 30, 1994 and 1995
(In thousands)
1994 1995
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) $(26,479) $ 51,490
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 26,752 29,208
Noncash interest expense 13,415 14,368
Deferred income taxes 35,479 18,245
Other, net (2,458) (8,382)
46,709 104,929
Change in assets and liabilities:
Accounts and notes receivable (24,721) (23,161)
Inventories 37,605 (14,067)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 4,475 (2,905)
Income taxes 89,285 (18,217)
Other, net 19,247 (5,096)
Marketable trading securities, net 14,262 26,337
Net cash provided by operating activities 186,862 67,820
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures (25,061) (42,572)
Investment in joint ventures, net 2,600 1,664
Other, net 563 68
Net cash used by investing activities (21,898) (40,840)
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
Nine months ended September 30, 1994 and 1995
(In thousands)
1994 1995
Cash flows from financing activities:
Indebtedness:
Borrowings $ 44,505 $ 38,840
Principal payments (129,553) (47,401)
Other, net (202) 159
Net cash used by financing activities (85,250) (8,402)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Net change from:
Operating, investing and financing activities 79,714 18,578
Currency translation 7,779 3,093
Balance at beginning of period 106,593 131,124
Balance at end of period $ 194,086 $152,795
Supplemental disclosures - cash paid (received) for:
Interest, net of amounts capitalized $ 43,251 $ 37,079
Income taxes (112,066) 22,388
NL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
NL Industries, Inc. conducts its operations primarily through its wholly-
owned subsidiaries, Kronos, Inc. (titanium dioxide pigments, or "TiO2") and
Rheox, Inc. (specialty chemicals). Valhi, Inc. and Tremont Corporation, each
affiliates of Contran Corporation, hold 53% and 18%, respectively, of NL's
outstanding common stock. Contran holds, directly or indirectly, approximately
91% of Valhi's and 44% of Tremont's outstanding common stock.
The consolidated balance sheet of NL Industries, Inc. and Subsidiaries
(collectively, the "Company") at December 31, 1994 has been condensed from the
Company's audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The
consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 1995 and the consolidated statements
of operations, shareholders' deficit and cash flows for the interim periods
ended September 30, 1994 and 1995, have been prepared by the Company, without
audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial
position, results of operations and cash flows have been made. The results of
operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the
operating results for a full year or of future operations.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
have been condensed or omitted. Certain prior year amounts have been
reclassified to conform to the 1995 presentation. The accompanying consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1994 (the "1994 Annual Report").
NOTE 2 - NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK:
Net income (loss) per share of common stock is based on the weighted
average number of common shares and equivalents outstanding. Common stock
equivalents, consisting of non-qualified stock options, are excluded from the
computation when their effect is antidilutive.
NOTE 3 - BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION:
The Company's operations are conducted in two business segments - TiO2
conducted by Kronos and specialty chemicals conducted by Rheox.
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September 30,
1994 1995 1994 1995
(In thousands)
Net sales:
Kronos $194,146 $222,799 $574,813 $689,520
Rheox 31,054 32,540 89,349 100,168
$225,200 $255,339 $664,162 $789,688
Operating income:
Kronos $ 18,746 $ 40,828 $ 51,769 $120,381
Rheox 8,347 9,762 23,879 29,726
27,093 50,590 75,648 150,107
General corporate income
(expense):
Securities earnings, net 1,254 1,489 2,097 5,884
Expenses, net (9,977) (7,055) (28,341) (19,887)
Interest expense (20,923) (20,325) (63,059) (62,053)
$ (2,553) $ 24,699 $(13,655) $ 74,051
NOTE 4 - INVENTORIES:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Raw materials $ 30,118 $ 32,195
Work in process 7,655 8,541
Finished products 112,410 132,028
Supplies 34,990 36,194
$185,173 $208,958
NOTE 5 - MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Current - U.S. Treasury securities:
Unrealized losses $(1,124) $ -
Cost 26,289 -
Aggregate market $25,165 $ -
Noncurrent - marketable equity securities:
Unrealized gains $ 3,357 $ 5,067
Unrealized losses (3,374) -
Cost 21,346 21,752
Aggregate market $21,329 $26,819
The Company has classified its U.S. Treasury securities as trading
securities and its marketable equity securities as available-for-sale.
Net gains and losses from securities transactions are composed of:
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September 30,
1994 1995 1994 1995
(In thousands)
Unrealized gains (losses) $ - $ 7 $ (871) $1,122
Realized gains (losses) (96) - (438) 50
$(96) $ 7 $(1,309) $1,172
NOTE 6 - INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURES:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
TiO2 manufacturing joint venture $185,122 $183,458
Other 2,358 2,405
$187,480 $185,863
NOTE 7 - OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Intangible assets, net $13,957 $12,583
Deferred financing costs, net 16,079 14,163
Other 7,231 6,215
$37,267 $32,961
NOTE 8 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Accounts payable $ 74,903 $ 56,502
Accrued liabilities:
Employee benefits 34,209 42,299
Environmental costs 10,433 10,433
Interest 6,485 17,068
Miscellaneous taxes 7,336 3,006
Other 34,961 46,022
93,424 118,828
$168,327 $175,330
NOTE 9 - OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Environmental costs $ 93,655 $103,312
Insurance claims and expenses 14,716 14,555
Employee benefits 12,322 13,557
Deferred technology fee income 18,305 11,112
Other 2,520 2,107
$141,518 $144,643
NOTE 10 - NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT:
December 31, September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Notes payable - Kronos $ - $ 21,707
Long-term debt:
NL Industries:
11.75% Senior Secured Notes $250,000 $250,000
13% Senior Secured Discount Notes 116,409 127,897
366,409 377,897
Kronos:
DM bank credit facility (DM 397,609) 255,703 276,498
Joint venture term loan 88,715 77,143
Other 10,507 14,441
354,925 368,082
Rheox:
Bank term loan 67,500 45,263
Other 815 590
68,315 45,853
789,649 791,832
Less current maturities 42,887 41,149
$746,762 $750,683
NOTE 11 - INCOME TAXES:
The difference between the provision for income tax expense attributable to
income before income taxes and minority interest and the amount that would be
expected using the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 35% is presented
below.
Nine months ended
September 30,
1994 1995
(In thousands)
Expected tax benefit (expense) $ 4,779 $(25,918)
Non-U.S. tax rates 3,838 1,501
Incremental tax on income of companies not included
in NL's consolidated U.S. federal income tax return (982) (1,007)
Valuation allowance (18,987) 3,183
U.S. state income taxes (410) (584)
Other, net (442) 610
Income tax expense $(12,204) $(22,215)
NOTE 12 - OTHER INCOME, NET:
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September, 30,
1994 1995 1994 1995
(In thousands)
Securities earnings:
Interest and dividends $1,350 $1,482 $ 3,406 $ 4,712
Securities transactions (96) 7 (1,309) 1,172
1,254 1,489 2,097 5,884
Litigation settlement gains 1,200 - 21,240 -
Technology fee income 2,519 2,685 7,781 7,990
Currency transaction gains,
(losses), net 379 1,122 745 (795)
Other, net 3,013 1,764 4,716 2,996
$8,365 $7,060 $36,579 $16,075
NOTE 13 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
For descriptions of certain legal proceedings, income tax and other
commitments and contingencies related to the Company, reference is made to (i)
Part II, Item 1 -"Legal Proceedings," (ii) the Company's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1995 and June 30, 1995, and (iii) the
1994 Annual Report.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The Company's chemical operations are conducted in two business segments -
TiO2 conducted by Kronos and specialty chemicals conducted by Rheox. The
Company's results improved significantly during the first nine months of 1995,
as discussed below, and the Company expects to remain profitable in the fourth
quarter and in 1996.
Three months ended % Nine months ended %
September 30, Change September 30, Change
1994 1995 1994 1995
(In millions) (In millions)
Net sales:
Kronos $194.1 $222.8 +15% $574.9 $689.5 +20%
Rheox 31.1 32.5 +5% 89.3 100.2 +12%
$225.2 $255.3 +13% $664.2 $789.7 +19%
Operating income:
Kronos $ 18.8 $ 40.8 +118% $ 51.7 $120.4 +133%
Rheox 8.3 9.8 +17% 23.9 29.7 +24%
$ 27.1 $ 50.6 +87% $ 75.6 $150.1 +98%
Percent changes in TiO2:
Sales volume -6% -1%
Average selling prices (in billing
currencies) +18% +16%
Kronos' operating income in the first nine months of 1995 increased
compared to the 1994 period due to higher average selling prices, partially
offset by lower sales volumes and slightly higher production costs. Kronos'
TiO2 operating income in the third quarter of 1995 increased from the third
quarter of 1994 primarily due to higher average selling prices. Kronos' average
TiO2 selling prices in the third quarter of 1995 were 18% higher than the third
quarter of 1994 as a result of increased pricing in all major markets. Average
selling prices in the third quarter of 1995 were 2% higher than the second
quarter of 1995 with increases in all major markets except the U.S. market,
where selling prices remained flat.
Kronos' third quarter 1995 sales volumes were 6% below the third quarter of
1994 and year-to-date sales volumes for 1995 were slightly lower than sales
volumes for the same period in 1994. Economies worldwide have continued growing
in 1995, but at lower rates than 1994. Kronos believes this contributed to its
1% lower sales volumes in the first nine months of 1995 compared to the same
period in 1994.
Rheox's operating results for both the third quarter and first nine months
of 1995 improved compared to the 1994 periods primarily as a result of higher
sales volumes and average selling prices.
A significant amount of sales are denominated in currencies other than the
U.S. dollar, and fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other
currencies increased the dollar value of sales for the third quarter and first
nine months of 1995 by $12 million and $46 million, respectively, compared to
the 1994 periods.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding general
corporate income (expense).
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, Difference September 30, Difference
1994 1995 1994 1995
Securities earnings $ 1.3 $ 1.5 $ .2 $ 2.1 $ 5.9 $ 3.8
Corporate expenses, net (10.0) (7.1) 2.9 (28.3) (19.9) 8.4
Interest expense (20.9) (20.3) .6 (63.1) (62.1) 1.0
$(29.6) $(25.9) $3.7 $(89.3) $(76.1) $13.2
Corporate expenses, net in the nine months ended September 30, 1995 were
lower than the comparable 1994 period due to lower provisions for environmental
remediation and other costs, partially offset by the effect of a $20 million
gain related to a first-quarter 1994 settlement of a lawsuit. Corporate
expenses, net in the third quarter of 1995 were lower than 1994 due to reduced
provisions for environmental remediation. Interest expense in the first nine
months of 1995 was slightly lower due to the lower level of debt partially
offset by the impact of changes in currency exchange rates and higher variable
U.S. interest rates.
The Company's operations are conducted on a worldwide basis. In 1994, the
Company's income tax expense was impacted by losses in certain countries for
which no current benefit was available and for which the Company believed
recognition of a deferred tax asset was not appropriate.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's consolidated cash flows from operating, investing and
financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 1994 and 1995 are
presented below.
Nine months ended
September 30,
1994 1995
(In millions)
Net cash provided (used) by:
Operating activities $186.8 $ 67.8
Investing activities (21.9) (40.8)
Financing activities (85.2) (8.4)
Net cash provided by operating, investing and
financing activities $ 79.7 $ 18.6
The TiO2 industry is cyclical, with the previous peak in selling prices in
early 1990 and the latest trough in the third quarter of 1993. Excluding the
effects of the receipt of the German tentative tax refunds in the first nine
months of 1994, the Company's cash flows from operations improved during the
first nine months of 1995 compared to the 1994 period, primarily due to the
improvement in Kronos' operating results and proceeds from the sale of $26
million of U.S. Treasury securities. Net changes in the Company's inventories,
receivables and payables (excluding the effect of currency translation) used
cash in the first nine months of 1995 and provided cash in the same period in
1994.
Certain of the Company's income tax returns in various U.S. and non-U.S.
jurisdictions, including Germany, are being examined and tax authorities have
proposed tax deficiencies. Additional substantial German proposed tax
deficiency assessments are expected. Although the Company believes that it will
ultimately prevail, the Company has granted a DM 100 million ($70 million at
September 30, 1995) lien on its Nordenham, Germany TiO2 plant and may be
required to provide additional security in favor of the German tax authorities
until the assessments proposing tax deficiencies are resolved. The Company
believes that it has adequately provided accruals for additional income taxes
and related interest expense which may ultimately result from all such
examinations and believes that the ultimate disposition of such examinations
should not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated
financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
During the first nine months of 1995, non-U.S. subsidiaries borrowed $33
million under short-term lines of credit. Repayments of indebtedness in the
first nine months of 1995 include payments of $22 million on the Rheox bank term
loan, $12 million on the joint venture term loan and $11 million on short-term
borrowings. Net repayments of indebtedness in the first nine months of 1994
include payments of DM 168 million of the DM credit facility ($103 million), $11
million on the Rheox bank term loan and $12 million on the joint venture term
loan, and borrowings under the DM bank credit facility of DM 75 million ($45
million).
At September 30, 1995, the Company had cash and cash equivalents
aggregating $153 million (34% held by non-U.S. subsidiaries) including
restricted cash and cash equivalents of $16 million. The Company's subsidiaries
had $212 million available for borrowing under existing credit facilities, of
which $87 million is available only for (i) permanently reducing the DM term
loan or (ii) paying future German income tax assessments, as described above.
The Company has been named as a defendant, potentially responsible party
("PRP"), or both, in a number of legal proceedings associated with environmental
matters, including waste disposal sites or facilities currently or formerly
owned, operated or used by the Company, many of which disposal sites or
facilities are on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (the "U.S. EPA")
Superfund National Priorities List or similar state lists. The Company believes
it has adequate accruals ($95 million at September 30, 1995) for reasonably
estimable costs of such matters. It is not possible to estimate the range of
costs for certain sites. The Company has estimated that the upper end of the
range of reasonably possible costs to the Company for sites for which it is
possible to estimate costs is approximately $168 million. No assurance can be
given that actual costs will not exceed accrued amounts or the upper end of the
range for sites for which estimates have been made, and no assurance can be
given that costs will not be incurred with respect to sites as to which no
estimate presently can be made. Further, there can be no assurance that
additional environmental matters will not arise in the future.
The Company is also a defendant in a number of legal proceedings seeking
damages for personal injury and property damage arising from the sale of lead
pigments and lead-based paints. Based on, among other things, the results of
such litigation to date, the Company believes that the pending lead pigment
litigation is without merit and has not accrued any amounts for such pending
lead pigment litigation. The Company currently believes the disposition of all
claims and disputes, individually and in the aggregate, should not have a
material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position,
results of operations or liquidity. There can be no assurance that additional
matters of these types will not arise in the future. In addition, various
legislation and administrative regulations have, from time to time, been enacted
or proposed at the state, local and federal levels that seek to impose various
obligations on present and former manufacturers of lead pigment and lead-based
paint with respect to asserted health concerns associated with the use of such
products and to effectively overturn court decisions in which the Company and
other pigment manufacturers have been successful.
The Company periodically evaluates its liquidity requirements, alternative
uses of capital, capital needs and availability of resources in view of, among
other things, its debt service and capital expenditure requirements and
estimated future operating cash flows. As a result of this process, the Company
has in the past and may in the future seek to reduce, refinance or restructure
indebtedness, raise additional capital, restructure ownership interests, sell
interests in subsidiaries or other assets, or take a combination of such steps
or other steps to manage its liquidity and capital resources. In the normal
course of its business, the Company may review opportunities for the acquisition
of businesses and assets in the chemicals industry. In the event of any future
acquisition, the Company may consider using available cash, issuing equity
securities or increasing its indebtedness to the extent permitted by the
agreements governing the Company's existing debt.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Reference is made to the 1994 Annual Report and the Company's
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1995 and June
30, 1995 for descriptions of certain previously-reported legal proceedings.
NL Industries, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance Cos., et al. In
September 1995, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed and
remanded for further consideration the previously-reported decision by the trial
court that Commercial Union was obligated to pay the Company's reasonable
defense costs in certain of the lead pigment cases. The trial court had made
its decision applying New Jersey law; the appeals court concluded that New York
and not New Jersey law applied and remanded the case to the trial court for a
determination under New York law.
HANO Third-Party Complaints. The time in which plaintiffs may file
an appeal of the District Court's June 1995 grant of summary judgment in favor
of the defendants in several of the remaining cases has expired with no appeals
having been filed. Two cases remain pending.
The Company has received a copy of a complaint from plaintiffs'
counsel in the HANO cases, but has not been served with the complaint. The
complaint, Jefferson v. Lead Industry Association, et al. (No. 95-2835), filed
in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, asserts claims
against the LIA and the lead pigment defendants on behalf of a class of
allegedly injured children in Louisiana. The complaint purports to allege
claims for strict liability, negligence, failure to warn, breach of alleged
warranties, fraud and misrepresentation, and conspiracy, and seeks actual and
punitive damages. The complaint asserts several theories of liability,
including joint and several and market share liability.
New York City, et al. v. Lead Industries Association, et al. In
August 1995, the trial court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment on
the remaining fraud count. Defendants have noticed an appeal.
Skipworth v. Sherwin-Williams Co., et al. In October 1995, the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the previously-reported grant of
defendants' motion for summary judgment. The time in which plaintiffs may seek
review by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has not yet expired.
Granite City: United States of America v. NL Industries, Inc.
et al. In September 1995, U.S. EPA released its decision selecting cleanup
remedies for the Granite City site. The cost of the remedies selected by the
U.S. EPA aggregates, in its estimation, $40.8 million to $67.8 million,
although its decision states that the higher amount is not considered to be
representative of expected costs. The Company believes that certain
components of the U.S. EPA's estimated costs may be erroneous and
presently intends to challenge portions of the U.S. EPA's selection of the
remedy. There is no allocation among the PRPs for these costs.
Batavia Landfill. In September 1995, the U.S. EPA and certain PRPs
entered into an administrative order on consent for the remedial design phase of
the remedy for operable unit one. The Company and other PRPs entered into an
interim cost sharing arrangement for this phase of work.
In re Asbestos III (subsequently redesignated as In re Asbestos IV).
All claims in this matter have been dismissed or settled.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) EXHIBITS
10.1 - Contract on Supplies and Services among Bayer AG, Kronos
Titan-GmbH and Kronos International, Inc. dated June 30, 1995
(English translation from German language document.)
27.1 - Financial Data Schedule for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 1995.
(b) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
Reports on Form 8-K for the quarter ended September 30, 1995 and
for the period up to the date of this report.
July 20, 1995 - reported Items 5 and 7.
October 19, 1995 - reported Items 5 and 7.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
NL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: October 26, 1995 By /s/ Joseph S. Compofelice
Joseph S. Compofelice
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Date: October 26, 1995 By /s/ Dennis G. Newkirk
Dennis G. Newkirk
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
5
1,000
9-MOS
DEC-31-1995
JAN-01-1995
SEP-30-1995
152,795
0
154,245
4,162
208,958
549,848
932,714
484,181
1,266,447
260,695
750,683
8,355
0
0
(245,849)
1,266,447
789,688
789,688
526,722
526,722
0
281
62,053
74,051
(22,215)
51,490
0
0
0
51,490
1.00
1.00
Contract
on Supplies and Services
concluded between
BAYER AG, Bayerwerk, 51368 Leverkusen
- - hereinafter referred to as BAYER -
and
KRONOS TITAN-GMBH, Peschstrasse 5, 51373 Leverkusen
as well as KRONOS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Peschstrasse 5,
51373 Leverkusen
- - both hereinafter referred to as KRONOS -
Introductory remarks
Before Dr. Heinrich Jaspers, Amtsgerichstrat (municipal judge), Opladen, the
contracting parties concluded, on June 21, 1952, a lease contract
(Erbbaurechtsvertrag) for a term ending December 31, 2050, under which a lease
(Erbbaurecht) was assigned to KRONOS on real estate owned by BAYER.
In order to enable KRONOS to continue its business operations the contracting
parties entered into a general contract on June 21, 1952, which was due to
expire on December 31, 1971, and includes three supplementary agreements
concerning
a) the delivery of sulfuric acid and other raw materials,
b) utilities, transport and other works facilities,
c) the regulation of the social services.
This general contract was superseded by the Supplies and Services Contract
concluded on September 9, 1971 which became effective on January 1, 1972 for a
period of again twenty years and which ended on December 31, 1991. Three
appendices were attached to the text of the Contract:
Appendix 1: Energy supplies A) Supply of electric power
B) Steam supplies
C) Water supplies
D) Natural gas supplies
E) Compressed air supplies
F) Supplies of nitrogen and oxygen
G) Supplies of NH3 cooling medium
H) Supplies of fully demineralized water
Appendix 2: Determination of the annual lump sums pursuant to Section 7, sub-
para 3.4 to cover the costs incurred by BAYER for their sewer system
Appendix 3: Facilities pursuant to Section 8 of the Supplies and Services
Contract and their accounting method
In view of the binding agreement concluded between the two parties on December
29, 1983/February 8, 1984 on the future cooperation between the two companies,
the Contract of September 9, 1971 was extended by mutual agreement on December
30, 1991/January 23, 1992 and on February 4/March 18, 1993 till December 31,
1993.
In order to enable KRONOS to continue its business operations, the contracting
parties have concluded a new Supplies and Services Contract as a follow-up
contract with effect from January 1, 1994 till December 31, 2011.
This follow-up contract as a framework agreement shall be supplemented by the
following supplementary agreements concluded between BAYER and KRONOS which
shall continue to remain valid for their agreed periods.
1) Agreement regarding spent acid shipping of August 2, 1982, supplemented by
the
2) Agreement on the waste acid tank relocation of July 17/July 24, 1992
3) Agreement on the closure of the Burrig landfill site of July 7/July 20,
1989
4) Agreement on the sulfuric acid line of June 6/June 29, 1990
Section 1
Basic conditions
1. BAYER undertakes to supply, on the contractually agreed scale to the KRONOS
facilities located on the leased premises (Erbbaurechtsgelande) and on the
adjacent premises owned by KRONOS in Leverkusen, BAYER products, raw
materials (only oxygen and nitrogen), energy and services as described in
this Contract from its own production or purchased from third parties.
2. KRONOS undertakes to obtain exclusively from BAYER on the scale laid down
in this Contract and any supplementary agreements thereto the supplies and
services necessary for the operation of its facilities in Leverkusen and as
described in this Contract. Moreover, KRONOS shall only be entitled, but
shall not be obliged, to obtain supplies and services from BAYER in
accordance with the provisions of this Contract.
3. The obligations pursuant to Section 1, subsection 1 above shall apply only
as long as KRONOS is a subsidiary of NL Industries, Inc. A subsidiary of
NL Industries, Inc. shall be any company in which 51% of the share capital
is owned by NL Industries, Inc. or by a company in which NL Industries Inc.
controls 51% of the share capital either directly or indirectly, or a
company which is dependent on a company of the type described above on the
basis of a contractual agreement (Organverhaltnis). KRONOS' merger with or
conversion into any company so owned by NL Industries, Inc. shall not
terminate the rights and obligations under this Contract.
The obligations under Section 1, subsection 1 shall become void if:
- KRONOS finally discontinues its production operation at Leverkusen.
- the KRONOS facilities at Leverkusen or essential parts thereof are
acquired by third parties, i.e. parties other than subsidiaries of NL
Industries, Inc. as defined under Section 1, subsection 3 of the
Contract, for the purpose of production on the premises of KRONOS at
Leverkusen.
- within the scope of a permission of use of any nature, the utilization
of the KRONOS facilities at Leverkusen falls wholly or in essential
parts to third parties.
4. BAYER shall be prepared to increase in reasonable measure its supplies and
services beyond the volume agreed upon at the date of the conclusion of
this Contract in as far and as long as unutilized capacities are available.
Such increases in supplies and services shall in each case be covered by
separate agreements.
5. If, during the term of this Contract, additional or different requirements
arise with KRONOS in respect of such supplies and services as cannot be met
by existing facilities of BAYER, the contracting parties shall in each case
reach an understanding at an early date, i.e. in the preliminary planning
stage, about the question whether KRONOS shall obtain such extra
requirements from third party suppliers or whether KRONOS or BAYER shall
establish new facilities in order to achieve the best possible economic
results for either partner while taking into consideration the overall
situation of both partners.
Section 2
Supply of auxiliary and operating materials
from BAYER inventories
Following its letter of April 25, 1979, KRONOS waives material supplies from
technical inventories or workshop inventories of BAYER AG. In principle, BAYER
is no longer willing to supply KRONOS with auxiliary and operating materials.
Basically, an exception is not provided for in cases of operating failures
either.
This waiver does not comprise fire brigade and work safety inventories and
isotope store rooms where BAYER is obliged to keep stocks for KRONOS for safety
reasons.
Section 3
Supply of raw materials
BAYER undertakes to take into consideration, when buying raw materials from
third party suppliers (at present only oxygen and nitrogen), the requirements
announced by KRONOS to BAYER and to supply KRONOS with such raw materials at the
take-over price as defined in Section 14, subsection 1 and/or as agreed on for
the supply of nitrogen and oxygen on June 30, 1995 in Annex 3.
Section 4
Supply of BAYER products
(except sulfuric acid and chlorine)
BAYER is prepared to meet KRONOS' requirements of BAYER products (except
sulfuric acid and chlorine). Deliveries shall be effected at selling prices and
conditions to be agreed upon in each case with the responsible BAYER sales
departments.
Section 5
Supply of sulfuric acid
1. BAYER undertakes to meet the sulfuric acid requirements of KRONOS'
Leverkusen production plant and KRONOS undertakes to obtain from BAYER the
quantities of sulfuric acid needed to meet the requirements of its
Leverkusen production plant.
This obligation of KRONOS shall become void only if the production of
titanium dioxide base material by the sulfate process is entirely
discontinued at KRONOS.
2. Quantity, price and the other takeover conditions for the supply of
sulfuric acid shall be determined according to the agreement on the supply
of sulfuric acid of June 30, 1995 in Annex 4.
Section 6
Supply of chlorine
1. BAYER undertakes to supply KRONOS with the quantities of chlorine agreed on
and KRONOS undertakes to take the corresponding quantities from BAYER.
2. The quantity, price and the other conditions of the supply of chlorine
shall be governed by the agreement on the supply of chlorine of June 30,
1995 in Annex 8.
Section 7
Supply of energies
1. For the operation of the facilities of KRONOS, BAYER shall make available
energies in the form of electric power (current), steam, compressed air,
control air, drinking water and process water, fully demineralized water,
ammonia (cooling system -20 degrees centigrade), natural gas, acetylene,
and boiler feed water. KRONOS undertakes to take from BAYER the required
quantities of these energies. Volumes, prices and conditions of such
supply of each type of energy are laid down in the agreement on the supply
of energies of June 30, 1995 in Annex 1. There is agreement between the
parties that sufficient capacities are and will be available to meet
KRONOS' present energy requirements.
2. KRONOS shall not be permitted without prior approval of BAYER, to pass on
or sell energies to third parties, i.e. parties other than subsidiaries of
NL Industries, Inc. as defined in Section 1, subsection 3 of the Contract.
This applies to the subsidiaries mentioned above.
3. KRONOS shall be authorized to cancel the supply of energies either wholly
or in part. After such cancelling KRONOS shall remain under the obligation
to pay the nonreducible fixed costs for the cancelled energy quantities
over a period of three years from the date of the cancellation. If energy,
potentially as a partial quantity, is taken in the third year after the
cancellation, these costs of proportionate costs shall be borne for another
year.
Charging of fixed costs as outlined under Section 7, subsection 3 does not
apply at present to energies with mixed price calculation as outlined under
Section 5, subsection 2 of Annex 1.
4. Energy supplies shall be newly agreed on if there are changes owing to a
future complete elimination of energies which till then were generated by
BAYER itself.
Section 8
Agreement on maintenance, radiation protection,
services and definition of competences
1. BAYER undertakes to assume the maintenance of the ionization smoke
detectors of KRONOS and to provide services in connection with the
radiometric measuring and X-ray facilities of KRONOS and to handle the
personal dosimetry for employees of KRONOS.
2. The scope, price and the other conditions for the rendering of these
services shall be determined as defined in the Agreement on maintenance,
radiation protection, services and definition of competences of June 30,
1995 in Annex 5.
Section 9
Services rendered by the purchasing departments
Following its letter of April 25, 1979, KRONOS renounces the services of the
BAYER purchasing departments. BAYER is no longer willing to render the purchase
services on behalf and for account of KRONOS. This applies also in case of
operating failures.
The supply of nitrogen and oxygen shall be subject to Section 3 of this
Contract.
Section 10
Services rendered by auxiliary and subsidiary departments
(excepting the dumping site)
1. KRONOS shall be entitled to demand services from BAYER auxiliary and
subsidiary departments in as far as the capacities available with BAYER are
sufficient taking into account BAYER's own requirements. Both parties are
agreed that the services available are and will be sufficient to meet
KRONOS' present requirements.
2. The takeover price shall be computed according to the provisions of Section
14 (2) of this Contract.
3. With respect to the utilization of the facilities mentioned below, the
following shall be agreed:
3.1 Technical departments
KRONOS' use of services rendered by the BAYER technical offices -
except the design bureau - as well as the BAYER technical proceeding
department shall in each case require a pertinent arrangement to be
made between BAYER and KRONOS defining extent of and compensation for
the orders to be executed by BAYER at the request of KRONOS.
The same shall apply to the use of the services rendered by the BAYER
labor study offices, on the understanding that BAYER will charge the
costs pursuant to Section 14 (2).
3.2 Pallet pool
Following its letter of February 7, 1994, KRONOS waives the further
use of utilization of the BAYER pallet pool for incoming traffic.
Basically BAYER is no longer willing to make available to KRONOS
pallets from its pool store. An exception is basically not provided
for in cases of operating failures either.
3.3 Waste waters
Observing the legal provisions on water pollution control, KRONOS
shall be entitled to utilize BAYER's waste water canals for carrying
off its waste waters based on the draft permit by the chief district
official (Regierungsprasident) of Cologne of March 14, 1966 in the
ruling version, at present on the basis of the permit notice of March
20, 1981 amended for the last time by the 23rd amendment December 23,
1993 and of the "side letter" of June 2, 1966.
KRONOS shall contribute an annual lump sum, determined pursuant to
Annex 6, to the operating costs of the canals and shall share in the
operating costs of the collection system pursuant to Annex 2, however
with a service surcharge of 29.2%.
Subject to the approval by BAYER (WV-UWS), KRONOS shall be entitled to
use the bio-canal up to a quantity to be fixed in each case. The
costs for the use of the bio-canal shall be computed pursuant to
Section 14 (2).
Any damage or injury caused by KRONOS through nonobservance of current
of future legal and administrative provisions pertaining to the
transport and discharge of waste waters as well as of the operating
provisions agreed upon between BAYER and KRONOS shall be compensated
by KRONOS.
3.4 Telephone and staff locator system
Within the framework of its own telephone plant BAYER shall make
available to KRONOS for its departments and plants 10 restricted
stations without authorized access to exchange lines with all
facilities, excluding telephone sets and internal switch board.
KRONOS shall in return share in the current costs of the telephone
network in the proportion of the number of restricted stations made
available to KRONOS to the total number of restricted and unrestricted
stations in operation at BAYER's Leverkusen plant.
All restricted and unrestricted telephone stations of KRONOS are
connected to KRONOS' own private branch exchange. This PBX is located
in the KRONOS administration building outside BAYER's Leverkusen
premises. It is connected with BAYER's telephone network via five
cross connections, which ensures that the emergency numbers 110 and
112 are switched from all KRONOS phone apparatuses to the BAYER
offices in charge. Connection between the KRONOS private branch
exchange and the KRONOS buildings in the F-block of buildings is
effected by use of the BAYER underground cable system.
KRONOS shall share in the current costs for the underground cable
system in the proportion of the number of all restricted and
unrestricted stations of KRONOS to the total number of all stations
operated by BAYER in the BAYER Leverkusen plant and by KRONOS.
KRONOS shall share in the costs of the staff locator system for the
utilization thereof in the proportion of the number of staff location
receiver units made available to KRONOS to the total number of
receiver units operated by BAYER and by KRONOS.
If KRONOS' requirements for communication engineering services change
in the future, BAYER shall try to comply with KRONOS' request for
modification as far as this is feasible within the scope of the
Telekom provisions and the technical possibilities.
3.6 Factory railway
KRONOS shall be entitled to have its goods transported by BAYER on the
factory railway. The costs for these services will be charged
pursuant to Section 14 (2).
KRONOS shall take care to ensure that the wagons and wagon-carrying
trailers are not kept occupied for an unnecessarily long time and are
loaded and unloaded without delay.
Section 11
Right to use the Burrig dumping site
1. Within the framework of the legal and administrative provisions concerning
the disposal of chemical waste, KRONOS shall be entitled to have refuse
removed by BAYER to the existing Burrig dumping site up to a maximum
quantity of 35,000 cubic meters per year.
2. KRONOS shall share in the operating costs of the Burrig dumpsite (excluding
depreciation and including an extra charge pursuant to Section 14 (2) and a
service-to-capital rate pursuant to Section 11 (3)) proportionately to the
actually dumped quantities.
For each type of waste (classification based on authorities' catalogue) a
cost unit rate will be computed on the basis of the nature of the material
and the necessary or mandatory treatment at the dumpsite.
Cost of transport will be borne by waste deliverer.
3. In addition, KRONOS shall contribute, to those investments that BAYER is
required to make because of administrative provisions for the disposal of
chemical waste, an amount per cubic meter - not subject to additional
charges - in proportion to the capacities used. This so-called service-to-
capital rate shall be revised annually and increases with each new
completed dumpsite investment since BAYER is contractually entitled, from
the end of an investment phase, to debit KRONOS with the service-to-capital
rate calculated for said investment phase, the rate being payable until the
end of the dumpsite use by KRONOS or until the moment of closure of the
dumpsite, that means independent of the period of utilization of said
investment.
The service-to-capital rate covers depreciation and interest incurred by
BAYER for the dump capacities used by KRONOS. The interest rate used in
the calculation corresponds to the ruling ground lease interest rate, which
at present is 7.75%.
4. In addition, KRONOS shall share as follows in the safety steps to be taken
by BAYER on the Burrig dumpsite in compliance with official regulations and
impositions by the authorities:
The costs for steps taken until December 31, 1991 with regard to so-called
old waste deposits (these steps including the groundwater barrier as far as
it safeguards the dumpsite-cf. agreement of August 11, 1994) shall be
shared by KRONOS by a fixed percentage of 17.57%. This corresponds to the
volume dumped by KRONOS in proportion to the total dumped volume on the key
date of December 31, 1991.
Steps taken for "future" waste dumpings, i.e. after January 1, 1992, shall
be shared by KRONOS, within the scope of current fund raising, by a cost
rate which is added to the fund raising rate and which is put to the
reserves provided by BAYER for such measures.
KRONOS shall share in the annual costs and nonrecurrent expenditures
incurred during or after the closure of the dumpsite in accordance with the
provisions of the contract on the closure of the Burrig dumpsite of July
7/July 20, 1989.
5. Upon request, BAYER shall allow KRONOS an insight into the records of the
current hazard estimate, official documents and the current cost estimate.
6. KRONOS shall observe the current BAYER transport and packaging instructions
which regard the incineration plant and the dumpsite as well as BAYER's
current internal waste directives.
7. KRONOS shall bear technical construction measures which may become
necessary in the salt deposits as a result of the dumping of iron sulfate
by KRONOS. The costs for the other measures shall be borne by BAYER.
Section 12
Servicing of facilities
Unless otherwise stipulated, KRONOS shall take charge of the operation,
maintenance and repairs of the KRONOS-owned facilities and parts thereof that
are located on the ground lease estate. Details shall be agreed on by the
contracting parties when necessary.
Section 13
The according to KRONOS employees in Leverkusen of equal status with BAYER
employees; services rendered by the general, administrative and social
institutions
1. KRONOS shall be entitled to make use of the services rendered by the
general and administrative institutions of BAYER.
2. In view of the close physical, technical and economic integration between
BAYER and KRONOS, KRONOS shall largely accord to its employees in
Leverkusen, with respect to the legal, economic, cultural and social
contents of their employment relations, equal status with comparable BAYER
employees in Leverkusen. KRONOS employees can consequently participate in
the social institutions of BAYER and in the events arranged by ZB PS
Coordination of Education and in BAYER's advanced vocational training
programs without any discrimination.
3. KRONOS shall share in the costs of said institutions in accordance with the
key agreed upon in each case; to the contributions so computed shall be
added additional charges pursuant to Section 14 (3). A list of the
existing institutions - which does not claim to be complete - including the
applicable cost centers and keys is attached to this Contract as Annex 2.
No additions shall be charged on the enterprises's/employer's contributions
to the pension scheme of BAYER AG employees and to the BAYER-
Betriebskrankenkasse (BAYER Sick Scheme).
a) Pension Scheme
The Pension Scheme shall be subject to the provisions of Article 5 (2)
of the Instruction of the Tripartite I.G. Farben Control Group of June
20, 1952. Employees newly recruited by KRONOS or persons taken over
as salaried employees shall be entitled to apply for admission to the
Bayer Pension Scheme.
KRONOS employees shall be accorded equal status with the employees of
BAYER in respect of all rights and obligations under the BAYER Pension
Scheme. KRONOS shall be obliged to contribute to the Pension Scheme
according to the same principles as BAYER.
b) Sick Scheme and Life Insurance Mutual Fund (Beistandskasse)
The employees of KRONOS can become members of the Sick Scheme of BAYER
AG pursuant to the provisions of the Social Insurance Ordinance.
According to Article 5 (2) of the Instruction of the Tripartite I.G.
Farben Control Group, the KRONOS employees shall be entitled to become
members of the Beistandskasse der Werksangehorigen der BAYER AG,
Sterbegeldversicherung auf Gegenseitigkeit (Life Insurance Mutual
Fund).
The contracting parties are agreed that KRONOS employees do not
acquire a title directly against BAYER. This shall not affect claims
by KRONOS employees against institutions, which are directly derived
from their membership with these institutions.
Section 14
Calculation of supplies and services
1. The takeover price for supplies of (raw) materials and services that BAYER
purchased from third parties is calculated as follows:
a) Acquisition costs (invoice price less discounts, rebates, turnover tax
plus delivery costs according to BAYER's accounting
procedures)
b) Materials handling overhead
c) Surcharge on b) in the amount of 22.2% to cover the prorated overheads
and interest on the capital employed
d) Cost price (= sum a + b + c)
e) Turnover tax on d)
f) Price of the supply (= sum d + e = takeover price)
2. The following scheme shall be used for the calculation of the services
rendered by the auxiliary and subsidiary departments and the Burrig
dumpsite pursuant to Sections 10 and 11:
a) Costs and/or accounting prices on cost basis as charged to a BAYER
department for similar supplies or services.
b) Addition to cover prorated overhead and interest on capital
employed on:
- services by the transport departments (including factory
railway) 37.8%
- services by laboratories, development departments, the
technical service departments and material testing departments
as well as sewer system
29.2%
- services by workshops, stocks, technical departments, use of
bio-canal and dumpsite services of other auxiliary and
subsidiary departments
22.2%
c) Cost price (= sum a + b)
d) Turnover tax on c)
e) Price of the service = takeover price (= sum c + d)
3. The following scheme shall be used for the calculation of services rendered
by the general and administrative departments as mentioned in Annex 2
attached to Section 14.
a) Costs and/or accounting price on cost basis as charged to a BAYER department for similar
supplies or services,
b) Addition of 22.2 percent to cover prorated overhead and interest on capital employed
c) Cost price (sum a + b)
d) Turnover tax on c)
e) Takeover price (sum c + d)
4. If changes occur in BAYER's cost accounting, the contracting parties shall
agree on any necessary adjustment of this Contract to the new accounting
method.
Section 15
Payments
Payment of the supplies and services rendered under this Contract and under the
Agreements annexed shall be subject to the terms of payment as defined in Annex
7 unless other provisions are defined in the individual agreements.
Section 16
Deliveries and services to other KRONOS facilities
If BAYER makes deliveries and renders services to KRONOS facilities outside
Leverkusen (e.g. Nordenham), the contracting parties shall reach an
understanding about the details.
Section 17
Impossibility of the performance of the contract
1. If, for reason of force majeure or for compelling business reasons, e.g.
rebuilding at the quay, the blocking of roads because of the relaying of
pipes, rails, etc., the stoppage of machines for a general overhaul, it is
temporarily impossible for BAYER to carry out in full the services that
BAYER undertakes under this Contract to perform for KRONOS, it shall be
accepted as a principle that, until such difficulties have been overcome,
the interests of KRONOS shall be protected in the same way as the interests
of the BAYER departments concerned in the particular question.
2. If, for compelling business reasons (e.g. extraordinary repairs), one of
the parties is temporarily unable to meet its contractual obligations this
party shall inform the other party as early as possible of potentially
resulting restrictions in order that resulting adverse effects can be
avoided as far as possible through early planning.
Cutbacks of supplies and services shall be prorated between KRONOS and
BAYER according to the consumptions by KRONOS and BAYER and the BAYER
departments in question during the preceding six calendar months.
Section 18
Liability
1. All types of damage claims on a party shall be excluded, including claims
because of restrictions or interruptions of supplies and services, quality
changes etc., as well as claims for consequential damage, i.e. damage that
is not caused directly to property of a party or that results from the
handling of the Supplies and Services Contract and of any agreements
included in, or referring to, this Contract.
2. Peremptory legal liability provisions shall remain unaffected; the
liability of both parties shall be restricted, however, to the care they
would usually exercise in their own affairs.
Section 19
Reciprocal obligation to give information
1. In respect of any proportionate debits arising out of total costs, KRONOS
shall be entitled to demand statements revealing in detail the cost centers
where these costs have arisen.
2. The information necessary for the calculation of the debits to be made,
e.g. wages and/or salaries, number of employees, shall be communicated by
KRONOS to BAYER.
3. The chartered accountants of both parties shall at the request of either
party render to the other party a statement as to whether the figures used
are in conformity with the books and whether the debits have been made
according to the agreed distribution keys. The chartered accountants shall
inform their principals on the data they made available to the chartered
accountants of the other party.
Section 20
Non-claiming of services according to
Section 1, subsection 2, sentence 2
As BAYER must make its arrangements regarding capacity, personnel etc. to meet
the requirements of KRONOS within the scope of this Contract, KRONOS shall
notify BAYER as early as possible, but giving at least a three-month notice, if
certain supplies and services KRONOS is entitled to claim and which it did claim
(Section 1 (2) sentence 2) are no longer required for reasons of operational
reorganizations. In the event of KRONOS making a declaration in writing of this
nature in respect of certain supplies and services, the responsibility of BAYER
to fulfill the services or supplies in question shall terminate after expiry of
the term provided.
Section 21
Inventions
1. Should the use of BAYER services by KRONOS result in patentable inventions
a) made solely by BAYER employees, the sole proprietary rights in such
inventions shall, within the framework of the legal regulations in
force, belong to BAYER; KRONOS shall have the non-exclusive right,
however, to use such inventions for its own business free of charge
and a non-exclusive right for its parent company, NL Industries, Inc.
on reasonable conditions to be stipulated from case to case;
b) created by inventive contributions from employees of both BAYER and
KRONOS, such inventions shall, within the framework of the legal
regulations, be in principle the common property of BAYER and KRONOS.
KRONOS may assign to NL Industries, Inc. the right of sharing in the
utilization of such inventions. BAYER and KRONOS shall, on such
occasions, reach an understanding regarding their respective share in
the property, alienation of the share, utilization and enforcement of
rights in or arising from potential protective rights in joint
inventions; both parties may make unlimited use, free of charge, in
their own business, of inventions made in common.
c) As far as KRONOS - pursuant to paragraphs a) and b) above - and NL
Industries, Inc. - pursuant to paragraph b) above - make use, free of
charge, of protective rights in which BAYER inventors have a share and
for which payment of compensation to inventors may be claimed, KRONOS
and NL Industries, Inc. shall make available to BAYER the necessary
funds for this purpose. The same arrangement shall apply vice versa
to inventors in the employment of KRONOS if BAYER makes use of
protective rights owned in common by BAYER and KRONOS.
2. If the utilization of BAYER services by KRONOS leads to non-patentable
results, both parties shall be entitled to make unlimited use thereof in
their own business, free of charge, irrespective of the authorship.
Section 22
Hardship clause
If unintended hardships arise for either of the contracting parties as a result
of an essential change in the conditions prevailing during the term of the
Contract, both parties shall endeavor to arrive at new arrangements taking into
account the interests of either party. If no agreement can be reached -
amicable or in the arbitration committee - the decision shall be left to the
discretion of the court of arbitration pursuant to Section 26.
Section 23
Secrecy
Both parties undertake not to disclose to any third party any information to be
regarded as confidential. Information to be regarded as confidential shall also
include such data as prices and terms conceded by suppliers, special sources of
supply and the calculations disclosed in the settlement of accounts
notwithstanding KRONOS' right of informing its parent company, NL Industries,
Inc., of the kind, volume and costs of the supplies and services obtained from
BAYER under this Contract. Each party shall make arrangements such as to ensure
that confidential information becoming known to the department concerned will
not be passed on by this department to other departments of the enterprise
unless this is required for the proper execution of this Contract.
These undertakings shall remain valid also after the termination of this
Contract.
Section 24
Safeguard clause
If any of the provisions of this Contract, wholly or partly, is or becomes
legally ineffective, regardless of the reasons, or if a gap which needs filling
is incurred, this shall not affect the legal force of the other provisions.
Both parties undertake to replace the legally ineffective provision or the gap
which needs filling, if possible, by another provision of equal economic
efficiency. If they do not come to an agreement thereon amicably or in the
arbitration committee pursuant to Section 25, the court arbitration shall decide
pursuant to Section 26.
Section 25
Arbitration Committee
1. For amicable conference on all questions arising from this contract
including annexes and supplementary agreements as well as from the ground
lease contract (Erbbaurechtsvertrag) of June 21, 1952 and for the
adjustment of the agreements to changing economic conditions as well as for
the settlement of any disputes, an arbitration committee shall be formed,
to which each of the contracting parties shall delegate one representative.
Each representative so delegated to the arbitration committee may call in
as advisors up to three employees of the contracting party by which he was
appointed.
2. The committee shall meet at the request of one of the parties.
3. Decisions of the arbitration committee shall be binding on the contracting
parties if both parties have been represented on the committee and the
decision is unanimous.
Section 26
Arbitration Court
1. All disputes arising from this Contract including annexes and supplementary
agreements, the ground lease contract (Erbbaurechtsvertrag) of June 21,
1952, as well as from any decision of the arbitration committee in
accordance with Section 25, shall, without recourse to legal action, be
settled by an arbitration court, if the arbitration committee under Section
25 has not come to a unanimous decision.
2. The arbitration court shall consist of two members, one of whom shall be
appointed by each party, and a chairman. The aggrieved party shall inform
the other party by registered letter of the circumstances of the case which
make necessary a decision of the arbitration court and at the same time
shall nominate its arbitrator, who shall preferably be its representative
on the arbitration committee. Within a period of three weeks the other
party must nominate its arbitrator, who preferably should have been its
representative on the arbitration committee. If it does not fulfill this
obligation within the specified period of time, the arbitrators shall at
the request of the other party be nominated by the President of the Federal
Court of Justice. If the two arbitrators do not come to an agreement
within a period of two months after the nomination of the last arbitrator,
they shall within that period agree on the choice of a chairman. If they
fail to do so, the chairman shall be appointed by the President of the
Federal Court of Justice. The chairman must have the qualifications of a
judge pursuant to the German Law on the Judiciary and be versed in economic
matters.
The finding of the arbitration court which must also include a decision
concerning the payment of costs, shall be final. Moreover, the procedure
shall be governed by the rules of arbitration of the German Committee for
Arbitration Procedures modified in that the appointment of the arbitrators
shall be governed by the aforementioned provisions.
Section 27
Writing clause
Supplements to and annulment, modification, as well as termination of this
Contract, shall me made in writing and shall require the signing by each party.
This requirement of form can only be waived by a declaration signed by either
party.
Section 28
Entry into force, duration and extension of contract
This Contract with its Annexes 1 to 8 shall supersede as from January 1, 1994
the contract of September 9, 1971 which had been extended in mutual agreement
till December 31, 1993. The Contract shall end with the expiration of December
31, 2011. If KRONOS desires to obtain from BAYER supplies and services of the
nature covered by this Contract beyond this date, KRONOS shall inform BAYER
accordingly by December 31, 2005. BAYER shall then inform KRONOS within three
months whether and, if so, to what extent supplies and services will be provided
beyond December 31, 2011.
Leverkusen, June 30, 1995
BAYER AG
/s/ Dr. Volker Charbonnier
/s/ Albert Schwall
Leverkusen, June 30, 1995
KRONOS TITAN-GMBH
/s/ Dr. E. Gaertner
/s/ Dr. J. Hoene
Leverkusen, June 30, 1995
KRONOS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
/s/ Dr. E. Gaertnr
/s/ Dr. J. Hoene
Annex 1: Energy supplies (Re: Section 7)
Annex 2: Determination of the costs of services by the general departments,
administration and social facilities (Re: Section 13 (3))
Annex 3: Agreement on the supply of nitrogen and oxygen (Re: Section 3)
Annex 4: Agreement on the supply of sulfuric acid (Re: Section 5)
Annex 5: Agreement on maintenance, radiation protection, services and
definition of competences (Re: Section 8)
Annex 6: Calculation of the annual lump sums to cover the costs incurred by
BAYER for the waste water canals (Re: Section 10 (3.3))
Annex 7: Terms of payment (Re: Section 15)
Annex 8: Agreement on the supply of chlorine (Re: Section 6)
CERTIFICATE REGARDING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE DOCUMENT
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 306 of Regulation S-T, the undersigned
officer of the Registrant hereby represents that the foregoing document entitled
"Contract on Supplies and Services" and attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995, is a fair and
accurate translation to English of the German language document "Contract on
Supplies and Services" among Bayer AG, Kronos Titan-GmbH, and Kronos
International, Inc. executed on June 30, 1995.
NL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: October 26, 1995 By /s/ Dennis G. Newkirk
Dennis G. Newkirk
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
