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$1.9 million and earnings per share would
change by $0.03 per diluted share based on the number of weighed
average diluted shares outstanding at December 31, 2006.
The fair value of our Revolver is not affected
by changes in market interest rates. In December 2005, we entered
into an interest rate swap agreement to reduce our exposure to fluctuations
in interest rates on our Term Loan. The swap was in effect as of
June 30, 2006 and terminates on December 31, 2008.
Foreign Exchange Risk
We have wholly owned subsidiaries in Canada,
Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In
the past, we have not hedged our foreign currency exposure, and
fluctuations in exchange rates have not materially affected our
operating results. Future changes in exchange rates may positively
or negatively impact our revenues, operating expenses and earnings.
Due to the size of our foreign operations, however, we do not anticipate
that exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations will be material
in 2007.
Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe
Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995
Our disclosure and analysis in this report
contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties.
Our forward-looking statements express our current expectations
or forecasts of possible future results or events, including projections
of future performance, statements of management’s plans and objectives,
future contracts, and forecasts of trends and other matters. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this report, and we undertake
no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new
circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur. You can identify
these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to
historic or current facts and often use words such as “anticipate”,
“estimate”, “expect”, “believe,” “will likely result,” “outlook,”
“project” and other words and expressions of similar meaning. No
assurance can be given that the results in any forward-looking statements
will be achieved and actual results could be affected by one or
more factors, which could cause them to differ materially. For these
statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking
statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act.
Risk Factors
Certain factors that may affect our business
and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed
in any forward-looking statements include the following:
We are susceptible to adverse weather conditions.
Weather is the principal external factor
affecting our business. For example, unseasonably late warming trends
in the spring or early cooling trends in the fall can decrease the
length of the pool season. Also, unseasonably cool weather or extraordinary
rainfall during the peak season can decrease swimming pool use,
installation and maintenance, as well as landscape installations
and maintenance. These weather conditions adversely affect sales
of our products. For a discussion regarding seasonality and weather,
see Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations - Seasonality and Quarterly Fluctuations.
Our distribution business is highly dependent
on our ability to maintain favorable relationships with suppliers.
As a distribution company, maintaining favorable
relationships with our suppliers is critical to the success of our
business. We believe that we add considerable value to the swimming
pool supply chain and landscape supply chain by purchasing products
from a large number of manufacturers and distributing the products
to a highly fragmented
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