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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)    

ý

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

OR

o

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                to
                

Commission File Number 1-9753

GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  58-1563799
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

115 Perimeter Center Place, Suite 460,
Atlanta, Georgia

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

30346
(Zip Code)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) (770) 395-4500

        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 the past 90 days. Yes ý    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 ý    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 definition 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 ý   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 ý

        Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class   Outstanding as of October 31, 2011
Common Stock, $0.01 par value   34,236,402


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Georgia Gulf Corporation Form 10-Q

Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2011
Index

 
   
  Page
Number
 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

       
 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

    3  

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

    3  

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

    4  

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

    5  

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

    6  
 

Item 2.

 

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    37  
 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    48  
 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

    48  

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

       
 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

    50  
 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

    50  
 

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

    50  
 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

    50  

SIGNATURES

    51  

EXHIBITS

       

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

Item 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

        


Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except par value and share data)
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Assets

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 45,310   $ 122,758  

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,425 at 2011 and $10,026 at 2010

    411,929     267,662  

Inventories

    360,734     261,235  

Prepaid expenses

    15,773     16,606  

Income tax receivable

    556     899  

Deferred income taxes

    9,223     7,266  
           
 

Total current assets

    843,525     676,426  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    641,028     653,137  

Goodwill

    210,512     209,631  

Intangible assets, net

    47,499     14,351  

Deferred income taxes

    5,845     8,078  

Other assets, net

    86,329     104,078  
           
 

Total assets

  $ 1,834,738   $ 1,665,701  
           

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

             

Current portion of long-term debt

  $ 66,384   $ 22,132  

Accounts payable

    265,467     132,639  

Interest payable

    12,797     22,558  

Income taxes payable

    4,296     2,910  

Accrued compensation

    24,114     38,382  

Liability for unrecognized income tax benefits and other tax reserves

    816     8,822  

Other accrued liabilities

    63,101     48,536  
           
 

Total current liabilities

    436,975     275,979  

Long-term debt

    633,285     667,810  

Liability for unrecognized income tax benefits

    34,314     46,884  

Deferred income taxes

    187,721     189,805  

Other non-current liabilities

    40,989     40,631  
           
 

Total liabilities

    1,333,284     1,221,109  
           

Commitments and contingencies

             

Stockholders' equity:

             
 

Preferred stock—$0.01 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

         
 

Common stock—$0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding: 34,236,402 at 2011 and 33,962,291 at 2010

    342     340  

Additional paid-in capital

    479,767     476,276  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax

    (7,914 )   (210 )

Retained earnings (deficit)

    29,259     (31,814 )
           
 

Total stockholders' equity

    501,454     444,592  
           
 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 1,834,738   $ 1,665,701  
           

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Net sales

  $ 929,636   $ 758,042   $ 2,549,284   $ 2,125,198  

Operating costs and expenses:

                         
 

Cost of sales

    831,808     661,238     2,292,761     1,926,387  
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    43,412     43,442     130,080     117,894  
 

Restructuring expense (income)

    1     136     (123 )   271  
                   
   

Total operating costs and expenses

    875,221     704,816     2,422,718     2,044,552  
                   

Operating income

    54,415     53,226     126,566     80,646  

Interest expense, net

    (16,703 )   (17,333 )   (50,092 )   (52,592 )

Loss on early redemption of debt

            (1,100 )    

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

    160     116     (780 )   (318 )
                   

Income before income taxes

    37,872     36,009     74,594     27,736  

Provision for income taxes

    3,514     11,051     13,521     119  
                   

Net income

  $ 34,358   $ 24,958   $ 61,073   $ 27,617  
                   

Earnings per share:

                         
 

Basic

  $ 0.99   $ 0.72   $ 1.75   $ 0.79  
 

Diluted

  $ 0.99   $ 0.72   $ 1.75   $ 0.79  

Weighted average common shares:

                         
 

Basic

    34,165     33,894     34,036     33,779  
 

Diluted

    34,211     33,894     34,065     33,779  

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(In thousands)
  2011   2010  

Cash flows from operating activities:

             
 

Net income

  $ 61,073   $ 27,617  
 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

             
   

Depreciation and amortization

    78,305     75,521  
   

Loss on early redemption of debt

    1,100      
   

Foreign exchange loss (gain)

    724     (431 )
   

Deferred income taxes

    4,686     6,049  
   

Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements

    (3,555 )   (4,001 )
   

Long-lived asset impairment charges

        591  
   

Share based compensation

    5,486     2,436  
   

Other non-cash items

    (2,478 )   5,853  
   

Change in operating assets, liabilities and other

    (125,136 )   (75,116 )
           

Net cash provided by operating activities

    20,205     38,519  
           

Cash flows from investing activities:

             
 

Capital expenditures

    (44,247 )   (31,799 )
 

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

    326     1,603  
 

Acquisition, net of cash acquired

    (71,371 )    
           

Net cash used in investing activities

    (115,292 )   (30,196 )
           

Cash flows from financing activities:

             
 

Repayments on asset based lending revolver

    (415,567 )   (481,209 )
 

Borrowings on asset based lending revolver

    452,505     472,208  
 

Repayment of long-term debt

    (22,917 )   (33 )
 

Fees paid to amend or issue debt facilities

    (1,480 )   (3,185 )
 

Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements

    3,555     4,001  
 

Stock compensation plan activity

    39     (145 )
           

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    16,135     (8,363 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    1,504     (107 )
           

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

    (77,448 )   (147 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    122,758     38,797  
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 45,310   $ 38,650  
           

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

        The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all of the adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods reported. Such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature only. Our financial condition as of, and our operating results for the three and nine month periods ended, September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the financial condition and results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2011 or any other interim period.

        On February 9, 2011, we acquired Exterior Portfolio by Crane ("Exterior Portfolio"), a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of siding products, for a net purchase price of $71.4 million. The preliminary allocation of the net purchase price and results of Exterior Portfolio's operations are reflected in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements since that date.

        The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the "2010 Annual Report"). There have been no material changes in the significant accounting policies followed by us during the three or nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 from those disclosed in the 2010 Annual Report.

2. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

        In December 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2010-29, which amends Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") topic 805 ("Topic 805"), Business Combinations. The amendments in this update specify that if a public entity presents comparative pro forma financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments in this update also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments related directly to the business combination included in the pro forma revenue and earnings. ASU 2010-29 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Implementation of this standard did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

        In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, which amends ASC topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements under U.S Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). This standard gives clarification for the highest and best use valuation concepts. The ASU also provides guidance on fair value measurements relating to instruments classified in stockholders' equity and instruments managed within a portfolio. Further, ASU 2011-04 clarifies disclosures for financial instruments categorized within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy that require companies to provide quantitative information about unobservable inputs used, the sensitivity of the

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

2. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Continued)

measurement to changes in those inputs, and the valuation processes used by the reporting entity. Early adoption is not permitted. Implementation of this standard will be effective in the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2011. We are currently evaluating the newly prescribed disclosures but do not expect it will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

        In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, which amends ASC topic 220, Comprehensive Income. This amendment gives entities the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendment also requires the entity to present on the face of its financial statements reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income. Entities will no longer be allowed to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. Early adoption is permitted. Implementation of this standard will be required in the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2011. We have historically presented the components of other comprehensive income as a part of the consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) or in a separate footnote. We are currently evaluating the newly prescribed disclosure and financial statement presentation options.

        In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-8 which amends ASC topic 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other. The amendments in this ASU give companies the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If a company concludes that this is the case, it must perform the two-step goodwill impairment test. Otherwise, a company is not required to perform this two-step test. Under the amendments in this ASU, an entity has the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to performing the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test. Early adoption is permitted. Implementation of this standard will be required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. We are currently evaluating the impact of this statement on our consolidated financial statements.

3. RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES

        In the fourth quarter of 2008, we initiated a restructuring plan (the "Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan") that included the permanent shut down of our 450 million pound polyvinyl chloride ("PVC") manufacturing facility in Sarnia, Ontario, the exit of a recycled PVC compound manufacturing facility in Woodbridge, Ontario, the consolidation of various manufacturing facilities, and elimination of certain duplicative activities in our operations. In connection with the Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan, we incurred costs related to termination benefits, including severance, pension and postretirement benefits, operating lease termination costs, asset impairment charges, relocation and other exit costs and have recognized these costs in accordance with ASC subtopic 420-10, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations, and related accounting standards. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we incurred and paid nil and $0.6 million, respectively, related to the settlement of pension and postretirement benefits from our permanently shut down PVC manufacturing facility in Sarnia. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, we incurred $0.1 million in restructuring expenses and a recovery of $0.2 million, respectively, related to the Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan primarily due to additional termination benefits and exit costs of $1.0 million, offset by a reversal of an accrual for remediation costs that did not have to be incurred or reimbursed by us. These amounts are noted as reductions in the additions column in the tables below. In addition, for the three and nine months ended

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

3. RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Continued)


September 30, 2010, we incurred nil and $0.1 million, respectively, in long-lived asset impairment charges. We do not expect there to be any future costs associated with the Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan.

        During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recovered $1.2 million related to the sale of manufacturing equipment associated with a prior restructuring plan to shut down a PVC manufacturing facility in Oklahoma. This recovery is included in restructuring expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. This recovery is included in the tables below as income in the additions column for the Chlorovinyls Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan Exit costs and as a receivable reclassified out of the ending balance column in the Foreign Exchange and Other Adjustments column for the periods presented.

        In May 2009, we initiated a plan to further consolidate plants in our window and door profiles business (included in the "Other" row in the table below). As a result we incurred restructuring costs, including fixed asset impairment charges, termination benefits and other exit costs which have been recognized in accordance with ASC subtopic 420-10 and related accounting standards. For the three or nine months ended September 30, 2011, there were no additional restructuring charges. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010, we incurred nil and $0.4 million of additional restructuring expenses, respectively, which are included in the additions column in the table below. We do not expect there to be any further future costs associated with this 2009 restructuring plan.

        In May 2011, in conjunction with our integration strategy for Exterior Portfolio, we eliminated some redundant selling, general and administrative functions. As part of this initiative the company completed a restructuring and consolidation plan within the siding business to optimize the organizational structure, which resulted in nil and $0.4 million of restructuring costs being incurred for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, which are included in the tables below in the Other row. We continue to evaluate and execute plans to integrate the Exterior Portfolio acquisition into our operations.

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

3. RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Continued)

        A summary of our restructuring activities by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

(In thousands)
  Balance at
June 30,
2011
  Additions   Cash
Payments
  Foreign
Exchange
and Other
Adjustments
  Balance at
September 30,
2011
 

Chlorovinyls

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 73           $ (5 ) $ 68  
 

Exit costs

    251         120     (10 )   361  

Building Products

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    947         3     (72 )   878  

Other:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    434     1     (163 )   (12 )   260  

Corporate

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    162             (12 )   150  
                       

Total

  $ 1,867   $ 1   $ (40 ) $ (111 ) $ 1,717  
                       

 

(In thousands)
  Balance at
December 31,
2010
  Additions   Cash
Payments
  Foreign
Exchange
and Other
Adjustments
  Balance at
September 30,
2011
 

Chlorovinyls

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 108   $ 634   $ (806 ) $ 132   $ 68  
 

Exit costs

    130     (1,149 )   236     1,144     361  

Building Products

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    1,168     (53 )   (191 )   (46 )   878  

Other:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    86     445     (260 )   (11 )   260  

Corporate

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    156             (6 )   150  
                       

Total

  $ 1,648   $ (123 ) $ (1,021 ) $ 1,213   $ 1,717  
                       

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3. RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Continued)

 

(In thousands)
  Balance at
June 30,
2010
  Additions   Cash
Payments
  Foreign
Exchange
and Other
Adjustments
  Balance at
September 30,
2010
 

Chlorovinyls

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 248   $   $ (163 ) $ 4   $ 89  
 

Exit costs

    167     141     (158 )   (7 )   143  

Building Products

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    1,524         (275 )   42     1,291  
 

Exit costs

                     

Other

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    567     (5 )   (86 )   14     490  
 

Exit costs

                     

Corporate

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

                     
                       

Total

  $ 2,506   $ 136   $ (682 ) $ 53   $ 2,013  
                       

 

(In thousands)
  Balance at
December 31,
2009
  Additions   Cash
Payments
  Foreign
Exchange
and Other
Adjustments
  Balance at
September 30,
2010
 

Chlorovinyls

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 1,030   $ 157   $ (1,154 ) $ 56   $ 89  
 

Exit costs

    1,976     (615 )   (1,080 )   (138 )   143  

Building Products

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    2,418     230     (1,402 )   45     1,291  
 

Exit costs

        55     (55 )        

Other:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    1,042     (153 )   (416 )   17     490  
 

Exit costs

    179     460     (639 )        

Corporate

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               
 

Involuntary termination benefits

    48             (48 )    
                       

Total

  $ 6,693   $ 134   $ (4,746 ) $ (68 ) $ 2,013  
                       

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4. INVENTORIES

        The major classes of inventories were as follows:

(In thousands)
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Raw materials

  $ 144,147   $ 98,815  

Work-in-progress and supplies

    5,383     5,104  

Finished goods

    211,204     157,316  
           

Inventories

  $ 360,734   $ 261,235  
           

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

        Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

(In thousands)
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Machinery and equipment

  $ 1,413,704   $ 1,395,455  

Land and land improvements

    88,164     89,042  

Buildings

    201,842     201,228  

Construction-in-progress

    31,158     21,573  
           

Property, plant and equipment, at cost

    1,734,868     1,707,298  

Accumulated depreciation

    (1,093,840 )   (1,054,161 )
           

Property, plant and equipment, net

  $ 641,028   $ 653,137  
           

6. OTHER ASSETS, NET

        Other assets, net of accumulated amortization, consisted of the following:

(In thousands)
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Advances for long-term purchase contracts

  $ 35,664   $ 49,204  

Investment in joint ventures

    6,914     9,691  

Debt issuance costs, net

    21,079     21,926  

Non-current assets held for sale

    14,750     14,151  

Other

    7,922     9,106  
           

Total other assets, net

  $ 86,329   $ 104,078  
           

        The decrease in Advances for long-term purchase contracts is the result of amortizing the prepayments usage over the terms of the related contracts.

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7. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

        In February 2011, we acquired Exterior Portfolio which is now part of our building products segment. We have estimated the fair market value of the acquired assets and liabilities and a preliminary allocation of the net purchase price to goodwill and other intangible assets as follows: $25.5 million to customer relationships, $5.5 million to technology, $4.5 million to trade names, and the remaining $5.7 million was attributed to goodwill.

        Goodwill.    The following table provides the detail of goodwill at December 31, 2010 and the changes made to goodwill by reportable segment during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

(In thousands)
  Chlorovinyls   Building
Products
  Total  

Gross goodwill at December 31, 2010

  $ 245,266   $ 152,058   $ 397,324  

Accumulated impairment losses at December 31, 2010

    (55,487 )   (132,206 )   (187,693 )
               

Net goodwill at December 31, 2010

  $ 189,779   $ 19,852   $ 209,631  
               

Gross goodwill at December 31, 2010

  $ 245,266   $ 152,058   $ 397,324  

Preliminary addition from acquisition

        5,702     5,702  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    (4,821 )       (4,821 )
               

Gross goodwill at September 30, 2011

    240,445     157,760     398,205  

Accumulated impairment losses at September 30, 2011

    (55,487 )   (132,206 )   (187,693 )
               

Net goodwill at September 30, 2011

  $ 184,958   $ 25,554   $ 210,512  
               

        Indefinite-lived intangible assets.    At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, our indefinite-lived assets consisted only of trade names. The following table provides the indefinite-lived intangible assets by reporting segment as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and the changes to indefinite-lived intangible assets during the nine months ending September 30, 2011.

(In thousands)
  Chlorovinyls   Building
Products
  Total  

Balance at December 31, 2010

  $ 372   $ 4,247   $ 4,619  

Preliminary addition from acquisition

        4,500     4,500  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    (16 )   (91 )   (107 )
               

Balance at September 30, 2011

  $ 356   $ 8,656   $ 9,012  
               

        Finite-lived intangible assets.    At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we also had customer relationship and technology intangible assets that relate to our building products segment, which are our only finite-lived intangible assets. As noted above, an additional $25.5 million attributable to customer relationships and $5.5 million attributable to technology relating to the Exterior Portfolio acquisition are included in the September 30, 2011 building products segment

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balances. The following tables provide the detail of finite-lived intangible assets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

(In thousands)
  Building
Products
 

Gross carrying amounts at September 30, 2011:

       
 

Customer relationships

  $ 36,922  
 

Technology

    17,367  
       
 

Total

    54,289  

Accumulated amortization at September 30, 2011:

       
 

Customer relationships

    (6,402 )
 

Technology

    (7,716 )
       
 

Total

    (14,118 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment and other at September 30, 2011:

       
 

Customer relationships

    (1,684 )
 

Technology

     
       
 

Total

    (1,684 )

Net carrying amounts at September 30, 2011:

       
 

Customer relationships

    28,836  
 

Technology

    9,651  
       
 

Total

  $ 38,487  
       

 

In thousands
  Building
Products
 

Gross carrying amounts at December 31, 2010:

       
 

Customer relationships

  $ 11,422  
 

Technology

    11,867  
       
 

Total

    23,289  

Accumulated amortization at December 31, 2010:

       
 

Customer relationships

    (5,199 )
 

Technology

    (6,674 )
       
 

Total

    (11,873 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment and other at December 31, 2010:

       
 

Customer relationships

    (1,684 )
 

Technology

     
       
 

Total

    (1,684 )

Net carrying amounts at December 31, 2010:

       
 

Customer relationships

    4,539  
 

Technology

    5,193  
       
 

Total

  $ 9,732  
       

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        The weighted average estimated useful life for the customer relationships is approximately 16 years. Technology has a weighted average estimated useful life of approximately 7 years. Amortization expense for the finite-lived intangible assets was $0.8 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, amortization expense was $2.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively. Total finite-lived intangible assets estimated annual amortization expense for the next five fiscal years is approximately $3.3 million per year.

        During the three months ended September 30, 2011 the Company's stock price and market capitalization fluctuated and at September 30, 2011 our market capitalization was less than the book value of our stockholders' equity. As a result we were required to evaluate our reporting units with goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible assets for impairments. Our reporting units within our building products segment have goodwill and other intangible asset balances of $72.7 million at September 30, 2011. In 2011, the North American housing and construction markets have remained anemic and current industry expectations vary significantly regarding the timing and pace of recovery. In the three months ended September 30, 2011, we do not believe there was any impairment but continued weakness in the North American housing and construction markets continues to challenge these reporting units. Further deterioration in the North American housing and construction markets or the use of different assumptions in our evaluations could yield materially different results.

8. LONG-TERM DEBT

        Long-term debt consisted of the following:

(In thousands)
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Senior secured ABL revolving credit facility due 2016

  $ 36,402   $  

9.0% senior secured notes due 2017

    497,365     497,085  

7.125% senior notes due 2013

        8,965  

9.5% senior notes due 2014

        13,162  

10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016

    41,454     41,412  

Lease financing obligation

    107,519     112,385  

Other

    16,929     16,933  
           

Total debt

    699,669     689,942  
 

Less current portion

    (66,384 )   (22,132 )
           

Long-term debt

  $ 633,285   $ 667,810  
           

        Our senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the "ABL Revolver") provides for a maximum of $300 million of revolving credit through January 2016, subject to borrowing base availability, including sub-limits for letters of credit and swing line loans. The borrowing base is equal to specified percentages of our eligible accounts receivable and inventories, less other reserves reasonably determined by the co-collateral agents. The borrowings under the ABL Revolver are generally secured by substantially all of our assets.

        On January 14, 2011, we entered into an amendment to the ABL Revolver. The amendment extended the maturity date of the ABL Revolver by two years to January 13, 2016, eliminated the $15 million availability block, reduced the unused commitment fees, reduced the applicable margins for

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borrowings under the ABL Revolver and amended the average excess availability amounts to which those margins apply.

        The weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the ABL Revolver was 4.7% and 5.1% as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the ABL Revolver, we are required to pay a commitment fee in respect of the unutilized commitments and we must also pay customary letter of credit fees equal to the applicable margin on London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") loans and agency fees.

        The ABL Revolver requires that if excess availability is less than $45 million we must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.10 to 1.00. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 excess availability was $247.9 million and $264.8 million, respectively. In addition, the ABL Revolver includes affirmative and negative covenants that, subject to significant exceptions, limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things: incur, assume or permit to exist additional indebtedness or guarantees; incur liens; make investments and loans; pay dividends, make payments on or redeem or repurchase capital stock; engage in mergers, acquisitions and asset sales; prepay, redeem or purchase certain indebtedness; amend or otherwise alter the terms of certain indebtedness; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and alter the business that we conduct.

        If at any time the aggregate amount of outstanding loans, unreimbursed letter of credit drawings and undrawn letters of credit under the ABL Revolver exceeds the lesser of (i) the commitment amount and (ii) the borrowing base, we will be required to repay outstanding loans and cash collateralize letters of credit in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, with no reduction of the commitment amount. If the amount available under the ABL Revolver is less than $60.0 million for a period of three consecutive business days or certain events of default have occurred, we will be required to deposit cash from our material deposit accounts (including all concentration accounts) daily in a collection account maintained with the administrative agent under the ABL Revolver, which will be used to repay outstanding loans and cash collateralize letters of credit. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $36.4 million and nil in outstanding principal borrowed under the ABL Revolver and had outstanding letters of credit totaling $15.7 million and $20.2 million, respectively.

        On April 4, 2011, we redeemed all of our 7.125% senior notes due 2013 and 9.5% senior notes due 2014 that remained outstanding for the aggregate principal amount of $22.2 million. In connection with the redemption of these notes, we incurred a $1.1 million loss during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 comprised of fees and unamortized discounts. On October 20, 2011, we redeemed all of our 10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016 at $105.375 per $100 face value of such notes, for an aggregate payment of $44.1 million, including early redemption costs, for a subsequent loss on early redemption of debt of approximately $3.3 million.

        On December 22, 2009, we issued $500.0 million principal amount of 9.0% senior secured notes due 2017 (the "9.0% senior secured notes"). Interest on these notes is payable January 15 and July 15 of each year. On or after January 15, 2014, we may redeem the notes in whole or in part, initially at 104.5% of their principal amount, and thereafter at prices declining annually to 100.0% on or after January 15, 2016. During any twelve- month period prior to January 15, 2014, we may make optional redemptions of up to 10 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the 9.0% senior secured notes at a redemption price of 103.0% of such principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, prior to January 15, 2013, we may redeem up to 35 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the 9.0% senior secured notes at a redemption price equal to 109.0% of such principal amount, plus

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any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, we may redeem some or all of the 9.0% senior secured notes at any time prior to January 15, 2014 at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus a make-whole premium and any accrued and unpaid interest. The 9.0% senior secured notes are generally secured by substantially all of our assets, and contain certain restrictive covenants including restrictions on debt incurrence, granting of liens, dividends, acquisitions and investments.

        As a result of our redemption of the 10.75% senior subordinated notes on October 20, 2011 we have classified them as current on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2011. In addition, we have a note payable of $16.9 million that will accrete to $18.2 million when it is due in January 2012 that we expect to repay prior to the end of 2011. Further, we expect to repay approximately $8.0 million of principal under our ABL Revolver over the next twelve months. Therefore, we have classified these debts as current in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2011.

        Lease Financing Obligation.    The lease financing obligation is the result of the sale and concurrent leaseback of certain land and buildings in Canada in 2007. In connection with this transaction, a collateralized letter of credit was issued in favor of the buyer lessor resulting in the transaction being recorded as a financing transaction rather than a sale for generally accepted accounting principle purposes. As a result, the land, building and related accounts continue to be recognized in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The future minimum lease payments under the terms of the related lease agreements at September 30, 2011 are $1.8 million for the remainder of 2011, $7.2 million in 2012, $7.4 million in 2013, $7.5 million in 2014, $7.7 million in 2015, and $9.8 million thereafter. The change in the future minimum lease payments from the December 31, 2010 balance is due to monthly payments and the change in the Canadian dollar exchange rate during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

        Legal Proceedings.    In August 2004 and January and February 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) conducted environmental investigations of our manufacturing facilities in Aberdeen, Mississippi and Plaquemine, Louisiana, respectively. The USEPA informed us that it identified several "areas of concern," and indicated that such areas of concern may, in its view, constitute violations of applicable requirements, thus warranting monetary penalties and possible injunctive relief. In lieu of pursuing such relief through its traditional enforcement process, the USEPA proposed that the parties enter into negotiations in an effort to reach a global settlement of the areas of concern and that such a global settlement cover our manufacturing facilities at Lake Charles, Louisiana and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as well. During the second quarter of 2006, we were informed by the USEPA that its regional office responsible for Oklahoma and Louisiana desired to pursue resolution of these matters on a separate track from the regional office responsible for Mississippi. During the second quarter of 2007, we reached agreement with the USEPA responsible for Mississippi on the terms and conditions of a consent decree that would settle USEPA's pending enforcement action against our Aberdeen, Mississippi facility. All parties have executed a consent decree setting forth the terms and conditions of the settlement. The consent decree has been approved by the federal district court in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the consent decree, we were required to, among other things; undertake certain other environmental improvement projects. While the cost of such remaining projects will likely exceed $1 million, we do not believe that the cost associated with these projects will have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

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        We have not yet achieved a settlement with the USEPA regional office responsible for Oklahoma and Louisiana. However, on November 17, 2009, we received a unilateral administrative order (UAO) from this USEPA regional office. The UAO, issued pursuant to Section 3013(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), requires us to undertake certain monitoring and assessment activities in and around several of our wastewater and storm water conveyance systems.

        We have also received several compliance orders and notices of potential penalties from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). On December 17, 2009, we received a Notice of Potential Penalty (NOPP) from LDEQ containing allegations of violations of Louisiana's hazardous waste management regulations. On October 7, 2010, we received a Consolidated Compliance Order (CCO) from LDEQ addressing the same allegations as were contained in the December 17, 2009 NOPP. On October 1, 2010, we received Consolidated Compliance Orders and Notices of Potential Penalties (CCONPPs) for both the Plaquemine, and Lake Charles, Louisiana facilities. These CCONPPs allege violations of reporting, recordkeeping, and other requirements contained in Louisiana's air pollution control regulations.

        Some of the allegations contained in these compliance orders and notices of potential penalties may potentially be similar to the "areas of concern" raised by USEPA that are discussed above. These compliance orders and notices of potential penalties do not identify specific penalty amounts. It is likely that any settlement, if achieved, will result in the imposition of monetary penalties, capital expenditures for installation of environmental controls and/or other relief. We are not able to forecast the total cost of any monetary penalties, environmental projects, or other relief that would be imposed in any settlement or order. While we expect that such costs will exceed $100,000, we do not expect that such costs will have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

        In addition, we are currently, and from time to time in the future expect that we will become, subject to other claims and legal actions that may arise in the ordinary course of business. We believe that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these other known claims and legal actions will not have a material effect on our financial position or on our results of operations.

        Environmental Regulation.    Our operations are subject to increasingly stringent federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental quality. These regulations, which are enforced principally by the USEPA and comparable state agencies and Canadian federal and provincial agencies, govern the management of solid hazardous waste, emissions into the air and discharges into surface and underground waters, and the manufacture of chemical substances. In addition to the matters involving environmental regulation above, we have the following potential environmental issues.

        In the first quarter of 2007, the USEPA informed us of possible noncompliance at our Aberdeen, Mississippi facility with certain provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Subsequently, we discovered possible non-compliance involving our Plaquemine, Louisiana and Pasadena, Texas facilities, which were then disclosed. We expect that all of these disclosures will be resolved in one settlement agreement with USEPA. While the penalties, if any, for such noncompliance may exceed $100,000, we do not expect that any penalties will have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

        There are several serious environmental issues concerning the VCM facility at Lake Charles, Louisiana we acquired from CONDEA Vista Company ("CONDEA Vista" is now Sasol North America, Inc.) on November 12, 1999. Substantial investigation of the groundwater at the site has been

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conducted, and groundwater contamination was first identified in 1981. Groundwater remediation through the installation of groundwater recovery wells began in 1984. The site currently contains an extensive network of monitoring wells and recovery wells. Investigation to determine the full extent of the contamination is ongoing. It is possible that offsite groundwater recovery will be required, in addition to groundwater monitoring. Soil remediation could also be required.

        Investigations are currently underway by federal environmental authorities concerning contamination of an estuary near the Lake Charles VCM facility we acquired known as the Calcasieu Estuary. It is likely that this estuary will be listed as a Superfund site and will be the subject of a natural resource damage recovery claim. It is estimated that there are about 200 Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) associated with the estuary contamination. CONDEA Vista is included among these parties with respect to its Lake Charles facilities, including the VCM facility we acquired. The estimated cost for investigation and remediation of the estuary is unknown and could be significant. Also, Superfund statutes may impose joint and several liabilities for the cost of investigations and remedial actions on any company that generated the waste, arranged for disposal of the waste, transported the waste to the disposal site, selected the disposal site, or presently or formerly owned, leased or operated the disposal site or a site otherwise contaminated by hazardous substances. Any or all of the responsible parties may be required to bear all of the costs of cleanup regardless of fault, legality of the original disposal or ownership of the disposal site. Currently, we discharge our wastewater to CONDEA Vista, which has a permit to discharge treated wastewater into the estuary.

        CONDEA Vista has agreed to retain responsibility for substantially all environmental liabilities and remediation activity relating to the Chlorovinyls business we acquired from it, including the Lake Charles, Louisiana VCM facility. For all matters of environmental contamination that were known at the time of acquisition (November 1999), we may make a claim for indemnification at any time. For environmental matters that were then unknown, we must generally have made such claims for indemnification before November 12, 2009. No such material claims were made.

        At our Lake Charles VCM facility, CONDEA Vista continued to conduct the ongoing remediation at its expense until November 12, 2009. We are now responsible for remediation costs up to about $150,000 of expense per year, as well as costs in any year in excess of this annual amount up to an aggregate one-time amount of about $2.3 million. At September 30, 2011, we had incurred an aggregate of approximately $1.4 million of such excess remediation costs. As part of our ongoing assessment of our environmental contingencies, we determined certain remediation costs to be probable and reasonably estimable and had a $3.0 million accrual in liabilities at September 30, 2011.

        CONDEA Vista is responsible for employee and independent contractor exposure claims before November 12, 2009, and we are responsible for exposures after November 12, 2009, on a pro rata basis determined by years of employment or service before and after November 12, 1999, by any claimant.

        In May 2008, we were informed that further efforts to remediate a spill of styrene reducer at our Royal Mouldings facility in Atkins, Virginia would be necessary. The spill was the result of a supply line rupture from an external holding tank. As a result of this spill, the facility entered into a voluntary remediation agreement with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality ("VDEQ") in August 2003 and began implementing the terms of the voluntary agreement shortly thereafter. In August 2007, the facility submitted a report on the progress of the remediation to the VDEQ. Subsequently, the VDEQ responded by indicating that continued remediation of the area impacted by the spill would be

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required. While the remaining remediation costs may exceed $100,000, we do not expect such costs will have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

        We believe that we are in material compliance with all current environmental laws and regulations. We estimate that any expenses incurred in maintaining compliance with these requirements will not materially affect earnings or cause us to exceed our level of anticipated capital expenditures. However, there can be no assurance that regulatory requirements will not change, and it is not possible to accurately predict the aggregate cost of compliance resulting from any such changes.

10. EARNINGS PER SHARE

        We calculate earnings per share in accordance with ASC subtopic 260-10, Earnings per Share, using the two-class method. The two-class method requires that share-based awards with non-forfeitable dividends be classified as participating securities. In calculating basic earnings per share, this method requires net income to be reduced by the amount of dividends declared in the period for each participating security and by the contractual amount of dividends or other participation payments that are paid or accumulated for the period. Undistributed earnings for the period are allocated to participating securities based on the contractual participation rights of the security to share in those current earnings assuming all earnings for the period are distributed. Recipients of certain of our restricted stock unit awards have contractual participation rights that are equivalent to those of common stockholders. Therefore, we allocate undistributed earnings to these restricted stock unit participating securities and common stock based on their respective participation percentage.

        The two-class method also requires the denominator to include the weighted average number of shares of restricted stock units participating securities when calculating basic earnings per share. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, there were 0.6 million and 0.8 million weighted average restricted stock units, participating securities, respectively, included in the denominator. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, there were 1.0 million and 1.1 million weighted average restricted stock units participating securities, respectively, included in the denominator. Diluted earnings per share also include the additional share equivalents from the assumed conversion of stock based awards including options and certain restricted stock units. Conversion of stock options is calculated using the treasury stock method, subject to anti-dilution provisions

        In computing diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, common stock equivalents of 0.3 million shares and 0.2 million shares, respectively, were not included due to their anti-dilutive effect. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, all common stock equivalents were excluded due to their anti-dilutive effect.

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        Computations of basic and diluted earnings per share are presented in the following table:

 
  Three months ended
September 30,
  Nine months ended
September 30,
 
In thousands, except per share data
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Basic earnings per share

                         

Undistributed income

  $ 34,358   $ 24,958   $ 61,073   $ 27,617  

Deduct: Undistributed earnings—Restricted stock units participating securities

    611     699     1,414     876  
                   

Common stockholders' interest in undistributed income

  $ 33,747   $ 24,259   $ 59,659   $ 26,741  
                   

Weighted average common shares—Basic

    34,165     33,894     34,036     33,779  

Total basic earnings per common share

  $ 0.99   $ 0.72   $ 1.75   $ 0.79  
                   

Diluted earnings per share

                         

Common stockholders' interest in undistributed income

  $ 33,747   $ 24,259   $ 59,659   $ 26,741  
                   

Weighted average common shares—Basic

    34,165     33,894     34,036     33,779  
 

Stock-based awards

    46         29      
                   

Weighted average common shares—Diluted

    34,211     33,894     34,065     33,779  
                   

Total diluted earnings per common share

  $ 0.99   $ 0.72   $ 1.75   $ 0.79  
                   

11. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

        On May 17, 2011, our shareholders approved the Georgia Gulf Corporation 2011 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the "2011 Plan"). Under the 2011 Plan, we are authorized to grant various stock compensation awards for up to 1,800,000 shares of our common stock to officers, employees and non-employee directors, among others. We have entered into various types of share-based payment arrangements with participants, including restricted stock unit awards and stock option grants. We issue previously unissued shares upon the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock units. As of September 30, 2011, there were 1,685,044 shares available for future grant to participants under our 2011 Plan. In connection with our adoption, and shareholder approval of, the 2011 Plan, we agreed to not grant additional stock-based compensation awards under our other equity compensation plans.

        Total after-tax share-based compensation cost by type of program was as follows:

 
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
 
(In thousands)
  2011   2010  

Restricted stock units expense

  $ 5,295   $ 1,959  

Stock options expense

    191     477  
           

Before-tax share-based compensation expense

    5,486     2,436  

Income tax benefit

    (1,683 )   (965 )
           

After-tax share-based compensation expense

  $ 3,803   $ 1,471  
           

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        The amount of share-based compensation cost capitalized in periods represented was not material.

        As of September 30, 2011 and 2010, we had approximately $6.2 million and $5.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation, which we will record in our statements of income over a weighted average recognition period of approximately two years. The total fair value of shares vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $5.2 million and $7.0 million, respectively.

        Stock Options.    During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, we did not grant any options to purchase shares. Stock option exercise prices are equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. Outstanding stock options vest over a three-year period from the date of grant and expire no more than ten years after the date of grant.

        A summary of stock option activity under all plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 is as follows:

 
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  
 
  Shares   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Terms (Years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
 
   
   
   
  (In thousands)
 

Outstanding on January 1, 2011

    155,693       $ 340.48        

Exercised

    (1,840 )       21.25        

Expired

    (6,980 )       422.50        

Forfeited

    (14,029 )       743.80        
                       

Outstanding on September 30, 2011

    132,844   5.9 years   $ 298.00   $ 7  
                       

Exercisable as of September 30, 2011

    114,748   5.6 years   $ 341.42   $ 5  

Vested or expected to vest as of September 30, 2011

    132,741   5.9 years   $ 298.21   $ 7  

        Stock-based Compensation Related to Stock Options.    The fair value of stock options granted has been estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The use of a valuation model requires us to make certain assumptions with respect to selected model inputs. We use the historical volatility for our stock, as we believe that historical volatility is more representative than implied volatility. The expected life of the awards is based on historical and other economic data trended into the future. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates appropriate for the terms of our awards. The dividend yield assumption is based on our history and expectation of dividend payouts. The use of a different model or different assumptions may result in a materially different valuation.

        Restricted Stock Units.    In May 2011, we granted performance restricted stock units ("PRSUs"), which are a form of restricted stock unit in which the number of shares ultimately earned depends on our stock price performance measured against specified performance targets. Following each vesting period, the number of PRSUs subject to award is determined by multiplying the target award by a percentage ranging from 0% to 150%. The percentage is based on predetermined performance metrics related to our stock price for the respective period. The PRSUs are included with all restricted stock units in all calculations.

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        During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, we granted 290,003 and 154,048 restricted stock units, respectively. The restricted stock units are expensed over the requisite service period for each award which generally equals the stated vesting period. The weighted average grant date fair value per share of restricted stock units granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $27.55 and $16.37, respectively, which is based on the stock price as of the date of grant or, in the case of the PRSUs, the fair value was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model. A summary of restricted stock units (including PRSUs) and related changes therein during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 is as follows:

 
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  
 
  Shares   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Terms (Years)
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
  Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
 
   
   
   
  (In thousands)
 

Outstanding on January 1, 2011

    909,358       $ 10.75        
 

Granted

    290,003         27.55        
 

Vested

    (399,212 )       10.57        
 

Forfeited

    (7,334 )       8.75        
                       

Outstanding on September 30, 2011

    792,815   2.5 Years   $ 17.00   $ 10,965  
                       

Vested or expected to vest as of September 30, 2011

    693,465   2.5 Years   $ 15.54   $ 9,591  

12. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS

        The following table provides the components for the net periodic benefit (income) for all of our pension plans:

 
  Three months ended
September 30,
  Nine months ended
September 30,
 
In thousands
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Components of net periodic benefit (income):

                         

Interest cost

  $ 1,819   $ 1,882   $ 5,523   $ 5,809  

Expected return on assets

    (2,387 )   (2,463 )   (7,156 )   (7,388 )

Amortization of:

                         
 

Prior service credit

    1     3     3     3  
 

Actuarial loss recognized due to settlement

              591      
 

Actuarial loss

    251     187     745     595  
                   

Total net periodic benefit (income)

  $ (316 ) $ (391 ) $ (294 ) $ (981 )
                   

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        Our major assumptions used to determine the net periodic benefit (income) for our U.S. pension plans are presented as follows:

 
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Discount rate

    5.55 %   6.00 %

Expected return on assets

    8.50 %   8.75 %

        The use of different estimates or assumptions could result in materially different determinations.

        In connection with the closure of our Sarnia, Ontario PVC resin manufacturing facility in December 2008, we decided to wind up the Canadian pension plan. All future benefit obligations for this pension plan were fully funded in February 2011 with a contribution in the amount of approximately $0.8 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, we made contributions of nil and $0.5 million, respectively, to the Canadian pension plan.

        For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, we made no contributions to the U.S. pension plan. We made contributions in the form of direct benefit payments for the U.S. pension plans in the nine months ended for both September 30, 2011 and 2010 of approximately $0.4 million, respectively. There were no contributions in the form of direct benefit payment to the U.S. pension plans in either of the three month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

13. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME INFORMATION

        Our comprehensive income includes foreign currency translation of assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries, effects of exchange rate changes on intercompany balances of a long-term nature, unrealized gains and losses on derivative financial instruments designated as cash flow hedges, and adjustments to pension liabilities as required. The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss and total comprehensive income are shown as follows:

Accumulated other comprehensive loss—net of tax

In thousands
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Unrealized (loss) gain on derivative contracts

  $ (144 ) $ 264  

Pension liability adjustment

    (26,297 )   (27,641 )

Currency translation adjustment

    18,527     27,167  
           
 

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss

  $ (7,914 ) $ (210 )
           

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        The components of total comprehensive income are as follows:

Total comprehensive income

 
  Three months ended
September 30,
  Nine months ended
September 30,
 
In thousands
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Net income

  $ 34,358   $ 24,958   $ 61,073   $ 27,617  

Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts

    231     (787 )   (408 )   (432 )

Pension liability adjustment

    201     133     1,344     386  

Currency translation adjustment

    (13,476 )   4,234     (8,640 )   2,560  
                   
 

Total comprehensive income

  $ 21,314   $ 28,538   $ 53,369   $ 30,131  
                   

14. INCOME TAXES

        Our effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 were 9.3% and 18.1%, respectively, as compared to 30.7% and 0.4%, as reported for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. The difference in the rate as compared to the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate in 2011 and 2010 was primarily due to the release of the valuation allowance that results from utilization of Canadian net operating losses and the resolution of uncertain tax positions.

Liability for Unrecognized Income Tax Benefits

        As of September 30, 2011, our liability for unrecognized income tax benefits was approximately $39.4 million. Of this amount, approximately $20.8 million relates to accrued interest and penalties. If not realized, all of this amount would affect our effective tax rate. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recognized approximately $0.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively of additional interest expense in our income tax provision related to our liability for unrecognized income tax benefits. Our liability for unrecognized income tax benefits decreased during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2011, primarily as the result of the resolution of uncertain tax positions acquired with Royal Group, primarily in Canada, and foreign currency translation adjustments, offset by the accrual of additional interest expense related to our liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits.

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        A reconciliation of the liability for unrecognized tax benefits for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 is set forth in the table below:

(In thousands)
  Three months
ended
September 30,
2011
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
2011
 

Balance as of beginning of the period

  $ 52,975   $ 53,315  
 

Additions for current year tax positions

    14     14  
 

Additions for prior year tax positions

    351     1,208  
 

Reductions for prior year tax positions

    (7,877 )   (7,898 )
 

Settlements

    (2,952 )   (2,952 )
 

Reductions related to expirations of statute of limitations

    (24 )   (2,534 )
 

Foreign currency translation

    (3,067 )   (1,733 )
           

Balance as of the end of the period

  $ 39,420   $ 39,420  
           

15. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

        Financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, long-term debt, and commodity forward purchase contracts. The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value because of the nature of such instruments. The fair values of our 9.0% senior secured notes are based on quoted market values. Due to limited trading activity for our 7.125% senior notes due 2013, our 9.5% senior notes due 2014, and our 10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016, the fair values of those notes were historically estimated based on a weighted average of trading activity before and after the applicable reporting date. Our ABL Revolver is fair valued using comparable recent third party transactions. Our natural gas forward purchase contracts are fair valued with Level 2 inputs based on quoted market values for similar but not identical financial instruments.

        The FASB ASC 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These levels, in order of highest to lowest priority are described below:

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  September 30, 2011   December 31, 2010  
(In thousands)
  Carrying
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Carrying
Amount
  Fair
Value
 

Level 1:

                         

Long-term debt:

                         
 

9.0% senior secured notes due 2017

  $ 497,365   $ 514,375   $ 497,085   $ 538,750  

Level 2:

                         

Long-term debt:

                         
 

10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016

    41,454     44,106     41,412     43,644  
 

7.125% senior notes due 2013

            8,965     8,885  
 

9.5% senior notes due 2014

            13,162     13,235  
 

ABL Revolver due 2016

    36,402     36,402          

Derivative instruments:

                         
 

Natural gas forward purchase contracts liability (asset)

    230     230     (425 )   (425 )

16. SEGMENT INFORMATION

        We have three reportable segments through which we manage our operating activities: (i) chlorovinyls; (ii) building products; and (iii) aromatics. These three segments reflect the organization used by our management for internal reporting. The chlorovinyls segment consists of a highly integrated chain of electrovinyl products, which includes chlorine, caustic soda, VCM and vinyl resins, and our compound products consisting of compound additives and vinyl compounds. Our vinyl-based building and home improvement products, including window and door profiles and mouldings products and outdoor building products consisting of siding, pipe and pipe fittings and deck, fence and rail products are marketed under the Royal brand names, and are managed within the building products segment. The aromatics segment is also integrated and includes cumene and the co-products phenol and acetone.

        Earnings of our segments exclude interest income and expense, unallocated corporate expenses and general plant services, and provision for income taxes. Transactions between operating segments are valued at market based prices. The revenues generated by these transfers are provided in the following table.

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        The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2010 Annual Report.

(In thousands)
  Chlorovinyls   Aromatics   Building
Products
  Eliminations,
Unallocated
and Other
  Total  

Three months ended September 30, 2011:

                               
 

Net sales

  $ 347,195   $ 319,906   $ 262,535   $   $ 929,636  
 

Intersegment revenues

    63,741             (63,741 )    
 

Restructuring expense

            1         1  
 

Operating income (loss)

    46,261     1,689     14,313     (7,848 )   54,415  
 

Depreciation and amortization

    14,730     384     10,231     1,118     26,463  

Three months ended September 30, 2010:

                               
 

Net sales

  $ 316,749   $ 218,386   $ 222,907   $   $ 758,042  
 

Intersegment revenues

    63,715         141     (63,856 )    
 

Restructuring expense (income)

    141         (5 )       136  
 

Operating income (loss)

    46,137     12,072     5,567     (10,550 )   53,226  
 

Depreciation and amortization

    15,012     337     8,783     1,279     25,411  

 

(In thousands)
  Chlorovinyls   Aromatics   Building
Products
  Eliminations,
Unallocated
and Other
  Total  

Nine months ended September 30, 2011:

                               
 

Net sales

  $ 997,177   $ 857,912   $ 694,195   $   $ 2,549,284  
 

Intersegment revenues

    198,441         3     (198,444 )    
 

Restructuring expense (income)

    (515 )       392         (123 )
 

Operating income (loss)

    121,826     14,024     19,138     (28,422 )   126,566  
 

Depreciation and amortization

    43,912     1,097     29,980     3,316     78,305  

Nine months ended September 30, 2010:

                               
 

Net sales

  $ 905,271   $ 600,720   $ 619,207   $   $ 2,125,198  
 

Intersegment revenues

    199,972         141     (200,113 )    
 

Restructuring expense (income)

    (322 )       593         271  
 

Operating income (loss)

    73,681     13,935     20,632     (27,602 )   80,646  
 

Depreciation and amortization

    44,715     1,067     25,963     3,776     75,521  

Sales by Product Line

        The table below summarizes net sales by product line. Our electrovinyls products are primarily comprised of chlorine/caustic soda, VCM and vinyl resins. Our compound products are comprised of

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vinyl compounds, compound additives and plasticizers. Our outdoor building products are comprised of siding, pipe and pipe fittings, and deck, fence, and rail products.

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(In thousands)
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Chlorovinyls

                         

Electrovinyl products

  $ 235,771   $ 219,253   $ 664,333   $ 610,077  

Compound products

    111,424     97,496     332,844     295,194  
                   
 

Total

    347,195     316,749     997,177     905,271  
                   

Aromatics

                         

Cumene products

    191,683     139,887     510,493     398,794  

Phenol/acetone products

    128,223     78,499     347,419     201,926  
                   
 

Total

    319,906     218,386     857,912     600,720  
                   

Building Products

                         

Window & Door Profiles and Moulding products

    94,362     93,774     255,170     266,662  

Outdoor Building products

    168,173     129,133     439,025     352,545  
                   
 

Total

    262,535     222,907     694,195     619,207  
                   

Total net sales

  $ 929,636   $ 758,042   $ 2,549,284   $ 2,125,198  
                   

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION

        Georgia Gulf Corporation is in essence a holding company for all of its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries. Our payment obligations under the indenture for our 9.0% senior secured notes are guaranteed by Georgia Gulf Lake Charles, LLC, Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLC, Royal Mouldings Limited, Royal Plastics Group (USA) Limited, Rome Delaware Corporation, Plastic Trends, Inc., Royal Group Sales (USA) Limited, Royal Outdoor Products, Inc., Royal Window and Door Profiles Plant 13 Inc., Royal Window and Door Profiles Plant 14 Inc., and Exterior Portfolio LLC, all of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Guarantor Subsidiaries") of Georgia Gulf Corporation. The guarantees are full, unconditional and joint and several. Investments in subsidiaries in the following tables reflect investments in wholly owned entities within Georgia Gulf Corporation. The Company's Guarantor Subsidiaries and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (defined below) are not consistent with the Company's business groups or geographic operations; accordingly this basis of presentation is not included to present the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows for any purpose other than to comply with the specific requirements for subsidiary guarantor reporting. We are required to present condensed consolidating financial information in order for the subsidiary guarantors of the Company's public debt to be exempt from certain reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        The following condensed consolidating balance sheet information, statements of operations information and statements of cash flows information present the combined financial statements of the parent company, and the combined financial statements of our Guarantor Subsidiaries and our remaining subsidiaries (the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries"). Separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented because we have determined that they would not be material to investors.

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Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet Information
September 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Assets

                               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $   $ 29,008   $ 16,302   $   $ 45,310  

Receivables, net

        769,353     98,751     (456,175 )   411,929  

Inventories

        260,565     100,169         360,734  

Prepaid expenses

    33     11,888     3,852         15,773  

Income tax receivable

        115     441         556  

Deferred income taxes

        9,223             9,223  
                       
 

Total current assets

    33     1,080,152     219,515     (456,175 )   843,525  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    748     422,799     217,481         641,028  

Long term receivables—affiliates

    437,815             (437,815 )    

Goodwill

        103,275     107,237         210,512  

Intangibles, net

        45,121     2,378         47,499  

Deferred income taxes

            5,845         5,845  

Other assets

    17,866     59,590     8,873         86,329  

Investment in Subsidiaries

    1,189,062             (1,189,062 )    
                       
 

Total assets

  $ 1,645,524   $ 1,710,937   $ 561,329   $ (2,083,052 ) $ 1,834,738  
                       

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

                               

Current portion of long-term debt

  $ 66,384   $   $   $   $ 66,384  

Accounts payable

    440,339     234,712     37,191     (446,775 )   265,467  

Interest payable

    12,754         43         12,797  

Income taxes payable

    (1,214 )   4,006     1,504         4,296  

Accrued compensation

    758     11,671     11,685         24,114  

Liability for unrecognized income tax benefits and other tax reserves

        816             816  

Other accrued liabilites

    419     36,469     26,213         63,101  
                       
 

Total current liabilities

    519,440     287,674     76,636     (446,775 )   436,975  

Long-term debt

    520,964         112,321         633,285  

Long-term payables—affiliates

            447,215     (447,215 )    

Liability for unrecognized income tax benefits

        7,302     27,012         34,314  

Deferred income taxes

    12,501     175,220             187,721  

Other non-current liabilities

    91,165     42,736     2,295     (95,207 )   40,989  
                       
 

Total liabilities

    1,144,070     512,932     665,479     (989,197 )   1,333,284  
                       

Total stockholders' equity (deficit)

    501,454     1,198,005     (104,150 )   (1,093,855 )   501,454  
                       
 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 1,645,524   $ 1,710,937   $ 561,329   $ (2,083,052 ) $ 1,834,738  
                       

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December 31, 2010
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Cash and cash equivalents

  $   $ 93,681   $ 29,077   $   $ 122,758  

Receivables, net

    72     580,625     66,537     (379,572 )   267,662  

Inventories

        174,231     87,004         261,235  

Prepaid expenses

    147     12,712     3,747         16,606  

Income tax receivable

        844     55         899  

Deferred income taxes

        7,266             7,266  
                       
 

Total current assets

    219     869,359     186,420     (379,572 )   676,426  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    228     413,137     239,772         653,137  

Long term receivables—affiliates

    457,500             (457,500 )    

Goodwill

        97,572     112,059         209,631  

Intangible assets, net

        11,875     2,476         14,351  

Deferred income taxes

            8,078         8,078  

Other assets

    18,572     75,416     10,090         104,078  

Investment in subsidiaries

    1,081,369             (1,081,369 )    
                       
 

Total assets

  $ 1,557,888   $ 1,467,359   $ 558,895   $ (1,918,441 ) $ 1,665,701  
                       

Current portion of long-term debt

  $ 22,128   $ 4   $   $   $ 22,132  

Accounts payable

    375,604     112,422     24,185     (379,572 )   132,639  

Interest payable

    22,528         30         22,558  

Income taxes payable

        1,683     1,227         2,910  

Accrued compensation

        23,863     14,519         38,382  

Liability for unrecognized income tax benefits and other tax reserves

        2,897     5,925         8,822  

Other accrued liabilities

    419     23,162     24,955         48,536  
                       
 

Total current liabilities

    420,679     164,031     70,841     (379,572 )   275,979  

Long-term debt

    555,425         112,385         667,810  

Long-term payables—affiliates

            457,500     (457,500 )    

Liability for unrecognized income tax benefits

        6,919     39,965         46,884  

Deferred income taxes

    19,144     170,661             189,805  

Other non-current liabilities

    118,048     44,379     2,913     (124,709 )   40,631  
                       
 

Total liabilities

    1,113,296     385,990     683,604     (961,781 )   1,221,109  
                       

Total stockholders' equity (deficit)

    444,592     1,081,369     (124,709 )   (956,660 )   444,592  
                       
 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 1,557,888   $ 1,467,359   $ 558,895   $ (1,918,441 ) $ 1,665,701  
                       

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION (Continued)

Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income Information
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net sales

  $   $ 794,512   $ 178,685   $ (43,561 ) $ 929,636  

Operating costs and expenses:

                               
 

Cost of sales

        726,966     148,403     (43,561 )   831,808  
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    7,011     20,800     15,601         43,412  
 

Restructuring expense

        1             1  
                       
   

Total operating costs and expenses

    7,011     747,767     164,004     (43,561 )   875,221  
                       

Operating (loss) income

    (7,011 )   46,745     14,681         54,415  
                       

Other (expense) income

                               
 

Interest (expense) income, net

    (19,160 )   8,683     (6,226 )       (16,703 )
 

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

    (57 )   25     192         160  
 

Equity in income of subsidiaries

    61,069     1,650         (62,719 )    
                       

Income before income taxes

    34,841     57,103     8,647     (62,719 )   37,872  
                       

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

    483     10,777     (7,746 )       3,514  
                       

Net income

  $ 34,358   $ 46,326   $ 16,393   $ (62,719 ) $ 34,358  
                       

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION (Continued)

Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income Information
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net sales

  $ 4,360   $ 630,738   $ 173,135   $ (50,191 ) $ 758,042  

Operating costs and expenses:

                               
 

Cost of sales

        563,174     143,896     (45,832 )   661,238  
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    4,754     24,088     18,959     (4,359 )   43,442  
 

Restructuring expense

            136           136  
                       

Total operating costs and expenses

    4,754     587,262     162,991     (50,191 )   704,816  
                       

Operating (loss) income

    (394 )   43,476     10,144         53,226  

Other (expense) income:

                               
 

Interest (expense) income, net

    (17,030 )   5,247     (5,550 )       (17,333 )
 

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

    143     (2 )   (25 )       116  
 

Equity in income of subsidiaries

    100,667     997         (101,664 )    
                       
 

Income before income taxes

    83,386     49,718     4,569     (101,664 )   36,009  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

    58,428     (41,979 )   (5,398 )       11,051  
                       

Net income

  $ 24,958   $ 91,697   $ 9,967   $ (101,664 ) $ 24,958  
                       

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION (Continued)

Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income Information
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net sales

  $   $ 2,177,274   $ 519,026   $ (147,016 ) $ 2,549,284  

Operating costs and expenses:

                               
 

Cost of sales

        2,001,477     438,300     (147,016 )   2,292,761  
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    25,828     55,696     48,556         130,080  
 

Restructuring (income) expense

        (1,132 )   1,009         (123 )
                       
   

Total operating costs and expenses

    25,828     2,056,041     487,865     (147,016 )   2,422,718  
                       

Operating (loss) income

    (25,828 )   121,233     31,161         126,566  

Other (expense) income

                               
 

Interest (expense) income, net

    (56,686 )   24,851     (18,257 )       (50,092 )
 

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

    (21 )   70     (829 )       (780 )
 

Loss on early redemption of debt

    (1,100 )               (1,100 )
 

Equity (loss) in income of subsidiaries

    129,548     (355 )       (129,193 )    
                       

Income before income taxes

    45,913     145,799     12,075     (129,193 )   74,594  
                       

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

    (15,160 )   38,681     (10,000 )       13,521  
                       

Net income

  $ 61,073   $ 107,118   $ 22,075   $ (129,193 ) $ 61,073  
                       

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION (Continued)

Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income Information
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net sales

  $ 12,456   $ 1,790,487   $ 479,791   $ (157,536 ) $ 2,125,198  

Operating costs and expenses:

                               
 

Cost of sales

        1,671,110     400,357     (145,080 )   1,926,387  
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    18,735     63,605     48,010     (12,456 )   117,894  
 

Restructuring expense (income)

        592     (321 )         271  
                       

Total operating costs and expenses

    18,735     1,735,307     448,046     (157,536 )   2,044,552  
                       

Operating (loss) income

    (6,279 )   55,180     31,745         80,646  

Other (expense) income:

                               
 

Interest (expense) income, net

    (55,501 )   18,566     (15,657 )       (52,592 )
 

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

    73         (391 )       (318 )
 

Equity in income of subsidiaries

    89,059     2,437         (91,496 )    
                       
 

Income before income taxes

    27,352     76,183     15,697     (91,496 )   27,736  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

    (265 )   9,052     (8,668 )       119  
                       

Net income

  $ 27,617   $ 67,131   $ 24,365   $ (91,496 ) $ 27,617  
                       

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION (Continued)

Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows Information
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 61,249   $ (28,523 ) $ (12,521 ) $   $ 20,205  
                       

Cash flows from investing activities:

                               
 

Capital expenditures

    (600 )   (37,143 )   (6,504 )       (44,247 )
 

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

        301     25         326  
 

Acquisition, net of cash acquired

        (71,371 )           (71,371 )
                       

Net cash used in investing activities

    (600 )   (108,213 )   (6,479 )       (115,292 )
                       

Cash flows from financing activities:

                               
 

Repayments on ABL Revolver

    (382,300 )       (33,267 )       (415,567 )
 

Borrowings on ABL Revolver

    413,900         38,605         452,505  
 

Repayment of long-term debt

    (22,913 )   (4 )           (22,917 )
 

Fees paid to amend or issue debt facilities and equity

    (863 )       (617 )       (1,480 )
 

Intercompany financing to fund acquisition

    (72,067 )   72,067              
 

Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements

    3,555                 3,555  
 

Stock compensation plan activity

    39                 39  
                       

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (60,649 )   72,063     4,721         16,135  
                       

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

            1,504         1,504  
                       

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

        (64,673 )   (12,775 )       (77,448 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

        93,681     29,077         122,758  
                       

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $   $ 29,008   $ 16,302   $   $ 45,310  
                       

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Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

17. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION (Continued)

Georgia Gulf Corporation and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows Information
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
(Unaudited)

(In thousands)
  Parent
Company
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Consolidated  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 20,211   $ 22,452   $ (4,144 ) $   $ 38,519  
                       

Cash flows from investing activities:

                               

Capital expenditures

        (22,403 )   (9,396 )       (31,799 )

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment, and assets held-for sale

            1,603         1,603  
                       

Net cash used in investing activities

        (22,403 )   (7,793 )       (30,196 )

Cash flows from financing activities:

                               

Repayments on ABL revolver

    (430,943 )       (50,266 )       (481,209 )

Borrowings on ABL revolver

    410,143         62,065         472,208  

Repayment of long-term debt

        (33 )           (33 )

Stock compensation plan activity

    (145 )               (145 )

Fees paid to amend or issue debt facilities

    (3,267 )       82         (3,185 )

Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements

    4,001                 4,001  
                       

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (20,211 )   (33 )   11,881         (8,363 )
                       

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

            (107 )       (107 )
                       

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

        16     (163 )       (147 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

        24,880     13,917         38,797  
                       

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $   $ 24,896   $ 13,754   $   $ 38,650  
                       

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Item 2.    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

        We are a leading North American manufacturer and an international marketer of chlorovinyls and aromatics chemicals and also manufacture and market vinyl-based building and home improvement products. Our chlorovinyls and aromatic chemicals products are sold for further processing into a wide variety of end-use applications, including plastic pipe and pipe fittings, siding and window frames, bonding agents for wood products, high-quality plastics, acrylic sheeting and coatings for wire and cable. Our building products segment manufactures window and door profiles, mouldings, siding, pipe and pipe fittings and deck, fence, and rail products and markets vinyl-based building and home improvement products under the Royal Building Products brand names.

        We have three reportable segments through which we manage our operating activities: (i) chlorovinyls; (ii) building products; and (iii) aromatics. These three segments reflect the organization used by our management for internal reporting. The chlorovinyls segment consists of a highly integrated chain of electrovinyl products, which includes chlorine, caustic soda, VCM and vinyl resins, and our compound products consisting of compound additives and vinyl compounds. Our vinyl-based building and home improvement products, including window and door profiles and mouldings products and outdoor building products consisting of siding, pipe and pipe fittings and deck, fence and rail products are marketed under the Royal Building Products brand names, and are managed within the building products segment. The aromatics segment is also integrated and includes cumene and the co-products phenol and acetone.

Acquisition

        On February 9, 2011, we acquired Exterior Portfolio by Crane from the Crane Group. Exterior Portfolio, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of siding products with 2010 revenues of approximately $100.0 million. Exterior Portfolio markets siding and related accessories under the CraneBoard®, Portsmouth Shake®, Solid Core Siding® and Architectural Essentials™ brand names. The aggregate cash consideration paid was $71.4 million and was funded with cash on hand. Exterior Portfolio's financial results are reported in the building products segment, and are included from the date of the acquisition.

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Results of Operations

        The following table sets forth our condensed consolidated statement of operations data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and the percentage of net sales of each line item for the three and nine months presented. Totals may not add due to rounding.

 
  Three months ended   Nine months ended  
(Dollars in Millions)
  September 30,
2011
  September 30,
2010
  September 30,
2011
  September 30,
2010
 

Net sales

  $ 929.6     100 % $ 758.0     100 % $ 2,549.3     100 % $ 2,125.2     100 %

Cost of sales

    831.8     89.5 %   661.2     87.2 %   2,292.8     89.9 %   1,926.4     90.6 %
                                   

Gross margin

    97.8     10.5 %   96.8     12.8 %   256.5     10.1 %   198.8     9.4 %

Selling, general and administrative expense

    43.4     4.6 %   43.4     5.7 %   130.1     5.21 %   117.9     5.5 %

Restructuring expense (income)

        %   0.1     %   (0.1 )   %   0.3     %
                                   

Operating income

    54.4     5.9 %   53.2     7.0 %   126.6     4.9 %   80.6     3.8 %

Interest expense, net

    (16.7 )   (1.8 )%   (17.3 )   (2.3 )%   (50.1 )   (2.0 )%   (52.6 )   (2.5 )%

Loss on early redemption of debt

        %       %   (1.1 )   %       %

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

    0.2     %   0.1     %   (0.8 )   %   (0.3 )   %

Provision for income taxes

    3.5     0.4 %   11.1     1.5 %   13.5     0.5 %   0.1     %
                                   

Net income

  $ 34.4     3.7 % $ 25.0     3.3 % $ 61.1     2.4 % $ 27.6     1.3 %
                                   

        The following table sets forth certain financial data by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the percentage of total net sales by segment for each sales item and operating income by segment. Totals may not add due to rounding.

 
  Three months ended   Nine months ended  
(Dollars in Millions)
  September 30,
2011
  September 30,
2010
  September 30,
2011
  September 30,
2010
 

Net sales

                                                 
 

Chlorovinyls

  $ 347.2     37.4 % $ 316.7     41.8 % $ 997.2     39.1 % $ 905.3     42.6 %
 

Building products

    262.5     28.2 %   222.9     29.4 %   694.2     27.2 %   619.2     29.1 %
 

Aromatics

    319.9     34.4 %   218.4     28.8 %   857.9     33.7 %   600.7     28.3 %
                                   

Total net sales

  $ 929.6     100.0 % $ 758.0     100.0 % $ 2,549.3     100.0 % $ 2,125.2     100.0 %
                                   

Operating income (loss)

                                                 
 

Chlorovinyls

  $ 46.3         $ 46.1         $ 121.8         $ 73.7        
 

Building products

    14.3           5.6           19.1           20.6        
 

Aromatics

    1.7           12.1           14.0           13.9        
 

Unallocated corporate

    (7.9 )         (10.6 )         (28.3 )         (27.6 )      
                                           

Total operating income

  $ 54.4         $ 53.2         $ 126.6         $ 80.6        
                                           

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared With Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

        Net Sales.    For the three months ended September 30, 2011, net sales totaled $929.6 million, an increase of 23 percent compared to $758.0 million for the same quarter last year. The net sales increase was primarily a result of an increase in our overall average sales price of 28 percent (or 27 percent on a constant currency basis) offset by a decrease in our sales volumes of 4 percent as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010. Our overall average sales price increase was primarily a result of increases in the sales prices of our chlorovinyls and aromatics products. The sales price increases reflect higher costs for our raw materials. Our overall sales volume decrease was mainly attributable to reduced demand from export sales due to the weak global economy and weak North American housing and construction markets, offset partially by the additional sales from the Exterior Portfolio acquisition.

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U.S. housing starts decreased 2 percent from the nine months ended September 2010 to the same period of this year according to report furnished jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued in October 2011.

        Gross Margin.    Total gross margin percentage decreased to 11 percent of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2011 from 13 percent of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2010. This decrease in gross margin percentage was primarily due to a decline in the aromatics segment's gross margin as increases in our feedstock costs more than offset increases in our sales prices. The $1.0 million gross margin increase was primarily due to our overall average sales price increase, additional sales from the acquisition of Exterior Portfolio and a favorable Canadian dollar currency impact, all of which more than offset an increase in our raw material costs and lower sales volumes. Our primary feedstocks and natural gas costs in our chlorovinyls and aromatics segments normally track industry prices. Chemical Market Associates, Incorporated ("CMAI") reported an increase in feedstock prices of 58 percent for ethylene, 4 percent for chlorine, 37 percent for benzene, and 53 percent for propylene from the third quarter of 2010 to the third quarter of 2011.

        Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.    Selling, general and administrative expenses were flat at $43.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. This was primarily due to a $4.9 million decrease in performance based incentive compensation, which was partially offset by $3.8 million of additional selling, general and administrative expenses related to the Exterior Portfolio acquisition in our building products segment and $0.9 million in unfavorable currency impact on our costs in Canada resulting from the strengthening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar.

        Interest Expense, net.    Interest expense, net decreased to $16.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 from $17.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. This interest expense, net decrease of $0.6 million was primarily attributable to lower interest rates during the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter last year.

        Provision for Income Taxes.    The provision for income taxes was $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $11.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The change in the provision for income taxes resulted primarily from the increase in income offset by resolution of uncertain tax positions. Our effective income tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 9.3 percent and 30.7 percent, respectively. The difference in the effective tax rate as compared to the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate in both 2011 and 2010 was primarily due to the release of the valuation allowance that resulted from the use of Canadian net operating losses, and a tax benefit from the resolution of uncertain tax positions.

Chlorovinyls Segment

        Net Sales.    Net sales totaled $347.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 10 percent compared with net sales of $316.7 million for the same quarter last year primarily from our electrovinyl products group. Our overall average sales price increased 27 percent as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010, while our overall sales volume decreased 14 percent. Our overall average sales price increased primarily due to vinyl resins sales price increases of 25 percent and caustic soda price increases of 46 percent. The vinyl resins sales price increase reflects higher prices for the feedstocks ethylene and chlorine. According to CMAI, the caustic soda industry sales price increased 50 percent from the third quarter of 2010 to the third quarter of this year. The caustic soda sales price increase was primarily attributable to global supply issues and an increase in industrial demand. Our overall sales volume decrease of 14 percent was mainly attributable to reduced demand for our vinyl resin exports due to the weak global economy. According to the American Chemistry Council Plastics Industry Producers Statistics Group ("PIPS") in September 2011, North American vinyl resin industry sales volume increased 1 percent as a result of an increase in exports of 12 percent, offset by a decrease in domestic sales volume of 6 percent. Our caustic soda

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sales volume decreased 9 percent as we experienced plant operational issues during the third quarter of 2011.

        Operating Income.    Operating income increased by $0.2 million to $46.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 from $46.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. This increase was due to an increase in vinyl resins and caustic soda sales prices, partially offset by an increase in raw material costs and lower sales volume. Our overall feedstocks and natural gas costs in the third quarter of 2011 increased 26 percent compared to the third quarter of 2010. CMAI reported industry price increases for our primary feedstocks of 58 percent for ethylene and 4 percent for chlorine as compared to the third quarter of 2010. Our chlorovinyls operating rate was flat at about 85 percent for the third quarter of 2011 and 2010.

Building Products Segment

        Net Sales.    Net sales totaled $262.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 18 percent (or 14 percent on a constant currency basis), compared to $222.9 million for the same quarter last year. The net sales increase was driven primarily by the benefit of the acquisition of Exterior Portfolio in February 2011. After adjusting for the impact of the acquisition, sales volume declined 1 percent in the quarter ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same quarter last year as we experienced softer demand in Canada across a number of our building product lines. According to PIPS industry data for our products, North America extruded vinyl resin volumes decreased 7 percent during the quarter ended September 30, 2011. For the quarter ended September 30, 2011, our building products segment geographical sales weighting was Canadian sales of 53 percent compared to U.S. sales of 47 percent.

        Operating Income.    Operating income of $14.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, significantly grew by $8.7 million from operating income of $5.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase in operating income was due to improved conversion costs, lower selling, general and administrative costs and the addition of Exterior Portfolio offset, in part, by higher raw material costs and a less favorable geographic and product sales mix.

        Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.    During the three months ended September 30, 2011 the Company's stock price and market capitalization fluctuated and at September 30, 2011 our market capitalization was less than the book value of our stockholders' equity. As a result we were required to evaluate our reporting units with goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible assets for impairments. Our reporting units within our building products segment have goodwill and other intangible asset balances of $72.7 million at September 30, 2011. In 2011, the North American housing and construction markets have remained anemic and current industry expectations vary significantly regarding the timing and pace of recovery. In the three months ended September 30, 2011, we do not believe there was any impairment but continued weakness in the North American housing and construction markets continues to challenge these reporting units. Further deterioration in the North American housing and construction markets or the use of different assumptions in our evaluations could yield materially different results.

Aromatics Segment

        Net Sales.    Net sales were $319.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 47 percent compared to $218.4 million for the same quarter last year. The net sales increase was primarily a result of an increase in our overall average sales price of 36 percent and a sales volume increase of 8 percent as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010. Our overall average sales price increased as a result of an increase in the prices of cumene of 43 percent and phenol and acetone of 28 percent each. These sales price increases reflect higher costs for the feedstocks benzene and propylene. Our overall aromatics sales volumes increased as a result of increases in the sales

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volumes of phenol and acetone of 30 percent offset partially by a decrease in the sales volume of cumene of 4 percent. Our phenol and acetone sales volume increases were due to strong phenol demand in both North America and Asia, as well as a tighter supply due to industry operating issues in the U.S.

        Operating Income.    Operating income decreased by $10.4 million to $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 from $12.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. This decrease in operating income was due primarily to increases in our feedstock costs which more than offset increases in our sales prices, higher phenol and acetone sales volumes and higher operating rates. A $9.3 million lower of cost or market inventory charge also contributed to the higher costs in the three months ended September 30, 2011. Overall raw material costs increased 45 percent from the third quarter of 2010 to the same period of this year primarily as a result of increases in benzene and propylene costs. CMAI reported that industry prices of our primary feedstocks, benzene and propylene, increased 37 percent and 53 percent, respectively, from the same period last year. Our aromatics operating rate increased from about 85 percent for the third quarter of 2010, to about 91 percent for the third quarter of 2011.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared With Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

        Net Sales.    For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, net sales totaled $2,549.3 million, an increase of 20 percent compared to $2,125.2 million for the same period last year. The net sales increase was primarily a result of an increase in our overall average sales price of 20 percent (or 19 percent on a constant currency basis) on flat sales volume. Our overall sales price increase was primarily a result of increases in the prices of all of our electrovinyl products and aromatics products and a favorable Canadian dollar currency impact. The sales price increases reflect higher cost for all of our raw materials and tighter supply as a result of global industry operating issues. Our overall sales volume was impacted by an increase in domestic contract sales, additional sales from the Exterior Portfolio acquisition in February 2011, opportunistic export spot sales and strong phenol and acetone products sales more than offsetting weaker North American housing and construction markets, and logistical issues during the second quarter of 2011 due to high water on the Mississippi River system. U.S. housing starts decreased 2 percent from the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to the same period this year, according to reports furnished jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued in October 2011.

        Gross Margin.    Total gross margin percentage increased to 10 percent of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from 9 percent of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. This increase in gross margin percentage was primarily due to a margin expansion in our chlorovinyls segment from higher sales prices due to strong demand caused by industry, operating issues in the U.S. and Asia. The $57.7 million gross margin increase was primarily due to our chlorovinyls segment's margin expansion, an increase in sales volumes for phenol and acetone products and a favorable Canadian dollar currency impact. Our sales price increases more than offset an increase in our raw material costs. Our primary raw materials and natural gas costs in our chlorovinyls and aromatics segments normally track industry prices. CMAI reported a price increase of 25 percent for benzene, 50 percent for propylene, 24 percent for ethylene and 6 percent for chlorine from the first nine months of 2010 compared to the first nine months of this year while natural gas prices decreased 8 percent for the same time period.

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        Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.    Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $130.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, a 10 percent increase from the $117.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. This selling, general and administrative expense increase of $12.2 million is primarily due to: (i) $11.1 million of additional selling, general and administrative expenses in our building products segment related to the Exterior Portfolio acquisition, (ii) $2.8 million of stock compensation expense increase related to May 2011 equity awards, and (iii) $2.4 million in unfavorable currency impact on our costs in Canada resulting from the strengthening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, offset by the favorable impact of a $4.4 million non-income tax reserve returned to income primarily in our building products segment during the first quarter of 2011 as the exposure was no longer probable.

        Loss on redemption of debt.    During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we redeemed all of our 7.125% senior notes due 2013 and 9.5% senior notes due 2014 that remained outstanding for the aggregate principal amount of $22.2 million plus redemption cost, resulting in a loss of $1.1 million primarily related to the early redemption cost. There was no similar loss incurred in the 2010 period.

        Interest Expense, net.    Interest expense, net decreased to $50.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from $52.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. This decrease in interest expense, net of $2.5 million was primarily attributable to lower interest rates during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.

        Provision for Income Taxes.    The provision for income taxes was $13.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The change in the provision for income taxes resulted primarily from the increase in income, offset by the resolution of uncertain tax positions. Our effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 18.1 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. The difference in the effective tax rate as compared to the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate in both 2011 and 2010 was primarily due to the release of a valuation allowance that results from the use of Canadian net operating losses and a tax benefit from the resolution of uncertain tax positions.

Chlorovinyls Segment

        Net Sales.    Net sales totaled $997.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 10 percent compared with net sales of $905.3 million for the same period last year primarily from our electrovinyl products group. The net sales increase was a result of an increase in our overall average sales price of 18 percent, offset partially by a decrease in sales volume of 7 percent as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Our overall average sales price increased primarily due to the increase in the price of caustic soda, vinyl resin and compound products. According to CMAI, the caustic soda industry sales price increased 56 percent from the first nine months of 2010 to the first nine months of this year. The caustic soda sales price increase was primarily attributable to global supply issues and to an increase in industrial demand. Our overall chlorovinyls sales volume decrease of 7 percent was due to a decrease in opportunistic spot export sales during the first nine months of 2011 compared to same period of 2010. Our domestic vinyl resin and compound sales volume increased 7 percent and 8 percent, respectively. North American vinyl resin industry sales volume increased 4 percent in the 2011 period as a result of an increase in exports of 21 percent offset by a decrease in domestic sales volume of 4 percent, according to statistics from the PIPS issued in September 2011.

        Operating Income.    Operating income increased by $48.1 million to $121.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from $73.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. This operating income increase was due to an increase in caustic soda, vinyl resin and vinyl compounds sales prices, increased North American vinyl resins sales volumes and lower natural gas costs, all of which partially offset increased raw material costs and a decrease in export sales. Overall raw material

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costs increased 12 percent from the first nine months of 2010 to the same period of this year, primarily as a result of increases in ethylene and chlorine costs. CMAI reported that industry prices of our primary feedstocks ethylene and chlorine increased 24 percent and 6 percent, respectively, from the same 2010 period. Our chlorovinyls operating rate was about 82 percent for the first nine months of 2010 and 2011. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we had one unscheduled plant outage for maintenance compared to three during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Building Products Segment

        Net Sales.    Net sales totaled $694.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 12 percent (or 9 percent on a constant currency basis), compared to $619.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The net sales increase was driven by the benefit of the acquisition of Exterior Portfolio in February 2011. After adjusting for the impact of the acquisition, sales volume declined 1 percent for the first nine months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, as improved demand in the outdoor building products line in the U.S. was more than offset by softer demand in Canada, which has been negatively impacted, in part, by the elimination of 2010 Canadian tax incentives. According to PIPS industry data for our products, North America extruded vinyl resin volumes declined 7 percent during the first nine months of 2011. For the first nine months of 2011 our building products segment geographical sales weighting was Canadian sales of 53 percent compared to U.S. sales of 47 percent.

        Operating Income.    Operating income of $19.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 declined by $1.5 million from operating income of $20.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The decline in operating income was due to the geographic sales mix, and higher raw materials, selling and acquisition costs. The first nine months of 2011 includes a $3.6 million net reversal of a non-income tax reserve as the exposure is no longer probable, partially offset by acquisition costs and the fair value amortization of inventory of $3.0 million acquired in the acquisition of Exterior Portfolio. The first nine months of 2010 includes income from the reversal of tax related items of $2.1 million.

        Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.    During the three months ended September 30, 2011 the Company's stock price and market capitalization fluctuated and at September 30, 2011 our market capitalization was less than the book value of our stockholders' equity. As a result we were required to evaluate our reporting units with goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible assets for impairments. Our reporting units within our building products segment have goodwill and other intangible asset balances of $72.7 million at September 30, 2011. In 2011 the North American housing and construction markets have remained anemic and current industry expectations vary significantly regarding the timing and pace of recovery. In the three months ended September 30, 2011, we do not believe there was any impairment but continued weakness in the North American housing and construction markets continues to challenge these reporting units. Further deterioration in the North American housing and construction markets or the use of different assumptions in our evaluations could yield materially different results.

Aromatics Segment

        Net Sales.    Net sales were $857.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 43 percent compared to $600.7 million for the same period last year. The net sales increase was primarily a result of an increase in our overall average sales price of 29 percent and sales volume of 11 percent as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Our overall average sales price increased as a result of an increase in the prices of cumene of 35 percent, and phenol and acetone of 23 percent. The sales price increases reflect higher costs for the feedstocks benzene and propylene. Our overall aromatics sales volumes increased as a result of increases in the sales volumes of phenol and acetone of 40 percent, which was offset partially by a decrease in cumene sales volume

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of 5 percent. Our aromatics sales volume increases were due to strong phenol demand in North America and Asia as well as a tighter supply due to industry operating issues in the U.S.

        Operating Income.    Operating income increased slightly to $14.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from $13.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. This increase in operating income was due primarily to an increase in aromatics sales prices and sales volumes offsetting higher raw material prices. Overall raw material costs increased 36 percent from the first nine months of 2010 to the same period of this year, primarily as a result of increases in benzene and propylene costs. A $9.3 million lower of cost or market inventory charge contributed to the higher costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2011. CMAI reported that industry prices of our primary feedstocks, benzene and propylene, increased 25 percent and 50 percent, respectively, from the same period of last year. Our aromatics sales volume increases were due to strong phenol demand in both North America and Asia, as well as a tighter supply due to operating issues in the U.S. Our aromatics operating rate increased from 72 percent for the first nine months of 2010 to about 79 percent for the same period of this year. We had two scheduled plant turnarounds for maintenance during the first nine months of 2011 compared to only one last year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        Operating Activities.    For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, operating activities provided $20.2 million of cash as compared with $38.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to the increase in the use of net working capital of $54.5 million. For the nine month period ended September 30, 2011, the use of cash for working capital included $143.9 million due to accounts receivable, $90.5 million due to inventory and $14.9 million due to net payments towards accrued compensation, all of which is partly offset by the increase in cash flow provided by accounts payable of $127.8 million. As of September 30, 2011, net working capital was $406.6 million compared to $418.1 million at September 30, 2010 despite significant price increases in feedstock in our chlorovinyls and aromatics businesses. In addition, our average net cash conversion days improved as of September 30, 2011 compared to September 30, 2010.

        The significant source of cash in the first nine months of 2010 was from accounts payable of $49.7 million. Significant uses of cash in the first nine months of 2010 were due to increases in accounts receivable of $114.8 million and inventories of $39.2 million.

        Investing Activities.    Net cash used in investing activities was $115.3 million and $30.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The significant increase in the current year use of cash reflects the $71.4 million acquisition of Exterior Portfolio during the first quarter. Cash used on capital expenditures was $44.2 million and $31.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

        Financing Activities.    Cash provided by financing activities was $16.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared with a use of cash for financing activities of $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we drew a net of $36.9 million under our ABL Revolver primarily to fund increased working capital demands and the early redemption of our outstanding 7.125% senior notes due 2013 and 9.5% senior notes due 2014 for an aggregate principal amount of $22.2 million, and $0.7 million in early redemption costs. During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we announced our intention to redeem all of our outstanding 10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016 for an aggregate principal amount plus an early redemption premium. This redemption occurred on October 20, 2011 at $105.375 per $100 face value resulting in an aggregate payment of $44.1 million, including early redemption costs, for a subsequent loss on early redemption of debt of approximately $3.3 million.

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        We have a note payable of $16.9 million that will accrete to $18.2 million when it is due in January 2012 that we expect to repay prior to the end of 2011. We further expect to repay approximately $8.0 million of borrowings under our ABL Revolver over the next twelve months. Therefore, we have classified these debts as current in our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2011.

        Short-Term Borrowings from Banks.    At September 30, 2011, we had a maximum borrowing capacity of $300.0 million under our ABL Revolver and net of outstanding letters of credit of $15.7 million and current borrowings of $36.4 million, we had availability of $247.9 million. The maturity date of our ABL Revolver is January 13, 2016.

($ in millions)
  As of and for the
quarter ended
September 30, 2011
 

Short-Term Borrowings from Banks:

       

Outstanding amount at period end

  $ 36.4  

Weighted average interest rate at period end

    4.7 %

Average daily amount outstanding for the period

  $ 77.0  

Weighted average daily interest rate for the period

    4.2 %

Maximum month end amount outstanding during the period

  $ 90.1  

        Management believes that based on current and projected levels of operations and conditions in our markets and cash flow from operations, together with our cash and cash equivalents on hand of $45.3 million and the availability to borrow an additional $247.9 million under our ABL Revolver as of September 30, 2011, the company has adequate funding for the foreseeable future to make required payments of principal and interest on our debt and fund our working capital and capital expenditure requirements, as well as to comply with the financial ratios of the ABL Revolver and covenants under our indenture for the 9.0% senior secured notes. To the extent our cash flow and liquidity exceeds the levels necessary for us to make our required debt payments, fund our working capital and capital expenditure requirements and comply with our ABL Revolver and the indenture for the 9.0% senior secured notes, we may use that excess liquidity to further grow our business through investments or acquisitions, payment of dividends and/or to further reduce our debt through optional prepayments or redemptions of our outstanding debt securities.

        Contractual Obligations.    Our aggregate future payments under contractual obligations by category as of September 30, 2011, were as follows:

(In millions)
  Total   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016 and
thereafter
 

Contractual obligations:

                                           

Long-term debt—principal

  $ 596   $ 60   $   $   $   $   $ 536  

Long-term debt—interest

    246     12     47     47     47     46     47  

Lease financing obligations

    42     2     7     7     8     8     10  

Operating lease obligations

    70     6     20     13     11     8     12  

Purchase obligations

    1,971     329     746     520     372     1     3  

Expected pension contributions

    16             1     5     4     6  

Asset retirement obligation

    11                         11  
                               

Total

  $ 2,952   $ 409   $ 820   $ 588   $ 443   $ 67   $ 625  
                               

        Long-Term Debt.    Long-term debt includes principal and interest payments based upon our interest rates as of September 30, 2011. Long-term debt obligations are listed based on when they are contractually due with the exception of our 10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016 that were

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redeemed in October 2011 and $18.2 million of other notes we expect to repay by the end of 2011 and are reflected as such in the table set forth above.

        Lease Financing Obligations.    We lease land and buildings for certain of our Canadian manufacturing facilities under leases with varying maturities through the year 2017.

        Operating Lease Obligations.    We lease railcars, storage terminals, computer equipment, automobiles and warehouse and office space under non-cancelable operating leases with varying maturities through the year 2018. We did not have significant capital lease obligations as of September 30, 2011.

        Expected Pension Contributions.    Pension funding represents the projected minimum required contributions based on current assumptions for the Georgia Gulf Corporation Retirement Plan in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Contributions for the U.S Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreements and the Canadian Royal Polymers Limited Pension Plan are also included.

        Purchase Obligations.    Purchase obligations include agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding and that specify all significant terms. We have certain long-term raw material supply contracts and energy purchase agreements with various terms extending through 2015. These commitments are designed to assure sources of supply for our normal requirements. Amounts are based upon contractual raw material volumes and market rates as of September 30, 2011.

        Uncertain Income Tax Positions.    We have recognized a liability for our unrecognized uncertain income tax positions of approximately $39.4 million as of September 30, 2011. The ultimate resolution and timing of payment for these matters continues to be uncertain and are therefore excluded from the above table.

        Asset Retirement Obligation.    We have recognized a liability for the present value of cost we estimate we will incur to retire certain assets. The amount reported in the table above represents the undiscounted estimated cost to retire such assets.

Outlook

        We based our 2011 operating plans on certain macro economic assumptions for 2011 that we determined were appropriate regarding the main drivers of our businesses, including a slight recovery in U.S. housing starts, a slight weakening in Canadian housing starts, gross domestic product ("GDP") growth in both the U.S. and Canada greater than 2 percent over 2010, strong global demand for our chemical products, and natural gas costs similar to those in 2010.

        With respect to 2011, we now assume no recovery in U.S. housing starts, continued weakness in Canadian housing starts, gross domestic product ("GDP") growth in both the U.S. and Canada of approximately 2 percent over 2010, global demand for our chemical products being lower than originally anticipated but still stronger than in 2010, and natural gas costs below what we experienced in 2010.

        We currently expect we will invest approximately $70 million of capital expenditures in our businesses in 2011. In our Chlorovinyls and Aromatics segments, we expect we will make the productivity and reliability investments that are required to run the higher operating rates we expect will be appropriate based on expected demand in the coming years. In our Building Products segment, we expect to invest in productivity improvements as well as accelerating our new product development efforts ahead of the expected eventual recovery in these markets.

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Forward-Looking Statements

        This Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made based upon information currently available to us. When used in this Form 10-Q, the words "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements relate to, among other things, our outlook for future periods, supply and demand, pricing trends and market forces within the chemical and building industries, cost reduction strategies and their results, planned capital expenditures, long-term objectives of management and other statements of expectations concerning matters that are not historical facts. Predictions of future results contain a measure of uncertainty. Actual results could differ materially due to various factors. Factors that could impact our actual financial condition or results of operations as compared to that discussed in any forward-looking statements are, among others:

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A number of these factors are discussed in this Form 10-Q and in our other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the "2010 Annual Report").

Critical Accounting Policies

        During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we did not have any material changes to our critical accounting policies listed in Part II. Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations" in our 2010 Annual Report.

Item 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

        For a discussion of certain market risks related to Georgia Gulf, see Part II. Item 7A. "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. There has been no material changes with respect to our exposure to market risks from those set out in such report.

Item 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

        Disclosure Controls and Procedures.    We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of Georgia Gulf management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, due to the continued existence of a previously disclosed material weakness in internal control over financial reporting in the area of accounting for income taxes, the company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of that date.

        For additional information regarding this material weakness, see "Item 9A. Controls and Procedures" contained in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

        Other than as described below, there were no changes in the company's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2011 (the "Third Quarter"), that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting.

        As a result of the continued existence of a previously disclosed material weakness in internal control over financial reporting in the area of accounting for income taxes, the company has implemented, and continued to implement during the Third Quarter, a number of remediation steps to address that material weakness and has made significant progress to improve the company's internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, the following remediation steps were taken in the Third Quarter:

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        Subsequent to September 30, 2011, the Company has continued to implement these changes to its internal control over financial reporting in order to further address and remediate the existing material weakness in internal control over financial reporting in the area of accounting for income taxes. The company anticipates that it will complete its implementation and testing of these remediation steps in 2011; however additional measures may be required, which may require additional implementation time. We will continue to assess the effectiveness of our remediation efforts in connection with management's future evaluations of internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

        The first five paragraphs of Note 9 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference herein.

        We are involved in certain legal proceedings that are described in Part I. Item 3. "Legal Proceedings" in our 2010 Annual Report. During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, there were no material developments in the status of those proceedings. We are subject to other claims and legal actions that may arise in the ordinary course of business. We believe that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these other claims and legal actions will not have a material effect on our financial position or on our results of operations.

Item 1A.    RISK FACTORS.

        There have been no material changes to the information set forth in Part I. Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our 2010 Annual Report, as amended by Part II. Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

Item 2.    UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

        The table below sets forth information regarding repurchases by Georgia Gulf Corporation of shares of its common stock on a monthly basis during the quarter ended September 30, 2011:

Period
  Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
  Average
Price Paid
per Share
 

July 1 - July 31, 2011

    121,251   $ 19.78  

August 1 - August 31, 2011

         

September 1 - September 30, 2011

    18     19.54  
           

Total

    121,269   $ 19.78  
           

        Georgia Gulf did not repurchase any of its equity securities during the period covered by this quarterly report pursuant to any publicly announced plan or program, and no such plan or program is presently in effect. All purchases reflected in the table above reflect purchases of common stock by Georgia Gulf in connection with tax withholding obligations of Georgia Gulf employees upon vesting of such employees' restricted stock unit awards.

Item 6.    EXHIBITS

Exhibits    
  31   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications

 

32

 

Section 1350 Certifications

 

101

 

The following financial information from Georgia Gulf Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, and September 30, 2010, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, and (iv) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

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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.

    GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION
(Registrant)

Date: November 4, 2011

 

/s/ PAUL D. CARRICO

Paul D. Carrico
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: November 4, 2011

 

/s/ GREGORY C. THOMPSON

Gregory C. Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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