UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended November 25, 2018

OR

[  ] 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 1-4415

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                  (631) 465-3600                    

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                  Not Applicable                    

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year,

if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [  ]

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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer [  ] Accelerated Filer [X] Non-Accelerated Filer [  ] Smaller Reporting Company [  ] Emerging Growth Company [  ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 20,279,408 as of January 3, 2019.

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of November 25, 2018, the Consolidated Statements of Operations and the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018 and November 26, 2017 and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the 39 weeks then ended have been prepared by Park Electrochemical Corp. (the “Company”), without audit. In the opinion of management, these unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position at November 25, 2018 and the results of operations and cash flows for all periods presented. The Consolidated Statements of Operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any subsequent interim period.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 25, 2018. There have been no significant changes to such accounting policies during the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018.

On July 25, 2018, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Electronics Business for $145,000 in cash. This transaction was completed on December 4, 2018. (See Note 13).

The Company has classified the operating results of its Electronics Business, together with certain costs related to the transaction, as discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20 Discontinued Operations (See Note 10).

2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Fair value measurements are broken down into three levels based on the reliability of inputs as follows:

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date. An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted prices included within Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals or current market), and contractual prices for the underlying financial instrument, as well as other relevant economic measures.

Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their carrying value due to their short-term nature. Certain assets and liabilities of the Company are required to be recorded at fair value on either a recurring or non-recurring basis. On a recurring basis, the Company records its marketable securities at fair value using Level 1 or Level 2 inputs. (See Note 3).

The Company’s non-financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis include goodwill and any long-lived assets written down to fair value. To measure the fair value of such assets, the Company uses Level 3 inputs consisting of techniques including an income approach and a market approach. The income approach is based on a discounted cash flow analysis and calculates the fair value by estimating the after-tax cash flows attributable to a reporting unit and then discounting the after-tax cash flows to a present value using a risk-adjusted discount rate. Assumptions used in the discounted cash flow analysis require the exercise of significant judgment, including judgment about appropriate discount rates, terminal values, growth rates and the amount and timing of expected future cash flows. There were no transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy during the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018 and November 26, 2017. With respect to goodwill, the Company first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that fair value is less than carrying value. If, based on that assessment, the Company believes it is more likely than not that fair value is less than carrying value, a goodwill impairment test is performed. There have been no changes in events or circumstances which required impairment charges to be recorded during the 13 or 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018.

3. MARKETABLE SECURITIES

All marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, included in comprehensive earnings (loss). Realized gains and losses, amortization of premiums and discounts, and interest and dividend income are included in interest and other income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The costs of securities sold are based on the specific identification method.

The following is a summary of available-for-sale securities:

The following table shows the amortized cost basis of, and gross unrealized gains and losses on, the Company’s available-for-sale securities:

The estimated fair values of such securities at November 25, 2018 by contractual maturity are shown below:

4. INVENTORIES

Inventories from continuing operations are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or net realizable value. The Company writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketability based upon the age of the inventory and assumptions about future demand for the Company's products and market conditions. Inventories from continuing operations consisted of the following:

5. LONG-TERM DEBT

On January 15, 2016, the Company entered into a three-year revolving credit facility agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HSBC Bank”). The Credit Agreement provided for loans up to $75,000 and letters of credit up to $2,000.

On January 3, 2018, in connection with the Company’s voluntary prepayment of the entire loan balance, the Company terminated the Credit Agreement. The prepayment was made with the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash.

Interest expense recorded under the Credit Agreement was $0 during the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 25, 2018 and $689 and $1,802 during the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 26, 2017, respectively.

6. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

As of November 25, 2018, the Company had a 2018 Stock Option Plan (the “2018 Plan”), and no other stock-based compensation plan. The 2018 Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on May 8, 2018 and approved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company on July 24, 2018. No options have been granted under the 2018 Plan. Prior to the 2018 Plan, the Company had the 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “2002 Plan”) which had been approved by the Company’s shareholders and provided for the grant of stock options to directors and key employees of the Company. All options granted under the 2002 Plan have exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock of the Company at the time of grant, which, pursuant to the terms of the 2002 Plan, was the reported closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date preceding the date the option was granted. Options granted under the 2002 Plan become exercisable 25% one year after the date of grant, with an additional 25% exercisable each succeeding anniversary of the date of grant, and expire 10 years after the date of grant.

During the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018, the Company granted options to purchase a total of 2,650 shares of common stock to certain of its employees. The future compensation expense to be recognized in earnings before income taxes was $10 and will be recorded on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The fair value of the granted options was $3.66 per share using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2.83%; expected volatility factor of 24.7%; expected dividend yield of 2.32%; and estimated option term of 5.2 years.

The risk-free interest rates were based on U.S. Treasury rates at the date of grant with maturity dates approximately equal to the estimated terms of the options at the date of the grant. Volatility factors were based on historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The expected dividend yields were based on the regular quarterly cash dividend per share most recently declared by the Company and on the exercise price of the options granted during the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018. The estimated term of the options was based on evaluations of the historical and expected future employee exercise behavior.

The 2002 Plan terminated on May 21, 2018, and authority to grant additional options under the 2002 Plan expired on that date. All options granted under the 2002 Plan will expire in April 2028 or earlier.

The following is a summary of option activity for the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018:

7.     EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings by the sum of (a) the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period and (b) the potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Stock options are the only potentially dilutive securities that have been issued by the Company; and the number of dilutive options is computed using the treasury stock method.

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

Potentially dilutive securities, which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because either the effect would have been anti-dilutive or the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common stock, were 145,000 and 599,000 for the 13 weeks ended November 25, 2018 and November 26, 2017, respectively, and 279,000 and 728,000 for the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018 and November 26, 2017, respectively.

8. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

During the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018, the Company sold 37,837 shares of the Company’s treasury stock pursuant to the exercises of employee stock options and received proceeds of $661 from such exercises. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense, net of tax benefits, of $594.

On January 8, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the Company’s purchase, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, of up to 1,250,000 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 6% of the Company’s 20,945,634 total outstanding shares as of the close of business on January 7, 2015. This authorization superseded all prior Board of Directors’ authorizations to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock.

On March 10, 2016, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the Company’s purchase, on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions, of up to 1,000,000 additional shares of its common stock, in addition to the unused prior authorization to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock announced on January 8, 2015. As a result, the Company is authorized to purchase up to a total of 1,531,412 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 7.6% of the Company’s 20,279,408 total outstanding shares as of the close of business on January 3, 2019.

The Company did not purchase any shares of its common stock during the 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018 or during the 39 weeks ended November 26, 2017.

9. INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rates for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 25, 2018 were 22.9% and 8.8%, respectively, compared to 31.3% and 25.6%, respectively, for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 26, 2017.

The Company continuously evaluates the liquidity and capital requirements of its operations in the United States and of its foreign operations. As a result of such evaluations, the Company repatriated $113,700 and $135,300 in cash from the Company’s subsidiary in Singapore in the 2019 and 2018 fiscal years, respectively.

10. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On July 25, 2018, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Electronics Business for $145,000 in cash. The Company completed this transaction on December 4, 2018.

The Company has classified the operating results of its Electronics Business, together with certain costs related to the transaction, as discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The following table shows the summary operating results of the discontinued operations:

The following table shows the summary assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations:

* These amounts have not been audited and are based on the audited financial statements.

During the 2018 fiscal year, the Company consolidated its Nelco Products, Inc. Business Unit located in Fullerton, California and its Neltec, Inc. Business Unit located in Tempe, Arizona. The Company estimates the remaining pre-tax charge in connection with the consolidation to be approximately $840, which the Company expects to incur primarily during the fiscal year ending February 28, 2021.

The restructuring expenses were $61 and $231 during the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 25, 2018, respectively, and $360 and $4,423 during the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 26, 2017, respectively.

The following table sets forth the charges and accruals related to the consolidation:

The Company recorded additional restructuring charges of $101 and $357 during the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 25, 2018, respectively, and $112 and $312 during the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 26, 2017, respectively, related to the closure in the 2009 fiscal year of the Company’s New England Laminates Co., Inc. Business Unit located in Newburgh, New York. The New England Laminates Co., Inc. building in Newburgh, New York was sold on November 15, 2018; the gain on the sale was $2,945 and was recorded in the 13-week and 39-week periods ended November 25, 2018.

11. CONTINGENCIES

Litigation 

The Company is subject to a number of proceedings, lawsuits and other claims related to environmental, employment, product and other matters. The Company is required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes in these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A determination of the amount of reserves required, if any, for these contingencies is made after careful analysis of each individual issue. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments in each matter or changes in approach, such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters. The Company believes that the ultimate disposition of such proceedings, lawsuits and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, capital resources or business or its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

Environmental Contingencies 

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have been named by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) or a comparable state agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (the “Superfund Act”) or similar state law as potentially responsible parties in connection with alleged releases of hazardous substances at three sites.

Under the Superfund Act and similar state laws, all parties who may have contributed any waste to a hazardous waste disposal site or contaminated area identified by the EPA or comparable state agency may be jointly and severally liable for the cost of cleanup. Generally, these sites are locations at which numerous persons disposed of hazardous waste. In the case of the Company’s subsidiaries, generally the waste was removed from their manufacturing facilities and disposed at waste sites by various companies which contracted with the subsidiaries to provide waste disposal services. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have been accused of or charged with any wrongdoing or illegal acts in connection with any such sites. The Company believes it maintains an effective and comprehensive environmental compliance program.

The insurance carriers which provided general liability insurance coverage to the Company and its subsidiaries for the years during which the Company’s subsidiaries’ waste was disposed at these sites have in the past reimbursed the Company and its subsidiaries for 100% of their legal defense and remediation costs associated with two of these sites.

The Company does not record environmental liabilities and related legal expenses for which the Company believes that it and its subsidiaries have general liability insurance coverage for the years during which the Company’s subsidiaries’ waste was disposed at two sites for which certain subsidiaries of the Company have been named as potentially responsible parties. Pursuant to such general liability insurance coverage, three insurance carriers reimburse the Company and its subsidiaries for 100% of the legal defense and remediation costs associated with the two sites.

Included in selling, general and administrative expenses are charges for actual expenditures and accruals, based on estimates, for certain environmental matters described above. The Company accrues estimated costs associated with known environmental matters, when such costs can be reasonably estimated and when the outcome appears probable. The Company believes that the ultimate disposition of known environmental matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

12. ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recently Adopted

In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, to reduce the diversity that exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash in the statement of cash flows.  The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and the interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has adopted the guidance effective February 26, 2018, the first day of the 2019 fiscal year, and the adoption of this guidance did not impact its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, financial position or disclosures.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, to reduce the diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and the interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has adopted the guidance effective February 26, 2018, the first day of the 2019 fiscal year, and the adoption of this guidance did not impact its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, financial position or disclosures.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, intended to improve the recognition and measurement of financial instruments, effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and the interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has adopted the guidance effective February 26, 2018, the first day of the 2019 fiscal year, and the adoption of this guidance did not impact its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, financial position or disclosures.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, including most industry-specific revenue recognition guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the Codification. This guidance requires that an entity recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services, and expands the related disclosure requirements. The new standard was originally scheduled to be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within those fiscal years. In August 2015, the FASB delayed the effective date of this guidance for one year. With the delay, the new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those fiscal years, with an option to adopt the standard on the originally scheduled effective date. The Company has adopted the guidance effective February 26, 2018, the first day of the 2019 fiscal year, and the adoption of this guidance did not impact its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, financial position or disclosures.

Recently Issued

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), intended to increase transparency and comparability among companies by requiring most leases to be included on the balance sheet and by expanding disclosure requirements, effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years (i.e., January 1, 2019, for a calendar year entity). Early application is permitted for all public business entities and all nonpublic business entities upon issuance. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this new guidance may have on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, financial position and disclosures.

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On December 4, 2018, the Company completed the previously announced sale (the “Sale”) of its digital and radio frequency/microwave printed circuit materials business (collectively, the “Electronics Business”), including manufacturing facilities in Singapore, France, Arizona and  California and R&D facilities in Arizona and Singapore, to AGC Inc., a Japanese corporation (the “Buyer”). The Sale was completed pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of July 25, 2018, by and among the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary, ParkNelco SNC, an entity organized under the laws of France, and the Buyer. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Buyer acquired all of the outstanding equity interests in Nelco Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Neltec, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Neltec SA, an entity organized under the laws of France, and Nelco Products Pte. Ltd., an entity organized under the laws of Singapore (collectively, the “Acquired Subsidiaries”), all of which were, directly or indirectly, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, for an aggregate purchase price of $145,000 in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments for changes in working capital compared to a target, cash in the Acquired Subsidiaries and certain accrued and unpaid taxes of the Acquired Subsidiaries.

The net proceeds from the Sale were approximately $122,561, net of transaction costs and taxes of approximately $22,439. The net gain on the Sale is estimated to be $101,568.

On January 3, 2019, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $4.25 per share payable February 26, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 5, 2019.

In December 2018, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Park Aerospace Technologies, Corp. (“PATC”), entered into a Development Agreement with the City of Newton, Kansas  and the Board of County Commissioners of Harvey County, Kansas pursuant to which PATC agreed to construct and operate an additional manufacturing facility approximately 90,000 square feet in size for the design, development and manufacture of advanced composite materials and parts, structures and assemblies for aerospace equipped through the purchase of machinery, equipment and furnishings and to create additional new full-time employment of specified levels during a five-year period in exchange for the commitment by the City and the County to lease to PATC three acres of land at the Newton City/County Airport, in addition to the eight acres previously leased to PATC by the City and County, and to provide financial and other assistance toward the construction of the additional facility as set forth in the Development Agreement. The Company estimates the total cost of the additional facility to be approximately $19 million, and the Company expects to complete the construction of the additional facility in the first half of the 2020 calendar year.