Brush Engineered Materials 11-K
 

 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
(Mark One)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
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 001-15885
BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC.
SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC.
17876 St. Clair Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44110
(Name of issuer of the securities held
pursuant to the plan and the address
of its principal executive office.)
 
 

 


 

Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Required Information
         
    Page No.  
 
       
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    1  
 
       
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits — December 31, 2005 and 2004
    2  
 
       
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits — Year Ended December 31, 2005
    3  
 
       
Notes to Financial Statements
    4-8  
 
       
Schedule required to be filed under ERISA
       
 
       
Schedule H, Line 4i, Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
    9  
 
       
Signature
    10  
 
       
Exhibits
       
 
       
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    11  

 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Savings and Investment Plan
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Savings and Investment Plan as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2005 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
June 27, 2006

 


 

Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
Assets
               
 
               
Investments
  $ 132,880,323     $ 127,946,467  
 
               
Contribution receivables:
               
Employer
    87,852       35,166  
Participants
    277,773       220,327  
 
           
Total contribution receivables
    365,625       255,493  
 
           
 
               
Pending sales
    127,852       143,229  
 
           
 
               
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 133,373,800     $ 128,345,189  
 
           
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2005
         
Additions
       
 
       
Net investment income:
       
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
  $ 1,818,082  
Interest and dividends
    3,209,111  
 
     
 
    5,027,193  
 
       
Contributions:
       
Participants
    6,884,892  
Employer
    2,331,817  
Employee PreTax Catch-up
    182,896  
Rollover
    244,174  
 
     
 
    9,643,779  
 
     
 
       
Total additions
    14,670,972  
 
       
Deductions
       
 
       
Benefits paid directly to participants
    9,620,515  
Administration fee
    14,844  
Defaulted loans
    7,002  
 
     
 
Total Deductions
    9,642,361  
 
     
 
       
Net increase
    5,028,611  
 
       
Net assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of year
    128,345,189  
 
     
 
       
End of year
  $ 133,373,800  
 
     
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004
and Year Ended December 31, 2005
NOTE A — Description of the Plan
The following description of the Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan that covers certain eligible employees of Brush Engineered Materials Inc. (Company) and participating employers who have adopted the Plan (Company reference includes participating employers where appropriate). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Contributions
The Plan provides for basic contributions by employees of up to 6% of their earnings through either pre-tax (salary reduction) or after-tax contributions. Currently, basic contributions are matched by the Company at the rate of 50% of such contributions. The rate at which such basic contributions are matched by the Company may be decreased or increased (up to a 100% rate) by action of the Company’s Board of Directors.
An employee who makes basic contributions of 6% of earnings may also make supplemental contributions of up to 44% of earnings which are not matched by Company contributions and which may be made in any combination of pre-tax and/or after-tax contributions.
An employee’s contributions made to the Plan on a pre-tax basis may not exceed certain IRS maximum amounts. The maximum amount $14,000 in 2005. If an employee will be 50 or older by the end of the plan year, and is making the maximum elective contribution for the year, he/she may make additional pre-tax “catch-up” contributions of up to 75% of earnings. In 2005, the maximum amount for a catch-up contribution is $4,000.
Currently, participants can direct, in increments of 1%, their basic, supplemental, rollover, catch-up, Company matching, and transfer contributions (as described in the Plan) to be invested in any of the fund options offered by the Plan. Participants can also transfer amounts between fund options on each investment change date.
The Company made PAYSOP contributions to the Plan for plan years 1984 through 1986.
Beginning March 1, 2006, employees can also contribute on a Roth 401(k) basis under the Plan.

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Notes to Financial Statements – Continued
Vesting
All employee and Company contributions are fully vested at all times.
Participant Loans
A participant may borrow funds from his account, provided such loan is secured by 50% of the value of the participant’s account immediately prior to the loan and evidenced by a promissory note executed by the participant.
Payment of Benefits
At retirement, death or other termination, a participant (or his death beneficiary) is eligible to receive a distribution of all employee and Company contributions credited to the employee’s account plus or minus any net gain or loss thereon.
The value of distributions and withdrawals is based on the value of a participant’s account on the valuation date immediately preceding the date of distribution or withdrawal and is deducted from the participant’s account as of such valuation date.
Distribution to a participant or a person designated by the participant as his death beneficiary is made under one or more (as applicable) of the following methods as elected by the participant (or in certain cases the death beneficiary):
  (i)   Lump sum payment in cash;
 
  (ii)   Lump sum payment in cash, except that a participant’s interest in the Company Stock Fund and the PAYSOP contributions account will be paid in full shares of Common Stock of the Company, with any fractional shares being paid in cash; and
 
  (iii)   Periodic distributions, not more frequently than monthly, of at least $200.
Insurance Policies
Prior to June 1, 1989, participants who were employees of Williams Advanced Materials Inc. could have directed a portion of their contributions to be used to purchase insurance policies that were excluded from the former Williams Advanced Materials Inc. Savings and Investment Plan assets. Life insurance policies on the lives of participants, purchased under the former Williams Advanced Materials Inc. Savings and Investment Plan prior to July 1, 1989, may continue to be held.

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.
Note B — Summary of Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
Investment Valuation
Investments are stated at fair value. Investment in the company stock fund is valued based on the latest reported closing price of the stock component and the actual cash held in the fund. The shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at the latest closing price. Investment in participation units of the money market funds are stated at fair value as determined by Fidelity Management Trust Company, the Trustee. Participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value.
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest and dividend income is recorded on the accrual basis.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
NOTE C — Investments
During 2005, the Plan’s investments (including investments purchased, sold as well as held during the year) appreciated in fair value as determined by quoted market prices as follows:
             
    Net Realized      
    and Unrealized      
    Appreciation in      
    Fair Value of      
    Investments      
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Common Stock
  $ (1,663,173 )  
Shares of registered investment companies
    3,481,255      
 
         
 
  $ 1,818,082    
 
         
Investments that represent 5% or more of fair value of the Plan’s net assets are as follows:
                 
    December 31
    2005   2004
Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund
  $ 11,565,947     $ 11,309,695  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    10,703,419       10,614,399  
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Common Stock
    11,935,549       14,797,022  
TORRAY Fund
    9,675,093       11,341,183  
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
    21,869,742       22,967,192  
Fidelity Diversified International Fund
    16,178,179       13,108,927  
Fidelity Money Market Trust: Retirement Money Market Portfolio
    9,838,066       10,029,905  
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund
    17,404,236       17,789,887  

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
NOTE D — Income Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated July 25, 2002, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to the issuance of the determination letter, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.
NOTE E — Transactions with Parties-in-Interest
All legal and accounting expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company. All administrative fees are paid by the Plan Other than as described above or pursuant to the trust agreement, the Plan did not have any agreements or transactions with parties-in-interest.
During 2005, the Plan had the following transactions related to shares of Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Common Stock:
         
Purchases
  $ 8,252,372  
Sales
    9,731,187  
NOTE F — Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
NOTE G — Subsequent Event
Effective April 3, 2006, Thin Film Technology, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan was merged into and made a part of the Plan. Further, Thin Film Technology, Inc. adopted and became an Employer under the Plan for eligible employees of all location effective April 3, 2006.

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Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Savings and Investment Plan
EIN: 34-1919973 Plan Number — 003
Schedule H, Line 4i
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2005
                 
    Description     Current  
Identity of Issue   of Investment     Value  
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Common Stock *
  751,818.000 shares   $ 11,935,549  
 
               
Shares of registered investment companies:
               
 
               
Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund
  456,610.613 shares     11,565,947  
 
               
Vanguard Midcap IDX Adm Fund
  57,534.324 shares     4,601,595  
 
               
3rd Avenue Real Estate Val
  69,396.082 shares     2,037,469  
 
               
Harbor Small Cap Value IS
  88,576.787 shares     1,756,478  
 
               
PIMCO Total Return Fund
  1,019,373.226 shares     10,703,419  
 
               
MSI Small Company Growth Fund
  159,308.659 shares     1,961,090  
 
               
TORRAY Fund
  247,952.154 shares     9,675,093  
 
               
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund*
  506,713.218 shares     21,869,742  
 
               
Fidelity Diversified International Fund*
  497,178.199 shares     16,178,179  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom Income Fund*
  23,131.140 shares     263,001  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund*
  66,359.810 shares     810,253  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund*
  14,596.023 shares     162,308  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund*
  133,603.616 shares     1,877,131  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund*
  77,432.640 shares     894,347  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund*
  202,744.874 shares     2,982,377  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund*
  35,397.937 shares     423,359  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund*
  65,944.122 shares     990,481  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund*
  7,284.836 shares     89,094  
 
               
Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund*
  92,245.748 shares     814,530  
 
               
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund*
  394,117.667 shares     17,404,236  
 
             
 
            107,060,129  
 
               
Money market funds:
               
 
               
Fidelity Employee Benefits Money Market Fund*
  586,145.95 shares     586,146  
 
               
Fidelity Money Market Trust: Retirement Money Market Portfolio*
  9,838,066.140 shares     9,838,066  
 
             
 
            10,424,212  
 
               
Participant Promissory Notes *
    1.54 - 9.91
with maturity dates
through 2020
      3,460,433  
 
             
 
               
 
          $ 132,880,323  
 
             
 
*   Party-in-interest to the Plan.

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
    BRUSH ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC.
SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
 
       
 
  By   /s/ Michael C. Hasychak
 
      Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 
      Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Date: June 29, 2006

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