Clarksnex
Clarksnex
Clarksnex
1st Quarter
1993 1994 1995 1996
Net sales $2,921 $3,477 $4,519 $1,062 a
Cost of Goods Sold:
Beginning inventory 330 337 432 587
Purchases 2,209 2,729 3,579 819
$2,539 $3,066 $4,011 $1,406
Ending inventory 337 432 587 607
Total Cost of Goods Sold $2,202 $2,634 $3,424 $799
Gross profit 719 843 1,095 263
Operating expensesb 622 717 940 244
Earnings before interest and taxes $97 $126 $155 $19
Interest expense 23 42 56 13
Net income before income taxes $74 $84 $99 $6
Provision for income taxesc 14 16 22 1
Net income $60 $68 $77 $5
aIn the first quarter of 1995, sales were $903,000 and net income was $7,000.
bOperating expenses include a cash salary for Mr. Clarkson of $75,000 in 1993; $80,000 in 1994;
$85,000 in 1995; and $22,500 in the first quarter of 1996.
cClarkson Lumber was required to estimate its income tax liability for the current tax year and pay four
quarterly estimated tax installments during that year. The first $50,000 of pretax profits were taxed
at a 15% rate; the next $25,000 were taxed at a 34% rate; and profits in excess of $100,000 but
less than $335,000 were taxed at a 39% rate.
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Exhibit 2
Exhibit 2 Balance Sheets at December 31, 1993-1995, and March 31, 1996 (thousands of dollars)
1st Quarter
1993 1994 1995 1996
Cash $43 $52 $56 $53
Accounts receivable, net 306 411 606 583
Inventory 337 432 587 607
Current assets $686 $895 $1,249 $1,243
Property, net 233 262 388 384
Total Assets $919 $1,157 $1,637 $1,627
aInterest is computed on the average outstanding loan balance at the rate of prime plus 2 1/2%.
bInterest is fixed at 11% times the outstanding balance.
cInterest is fixed at 10.0% times the outstanding balance; the term loan is secured by the fixed assets
and is repayable in semiannual installments of $10,000.
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Exhibit 3
aDefined as the bottom 25% and as the top 25% of all contributors, based on return on sales.
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