form8-k_17594.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
 

FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):   November 26, 2013

 
 
SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 

OREGON
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
0-22496
(Commission File Number)
93-0341923
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

299 SW Clay Street
Suite 350
Portland, OR
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
97201
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number Including Area Code:  (503) 224-9900
 
 
 
 
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ITEM 8.01
OTHER EVENTS
 
In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, an error was identified in the classification of the cash outflow of $24.7 million for the purchase of a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary as a use of cash in investing activities that, under generally accepted accounting principles, should have been reflected as a use of cash in financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows included in the previously reported financial statements for the nine months ended May 31, 2013 included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and for the year ended August 31, 2013 included in the 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company assessed the materiality of this classification error under the guidance in ASC 250-10 relating to SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 99, Materiality, and concluded that the previously issued financial statements for the nine months ended May 31, 2013 and the year ended August 31, 2013 were not materially misstated. The consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended August 31, 2013 and for the nine months ended May 31, 2013 will be revised in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of fiscal 2014, respectively, to correct the classification error.

The revision had no impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, consolidated results of operations, earnings per share and net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The effect of the revision on the line items within the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended May 31, 2013 and the year ended August 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Nine months ended May 31, 2013
    
Year ended August 31, 2013
  
   
As reported
    
Adjustments
    
As revised
    
As reported
    
Adjustments
    
As revised
  
         
(unaudited)
                
(unaudited)
        
Investing Activities
                                    
Purchase of noncontrolling interest
     (24,734 )     24,734       —       (24,734 )     24,734       —  
Net cash used in investing activities
     (115,089 )     24,734       (90,355 )     (137,184 )     24,734       (112,450 )
                                                 
Financing Activities
                                                
Purchase of noncontrolling interest
     —       (24,734 )     (24,734 )     —       (24,734 )     (24,734 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
     60,023       (24,734 )     35,289       20,587       (24,734 )     (4,147 )

 
 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
  
       
       
       
Dated:   November 27, 2013
By:
/s/ RICHARD D. PEACH
  
   
Name:  Richard D. Peach
  
   
Title:    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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