Delaware
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
Number)
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100
Jericho Quadrangle
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Jericho,
New York
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(Address
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(Zip
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
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CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Exhibits.
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99.1. |
Press
Release, dated May 8, 2008
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GRIFFON
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Patrick L. Alesia
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Patrick
L. Alesia
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Chief
Financial Officer
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99.1.
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Press
release, dated May 8, 2008
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GRIFFON
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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|||||||||||||
OPERATING
HIGHLIGHTS
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|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
(IN
THOUSANDS)
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|||||||||||||
PRELIMINARY | |||||||||||||
For
the Three Months Ended
|
For
the Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
March
31,
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March
31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
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2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||
Net
Sales:
|
|||||||||||||
Electronic
Information and Communication Systems
|
$
|
98,397
|
$
|
124,164
|
$
|
174,257
|
$
|
254,014
|
|||||
Garage
Doors
|
83,846
|
105,256
|
194,892
|
233,895
|
|||||||||
Specialty
Plastic Films
|
114,675
|
99,730
|
221,073
|
203,385
|
|||||||||
Installation
Services
|
25,998
|
44,044
|
65,315
|
99,653
|
|||||||||
Intersegment
eliminations
|
(2,569
|
)
|
(4,054
|
)
|
(6,696
|
)
|
(8,819
|
)
|
|||||
$
|
320,347
|
$
|
369,140
|
$
|
648,841
|
$
|
782,128
|
||||||
Operating
Income (Loss):
|
|||||||||||||
Electronic
Information and Communication Systems
|
$
|
7,139
|
$
|
12,430
|
$
|
12,622
|
$
|
25,351
|
|||||
Garage
Doors
|
(8,575
|
)
|
(4,564
|
)
|
(9,742
|
)
|
(543
|
)
|
|||||
Specialty
Plastic Films
|
5,200
|
4,934
|
10,406
|
9,279
|
|||||||||
Installation
Services
|
(8,849
|
)
|
(4,131
|
)
|
(12,284
|
)
|
(4,796
|
)
|
|||||
Segment
operating income (loss)
|
(5,085
|
)
|
8,669
|
1,002
|
29,291
|
||||||||
Unallocated
amounts
|
(5,509
|
)
|
(4,968
|
)
|
(10,335
|
)
|
(8,665
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
and other, net
|
(2,687
|
)
|
(2,300
|
)
|
(4,721
|
)
|
(4,624
|
)
|
|||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
$
|
(13,281
|
)
|
$
|
1,401
|
$
|
(14,054
|
)
|
$
|
16,002
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|||||||
(IN
THOUSANDS EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
|
|||||||
PRELIMINARY
|
|
|
|||||
|
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
|
||||||
|
MARCH
31,
|
||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
320,347
|
$
|
369,140
|
|||
Cost
of sales
|
256,783
|
292,296
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
63,564
|
76,844
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
71,968
|
73,712
|
|||||
Restructuring
costs
|
2,992
|
-
|
|||||
Income
(loss) from operations
|
(11,396
|
)
|
3,132
|
||||
|
|||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
|||||||
Interest
expense
|
(3,286
|
)
|
(3,052
|
)
|
|||
Interest
income
|
599
|
752
|
|||||
Other,
net
|
802
|
569
|
|||||
|
(1,885
|
)
|
(1,731
|
)
|
|||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
(13,281
|
)
|
1,401
|
||||
|
|||||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
|
(522
|
)
|
563
|
||||
|
|||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations before discontinued operations
|
(12,759
|
)
|
838
|
||||
|
|||||||
Discontinued
operations (net of taxes):
|
|||||||
Loss
from operation of discontinued operations (net of tax benefit
of $2,800
for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and $121 for the three
months
ended March 31, 2007)
|
(8,611
|
)
|
(583
|
)
|
|||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(21,370
|
)
|
$
|
255
|
||
|
|||||||
Basic
earnings (loss) per share of common stock:
|
|||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
(.42
|
)
|
$
|
.03
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.29
|
)
|
(.02
|
)
|
|||
|
$
|
(.71
|
)
|
$
|
.01
|
||
|
|||||||
Diluted
earnings (loss) per share of common stock:
|
|||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
(.42
|
)
|
$
|
.03
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.29
|
)
|
(.02
|
)
|
|||
|
$
|
(.71
|
)
|
$
|
.01
|
||
|
|||||||
Weighted-average
number of shares outstanding:
|
|||||||
Basic
|
30,057
|
29,948
|
|||||
Diluted
|
30,057
|
31,166
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|||||||
(IN
THOUSANDS EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
|
|||||||
PRELIMINARY
|
|
|
|||||
|
FOR
THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
|
||||||
|
MARCH
31,
|
||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
648,841
|
$
|
782,128
|
|||
Cost
of sales
|
511,201
|
617,317
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
137,640
|
164,811
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
143,895
|
145,368
|
|||||
Restructuring
costs
|
4,683
|
-
|
|||||
Income
(loss) from operations
|
(10,938
|
)
|
19,443
|
||||
|
|||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
|||||||
Interest
expense
|
(6,201
|
)
|
(5,996
|
)
|
|||
Interest
income
|
1,480
|
1,372
|
|||||
Other,
net
|
1,605
|
1,183
|
|||||
|
(3,116
|
)
|
(3,441
|
)
|
|||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
(14,054
|
)
|
16,002
|
||||
|
|||||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
|
(553
|
)
|
6,434
|
||||
|
|||||||
Income
from continuing operations before discontinued operations
|
(13,501
|
)
|
9,568
|
||||
|
|||||||
Discontinued
operations (net of taxes):
|
|||||||
Loss
from operation of discontinued operations
(net of tax benefit of $3,807 for the
six months ended March 31, 2008 and $99
for the six months ended March 31, 2007)
|
(9,224
|
)
|
(848
|
)
|
|||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(22,725
|
)
|
$
|
8,720
|
||
|
|||||||
Basic
earnings (loss) per share of common stock:
|
|||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
(.45
|
)
|
$
|
.32
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.31
|
)
|
(.03
|
)
|
|||
|
$
|
(.76
|
)
|
$
|
.29
|
||
|
|||||||
Diluted
earnings (loss) per share of common stock:
|
|||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
(.45
|
)
|
$
|
.31
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.31
|
)
|
(.03
|
)
|
|||
|
$
|
(.76
|
)
|
$
|
.28
|
||
|
|||||||
Weighted-average
number of shares outstanding:
|
|||||||
Basic
|
30,054
|
29,950
|
|||||
Diluted
|
30,054
|
31,117
|
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
|||||||
(IN
THOUSANDS)
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|||||
PRELIMINARY
|
|
|
|||||
|
MARCH
31,
|
SEPTEMBER
30,
|
|||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
Current
Assets:
|
|
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
39,401
|
$
|
44,747
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
177,353
|
199,834
|
|||||
Contract
costs and recognized income not yet billed
|
73,327
|
77,184
|
|||||
Inventories
|
163,695
|
154,565
|
|||||
Assets
of discontinued operations
|
6,532
|
19,212
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
54,457
|
49,884
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
514,765
|
545,426
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, at cost net of depreciation and amortization
|
232,492
|
233,078
|
|||||
Costs
in excess of fair value of net assets of businesses acquired, net
|
120,912
|
114,756
|
|||||
Intangible
and other assets
|
74,934
|
66,598
|
|||||
|
$
|
943,103
|
$
|
959,858
|
|||
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Notes
payable and current portion of long-term debt
|
$
|
3,987
|
$
|
3,392
|
|||
Accounts
payable
|
115,732
|
103,833
|
|||||
Accrued
liabilities
|
76,952
|
77,628
|
|||||
Income
taxes
|
510
|
14,153
|
|||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations
|
4,211
|
2,919
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
201,392
|
201,925
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
202,612
|
229,438
|
|||||
Other
liabilities and deferred credits
|
76,451
|
61,556
|
|||||
Shareholders'
equity
|
462,648
|
466,939
|
|||||
|
$
|
943,103
|
$
|
959,858
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|||||||
(IN
THOUSANDS)
|
|||||||
PRELIMINARY
|
|
|
|||||
|
For
the Six Months Ended
|
||||||
|
March
31,
|
||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(22,725
|
)
|
$
|
8,720
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
22,033
|
19,765
|
|||||
Write-off
of unamortized deferred finance costs
|
495
|
-
|
|||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,194
|
1,303
|
|||||
Provision
for losses on accounts receivable
|
5,480
|
734
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
707
|
706
|
|||||
Change
in assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Decrease
in accounts receivable and contract costs
and recognized income not yet billed
|
32,123
|
32,828
|
|||||
Increase
in inventories
|
(2,433
|
)
|
(6,658
|
)
|
|||
Increase
in prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(8,624
|
)
|
(1,217
|
)
|
|||
Decrease
in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and
income taxes payable
|
86
|
(36,989
|
)
|
||||
Other
changes, net
|
551
|
155
|
|||||
|
51,612
|
10,627
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
28,887
|
19,347
|
|||||
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||
Acquisition
of property, plant and equipment
|
(12,050
|
)
|
(19,477
|
)
|
|||
Acquired
businesses
|
(1,750
|
)
|
(17,167
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from sale of investments
|
1,000
|
-
|
|||||
(Increase)
decrease in equipment lease deposits
|
4,024
|
(1,473
|
)
|
||||
Funds
restricted for capital projects
|
-
|
(4,421
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(8,776
|
)
|
(42,538
|
)
|
|||
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||
Purchase
of shares for treasury
|
(579
|
)
|
(2,300
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from issuance of long-term debt
|
50,000
|
42,891
|
|||||
Payments
of long-term debt
|
(76,716
|
)
|
(482
|
)
|
|||
Increase
(decrease) in short-term borrowings
|
377
|
(5,625
|
)
|
||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
-
|
1,111
|
|||||
Tax
benefit from exercise of stock options
|
-
|
278
|
|||||
Other,
net
|
480
|
(1,238
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(26,438
|
)
|
34,635
|
||||
|
|||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
981
|
541
|
|||||
|
|||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(5,346
|
)
|
11,985
|
||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
44,747
|
22,389
|
|||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
39,401
|
$
|
34,374
|