UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
[X] Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
Commission File Number: 0-01097
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THE STANDARD REGISTER
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
600 Albany Street, Dayton, Ohio 45408
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and address of its principal executive office)
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THE STANDARD REGISTER
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
THE STANDARD REGISTER EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
DECEMBER 31, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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Supplemental Schedules
Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Standard Register Employee Savings Plan
Dayton, Ohio
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The Standard Register Employee Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007. 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. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as 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 as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held for investment purposes as of December 31, 2007 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic 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 the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
/S/ BATTELLE & BATTELLE LLP
June 25, 2008
Dayton, Ohio
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THE STANDARD REGISTER EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN | |||
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS | |||
December 31 | |||
2007 | 2006 | ||
ASSETS | |||
Cash | $ 72,895 | $ - | |
Participant directed investments, at fair value: | |||
Standard Register Company common stock | 1,374,574 | 2,352,439 | |
Mutual funds | 155,582,598 | 153,080,375 | |
Common trust funds | 90,173,791 | 98,831,169 | |
Participant loans | 4,064,151 | 4,086,477 | |
Total investments | 251,195,114 | 258,350,460 | |
Total assets | 251,268,009 | 258,350,460 | |
LIABILITIES | |||
Excess contributions payable | 193,687 | 276,189 | |
NET ASSETS REFLECTING ALL INVESTMENTS, at fair value | 251,074,322 | 258,074,271 | |
ADJUSTMENT FROM FAIR VALUE TO CONTRACT VALUE | |||
FOR FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENT CONTRACTS | (238,673) | 536,735 | |
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS | $ 250,835,649 | $ 258,611,006 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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THE STANDARD REGISTER EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN | |||
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS | |||
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 | |||
Investment income (loss): | |||
Interest and dividends | $ 17,729,951 | ||
Net depreciation in fair value of investments | (957,906) | ||
Total investment income | 16,772,045 | ||
Contributions: | |||
Participant | 13,266,673 | ||
Employer | 4,234,311 | ||
Total contributions | 17,500,984 | ||
34,273,029 | |||
Deductions in net assets attributed to: | |||
Benefits paid directly to participants | 41,911,538 | ||
Administrative fees | 136,848 | ||
Total deductions | 42,048,386 | ||
Net decrease | (7,775,357) | ||
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: | |||
Beginning of year | 258,611,006 | ||
End of year | $ 250,835,649 | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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THE STANDARD REGISTER EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
The following description of The Standard Register Employee Savings Plan (the 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 established to provide participating employees of The Standard Register Company (the Company or employer) with the opportunity to plan a savings program for long-term financial security. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Plan.
Participant Contributions
Participants may elect to contribute between 1% and 50% of their eligible annual compensation, subject to limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan allows automatic enrollment (with a 3% salary deferral) for newly hired employees until they elect otherwise and automatic 1% annual increases in the deferral percentages for those deferring less than 6% until the 12% level is attained. If a participant does not wish to participate in this automatic incremental increase or wishes to change the amount of future annual increases in his or her contribution percentages, he or she can do so by contacting the Plan’s trustee. This program does not apply to those employees deemed highly compensated.
Employer Contributions
The Company makes matching contributions of 75% of up to 6% of each dollar contributed by participants who participate in the Pension Equity Plan formula for benefits under The Stanreco Retirement Plan. For participants who participate in The Stanreco Retirement Plan’s Traditional Formula, the matching contribution is 10% of each dollar contributed by the participant. The employer makes matching contributions at the end of each pay period.
Vesting
Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the employer contribution portion of their accounts plus earnings thereon is based on years of continuous service. A participant has no vested interest for the first three years of credited service. After three years, a participant is 100 percent vested. If a participant terminates or retires, the participant’s non-vested portion of the employer match is used to reduce future employer contributions.
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NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN (CONTINUED)
Distributions
All distributions under the Plan are paid in lump sum or periodic installments. Installments (quarterly, semi-annually, or annually) may not exceed 15 years and are not allowed if the installment payment will be for an amount less than $100 per month.
Distributions are not permitted while participants are employed by the Company, except for “Hardship” as defined by the IRS, when employees reach age 59½ or become disabled, and distributions of after-tax contributions and rollovers. Participants who have terminated or retired may elect an immediate distribution or may defer this distribution up to age 70½ if the fund balance is at least $5,000.
Participant Loans
An active participant may obtain a loan by direct application with the trustee. A loan may be up to $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s nonforfeitable individual account balance, whichever is lower. The minimum loan amount shall be $1,000. If the loan is to be used to acquire the participant’s principal residence, then the minimum loan amount is $10,000. The maximum loan term is four years, nine months for regular loans, and 15 years for principal residence loans. The minimum term for all loans is one year.
Forfeited Accounts
Forfeited, non-vested accounts totaled $145,228 and $146,140 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These amounts are used to reduce future employer contributions. Employer matching contributions were reduced by $388,911 from forfeited non-vested accounts during the year ended December 31, 2007.
Nondiscrimination Tests
There is a limit placed on the percent of compensation deferred by those participants found in the highest paid one-third of all eligible employees. The Company compares the deferral percentages against several tests as prescribed by law. If the tests are not met, the Company reduces the contribution percentage of the group comprising the highest paid one-third of all participants until the tests are met. If, at the end of the year, the tests are still not met, the Company reclassifies the amount of salary deferral made by the participants in this top one-third group. The Company then moves the necessary amount of pre-taxed money out of the salary deferral accounts, subjects this amount to taxability, and refunds any excess to the participants. Excess contributions at December 31, 2007 and 2006 amounted to $193,687 and $276,189, respectively.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual method of accounting.
Payment of Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.
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NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Plan Trustee
Investments are held by T. Rowe Price Trust Company (T. Rowe Price), the Plan’s trustee.
Administrative Expenses
A portion of the Plan's administrative expenses are paid by the employer.
New Accounting Pronouncement
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Plan administrator has not determined the effect that the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on the Plan’s financial statements.
NOTE 3 - INVESTMENTS
The Plan’s investment in The Standard Register Company common stock is stated at fair value. Quoted market prices are used to value investments. Shares of mutual funds are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. Investments in common trust funds are reported at fair value based on the unit prices quoted by the fund, which represents the fair value of the underlying investments.
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions are included in interest and dividends.
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NOTE 3 – INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (“FSP”), investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required by the FSP, the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits present the fair value of the Plan’s investment contract as well as the adjustment of the investment contract from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract-value basis.
During 2007, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold and held during the year) depreciated in value by a net $957,906, as follows:
Standard Register Company common stock | $ 38,378 | |
Mutual Funds | (2,948,288) | |
Common trust funds | 1,952,004 | |
$ (957,906) | ||
The following presents the fair value of investments that represent 5 percent or more of the fair value of the Plan’s net assets at December 31:
2007 | 2006 | ||
Morgan Stanley International Equity Fund | $ 16,288,057 | * | |
T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund | 22,575,507 | $ 28,240,624 | |
T. Rowe Price Equity Index Trust | 49,791,410 | 36,221,500 | |
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund | 16,173,534 | * | |
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund | 28,003,953 | 24,228,663 | |
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund | 24,495,063 | 41,945,429 | |
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund | * | 18,512,905 | |
T. Rowe Price Stable Value Common Trust Fund | 40,382,381 | 62,609,669 | |
T. Rowe Price Spectrm Income Fund | 22,832,107 | * | |
* Investment did not exceed 5% of the Plan’s net assets.
NOTE 4 - PLAN TERMINATION
The Company expects to continue the Plan indefinitely, but continuance is not assumed as a contractual obligation and the Company reserves the right at any time by action of its Board of Directors to terminate the Plan. The allocation and distribution of contributions would be in accordance with the approved Plan agreement.
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NOTE 5 - INCOME TAX STATUS
The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on November 17, 2002 in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.
NOTE 6 - RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS (PARTIES-IN-INTEREST)
Certain Plan investment purchases and sales are sales of mutual funds managed by T. Rowe Price. T. Rowe Price is the trustee of the Plan; therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2007, such purchases were $87,014,079, and such sales totaled $99,144,193.
Certain Plan investment purchases and sales are shares of The Standard Register Company common stock (Standard Register Company stock). During the year ended December 31, 2007, purchases of Standard Register Company stock were $1,347,450 and sales were $2,363,688. The ending balance in the Standard Register Company stock represents approximately 0.5% and 0.9% of the Plan’s total investments as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Fees paid for trustee, third party administration, and investment advisory services rendered by parties-in-interest during the year totaled $136,848.
NOTE 7 - RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The Plan provides for various investment options in several investment securities and instruments. Investment securities are exposed 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 Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
NOTE 8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On April 28, 2008, the company announced that it was modifying its qualified defined benefit pension plan for participants still accruing benefits under that Plan. Effective June 30, 2008, these participants will cease accruing pension benefits and the final pension benefit amount will be based on pay and service through June 29, 2008. The Company match in the 401(k) Plan will also be increased for the affected employees from the current 10% to 75% on the first 6% of eligible compensation deferred effective, June 30, 2008.
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THE STANDARD REGISTER EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN | |||||||||
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 31-0455440 | |||||||||
PLAN NUMBER 015 | |||||||||
SCHEDULE H, PART IV, 4i | |||||||||
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES | |||||||||
DECEMBER 31, 2007 | |||||||||
( c ) | (e) | ||||||||
(b) | Description of | (d) | Fair | ||||||
(a) | Identity of Issue | Investment | Cost | Value | |||||
COMMON STOCK | |||||||||
* | Standard Register Company | 117,888 | shares | ** | $ 1,374,574 | ||||
COMMON TRUST FUNDS | |||||||||
* | T. Rowe Price Equity Index Trust | 1,140,697 | units | ** | 49,791,410 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price Stable Value Common | ||||||||
Trust Fund - at contract value | 40,143,708 | units | ** | 40,143,708 | |||||
Adjustment from contract value to fair | |||||||||
value for fully benefit-responsive | |||||||||
investment contracts |
| 238,673 | |||||||
Total common trust funds | ** | 90,173,791 | |||||||
MUTUAL FUNDS | |||||||||
* | T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund | 720,104 | shares | ** | 16,173,534 | ||||
Morgan Stanley International Equity Fund | 870,088 | shares | ** | 16,288,057 | |||||
* | T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund | 144,305 | shares | ** | 4,857,295 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund | 802,854 | shares | ** | 24,495,063 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund | 305,064 | shares | ** | 10,957,884 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund | 485,590 | shares | ** | 28,003,953 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund | 1,095,898 | shares | ** | 22,575,507 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund | 334,491 | shares | ** | 9,399,198 | ||||
* | T. Rowe Price Spectrum Income Fund | 1,869,951 | shares | ** | 22,832,107 | ||||
Total mutual funds | ** | 155,582,598 | |||||||
Rates ranging from | |||||||||
5.0% to 10.5% | |||||||||
* | PARTICIPANT LOANS | maturing through 2021 | ** | 4,064,151 | |||||
Total Investments | ** | $ 251,195,114 | |||||||
An (*) in column (a) identifies a person to be a party-in-interest to the plan. | |||||||||
** Cost omitted for participant directed investments. | |||||||||
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrative Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
The Standard Register Employee Savings Plan
Date: June 26, 2008
/S/ CRAIG J. BROWN
Craig J. Brown, Chair
Plan Administrative Committee
EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are being filed with this Annual Report on Form 11-K:
EXHIBIT 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-51181) pertaining to The Standard Register Employee Savings Plan of our report dated June 25, 2008 with respect to the financial statements and supplemental schedule of The Standard Register Company Employee Savings Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2007.
/S/ BATTELLE & BATTELLE LLP
June 25, 2008
Dayton, Ohio
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