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, 2004
Commission File Number 000-16496
| A. | Full title of the plan: |
Constar International Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
| B. | Name of issuer of the Securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: |
CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
ONE CROWN WAY
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19154
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| Exhibit 23—Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.
| CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC. 401 (K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN | ||
| By: | /s/ William S. Rymer | |
| William S. Rymer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Constar International Inc. Member of 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan Administrative Committee | ||
Date: June 28, 2005
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Administrative Committee and Participants of the
Constar International Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of the Constar International Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. 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 Constar International Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, 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 at end of year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplemental 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 information 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/ Parente Randolph, LLC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 27, 2005
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401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
| As of December 31, 2004 |
As of December 31, 2003 |
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| Investments, at fair value |
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| Registered investment companies: |
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| Dodge and Cox Stock Fund |
$ | 550,744 | $ | 278,846 | ||||
| Dreyfus Premier New Lenders Fund |
236,309 | 102,715 | ||||||
| Goldman Sachs Mid Value Fund |
718,788 | 382,512 | ||||||
| MFS Massachusetts Investors Growth Fund |
— | 138,587 | ||||||
| Putnam International Equity Fund |
— | 917,218 | ||||||
| SunTrust Investment Classic Balanced Fund |
— | 3,427,422 | * | |||||
| SunTrust Investment Classic Prime Quality Money Market Fund |
206,974 | 181,060 | ||||||
| SunTrust Investment Classic Small Capital Growth Stock Fund |
2,792,318 | * | 2,636,698 | * | ||||
| SunTrust Investment Classic Small Capital Value Equity Fund |
354,926 | 158,748 | ||||||
| T .Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund - R |
238,252 | — | ||||||
| Fidelity Advisor Diversified Int’l FD-T |
1,234,152 | — | ||||||
| Stock Awaiting Purchase – Constar Int’l |
23 | — | ||||||
| STI Classic Balanced T |
3,406,247 | * | — | |||||
| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund |
1,886,384 | * | 1,874,505 | * | ||||
| 11,625,117 | 10,098,311 | |||||||
| SunTrust Retirement 500 Index Fund |
7,215,883 | * | 7,169,914 | * | ||||
| SunTrust Retirement Stable Asset Fund |
11,194,625 | * | 11,118,692 | * | ||||
| Constar International Stock Fund |
829,518 | 321,105 | ||||||
| Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Stock Fund |
3,845,306 | * | 3,093,673 | * | ||||
| Participant loans |
1,440,205 | 1,373,944 | ||||||
| Total investments |
36,150,654 | 33,175,639 | ||||||
| Receivables |
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| Employer’s contributions |
— | 76,537 | ||||||
| Participants’ contributions |
— | 213,995 | ||||||
| Total receivables |
— | 290,532 | ||||||
| Net assets available for benefits |
$ | 36,150,654 | $ | 33,466,171 | ||||
| * | Represents 5% or more of net assets available for benefits. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
| Year Ended December 31, 2004 |
Year Ended December 31, 2003 | |||||
| Additions to net assets attributed to: |
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| Investment income: |
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| Interest and dividend income, investments |
$ | 587,028 | $ | 395,614 | ||
| Interest income, participant loans |
76,668 | 122,008 | ||||
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments |
3,340,097 | 3,519,059 | ||||
| 4,003,793 | 4,036,681 | |||||
| Contributions: |
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| Employer |
916,956 | 952,634 | ||||
| Participant |
2,682,632 | 2,586,925 | ||||
| Rollovers |
146,778 | 9,703 | ||||
| 3,746,366 | 3,549,262 | |||||
| Asset transfers in |
— | 180,501 | ||||
| Total additions |
7,750,159 | 7,766,444 | ||||
| Deductions in net assets attributed to: |
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| Benefits paid to participants |
5,002,198 | 1,879,874 | ||||
| Administrative expenses |
63,478 | 18,644 | ||||
| Other |
— | 66,177 | ||||
| Total deductions |
5,065,676 | 1,964,695 | ||||
| Net increase |
2,684,483 | 5,801,749 | ||||
| Net assets available for benefits: |
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| Beginning |
33,466,171 | 27,664,422 | ||||
| Ending |
$ | 36,150,654 | $ | 33,466,171 | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 1—DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
The following description of the Constar International Inc. 401 (k) Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. Prior to its initial public offering (the “IPO”) on November 20, 2002, Constar International Inc. (the “Company” or “Constar”) had operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. As a result of the IPO, participant accounts of Constar employees were transferred into the Plan from Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (“Crown”) Retirement Thrift Plan effective November 21, 2002.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a convenient method by which eligible employees of the Company may save regularly through compensation deferrals, savings contributions, and through Company matching contributions. Compensation is generally defined as salary, wages, overtime payments, bonuses, commissions, vacation pay, and sick pay. Generally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Plan upon the first day of the month following completion of 30 days of employment. Part-time employees are generally eligible to participate as of the first day of the month following the completion of a 12 consecutive month period during which the employee is credited with 1,000 hours of service. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”).
Contributions
There are several components to the contribution structure of the Plan: a participant compensation deferral 401(k) component, catch-up contribution component, savings contribution component, and a Company matching contribution component. The compensation deferral 401(k) component of the Plan allows before-tax employee contributions of 2% to 100% of annual compensation. Before-tax contribution amounts are subject to certain limitations. The catch-up contribution component allows for catch-up contributions to be made in accordance with section 414(v) of the Code by eligible employees who have attained age 50 before the close of the Plan year. The savings contributions component allows after-tax employee contributions of 1% to 5% of annual compensation. The Company makes matching contributions equal to 50 percent of the employee’s compensation deferral contribution, up to the first 3% or 6% of the compensation contributed by the employee, depending on the primary place of employment, as described in the provisions of the Plan. In no event may the total of participant compensation deferral 401(k) component, catch-up contribution component, savings contribution component, and a company matching contribution component, exceed the lesser of $40,000 or 100% of a participant’s compensation, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(d), for any participant in a calendar year, subject to certain cost-of-living adjustments. Participants direct the investment of their contributions and company matching contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.
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CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and the participant’s allocation of the Company’s contribution, as described above. Plan earnings, after expenses, are allocated to the participant’s account based on participant’s account balances. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
Vesting
Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s contribution plus actual earnings thereon is based on years of continuous service. Generally, a participant is 100 percent vested after four years of credited service.
Participant Loans
Participants may borrow from their account a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of the participant’s vested balance. Loan terms range from 1 to 5 years. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with a prevailing commercial rate for a secured personal loan. Interest rates on loans outstanding as of December 31, 2004 range from 5.00% to 10.50%. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions. Generally, a participant may not have more than one outstanding loan at any one time.
Payment of Benefits
On termination of service due to death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive either a lump sum amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account or rollover the vested balance into a specified qualifying account. For termination of service due to other reasons, a participant may receive the value of the vested interest in his or her account as a lump-sum distribution. All distributions are paid in cash, with the exception of company stock which is paid in cash or company stock.
Forfeited Accounts
When certain terminations of participation in the plan occur, the non-vested portion of the participant account, as defined, represents a forfeiture. Forfeitures may be used to reduce future employer contributions. Forfeitures of $78,000 and $0 reduced employer contributions in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Forfeited non-vested amounts available for use totaled $29,364 and $73,326 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
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. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100 percent vested in their employer contributions.
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CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
2—SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following accounting policies, which conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, have been used consistently in the preparation of the Plan’s financial statements:
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value except for its investment contracts, marked at contract value, which approximates fair value. Contract value represents the amount of contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. Investments in common/collective trusts are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end.
The Company and Crown stock funds are valued at their year-end unit closing price (comprised of year-end market price plus uninvested cash position).
Participant loans are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.
Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is accrued when earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions are included in dividend income.
Payment of Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
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CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
3—INVESTMENTS
The Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year and period) appreciated in value as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, 2004 |
Year Ended December 31, 2003 | |||||
| Registered investment companies |
$ | 1,707,550 | $ | 3,237,665 | ||
| Common stock |
1,632,547 | 281,394 | ||||
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments |
$ | 3,340,097 | $ | 3,519,059 | ||
4—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Plan invests in shares of registered investment companies managed by affiliates of SunTrust, which acts as trustee for investments of the Plan. The Plan also invests in shares of the Company’s stock through the Constar International Stock Fund and shares of Crown stock through the Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Stock Fund. Transactions in such investments qualify as party-in-interest transactions and are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules.
5—PLAN EXPENSES
All recordkeeping expenses for the administration of the Plan are paid by the participants and certain miscellaneous fees are paid by the Company.
6—TAX STATUS
The Internal Revenue Service determined and informed the Company by letter dated April 17, 2003 that the Plan was qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code.
7—PLAN AMENDMENTS
The Plan was amended to provide full vesting of employer matching contributions of participants who were terminated due to certain plant closings and staff reductions that occurred in 2003.
8—RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The Plan provides for various investment options in various combinations of investment funds, which 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 these investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially effect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.
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| CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC. | Schedule I | |
| 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN |
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
As of December 31, 2004
Constar International Inc., EIN 13-1889304 Plan Number: 001
Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i:
| Identity of Issue |
Investment Type |
Current Value | |||||
| Dodge and Cox Stock Fund | Registered Investment Company | $ | 550,744 | ||||
| Dreyfus Premier New Lenders Fund | Registered Investment Company | 236,309 | |||||
| Goldman Sachs Mid Value Fund | Registered Investment Company | 718,788 | |||||
| T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund - R | Registered Investment Company | 238,252 | |||||
| STI Classic Balanced T | Registered Investment Company | 3,406,247 | |||||
| Fidelity Advisor Diversified Int’l FD-T | Registered Investment Company | 1,234,152 | |||||
| * |
SunTrust Investment Classic Prime Quality Money Market Fund | Registered Investment Company | 206,974 | ||||
| * |
SunTrust Investment Classic Small Capital Growth Stock Fund | Registered Investment Company | 2,792,318 | ||||
| * |
SunTrust Investment Classic Small Capital Value Equity Fund | Registered Investment Company | 354,926 | ||||
| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund | Registered Investment Company | 1,886,384 | |||||
| * |
SunTrust Retirement 500 Index Fund | Common/Collective Trust | 7,215,883 | ||||
| * |
SunTrust Retirement Stable Asset Fund | Common/Collective Trust | 11,194,625 | ||||
| * |
Constar International, Inc. Stock Fund | Common Stock Fund | 829,518 | ||||
| Stock awaiting purchase - Constar | Common Stock Fund | 23 | |||||
| * |
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. | Common Stock Fund | 3,845,306 | ||||
| * |
Constar International, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan | Participant Loans (5.00%-10.50%) | 1,440,205 | ||||
| Total Assets (Held at End of Year) |
$ | 36,150,654 | |||||
| * | Party in Interest as defined by ERISA |
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